Where Do I Belong? A Nightwing fanfic

Chapter Ten: The Beginning of Something New

After about three weeks of immense training I had gotten pretty good. I was starting to hold my own against Dick and getting better at facing Bruce. I still had a lot to learn but I was getting there. My whole body was starting to get leaner and more muscles were building, I wasn't bulky but you could tell I was in shape. I have been working really hard on trying to get better at this.

Not only have I been practicing hand to hand but also with my powers. I haven't ever had a hard time controlling them since my parents always knew about them and helped me to conceal them, but now that I have been actively using and training with them it is like unlocking a hidden door that has been closed for way to long.  I feel like I am improving every single day, getting closer to what I want and who I want to take down once and for all.

Dick and I have been growing closer as well these past few weeks and it feels good to have someone on my side, to have someone understand me. He is the one who has been helping me with most of my hand to hand training, while Bruce has been helping as best as he can train and develop my powers even further. Just two days ago I found out that if I cover my hands with the force field and punch with it, that it can do a lot of damage. '

There was a light knocking on my door before an old man poked his head through, "miss Sanders Bruce would like your presence in the cave."

"I'll be right down," I told him, before leaping off my bed to find my sparring tennis shoes.

Bruce has been incredibly generous to me since my parent's death and has covered everything I need. He even went back to my old house to retrieve my clothes and small trinkets close to my heart. There was an old photo of my parents and me on a picnic one Easter that I knew I couldn't leave behind. However I couldn't bear go into the home where my parents were shot right in the living room, as if they didn't matter.

I quickly made my way down to the Batcave where Bruce and Dick were waiting for me. Both masking a grin, even though they were supposed to be very serious people both had a great sense of humor. I could even get a laugh out of Bruce every now and then.

"What are you both smiling so cheesy for?" I asked curiously.

"We have something to show you Mo," Dick said.

I noticed Bruce pressed a button and a black leather suit with a utility belt slowly rose from underneath what seemed like a trap door.

"Or should I say Nightingale?" Dick said smugly.

"This is for me?" I questioned, I was shocked they got this for me. They said I couldn't get a suit until I was ready. "Wait does that mean what I think it means?"

"You will go on your first outing tonight with Nightwing," Bruce stated, trying to hide his smile, if I didn't know any better I would say he was proud.

I walked towards the outfit and ran my hand along the smooth leather. It definitely beat the one I put together myself.

"Don't forget this," Dick said walking towards me and handing me a black mask. It was almost identical to his except a little smaller. "No hero is complete without one.

All I could feel were butterflies in my stomach and a great sense of pride. I was really going to make a difference in this world.

"When do we start?" I asked excitedly. I couldn't contain my emotions very well, it was one of my weakest spots.

"As soon as we get a police report," Bruce said, "we aren't sending you on anything big tonight."

I nodded in response taking it all in. This is a good thing, we all need to start somewhere.

Before my nerves started taking over me we heard the police scanner say there was a burglary at the expensive watch store. It was owned by one of the richest men in town, no wonder someone was trying to rob it. There were all kinds of diamond watches inside.

"Looks like it's your turn," said Bruce.

Dick and I exchanged a look, grabbed our costumes, did a quick change, and left. We sneakily made our way through the shadows and made it to the watch store as the burglars were getting ready to leave.

Nightwing let out a taunting laugh which made the men turn every which way to see who was following them. There was no way they could see us. They started pointing their guns everywhere.

"Hey we ain't afraid of nobody," said the bulkier one, even from a distance I could tell there were many teeth missing.

"Yeah ain't nobody been able to take us two down, we the real deal," said the slender one, he had lots of tattoos all over his body. You could barely see any skin and most of them were of naked women.  Classy people I tell you.

We jumped down in front of them, "looks like you're out of time," I smirked at my own play on words. Lame I know but you have to make it fun.

The two men exchanged looks and scoffed, "well if it isn't bird boy and his new little girlfriend."

"I don't think we the ones outta time," said the slender one pointing his gun and firing.

I projected my force field just in time and smirked as I saw the two widen their eyes in disbelief.

"Are you sure about that?" asked Nightwing, there was a mocking tone in his voice. The bulky one swung out at him and they started fighting roughly. The guy wasn't much of a match for him, Nightwing was only toying with him.

That left me with the naked girl guy.

"Well ain't you a pretty picture?" he asked, giving me the creeps, "it sucks that I'll have to hurt that doll like face, unless you wanna give up and me and you can go play suga."

I gagged out loud and this seemed to make him angry. His eyes lit up in fury and he swung at me. I blocked it easily and hit him in the jaw, hard. He swayed a little but he had more to him than I thought. He swung again and I ducked out of the way, then swung my foot knocking his feet out from under him. I hovered over him about to hit him in the face. Before I could do so he sneakily jabbed me in the side and I felt an enormous amount of pain. I felt the spot and it was wet. The guy then shoved me off of him ready to attack me. I used my energy bolt, strong enough to knock him down and hit him square in the chest. He was laid out in the street and Dick grabbed him by the collar, giving him one final blow to knock him out.

"I won't go down that easy," I muttered under my breath.

I walked towards where Nightwing had finished tying the two up and collecting all of the stolen watches from their possession. He called the police station and gave them coordinates to where the guys where and the watches.

"Not too bad right?" Nightwing asked a smile playing on his face, until his eyes made their way down to my side.

I suddenly felt lightheaded, "I think I'm going to take a nap."

I collapsed and if he wasn't standing right there I would have crashed onto the hard cement.

"No don't close your eyes Morgan," he said frantically.

"I-it's just a na-ap."

As soon as the words left my mouth everything went dark. 

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