Batgirl staggered and leant against the wall on her right shoulder, her right hand clutching the wound on her left shoulder. Her breathing was ragged but she pressed on, not wanting to stop in case they were still behind her.

Her left arm dangled loosely by her side and her hand clutched the golden tiara she had taken from her brief fight with Wonderwoman. It wasn't a fight she was all to proud of.

So she stumbled on, taking the steps across the rooftop slowly. She wasn't entirely sure where she was going but she had to at least try to find somewhere she could fix up her shoulder, stop the bleeding bandage it, anything.

It burned, like acid, but she ignored it. Batgirl was getting used to her life taking a turn for the worse in a matter of days and she wasn't entirely sure that was a good thing. She looked up at the huge sign ahead of her, stating that she had just entered central city.

Great, super fast gingers are going to finish what Superman and Wonderwoman started.

She barked out a laugh but it turned into a choking cough and she struggled to catch her breath for a moment before she pressed on diligently.

Need to find a safe place…any safe place…

Her communicator buzzed and she lifted it to her ear and attempted to put on an act for whoever might be on the other end.

"Welcome to I hate my life, Bite me speaking" She greeted airily before lowering herself down onto the roof behind a wall for cover from the biting wind that was pulling at her costume and a few strands of deep red hair that had come loose from her mask.

"Batgirl, it's Bruce" Came the low and somewhat shaky voice from the device and she smirked.

"Whoa, your even using your real name, damn something must have shaken you up" She half laughed and lifted it away as he barked out a cough, and attempted to cover it up with further laughter.

"Don't you even dare try and pretend that you don't know why I'm calling" He growled to her and she paused, holding the device away from her in slight fear.

"You've just been shot. Where the hell are you!" He demanded and her fear dissipated, it wasn't the curse, he was…holy crap he was worried about her.

"I'm fine, it was just a graze, barely even touched me" She replied casually even though her shoulder was burning and as she had no idea whether or not the bullet had gone all the way through it meant she had no idea whether the burning was the bullet or some kind of infection…or just the fact that she had been shot.

Holy shit…I've been shot…

She sat where she was as her mind finally registered what had happened, her father had shot her. She gaped as she heard Bruce on the communicator calling out to her and she lifted it back to her ear.

"Bruce?" She asked and he went quiet for a moment before replying.

"Yes?" His voice was gentler now, quieter.

"I've been shot" She muttered and she heard what sounded like a humourless chuckle on the other end.

"And no one can help me" She whispered and heard a grunt on the other end.

"No, that's not true. We…I will help you. I promise Batgirl, I swear to God I will find some way of fixing this and you'll be alright. I promise" He told her and a sickening thought entered her mind of a childhood event.

"We'll be alright Barbara, I promise" Thelma Gordon informed her daughter as she got into the car with her husband and drove off, leaving her daughter with her uncle Jim and aunt Barbara.

Barbara never saw her parents again.

"No." She said firmly, her breath hitching as she spoke. Bruce went silent.

"Don't make a promise that you cannot keep. You can't fix this with some pretty little words. I've always been alone, I'll die alone. That's life. Deal with it" She snarled and with the remaining strength she possessed she dragged her arm back with the communicator in her grip.

"Good bye Bruce" She muttered, and flung the device into the slums of Central City.

He knew that she had thrown the device, smashed it, done something to it when he heard Batgirl whispered "Good bye Bruce" and he wanted to yell at her there and then.

"She's gone isn't she?" Superman asked him quietly and Batman nodded desperately trying not to crush the tiny comms device that he currently held in his hand.

"What do we do?" Green Arrow asked having joined them along with several other heroes.

"We track her last known location and keep it as free of heroes as we possibly can" Batman ordered them in a low, and rather dangerous voice that told all the surrounding heroes that he was in a very, very bad mood.

"Bruce" Superman called in a low voice and went to place his hand on the dark knights shoulder but he just moved away.

"Batman, you can't let this get to you. If you get worked up then you'll be of no help to her" Green Arrow informed him, sensing what was going on, Batman turned sharply and glared at the blonde.

"Like you said to me when Roy was in trouble. If I act on my anger and my personal feelings, all I'm going to do is hurt him more" Green Arrow told him sternly and for a moment it looked like Batman was going to strike him or something, but he just nodded and walked away from them all.

"Well, that went better than expected" The archer muttered as Superman and J'onn went after Batman in order to keep the damage of the watchtower to the bare minimum.

"You know he's right" Superman informed him and he received a glare in reply.

"Just because he's right, doesn't mean it helps" Batman growled back and went over to the monitor to locate Batgirl or at least her comm. device.

"Even if we find her, Gotham is surrounded by other crime cities, there's no way we can stop all heroes from going in" Superman grumbled to himself as the monitor beeped upon location.

"Central…Flash and Kid Flash are there" J'onn stated staring at the screen and Batman reached over to the console and hit a button.

"Flash here" Came the gingers reply.

"Flash, it's Batman"

Okay so this chapter is really short but that's because the next one has a big-ish event in it that will affect Batgirl and her current bullet issue. So please bear with me!

Kindleflame, poetic justice is rather humorous if phrased correctly. I have a purpose for the tiara and a few other things that she may acquire as the tale goes on!

Lionfire, never. Wonderwoman is princess Diana of Themascara, the home of the amazons. She had a lasso that makes you tell the truth and arm bands that let her reflect bullets. She's pretty strong and because on Themascara there are no men she's a little ignorant about the world.

Knightmare, Yes of course I will show the trophy wall! Calm down everyone! And Knightmare, I like cruel and unusual punishment, why would I stop?

Highlander, She doesn't mind! (Batgirl pushes away Highlander and grins) And you can be as mad as you like! Punishing Batgirl is just too much fun :D

WinterRain, oooh, she pissed. Relax! Batgirl is so going to get her own back! And does no one care that Batgirl has, in fact, been shot? BY HER FATHER! Although technically he's her uncle. I threw that in if anyone noticed.

Ravenmore, I will never stop abusing her, there wouldn't be a story if I didn't!

Oh, and a quick note before I leave you. What was everyone's inspiration for their pen names? TheDarkTulip was originally a Batman OC of mine but I was wondering about all of you.

Food for thought.

Read and Review guys!

Tulip Out.