Contrary to what Cassandra believed. They arrived in Gotham with no problem. She had safe houses in most major cities around the United States since it was the country where she most resided, which included a fully stocked armory so airport security wasn't a big deal. Gotham was also very convenient if trying to disappear or get in touch with a contact. On the flight over, she and Travis had managed to come up with a first step. They were going to tail Batman. It wasn't a very sound plan, but it was the best the two could come up with at the time. Currently, Cassandra was using her shower to finish dyeing her hair. Travis had been right when he suggested it. He, however, was not right when picking out the color. Cass knew she shouldn't have let him go shopping. Now hair normally white hair was a bright red. Way too eye catching. She'd decided though, that if worst came to worst, her hair was memorable. Cassandra glanced at the time. She had about 50 minutes to slip into her other persona. She dried her hair and quickly twisted it into a plait that put it close to her head. She quickly moved out to the bedroom and stepped into her closet. Pushing several dresses to the side revealed frosted glass. One hand scan later and the glass slid apart to reveal her uniform sitting on a mannequin. It consisted of a black leather jacket and hood, black cargo pants, dark red, knee high, combat boots, the same shade fingerless gloves, and multiple utility belts that crossed over her hips and legs – also red. Other than that, there were no distinguishable markers. It made her harder to track down. Also, since Cassandra was paranoid, the entire thing was bullet proof. With every piece of her costume she slipped on, another piece of her persona slipped into place. By the time she was done getting dressed, Ghost had taken her place. In the ten minutes she had left, G quickly filled her utility belts with anything she thought she might need, and clipped her dual katanas over her back. By the time G was done, Travis was just starting to knock on her door. She smoothly opened it to see him standing there with a smirk.

"You're forgetting something." He held out a red, half mask for her. G quickly slipped it on, relishing in the comfortable feel of the upper half of her face being covered. She nodded at him before moving past.

"I'm ready. You stay here and keep an eye on things from your computer." Her voice was cold. Emotionless.

"Aye-aye cap'in!"

"Your sarcasm is not appreciated." Travis rolled his eyes and chose not to reply to the remark. Instead, he moved towards the middle of the living room and plopped down on the couch in front of the TV. Without another word between the two, G pulled open the window and jumped.

It was two hours later when they finally got a lead. Travis had been chattering in her ear for that time with different crimes in progress. By the time that Ghost had gotten there though, Batman had already left. G cursed the fact that she couldn't fly or didn't have a grapple gun. She had to rely on roof jumping. And that was far slower than the Bat's method of transportation. If he had stayed on the ground that night, she would have been fine. But no, the Bat just had to make things difficult. Finally though, it looked like he had stopped for a minute. He stood on the roof next to hers and she had to resist the urge to get closer.
Suddenly, without turning towards her he called out,

"I know you're there." G's eyes narrowed. Running different scenarios through her head, she decided to play dumb for now. There was a chance he was bluffing. Batman turned around and looked directly at her hiding place.

"I know you've been following me for the past hour and a half." Knowing she was caught, Ghost slipped out of the shadows and towards him. Her boots didn't make a sound and she vaulted over the small gap and landed on the other roof. She stood up from her crouch and watched him warily.

"How'd you know?" G had often followed people without them knowing, and the fact that Batman had caught her said a lot. She also wasn't going to pass up this opportunity to learn a thing or two. Even if it was from a hero.

"Instinct. Plus I caught sight of you a few times at multiple different crime scenes." Ghost nodded. She would keep it in mind for next time. Looking at Batman, G could see why he terrified criminals. His cowl covered most of his face, and the white lenses that covered his eyes weren't exactly reassuring. They blocked off all emotion. To most, that was terrifying. To her, it just showed that Batman did have emotions to hide. At least, that was her current hypothesis. The Bat broke G out of her internal assessment by stepping closer. Instantly she straightened and refocused on his movements. She was so focused on his potential attacks that she almost missed the question in her ear.

"How are things going out there, G?" Her finger twitched in annoyance. She had forgotten about Travis. She elected to ignore him for now. It wouldn't do any good to make the Bat aware of her partner.

"Who trained you?" The question from the black mass several feet away came as a surprise. Wondering where he was going with this, Ghost kept quiet.

