Gotham Snow Princess Diana, the heroine called Wonder Woman smiled slightly as she saw the first few flakes of snow, the black haired woman tilting her head up as the flakes settled on the golden eagle on her chest, the red shirt and blue pants that ended in boots almost styled after the Greek god Hermes. Dressed in blue Supergirl descended, her red cape, boots and symbol the only bright colors on her costume. Her smile was still a touch sad but the blonde haired young woman was slowly getting over her sorrow, in no small part to her friendship with Batgirl. 'I just wish she had found a better person to do it,' Diana mused, then forcefully banished that thought. To be honest she still bore a grudge over the banishing of superhumans from Gotham City and her defeating the Justice Society, not to mention her treatment of the team when they visited a few months back. "Lost in thought?" Supergirl asked, smiling up at her warmly. Diana shook herself, the two of them heading towards the golden domes of the Justice Society headquarters. "Sorry," she said, "I was just thinking it's good to see you smiling again, Kara." Holding on to the edge of her cape Kara Zor-El smiled wryly, "I'm trying not to let things bring me down as much." "I'm glad the news hounds have stopped trying to chase you," Diana noted wryly as they passed through the first security gate. After Luthor's arrest the press had hounded Supergirl, trying to get her to confess some deep dark secret between her and Lex, but in truth their relationship had been quite innocent. Kara chuckled softly as they passed Firestorm talking to Black Canary, "Being able to fly away from them helps." They entered the monitor room, where their civilian aide Tim Drake listened and watched for possible alerts. "All quiet tonight," the black haired teen hacker reported cheerfully, "and from what chatter I can get from Gotham it's quiet there too." "Too bad," Big Barda muttered as the tall New God lounged against the wall quietly talking to her husband. "Yeah," Tim chuckled, "I like the idea of Batgirl out in the snow, freezing her buns off fighting crime on Christmas." Diana shook her head as Kara pressed her lips together, restraining herself. "Too bad," Kara noted dryly, "I was thinking of asking Batgirl if she wanted to join the Society." "What?" both Barda, Interceptor and Tim Drake blurted at the same time. "Tell me you're joking," Interceptor winced, the brown haired woman shaking her head, her red and gold costume clearly inspired by Wonder Woman's.. "I wouldn't do that without asking," Kara reassured them, her blue eyes just a bit wounded for her friend. She put her hand on Diana's arm, "You know, I don't think I want to stick around for the dinner. I should go say my hellos and leave." The monitor room was silent as Kara walked off, the four of them unwilling to meet each other's eyes. "I started it," Barda conceded after a moment, "I should go apologize." "No," Diana sighed, "Kara would know you're being insincere." Interceptor winced, knowing that line was directed at her as well. "What does Supergirl see in her?" she wondered a little bitterly. Surprisingly Tim answered that question, "A hero. Once a lot darker than you all are, without powers of her own who has had to build herself into the toughest bad-ass on the planet." Everyone looked at him in surprise and Tim shrugged, "I may not like her, but that doesn't mean I don't admire her in a way." Meanwhile Kara made the rounds, respectfully offering her greetings to Abin, joking with Ambush Bug and Tarantula, chatting with Dr. Midnight and being her usual friendly self. Flash raced by, the slickly red armored figure stopping on a dime as he said, "The snow's really coming down now!" As the Justice Society members raced to the windows to watch Kara took the opportunity to slip away, soaring off into the twilight away from Metropolis, her adopted home. Gotham City wasn't too far away physically from Metropolis, but in some ways it was a world away. As Supergirl soared over the city she felt the Oracle drones scan her, sending data back to their mistress as she dropped into an alley and changed at super speed. In her newly adopted civilian identity of Kara Lee the blonde haired woman strode out of the alley in a loose sweater and jeans, nearly the opposite of Supergirl's usual garb, and headed down the street to her latest part time job as a reporter. Meanwhile, Batgirl descended on the roof of the police department, summoned by the Bat-signal lighting up the sky. Silently the