Elseworld's Finest Females: Supergirl and Batgirl
Six
"Bruce did WHAT?" Kara asked, the blond haired woman looking deeply amused. She was dressed in a robe as she sat at the kitchen table of the Wayne Manor, as Alfred bustled around behind them making breakfast.
"He and Vale took down the Reaper together," Barbara Gordon smiled slightly, shaking her head. "I honestly didn't know he had it in him."
"Maybe you should make a costume for him and have him become your sidekick?" Kara suggested impishly.
"Oh, no," Barbara shook her head firmly then took a sip of her coffee, "no sidekicks. You're all the partner I need."
Kara blushed, but she looked please. She was about to say something when her beeper went off, making her curse slightly.
Barbara watched Kara answer her Justice Society beeper, studying her lover for a moment. Even angry Kara was a deeply beautiful woman, with flashing blue eyes and short, blond hair. She was sweet and kind, rather the opposite of how Barbara saw herself.
Even as Kara was getting her message Babs accessed the Oracle system, looking for alerts. There was nothing urgent on the police bands locally, but her hack into the Skywatch program showed something small and fast heading towards Earth.
"It looks like Sinestro is heading for Earth," Kara said flatly, her eyes narrowed, "Abin Sur has requested the JSA to help contain him." She sighed, "Sorry, love, but I have to go."
Barbara nodded as she got up, "Do you think the JSA could use a extra hand?"
Kara's eyes widened, knowing how badly things had gone between Babs and the JSA in the past. "Are you sure?" she asked gently.
"I'd like to help," Babs said firmly.
The next few hours were not fun. Back when Barbara had seriously started crime fighting in Gotham she had convinced the Mayor to ban superhumans, putting her in direct conflict with the JSA. In the end Babs won, and the team had never forgiven her. Therefore there was a lot of resentment when Batgirl arrived with Supergirl to help.
Sinestro, however, was considered a planetary level threat, and the JSA couldn't turn away the help, even if they weren't happy about it.
"Sinestro will be landing nearby," Abin Sur said grimly, the bald, slightly off-pink alien floating in a green aura, "he has long resented me for turning him into the Guardians."
Batgirl activated her cowl lenses, watching as the golden glowing figure descended. "Do we have a plan?" she asked dryly.
Wonder Woman gave her a look, the black haired amazon garbed in her ceremonial armor for added protection. "We contain any of Sinestro's ring constructs," she said to her flatly, "while Abin takes down Sinestro."
"Reasonable," Batgirl nodded, activating her gauntlets hidden weapons.
Interceptor was hovering above in her gaudy red, gold and white uniform, while Ambush bug fidgeted nearby. Firestorm was ready to transmute any attack, while Tarantula mostly glared at Batgirl.
"We can have a round two later," Babs referred to her easy defeat of the hero calmly, "keep your mind on business."
"I know that!" Tarantula growled even as Sinestro splashed down nearby.
He emerged from the cloud of dust his arrival made with a sneer on his face, his eyes narrowed coldly. "Well, Abin, it's been a long time," he said, reaching up to twirl his pencil thin mustache, "and now you need these children to help face me?"
"It has been a long time," Abin said with regret, "please, old friend, turn away from this path. The yellow energy is corrupting you, turning you into something you'd hate."
"Never!" Sinestro snapped as his ring flared.
The ring spat out alien creatures etched in yellow, beasts that attacked everyone around. With swiftness and professionalism the JSA moved out, catching the creatures as they fought to attack innocents. Batgirl watched in admiration as Supergirl casually popped a construct, then one of the things pounced on her.
Calmly Batgirl dodged the snapping jaws, then leaped over a tentacle even as she activated her shock gauntlets. A firm blow staggered the thing, then a snap kick and a double punch put it down. She looked around and saw the rest of the team holding their own, except for Tarantula.
'Oh, you have got to be kidding,' Batgirl sighed, but moved in to help. She distracted the strange slime beast that had been engulfing Tarantula, then together them managed to put it down.
"This doesn't make up for..." Tarantula growled.
"I know," Batgirl calmly cut Tarantula off, seeing Sinestro and Abin Sur battling.
The two men were facing off just feet from each other, each of their rings firing off a blast of energy and canceling out between them. Both men were grunting with effort, sweat pouring down their faces as they dueled with blazing energy.
"Wow," Batgirl murmured, even as her thoughts raced. Checking her utility belt she headed over to where Wonder Woman was subduing another construct.
"Yes?" Wonder Woman asked, though her voice wasn't as hostile as it had been before. Clearly she was impressed with Batgirl's skills, even if she didn't like her very much.
"Would Abin Sur object if we helped?" Batgirl asked briskly, "Or is this a matter of honor?"
