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Chapter Eleven:
Thorns In My Side
(part two)
Nothing. Batman…had nothing.
He didn't have a clue.
Not one lead.
That odd leaf he collected back at the scene where Pamela Isley went missing? It didn't help at all. When he had collected it at the location of Pamela's disappearance, he hurriedly drove back to the batcave to analyze it. The only thing he found out about that mysterious leaf, is that it was mixed with human DNA. Batman found that strangely unusual, but nevertheless, it didn't help him locate the missing Pamela Isley. "Just where could she be?"
While still roaming the streets of Gotham in his batmobile, his eyes caught sight of the bat signal illuminating the dark sky. Batman knew that signal meant Commissioner Gordon had something important to say to him, or at least, he hoped so. Without hesitation, Batman immediately spun his vehicle around, and headed straight for the police station.
Batman parked his car in the shadows of an alley, so that it couldn't be detected easily from the public, and he carefully used his batgrapple to make his way onto the roof top of the station, since that is usually where the Commissioner waits for him to arrive.
As Batman's feet hit the roof, he quickly scanned his surroundings for any sight of the Commissioner, but...he wasn't there; no one was there.
He casually walked up to the still glowing batsignal and looked around, but...nothing. "Commissioner?" He called, still looking for any sign of him.
"No, Batman, it's just...me." Batman turned around and saw Barbara Gordon standing behind him with a medium sized duffelbag that was hung under her arm.
The two stood there staring at one another for a brief moment in silence, but then Batman narrowed his eyes on the young teenager. "The batsignal isn't a toy, Miss Gordon," he said in an irritable tone.
Barbara felt somewhat insulted. "I know that," she said testily, but she got over the matter quickly, and her voice filled with urgency. "Look, Batman, I didn't call you here just to chat and stuff. You see, Pamela Isley came to my house, but...she's not calling herself that anymore. Now she wants to be called 'Poison Ivy'." She put her duffelbag to the ground and searched through it to find what she was looking for. In less than a minute, she pulled out a plastic baggy that held the flower that Poison Ivy gave Barbara before she left. "Pam gave me this before she left," and she handed it to Batman. "She, like...made this come right out of her hand. It was...scary, but so gross at the same time..." She felt sick again just thinking about it.
Batman took the bag and popped the strange flower right out of it. He took something out from his utility belt to get a better examination of the plant. Barbara wondered what he was doing, but just after a few seconds, he took his eyes off the plant and to the girl again.
"It all makes sense now," said the Batman as he started to make his way to the very edge of the rooftop.
Barbara appeared confused. "It does?" She asked.
Batman turned to her. "A leaf I found at the scene of Pamela's disappearance contains the same mutagen as in this flower; they both contained her DNA."
"Wh-what?" Barbara seemed perplexed by this. "Are you telling me that Pam has mutated from all this?-- although that does make sense..." She paced around a little. "I can't believe Pale University would have plant chemicals like that."
"Did Miss Isley tell you where she was headed before she left your house?" Batman questioned, interrupting Barbara's thoughts.
"Huh?" Barbara then started to think again. "Um... I...remember her telling me that she had wanted to take care of 'a few things' before she would start making this world into a better place for plants." She turned back to Batman and shrugged. "...but...I don't really know what that means though." Suddenly, another thought came to her, and it made her eyes widen with fear. "Oh my God... to...'take care of a few things'...does she mean...Jonathon and Ursula?..." She placed her hands over her mouth in complete shock.
Batman still stood there listening to Barbara, but in his head, he wanted her to hurry up with this so he could go out and search for Pamela again. "You see," Barbara began again, but she sounded more fearful than before. "Pam has always hated her brother and sister, and...well...with these new, uh, 'powers' of hers, she could get revenge on them now."
"You believe that Pamela might return to her home for them?"
Barbara gave a rather unsure head nod. "I'm...I'm pretty sure of that-- I mean, Pam has always hated Jon and Ursula..."
