(The sound of a flashlight was turning on as Alfred looked over Ace's wound. Batman was over at his table taking off his cowl, Nightwing was checking to see if his staff was in good shape and Batgirl was pacing back and forth with her cowl off, of course. Her hands were on her temples as she couldn't believe what she has witnessed.)

Batgirl: "I can't believe that I did this to Ace." (Bruce looked over to Batgirl, concerned.)

Bruce: "Barbara, you shouldn't panic. He will be fine."

Batgirl: "I just hope that I made the right choice in bringing him into his first mission."

Nightwing: "And look how that turned out, Barbara." (Batgirl turned to Nightwing in frustration.)

Batgirl: "I'm getting to you next!" (Nightwing was stunned at her face and just stayed quiet. Alfred just finished patching him up.)

Alfred: "There. I'm done." (Batgirl was worried as she ran towards Ace and stopped in front of him while holding his paw and rubbing it. Batgirl turned around and looked at Alfred.)

Batgirl: "When do you think that he'll wake up?" (Batgirl looked at Ace again almost in tears.)

Alfred: "To be honest, I don't know. It shouldn't take very long for the antibiotics to set in."

Batgirl: "Will you call me and let me know when he does?" (Alfred grabbed her shoulder and squeezed it gently.)

Alfred: "Of course I will, Barbara. Don't worry about your little friend. He will be just fine." (Batgirl got up and turned to Alfred.)

Batgirl: "Thank you, Alfred." (She gave him a hug.)

Alfred: "No. You don't have to thank me. I was just here to patch him up."

Batgirl: "You did a lot that you could to help him. I appreciate that."

Alfred: "Anytime."

Batgirl: "May I change my clothes in the house, Alfred?"

Alfred: "Yes, you may and it's also your house, too. A friend of Bruce is a friend in the household and you are welcome to stay here."

Batgirl: "Thanks."

Alfred: "You're welcome." (Batgirl kissed Ace's little head and went to the upper part of the house to change clothes and Nightwing thought of following her.)

Nightwing: "Guys, I'll be back. I'm going to talk to Barbara."

Alfred: "Please use caution and try not to rile her up, Grayson. She may never wants to talk you again. Be gentle with her."

Nightwing: "That's going to be hard to do, but I will try for you, Alfred. Thanks for the advice." (He went upstairs to catch Barbara. Barbara just got out of the bathroom with her decoy boots on helping her move. Nightwing got in front of her.)

Nightwing: "Barbara, where are you going?"

Barbara: "Out of my way, Dick."

Nightwing: "Not until you tell me where you're going."

Barbara: "Okay, first you bring Batman to stop me and now you want me to tell you where I'm heading? I don't think so." (She was going to walk past Dick, but he grabbed her arm.)

Barbara: "Let go!"

Nightwing: "Tell me where are you going!"

Barbara: "Goddamn it! I'm going home!"

Nightwing: "Home?" (Barbara looked away from Dick's gaze and crossed her arms.)

Nightwing: "It wasn't because of me, right?"

Barbara: "What do you think, Sherlock? Yes, it's because of you! You followed me, so you could stop me from getting Waller! I was getting answers from her until you specifically interrupted! Why is that?"

Nightwing: "Because I didn't want you to get hurt again! I wasn't there when you got in the accident. Did you think I was going to let you get away with it, again?" (Barbara rolled her eyes.)

Barbara: "Oh, please. I can handle myself without you."

Nightwing: "Pfft. Clearly. Like what happened in that car?" (Barbara grabbed him and held him against the railing of the stairs.)

Barbara: "What the hell do you want from me, Dick?"

Nightwing: "All I want from you is to stay away from danger at all times. Just give up being a hero for a while. Have a break from all this and go on vacation. With me. I don't want to witness....your death. I just want you with me, so I can protect you." (Nightwing stroked her red hair and Barbara looked down.)

Barbara: "Dick...you know I can't just leave everything behind and just leave Burnside. This is my home and I will protect it. Nothing is going to stop me from something I will achieve. Not the criminals and not even you." (Nightwing looked at Barbara just silent.)

Barbara: "I need you..."

Nightwing: "I need you, t...."

