"Castigate" part 2
By: Faita

	"How is she?" Terry asked running over to Bruce and Ace who where 
standing in front of window.
	"They already operated, she's resting now" Bruce answered.
	"Will she live?" Terry asked looking through the window at Emily 
lying in a bed. Bruce hesitated.
	"They don't know" Bruce answered him. Terry paused before 
responding.
	"Who shot her?" Terry asked him.
	"Jokerz" Bruce answered.
	"Who was she?" Terry asked.
	"Emily" Bruce answered.
	"They shot Emily, not Batgirl?" Terry asked in a whisper.
	"Yes" Bruce answered him.
	"It's not your fault. It's mine" Terry told him.
	"There was nothing you could have done" Bruce said.
	"I should have been there, I was suppose protect her. Now she 
might die"  Terry told him.
	"Batman can't be everywhere, neither can Terry" Bruce told him.
	"I'm suppose to try at least. I was just so mad at her," Terry 
said, almost crying.
	"Bruce!" a man at the end of the hall came running towards them.
	"Dick" Bruce said.
	"How'd it happen?" Dick demanded.
	"Dick, look" Terry said.
	"How'd it happen?!" Dick yelled.
	"She was shot, by the Jokerz. She wasn't Batgirl" Bruce told him. 
Dick looked in the window at Emily.
	"The boys are on their way. Will she be ok?" Dick asked sadly.
	"We don't know" Terry answered.
	"How are you doing Terry?" Dick asked him.
	"Fine as can be expected" Terry answered.
	"You can go in now Mr.Grayson" a nurse told him.

	"So is she going to tell me about when she met Batman?" Matt asked 
Terry as they walked down in hospital hallway.
	"She told you she's met Batman?" Terry asked amused.
	"All she said was that he gallantly flew up and saved her. Like a 
Black Knight" Matt said giggling.
	"A knight?" Terry asked him laughing.
	"Terry!" a young man came running over to them as they approached.
	"Hi Pete. How is she?" Terry asked him.
	"Same" Pete answered.
	"Pete this is Matt my little brother. Matt this is Pete, Pete is 
Emily's older brother" Terry introduced them.
	"I didn't know Emily had a brother" Matt told Pete.
	"She has three, I'm the youngest one" Pete said.
	"Can I see her?" Terry asked him.
	"When Mark comes out" Pete answered. Just as Pete finished his 
sentence a tall man with short black hair stepped out of the room.
	"Hi Terry" he said.
	"How is she Mark?" Terry asked.
	"Not good" he answered.
	"Can I see her?" Terry asked.
	"Go on in" Mark smiled. Terry walked into the hospital room, 
leaving Matt outside. He walked over to where Emily lay in the bed.
	"Hi" he said to her. She just laid there.
	"That's what I thought you'd say. I'm sorry I wasn't there. If I 
was, you would most likely be yelling at me or finally telling Matt 
about the time you met the heroic Batman. Your Black Knight" Terry 
grinned. He sat down on the end of the bed.  "I had no idea you thought 
of that way Emily. Or the fact you told Matt." Terry smiled.  "I mean, 
you knew he would tell me" Terry suddenly understood "you did know that. 
You tricked me. You told him that knowing he would tell me, and that I 
would react like this. Oh I hate you" he slapped her leg. She moaned.
	"Emily?" Terry asked. Terry ran over to the door and opened it.
	"Terry what's wrong?" Pete asked him worried.
	"I think she's waking up"

