Nightwing's Daughter (Fanfic)

Final Fight Part 1

Nightwing’s Daughter – 17

Final Fight Part I

As a group I had never seen us move so fast.

 Everyone was down by the Batmobile in a matter of moments after the Joker was taken away, planning what our next move would be. I was annoyed at the fact I wouldn’t be able to help, suck with a broken leg I knew my next destination would be the Batcave. The only thing I wondered about was who would end up coming with me.  Batman as usual took charge.

“We’re all going back to the cave, we’ll figure out what to do from there.” Hmm, problem solved. Nightwing took me from Chase’s arms and walked towards the Batmobile, “I can… hop you know.” He looked down at me, his usual smooth hair stuck up at odd angles; I began to wonder just how he had gotten changed so quickly, either Batman or Robin must have brought his costume with them.

He opened the door and slid me into one of the back seats, being careful not to hit my leg, he didn’t look at me. “Are you angry at me?” 

His body language screamed anger, stress and worry, the way his shoulders hunched, the way his arm muscles rolled tightly, the fact that his usually relaxed face was riddled with lines, “Not with you,” he finally said after a moment of tense silence, “with myself, with him. He could have killed you, and I only just stopped him.”

He pulled away, making to shut the door, in an effort to lighten his brooding I said, “Don’t worry, you don’t think I’d miss that high society gathering later did you?” It worked, I heard him give a reluctant snort, “Not in a million years, you love them too much.” He shut the door as the one next to me opened, Robin sliding in.

He looked at me for half a second before saying, “Chase really doesn’t like Aspen you know, I can tell, the idea of him working with us is making his skin crawl.”

I thought about that, for the second I thought he was against us, fighting with the Joker, but no. “I’ll be keeping an eye on him, I swear, one step out of line and he’s done. The driver door opened and Batman got in, followed by Aspen. In hand cuffs. Nightwing must be taking my bike and Chase would more than likely be running.

“One false move and you’ll be behind bars quicker than you can say weed killer boy.” Batman’s voice was dangerous and gravely, “Starling may have put a little faith in you, but I still reserve judgement.” Robin was laughing behind his hand, god he sounded like such a troll.

“Well, let me prove myself to you.”

While Batman drove Aspen preceded to tell him that there wasn’t just one bomb, but multiple ones placed in the homes of all the remaining family targets, including dad’s and mine. He didn’t know where the detonator was and he didn’t know how much time there was on them, I thanked him as the car came to a stop, my bike came to a gliding halt behind it, and Batman got out to speak to Nightwing, they agreed on something before Nightwing called Robin and Aspen out, before I could ask what was happening Chase had taken Robin’s seat and Batman was driving again. It didn’t even take five minutes to get the cave.

I found myself being carried to the med bay by my grandfather, he placed me on one of the tables before prodding and poking at my leg, attempting to straighten and set the bone, I hissed and cursed, but tried my best not to move.

I tried to distract myself, “So I take it you don’t trust Aspen enough to let him in here?” I was answered with a shake of the head, and a scoffing noise from behind. “Yeah, I know you don’t like him Chase.”

“Of course I don’t like him, I’m not saying he can’t change I’m just saying I think he’s a little too good to be true, I mean come on, almost perfect grades in GCSE’s that he tutored himself for, all the while staying on the straight and narrow while living with one of the most notorious women criminals in Gotham. Something doesn’t seem right.”