stranger things | dick grayson

thirty six

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tw: mentions of abuse, description of violence and injuries

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Sprinting out of the elevator, Gar and Zoe ran right over to Dick, who was approaching them in concern, his arms held out so he could steady them by their shoulders.

'What were you saying? I couldn't understand you,' he said and tilted his head down. 'What happened to Eleanor?'

'They took her!' Zoe exclaimed in stress, causing Dick to let go of Gar's shoulder and place his other hand on hers.

'Okay, stay calm. Breathe for me. Tell me exactly what happened,' he said calmly, looking at Gar who inhaled through his nose deeply.

'They arrested Eleanor. These two guys came over, flashed their badges, then the next thing I know is she's getting arrested by like four cops, man!' Gar puffed out as Zoe moved to nervously bite her fingernails.

'What for?' Dick asked in concern, but Kory calling his name urgently had him moving to look over at the TV with Gar and Zoe behind him.

Kory turned the TV up as the new reporters followed the detectives, the two officers and Eleanor, as they all got out of the car. They were quickly surrounded by swat, all of their guns trained on her. She had a bag over her head.

'We stand out in front of SFPD as detectives bring in the person behind the mask of the Crusader. Crusader has been an accomplice of an undocumented amount of assassinations and crimes in Gotham alongside Deadshot. It's taken years to track them down, and amazingly, they have reportedly been living a normal life since their vigilante days.'

Dick quickly dialled a number on his phone and put it to his ear. He didn't give him a second to greet him. 

'Bruce, we have a problem. They arrested Eleanor. They know about Crusader.'

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'What the fuck do you mean she's on a plane? Where are they fucking taking her?' Dick asked the chief director of the SFPD as he stood in his office.

'Kid, she's killed hundreds of people, if not thousands! I wouldn't put it past her... I understand she turned in Lawton to the law, but she's too untrustworthy to be left alone. She'll soon be in Arkham Asylum, where she belongs,' The Chief Director said to Dick.

He shook his head and leant on the desk with the flat of his palms.

'You don't understand, Eleanor is innocent. She's not the Crusader. Yeah, she knew Lawton, she used to babysit his daughter, who she is now the legal guardian of by the way. She didn't work for him!' Dick begged.

'Sorry son, she goes on trial in five days and maybe then we can find out the truth. But for now, she's getting put where she belongs.'

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Looking around her tiny cell, Eleanor leaned back on the wall and slid down it until she was sitting on the cold, cemented ground.

The past twelve hours included her being ambushed by security everywhere she went, which included the SFPD and the GCPD, and being shoved about like a doll and spat on by every Gotham cop that passed her by. When they made it to the GCPD, she was greeted by an old friend. They really weren't friends, but they knew each other's secret and promised to keep it no matter how much they hated one another.

She was then transported to Arkham Asylum whilst she begged for a phone call. All her pleas went unheard as they forced her to get strip-searched. They hosed her down and then forced her into thin linen clothes. That's when she was shoved into a small cell.