Barbara's POV
"NightWing!" I hiss into my Comms. "I need you in Firewall. My security's breached."
"I'll be there in three minutes, Oracle." Dick replies. "Stay alive. And stay out of sight." I wheel over to a concealed door, and press my hand to the touch pad.
"Oracle 01 Firewall override. Code Red. Allow access NightWing 02, Black Canary 03, Huntress 04, Misfit 05, Lady Blackhawk 06, Dove 07, Hawk 08, Robin 09, Batgirl 10. Lockout foreign entities." I whisper, just loud enough for my system to read.
The door to my safehouse slides open, and I wheel inside. As the door locks behind me, I pause for a minute to tie up my hair. The thing people don't know when they attack the grid, is that it fights back.
I am the grid.

"How're you holding up?" A voice says behind me. I turn around and see a beaten and bloody Dick.
"Better than you are." I say, pulling off his shirt. I grab some bandages and tie them roughly around his ribs. "BC says the Birds'll be here in a couple of minutes. We need to get out of here. You can't fight in this state." I grab Dick's utility belt. "Follow me."

We walk/wheel into an elevator. I hit the express button. It'll take us to a rendezvous point that Bruce or Jason or Cassandra is supposed to pick me up from in dire emergency.
The elevator suddenly stops.
"Dick." I say wearily. "They've cut the power." I crack a glow-stick and hand it to him, then grab a laser from his belt and start cutting away a square from the roof.
"We have to climb." He says. "But I'm not sure that either of us could in this state."
"But we can try." I say, overly optimistic.
"That's my Babs." Dick hoists himself up, putting his foot on the metal bar the surround the square interior, wincing from his sprained ankle.
"Are you-"
"I'll survive." He smiles, not entirely covering his pain.
Dick drags himself up out of the roof, then puts his hands out to pull me out. I do a trick I've only tried once, using my upper body to throw myself out of my chair. It hurts, but Dick grabs my hands and hoists me out.
"Are you-"
"I'll survive." I mimic his tone. Then I glance up the shaft and my face falls. "I can climb up there, do you think you could?" I ask worriedly.
"Babs, you fight like you can still use your legs. If you can, I can." Dick shushes me.
"You're right." I surrender. "Now climb. If you make it to the top, I'll kiss you."
"How could I say no with stakes like that?" He smirks his Grayson smirk.

I haul myself onto the ledge surrounding the last level.
"Get these doors open!" I command, as I start pulling from my side, and Dick from his. They creak open enough for Dick to hobble through, and pull me out after.
"Took you guys long enough." Jason hisses. "Come on. Cass is outside with the Batmobile."
"I'm officially whelmed." Dick laughs, hobbling through the dimly lit tunnel.

Cassandra pulls me into the passenger seat of the Batmobile. I hate feeling this hopeless. Just as we pull away, a huge explosion showers the car with debris and ash.
Platinum Flats, my -and many other Birds- home and base, is destroyed.