The New Kind of Bird

Surprise

Dick, Wally, Artemis, M'gann, Conner, and Kaldur have been waiting on me so we can talk. I hate having the late shift in Gotham. Once I come in the room my mask comes off and I ask, "What is this about this time?" "Robin and Blue Jay." Conner said sternly. Dick looked at Robin and said, "They have been messing up all the missions on purpose for the last three days." "Maybe we should talk to Batman about letting them take a shift in Gotham and us getting to go on missions instead." I said grabbing a knife. Blue Jay looked terrified and said, "You do know child abuse is illegal right?" Kaldur looked at them and said,"If only you knew what the Bat did to us. That is not child abuse. Both Nightwing and Angel had to go on missions and go on patrol with Batman and stayed out until dawn. They might have gotten eight hours of sleep a week." "And that's with their night terrors." Wally added. I lean back in the chair and said, "Robin and Blue Jay we will finish this tomorrow morning with Batman. Both of you get some sleep you will need it with him. If you need me I will be on the beach or in the water." "Wait what about you?" Robin said. Dick said, "Angel and I don't need much sleep anymore maybe two hours a week. And we both slept last night so will be up a while. Now go." They left and Artemis said, "What did you do tonight?" "You are holding your arm like it's bleeding or broken." M'gann added. "I didn't want to tell Bruce but when I was fighting Joker, Harley came up behind me and shot my arm. I got the bullet out but I can't stop the bleeding." Dick picked me up and carried me to the med bay and fixed it up but soon the bandages were completely covered. I walked outside and sat against a rock the rest of the night.

By the time everyone was up I was training in the training room. Kaldur found me then saw my arm and said, "Is it still bleeding bad or did you do that training?" "You don't have any room to talk about me or my health. After you chose a fish over me." "She was not a fish." "Kaldur you broke my heart over Aqua girl. I can't forgive you for that. Besides Dick wants to kill you as of right now." "And you want to kill Wally." "What do you want Dick." I said as I punch a punching bag. "We need to talk to Bruce remember." I shook my head and started to leave until Kalder grabbed my hand and said, "Please just think about the offer. It would make me happy." He kissed my forehead and Dick grabbed me and we left.

When we saw Bruce we explained everything. But the thing that caught his eye is my arm. "Skylar have you got that checked out yet. It doesn't look good." "I'm fine Bruce. I'm meeting Kaldur at the cemetery soon I gotta go."

As soon as I stepped into the cemetery I go straight for my parents graves. It's been two years since I have even looked at their graves. I see Kaldur and Wally standing besides them. "What do you want?" I said staring at the graves close to tears. "It's about Scarecrow." Kaldur said. "We all don't want to o deal with him again but he is still reaching out to us." Wally says looking down. I took a step back and said, "I will not fight my family again. It was painful the first time." "I know Halloween was tough on you Sky, it was for all of us, but you need to find out a way to helps us out." Wally said. Kaldur grabbed my hand and said, "He hurt your brother, your family, and Bruce help us help you find him and put him in Arkham." "It's impossible the only one of the bats that can find him is in solitary confinement right now because he wants to kill. So what your asking for is for me to go against bat policy." Wally looked me straight in the eyes and said, "You can get him out Sky. Remember what this guy did to Dick last Halloween, the thing that made Batgirl leave because she could not stand to see you cry and sad. And now how are we gonna keep Damian from killing Scarecrow?" I wiped my face and said, "We will have to fake my death. That's Batman's plan to make him stop. If we scare him he will be to traumatized to kill." we all shook our heads and left. I walked back to the manor as slowly as possible, mainly because I do not want to go on patrol tonight, but also so Bruce can be gone so I can get the Demon Spawn out of the batcave and into the cave without anyone noticing.