Sorry it's a few hours later than I planned.. Not feeling good and SOOO tired But I HAD to post it, for those that follow.. Thank you all who added me to alerts/ favs.. special thanks to Candyapples101! Hope ya like this chapter. I know it seems like forever to introduce the team but I don't wanna have a marry sue where she come in and Bats just throw her on the team knowing nothing about her. Don't worry.. they're coming!

For the next week Danielle became just as reclusive and brooding as the bat. She went off to school and came back right after Alfred checked in countless times, probably just to make sure she didn't try sneaking out the window. His suspicions only grew when she didn't come down for dinner, she didn't visit the cave. She tried to keep her distance from Dick. She'd attacked him so recklessly. She WOULDN'T let that happen again. Due to this, the house had grown quiet. Even as they would pass each other in the hall, meet over the occasional breakfast she'd actually attend, they tended not to talk. As a point she tried not to even look at him, less she provoke him to begin another argument.

The tension was thick enough she was certain a knife wouldn't even be able to cut through. Her release from it all was meditation. She'd spent hours locked in her room after school each day, curtains drawn and lights off as she sat in the center of her room in the lotus position, fighting down the rage and anger that threatened to consume her. The very fact she had to fight to do so only served to anger her more. Her hatred for the man that had created the nano filled drug that had changed her, the man that had sold her to them, the society that had created that man. The furry built till she couldn't take it anymore.

With a gasp her eyes flew open. A few heavy breaths escaped her before she looked to the door. There hadn't been a knock but there didn't need to be one. "Enter" She called to the man on the other side.

The door slid open slowly, Bruce emerging on the other side. Come to think of it it was rare she saw the man the last few days. Rising from the floor her expression didn't change from it'd indifference if not slightly annoyed looked as she walked to the cushioned seat on the windowsill, resting her back against the wall and drawing her right leg up so the foot rested on the cushion while allowing her left to dangle off the side. "Something on your mind?" She asked looking out the window.

Bruce allowed himself a small smirk at the girls cool demeanor as he shut the door, approaching her, leaning against the wall off to the left of the window crossing his arms. "Being as you haven't disappeared in nearly a week and that there haven't been any fights I was wondering if you'd like to come out tonight?"

Her head turned slowly to look at the man. Hope rose and nearly choked her as she looked at him with skeptic eyes. "Out tonight liiike..." She let it linger for a moment.

"A late night." Was his coded answer.

An almost evil smirk spread across her face instantly. "Mission?"

"Patrol." He clipped.

"Alone?"

"Supervised." Another short, quick answer.

She looked away for a moment, thinking, before she turned back full grin on her face with a mischievous glint in her eyes. "Can we find a REALLY tall building...?"

So there they were, on one of the tallest buildings in Gotham. She felt accomplished that Bruce had given in to her request even at the expense of actually having to use his binoculars to look for trouble on the streets. She breathed in as the wind caressed her skin. She'd missed the city. Not the city that Danielle got to see but the one that Sparrow protected. Gotham was two different cities, one by day and another by night and oh how she loved the night!

Her feet moved silently over the roof towards the edge where Batman and Robin were perched, looking down towards the streets with binoculars. She looked down with them.

"I still can't believe you gave her weapons. She could kill anyone we try to save you know." Robin said on the other side of Batman.

"My hearings just as good as ever." She paused to looked to Robin who glowered back at her. "Just so you know."But even his attitude couldn't get to her today. She was overjoyed at being on the streets again. Though she couldn't say the same for Batman. Even through the cowl she could have sworn she saw the nerve throbbing on his forehead. Poor Bats. He should have expected this after what happened in the cave.

FLASH BACK

Danielle stood still, face emotionless as one Richard John Grayson attempted to kill her with his eyes just inside the cave.

"I still can't believe you're taking her on patrol with us!"

"When you run the cave you can make the decisions." Was Batmans cool reply "Now suit up!" Dick glared at her for a moment longer before reluctantly turning and walking away to change.. Danielle approached Batman.

"And mine is...?" She questioned. Batman pointed to the opposite direction of where Dick had walked. She nodded and headed over, making quick work of the armored suit. The reinforced gray reinforced leggings, Kevlar reinforced brown and gray body suit, brown leather gloves with hidden lead pouches hidden in the fingers for the added 'ouch' factor, black armored kneed high boots. A black miniskirt (for fashion) and finally her lightly weighted cape, mid calf in length, yellow on the inside and black and brown scalloped on the out side to give the illusion of wings.

Pulling her hair into two high matching pigtails before she reached into the pocket of her discarded clothes to pull out a red/black color tube of lipstick. She'd picked it up when Bruce had taken her shopping. It was the same shade and brand that Barbara had given her when she first put on the mask. 'to add a touch of femininity to it' Babs had told her. Finally her 'feathered' mask.

Walking out to the open was heavenly, the swish of the cape that enveloped her shoulders, the ease of walking in her tabi boots, the pull of the form fitting suit against her blossoming curves. It was bliss! She froze however when she caught hold of Robins suit, even as he snickered at her.

