twiceahero: (surrounded by computers)
Barbara Gordon ([personal profile] twiceahero) wrote2009-01-28 10:35 am

The noose tightens

Barbara is ensconced in her backup-backup-backup command center. Which was worrying. She only has one more fall-back plan, and that is so desperate that she'll try everything else before resorting to it. Apparently she cares more about her secret identity than she thought.

It doesn't help that she's lost contact with pretty much everyone. Dick and Robin are having transport problems, and Dinah's lying low or unconscious or something. Everyone else she might call in has something slightly higher-priority to deal with than saving a girl in a wheelchair, so she sits and stares at her screens.

The bad guys found her last net-drop five minutes ago, and that means their next stop will be here. Whoever Blockbuster has tracing her is good, and she suspects that they've managed to get their hands on some of her hardware, maybe from Dick's car, which has only made it that much easier for them. It's almost time to get dressed for company.

But first... Just in case... Barbara pulls up a new file and starts typing. (Funny, for all her contingency plans, she's never felt the need to set this up before...)

To: Dick, Bruce, and whoever Robin is these days

This message is set to auto-send itself to you if I fail to log into my systems for more than 24-hours. If you're reading this, then something has gone terribly wrong. I assume you're looking into it already.

Even if I'm not around I can still be useful. The data I've collected over the years is still a useful tool, so you'll need access to it. Use it to carry on my work. My father doesn't know it, but he has all my passwords and encryption keys. Everything you need to get started is written on the back of the framed picture of me on his desk at Police HQ.

I guess this is my last will and testament and all that, huh?

Well... keep up the good fight for me.

Love,
Babs

[identity profile] twiceahero.livejournal.com 2009-01-29 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're in the states?" Babs beams. Even with the voice distortion it's easy to tell that this is Very Good News.
serinusniger: (motorbike)

[personal profile] serinusniger 2009-01-29 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm heading North to 61," Dinah is pleased to inform her. "I'm south of Bludhaven and moving fast."

It's possible she should have gone for the fastest car, not the sexiest, but she likes this one, it's purple.

[identity profile] twiceahero.livejournal.com 2009-01-29 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hurry," Babs says. She might be about to add more, but an urgent beeping tone sounds from one of her computers and she trails off.
serinusniger: (talking to Oracle)

[personal profile] serinusniger 2009-01-29 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
No, Dinah was planning on crawling up the interstate.

"What's that?"

Computer noises are not good.

[identity profile] twiceahero.livejournal.com 2009-01-29 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
'That' is every proximity sensor around her fallback base going off at once. Company, it seems, has arrived.

"Just a minor emergency I need to take care of. Oracle out," she thinks she manages to sound casual. And she hopes Dinah is serious about hurrying.
serinusniger: (motorbike)

[personal profile] serinusniger 2009-01-29 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Dinah has nothing better to do than hurry. She'll call back when she's closer, but for now, she's happy jus putting her foot down.

Hang in there, Oracle.