A/N: Wow haven't been on this story in a while...sorry about the late update.

It was official, she was the biggest retard in the world, not because she never took the not so subtle hints to quite being Spoiler, or Robin, or Batgirl what ever you get the point but because she had hit a certain low on the bat radar as of making out with the black sheep of the family.

Did anyone besides her and Todd know, of course not, was it a high possibility that someone who use this against her, most likely, and was it absolutely certain that everyone in their bat circle of trust would find out...yes.

And here she was acting like a normal bored student listening to her boring teacher go on about calculus and tapping her pencil against her note book only to stay awake.

but mostly beczsue she had to tell herself she would never ever...ever, really get involved with Jason Todd. One because every single person she worked with had been hurt, beaten and taken down by Jason and would vouch for the fact he was trouble.

She didn't need that.

Sure she thought she could make her own opinion about Jason but what if he was just using her? Sweet talking her until he got under her skin then ripped out like some alien creature thingy like off of some scary movie!?

Point was no matter how much she thought of Jason she wasn't going to get involved with someone like him, it was to much to deal with, to much on her plate and the last thing she needed was to worry about some boy.

The teacher let us out a few minutes before it was really time to leave after seeing someone, (gladly not her) falling asleep to the point his note book was getting wet from drooling. So that was the biggest plus of today...besides Mom`s awesome waffles.

She headed over to the Café to get herself something sweet and small before heading over to fire wall to meet up with Barbara, and bringing her up all night best bud a gift.

"Is that what I think it is?" Barbara asked not even turning around in her seat to see Steph prancing into the place with one hand on a cup of coffee and the other on a muffin she was nibbling on ever so slowly.

"Yes sire." Steph smiled meeting her "boss" at the desk and handing the cup to her. Barbara nodded her thanks wrapping both hands around it and sipping it happily.

"So." Steph drawing out the 'O', "Anything new or exciting for little old me?"

Barbara nodded, "Actually yeah your on clean up duty."

Steph frowned, "I don't know what that`s supposed to mean but continue."

"Your going over some of a few of an old hide outs and making sure there empty. It`s been on Batman`s list of things to do but anyway, we and by we I mean the police department, can knock the older buildings down once there clear and we, give the okay to let them know there arnt any hidden surprises coming down with the buildings." Barbara started looking at her for about three seconds before typing on her computer.

Stephanie held her chin in thought, smiling slightly, "So I`ll have cops trailing me...?"

"No." Barbara said plainly, "You can tell me on com witch are good and I`ll send the memo to Batman."

Damn, not that lucky. she sighed and Barbara raised and eyebrow, "hoping to see detective Gage?"

"Hoping? Psh, you know me there's no hoping," she grinned pulling on her gloves, "things just naturally happen with me."

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"Batgirl?" Barbara`s voice could barley be heard from the sounds of her bo staff hitting men left and right. Stephanie grunted to signal she heard her mentor and fell on her back, she threw her legs up kicking a man in the gut and back into another gang member.

"This building," Stephanie growled sinking her staff into the ground and spinning around to hit enemies from all directions with her very heavy and fast moving boots, "Is not empty."

"I guessed that much, how many?" Barbara asked. Steph flipped back and landed on a man`s shoulders she threw her staff into the air and brought her fist quickly to the man`s ears before flipping back to land on her feet and grabbing her staff that practically fell into her hand, "Hm, cant believed that worked."

"Batgirl." Barbara growled, "focus."

"Yeah, yeah." she growled pulling the staff apart at the middle and hitting two thugs on both sides of her in the face. A hefty man ran at her and just when he was close enough she flipped back hitting him with her heel and once she landed she flung part of the staff into his face knocking him out. she looked over to see two men holding crowbars in hand and she threw one of her larger batarang that instantly formed a net over them locking them to the old rooting wall.

She heard a scream from behind and spun around to get a glass bottle to the head cutting her mask slightly and her visible skin kind of hurt more then a lot but no pain no game right? forget it, she wasn't Batman she couldn't dink acid and not feel a thing like he would so she let her double vision and anger do the talking. she leapt at the guy, because when you have a bottle thrown at your head all sense just goes out the window am I right?

