In the dark of the night evil will find her,
In the dark of the night just before Dawn!
Aah...
Revenge will be sweet,
When the curse is complete!
In the dark of the night
She'll be gone!
In The Dark Of The Night- Anastasia
Note-This takes place before the Dark Knight Rises, just so we don't get confused! Also, R.I.P to the fallen victims who died in the Dark Knight Massacre. So sad! x
They arrived home; Bruce breaking at least over fifty road laws on the way and Hermione couldn't help but wonder if they have been caught by speeding cameras as they did so. But in this chaos, they wouldn't be able to tell.
"Hermione!" Alfred called with relief, giving his grand-daughter a hug once he spotted her entering the hallway. "Thank god you're safe." Hermione bristled and Bruce brushed past her and she gave a quick look in his direction before Alfred dragged her into the kitchen. "Master Bruce did the right thing to bring you home. You're not hurt are you?"
"I've been in worse situations than this Alfred, believe me. May I go upstairs and get changed into something more comfortable? As much as I like this dress, I prefer jeans and the casual T-shirt,"
Alfred nodded. "You may." With one last hug, Hermione left the room quickly and went into her bedroom. She threw her bag and jacket on the bed and quickly took off her evening dress, sighing with relief at not wearing it anymore and began to put on her costume.
Batman wouldn't have it coming that he was going to have his own side kick whether he liked it not. Alfred couldn't know about this, as much as she loved him she sometimes missed being in battle and missed the fighting. Alfred wouldn't understand.
Making sure everything was in place she locked her door with magic so Alfred couldn't come in before whispering 'Point Me' to find Batman's location. Apparently he was still travelling and seemed to be heading in Gotham's Police Station direction, she smirked and apparated to Gotham's Police station and just to be sure, she apparated right on top of the roof.
However when she got there she stood in the shadows on top of the roof to find that Gordon was also there, signalling the broken Bat symbol in the night sky. She hid in the shadows and watched. After a few minutes, she noticed Batman flying onto the roof silently before Gordon turned around and jumped.
"You got to stop doing that, one day you're going to give me a heart attack," He scowled and turned off the light. "At least you came. After the incident with the Joker, we thought you wouldn't come when we needed you,"
"Gotham is my city. Even when Gotham no longer follows me, I still wish to protect it," Batman said. "The main rogues of Gotham are on the loose including Scarecrow, Penguin and Poison Ivy. They must be working for Sweet Tooth,"
"Perhaps I can help you with that," Hermione purred and she stepped out of the shadows and Batman and Gordon turned around to face her.
"Who the hell are you?" Gordon asked baffled, his hands resting on the top his gun just in case she was working for the bad guys.
"I'm your new hero. I'm here to help," She cocked her head to the side. "I believe I can deal with those rogues for you easily. They're merely simple idiots,"
Batman stormed up to her and looked down at her but Hermione did not flinch. "You do not know their methods or techniques. I work alone you hear?"
"Ah but you need all the help you need right now don't you? Gotham is in more trouble than it usually is and one man cannot defeat all those rogues alone, no matter how powerful he has become." There was a pause between them and before Batman stepped back. There, Hermione had him.
"We can't waste any more time than we already have," Gordon said interrupting them both. "However can we trust you?"
Hermione gave Gordon a sincere smile. "You have my complete and utter trust Gordon. I fight for justice and peace and will do anything to get rid of evil. I will deal with the rogues of Gotham while you Batman hunt down Sweet Tooth," She walked over to the edge of the building.
"Wait!" Gordon said, almost alarmed and Batman pierced his eyes into the back of her head. She turned so that her back was to the opposite building in front of them. "Who are you and how can we contact you?"
"Send red fireworks into the air or just use the same Bat Symbol," She nodded towards it. "And as for my name, well, you may call me Batgirl," She gave them a slight smirk before opening up her arms and she fell backwards down into the street below before apparating away, just before she hit the floor.
Gordon rushed to the side where Batgirl was moments before, his eyes showing confusion as he saw no body on the ground. "Batgirl hey," He muttered. "Looks like someone has a crush on you Batman," He turned around only to find that Batman has disappeared and he sighed and ran a hand through his greying hair. "I really do hate it when he does that."
Hermione apparated on a street that was not too far away from where Poison Ivy and Scarecrow were creating their chaos and she steadied her balance, clearing away the stars that were forming underneath her eyelids. Grabbing a plastic bag, she quickly transfigured it into a gas mask and headed down the street.
"Fear the Scarecrow and Poison Ivy!" She heard Crane cry gleefully. "You have nothing to fear but fear itself!"
Up ahead, Hermione saw Crane on a black horse wearing his ridiculous tattered scarecrow mask and next to him stood a tall pale woman with long curly ginger hair and Hermione saw plants coming out of her bag, some plants she recognized from Herbology lessons and they weren't exactly the friendliest of plants either.
"Oi!" Hermione shouted, now standing a mere few feet away from them. "Go pick on someone your own size!"
Poison Ivy turned around to face her and leered at her. "Ooh!" She cooed. "Someone wants to play!"
"You want play time?" Hermione snapped. "Then you'll love this," She pointed her wand at her. "Stupefy!" Poison Ivy was flown back hard against the brick wall, knocking her unconscious. Scarecrow screamed in frustration and charged his black horse straight at her.
Hermione grabbed Crane by the leg, causing his foot to come out of the stirrup and lose his balance and toppled on top of her. Leaving his horse to run free in the Gotham's city streets. Hermione went to strangle him before Crane punched her in the jaw, Hermione felt blood in the corner of her mouth but she spat that out right at Crane.
"You stupid bitch!" Crane exclaimed, going in for another punch.
"Oh, shut up," Hermione muttered and she kneed him in the stomach, making him curl and she had the advantage to throw him off, regaining her wand. "Petrificus Totalus!" She cried. Crane now could not move and she sighed with relief and got up. Making sure that most of the muggles were distracted, she quickly body binded Poison Ivy and Crane and apparated them both to an empty cell in Gotham's Police station.
"One job down, few more to go," She muttered wit false cheer as she marched down yet another street. She took of her gas mask as the gas around them was now slowly disappearing thanks to her and walked down an empty alley way street to find the locations of Batman's other enemies.
She's defeated Poison Ivy and Scarecrow so who could be next? She knew Batman was busy hunting Sweet Tooth so she could worry about him at the end, but there were enemies still left such as Doctor Freeze. Surely they would be working alongside Gotham's new Sweet Tooth?
"Why are you doing this?" a familiar voice asked and Hermione turned around only to find Batman beside her.
Her eyes flickered over to him. "I want to help you. Like you, I fight for justice and wish to protect Gotham. Shouldn't you not be defeating Sweet Tooth right now instead of talking to me?"
Before Batman could reply however, other shadows began to emerge all exits in the alleyway and Hermione recognized Catwoman at once.
"Look what we have here!" Catwoman purred. "Looks like Batman has got himself a girlfriend!" The cronies around them barked out laughter.
"Catwoman," Hermione hissed. "What do you want?"
"What do I want?" She purred and swaggered up close to them. "What I want is both of you," Then, before Hermione could make a move-the whole world went black and Hermione could do no more.