Escape!

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Katalyn ran down the street, panting as she hurried, skidding to a halt in a dead end alleyway she froze, then looked back at the pair of thugs coming after her.

Looking around she quickly grabbed an old pipe, holding it up.

"Leave ma alone!" the tiny girl said feircely.

"Oh ho, look at that," one of the thugs snickered, nudging his buddy. "Little girl has a weapon."

"Better be scared," his partner snickered. Then he shook his head, then advancing on her. "Seriously, sweetie, just put the pipe down. We'll make it a lot better for ya if you jsut come without a fuss."

"Like @#%$!" she screeched, lashing out quickly.

The man screamed, toppling over.

"My knee!" he bellowed.

"You little @#%#^," the other man screeched, reaching for her and grabbing the pipe as it swung again.

Katalyn's eyes got huge, and she started to squirm and kick at him, desperately re-reaching for her powers, which were still not working when she needed them to.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_robin_3/]

"How do you know Batboy's not the ripoff of me?" I retorted, clenching my fists a few times before unclenching them. Anger had no place here; if Batman were still around, he would be the first to say as such.

Though as I grabbed hold of her wrist with my hand and held it away from my chest with little force, I told myself that I wasn't about to let her antics rile me.

"Don't assume who's better and who isn't. We're equals. Just like your Batwoman and Batboy."

[dbattyones.livejournal.com]

"Let go of me!" she grunted, pulling away and then instinctively kicking him in the shin.

"You're just dumb!" she sputtered, thrown off by the physical contact she still wasn't used to. "And... and insecure 'cause you are a sidekick! You're not even out of puberty yet! How could you compare to the Batman? You can't!"

[http://users.livejournal.com/_robin_3/]

At the kick to the shin, I held back a scream since that would undoubtedly attract unwanted attention; I did release her, though-after eyeing her with a Batmanesque glare first.

"Trust me when I say that I can compare to the Batman! The question is can you compare to Batwoman? With the way you handled things before, I'd say the answer is a big, fat no."

There were a few things that I was indeed insecure about-where I stood with Batman wasn't one of them.

[dbattyones.livejournal.com]

"I never wanted to be Batwoman or compare to her! I ain't a hero, I just deal in information and stop a bad guy every once in a while!" she growled, kicking him again, angry with him for no obvious reason. "And I ain't never killed anybody, I've never done anything that bad, ever! Even to the people who really deserved it!"

[http://users.livejournal.com/_robin_3/]

Silent as I listened to her brief explanation, even while momentarily dodging her second kick-yeah, I didn't feel like getting kicked twice today by someone who'd attempted to put me in my place-, I crossed my arms before responding back.

"Have you tried to figure out how to return yourself to normal yet?"

[dbattyones.livejournal.com]

"I've got leads on the scientist," she said, grumpy with missed foot. "I'm gonna find him soon. But Batwoman's already working on the cure herself."