	"And as soon as we got outside of all the danger. He fainted. He 
fell to his knees in pain. I ran over to him trying to help" Emily 
finished. She was sitting up in the hospital bed; Matt was sitting in 
front of her, paying attention to her every word.
	"Then, then?" he asked eagerly.
	"I can't say, it's a secret" Emily told him.
	"What kind of a secret?" Matt asked.
	"A secret, secret" Emily answered him.
	"Have you told Terry?" Matt asked her.
	"Asked Terry what?" Terry asked walking into the hospital room.
	"What happened after Batman fainted" Matt answered him.
	"Yeah she told me" Terry answered walking over to them.
	"What? What Terry, please tell me" Matt begged.
	"Well. First she pulled his very well built body into the front 
seat of the batmobile. Then she turned it on and drove it back to the 
batcave"  Terry answered him.
	"I never told you anything," Emily said to Terry.
	"How'd you know that?" Matt asked him.
	"You see, I'm really Batman and Emily is Batgirl" Terry told him.
	"You're a dork Terry" Matt said as he ran out of the room. Terry 
and Emily laughed while watching him leave. Terry looked back at Emily.
	"How are you feeling?" Terry asked her.
	"Like I just got shot in the back" Emily answered him.
	"Very funny" Terry grinned.
	"Wasn't meant to be" Emily answered.
	"Well you missed some school" Terry told her.
	"I guessed as much" Emily said rubbing her head.
	"A new girl came to school" Terry said.
	"Really? What's her name?" Emily asked her.
	"Cassie Yates" Terry answered her.
	"What did you tell the kids at school?" Emily asked him.
	"About what?" Terry asked.
	"Why I'm in the hospital" Emily answered.
	"I just told them you had an operation" Terry answered.
	"What kind of operation?" Emily asked laying down on to the 
pillow.
	"You had your appendix removed or something," Terry said.
	"I already had my appendix removed" Emily said closing her eyes.
	"Well you get some sleep" Terry told her and left.

	"Welcome back Emily"
	"Glad you're feeling better Emily"
	"How are you doing Emily?" Was what everyone said to Emily as she 
walked through the school after about a week. She just said she was fine 
and continued walking. She entered her science class and sat down in her 
assigned seat. A middle aged man walked into the class holding a 
briefcase in his hands.
	"Sorry I'm late class," he said as he set his briefcase on his 
desk.  "Any way, first things first. I'd like to welcome Emily back to 
school.  And I'd like to introduce a new girl" he said as a girl with 
blonde hair to her shoulders walked into the room.
	"Class, this is Cassie Yates. She has just moved to this school," 
he said pointing her to an empty chair next to Emily. She thanked him in 
a quiet voice and sat next to Emily.
	"Hi" Emily said to her. Cassie looked over to her and smiled 
sweetly.
	"Hi" she replied again in a quiet voice.
	"I'm Emily Grayson" Emily introduced herself.
	"Glad to meet Emily, I'm Cassie"

