The New Kind of Bird

Failsafe

Dick's POV

It's been days since Skylar has been out. Nothing is like it was there is a new team member. The team is at the manor watching me while Bruce and Alfred is gone to I don't know where. They think I am in my room but I want my sister to see me. Halloween is only a couple weeks away and she loved to have a little fun then. I notice she starts to move. "Skylar." She opened her eyes and shot up. She got dressed and then headed towards the grandfather clock. And heads in the batcave. M'gann came to me and said, "Is she awake? I thought I heard her thoughts and not nightmares." "She went down to the batcave." As soon as I said that the clock opened and she came out with a bat-a-rang. I grabbed her arm and said, "What are you doing with that?" "Let me go unless you want me to bite you." She said with her fangs out. I let her go and she ran. Kaldur came out and said, "She is awake. What is she doing?" As soon as I walked outside I saw what she was doing. Cutting herself. That is not my sister, I am the one that cuts she stops me. Kaldur took the bat-a-rang and then kissed her. She walked back and covered her wrist. She said, "Sorry Dick I well, you know what I was trying to do." "You stop me but I can't stop you from doing it. Does that make since?" "Where is Bruce I have some information about Joker and Bane." I told her I didn't know so she went to the batcave.

Skylar's POV

I go on the bat computer and call Bruce. When he answers the first thing he says is, "You are finally awake. What is wrong?" "It happened again but I know where and what the Joker and Bane is next." "Can you fight?" "Is Dick still an overprotective brother?" "I will tell the team to go to the cave you get there and send me the details. Oh, and Skylar. Welcome back." The team came into the batcave as I was headed to the locker room. Dick went in as I finished grabbing my whips. "You are not going to the cave." "And you are not my father. Bruce wants me to go on this mission anyway. In fact I don't even think it is a mission it is probably just something for training." "If you get hurt..." "I won't get hurt if I do that will be my own doing not yours. Are you coming to the cave now or gonna restock?" "Wait on me. I'm just grabbing some shades. By the way here." He threw some shades at me and I put them on. Once we were at the cave of realize what Bruce wants us to do.

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When I wake up I see everyone close to tears I hate the fact that we had to do that. I walk out of the room to hit something when I hear Martain Man-Hunter say, "Where is she going?" I bring hit the lead punching bag me t for Superboy and it went flying. Dick, Wally, Artemis, and Kaldur were the only ones who knew I was really upset. Dick was the first one to take my hand before I punch something. I cried into his chest until Kaldur took over. Once I was down I walked into the living room where everyone was still shocked. Black Cannery is trying to get us to talk but when she gets to me it is bad. "Skylar, I know you don't want this but can you explain your reaction to Kaldur's death." I got up hit the wall and said, "Can I please just skip this? I can get over on my own after I make myself bleed." "Like you have got over your parents death." "You know about that." "Skylar your trauma is at an adult level you have resorted to hurting yourself when you get sad. You have nightmares every night and when you close your eyes." "Cannery, I can't talk to anyone about that. No one knows what it's like to lose your best friend, mother, father, almost lose your boyfriend or think you did." "Your brother does." "Dick, is not the best person to talk to." "You can talk to me now." I leave and head outside I sit on the beach to cool down. Bruce comes and sits by me. "You know you can talk to Dinah, or me. I did lose my parents two you know. And I lost my best friend he choose to be Clay Face." "Elizabeth is dead Bruce, Clay... Ethan Bennett is alive just in a different form." "Anger is always bad just remember that ok. Ethan's anger is what made him change to Clay Face, I don't want to loose my daughter like I lost my best friend." He left and use I got my guitar and started to play it.