Catwoman, Batgirl, and Robin


Crime Alley, Gotham East End

May 19th, 2006

The shadows moved against her, one split off and struck for her head, the other for her legs. Selina jumped, and threw herself into a backflip. Her hand tore her whip from her belt and lashed out towards one of the shadows. Selina landed on her hands and twisted on one of them, her legs out. A sound like someone mid choke echoed over the roof as her foot met something hard. She sprung out of her handstand. Selina's legs were bent at the knees, whip in one hand, and her last on the ground as she gazed at the three figures.

Each was clad in black, hoods drawn up and over their masked faces. In their hands were simple katanas, held two handed and with the points aimed at her chest. Selina caught the hardened gaze, the coldness that seeped from their eyes. One stood in the lead while the others flanked them, their baggy robes were as black as the night, and gave them the appearance of shadows. Their footsteps made hardly a sound as they practically glided towards her. A shink resounded through the air and steel claws glinted in the lights of Gotham's nightscape. The attackers stopped, and a cackle blew over the roof. Selina smirked. Metal whistled through the air and The Assassins backed up, their blades knocked aside the projectiles, and their eyes turned past Selina.

"You boys should know, this cat is never alone." Selina dove into the group. Another group of projectiles slammed into one of them and diverted his attention. The third took a kick to the face and slid away over the ground. In a pair of brightly coloured outfits appeared Robin, and a girl in purple and black that looked suspiciously like Batman's armour. The two jumped into the melee. Selina flicked her wrist, her whip wrapped around the hilt of a sword about to meet The 'Batgirl's' arms. She pulled and dropped the whip, the blade flew from The Assassin's hand. She brought her claws towards her own opponent.

His blade hissed through the air as she sidestepped. Her claws ripped at the baggy robes, as he gave ground. She jumped upwards, her feet kicked out and she held back her arms. The Assassin caught the kicks and twisted. Selina felt her world spin, and landed on all fours, her limbs out and bent as he stabbed. She rolled and his blade met the rooftop. She pushed off her back leg and contorted her body. Her kick caught his wrist and his blade fell from his grasp. Her twist continued and her fist clocked him in the jaw. The Assassin went down. Her gaze rose to the next targets. Each of the other Assassins was focused on one of the kids. Robin had a bo staff in hand and matched his opponent blow for blow. The 'Batgirl' ducked, dodged, and weaved around her attacker's strikes, but her punches just weren't enough.

Selina stepped in close, dropped into a boxing stance, and threw punch after punch at the martial artist. The Assassin took the first hit, and spun. A snap resounded and he yelled out, 'Batgirl's' kick landed on his exposed ribs, the same point she'd hammered throughout her fight. His arm ducked close to his ribs, Selina hissed and brought up her leg. The crook of her leg hooked around his head, she twisted, and dropped to one knee. The Assassin made no sound, his face impacted the rooftop and the tension in his form bled out.

Both of the girls turned as Robin slapped his opponent's blade out of his hands. Robin stabbed the bo staff into the ground and pushed off into the air. The Assassin tracked him upwards as Robin's cape fluttered in the wind. His arm shot out and a bola hugged its way around the poor fool. Robin landed, feet planted and arms outstretched, he even threw in a little bow.

"Timber!" His voice echoed as The Assassin toppled to the ground. All three met in the middle of the rooftop and Selina appraised 'Batgirl'. Her cowl was black, the same as her cape. Her bodysuit was a purple jacket with a bright yellow bat stitched onto it. The cape was buttoned onto her jacket and her pants looked more like a gymnast's leotard with a yellow Batman style belt and a pack strapped to her thigh. She had bright red hair and white lenses concealed the colour of her eyes.

"Another one?" Selina raised an eyebrow and turned to Robin. 'Batgirl's' lenses narrowed on her. The girl crossed her arms over her bat symbol and cocked a hip.

