Alfred has been acting strange. He started insisting I call him " Aunt Harriet." Now he's running around in dresses And calling me "dearie." I hope this phase ends soon. Or I'm going to have to lock him out of the cave.
So Cassandra has went into a martial arts tournament the Boudakai. Bad enough that she'd do this with the League of Assassins, Deathstroke, and others are after her. Worse she went out in costume. Maskless.
Not that she can be really be traced back to Bruce Wayne. Barbra scolded me for missing the first day of the tournament.
Not that I had much of a choice, Vegeta gave me some kind of tainted beer , and I ended up in a stupid pink costume. Maybe I should check to see if Alfred somehow had gotten some of that beer.
I'm here for this round, and she's fighting Kon-El. I feel a little better now that we know he doesn't have Lex Luthor's programming in his brain. I doubt he would hurt her. Still I don't have to like it.
Cassandra found me skulking in the shadows. " Your here! " She declares happily. Before hugging me. Some goof took our picture. Great I can see the headlines now. " Batman caught in affair with teenage martial artist !"
Just what I need a Deathstroke reputation. Clark would never stop laughing at me. She then looks sad for a second. " They don't trust me. " Pointing at the Titans.
" No one really trusts me. " I reassure.
She nods. " They think I'm a killer, except for Conner. Zatara says I'm creepy, Robin well you know."
" Your worried about what Zatara thinks? The kid they were all calling Douchebag a few minutes ago?"
She laughs. " No I just don't want it to get to Vincent."
" Given who his father is? I doubt he'd care. "
I know what's coming I'm kind of dreading it. " Can I tell you the whole join the League of assassins, and Titans East was your idea?"
It's not like it wasn't going to be found out eventually. Batgirl's "transformation " was my plan. For months she had quit her costume identity , then all of the sudden came back and wanted back in. I guess she had some soul searching as I have several times.
But instead of having her get back into costume immediately We had her infiltrate Ra's League of assassins. After defeating her She put Nyssa Al Ghul in a cell . But the assassins wondered why she didn't kill her predecessor.
That's where we came up with letting Cassandra fight Robin. Nyssa in the Batgirl costume wasn't dead, but it' amazing just how many ways there are to make someone look like it. She's in Stryker's Island Prison.
The rest of the thing's that happened between her and Robin was a ruse to make the Leauge believe in her loyalty. In Fact anyone she's "killed" are in prison or were in on it.
Then Slade came to her, and asked her to join Titans East. I was already bringing down the league I thought why not take down Slade with them? Until Wilson started drugging her.
He claims that stuff doesn't have all that much of effect except giving on powers. Well not exactly. It seems to have brought out emotions that she never gave expression before.
One night I had to listen to her tell me how no one loved her, and that she was alone. That was strange. I knew she had to be extracted from the situation. So I was one that left the message to a newly resurrected Kon-El, about her.
He of course goes in half cocked forcing a battle between titans East , and West.And the drugging discovery. The problem is I'm pretty sure our subterfuge has been discovered.
people who are supposed to be dead showing up in the Negative Zone prison ( Bombshell) The fact that David Cain escaped because of this plan. he was in on this But I thought he would just go back in his cell like he had many times before. But he surprised me and Cassandra both by killing the ninjas guarding him , and escaping. Looks like I'm going to have to track him down.
So I actually have no trouble with Batgirl telling her boyfriend that it was my plan. We weakened Ra's Al Ghul's assassins, And She'd still be there if my son Damian hadn't been discovered the subterfuge in my computer. I know Robin's going to be all emo that I didn't let him in on this. But we needed his reactions to be real.
But like I said, all of this was on the verge of being discovered any way. " Go ahead, but I still want to speak with you on your choice of boyfriends." She rolls her eyes and runs to the ring. Out of the corner of my eye I think i see Lady Shiva in the stands. Damn it.
