Batgirl landed with a thud on the roof of a tall building and rolled away from the edge as Superman came crashing down with Wonderwoman seconds behind him. He snarled at her and lunged so she ducked underneath his arm and twisted her hip into him, using his own momentum to throw him over the edge of the building.

Uh…ah well, he can fly.

Batgirl then received a well aimed punch to the guy from Wonderwoman, and Batgirl heard the sickening crack of ribs breaking on the impact.

She coughed as all the wind was forced out of her lungs and she stumbled backwards, barely managing to duck under another attack from Wonderwoman as Superman rose up the side of the building and into view. As she ducked under Wonderwoman's punch she slammed her elbow into Wonderwoman's stomach and cracked her foot into her knee, sending her down.

Batgirl turned and Superman's hands closed in around her neck and he rammed her into a wall and held her there, savouring the moment.

"Your gonna die, and It's going to be slow and painful, why? Because you are hated" He hissed as the world went foggy around her and she clawed at his hands to no avail.

Her eyes rolled into the back of her head and her hands fell down limply by her side, with the little strength she had left she opened the only led lined apartment in her utility belt.

She gripped the green rock on her hand and slammed it into the side of Superman's face, he roared in anger and pain and released her. She gasped for breath and ducked under Wonderwoman's jab punch and rose up to slam her elbow under Wonderwomans chin. As her arm travelled up she grabbed the Tiara that perched on Wonderwoman's head and span it around, cracking it into the back of the dark haired head. Batgirl, ignoring the screaming pain in her stomach and leaped off the edge of the building, firing her grappler and swinging away from the two behemoths, still gripping the tiara tightly in her hand.

Wonderwoman growled at the retreating form of Batgirl, but the further away she got, the less the anger. It wasn't until that Batgirl had vanished from view that Wonderwoman had realised what she'd done, and clasped her hands over her mouth and turned to the weakened Superman.

"I broke her ribs" She muttered and turned as Catwoman and Batman landed on the building.

"I just broke Batgirls ribs" She told them in a shocked daze, Catwoman however had no such qualms.

"You what? You broke her ribs!" Catwoman screeched getting ready to scar that pretty little face of hers.

"Catwoman, calm down. Right now we need to focus on Batgirl. It's obvious that she was running away if she ended up here. We know she didn't follow Catwoman" Batman stated trying to get their attention on what was important.

"But why? She trusts you, you know everything about her. Why would she run?" Superman asked her and Catwoman thought for a minute, pinching the bridge of her nose in thought.

"She's insecure. She acts so confident and so independent but she isn't, she's insecure and this curse is not helping her…she doesn't have anyone to fall back on, it's destroying her" She eventually decided and shook her head, before pausing and reaching into a pouch on her belt.

"Hello Sai here" She greeted flipping open the phone, the tone was light and chipper but her face was dark and restless.

Her body went rigid when she received the reply.

"YOU DID WHAT?" She screamed and the three heroes stared at her and she turned to them.

"She's been shot"

Batgirl tore off her mask and pulled on a thick leather jacket and tugged on a pair of jeans, before stumbling out of her room and down the stairs. She had returned home, Barbara was safe, Batgirl was not. At least she hoped Barbara was safe anyway.

She heard the door slam shut and she froze where she was, wondering if he was cursed or not.

"Barbara? Can you come here please?" He called and Barbara thought she recognised the light and chipper tone of her father, the one he had before the…incident, with her mother.

"Yeah pops?" She asked moving carefully so she didn't jar her ribs.

"Don't call me that" He ordered her and she frowned, dreading what was coming next.

"Why not?" She asked slowly and he turned on her, ripping his gun from the holster in one swift movement.

She took a step back into the door and her hand gripped the handle, ready to escape if she had to.

"I don't ever want to see you again, do you understand?" He was yelling at her now, roaring at her as loud as he could.

"Get out! And never come back!" He bellowed and she reached out, taking a step towards him with tears rolling down her cheeks as she did so.

"Please Dad" She begged.

That's when the gun went off.

Batman already wanted to beat the holy shit out of whoever the hell had even dared to shoot Batgirl, but his bat signal was going off over Gotham PD.

"No, I need to deal with this. You need to go help Batgirl, I can and will sort this out" Catwoman ordered and Batman nodded.

"Thank you" He told her stepping up onto the side of the building.

"I'm not doing it for you" Catwoman informed him and he nodded once more.

"I know, that's why I'm thanking you" He replied, stepping off the building with Wonderwoman and Superman close behind, it took a moment for Wonderwoman to realise that a piece of her outfit was missing.

"She took my tiara" She muttered in realisation as Batman shot out his grappler and swung away across Gotham.

"She'll add it to her trophy wall" Batman murmured under his breath and only Superman heard, but he said nothing.

Superman had tried (and failed) for years to try and get Batman to open up to him, to let him in just a little bit. When Batman had finally let him in, it had only been through a crack and Superman had relished the small amount of friendship he had gained from the lone knight. Then Batgirl came along, she didn't wait for him to open that door for her, she just smashed straight through it and made herself at home. And, much to his surprise, it had worked. But Batman hadn't done the same, he was waiting for her to open the door, when he should have been smashing through it.

Superman just hoped that it wasn't too late to break down those doors and rescue her, she was drowning in her own emotions. He knew she was, he had felt it to, hiding behind the anger, stronger than the anger but somehow hiding behind it was fear. Loneliness.

Now Batman had to drag her into reality, she is not alone. She might not have known it but the whole of the league was her friend, she might not have met them yet but they were her extended family.

Oh Batgirl, your not hated.

You are loved.

Ah damn, I am so late with this update but I've been looking after my cousins and haven't had time to get this up.

Soooo, not only did WW break her rib but she's been shot to! But where? The stomach? The shoulder? Ack I don't know! Well, actually I do but you guys don't.

I am so evil…and I like it…

WinterRain, well, it's not exactly her lasso but I think the tiara works just as well don't you? Especially since she's kept it (There is a reason for this and it isn't the trophy wall, see if you can work it out guys)

Knightmare, Ack everyone wants the lasso! Damn, thankfully the tiara is pretty hard (Wonderwoman throws it sometimes right?) and there will definitely be a bruise from that hit.

Kindleflame, actually two people find out her identity, Batman and someone else, but again there is a reason for this so please don't hate me!

Ravenmore, if I wasn't mean you wouldn't feel the urge to come back to the story and find out what happens next!Highlander, really? I love cliff-hangers they are just SO much fun to torture you guys with!

Lionfire, Yeah Catwoman is a bit stuck isn't she? And what was that about a messed up family life? I think it's just come and slapped her in the face (oh and it gets worse later on)

Read and Review guys!

Tulip Out.