Batman took out his batgrapple once more, and Barbara just knew where he was going next. "You're going to Pam's house, aren't you?" She smiled a little. "Awesome! Let's go help Pam before she hurts someone." She immediately started ruffling through her duffelbag for something.
Batman wasn't going to wait, and neither did he want her tagging along. "I'll do whatever I can to help your friend," He turned his head and gave her once last glance. Barbara stopped to look up at him with some disappointment. Then...he took off down to the streets to get in his batmobile.
Barbara gasped and rushed over to the edge of the roof, and as she peered down, she saw Batman's vehicle rushing out of the alley and onto the streets. "But...you didn't even get to see my costume..." She scoffed and crossed her arms. "This isn't fair. I...I want to help Pam too. ...and I will..." Barbara then ran back into the police station to try and catch up with Batman at the Isley Residence.
When Batman arrived at the front door of the Isley house, he immediately knew something didn't feel right. Was Barbara right about Pamela Isley? Did she come back to this house to get the siblings? He got out of the batmobile to find out. The lights in the house were still on, but that didn't mean any of the Isley's could be home.
He tried the front door.
Locked.
He thought...and then knocked, just in case someone was home. He waited a minute...but only silence lingered. So...he decided to just kick the door open. Batman went inside and searched around. It pretty much resembled any ordinary house, and as he began to explore the place more, he saw that nothing was out of the ordinary. He went upstairs and briefly peeked into a few bedrooms and closets. He found nothing unusual. As he went back downstairs and neared the kitchen, he caught sight of the glass door that led to the Isley's small backyard opened. Batman walked over to the door and looked outside and saw the ground uprooted. He didn't know what that meant, but he knew it probably wasn't good. "If...miss Gordon is certain about Pamela Isley, then...could it mean her mutated self had already come for her family?..."
"...Pam's already been here...hasn't she?..." Barbara asked solemnly.
Batman immediately turned around and saw Barbara Gordon standing a few feet behind him, but...the girl was dressed in a whole other outfit-- or costume, to be exact. He saw her dressed in some sort of a purple suit, and wore sleek gloves and thigh-high boots. She also had a belt around her waist, sort of similar to his, but his was a lot more high-tech. Just like him, she wore a black cape, and a bat mask on her face to conceal her true identity. Her red hair could still be seen. He stared down on her in annoyance, and when he saw his symbol on her, it only furthered.
After a few moments in silence, Barbara tried asking again, "So...has Pam been here or not?"
Batman frowned at her. "What do you think you're doing?" He asked her sternly, and his tone sounded obviously agitated.
Barbara blinked. "What do you mean?" She said, trying to sound as if she had no idea of what he's talking about.
He grunted. "You know exactly what I mean, Miss Gordon."
Barbara opened her mouth, but no words came out. "Um...who?" She said finally, trying to sound confused by his statement.
"I know it's you. We spoke not too long ago. Don't think I didn't forget your voice..." He tilted his head to get a look at her hair again. "...or your hair..."
After another brief silence, Barbara scoffed and crossed her arms. "Like, dude. You're not supposed to reveal my 'true identity' out in the open. Isn't there a 'code' or something for that?"
Batman walked passed her and into the kitchen to examine around for any clues. The only thing "out of place" were the scattered University books on the table, along with homework papers. "Where do you think this Poison Ivy took her brother and sister?" He questioned seriously, changing the subject. He turned his head to her. "Miss Gordon?"
"Um, it's Batwoman now," Batgirl pointed out, and walked into the kitchen with him. "And...I don't know. She...she didn't tell me..." She started to think about everything "Poison Ivy" had said to her when she visited Barbara. "But...maybe...you should check out Dahlia's Greenhouse across town."
"Why there?"
"Ivy told me that's where she 'woke up' and became 'Plantgirl'. Besides that, Dahlia's Greenhouse is her favorite place to visit-- when she was normal..."
