"So that's it, then?" said Hawkgirl.

                "It appears to be so," said Batman.  The two were standing on the rooftop of the Gotham Police Department.  The Bat-signal was lighting up the midnight sky.  "You did good last night.  Not to many people could last as long as you did."

                "Not to bad for my first trip to Gotham, then?"

                Batman's facial expression, as always, did not change.  But his voice tone changed.  "Let's just say it is to everyone's advantage that we are both on the same side."

                Hawkgirl grinned.  "Except for the criminals."  She looked at the Gotham's buildings and streets below them.  "I have to leave soon.  Don't get me wrong…I really like Gotham, but I've been aching to get back to Midway.  I never thought I'd miss that place."

                Batman nodded.  "Well if you ever come back, you know where to look me up."

                Shayera grinned and pulled her new knife out from its hilt.  "Yes, I'll have to come back for some more of these!"  She looked past Batman's mask, and saw Bruce Wayne's pale blue eyes.  "All the same, I think there's little hope for the two of us together."

                "When did you figure that out?  When you found out Bruce Wayne's secret?"

                Hawkgirl rolled her eyes.  "Long before that.  It was when you said you liked to work in the night.  I'm not fond of night owls."

                And with that, Shayera jumped from the building.  She dropped for a few milliseconds before opening her wings and floated lazily away.  Batman stood there, watching, until she was nothing more than a speck bound towards the west.

***

                Batman was at his computer in the Batcave, finishing his report on Hawkgirl.  Batgirl was standing behind him.  "You think she'll ever come back?"

                "If she has a reason too.  But not unless it's necessary.  She is very fond of Midway."

                Barbara rolled her eyes.  "She doesn't like that place, she'd rather be back home."

                Batman stared ahead at the computer.  "She'd rather be back, yes, but you have to understand, she is a hawk.  She may speak and converse and look like a lady, but deep in her mind she is a raptor.  Midway is her home base now.  She wants to protect it.  She has to protect it.  She doesn't know any other way."

                Batgirl nodded.  "True.  So you think its still a good idea to add her to your 'Emergency List'?"

                Up on a screen was a list of superheroes outside of Gotham:

                Superman

                Green Lantern

                Flash

                …and Hawkgirl.

                Batman gave a quick nod.  "Just in case something's too big for just one of us."

***

Shayera did see Batman again every once in a while.  But she was too busy in Midway to commit much time in Gotham.  Batman was right—something deep in her spirit wouldn't let her leave her adopted home for long.  Even Shayera herself was not aware of it.  But shortly after her fifth year as Hawkgirl, she received an urgent message on her computer.

                You assistance in needed.  The entire world in danger.  Rendezvous as the following coordinates.

                And thus, the Justice League was formed.

***

Author's note:

Thanks for the awesome reviews guys!  I'm working on my next story, and here's the preview!

Hawkgirl's got the opportunity of a lifetime -- J'onn has located Thanagar. Meanwhile, a scientist in New England has tinkered with trans-dimensional communication, which means Shayera can contact her home planet! Too bad a high-tech criminal named Shadowthief has made off with the technology and plans on selling it somewhere in the galaxy. Hawkgirl gets the help of the Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern, and the Flash as she tries to stop this new rogue! And what happens when she finally 'phones home'?