Barbara: "To leave me alone. I'm sorry, but I'm not giving up." (Nightwing sighed and then he looked in her eyes.)

Nightwing: "I understand."

Barbara: "This doesn't mean that I don't like you. I do like you, it's just that..."

Nightwing: "I'm a screw-up, right? I don't listen and I didn't listen to you. So, this is what I get, huh?" (Barbara nodded her head, slowly and then she looked up at him.)

Barbara: "Right. So, I'm gonna head home. Alfred will let me know if Ace wake up." (She went downstairs and headed towards the door.)

Nightwing: "Barbara, wa..."

Barbara: "Take care of yourself." (Barbara closed the door. Nightwing was a little sad, but then he got upset with himself. So upset that he hit the railing of the stairs.)

Nightwing: "Great job, Dick. What a way to show your affection to Barbara. So stupid." (He went back downstairs and Barbara was still at the door. She wanted to go back inside, but she just walked away from the Manor. She took out her phone and called Dinah. It started to ring at her house and Dinah puts down the guitar. She ran upstairs to her room to get her cellphone and answered.)

Dinah: "Hello?"

Barbara: (COM) "Hey, Dinah. It's me, Babs."

Dinah: "Oh, hey. What's up?"

Barbara: (COM) "Nothing. What are you doing?"

Dinah: "I'm playing my guitar and I know you're calling me for something, not just for nothing."

Barbara: (COM) "Okay, you got me. Truth is, I need a friend to talk to."

Dinah: "So, you have Frankie to have conversations with. Can't you talk to her?"

Barbara: (COM) "No way. Frankie will kill me if I called her and told her what happened tonight. Look, I need someone to chat with in person and that person is you, Dinah."

Dinah: "What about Dick Grayson?"

Barbara: (COM) "Oh, no. Don't you get started, too." (Dinah sat at the edge of the bed.)

Dinah: "Why? What's wrong?"

Barbara: (COM) "It's complicated."

Dinah: "Babs, everything is complicated. The city, my life, your life. Things are going to hell at every turn."

Barbara: (COM) "Dinah."

Dinah: "Hey, I'm just being as realistic as possible here."

Barbara: (COM) "Dinah...."

Dinah: "Alright. Enough pleading. Where can we meet?"

Barbara: (COM) "Meet me at Robinson Park in 2 hours."

Dinah: "You want me to meet you in the park at night? Can't we just like go to your house or something?"

Barbara: (COM) "That's the point why we're going there."

Dinah: "Ah, I see. Okay. I'll be there."

Barbara: (COM) "Good. See you then."

Dinah: "Later." (She hung up and grabbed her guitar. 2 hours later, Dinah was looking at the fountain with her black leather jacket with silver little studs poking out. This is what she wore.)

(Barbara then started jogging towards the park and saw Dinah.)

Barbara: (Panting) "Hey, Dinah." (Dinah turned around and smiled while crossing her arms.)

Dinah: "Well, well, well. It looks like you got here in...2 hours."

Barbara: (Panting) "Yep, I decided to take a very...long jog. Whew. I'm beat."

Dinah: "Yes, I can see that." (Barbara hugged Dinah while breathing heavy.)

Dinah: "Whoa, now. Don't pass out on me. Literally." (Barbara lets go and brushed herself off.)

Barbara: "Sorry. I just need a break. I see that you look all nice. What's all this get up?"

Dinah: "Walk with me. It seems that you need it."

Barbara: "Yes, please." (Dinah gestured Barbara to walk beside her on the sidewalk.)

Dinah: "I'm wearing this "get up" to bring my family back."

Barbara: "Your family? Oh, wait a minute. You mean your band?"

Dinah: "Correct. They are my only family left and you, of course."

Barbara: "And your guitar?"

Dinah: "Same reason. I got news from HOOQ about my band. A new singer just came up on stage named "The Glassbreaker." (Barbara was confused by that name.)

Barbara: "Glassbreaker?"

Dinah: "Her real name is Claire Rosewood, but people call her 'The Glassbreaker'. I knew her from elementary before my parents died. Think she owns me and she did. She owned my band now."