They hit the already slightly unstable wall and she shoved her elbow into the side of face then jabbed his side before kneeing him in the groin. she stepped to the side to let the man fall to the floor and cry over the fact he wont be having kids anytime soon and decided to look around at her handy work of people she`s knocked out.

"Are you done?" Barbara asked.

"Yet, Time to check the up stairs right?" she asked already headed up the stairs .

"Yep, your suits showing something abnormal in the air Batgirl, be carful." Barbara worriedly told her.

"Arnt I always?" Steph asked, as she took the last few steps to the top she raised her hand to her face hissing as her fingers touched the stinging cuts, there were small and most hand already stopped bleeding but one cut above her eye was giving her double vision again. She headed down the smaller hall and opened the only door slowly before pushing it open and then her eyes got wide.

There stood a man, in mid thirties holding a gun at her, he was shacking violently like he had never held a gun or any type of weapon in his life. that's why she took the first few steps.

"Don't! I-I`ll do it!" He yelled, the man pulled one hand away from the gun to wipe his forehead, he was sweating.

"No, no you wont." Stephanie pointed out grabbing the gun and pulling it away, she instantly threw it down.

"Batgirl." Barbara stated, she sounded distracted, "I`m getting a rise in temperature, turn around!"

"He wont but I will."

Stephanie gasped spinning around to see the man, dressed in all black from head to toe except for the home-made flamethrower in hand and the red goggled eyes. he pulled the trigger and fire hit her just as she pulled her cape in the way blocking her, she instantly remembered the other man and pulled him closer to her out of the fires range.

"this isn't how my night was supposed to go," Firefly growled, "But hell any night`s a good night when I get to send one of the bats out...with a bang."

The fire was still coming at her and the ears to her cowl were now starting to smoke, The fire was spreading to and coming around the room at a fast rate, hitting machines and vases, and...oil.

She grabbed the man tighter and took one last Smokey breath before lunging for the door and tumbling down the stairs once she landed she noticed her pant leg was on fire and she quickly put it out by dragging her steaming cape over it. She stumbled to her feet glaring at the top of the stairs to see Firefly he pulled the trigger to his flame thrower again but this time she threw a small flash bang making him blind for just a moment. not one of her best idea`s seeing as he lost control and ended up spreading the fire everywhere but hey, she tried.

"Go." she hissed to the man, she could settle with losing a petty criminal if meant getting out of this alive. sadly she still had to take care of the trigger happy moron over there who was getting his senses back. She threw a normal batarang at him before jumping into another room and hiding against a wall, this place was falling apart she could hear it, maybe she could use that to her advantage.

"If I don't find you girly, my fire will." Firefly growled coming down the stairs, "Feel that heat, it smells you, it can feel the air your taking from it and it`s going to burn you and I`ll be more then famous for burning a bat."

Stephanie slid closer to the floor the smoke was getting heavier and she needed what clear air she could get, the fire was already everywhere.

"Come out, Come out, were ever you are." Firefly sang. Almost. she slid back up and placed the charges onto the wall just above her head, "this wasn't how I planed my night," she mocked, she suddenly heard his footsteps stop, gotchya, she pressed the trigger on her belt and the jumped out of the way as the wall blew and sent Firefly into another wall.

"But at least it went out with a bang." she gasped, getting a little harder to breath Steph maybe it`s time to leave, but she couldn't she hand to secure Firefly, Quickly she scrambled over to him and pulled out her "Bat-cuffs" after kicking away the flamethrower.

"No more camp fires for you bug bo-"

"I don't thing so!" Firefly punched out at her making her fall back but she was fast and kicked out hitting him in the chest, it winded him but he still lunged at her and got top punching her, she threw a hit into his side then clipped his jaw before he punched back, she caught the punched and they bother fought to push forward but their strengths were equally matched, until she pulled out the last part of her staff and hit him so hard it ripped half of his mask off and knocked his out.

"I...Win, ha ha." she groaned pushing the man off and rolling onto her chest to push herself up. then she heard it, the roof, it was collapsing and she hissed in pure anger before curling up and draping her cape over her, she didn't have time to make it to the door with out getting hit by falling derby, this was her safes bet.

The roof fell and it hit her harder then the last time a building has ever fallen on her, well to be correct the last one wasn't burning down like this one, sheesh she couldn't catch a break could she?