"You've obviously been trained. Assassin training most likely given the silent way you move, and the katanas on your back. You're also young. Probably still in your teens, though you could be in your early twenties. So I repeat. Who trained you?" Ghost tilted her head slightly to the side.

"Why would you like to know? And why would I tell you?" The Bat nodded as if expecting this.

"Fair enough. Can I know the name of the person trying to kill me though?"

"Can I know your name? That would make things a lot easier," G shot back. Surprisingly, Batman looked like he wanted to smirk.

"G! Can you hear me?" Ghost's hand twitched again. She resisted the urge to bark that she could in fact hear Trav she was just in the middle of something before ripping the com unit out. Unfortunately though, she had enough restraint and common sense not to. Her focus was again drawn to the Bat when he suddenly took another step towards her. G slid her leg back slightly and tensed, clearly portraying the idea: You take another step and I attack. Recognizing the move for what it was Batman lifted his hands in the air slightly. The com in her ear went off again. This time, it didn't stop. Travis just kept chattering in her ear with no idea of any possible consequences. Resigning herself to the inevitable, she finally gave up with keeping Travis's existence a secret and put a hand to her ear.

"Circuit. Shut. Up." Ghost bit the words into three separate pieces.

"Oh! So you can hear me! I was starting to won-." She tore out the com mid sentence and pocketed it. She could practically see the Bat's eyebrow raised as he observed.

Time to wrap this up. G thought with a small frown.

"It looks like I need to go. Last chance to answer my questions if you want the answers to yours." She pushed herself off the wall and headed towards the fire escape.

"Tempting, but I think I'll pass this time. Say 'hi' to your partner for me. I doubt they'll be happy with you for taking out your com." She shrugged.

"Your loss. I somehow doubt that they'd like a 'hello' from you of all people," there was a pause as several sirens sounded below. "You might want to get that rather than following me." With that she climbed her way down the fire escape and disappeared on the streets.

By the time she got back to their base, Travis was waiting for her. And he was not happy. Trav stood in the middle of the living room with his arms crossed, brow furrowed, and a glare on his face. G had no sooner slipped through the window did he let her have it.

"What the h**! You do not ignore me for almost fifteen minutes and worry me before finally responding! For a second I was relieved! But then you don't reply again and your com is turned off!" He goes to continue, but Cass stops him. With a tired voice she explains;

"I ran into Batman. I'm fine. I'm sorry for worrying you. I will tell you more when I get out of this thing." She gestures at her costume. Travis just gives a deep sigh and a nod. She quietly moves past him and into one of the bedrooms. Fifteen minutes later and Cass emerges from the bedroom freshly showered and in a pair of comfortable sweats and a loose t-shirt.

"Trav?" She called.

"In the kitchen!" Cassandra tilted her head to the side slightly as she slipped into the kitchen. Travis didn't usually cook. Judging by the beeps emanating from said room, she concluded that he was microwaving something.

That explains it.

Cass was still surprised when she stepped into the kitchen only to have a plate shoved towards her. She grabbed it on instinct before actually examining what was on it. A blue takeout tray was placed on top, with dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets, some corn, and a package of fruit gummies. She looked at the tray again.

"Is this a Kidz Cuisine meal?" She asked incredulously.

"Yes. Yes it is. Deal with it." Cass eyed the meal again.

"With dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets?"

"You need some cheer in your life."

"I'm plenty cheerful!" Travis gave a bark of laughter.

"You are not! You act like Scrooge at Christmas, only in this version it's Christmas all year!" Cassandra gasped in mock outrage. She even went so far as to place a hand over her heart.

"I am nothing like a grumpy old man!" Trav smiled as he came and sat with her at the kitchen island.

"You are too!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!" Cass shook her head, realizing that she would not win this one. They continued in silence for a minute before Cass's giggles broke through. Travis looked up from his meal with alarm on his face. At the sight of his face, Cass just laughed harder. Suddenly they were both on the kitchen floor laughing till their sides hurt at nothing in particular. She gave him a light punch on the shoulder when they finally calmed down enough to breath.

"Aren't you going to ask how things with the Bat went?"

"Ah, I probably should. Shouldn't I?"

"That is what a partner in crime does. Aren't you a little worried that I led the Bat to our secret lair!" Travis snorted.

"Nah. You're too good for that."

"Hmm, maybe." Travis stared at her for a minute.

"What? Why are you staring at me?"

