Okay. Keeping guns away from the bad guy was probably a good thing. Carrie kicked herself as she dodged a fist. It was a good thing Dick was fast and experienced. If anything had happened to him because Carrie had been careless, she wouldn't have forgiven herself. The next weapons she took away would be thrown as far away as possible. As this thought crossed her mind, she kicked a gun that had been idly sitting on the floor far into a corner.
The thugs were beginning to dwindle in number. The Joker had taken care of some, Dick and Carrie had handled a few, Carrie was certain Batman was dispatching a few that were hiding out in shadowy corners, and a few of the brighter ones were smart enough to start fleeing after realizing that they were fighting a losing battle.
Three ganged up on Carrie and, a little distracted because she was trying to keep an eye on what was going on between the Joker and Dick, she got caught in one's grasp. She felt herself being tugged and realized she would be in a spot if she didn't move quickly. Between the three of them, there (thankfully) wasn't much in the way of weaponry. One had a long piece of splintered wood. The other had his fists. Carrie could have wrenched herself out of the one thug's grasp, but realized she was going to be hit no matter what. Wood came down on her shoulder hard and she grunted. But the one who held her didn't have her legs, which was good. Carrie kicked the idiot with the stick, a hard strike to the throat. He went down quickly. Her heel then connected to the knee of the guy who'd been holding her. His grip loosened and that was enough for her to get herself free.
Carrie took a hit to her center, but didn't stumble. She reminded herself that she could handle this, that it was just like any other night out on the town. And then she kicked and punched until the two were down. "Stay," she said, pointing down at them as though they were two bad dogs. "I'm okay," she said, in case Bruce or Dick couldn't see. And then there was the sound of a shot and Carrie ducked. "Still okay!" She shouted from behind some cover.