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[{I sat there staring as Superman talked, my eyes wide as he spoke of letting me free to hunt 𝐻𝐼𝑀 down. Was this a joke? My walk into death, the ultimate punchline of the Justice League’s plans. I pinched the inside of my left palm, pinching at the skin between my thumb and index finger with the thumb of my right hand. I had to be dreaming. This couldn’t be real. Am I even safe to let outside of these walls? “ℍ𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕖𝕪?” I snapped out of my spiraling thoughts and looked at the three in front of me. “𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕕𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜? ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕝𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝔾𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕦𝕤 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕁𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕣?” I hesitated, my lips parting to speak a couple times but no words left them. I took a breath and collected my thoughts for a moment.}] 𝐼– 𝓌𝒶𝒾𝓉 𝒹𝑜 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝒾𝒸𝑒? 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓂, 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉’𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈𝓈𝓊𝑒. 𝐼–𝐼 𝒹𝑜𝓃’𝓉 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒾𝒻 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓁 𝓂𝓎𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻. 𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝒻… 𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝒻 𝐼’𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝑜𝓃𝑒? [{Tears pricked at the corners of my eyes as my throat tightened. I quickly moved a hand to wipe them free before they streaked my cheeks and cleared my throat with a small cough. The three heroes laughed as if they had just heard the funniest joke they’ve ever heard. “𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕨𝕖’𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥.” Superidiot’s words sparked a rage within me. Did he really think I wasn’t dangerous? Wow, I guess they really did see me as nothing more than a bumbling sidekick. I was nothing more than entertainment. I stood from my chair, offended at the thought.}] 𝐹𝒾𝓃𝑒. 𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝐼 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒? [{The three quieted for a moment and looked between each other. “𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕪.” I nodded and walked out of the room. My arms crossed over my chest as I walked, hugging myself as I pressed the tips of my fingers into my biceps. Who the fuck do they think they are? They’re no better than the villains they fight. Arrogant and conceited. I’ll show them. I would become 𝙏𝙃𝙀 problem. Fuck being a hero anymore. Fuck changing my ways. Harleen Quinzel died in a pit of acid, leaving behind the quiet life, and the non-threatening push over she was. One thing Joker was right about; no one gives a fuck about a sidekick. I would no longer be 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄’𝐒 sidekick. I would no longer be the joke. I reached my room and ripped through the clothes of my closet, moving the racks aside as I searched for the case that held my old outfit. I pulled each piece out and ripped the fabric to restitch and rebuild a new look. Red’s and Black’s pulled together. Once everything was patched and tied as I liked, I pulled them on. I debated on returning my eye mask to my face, but did it matter? I tossed it aside, leaving it to remain in the past. I pulled on my boots, clicking them to the tile floor, ensuring that they still made that sweet but terrifying “𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘬-𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬” against the floor. I walked out of my room and down the long stretch of hall. Batgirl waited at the heavy doors, her jaw ajar as her eyes roamed over me. Perfect. Shock and Awe just what I needed to see. I reached a hand out and raised it to bring her lips back together. I lowered my palm and gestured for her to give me something. Batgirl shook out her thoughts and refocused now on my outstretched hand.}] 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃’𝓉 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓁𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒢𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓂 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒶 𝓌𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑜𝓃, 𝒹𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓭𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝓁 𝑜𝓁' 𝓂𝑒? [{I gave a snorted laugh at my own words. I am the 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫. Batgirl was one of the many that didn’t believe that. Yet. She would. In time. Batgirl nodded as the thought seemed to pop in her mind. “𝚁𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙷𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛” I shook my head, the hammer was a favorite but i needed something I could use in quick swipes.}] 𝒩𝑜, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝓉….𝒷𝒶𝓈𝑒𝒷𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝒶𝓉.. 𝒩𝑜𝓉 𝓣𝓗𝓔 𝒷𝒶𝓉.. 𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓉’𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝓌𝑒𝒾𝓇𝒹. [{I waited as she stepped aside to another room. I raised up on my toes and leaned to try and see the code she was typing in. Her body blocked too much of the keypad for me to see more than the 2 that she pressed. I lowered my heels to the floor just to raise on my toes again, hiding the attempt to see the code when she had turned to look back at me as well as giving my calves a nice little stretch. After a few moments she returned with my scribbled and messy painted baseball bat and handed it to me. My fingers wrapped slowly over the grip tape as I took it from her. My eyes roamed over the body of the bat, blood splattered, paint splattered, staining the wood beneath. I gave it a twirl and grinned. I had missed it. “𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢?” Batgirl asked as she pulled out an ear piece and reached to place it in my ear. I flinched and jumped back, unsure of what she was doing. “𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜".}] 𝑀𝒽𝓂.. 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒... 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝓂𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝑒.. [{I plucked the earpiece from her and placed it in my ear myself. Batgirl tapped hers and spoke into it, “𝚃𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐” I pressed a finger to mine and heard the line clear before I gave a “𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒞𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇” in return. I turned to wait for the doors to finally part open for me. My first spot to check would be 𝐀𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐞. Even if that bastard wasn’t hiding out there, 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 would be. I felt something snap against my wrist and felt it squeeze as it locked in place. I raised my eyes to look from the shiny bracelet to Batgirl.}] 𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓉’𝓈 𝓈𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓁𝓁, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝐼 𝓊𝒽.. 𝐼 𝒹𝑜𝓃’𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝓌𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓀 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁. 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑜 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒶 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑜.. 𝐼𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝒸𝓊𝓉𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽.. [{I tried to tug the bracelet off, but it only tightened more, causing me a wince. “𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝...𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝.." Batgirl gave a heavy sigh, clearly annoyed with me already. “𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙸𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚞𝚝.” OH, 𝙣𝙤𝙬 they care? All it took was Joker nearly sending me off a roof for them to care? The door popped free with a loud squeak and squeal as they slid open, breaking me from my string of thoughts. I stepped through them and was met with the batmobile running. I sighed, and let out a long breath filled with annoyance. “𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐨.” Batman spoke as he moved to the running car. I shook my head.}] 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉’𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝑒𝓂𝒷𝒶𝓇𝓇𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝒶 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒹𝓇𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓎, 𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑜 “𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓻𝓾𝓰𝓼”? 𝐵𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒹𝓇𝑜𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝒻𝒻 𝒷𝓎 𝓨𝓞𝓤. 𝒩𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀𝓈. 𝐼'𝒹 𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓁𝓀. [{Batman shook his head as he attempted to reach for me. I took off in a run ahead of him and jumped in the black car, quickly mashing buttons to close the doors and lock myself in. I clicked more buttons on the control panel and grinned when the steering wheel popped free. My foot pressed down on the accelerator and I sped off down the driveway. Halfway to the main road I pulled off to do a few donuts in the field just for the hell of it. Batbrains would get it back but it would be beat to hell when I’m done with it. When Batman was spotted in the cameras, I took off down the road, with a loud roar, flames catching as the grass burned behind me. The ear piece buzzed, “𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠?” I smirked as I pulled the turbo lever forward as I responded.}] 𝐻𝑜𝓂𝑒.