"This is no time for you to resign!" Kaldur insisted, but was cut off by Dick, "I need a break Kaldur. You, me, Wally, we... We founded this team. Without him..." "I understand" Kaldur agreed, waking over to the team. "Business as usual." Dick chuckled, leaving.
That's when Dick had gotten out of his dream. He woke up, it was 9 AM. He entered the main room to see Artemis and Brucely watching Star Wars, and he's come up behind them putting his hands on the back of the couch. "So, I should probably tell you about the... Upcoming drama." He sighs as Artemis turns around to look at him. After telling Artemis about Batman's new team, she's groaned in annoyance. "Haven't you learned your lesson? Last time you kept a secret from the team, well... it just..." Dick put a hand on her shoulder and smiled. "We have this one planned out thoroughly. There contingency plans for our contingency plans." He assured her as she finally nodded in agreement.
It was 3:03 MSK (Moscow Standard time) And Dick, dressed in his dark wear suit, had just flung himself onto someone, dodged a bullet, and swept the leg of another man, quickly kicking him further down, landing in a crouch. He looked over a box and flung a shuriken at another mans gun pushing him up off the ground, knocking him out. "Intel was on the money, Oracle." Dick complimented, putting away his escrima sticks. That was Barbara's new name, Oracle. Based off of The Oracle, the name given to a priest or priestess in Greek culture who could communicate and give foresight in place of the gods. "Of course." She thanked. Dick walked over to a metal crate with a slide that he opened, to see 2 kids. One, a blonde passed out. Another boy with a beanie and piercings looked at him, worried. He used his escrima stick to break the lock off of it and one similar to it. He then gave the kids orders in russian.
"It's definitely another meta human trafficking lab." He assured, looking as if he was speaking to himself. "But is it Bedlam?" Oracle urged. "I'm seeing pods full of black goo!" He answered, annoyed. "Sounds like Match," Oracle assumed, "Bedlam uses a substance called tar as a catalyst for turning abducted meta-gene kids into full on meta humans."
Dick quickly used his eye contacts to analyze the tar and put some in a metal stick to pick some up. "Assuming the kids survive the process." Oracle added with a sigh, as the men began to wake up and Dick turned around. "Then let's shut 'em down." Dick said, throwing shirkers everywhere. Then men all quickly ran out of the building that proceeded to explode. "Nightwing? NIGHTWING DO YOU READ?!" Oracle kept asking through the comms. "Worried about me?" Dick flirtingly asked, though he and Barbara were not in a relationship. "Worried you didn't get a sample of the tar before you blew the place." Oracle murmured. "Way ahead of you. Sending data now." Dick informed. "Got it! Running analysis... okay, this is crash! A solid lead to the source of the tar and hopefully Bedlam central." Oracle exclaimed, as Dick quickly saw the information on his wrist computer.
"Spill." He said in a monotone voice. "The tar contains a clay only found in one place: Markovia." Oracle explained. "Then Markovia, here we come." Dick said, taking off his mask.
Dick now began to pull up into the driveway of his and Artemis' shared house, which he hadn't been in in a day. His comm suddenly turned on and he heard Bab's voice. "Bruce did it last night. Walked out with Tim, Kate, Arrow, Plaz, and the rest.". "Can't worry about that now, Whatchya got?" Dick quickly asked. "Okay, two leads. First, the children's hospital in Markovburg is usually substantially more electricity than comparable facilities." Oracle explained. "A children's hospital would make a great front. And a great source of test subjects," Dick sighed, "The second lead?". "Dr. Simon Ecks. A world-class geneticist. Currently underemployed as a simple internist at the children's hospital. Your gonna need backup. I've run an analysis identifying—" Oracle began, "Way ahead of you." Dick cut in
Artemis was sleeping, a dog whimper could be heard, as Brucely began panting and jumped on the bed walking over to Artemis' face as he licked it over and over until she woke up, groaning. "All right. All right Brucely I'm up." She yawned, sitting up and stretching her arms as she suddenly saw a picture of her and Wally in her nightstand. She turned her head and smiled, then Brucely barked, now on the floor. "All right, All right I'm coming." She said, taking note of Dick's empty bed on the other side of the room. It's been empty a lot these past few months. Meta-human trafficking has become much too obvious now, and it's his personal goal to stop it with the help of Oracle, who Artemis has already deduced to be Babs. "Here you go." She said, bending down to give Brucely his food that he immediately began munching on. Artemis was just about to start brewing some coffee when she saw Dick walk in.
"Your back." She remarked, already getting her cup. "Not for long," he assured, walking up and giving her a very platonic hug, "I know you quit the whole Tigress thing...", this comment immediately made Artemis groan. "Let me guess? You need me for a mission against metahuman trafficking.". He nervously chuckled at her and rubbed the back of his head. "I don't mind doing it, it's just... Y'know, I'm trying to stop, that's all." Artemis sighed, watching her coffee brew. "I know and respect that, but I really think you'll be helpful on this mission." Dick said, putting a hand on her shoulder. "This one mission." She sounded out, looking at him in the eyes now, coffee in hand. "Of course. That's all it's going to be," He smiled, "Now, I need to go get the other two recruits. BBS."
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FanfictionI own nothing this is just being continued by me from another writer that i have permission to do so All rights go to dc and the og writer @ratverse
