Little Grayson |Titans|

|Chapter XXIX: Adamson and... Robin?|

Liliana was typing away as she had earbuds in and Dick drove them into the Chicago area. The two of them were trying to chase down Mr. Adamson, whoever the fuck that he was. While at the moment back at the hotel, the brainwashed family of four plus Rachel and Gar now, were being watched over by Kory Anders, who had sworn to watch out for them.

Liliana was pulling up the trackers in their arms on her computer by hacking into Wayne Enterprises private Wi-Fi and security networks, relieved when she saw that the passwords had not been reset or changed, since she had left to see Dick. "Thank you Jason Todd." She thought to herself, that is, until she spotted something strange on the tracker map.

She was watching her own tracker and Dick's tracker moving across the map side by side, but she also saw that there was another dot with a "R" labelled for Robin on the map and Liliana was shaking her head a little bit, as she rubbed at her eyes with one hand and looked at the map again. "Bruce let him out and into the field without supervision?" She must have spoken aloud as well, by completely mistake, as Dick looked over at her.

"What was that?" Dick asked and when Liliana realized what she had said out loud, once again she was shaking her head a little bit at his words.

"Sorry. Just talking to myself. Again, it is a bit of a nervous habit that I've developed over the years. After being the person in vigilante's ears for so long, I am more inclined to talk when I am thinking something through, in response to not having anyone to listen to me. Because ever since that time when Bruce started sending me into the field, we haven't had any eyes in the sky so I have no way of knowing what I'm walking into." Liliana murmured as she was shaking her head and she looked at her right hand, which was shaking slightly and she closed it into a fist.

"I think that this is it." Dick remarked and they drove into the parking lot and Liliana nodded in confirmation, as the dot on the GPS was hovering right over the building and Liliana left her laptop bag in the car, but she kept her bo-staff with her, which caused Dick to give her a look about it. "Why do you always keep it on you now?" Dick asked and Liliana looked over at him.

"Because every time that I don't, one of our friends either ends up dying or seriously injured in front of us. Besides Dick, I'm not as intimidating as you are and you know it. I need to be able to defend myself." Liliana said, starting to walk as she put the bo-staff in the waistband of her pants and let her shirt fall down over it.

"You can defend yourself without weapons--"

"But not at the same level as you can, Dick. I'm more of an offensive fighter, I make the first move. I leave myself open to attacks sometimes, because I am so used to offensive fighting and overpowering the ones that are in front of me. I only think about if anyone is behind me, if I have nothing at my back. It is one of my main weaknesses and I hate it, but the bo-staff covers it. I know how to use it to defend my back and my front, leaving nothing open." Liliana had opened the floodgates and Dick looked at her. "That's why I usually worked with Wonder Kid whenever I fought, because I knew my limitations." She admitted and Dick was silent afterward, as they both walked toward the elevator.

They got butterscotch from the old lady and Liliana was the first one out of the elevator when it came to their floor. Dick followed her and after a minute, the two of them were being attacked and swarmed by his Organization's people.

Between Dick and Liliana they were able to take down a good few of them, but once guns began to rain down on them, Liliana was the first one to be taken out by a good beating from the guns and their feet, as she curled up in an attempt to protect her ribs and her head.

Dick was groaning and they were both dropped hard onto the tiled floor, and it was then that Liliana was able to recognize and was able to hear the familiar sounds of smoke bombs as they hit the floor and went off. Liliana's vision was somewhat confused by the smoke, but she could see that the attackers were on the ground.

"Liliana." Dick said and Liliana winced, as she could taste blood in her mouth.

"I'm still alive." Liliana muttered under her breath and she winced, as she managed to uncurl herself from the fetal position and she moved her arms away from her head.

"Look." Dick said and Liliana blinked briefly, before she swore loudly and the guy standing in front of them was laughing a little, as Liliana looked at the offered hand up in front of her and she laughed quietly, recognizing the guy in the Robin suit even if Dick didn't.

Liliana took the offered hand up and Jason helped her up, as Liliana grumbled. "I know him Dick, get up and let's go." Liliana muttered and she winced, when Jason gave her a crushing hug and she winced. "Ow, ow. Jason, ribs." She said and he let go immediately.

"Sorry." Jason said and she lifted her shoulders in a small shrug, as Dick got up and they began to drag Dr. Adamson back to his car, with the exception of Liliana who was limping along ahead of them.