Batgirl stumbled backwards and her red hair fell from her mask and in front of her face, she was dazed, how did he get her mask off? What happened to the security measures?

Then it hit her.

When Cheshire had ripped her cowl, when she had hit her over the head with a brick…she'd ruined the security systems that Batgirl had programmed into her cowl.

Now, without her mask, she wasn't Batgirl.

Just plain old Barbara Gordon.

Green eyes stared at Bruce and in his anger he still faltered.

"You lied to me? I trusted you and you never told me…why?" He demanded anger and sadness seeping into his voice as he gripped Barbara's arm and pulled her in close, to grip her neck tightly with his other hand.

She said nothing, but kicked at Batman's face, he dropped her and she lunged forwards and ripped off his mask.

It was no longer just a fight between Batman and Batgirl, it was a fight between Bruce Wayne and Barbara Gordon.

Two insanely close friends, now enemies because of some old witch who Batgirl just happened to piss off.

"Why? Just tell me damn it!" Bruce snarled at her, running forwards and as she pulled back out of his reach he grabbed her long hair and pulled her back forwards.

He grabbed the back of her head and slammed her forehead into the ledge of the rooftop, she rolled and he gripped her neck with both hands and pushed her, and it was only because she was fighting back that she didn't fall from the roof.

"WHY! GOD DAMN IT JUST TELL ME!" Bruce roared at her, pushing her harder and with a gasping breath she managed to reply.

"Because I was scared"

Barbara, pushed him off finally and span and kicked him in the face.

"Happy now? I was scared" She snarled at him, punching him in the face and watching his head snap back.

"Everyone I love, everyone I have ever trusted…they just die…do you really think I want to lose you and Dick as well?" She growled and tears started welling up in her eyes, blurring her vision but still letting her get a good shot of Bruce's stomach as she landed a powerful kick that sent him stumbling back.

"I just wanted to protect you! My father was right! I am just a monster! I can never belong in this world! I am not a hero! I am a monster playing dress up!" She screeched at him as her tears started to overflow, dripping down her cheeks as she screamed at him, releasing so much pain that she had never shown.

Letting it out after so many years of holding it all in.

"You know what happened after my father died? I went through therapy, so much therapy because I just wanted to die" She hissed at him and her shoulders started shaking, she hadn't noticed that Bruce was no longer attacking her, that he was no longer glaring.

"I couldn't understand what I'd done wrong…and then I moved in with my aunt and uncle and I was loved, someone actually cared…" She started sobbing, her knees were shaking and she was about to fall, to drop down and just scream.

"And then I became Batgirl, and I finally had something to fight for…without my mask, without you and Dick? I'm just a monster…" She fell to her knees and wrapped her arms around herself, her body shaking with sobs.

Bruce approached her, his slick black boots tapping on the roof and he crouched in front of her, and he pulled her into his arms.

And they just sat there, he was silent, and she just let it out.

Let everything out.

"I'm sorry, I am so, so sorry Barbara. It's alright now, there's no more curse, it's gone, and I will never hurt you ever again" Bruce soothed, whispering gently in her ear as he rocked gently back and forth.

"C…can't be…h…how?" She sobbed clenching her entire body at the mention of the curse.

"Don't worry, just sleep, it's over now…I promise…I promise Barbara" He shushed and he waited until she did just that, exhausted, drained mentally and physically before gathering her up in his arms and picking up their discarded masks.

"All this…because of some words…" He muttered to himself, gently pulling her mask on over her face and doing the same for him.

"This is Batman to watchtower, the curse is gone…get the med bay ready and beam us up" He muttered into his ear pierce and he sighed as he left the rooftops of Gotham, and finally the nightmare was over.

The watchtower was completely silent. The young justice were sat in the meeting room with their mentors, all sat close together in their mentors comfort.

M'gann was wrapped up in J'onn's arms, Superboy was stood with Superman, staring out at the stars.

Aqualad was sat beside Aquaman, both staring at the ground, Kid Flash was leaning against Flash, who had his arm around his nephew.

Robin sat on the ground with his head in his hands, and Batman just stood. It was almost if he wasn't there, he was somewhere else, somewhere where Batgirl was alright and not undergoing surgery.

Blood loss, a bullet wound, several broken ribs, a fractured skull…the list went on.

It made Bruce feel sick to the stomach just thinking about it.

That's when the doctor came in.

The room was white, a stark contrast to the darkness she had just been drowning in. She could hear the constant bleeping of some kind of machine…or was it a bomb? Were the league going to blow her to smithereens? There was someone moving around, moving around carefully and checking the different things.

Checking the bomb? A straggler from the league?

She peaked open her eyes and looked around, waiting for her eyes to adjust to the bright lighting, and then pulled her head up to see where she was.

It was some kind of hospital room, and she was strapped up, to machines.

She was someone's experiment.

"Batgirl, you shouldn't move too mu-"

Questions concerned statement was cut off when Batgirl lunged, she knocked him to the floor and grabbed a scalpel off one of the medical trays and pressed it against his throat.

"Shut up" She hissed.

The door slammed open and the rest of the league came running in, with Batman in the lead.

"Batgirl, stop"

Hey, have another chapter.

Lionfire, you should watch it, I watch it and I ADORE it! Thanks for being one of the few that have remained loyal even though I haven't been updating lately.

Ravenmore, It has been explained! Cheshire hit her over the head and it ruined the security systems.

Kindleflame, As I told Ravenmore, it has been explained…and I hope that everyone understood the explanation…and that everyone who still reads this remembers that Cheshire ripped her cowl.

Read and Review guys.

Tulip Out.