Wonder Woman raised a eyebrow thoughtfully, "No, he's a remarkably practical being. What do you have in mind?"
"A rather big distraction for Sinestro," Batgirl said as she walked back to where the two ring wielders were battling.
Both men seemed to ignore everyone around them, though she noticed Abin Sur was making sure to keep any stray bolts from hitting anyone. Sinestro seemed entirely focused on Abin, his eyes narrowed and teeth pulled back in a snarl.
Batgirl pulled the device from her belt as she advanced, watching warily for a opening. They threw energy at each other near continuously, but there were moments when each faltered a bit, lessening the waves of power pouring off them. Batgirl advanced, gritting her teeth until she was in throwing distance, then waited for a flickering of their willpower.
Sinestro's eyes flickered to her, probably wondering who the hell the woman dressed in black was, but that caused his power to weaken just a bit. The small device arched up and descended right in front of him, then as programmed cut loose with a powerful ultrasonic pulse.
"Yeargh!" Sinestro grabbed the sides of his head as the pulse blasted through his eardrums, wrecking his equilibrium and ruining his concentration.
With the experience of a long time Green Lantern Abin slammed into Sinestro with a green energy bolt, ripped the yellow ring off and bound him up in emerald chains in less than five seconds. "Nice," Abin acknowledged, wrapping Sinestro up a bit more just to be sure.
"What was that?" Tarantula had to ask, still visibly shimmering with resentment.
Batgirl smiled slightly, "Ultrasonic grenade. I rigged it up based off Black Canary's canary cry. Very hard to concentrate with that going off nearby."
"Well done," Abin nodded. He looked over at Wonder Woman, "It would be best if I take Sinestro back to the Science Cells at Oa." Under his breath he muttered, "Maybe they can actually hold him this time..."
"Good luck!" Supergirl called as he took off, then the rest of the team went to work cleaning up the mess after the battle.
Firestorm transmuted rubble from the battle, even as Interceptor helped haul debris aside and Ambush Bug teleported away rocks. "Thanks for the help," Ambush Bug nodded to Batgirl, smiling slightly under his helm.
Batgirl helped roll some debris aside as she shrugged, "No problem." She flashed a slight smile, "If he defeated you, I'd just have to stop him myself."
"I'm hoping you're joking," Tarantula growled.
Supergirl let herself float down beside where Wonder Woman was finishing clearing some larger rubble, and smiled at her adopted mother. "Well, what do you think?" she asked.
"She's as impressive as when I first met her." Wonder Woman conceded easily. She flashed a smile, "Is she making you happy?"
Supergirl blushed faintly as she admitted, "Very."
"Good," Wonder Woman nodded then fudged the truth a bit as she said, "I've never felt any resentment over her conflict with the JSA, I've felt she simply was doing what she thought best."
"We tend to agree to disagree about that," Supergirl flashed a sly smile and Wonder Woman laughed. Quietly she asked, "And what do you think of my other idea?"
"Having Batgirl join the Society?" Wonder Woman asked. She watched Batgirl talking with several members of the team as she mused, "I'll concede she was a great help to us today, but what do you think she could bring to the team?"
"Subtlety, probably," Supergirl admitted. She shrugged as her mother looked at her questioningly, "None of the current JSA are known for being sneaky other than Tarantula, and, well..."
"Tarantula isn't as good as her press would imply," Wonder Woman conceded.
"With the power levels we all have we can usually bull our way through situations, but someday we're going to run into something more powerful than us," Supergirl said with a sigh. "Heck, remember when we faced off against Zeus?"
Wonder Woman winced, remembering their near defeat. "I was trained in tactics with the amazons, but I will concede I'm rusty," she admitted, "with our powers, we rarely need any complicated moves. You think Batgirl can help us?"
"I do," Supergirl nodded then added somewhat ruefully, "Assuming I can talk her around to it. I haven't sprung the idea on her yet. "
Dryly Wonder Woman said, "Good luck."
As they were talking Flash arrived, the sleekly armored man looking rather embarrassed at having missed the big fight. To make up for it he pitched in with the cleaning, and in a matter of moments they were done.
Batgirl stalked over to where Wonder Woman and Supergirl were talking, wondering what they were conversing about. 'Probably scolding her about dating me,' she thought a bit nervously. "If you don't mind, I'd like to get back to Gotham," she said after nodding politely to Wonder Woman.
"Thank you for your assistance, Batgirl," Wonder Woman offered her hand and Batgirl took it. She tightened her grip slightly as she added softly, "And if you ever hurt my daughter, I'll make sure you regret it."
"Mother!" Supergirl yelped.
Batgirl met her eyes calmly, "I would never hurt her, I would stake my life on it."
Wonder Woman met her eyes, then relaxed slightly as she admitted, "I believe you."
To be continued...