Barbara: "You can still win this, Dinah. With your beautiful voice, you can take down her title as a singer." (A beep occurred from Dinah's phone. It was a notification from HOOQ and Dinah clicked on it. Dinah stopped in her tracks.)

Dinah: "Oh, no. Claire sent a live video of the band at a concert."

Barbara: "Let's watch." (Dinah pressed the play button and the video started playing.)

Claire: (COM) "Alright, Los Angeles! This one is for you! 1, 2, 3, 4!" (The band started playing a song that Dinah knows.)

Dinah: "Are you kidding me? They're playing my last year song from that concert we did. 'You Can't Break Me.' "

Claire: (COM, Singing) 🎵Long time ago, I was a little child. Carefree, sweet and possibly wild.🎵

Dinah: "That's unbelievable. Auto tone? I never use auto tone." (She looked at Barbara.)

Barbara: "That's because your voice is beautiful and very amazing. I don't care what the news feed says, you're incredible." (Dinah smiled at Barbara.)

Dinah: "You don't know how much that means to me, Babs." (The music was still playing on her phone.)

Claire: (COM, Singing) 🎵You can't break me! I'm more stronger than you! You can't break me, I'm more better than you! Can't break me! I would love to see you try, but you can't break me!🎵 Thank you, LA! We love y..." (Dinah stopped the video and Barbara felt bad.)

Dinah: "I can't watch any more of this...broad. She thinks she's better than me..." (Barbara shook her head like she couldn't believe that for a second.)

Barbara: "She's wrong. You're better than her by a mile."

Dinah: "Even I sound better than auto tone. Listen to my recording while I was at home. It's called 'Bring Me Home.' Check it out." (She played the recording from her phone.)

Dinah: (COM, Singing) 🎵I don't want to leave my best friends, I don't want to go into the end. I want to stay here where I belong. I don't want to leave my family, I want you to always believe in me, in myself and I don't need anybody to help! Just bring me hoooommmee! 'Cause I don't want to be alone, no I don't want to be alone! Just please! Bring me hooooommmeee! I will always remember you...if you bring me home.🎵 (The recording stopped and Barbara was surprised.)

Barbara: "Wow, Dinah. That was beautiful and it's about not leaving your home?"

Dinah: "That's right or my friends. Just like you or Sensei even my family. I will never leave this place unless my friends will join me." (Barbara puts her hand on her shoulder.)

Barbara: "We will. One day, we might even take you to the beach. If we plan to go."

Dinah: "I would love that a lot. Now, what's your problem with tonight? What happened?" (She puts her hands in her pockets.)

Barbara: "Well, I wanted to go after Waller because I found files in the Agency Organization Archives room that belongs to Arkham Asylum."

Dinah: "Let me guess. That psychotic place filled with criminals."

Barbara: "That's right and Dick told me that it was too dangerous and you could get hurt again."

Dinah: "You went anyway."

Barbara: "Correct. I had to know answers about why the files have been taken and why Bruce was a part in the files."

Dinah: "Wait. Bruce Wayne? The Bruce Wayne?"

Barbara: "I know. I couldn't believe it either. I asked Bruce and he said that was last year, but somehow his file still occurs to this year. So, I had to talk to Waller about it and then I realized that she was working with the criminals the entire time."

Dinah: "That's really insanity. Waller was with the bad guys this entire time."

Barbara: "Here's the shocking part, my father was working with her." (Dinah shook her head sideways.)

Dinah: "No way."

Barbara: "Yes way. Then I asked Waller where were they located and Dick and Batman interrupted. I was so mad at Dick that I wanted to punch him in the face, but I took it easy and just told him to leave me alone and here I am with you."

Dinah: "Wow. That must've been hard."

Barbara: "Did I ever tell you that Waller knows my identity, too?" (Dinah was stunned when Barbara asked that question.)

Dinah: "What?! How?!"

Barbara: "Take one guess."

Dinah: "Your father." (Barbara nodded.)

Barbara: "Yep. Right again."

Dinah: "Crap. That's not good."

Barbara: "No, it isn't." (Dinah got another notification on HOOQ and Dinah clicked on it.)

Dinah: "Well, great. As if I didn't have enough problems. Claire and my old band are coming back to Gotham to make their debut of returning. Yay."