"...I don't see anything unusual in the house...other then the background having been dug up recently..." Batman took one last look around the kitchen before he walked out of it. "I have...nothing..." He looked at Batgirl. "I'll check out this Dahlia's Greenhouse then."
Batgirl smiled happily. "Great! Let's go--" Just as she was about to walk out the front door, Batman stood in her way. "Ugh, what now?" She whined tiredly.
"You are going back to your home, Miss Gordon, or else I'll have to tell your father about what you're doing out here."
Just as Batman was about to leave the house himself, Batgirl stopped him by saying, "But...I have to help. It's my fault Pam became who she is." He stood there and listened to her. She continued, "I-- me and Pam...we went to Pale University together that night. She...she wanted to use those chemicals, but...I didn't want to. I...I left her in there...and that's when the greenhouse exploded. I...I could of stopped her, Batman, but I didn't! If I would of stopped her--" Batman took a few steps to her to put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. She tilted her head down in sadness.
"It's not your fault...Barbara..." He told her sincerely, his voice calm. "It was Pamela's choice to go in there. It was her choice to become this "Poison Ivy" and abduct her family. You..." Batgirl looked up at him. "You made the right choice by leaving."
Batgirl turned her head away from him. She wasn't convinced. "But...still..."
"I have to go now, but you need to return home. I'll go and save the Isley family." With that, Batman left the house and got into his batmobile once more, and Batgirl stood there alone in the Isley residence thinking.
"I'm...I'm not convinced. They're all...my friends. I can't let Ivy hurt Jon or Ursula, they're not bad people; and...Pam..." She shook her head. "I still wonder if...if I could of done anything to stop her..." She looked out the front door with a determined look to her. "...and I will stop her now, from hurting her family..." and then she took off out of the house.
Across town...in a large greenhouse called Dahlia's Greenhouse, where tourists from all around come to admire its nature...there was Poison Ivy, along with her siblings Jonathon and Ursula Isley. The greenhouse itself was gorgeous with its rare and exotic plants. There was even a large pond to accommodate the trees and the vegetation that grew within.
Jonathon and Ursula were extended about ten feet from the ground by vines of incredible size. Their bodies constricted by the vines wrapped around them.
Poison Ivy was seated in what appeared to be a very large rose, and the plant itself had ascended from the ground so that she could be eye level with her hated brother and sister, who stared back at her with terrified faces, and even the color in their skin had drained from all that has happened to them.
Poison Ivy shook her head slowly with a twisted smile cracked on the edge of her green lips. Her eyes glowed oddly. "I've waited a long time for this... Too long, in fact..." She gazed hard into Jonathon and Ursula's eyes, as to try and intimidate them further. "I've always hated you two..."
Ursula's lips trembled. Her usually beautiful strawberry-blonde hair was now in a mess. Her face was stained with tears, and even her eyes were beginning to become bloodshot from crying. She couldn't believe this was happening.
While Jonathon appeared terrified of his evil sister, he didn't cry whatsoever; however, that was starting to become not so true, since the tears he'd been trying to hold back were now lingering in his eyes. After all, he was afraid of dying by his own sister's hands.
Ursula finally decided to speak up after all this time, but the projection of her voice was very soft and a bit scratchy from her throat being dry. "I...I do not understand, Pamela... Wh-why...are you doing this? This...this is not like you..." She struggled somewhat against the vines to try and loosen them, but it was no use. The attempted struggling only made the vines tighten around the two more, which caused them to gasp for air.
Poison Ivy giggled devilishly. "There is no point in fighting it," she stated a-matter-of-factly. "Nature will overcome all of humanity."
"Man, I knew you were always crazy," said Jonathon a bit sarcastically. Poison Ivy shot a rather disgusted look to him. Ursula weakly turned her head to the side to try and look at her brother. "I knew you were always going to be the death of me..." Jonathon stared straight into his former sister's cruel eyes. "...and I was right..." He barely whispered.
