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Barbara Gordon ([personal profile] exitthewallflower) wrote 2014-03-28 08:43 pm (UTC)

"We need to get to the roof, that's where he's reading and if we take him inside civilians are going to get in the cross-fire." Without waiting, I shoot a line so I can swing over to the station roof. It's the best place to lay a trap and we can't afford any mistakes. Not like JJ. I can't let that happen again.

Flying through the air, I try not to think about it. About how he just kept pushing and pushing, using Alysia and then the Joker and then Mom to push me to that edge and over. I try not to think about the anger and betrayal in Dad's voice when he ordered my capture. But even my usual methods to calm are failing me. How did it get so far? What did I miss? What could I have done differently to save both Mom AND JJ?

I land quietly and while waiting for Jason, I hear it. A woman crying from the far side of the roof, behind a raised ventilation opening that blocked my earlier view.

DAMN IT. They're already up here. I try to motion to Jason to hold off so I can try and figure out exactly where Ellis is in the dark before we spook him, but I don't know if he's going to see the signal in time.


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