<div class="floatleft">(http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc446/ffxivghost/babs05.jpg) </div>Name: Barbara Gordon<br/>Location: Gothcorp with the other hostages<br/>Tagging: Open<br/><hr/><br/>If nothing else, maybe she can talk their way out of this mess. These hostage takers, as noted, don’t really seem as… well not the type to be taking hostages. But whether or not they seemed the type, well here we are. Keeping her eyes on their captors, Barb makes sure to also keep dibs on the other hostages around her as well. If only to aid them should they need it. Be it simple reassurance, or something more solid.<br/><br/>For another moment she actually considers taking down their captors herself. She’s confident she could now. They don’t seem hardened criminals, just regular folk. But that particular thought process is impeded as they all hear the announcement over their communications.<br/><strong>"Alright, I'm standing down. Deactivating the drones, the hostages - they're yours to deal with. Including the ones I've intimidated and blackmailed into working for me."</strong><br/>Barb blinks in surprise, and the captors themselves seem downright surprised too. From one captor to the next she looks as they talk, as they realize what the armored man had just done for them. And with those few words, this whole situation is suddenly defused to the point some of the other hostages actually smile in relief. But not Barb, for her this isn’t over just yet. Not until they are all safe.<br/><br/>“Listen to me.”   She says now as she steps away from her fellow hostages, moving towards their former captors.   “Even if your… boss.. takes the fall, you’ll all still have to take responsibility for this. You all know who I am, I’ll try to talk to the police and the prosecutors, I’ll do what I can to help you all.”   Not exactly an offer she would make to just anyone who had just taken her hostage. Really it’s a small list. But these people are going to need help.<br/><br/>It’s about then that the Batman emerges from seemingly nowhere, taking the weapons away from their captors and slapping the handcuffs on. And as he works, Barb’s wide eyes are locked on him the whole time. She had never actually seen a ‘cape’ in person, she’s read all about them of course. Either on the internet or in the police station. She wasn’t in the room when the others took on Freeze, it isn’t until Batman actually comes to the small room they are in that she realizes it was him and his compatriots they have to thank for saving them. A moment later then, the Gotham Police streams in, lead by Jim Gordon. Barb’s eyes light up as she starts to immediately moving towards him. But almost as soon as she starts to move, she stops. Her head tilts slightly to one side as her father speaks to Batman. Huh.. she didn’t realize they actually knew one another..<br/><br/>Jim now sees Barbara, and he turns towards her. He takes a few steps, and then looks back towards Batman (perhaps to thank him), but the Batman is gone. Jim dismisses it and moves towards Barbara, immediately embracing her. Barb smiles widely as she hugs her father   “I’m okay, dad.”  She says softly. Jim doesn’t seem so convinced, so he orders her to get checked out by one of the medics that had shown up with the police. Barb protests, but it will do no good. She does as she is told, giving one last look to their former captors and hostages.<br/><br/>She wishes she could have done more, but it just wasn’t in the cards this time. She moves towards the entrance of the building amongst the hordes of police, but her mind lingers on what she has seen.. on the Batman..<br/>