Poison Ivy scoffed and made herself go back on ground level. "Try to sound as calm as you like, but I know you're frightened of death itself." She gazed up at the two captives, and a wide, disturbing grin came to her face. "Don't worry though, because many others will follow in that path. Every death shall not go in vain-- why, because for every person that dies, is another step for Mother Nature to take its course and rule over this planet...as it once had before." She sighed happily and clasped her hands together as in some sort of happy prayer.
Ursula shook her head in disbelief. "No!" She screamed. "This is not right! You can not do this! You...you can not murder people, because you think it will help the Earth!" She tried pleading further, sounding more urgent. "Please, Pamela! Talk to us! Why do you hate us so much?!
When she heard those words, Poison Ivy gritted her teeth together and rage started to boil over all other emotions. "Why?..." She hissed softly, coming up to their level again. "I can't believe you don't know why..." The other two left their mouths agape. "I've-- no, Pamela, has always hated you two humans. Always getting in her way. Always mocking her. Always one more perfect than her. Well...you know what? Pamela...is just so tired of it all..." She exhaled deeply to calm herself. "I've had enough of you..."
"What about mom and dad?" Jonathon piped up a bit angrily. "You hate them too? How do you think you're going to look when they found out you...killed us?"
Poison Ivy smirked, "Why...I have just the thing..." Once more, she went back down to the ground and walked over to a few overly grown bushes that didn't look natural at all. "Now, don't get me wrong. Killing all the humans will just leave this place so empty and boring, but..." Her expression became more maniacal as she looked at her hands. "With these new 'powers' of mine, I shall create clones for every human that dies... For example..."
With a swish of her hand, the two tall bushes parted themselves like a gentle curtain. Two figures stepped out from within. Jonathon and Ursula gasped. The figures that Poison Ivy had created...was themselves: plant clones of Jonathon and Ursula! The real Jonathon and Ursula gasped loudly in shock.
The clones stood there on either side of Poison Ivy and stared straight ahead into space. Poison Ivy peered up at her siblings and grinned once more, exposing her teeth. "You see, a part of you will always live on to this Earth...but...to my liking, of course." She brought the plant clones close to herself and hugged them both. "Yes! I prefer these clones, rather than your real selves!" She laughed hysterically which resounded throughout the greenhouse. "Just think, mom and dad will be this way too, along with the rest of Gotham, and the world!"
"I've heard enough..." An authoritative, dark voice rose above Poison Ivy's. The girl suddenly halted her triumphant laughter to look high up into the greenhouse with wide eyes. Above some horizontal banisters that held the place up, stood the Batman, his cape draping over the metal fixtures.
"So have I!" Batgirl added, and stood on the other end of the metal beam. Batman took one look at her and gave a soft growl of annoyance. She turned her head to Batman and waved shyly at him, smiling innocently. "Um...hi..."
Poison Ivy put her hands on her hips. "Well, well, well... Batman...I've heard a lot about you on TV, and..." She looked at Batgirl and giggled. "Ha, and who is that? A batgirl I presume?"
"It's Batwoman, Ivy! Bat-woman!" Said an aggravated Batgirl.
Jonathon and Ursula appeared a bit relieved by their presence. Poison Ivy snorted, "Well, it doesn't matter who you are anyways, because you both will just be food for this Earth!" And with a simple point of her finger, Poison Ivy ordered her very unusually large Venus flytraps to go after Batman and Batgirl. The two jumped off the beams as the flytraps came crashing in on them. Poison Ivy had a rather cocky smile on her face.
When Batman and Batgirl landed to the ground, he quickly turned his head to Batgirl and shouted, "Get out of here! This is too dangerous for you--!" Suddenly, he was interrupted when another flytrap came around and snapped its jaws in between them. They both hurriedly darted in opposite directions.
"I'm not leaving!" Batgirl protested, but Batman could barely hear her. "I want to save them!" She looked up at the two hostages, who were still struggling a bit to get away. "This is all my fault! I...I could of prevented all this..." She took out a metal, sharp object, in the shape of a bat, and started to run along in the greenhouse until she could get close enough to Ursula and Jonathon.
