No Escaping You

Her Shadow

"Do you know who he's talking about?" Rebecca asked when she saw the shadow of recognition in Sara's expression.

"I knew of a man with the name." Sara replied in a lower and darker tone.

"You think it's him?"

"No. The Ra's al Ghul I knew is dead. But this is much worse than you might have thought, Rebecca. No one just claims that title. They would have had to earn it. And anyone who has heard the legends knows to fear that name."

Of course it was not the Ra's she knew, but what if it's that earth's version of Ra's al Ghul? The same Ra's al Ghul that was Nyssa's father, and being in parallel universes, that man may just be Rebecca's father. Shit. Add that to the fact that Rebecca never knew her birth parents, makes the idea even more plausible in her head. Sara was reeling in everything that might entail. Then again, Ra's al Ghul is just a title and anyone who is worthy could bear it.

"Looks like you'll get to walk away after all." Sara turned back her attention their captive.

"What? You're gonna let him walk?" Rebecca was confused, after what that man did to them, Sara was just going to let him go? And he's the best link they have to whomever that Ra's al Ghul is.

"He won't give you anything else. If he does not escape anytime soon, he'll just kill himself. He is a dead man anyway. If his master is anything I believe he is, he will not take this failure lightly, so we'll just use him to send a message."

Sara turned to the guy and cut him loose. She pulled him up close to her with a knife to his throat. "You tell your master, Ta-er al Sahfer is coming for him."

"What makes you sure that he will return to his boss? Like you said, he failed him."

"He knows he has a better chance of living, if he owns up to his failure. He has nowhere to run or hide to. Wherever he goes, he will be found and would just end up facing a far worse consequence."

And Rebecca saw in the guy's face before he had fled that Sara's words were true to his sentiments. Then a knot of worry formed in the pit of her stomach with regards to how involved Sara had become to the case and how much she seems to know about the person behind it all.

"You should go too. You know, before the others cops arrive."

"Trying to get rid of me already? Was I that bad of a date?"

Rebecca was a little taken aback by how quick Sara shifts from being so deadly serious to a light-hearted flirt. It just makes her smile and more curious to get to know more of her. So many goddamn layers to peel away at; but she won't rush, she'll take her time getting to know her, and she'll wait for Sara to open up to her herself.

"I'm just saying. You came here with a mask and all that. I don't think you want anyone to know you're here."

"Okay, fair enough. I'll see you later?"

"Yeah. I'll just have to take care of all this and make sure the girls are okay."

Sara picked up her bow and other things and started to walk away from her, heading for the back exit, as the sirens came wailing towards the warehouse. She looked back at Rebecca once more before going out the door, but Rebecca was already busy surveying the rest of the scene.

Rebecca stayed a while to turn the scene over, then met up with Tommy to get the girls properly situated. Afterwards, she felt like she could finally take a breath, but her sense of relief didn't last long, because she was worried of Sara.

Rebecca came to see Sara at her place. She hesitated a little before knocking, thinking whether she should be there or should she give her some space. She saw that a switch was flipped in Sara when she heard the name Ra's al Ghul. It seemed to have hit home.