lightly armored woman landed, stalking up to the figure waiting until she calmly asked, "Commissioner, you wanted to see me?" Sarah Essen turned, offering a steaming mug as the redheaded older woman said, "Merry Christmas, Batgirl." Batgirl took the mug reluctantly, hiding her discomfort around the other woman. Sarah Essen had at one time been her father's partner, and if what she read in his diary was true had even been his lover for a while. "Thank you," she answered, "no trouble then?" "All quiet, thanks to you," Sarah answered, studying Batgirl thoughtfully, "if you keep this up, you'll put us out of a job." Batgirl drank her coco, "No, I need you to deal with the purse snatching and prostitutes." Calmly handing back the cup she stalked to the edge of the roof, "Next time you use the signal for a non-emergency, I'll break it." "Cold bitch," Sarah muttered as Batgirl disappeared. Batgirl's voice drifted up from the shadows, "I have to be." On the street the Batmobile waited, a black wedge shaped craft several generations ahead of anything else on the road. The roof retracted as Batgirl dropped down, then slid back into place as she secured herself in the seat. Bruce Wayne's amused face appeared on one of the monitors as the black haired man said, "So was I right?" "False alarm," Batgirl agreed as she raced off through the snow, "apparently Essen wanted to share a drink with me." "And you were an asshole," Bruce nodded, "as usual." "Was there a reason you called me?" Batgirl asked after a moment. "The Oracle system spotted Supergirl flying in," Bruce reported needlessly, knowing Batgirl had her own Oracle link in the car and in her suit, "do you need to do anything about it?" Batgirl tensed a bit, a slight smile teasing her lips. "I'll see her," she answered after a moment, "but I think out of costume." "Why don't you invite her over for dinner?" Bruce offered after a moment. He smiled, "Alfred always makes too much now that Mom and Dad retired." "Don't even think about it," Batgirl said dryly as she raced across the city to the back-up cave hidden beneath the convention center. Not long afterward Barbara Gordon, redheaded novelist and philanthropist emerged from one of the city's many office towers, making her way up the street confidently in a simple but stylish looking pantsuit. Checking the Oracle interface on her watch Babs noted that Kara was in a nearby café, and hurried to meet her. Kara looked up from making her coffee as Babs entered, her smile of welcome nearly blinding. As Barbara reached her side she smiled, "You didn't have to hurry over and see me, I was going to look you up later." Babs actually felt herself blush, something she never did. She covered by ordering her own coffee, then the two headed for a corner table. "We need to get you a better disguise," she noted lamely once they sat down, "anyone could recognize you." Kara leaned forward with a smile, "But no one seems to. You know why?" Babs felt her normally cool reserve melting as it always did around Supergirl, "Why?" Kara waved excitedly, "No one thinks I have a secret identity. I don't wear a mask or anything else, so they just assume that Kara Lee is a look alike..." "Maybe," Babs took a drink of her coffee, "but there's not many people who look as beautiful as Supergirl does." She heard herself say the words and her eyes widened a bit even as she schooled her expression to calmness, 'I can't believe I said that!' "Thank you," Supergirl responded with a warm smile. 'Bruce wonders why I let her into Gotham, even covertly,' Babs mused, 'and I don't know if I could explain it to him.' She smiles as they talked and thought, 'She brings out a side of me I haven't even admitted I had since my parents' death...' Babs looked at Kara in concern as something occurred to her, "Why are you here on Christmas eve?" A wry smile, "Even as a amazon I'm sure Wonder Woman is planning something at JSA headquarters." Shyly Kara looked away, "I didn't feel like it this year." Babs felt a surge of fear unlike any she had faced in the field as she quietly asked, "Would you like to come to dinner with me?" Kara hesitated, "You sure?" Babs gently squeezed Karen's hand, "Yes." Karen smiled brightly, "Then I'd love to." To be continued...? Notes: While the comic isn't THAT subtexty, EF is very much focused on the developing friendship between Babs and Kara. Much like Superman and Batman they come from completely opposite places as heroes, yet surprisingly get along well.
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