Batgirl sat around the table and listened to the older scientists talk about the amazing technology that would be needed to go from one dimension to another with a bored expression, she glanced over at Janet who mirrored her expression.
"You as bored as I am?" Batgirl whispered to her and Janet looked at her and nodded, resting her chin on her arms and Batgirl looked at the door and then back at Janet.
"Fancy making a run for it?" She asked in another whisper and Janet perked up slightly and glanced at the men, they were all completely ignorant to the two of them and what they were plotting.
Janet nodded and the two stood quietly and then crept out of the room, leaving the men in their nerdy joy as they went to have some real fun.
"I thought you liked that kind of science stuff?" Janet asked and Batgirl shrugged her shoulders.
"I do, but only when I can actually do something. I blow things up mainly" Batgirl explained, she hated those long lecture like discussions the league would have discussing the pros and cons of a machine before they actually let her build the damn thing.
"So, what makes you and Hank so special?" Batgirl asked as the two of them made their way up to the rooftop to enjoy the view and get some well needed fresh air.
"Hanks a scientist, he made an inescapable prison. He also invented something called Pym-particles" Janet told her and Batgirl nodded, seriously doubting that the prison was inescapable but letting it slide.
"Pym-particles?" She questioned and Janet smiled, before she started to get smaller and smaller.
"Oh…so that's how captain atom does it" Batgirl muttered, but Janet had a tiny pair of wings, like some kind of pixie.
"They turn you into a faerie?" Batgirl asked with a small frown and the tiniest of smiles.
"We don't know why I grow wings, Hank doesn't" Janet muttered slightly fed up but Batgirl just laughed.
"So? You're a faerie! That is awesome…can you use magic?" Batgirl asked and Janet shook her head.
"Magic doesn't exist-" Batgirl muffled her laughter with a cough "-But I can do this" Janet told her, holding out her hands and facing the window.
A shot of yellow flew from her hands and shattered the glass, Batgirl had to admit that was a pretty nifty gift.
"The Pym-particles must activate a dormant meta gene, that's why you grow wings and can fire…electricity? Or is it just energy?" Batgirl mused and Janet frowned.
"Meta gene? What's that?" Janet asked and Batgirl sat on the edge of the building, Janet whilst growing to her regular size joined her.
"It's the gene that gives a person super powers. They're far and few between so the league is always short handed. For every good guy we find five bad guys pop up" Batgirl told her and Janet sighed.
"Well, we call them the X gene here. And we call the people with them mutants" Janet told her and Batgirl stared at her.
"That's horrible, we call them meta humans. Much nicer than mutant, that's just cruel" Batgirl told her and Janet nodded in agreement, but Batgirl could understand the name
The meta gene was a mutation, therefore the most logical choice would be mutants. Meta human sounded far less offensive though.
"What's your family like? Back in your dimension?" Janet asked and Batgirl stared at the descending sun and how familiar the New York skyline looked in this dimension compared to her own.
"I live with Pops, he's the commissioner of police in Gotham" Batgirl told her and Janet grinned.
"I'll bet he's proud" She commented and Batgirl chuckled.
"Pops doesn't know, he'd never understand. He's spent most of his life trying to keep me away from the police force, and then to find out I'm Batgirl? He'd flip" Batgirl told her with a gentle laugh.
Janet laughed with her and the two of them were silent for a moment before Janet had an idea.
"Want to go for a rooftop stroll?"
Wolverine allowed Spiderman to talk, something about the kid was familiar and he was going to let the keep talk until he remembered. Plus the kid seemed happy enough yakking away to Nightcrawler and he for one would rather have chatty teens than grumpy teens. Not that there was much difference in his mind.
The hunt for Darkseid was slow, they had no leads as to where he may strike or for what reason. The only thing they knew at this current moment in time was that he had aligned himself with Loki, the brother of Thor and the Norse god of mischief.
"If he is so powerful how come he's hiding?" Spiderman questioned and Nightcrawler shrugged his shoulders.
"He seems to have a lot of respect for Batgirl, maybe he's a bit afraid of her" Nightcrawler suggested and Spiderman shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't see why, she's only what? Sixteen?" Spiderman asked and Wolverine corrected him.
"Seventeen"
Spiderman shrugged his shoulders at the correction.
"Seventeen then, but let's face facts she's still a child. What does she know about saving the world and such?" Spiderman asked, as nonchalantly as he possibly could.
Spiderman had nothing against Batgirl, in fact the opposite he respected her immensely but in his mind she still hadn't really proven herself as a hero. Maybe in her dimension she had, but not here.
"I don't know, let's ask her" Nightcrawler grinned, pointed over to a roof where Batgirl was leaping across with something about the size of a sparrow was darting around with her.
"Come on Janet! Hurry up!" Batgirl called laughing as she back-flipped across a small gap between rooftops as the small flying form of Janet, clad in black and yellow, came shooting after her with tremendous speed for something so small.
"Hey! I'm still new to this" Janet protested her wings fluttering at an incredible rate, Batgirl estimated one hundred beats per second, similar to a hummingbird would flap their wings to keep their bodies in the air.
"Batgirl! Vhat are you doing?"
Batgirl turned and smirked at Nightcrawler, and Janet buzzed lightly and hid behind Batgirls head, laughing silently.
"Just out for a rooftop stroll" She told them, her face completely casual as Janet pulled on the back of her mask and a few escaped hairs to try and get her attention.
"Batgirl, have you ever saved the world?" Wolverine asked in a grunt and Batgirl frowned, before slowing nodding.
"Well…yeah, what hero hasn't?" She asked frowning at Wolverine who said nothing, Batgirl's head jerked back slightly and Spiderman frowned at her.
"Okay that's it" Batgirl muttered, spinning and clasping her hands together.
"Vhat the-" Nightcrawler started to ask but Batgirl's hands flew apart suddenly and a small black and yellow form flew out.
"Ow! That hurt you little pest!" Batgirl muttered, but she was grinning as she gave chase to the small form of Janet, whilst leaving the other three more than a bit confused.
"Was she chasing a faerie?"
Woo! Have a filler chapter, I wanted to introduce Janet's powers cause they're gonna come in handy later on in the fic.
Batfan1987, Thanks, I'm glad my batgirl is liked and not hated.
Terrence Rogue, I always thought, as grumpy and evil as Darkseid is that he would respect someone with what he would deem 'adequate intellect' and she's more than adequate. Tony and Batgirl are hilarious, I love them both.
Lionfire, Yes, Darkseid and Loki are talking about Batgirl, she is going to get more awesome *Cough*sequel*cough* so enjoy!
Read and Review guys!
Tulip Out.