Just as Batgirl disappeared within some shrubs, Batman saw her, and just grunted inside. He did not want the Commissioner's daughter to be caught up in all this. What if she got hurt? Batman knew he couldn't stop her, let alone, try to get her out of there. He knew he had to stop Poison Ivy and save the hostages. He got to his feet and immediately headed for Poison Ivy, and sliced the jaws of a few flytraps along the way.
Poison Ivy nearly fainted when she heard the agonizing cries from her plants. "No!" She screamed angrily. "My babies!" She wailed, and shot a murderous look to Batman. "You will pay for this!" With a wave of her hand, vines covered in long, sharp thorns, came after the Caped Crusader now. Batman tried to dodge the incoming vines, but unfortunately, one of them snagged his ankle, and he groaned lowly in pain as the thorns dug into his skin. Poison Ivy laughed, "You cannot stop Mother Nature!"
While Poison Ivy's attention was only onto Batman, Batgirl had sneaked up to the large vines that suspended the hostages above ground. Jonathon and Ursula gazed down onto her, and she gave them a small, but reassuring smile. "Don't worry. I'll get you two loose," she said to them, and began trying to cut the vines so that they could get away.
"...Mother doesn't want you doing that..." said a rather dull, threatening voice from behind Batgirl. Batgirl gasped and whirled around to see the plant clones of Jonathon and Ursula standing there, staring at her with lifeless eyes. The one who had spoken was the Jonathon clone.
Then, the Ursula clone stepped forward. "If Mother does not like them, then we do not like them. We will stop you." Without warning, the plant clones came lunging at Batgirl. Batgirl hesitated for a mere moment, but managed to dodge out of the way.
Batgirl shivered violently inside. It sickened her to know her former friend made clones out of her own family, and even more disturbing, is that the clones look exactly like their original selves. Just as the female clone tried to lunge at her again, Batgirl managed to give the clone a deep gash in her arm by the metal bat object she still had in her hands. The female plant clone gasped as she saw a lime-green slime beginning to ooze out of the wound. Batgirl felt like vomiting after witnessing that. "Ewwww... Gross," was all she could say to that.
Unfortunately, Batgirl couldn't react in time to see the Jonathon clone sneak up from behind, and wrap his arms around her, squeezing her tightly so that she could be restricted of air. "You're a pathetic race," he told her in a monotone voice. "We are much better off than you living on this Earth." He tightened his hold, which caused Batgirl to choke. She knew she only had one shot of this before her strength would fully leave her, so she barely lifted up the arm that held the weapon, and...dropped it down, slicing off his arms. The clone shrieked, and Batgirl watched as the arms turned into clumps of leaves on the ground.
"That's...weird..." She said slowly, but then she quickly turned around and kicked the plant clone to the ground, where he squirmed around a bit, but his whole self turned into a huge pile of fresh green leaves, as well. Batgirl just stared and blinked to this. "Yes...that is...just...weird..." She looked around, and then saw the Ursula clone glaring back at her.
"You murderer!" The female plant clone shrieked to Batgirl. "Humans are all murderers!" She came running at Batgirl, with arms stretched out, ready to scratch the living hell out of her. Batgirl gasped and sidestepped her attack, and managed to cut her up as well. "No!" The plant clone cried as new gashes were formed in her body, and an arm fell off.
"You're going down!" Batgirl boasted to the plant clone, as she kicked it hard into the ground, and the force caused it to turn into a pile of leaves too. Batgirl sighed. "That is the grossest thing I have ever seen." She then remembered the hostages, who were paralyzed with fear after the somewhat short fight they just witnessed. Batgirl gazed up at them again. "Don't worry! I'll get you down now!"
