>> What... Happened.... << Barbara felt extremely dizzy and she felt sensations she's never felt before. She opened her eyes to find herself back in Blüdhaven with Dick. Not as Nightwing and Batgirl, but just as Dick and Barbara.
"Hey." She turned from her place in his bed to see him at the open door to his room, in which they were sleeping in, "are you okay?"
"Yeah..." Barbara said, "what time is it? Where did you go?"
"It's midnight. Bathroom." Dick said as he walked in and joined her in bed, "you look frazzled. You had a nightmare?"
"I...don't know..." Barbara held her head as Dick rubbed her bare back.
"It's okay, Babs. Just know I'll always be here for you." Dick smiled as he moved his hand to her cheek and cupped her face as he took her lips into his. Barbara just wanted to drown in his love forever, but there was something holding her back, and for once in her life, she didn't know what to do. She kissed back passionately, but there was still a void...where her Batgirl life once was, in her heart. In her life. As she kissed him, she felt tears running down her face and her heart rate rose slowly, and before she knew it, she was no longer in bed with Dick, but she started to slowly wake up from her dream, lying in a white hospital bed. She felt her tears staining her pale cheeks, her head pounding and brain threatening to burst. She groaned and turned her head.
"Hey." Barbara gasped at the same voice from her dream. She looked down at her right arm and saw an IV, then she looked at her left hand and saw that Dick was holding it all this time.
"Dick..." Barbara cried.
"Ssh...it's okay... I'm here..." Dick shushed her as he stood up from his chair and cupped her face, wiping her tears with his thumb.
"...Joker..."
"Can't get to you... I'm here..." Dick reassured her.
"How long was I asleep?" Barbara's voice sounded dreary and clammy.
"Only a day." Dick answered as he squeezed her hand.
"You were here all this time?" Barbara asked.
"I'm never leaving your side, Babs." Dick smiled, melting her heart, tears bursting from her eyes, "no matter what."
Barbara moved her right hand to hold Dick's face, wiping a tear that had escaped his eye.
"...I'm here...alive. We can go see the team now..." Barbara said.
"No, Babs, you don't...understand..."
"What, what do I not understand?"
"Stand up." Dick said.
"...What?"
"I said...stand up." Dick swallowed hard. Barbara looked at him weird, but complied. She tried to swing her legs over the side and stand up, but no matter how hard she tried, her legs wouldn't move...not even her toes.
"...Dick...?!" Barbara gasped.
"The doctor..." Dick's voice cracked, "...said the bullet didn't kill you. I thank the Lord ever second for that. But the bullet still did its damage... It fractured a part of your spine...."
"You mean..." Barbara said, fresh streams of tears flowing down her cheeks as Dick shook his head and squeezed her hand tighter.
"I'm sorry Babs..." Dick whispered, "you can't walk...ever again...."
-To be continued!-
A/N : this part made my heart hurt...no joke! (See what I did there?! 😂) anyways, sorry it's so short. This entire chapter was meant to be about Barbara and how she, Nightwing, and the team fix this problem, so bear with me! Love you guys! 😘
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