Barbara: "What time?"

Dinah: "In another two hours."

Barbara: "Better get your title back because we made it to my house."

Dinah: "Oh, Claire and her new "friends" can wait. I got an hour, so I have plenty of time."

Barbara: "Okay." (She tried to open the door to see if it was locked and it wasn't.)

Barbara: "That's strange. My dad never leaves the house unlocked. He always locked it whenever he leaves."

Dinah: "Maybe he just took a little trip to the store."

Barbara: "And took his car with him? It's only a few blocks from here. He can walk to the store from here and back."

Dinah: "Maybe he's in the house. Let's go check." (Barbara nodded and walked in as she looked around.)

Barbara: "Dad? You here?" (She walked around to look in each room. Dinah looked in the living room and saw a fresh glass of iced tea. She picked it up and showed the glass to her. Barbara looked at the tea glass.)

Dinah: "It looks like your pops was thirsty. Never took a sip and it looks like it has just been poured into the glass. The ice hasn't even melted. You haven't been here for a while, right?"

Barbara: "I haven't because I was at the hospital the entire time. You even visit me, remember?"

Dinah: "I know that. I was just wondering if you did." (Barbara was thinking for a second.)

Barbara: "He's probably at the police station."

Dinah: "I'll make a call." (She dialed the number and called.)

Officer #1: (COM) "GCPD. What's your emergency?"

Dinah: "Hello, is Commissioner Gordon there in the office? Have you seen him anywhere?"

Officer #1: (COM) "Can you state your name, please?"

Dinah: "My name is Dinah Drake Lance and I am with his daughter."

Officer #1: (COM) "Is that daughter Barbara Gordon?"

Dinah: "That's right."

Officer #1: (COM) "Hold on, let me ask my partners if they have seen the Commissioner."

Dinah: "Alright." (She waited for a moment until the officer returned on the phone.)

Officer #1: (COM) "I'm sorry, Miss Lance, but Commissioner Gordon isn't here. In fact, he hasn't showed up at all."

Dinah: "Hmm. Thank you for that information. Goodbye, sir."

Officer #1: (COM) "Okay, have a good night."

Dinah: "You too, sir. Good night." (She hung up and told Barbara.)

Dinah: "Hey, Babs. Your father hasn't been to GCPD at all today."

Barbara: "That's really weird. I'll call his cell." (She went to her contacts and speed dialed the number, then suddenly the phone started ringing and vibrating.)

Barbara: "You hear that? It sounded close by." (Dinah looked in between the seats of the couch and it was stuck. Dinah grabbed the phone and tossed it to Barbara.)

Dinah: "Looks like your father left his phone as well." (Barbara turned off his phone.)

Barbara: "I don't understand. Why would he leave his personal items here?" (Suddenly, the tv turned on and a video camera was shown. A hysterical man was laughing behind the camera.)

Man: (COM) "Hello, Commissioner's daughter! If you are watching this, your father is fine and no we didn't hurt him. We just captured him, so that way you will come and help him." (He laughed and Jim looked at the camera.)

Woman: (COM) "That's right, tough officer! Look towards the camera and smile!"

Jim: (COM) "Barbara, do not come here! Just stay in the hospital, okay?" (He got hit in the waist by the handle of a sledgehammer.)

Woman: (COM) "Shut your trap and smile, you big mustachio!"

Man: (COM) "Harley, you're ruining the video!"

Harley: (COM) "You be quiet too, Mr. J! Besides you're the camera man and camera men aren't allowed to talk!"

Joker: (COM) "Alright."

Hispanic Man: (COM) "Be quiet, you imbeciles! Let me talk!"

Harley: (COM) "Fine!"

Joker: (COM) "Go ahead, Bane. Speak your words."

Dinah: "What a bunch of amateur, psycho idiots." (Bane grabbed the camera with his massive hands.)

Bane: (COM) "Commissioner's daughter! If you are listening, you will bring yourself to our secret hideout and come alone!" (Barbara crossed her arms.)

Barbara: "What if I bring my friend Batgirl with me?"

Bane: (COM) "Then your papa will know the true meaning of skull crushing." (Barbara's eyes got wide in shock.)