	"Welcome back" Batman said to Batgirl as she flew over next to 
him.
	"Weird to be flying again" she smiled.	
	"Get used to it. Something big is going down tonight" he told her.
	"I know, Bruce kept up to date" Batgirl said searching the streets 
below them.
	"He never let's me have any fun" Batman grinned.
	"There" Batgirl said pointing below them. Batman looked where she 
pointed.  There were a group of men walking into a building.
	"Let's go" Batman said. They jumped off the building and floated 
to the street below. They went into camouflage and entered the building. 
Batman lead into first. They entered a room where the men had just 
entered.  There were already two guys in the room.
	"You got the stuff?" one asked. Another pulled a small package 
from his jacket pocket, and handed to him.
	"Is there something I can do for you gentlemen?" a female voice 
said. The men, Batman and Batgirl looked at where it came form. There 
was a girl wearing a dark blue costume, with a light blue mask, gloves, 
boots, and rectangle on her chest.
	"Run!" a man yelled. The guys ran past Batman and Batgirl. The 
last one ran into Batman, knocking him over and knocking him out of 
camouflage.
	"Great! Now we have the Batman," he yelled as he got up and ran 
away. He was knocked back to his back. Batman got up. Batgirl came out 
of camouflage; she walked over and tied the man's hands together. Batman 
and Batgirl walked into the room. The girl was standing there.
	"Who are you?" Batman asked her.
	"I am Castigate," she said walking over to them.
	"New in town?" Batgirl asked her.
	"Kind of" she answered.
	"Thanks for your help" Batgirl said and began to walk away.
	"Batgirl, wait" Batman told her. She stopped and turned around.
	"What?" she asked him.
	"Wait. I think we should talk more to our new friend here," Batman 
said.  Batgirl walked back over next to him.
	"Good call. So, Batman and Batgirl I presume" Castigate said 
smiling.
	"What's your story?" Batman asked Castigate.
	"Too much crime in the city, thought you could use some help" 
Castigate answered.
	"Well we don't" Batgirl said beginning to walk away again.
	"Batgirl wait" Batman told her again.
	"Not this time Batman" she said still walking. Batman looked at 
her behind him. She walked out of the room, then out of the building.
	"So how'd you hear about this?" Castigate asked him.
	"How'd you?" Batman asked her back.
	"Have ways" she said and walked past him.
	"So do we" he replied.
	"We? Looks more like, you" she told him stopping and turning 
around.
	"Batgirl and I have differences of opinion" Batman said.
	"How so?" she asked.
	"She doesn't like you" Batman answered.
	"And how do you know that, she didn't say anything?" Castigate 
asked.
	"I just do" Batman answered grinning.
	"How'd you get started being a superhero?" Castigate asked him.
	"You first" Batman said. Castigate thought about it.
	"Fair enough" she said. She waved her hands in front of her chest, 
then away. A blue mist surrounded them, and then thousands of little 
white lights filled it. It looked like a galaxy. Batman steped back in 
complete shock. A small dark planet moved up in front of his faced. 
Castigate steped through the mist so that he could see her.
	"What are you?" Batman demanded.
	"I am a Raihin, from the planet Raih" she told him.
	"You're an alien?" Batman asked amazed.
	"In a sense. I come from a galaxy far from here. It took me a 
thousand years just to get here, I've seen things you couldn't image" 
she answered.
	"Why are you telling me this?" Batman asked her.
	"Because you're the one to help me, the only one who can know" she 
told him.
	"Well, I hate to tell you this, but, Batgirl and a friend know 
everything you just said and did" Batman told her.
	"You are the ONLY one who can see this, no one else can see this 
if it was right in front of them. No one except the other person that 
will help me" Castigate told him.
	"Really?" Batman asked her.
	"Yes" she answered calmly.
	"Batman what is that?" he heard in his ears, it was Batgirl's 
voice.
	"What's what?" he asked him.
	"That mist" she answered.
	"You can see it?" he asked her amazed.
	"Yes of course I can see it" she replied.
	"Who are you talking to?" Castigate asked him.
	"Batgirl, she knows everything, she can see it" Batman answered 
her.
	"Then she must be the other one" Castigate said as if she was 
beginning to understand every thing.
	"What do you want us to help you with?" Batman asked her.
	"There is a great fight coming. The greatest enemy to my planet, 
Tenma. He has overtaken my planet, and is now coming for Earth. I came 
here to stop him. I was told I would find two Earthlings to help me, and 
that we would be victorious, but with great loss" she answered.
	"Batgirl, you better get back here," Batman said. When he finished
speaking, Batgirl appeared at his side.
	"That was weird," she said.
	"Your welcome" Castigate said.
	"Thanks" Batgirl then said.
	"You can do that?" Batman asked Castigate.
	"Of course" she answered.
	"Why do you need us?" Batgirl asked her very seriously.
	"It is your destiny" she replied.
	"I make my own destiny" Batgirl said back. Castigate walked over 
to her, and placed her hands to her face. A ball of white light 
surrounded them, and stayed. Batman tried to get Batgirl out of the 
ball, but when he touched it a bolt of electricity sent him to the 
floor. Inside the ball, Batgirl and Castigate stood in the middle of a 
field, all the once living crops were dead and had fallen to the ground. 
As far as the eye could see was a dark red sky full of black stars, and 
death.
	"Where are we?" Batgirl asked Castigate.
	"My home world, as it is now. If you and the Batman do not help 
me, this will be Earth in twenty years" Castigate replied.
	"How?" Batgirl asked her turning in place, looking at everything. 
The field vanished from beneath them, and they were in middle of space. 
Below them was a small ball moving fast.
	"That is Tenma. The one I spoke about. He is heading to earth. He 
will try and conquer it, just as he has always done" Castigate said.
	"Then how can we stop him?" Batgirl asked.
	"So you believe me?" Castigate asked.
	"I figure either this is real and you're telling the truth, or I 
hit my head some way and what ever I do here means nothing" Batgirl told 
her. 
	"Good enough. You and Batman are the ones who were chosen to help 
me finally defeat Tenma. I have been given special things for the two of 
you" Castigate answered.
	"What kind of things?" Batgirl asked curious.
	"You will find out soon enough" Castigate answered her.
	"I've heard that too many times," Batgirl said.
	"Since you are to help me, you must know who I really am" 
Castigate said and took off her mask. It was Cassie.