Batman knew he was being affected by the curse, he also knew that for some reason, the curse had only affected him when he was actually near Batgirl. But unfortunately, that was all that he knew.

"So your saying, whenever someone approaches Batgirl, they just hate her?" John asked in clarification and Batman nodded at the green lantern who bristled a bit in thought.

"Actually, that's not necessarily true"

Everyone turned to Green Arrow who was deep in thought about something.

"What do you mean?" Superman asked and he looked over at him thoughtfully.

"Roy didn't hate her. Quite the opposite actually the two of them hit it off straight away" He informed them and Superman frowned.

"So why didn't it affect him? And why doesn't it affect us all the time? Surely a spell like that would affect us all the time, not just when were near her" Superman asked but Fate shook his head.

"No, not necessarily. I checked the spell from a recording on Batman's gauntlet, Morgan Le Fay cast a spell where she hatred that Batgirl once felt would be reflected upon herself" Fate explained to them and Flash frowned.

"Meaning?" He asked and Batman turned to explain it to him.

"Meaning that all the hatred Batgirl has ever felt for the world is coming back to get her, and were the ones that are giving it to her" He told them all, everyone went quiet. Everyone knew that he would never admit it out loud, but he cared for Batgirl more than anything, there were very few people Batman regarded as family and she was one of them.

"But that still begs the question, why didn't it affect Roy?" Question asked curiously and Fate tilted his head in thought.

"I am afraid that I do not know, until we can find out why she hated the world so much then we can do nothing but search for a counter-curse. Or until a family member or close friend can be asked" Fate added the last line in a slightly quieter voice, he may not have been very tactful but even he did not want to end up on the bad side of the Bat.

"Batman, did she ever talk to you about her past?" Wonderwoman asked gently but he just shook his head.

"No, but I know someone who might"

Barbara sat on the sofa of Selina's large apartment eating some microwave pizza and pondering her situation. Batman hated her. The curse had taken affect. How long before Selina turned on her as well? The thought scared her more than she liked to admit. Selina had been the one person that, throughout her life, through everything that had ever happened, that she felt she could trust.

She had thought that Bruce could be one of those people, but she now scorned herself for such a foolish thought.

Trust…it's stupid really…you put all your trust and faith in someone, you lean on them for support…only for them to drop you whenever they see fit.

Selina sat beside her eating the same thing she was, Barbara was hugged under her arm as they watched some crappy late night television.

Selina hummed gently as she ate her pizza, weaving her fingers through Barbara's darkening hair, it was going a deep shade of red and Barbara wasn't sure she liked it or not, her brown hair had been inherited from her mother and she didn't want to lose it. Selina's phone buzzed in her pocket and she opened it with a flick of the wrist and lifted it to her ear.

"Hello?" She purred in an angelic voice but Barbara continued to watch the rubbish television program. She had already worked out that the older brother had killed the milk man, and she was shocked to know that this was what qualified as entertainment.

"Catwoman, it's Batman. I need your help"

Selina glanced down at Barbara, but when she noticed she was still glued to the television program (no doubt picking the flaws out of it) she replied.

"Okay kitten, sounds like fun" She replied, praying that he clicked onto her game, she wanted to make it sound like just another one of her jobs. A job Barbara wouldn't like but hey, at least it would keep her out of trouble.

"Meet me on top of Wayne industries in ten minutes" He ordered her and she resisted the urge to huff out a sigh and instead purred at him.

"Of course kitten, I'll be there soon, you'd better be ready" She cooed and flicked the phone shut.

"I'm going out Barbs, just a little job to help with the rent" She purred in her usual mischievous voice and Barbara huffed out a sigh.

"Must you?" She whined and Selina laughed rambunctiously earning a grunt from her goddaughter.

"Yes I must, I'll be back before you know it, promise" Selina cooed and Barbara sat up and allowed her to leave before flopping back onto the sofa when the window clicked shut after Catwoman had climbed out of it and onto the balcony.

It gave her time to think.

The spell will affect her to you know…you should get out while you can…

Barbara stood, and walked over to where her suitcase was. Her suit hung out of it, almost as if it was taunting her with the painful truth.

You are hated.

Catwoman landed with a graceful thud onto the Wayne industries and looked around for Batman, she knew he would be there and she seriously needed to talk to him.

"Hurry up Batman, we need to have a talk" She hissed into the night, and Batman stepped out of the shadows, but he wasn't alone.

"Why did you bring them?" She demanded indicating to Wonderwoman and Superman stood behind him a few paces but Batman said nothing.

"Where is she?" Batman asked her and Catwoman raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, because I am really going to tell you where she is, after what you did to her" Catwoman hissed at him venomously and she saw his shoulders sag ever so slightly.

"Batman couldn't help it, he wasn't able to-" Wonderwoman started but Catwoman shut her off with a hiss.

"He hit her. Slapped her round the face! I don't care if he wasn't in control of his actions! She's absolutely broken!" Catwoman yelled at the more powerful hero but she really couldn't care less about the odds right now. Her goddaughter was sat at home, and her will had been shattered by a single blow, it was a feat that Catwoman had thought impossible but then this man had gone and destroyed all of Barbara's hope in one foul swoop.

"We need to know about her childhood" Batman stepped in, trying to prevent any fighting that would occur.

"Why?" Catwoman demanded simply, still seething about what had happened to her precious goddaughter.

"Morgan Le Fay's spell talks about the hatred she once felt being reflected back on her, we need to know about that hatred. You are the only person that knows her with and without the mask. You are the only person she trusts" Batman explained and Catwoman sighed and shook her head.

"You would think that, but if I was the only person she trusted, then what you did wouldn't have hurt her so much. No, she trusts you more. It's a different kind of trust, and it's stronger than the one she and I share. But I will help. She needs all the help she can get" Catwoman explained briefly and Superman and Wonderwoman frowned whilst Batman appeared impassive, but inside there was that awful feeling of guilt that he destroyed that bond he and Batgirl shared.

"It's a different kind of trust, and it's stronger than the one she and I share" The words echoed in his head.

"Different kind of trust, and it's stronger" He wanted to curse himself for being such a fool but he knew he had to focus on helping her. On saving her.

"Where shall I start?" Catwoman asked them and Superman's answer was simple.

"From the beginning"

Yeah, I said double posting but something went wrong and none of the newly updated chapters could be read. Hopefully this one will be readable and if it is I will try to update again. But I know it's not just me (Thank you to Bat fan for informing me)

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