Years On. (2/2)
Years Ago.
===GCPD- Interrogation Room===
Gordon- Name?
Drury- Seriously?
Gordon- Name. For the record
Drury- Killer Mot- Drury, it's Drury Walker. I didn't do it.
Gordon- Is that so? Funny, the report says that a man, in your costume-
Drury- Well, anyone can wear a costume
Gordon- The costume you yourself called irreplaceable?
....
Drury- Maybe.
Gordon- So, a man, in your costume robbed two thousands dollars worth in rare moth samples from the Gotham University Biology Lab?
Drury- I would say that that's the action of a very disturbed individual.
Gordon- And another man, clearly not Lynns-
Drury- Clearly.
Gordon- Torched the lab in an attempt to cover your tracks. Is that right?
Drury- See, if it was Gar, not saying it is- The whole university would be torched. He really likes fire.
*Gordon looks at the scorch marks across the walls. The GCPD is still feeling the effects of last year's attack*
Gordon- I noticed.
Drury- Batgirl... Fucken' Batgirl...
Gordon- What was that, Walker?
Drury- Finally be respected if she didn't get in our way.
Gordon- You dress like a disco moth, Walker, I don't think she's the issue.
Drury- The Gala, Bressi, the Precinct... the damn lab. You know I wouldn't have to resort to robbing schools if she hadn't set me back!
Gordon- You're in luck. She's retired. Nobody has seen her in weeks. A good thing too. The last thing we need is a kid getting killed doing what he does.
Drury- What-?
Gordon- Sorry, I'll have to cut this short, Arkham's got a cell prepped for you, and I've a dinner planned with my daughter.
...
Drury- Your daughter? The daughter who-
Gordon- Goodnight Walker.
===Gotham Clocktower. Now===
*It's like nothing I've ever seen before. I've not been in the Cave, but I imagine it's something like this. Computer monitors set up everywhere, a selection of old costumes, newspaper clippings of past glories and even... A Moth mask*
Drury- You kept it?
Babs- You were my first supervillain. It's kinda a thing. Heh. We don't get official superhero trophies or medals you know
Drury- Yeah, I guess I never figured that. Must be weird right, Killer Moth chilling with Bat-People?
Babs- It's funny. It's not even in the top ten. Now, if Scarecrow was hanging out, *that'd* be weird.
Drury- So Robin, Tim I mean, says you're good at computers- better than he is by far. I was wondering, if you could decrypt this?
*I hand her the book from the library, and she rolls on over to the central monitor*
Babs- What is it?
Drury- Found it in a City Lawbook, there's some symbols in here I don't really understand.
Babs- (smiling) You stole it
...
Drury- I stole it.
Babs- I'll see what I can do.
*She types on the keypad, scanning the symbols, doing it so effortlessly. I swallow, then speak*
Drury- Listen, I am really sorry.
Babs- For what?
Drury- Everything. When I put the pieces together... when I realised you were Batgirl... it made me think. It was my fault.
Babs- Fault?
Drury- That you were fighting crime in the first place. That's what happened right? I tried to abduct Bruce and you came to his rescue... God I'm an idiot. It made you official... put a target on you, so that he came and he-
*She turns around*
Babs- That's not what happened.
Drury- Yeah. Yeah it is.
Babs- No, it's not. Do you know what I wanted to be all my life? A cop. Like my dad. Maybe I wouldn't have become Batgirl good and proper, but I would have fought crime with or without you, or Firefly, or even Batman. It's in my blood. Joker didn't shoot me because I was Batgirl. That's not what happened and you need to know that. He did it to prove a point, to drive my dad mad. It was him who did it, and him alone. He would have shot anyone else to get his point across, to send his twisted, screwed up message
*She's right. Probably*
Babs- And, if he hadn't done that, I wouldn't be here. Yes, I've got the chair, but I've also got this job. Oracle. It feels like I've helped so much more people from here than I ever did as Batgirl. Beyond Burnside, beyond Gotham.
*Yeah. She's probably right*
Drury- I have a daughter, few years younger than you. It wasn't until... that, that I realised you were a kid too, that you have a father who loves you just as much as I love her.
Babs- Kitten. I fought her way back when... think I embarrassed her.
Drury- Heh. Really?
Babs- Oh yeah, she was jealous, about me and Dick.
Drury- Ha! That sounds like my kitten.
Babs- I'll send you what I've got on this book later. Take care.
*I walk back to the lift. Then I stop. I don't know why*
Drury- They haven't forgotten, y'know. Gar, heh, he still hates you. I think that this is great- you are great. But y'know what I also think? Gotham needs a Batgirl too, just as much as Oracle. The hope you inspired... It's something that this City needs.
*She nods*
Babs- We're working on it.