Harley: (COM) "Just hurry up and get over here!"

Joker: (COM) "Bye!" (His hand covered the screen while he laughed and then it went to static. Dinah turned the tv off and then looked at Barbara.)

Dinah: "Barbara?"

Barbara: "They want to see Barbara so badly, I'll give her to them. Just to save my dad."

Dinah: "I know it's what you want to do, but are you sure you don't want to change your mind?"

Barbara: "My mind's already been made up. I'm going to get my dad and I'm going to need your help." (Dinah pointed to herself.)

Dinah: "My help?"

Barbara: "Yes. Here's the plan. You will wear a disguise to look like me."

Dinah: "Are you insane?"

Barbara: "Maybe, but they won't know that I'm Batgirl when you're in my place."

Dinah: "This is going to be bad."

Barbara: "No, it won't. Besides I have a wig and everything."

Dinah: "I'm not going to be like you."

Barbara: "Come on. It's going to be fun to play as me. Please?"

Dinah: "No, I told you I'm not wearing that. No." (Barbara crossed her arms and then suddenly, Dinah was already in the outfit and the wig on looking at the mirror.)

Dinah: "Oh, my god. I look ridiculous."

Barbara: "No, you don't."

Dinah: "Really?" (She looked at her and Barbara looked at her from head to toe.)

Barbara: "Okay, maybe you do look ridiculous. Without the studs and the makeup and you know...being yourself." (Dinah puts her hands on her face.)

Dinah: "Oh, this is a nightmare."

Barbara: "Oh, will you stop complaining, you big crybaby. A rock star like you can do this just like you're getting ready to kick Claire's butt off that stage."

Dinah: "Why couldn't Frankie do this?" (Barbara looked around the room and then back at her.)

Barbara: "Do you see Frankie anywhere? I don't think so."

Dinah: (Groans) "Kill me, please."

Barbara: "Shush now. Just let me put this hair in a high ponytail." (Dinah groaned again and Barbara finished.)

Barbara: "There. You're all set."

Dinah: "Great. I can't wait to play the damsel in distress mode."

Barbara: "You'll be fine. I'll be speaking to you throughout the entire thing with this earpiece." (Dinah grabs the earpiece and puts it in her ear.)

Dinah: "So, I listen to your words and speak them like I am you."

Barbara: "Exactly and you have to sell this. Like really sell this."

Dinah: "Okay, I don't want to do this, but I'll do it for you."

Barbara: "Good. Now, let me change into my Batsuit." (She pressed a button on her decoy shoes and the outfit followed up on her body to her head. Dinah was impressed.)

Dinah: "Okay, that's cool."

(Batgirl then straightened her yellow gloves to make sure they fit right on her fingers.)

Batgirl: "Okay, you ready?" (Dinah scratches her head because the wig is itchy.)

Dinah: "Let's just get this over with."

Batgirl: "I'll take that as a yes. Let's go take the spotlight." (They both ran out of the house and out onto the street.)

(End of Chapter 18: Something's Wrong)

Okay, another chapter has been completed! What did you think of this chapter? Was it pretty cool, dull or was it really interesting or bland? Let me know what you thought in the comments below and without further ado, it's......Shoutout Time! 😆🎊🎉 This shoutout goes to TheGalacticPanda and BatGirl765 for the lovely comments and always being there all the time! I appreciate it from the both of you, my dearing friends! Everyone else who voted and commented gets my appreciation as well! What did you think of the characters between Barbara and Dick or Barbara and Frankie or how about Barbara and Dinah? Let me know what you think of them and what do you think what will happen next? Will Dinah succeed in her glorious performance of becoming her friend Barbara and will Commissioner Jim Gordon be saved from the Pact and will Dick get Barbara back in their relationship? So many questions! Guess you will have to wait until the next few chapters come out! I hope you are excited to read more because I'm excited to write more, but soon. Anyway, thank you all for reading this chapter and I will see you all later! Oh, and I hope that this wasn't as short as the last one. Okay, peace and love you all! Next chapter coming soon! 😀😁😄😆😉😎💖💗💝💞👍👍👍✊👌👏👏✌ #BatgirlNHBRocks (Batgirl: New Hero Of Burnside)