As Batgirl began to try and free Ursula and Jonathon, Batman had gotten himself loose from the sharp thorn vines, but was still tangled in Poison Ivy's attacks with her violent plants. With every death of her mutated plants, caused her to go into a more violent rage, and her head was so clouded with fury, that she couldn't think straight anymore. "Destroy him! Kill him!" Poison Ivy shouted to her attacking plants, but all that shouting and demanding didn't help her plants become any better at trying to bring down Batman; he sliced and diced them all with his unusual gadgets.
Poison Ivy clenched her fists as Batman cut through even more attacking plants, vines, and large flytraps. She yelled out in anger, "Fine! If I can't get rid of you, then I'm definitely getting rid of the ones Pamela hated the most in her life!" That large rose Poison Ivy had used to get around the greenhouse, well...she got back on it, and a few of her flytraps followed as she searched for her brother and sister. Batman's eyes grew wide, but ran after Poison Ivy, before she could try and do anything harmful to them. When Poison Ivy had returned to the spot where she held part of her family captive, she gasped when she didn't see them being held hostage by the vines. She peered down a bit and saw them standing in front of Batgirl, who was aiding to get the rest of the vines off of their bodies. She growled furiously. Everything was not going right for Poison Ivy now.
"This can't be!" She yelled, which caused the three at the bottom to jump and look up at her with nervous faces. Poison Ivy now stared at Batgirl angrily. "Stupid bat-girl! I will still kill them, even if they're not entangled by my vines!" She lashed out a hand, and the two flytraps immediately aimed and lunged themselves at Ursula and Jonathon. The two screamed at the top of their lungs, and darted the other way, while Batgirl remained stationary to wait for the plants to come by her, so that she could attempt to slice them. Before anything was done, Batman came around and threw two batarangs at the flytraps, which slashed right through their heads. The plants fell to the ground; a green liquid started to spill out of them.
Ursula and Jonathon now remained at the entrance of the greenhouse, too frightened to try and do anything else. If their minds weren't so engulfed with fear, they would of ran out the doors, and the older sister would try to find the nearest payphone to call the police. Of course, that's what would of happened...
Poison Ivy's fingers twitched. She can't kill Batman. She can't kill Ursula and Jonathon. So...what can she do now? Her eyes locked with Batgirl's, but before Poison Ivy could attempt at another plant attack on an innocent person, Batman got himself up onto Poison Ivy's flower, and swiftly, but quickly, kicked her off. Poison Ivy screamed as she was flown off of her flower and into the large pond below. The water itself was only about two feet deep.
Poison Ivy slowly got herself up and stood in the water. She was shaking badly and her mind was so clouded, that she didn't know which emotion to express anymore. She looked around until she spotted Batman and Batgirl standing at the edge of the water, staring back at the broken girl. Poison Ivy could barely laugh, which sounded rough and raspy. "Plants...love water... Didn't you know?..." She said to them with an evil smile to her face.
Batman narrowed his eyes at Poison Ivy, and then went into his utility belt and pulled out a few, tiny, sphere shaped objects in the color black. Batgirl looked at them and then up to Batman. "What do those do?" She asked.
Batman seemed to ignore her question; instead, he said to Poison Ivy, "...but plants do not like the coming of frost..."
"Huh?" Poison Ivy's eyes grew wide, but before she could take action to defend herself, Batman threw the balls into the pond, and upon impact on the water, it immediately froze and covered over half of the pond with ice. It also took Poison Ivy with.
Batgirl's mouth was left agape as she saw almost the whole pond frozen over. She gazed over to the frozen Poison Ivy and bit her lip with worriment. "Batman..." she said to him, turning her head. "Poison Ivy... Is she... Is she dead?..."
Batman shook his head slowly. "No. It didn't kill her," He said to her calmly.
"Well... Maybe she can finally get the help that she needs..." She paused for a moment, thinking. "She is...she is going to Arkham, right?"
"I don't know," was all Batman said, still gazing out to the frozen pond.
Batgirl looked over her shoulder, and to the entrance of the greenhouse, where Ursula and Jonathon still stood and witnessed everything. It sadden Batgirl to see this family so shattered by this event. Just how will their parents react to all this?
