Event Horizon

Title: Angels Fall Without You There
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress
Rating: PG
Spoilers: I don't even properly know. Cassandra is in Hong Kong. I allude to Batman and Robin v1 for sure, probably some Red Robin developments and Batman Incorporated.
Prompt: askbox prompt for Cassandra Cain Appreciation Month, "Roller Coaster"
Warnings: none really? The format may be a little confusing.
Word Count: 1813
Summary: Cassandra knows she doesn't like literal rollercoasters. What to do when life becomes a metaphorical one?
Word of the Day: splendiferous, adjective: Magnificent; fine.

Note: I got distracted by a different prompt also given for Cass Cain Month, which is why this one is late. And then I got bitten by multiple plot bunnies. This one was a hard one to get off the ground.

Note II: Medusa, opened in 1999, no longer exists as itself. It was retooled into Bizarro in 2009, but I'm pretty sure the track is the same.

Angels Fall Without You There

Gotham City isn't home anymore, and when Cassandra realizes that, she knows that she has to leave. (Blüdhaven had been home once, but that's one place she can't return to... no one can.) Her brothers had nearly ruined everything in their fight to succeed their father, had made a mockery of what his symbol stood for.

So she'd shoved the costume into Steph's hands, left the name she'd made her own, and packed her bags. As her flight departed from the Gotham City International Airport, the only thing that lightened the weight on her heart was knowing that passing Batgirl on to Stephanie was something that her father had wanted.

Cassandra rode a rollercoaster once.

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Title: Hesitant
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress
Rating: G
Spoilers: none
Prompt: "Give me a couple and I'll write a drabble about them as parents." An anonymous person on Tumblr prompted me with Cassandra/Jason Todd
Warnings: none
Word Count: 265
Summary: Jason and Cass's baby is here, and Jason has doubts.
Word of the Day: bosh, noun: Absurd or foolish talk; nonsense.
Note: Probably not part of the Heart!verse, that AU is pretty defunct, but it could be read as such.

Hesitant

"Come here." Cass said impatiently. But Jason still hung back, eyes fixed on the tiny bundle in Cass’s arms.

"But I…"

Cass sighed as Jason trailed off and gave her a helpless, overwhelmed look. “Nine months was not long enough to get used to this idea?”

"I don’t think nine years would be enough.”

"If it was going to take nine years," Cass replied dryly, "I would have made you carry him."

That startled a laugh out of Jason. He didn’t doubt it. Damian would probably help her, in that case. He took a few steps toward the hospital bed, feeling very awkward in the protective gown and gloves that the nurses had stuck him in.

He stared down at the tiny baby — pale skin new and especially pink, chubby little cheeks making his face almost comically round, and a dark tuft of hair atop his little head. The baby looked so delicate and small, even though Jason knew that he was of a healthy weight and size according to the doctor.

"I don’t… remember much… about my dad. I don’t know how to…"

"You read the books." Cass interrupted. "You read the books to me. We know enough to start.”

Jason reached out, laid a hand over Cass’s where it rested against their baby’s side. His little eyes fluttered open for a moment, but drifted closed again as the baby made a contented little sound.

"No matter what," Jason said solemnly, "we’re not naming him Richard."

"I was thinking ‘Bruce’." Cass replied, eyes sparkling with mischief.

"You wouldn’t.”

"He’d cry. So much."

"Hmmm…."

Title: Safety In a Familiar Face
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: from unit82717 on Tumblr - Cassandra Cain, young!Jason Todd, 'sister'
Spoilers: None (The timeline is mixed up a little because I'm ignoring certain events that pissed me off, but it's preboot DCU and taking place maybe a year after the last time we saw our heroes in canon.)
Warnings: blood, semi-graphic car accident, de-aging, kid!fluff
Word Count: 4076
Summary: Unexpected outcomes to a patrol leads to some familiar bonding, and maybe mended bridges.
Word of the Day: climacteric, noun: A critical period.

Safety In a Familiar Face

For a town that was "owned" by Batman and his family of crime-fighting vigilantes, Gotham City sure did seem to attract a lot of metahuman and magic-using villains. That was a thought that popped into Batgirl's mind as she and Black Bat chased a self-styled 'master of the mystical arts', as he drove away from his so-far-successful heist of the small Jacobi Museum.

"At this point," Batgirl commented dryly, as the two ladies leaped a gap between buildings to keep up with the speeding Honda Accord weaving through the light traffic of mid-evening -- and one would think a 'mystical master' would drive a better car, or even some sort of magical transport, "don't you think people would learn not to bring expensive or powerful artifacts to Gotham?"

"Why wouldn't they?" Black Bat replied with a grin, "Best security guards in the world!"

Batgirl gave a short laugh and conceded, "Good point."

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Zhang Yuqi, also known as Kitty Zhang, has appeared in such films as "CJ7" and "All About Women".

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Written for the Word of the Day for January 12, 2012.

Title: Sanctuary
Author: D.L. SchizoAuthoress
Rating: PG
Spoilers: none
Warnings: fantasy AU, crossdressing (unwilling participant)
Word Count: 1943 (!)
Summary: Storytime with Ted and Michael.
Word of the Day: bonny - adjective:
1. Pleasing to the eye.
2. British Dialect. A. (Of people) Healthy, sweet, and lively. B. (Of places) Placid; tranquil. C. Pleasing; agreeable; good.

Sanctuary

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Title: Zealous
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: none
Warnings: implied sex
Prompt: DC Comics, Jason Todd/Cassandra Cain, something about his scent turns Cass a little crazy.
Word Count: 224
Summary: Cass can't curb her enthusiasm for Jason. (Set during their time in Hub City)

Zealous

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An old ficlet that I couldn't extend, and I figured I ought to post it.

Title: Puzzle
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress
Rating: PG
Spoilers: set post-BftC/passing of the Batgirl mantle
Warnings: a spot of violence
Prompt: DCU, Jason Todd/Cass Cain, Bat outcasts
Word Count: 1024
Summary: Normal is a very subjective term

This story ties into the 'Where Your Heart Is' stories, as a prequel to those ficlets. Good grief, I can hardly write a drabble in the DCU without growing it into a series!

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Cass and Jason just overwhelmed my muse with their awesome. *sigh*

Title: Handle With Care
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress / schizoauthoress
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Nothing that I can think of. Timeline is vague.
Warnings: Gender-bender. Possible Tim-bashing (I don't think it is, but I admit he's my least favorite Robin). Insensitive jokes from a character that doesn't know better yet.
Word Count: 1082
Prompt: any, any, pretty like a girl
Summary: Maybe they were expecting him to make an ugly girl... truth is, he's not a girl at all.

This story is part of the Curse!verse and is a direct sequel. Click on the link, or the "fiction: dcu: curse!verse" tag to read the previous parts.

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(Urk. I need to reformat my tags... probably c: instead of chara:... when I'm not so sleepy.)

I hope that this chapter wasn't too confusing. Like I said, in the narration, Jason is referred to as "she" and "her" (although sharp readers will note that I tried to avoid pronoun use in places); the characters (with notable exception) are still thinking of Jason as "he" and "him".