TLDK: Birds of Prey

Chapter 1: Nightwing

It was another typical day in Gotham City. The sky was gloomy, the streets were dirty and...

(CRASH)

A crime was happening, right on schedule. Strangely, this was one of the more unique crimes, happening at a Dagget Industries Facility, where someone was looking through the loads of chemicals, in search of something in particular to help him with his 'condition'. Knocking over beakers and test tubes of chemicals that spilled onto the floor and caused the fumes to come out, the saboteur seemed unaffected by whatever toxins he just unleashed. But after finally getting what he wanted, he decided to rush out of there, unaware that all that crashing things around triggered the silent alarm as he had gotten out of the lab. Making a break for it on foot, the thief was unaware that someone was following them from the roofs. Huffing it as fast as he could, the criminal was kicked from behind and falls to the ground, the chemical he grabbed from the flying out of his jacket and spilling onto the ground.

?:"No! NO!"

Turning around, he saw that it was one of the newest heroes showing up in the city; there were a lot of them these days. Lori Loud, aka Nightwing, dressed in her black and blue, sleeveless, skintight suit, bird-like insignia across her chest, long black and blue gloves that reached her forearms, a pair of escrima sticks hanging off her back, black bird-shaped mask and black hair tied in a ponytail. (She dyes it black so it doesn't clash with the suit and is not instantly recognized)

Looking down at the criminal, the young vigilante had a smirk on her face as she figured that this would be easy.

Nightwing:"Let's not make this harder than it needs to be. And you'll be spared a beating."

But the criminal was not easily swayed, obviously angered by the lost of what he came here before as he got back up on his feet and started throwing enraged punched at Nightwing, who dodged easily before throwing kicks in the crook's face and stomach. She's had a lot of practice in perfecting her own fighting style with her hands, feet and sticks. Speaking of which, she could see the criminal recovering from the barrage of hits she landed on him and had decided to go and pick up a trash can in an attempt to throw it at her. Nightwing quickly threw one of her escrima sticks in the face of her foe, staggering him and making him drop the bin as she recovered her weapon and got out the other one as she decided to beat the crook into submission.

Nightwing:"Okay, last chance. Surrender now or I'll send 15,000 bolts through you."

The criminal seemed unphased by her threat, as he cracked his neck and charged at her.

Nightwing:"You asked for it."

Powering up her escrima sticks, she stuck the tips together and sent out a stream of electricity towards the criminal. It pushed him back and Nightwing took the opportunity to go in and send sharp cracks from her weapons at the head of her enemy until he is bashed to the ground. Seeing the criminal unconscious was enough for Nightwing to put away her weapons and inspect the fallen crook.

Nightwing:"Not gonna lie, you made me put more effort than need be."

However, much to her surprise, the body of the criminal began...melting. She stepped back as she the crook become nothing more than a giant puddle of...

Nightwing:"Clay?"

She carefully took a sample of the stuff before the rest of it began to dissolve and fall through a drain.

While the old batcave had collapsed months ago after their brother's ultimate battle, as it turns out, the Loud Sisters had discovered Lincoln's contingency plans in case the manor and cave, which are currently being rebuilt at the moment, were ever destroyed. For now, they reside in a new batcave, located in the Gotham Underground, an old abandoned subway system built by Grandfather of Thomas Wayne, Lincoln's Adopted Father. Sure, it was old, dusty, only barely rock solid and smelled of rust and oil, but at least they had a base of operations to work with, as Lori had returned from her patrol and had given the sample of clay to Lisa while explaining the story to others.