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"I'm not wearing that." Barbara growled, motioning towards the aqua and pink kimono Dick held.
"You have to. You, Artemis, M'gann, Wally and I are going undercover in Rhelaysia to gather intel on Luthor." He explained. "You also have to wear this, and this, and this...and this." He threw a black wig, a headdress, black shoes and two chopsticks at her.

"Chopsticks?"

"Press the bottom, and they become escrima sticks."
"Nice. But I'm still not wearing that." Dick gave her a glare. Even after a year being back, they still had some sort of invisible barrier between them. Babs wasn't going to forgive him anytime soon. She held onto the past as good as Bruce.
"You're wearing it, or you can get off this team." Barbara grabbed it from his hand, glaring at him.
"Fine." She muttered. "Sheesh. Someone's grumpy." Dick narrowed his eyes at the back of her head. She could feel it, but she ignored it. Barbara had more reason to be annoyed at him.

M'gann had simply changed her appearance through her telepathy, but Artemis, Dick, Barbara and Wally all had to be in disguise. M'gann worked her magic on Wally, Dick and Barbara, giving them more typical faces, but Artemis's Vietnamese side shone through more than ever.

When the girls met with the boys in the briefing room, Barbara posed for a moment, hands on hips, before shaking her head.

"No." She said.
"Yes. Now get in the bio-ship. Miss M, get us in the air." Dick commanded.

He was about to go to his usual seat, when Barbara ever-so-casually pushed past him and took his place. Knowing her, he wouldn't protest. With the amount of anger she had, he'd end up with at least three broken ribs.

[Batgirl, what's up with you and Rob-NightWing?] M'gann asked on a private link.
[Oh, nothing.] She said sarcastically. [He just left Gotham for three years, while his brother was killed and his former best friend was paralyzed, and when he came back he had the audacity to tell me he had a girlfriend!] Barbara said, angrily.
[You know he has had a tough life?]

[No one knows that better than me, M'gann. If you weren't telepathic, you wouldn't even know his identity.] Babs replied.
[Right.]


Barbara slowly walked around as gracefully as she could. She and Artemis had special contacts in that let her see in x-ray, infra-red and heat vision. She casually touched her radio.

"Luthor and known Light Informant at 3 o'clock." I whispered. Dick moved away slowly from some guy in a tux. Then she saw someone load a gun nearby. Her head spun around. More and more guns. Ok, calm down, it's not a Joker situation. But there's no way this is just a precaution. Then she saw a guard aim at Dick. Despite Bruce's orders to not interfere, she grabbed her chopsticks, and slammed them into the guards cheek.

She couldn't risk changing into her suit now. Luckily the kimono did have some armoured plates. Not nearly as much as her armour, but still. Now all guns were on her. So no one saw when M'gann's eyes glowed, and Luthor rose into the air.
"Get him in the ship, now! If we aren't there in three minutes, leave!" Dick yelled, punching a soldier. They were pouring from every entrance. "Their guns are electric! Do you-"

"On it!" Artemis and Babs both yelled, pulling an EMP arrow and grenade from their quiver/disguised belt. The guns were inactive.
"Get out, now!" Dick commanded. They had a window. They weren't going to waste it. speaking of which, Barbara covered her eyes, and pushed her weight through one, and all three jumped out onto the waiting bio-ship. "Go GO GO! Their turrets will be up in minutes!" He yelled. Then he scanned the ship. "Wait, where's Luthor?"

"He may or may not have knocked me out long enough to escape." M'gann admitted. Dick slammed his fist into a wall, denting it, until it grew back.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" He yelled. Then he took a breath. "Get us out of here." then he saw the hole in the floor. And a bat shaped grappling hook. "BATGIRL!"

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