An hour has passed since this incident. Ambulances, fire trucks, and about a dozen police cars surrounded the greenhouse. Ursula and Jonathon were being cared for by the medical staff. The two sat in the back of an ambulance, blankets wrapped around them, and were being questioned by the authorities. Poison Ivy had to be chipped away from the ice, so that the police and doctors could get a hold of her. As soon as they did though, a few doctors have injected drugs into her, so that she would feel too "sleepy" to attack anyone.
The police carefully guided Poison Ivy to a van, but to where it would take her, no one knew right now.
Right before she got in, she slowly turned her head to get a good look at her two former siblings, who were still sitting in the back of the ambulance. Ursula and Jonathon noticed this and stopped their questioning to gaze back at her as well. Poison Ivy sneered lowly, "I...hate...you..." and before she could say anything else, the impatient policemen shoved the plant girl into the large vehicle.
Ursula blinked, and asked a nearby officer with great concern, "Just where are they taking my sister?" Jonathon shot a rather irritable look as she said that.
A policeman nodded his head to the roads ahead and replied, "They're taking her to Arkham Asylum. The doctors here have confirmed that your sister needs serious help. We have tried contacting your parents about this, but we have had no luck of finding them. Do you know where they are so we could inform them of the current situation?"
Jonathon shrugged, "They're out of the U.S., vacationing somewhere for their anniversary... They didn't give us any number to call..."
The policeman frowned. "I see..." He then walked away to chat with a few doctors.
Ursula shook her head, "I cannot believe...this has happened... Pamela..." A few tears have come forth once again, but she quickly wiped them away.
Jonathon scoffed, and mumbled, "I knew she was gonna snap someday... I just knew it."
"Jonathon!" Ursula looked at him angrily, but all the boy did was merely shrug to her.
Meanwhile, Batman stood on a roof of a neighboring building, and watched all of the commotion below. He felt relieved inside to know that everyone is alright now.
"So..." Batman heard Batgirl speak, and turned around to see her standing behind him. She fidgeted with her fingers before she spoke again nervously. "Are you going to tell dad about this? I mean, about me?" She waited for Batman's answer.
Batman remained silent, and after staring intently at Batgirl for a few moments, he turned his attention back onto the streets below. "I didn't want you to get involved in this. You're only a child." Batgirl made a frustrated noise and crossed her arms, but before she could say something in her defense, Batman continued, "...but...you saved the Isley siblings before Poison Ivy could do any physical harm to them... It's not everyday a young woman such as yourself gets to save her friend's family..." He sighed deeply and turned back to her. "I'm sure your father would rather here the truth from you, than me."
Batgirl felt her body tingle with excitement. She wanted to scream out how excited she was to hear this, but...she made herself refrain from showing how thrilled she is. "Oh my God! I can't believe it! I get to stay! I-I get to be Batman's sidekick! AAAAHH!" "Wow..." She almost whispered, and smiled. "So...this is what it feels like to do what...you do." She looked up at him with that smile still on her face. "It feels good to save people." She decided to stand next to Batman and watch everyone below as well. "I know I...didn't do much, but...I can get better..." Batgirl thought he would say something to her statement, but...nothing.
After a moment of silence, Batman formed a small smile on his face.
Batgirl let out a relieved sigh, and hoped that something like this never happens to Joey.
Author's note: I'm so SORRY for another long update to this story. To be honest, I just get these HUGE blocks when I'm not typing something about Joker, or any other interesting villains/characters that I like, and...I just REALLY don't like Barbara or Poison Ivy.
I didn't mean for this chapter to be so long, but...a lot happened in it...
ANYWAYS... expect the chapters to be about Joker again (and, yes...Penguin will start showing his face again too). :D
OH! --and on ANOTHER note... I have a deviantart account under the same name, so...if anyone wants to check out my art (and drawings for the stories I did...and others have done), be sure to go to the website. :)