"Aren't you going to tell me what happened?" He burst out.

"You just said you don't want to know!"

"No! I said that I wasn't worried you led the Bat to our secret lair!" Cassandra rolled her eyes.

"Yes, I'm sorry. How silly of me. Would you like me to recount what happened with the Bat Travis?"

"Yes. Yes I would!" She gave a dramatic sigh.

"Fine, let's do this somewhere more comfortable than the kitchen floor though." Travis acknowledged her request as they relocated to the living room couch. Cass flopped herself down over the couch and stretched out while Trav took one of the armchairs by her feet.

"So what did happen?" He was leaning slightly forward in interest, with his elbows resting on his knees. Seeing that she had his full attention, Cassandra started.

"When I arrived at the spot you told me, the Bat was just starting to move again. I managed to follow him this time with a lot less trouble. Eventually he stopped on a roof not far from the crime. I hid, he called me out." She went to continue, but Travis stopped her.

"Wait. He knew?"

"Yeah, for an hour and a half. He must have gotten annoyed and decided to try and find out what I wanted. Now let me continue. We chatted about some inconsequential things," she held up a hand to stop Trav as he opened his mouth. "It was mostly him asking questions and me responding sarcastically. Interrupt again and I won't tell you a thing." After waiting for his nod Cass continued. "You weren't helping me concentrate with your constant yapping in my ear. I would have replied by I didn't want Batman to know about you. I kinda had to though when you started with a continuous stream of talking at which point I politely tried to tell you to shut up, but you continued talking!" At this point Cass was almost rushing through her sentences. "So yes, I took the ear piece out because I had to focus on Batman. I didn't want to end up in Belle Rev! I also didn't want him to know about you because if this goes south, which it likely will, then you would still be safe." She looked at the ground. "You're like my brother Travis." Cass looked up at him again. "I don't want anything to happen to you." His eyes had softened as she spoke and by now all his anger had been forgotten. Not knowing what to say, Trav moved forwards and scooped Cass into a hug. After a small flinch at the sudden movement, she sat frozen not sure what to do. After a second she returned it just as fiercely.

"You're like a sister to me too." Cass had to push down the tears that threatened to overflow. She had been told time and time again that tears were a weakness. She loosed her hold and gently pushed him back as he loosened as well. Giving him a little smirk she said, "This is getting a little too mushy for me."

He gave a small chuckle.

"Yeah, alright. Anything else happen?" Cass shook her head.

"No. But I do have something I want to talk to you about." He quirked a brow. "I want you to leave Gotham."

"Wait what!" he exclaimed. "There is no way I'm leaving right now!"

"Just hear me out. I have a feeling that this is going to go south real quick. I don't want you anywhere near here when it does. Batman already knows about you and if he decided to go after you, then you have a chance to disappear."

"I don't care if I have a chance to disappear! I'm not going to leave you to fight for yourself! Your uncle did that plenty!" Cassandra swallowed down the anger that bubbled up at the mention of her uncle and tried to think of a way to convince Travis to leave. Coming up short of any ideas, she settled with simple.

"Please, Travis. Please go to some other city. Take another job. You can call to check up every once in a while. I know you can set up calls that aren't traceable." Seeing that Cassandra wouldn't give this up, Trav gave a long sigh.

"Okay. I will. We'll call every other day, okay?" Cass's shoulders sagged in relief.

"Okay. When are you going to leave?" Travis looked down at the ground for a moment before grabbing his cell phone off the coffee table. He scrolled through something for a minute before looking back up.

"I just booked a flight to Star City tomorrow. I have a possible job lined up, it's a simple hack but it would give me an excuse to get out of the city." Cass nodded.

"That sounds good. I have a safe house there too. I'll give you the key to the locker just before you leave tomorrow; it has the entrance code inside it."

"Alright. We should get some sleep." Cass nodded in agreement and stood up. She moved towards her bedroom but was stopped by Travis grabbing her elbow.

"I'll leave, but I'm going to come back for two reasons. One, you call me back. Two, you end up in the hospital. I don't care if the Batman is in the same room, but I will keep an eye out and if you end up in the hospital I will show up. Alright?" Cass looked him in the eyes and noticed the sincerity they held. Unable to say anything she just nodded.

"Goodnight, Cass."

"Goodnight, Travis."