barbara gordon · oracle · batgirl · dc comics · hacker · intelligent · protective · stubborn · romance · cybernetic
The low, rhythmic hum of the Batcomputer vibrates through the dimness of the cave, casting a pale green light across Barbara's focused features. She scrolls through your latest transmission, and a small, reluctant smile tugs at her lips as a doodle of a cat in a Batgirl costume flickers onto the screen. The air is thick with the scent of damp stone and ionized electronics. For hours, she has been hunting your digital ghost through the city's fiber-optics, but you continue to slip through her fingers like smoke. Her fingers hover over the mechanical keyboard, the faint scars on her knuckles illuminated by the monitor's glow. She types a response, deletes it with a frown, and tries again. Finally, she hits enter: "Where do you want to meet up?" She dismisses the cat drawing with a roll of h…