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And here I was.

I was flying over my city again.

Wind trussed my hair, and it felt amazing, flickering out behind me like black fire. It threw my cape back relishing the air despite being muggy and greenish, this was my home. And it was beautiful.

Stars twinkled in the green mist, a moon looming like the face of a guardian angel. Smoke bellowed like dancing birds in the air.

Lights zoomed and flashed, the cars flying across the cracked concrete below. Lights twinkled in perfect squares, lighting up the night like lanterns.

I smiled. This was my home. And it wasn't perfect, but I was happy with it. I wanted to stop the corruption from eating it, but that's what Gotham is. Corruption. And all we can do is try.

Because who are we?

We are the Knight and his Squires, the Dark Guardian Angels, the Bats. And even if we are girls right now, that doesn't change us or our job.

So, with sound of a siren, I swooped down in the perfect embodiment of my mantle, the Robin. I realized that girls are so much more graceful than men, and give a more dramatic flare to everything. Sure, Bruce emerging from black mist with bats whipping around him is pretty dramatic, but I've also seen Talia stepping out in a long, plain white dress, her hair free and flying, her green eyes pure (for once), and somehow that was so much more amazing than Batman.

So then I stood, black hair brushing my waist, cloak flicking, in a store in front of some idiots who thought they could rob it.

"Hey boys…" I cackled eerily. Of course, the men looked sincerely confused. I think my laugh may have been creepier in the girl voice.

I fell from the ceiling, knocking the man down and spin-kicking the other. I had them tied up in seconds. They were both glaring at me in shock, freaking out that in front of them stood not the boy wonder, but the girl wonder.

I blew them a kiss and left. The alarm would alert the police.

"Robette."

"Hey Hushy." I answered my com as it buzzed.

"I finished down here, but Red Robella pressed the emergency button."

"Where is she?"

"Uh… You know the Pizza Hut on Fourth?"

"Yeah."

"She's not there."

"HUSH!"

"Ok, sorry, sorry, she's on a pier, the old shut down one."

"The one that's a regular base for Joker?!"

"That's the beauty of it. Joker escaped exactly TWENTY minutes ago, and Robella pressed the alert exactly FIFTEEN minutes ago."

"Why didn't my Holo-Computer notify me?"

"I dunno. But if it IS Joker we'd better hurry."

"What about Renny?"

"You contact him- er, her. I'll meet you there."

"Hush, be careful, ok?"

"Yah, yah, I know the drill."

"Should we contact B-"

"No. He'd ground us for life if we were boys, as his precious little princesses I have no idea WHAT he'd do and I don't want to find out."

"Er… ok. See yah."

"See yah."

I sighed as I hung up and switched the frequency. "Robin to Renny. I repeat: Robin to Renny."

"What is it?"

"We believe RR has been captured by Joker."

"…Where?"

"Abandoned Pier. Usual stint."

"Not a word to B."

"Lips are sealed."

"Meet you there."

"Copied. Robinette out."

"Tt."

I sighed again, wondering how this possible could have gone worse.

Ok, don't answer that.

Ok, this is WAY short and I feel WAY guilty, but I just can't write this story! No, that does not mean i will discontinue or put on Hiatus, it just means I'm having a hard time and this is taking forever.

I had two choices with this: keep it from you and probably take another month to write the second part, or give this to you now. Obviously, I chose the latter. I'll keep trying and I WILL finish this fic, I just need to get my butt in gear, and i tried but unlike usual it didn't flow after the first part.

Suggestions and Reviews SINCERELY appreciated (and probably needed)

~Universe