"That's your suit?"

She let an evil smirk of her own cross her face as she took in the new outfit. Her Dick had never worn one like this... Looked closer to Timmys.. Thank God! She wasn't sure how comfortable she'd be going out with a half naked Robin."In my world your suit was scaly green panties and pixie booties. I believe mine is an upgrade." She paused, pointing a finger to his chest only centimeters from poking him. "Besides, mine is designed for stealth is Gotham. Red? Where were you planning on seeking cover? Vegas?"

"Maybe I'm not as Gothic as you but at least I don' look like I'm trying to be five. Pigtails?"

She let out a small laugh. "Apparently you have the same brain capacity as a criminal. They like to underestimate me, think I'm just a kid. And as we saw earlier I can certainly hold my own against you." It looked like Robin was about to say something when Batman bellowed from the by the car.

"Another word and neither of you are going!" They abruptly stopped. "Get in the car!"

END FLASHBACK

She was drawn from her thoughts as she recognize a familiar light, turning to fully face the signal of the bat that shone through the passing clouds she paused. Bats said no missions. Getting a call from the signal pretty much meant mission. She turned back to Batman, waiting for his call. He looked to her for a moment, contemplating, before nodding. Her face lit up, dark lips accenting white teeth in a large smile. "Yes!" Behind him Dick let out a sigh. Figuring she might as well have a little fun she walked to one side of the building, looking to Robin. "Race ya there Robby." She said before running full speed towards theother side of the building. Once she approached the edge she leapt off it in perfect form, diving straight for the grounds.

Watching her jump from the building Robin and Batman had the same reaction of running to the edge, watching as she accepted the fall, wind blowing her cape out behind her like true wings. Bruce felt a lump in his throat as he watched her free fall.

There were no words to describe the rush, the feeling of falling. The wind rushing, the feeling of being alive, being free. Like she was truly flying.. Sadly enough, she could relish the feeling for only so long before she would splat on the asphalt below. With a 'pof' she released her grapple gun, using the force that whipped her back up to curve around the building she'd hooked onto.

"Hmph I could do that!" Was Robins reply as he pulled out his own grapple, giving chase. The lump in his throat finally gone at seeing her rise up above the skyline again, Batman shook his head before following the two birds.

"I just don't get what you see in these freaks commish." Bullock shuffled a bit, trying to find a way to open his donuts and still hold onto the papers the commissioner had told him to bring up to the roof with him. "A grown man running 'round in tights playing hero.. What's he got to hide under that thing anyway. Awfully suspicious if you ask me."

Gordon ignored the man as he watched the skies, waiting for the dark night. It had been a long night. Pulling his glasses from his face he closed his eyes to rub them for just a second. Opening them he was met with a tall dark figure. He did it again.. However, to his surprise, not only was Robin with him, but there was also another young female, early teens on the other side of him as well, one he'd never seen before.

"Jeez they're multiplyin'!" Bullock called from behind him.

"A new partner?" Gordon asked.

Before Batman could say anything she stepped up. "Sparrow. Think of me as a temp for now." Batman glanced to her with narrowed eyes and she feel silent, slipping back behind him.

"You had something for me commissioner?" His question startled Jim from looking over Batmans newest side kick.

"Right. Bullock?" He called for the man who shuffled once again to hold onto his sweets and hand over the manila folder.

Sparrows head cocked to the side as she looked questioningly to the officer behind Jim. That was Bullock? He was... Skinny... Well relatively so. He was still a normal sized man but she would have expected someone in the porker range of her own detective Bullock. She continued to gaze for a minute as the man fought with his sweets before Gordons voice drew her to look to the folder he'd handed Batman.

Inside the folder were police reports and paper clipped to the corner was a mug shot of a nicely built man, sandy hair and dark blue blue eyes, holding the number card with a smug smirk.

"Name's Hector Sogrimm. He's traveled from place to place and wherever he goes people disappear. He's suspected of Human Trafficking but nobody can get anything to stick because no one is ever found alive. Intel is that he's in Gotham. We've had three missing persons reports already with no clues. We were kind of hoping maybe you'd be able to help us out."

"I'll look into it." With that he turned to leave, Robin obediently following and they both stopped at the ledge of the building, waiting for Sparrow. She started staring at Bullock again and everyone noticed but the man himself. Finally, after more than a minute the slower than normal detective felt the gaze on him and looked up, pastry in hand.

"What are you lookin' at?"

She gave one of her patented evil smirks . "If I were you I'd lay off the donuts." With that she ran to the ledge, pulling her grapple and shotting it off into the night as they all swung away in a line.

If the name Hector Sogrimm was from somewhere, I didn't know.. I was so tired I just asked my fiance to throw me a name and that's what he came up with. He said he heard it somewhere but didn't know where.. I was too tired to argue... Review, please and thank you... tired... X.X