Years On. (2/2)
Years Ago.
===GCPD- Interrogation Room===
Gordon- Name?
Drury- Seriously?
Gordon- Name. For the record
Drury- Killer Mot- Drury, it's Drury Walker. I didn't do it.
Gordon- Is that so? Funny, the report says that a man, in your costume-
Drury- Well, anyone can wear a costume
Gordon- The costume you yourself called irreplaceable?
....
Drury- Maybe.
Gordon- So, a man, in your costume robbed two thousands dollars worth in rare moth samples from the Gotham University Biology Lab?
Drury- I would say that that's the action of a very disturbed individual.
Gordon- And another man, clearly not Lynns-
Drury- Clearly.
Gordon- Torched the lab in an attempt to cover your tracks. Is that right?
Drury- See, if it was Gar, not saying it is- The whole university would be torched. He really likes fire.
*Gordon looks at the scorch marks across the walls. The GCPD is still feeling the effects of last year's attack*
Gordon- I noticed.
Drury- Batgirl... Fucken' Batgirl...
Gordon- What was that, Walker?
Drury- Finally be respected if she didn't get in our way.
Gordon- You dress like a disco moth, Walker, I don't think she's the issue.
Drury- The Gala, Bressi, the Precinct... the damn lab. You know I wouldn't have to resort to robbing schools if she hadn't set me back!
Gordon- You're in luck. She's retired. Nobody has seen her in weeks. A good thing too. The last thing we need is a kid getting killed doing what he does.
Drury- What-?
Gordon- Sorry, I'll have to cut this short, Arkham's got a cell prepped for you, and I've a dinner planned with my daughter.
...
Drury- Your daughter? The daughter who-
Gordon- Goodnight Walker.
===Gotham Clocktower. Now===
*It's like nothing I've ever seen before. I've not been in the Cave, but I imagine it's something like this. Computer monitors set up everywhere, a selection of old costumes, newspaper clippings of past glories and even... A Moth mask*
Drury- You kept it?
Babs- You were my first supervillain. It's kinda a thing. Heh. We don't get official superhero trophies or medals you know
Drury- Yeah, I guess I never figured that. Must be weird right, Killer Moth chilling with Bat-People?
Babs- It's funny. It's not even in the top ten. Now, if Scarecrow was hanging out, *that'd* be weird.
Drury- So Robin, Tim I mean, says you're good at computers- better than he is by far. I was wondering, if you could decrypt this?
*I hand her the book from the library, and she rolls on over to the central monitor*
Babs- What is it?
Drury- Found it in a City Lawbook, there's some symbols in here I don't really understand.
Babs- (smiling) You stole it
...
Drury- I stole it.
Babs- I'll see what I can do.
*She types on the keypad, scanning the symbols, doing it so effortlessly. I swallow, then speak*
Drury- Listen, I am really sorry.
Babs- For what?
Drury- Everything. When I put the pieces together... when I realised you were Batgirl... it made me think. It was my fault.
Babs- Fault?
Drury- That you were fighting crime in the first place. That's what happened right? I tried to abduct Bruce and you came to his rescue... God I'm an idiot. It made you official... put a target on you, so that he came and he-
*She turns around*
Babs- That's not what happened.
Drury- Yeah. Yeah it is.
Babs- No, it's not. Do you know what I wanted to be all my life? A cop. Like my dad. Maybe I wouldn't have become Batgirl good and proper, but I would have fought crime with or without you, or Firefly, or even Batman. It's in my blood. Joker didn't shoot me because I was Batgirl. That's not what happened and you need to know that. He did it to prove a point, to drive my dad mad. It was him who did it, and him alone. He would have shot anyone else to get his point across, to send his twisted, screwed up message
*She's right. Probably*
Babs- And, if he hadn't done that, I wouldn't be here. Yes, I've got the chair, but I've also got this job. Oracle. It feels like I've helped so much more people from here than I ever did as Batgirl. Beyond Burnside, beyond Gotham.
*Yeah. She's probably right*
Drury- I have a daughter, few years younger than you. It wasn't until... that, that I realised you were a kid too, that you have a father who loves you just as much as I love her.
Babs- Kitten. I fought her way back when... think I embarrassed her.
Drury- Heh. Really?
Babs- Oh yeah, she was jealous, about me and Dick.
Drury- Ha! That sounds like my kitten.
Babs- I'll send you what I've got on this book later. Take care.
*I walk back to the lift. Then I stop. I don't know why*
Drury- They haven't forgotten, y'know. Gar, heh, he still hates you. I think that this is great- you are great. But y'know what I also think? Gotham needs a Batgirl too, just as much as Oracle. The hope you inspired... It's something that this City needs.
*She nods*
Babs- We're working on it.