"What, vigilantism isn't a boy's club. I thought The Catwoman would be happy I was out here." Her voice had The Gotham lilt, but it was an upper Gotham accent, not from The East End."

"And are you Batgirl? Because my sources state that The Bat only has one partner." Selina watched the girl shift under her gaze, she loved using the Bat-glare on people.

"So what if I am? I can keep up, and as for the one partner thing, The Bat doesn't have a monopoly on Gotham vigilantes." Robin chortled and left to gather the equipment and secure the bad guys. Selina nodded in time with Batgirl's words. She put her hands on her hips and focused all her attention on the girl.

"You want to be a Bat, alright then. First thing's first, you need to be able to fight. What you were doing was good, but against an Assassin or one of the Rogues you need to be better." Selina stepped up and nudged Batgirl's knee, and she bent her leg further in answer. She ran her hand across Batgirl's arm, and shifted it into a defensive position. "Hold your arms like this, keep them close to your chest and your hands in front of your face. Knees bent and elbows up, that'll protect your center and prepare you for your own strikes. It's a boxing form, but it'll get you past most of the street thugs. You'll need more training to get past assassins and the heavier hitting rogues."

"Wait a second, you're seeming a little too chalant about all this, how many times have League Assassins come after you?" Selina turned to Robin, the boy stood tall, but still much shorter than her, feet spread and arms crossed over his chest. The lenses of his domino mask were narrowed and his lips pulled into a tight line. Selina wisely held back the want to quirk the corner of her lips up at him.

"It's not the first time The League has taken an interest in me Kitten, I think I'll be fine." His eyebrows pulled closer together and he huffed and spun on his foot.

"Fine. Good luck." Robin jumped, the sound of his grapple line followed less than a second later. Selina's eyes went wide and she spared a glance towards Batgirl, who raised an eyebrow at her, which only widened one of the lenses of her cowl. Batgirl stalked past the cat themed thief and stopped at the edge. She turned back towards Selina, just a portion of her face revealed in Gotham's light.

"They care about you ya know? I've haven't seen Robin as happy as he is when he's around the both of you. I know for a fact The Bat isn't as happy either. So trust me when I say if you're playing with them it won't end well. They deserve better, and I'll fight for it for them, since they like to be the ones who let others have what they think they shouldn't have." Batgirl's line fired off, anchored into a building across the way. She and Robin disappeared in a few swings, Selina left with her thoughts, some unconscious ninjas, and the uncomfortable realisation she might have stolen some things she hadn't meant to. What didn't help is that she couldn't decide if she wanted to return them, or keep them close to her heart.


A/N:

I liked playing around with the idea that Robin was first before Batgirl, I know that it depends on the comic/series/movie/or universe as to whether that's true. I also figured that literally at max a couple of months wouldn't make much/mean much in the grand scheme of things given what the concept behind this fic is. Kinda continuing with that theme of Catwoman cares by having her give a few lessons to Batgirl, I also wanted to introduce the concept of Bruce and Selina as a couple earlier on. Don't ask why, I can't explain it honestly. Also hope people picked up on the hints I dropped both about Batgirl's and Robin's characters in this. As of yet no reviews/comments, but hey I'm writing this because I wanted to try my hand at it and it is fun to write, plus I really need to work on making shorter works and I feel like this is working somehow. For those interested in updates for other stories, Imperial Academy is close to having another chapter, this chapter will be a bit longer, I think I want to finish the scene I have and maybe one more and then I'll have it up for you all to read. My other longer works haven't been given as much attention, I'm feeling the drawing phase right now so I'm writing after work and drawing before it, then reading while at work. We'll see how much slower that makes my writing process and how much longer my drawing phase lasts. For those who made it to the end of this note thank you for your perseverance and for your time. I hope everyone enjoyed this one shot/story there are at least three more planned as this is another Five Times idea that I had, and I'll see you all in the next one! Thanks! Reviews/Comments always welcome (please try to keep it to constructive criticism though)

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