The Bird & the Blade

Leaving

Damian's point of view:
Hunter was stitching up my side from the bloody hyena bite while Alfred was patching up my father. Alfred and father had went up into the higher levels of the bat cave leaving his injured sons to being patched up by Hunter and Barbara.

Tim had panicked slightly at all of the blood on Hunter's suit before she showed off her healing factor which made her blush but the others became fascinated. While I didn't like Hunter bleeding any more than I liked myself bleeding she pushed away my concerned looks. My father had apparently faired just as well against the joker as we did with Harley because he was almost seething with rage. While their brutes were sent to jail and one of Harley's hyenas dead in the street the clowns still got away with money in the millions.

Hunter was not happy with her blood soaking her suit and now my brother and fathers plans only made it worse. "What do you mean I'm going back." Hunter looked up from stitching at my angry yell. I was ready for another fight now as Dick and my brothers where talking to each other.

    Dick looked at me and said "Your presence at Gotham was only temporary. You were bound to know that the Titans would need you back eventually." I glared and said "Well they have unfortunate timing because as of now I am too involved in a case to abandon my interest here in Gotham." I saw Hunter confusion before Dick said in response "Kori has requested you back and I see it appropriate to have you return. You are apart of their team after all."

    I grumbled under my breath as I said "That trollop doesn't know what's best for her team." I saw Jason who was cleaning his weapons meticulously began to chuckle as he said "He's not wrong." Tim who was stitching his own wounds raised his eyebrows to silently agree.

    Tim though groveled under his breath before he said "I agree with Dick partially though, Its safer for her to come with you and be amongst the Titans." I looked up at him suddenly and I just thought 'oh this is gonna be interesting. You walked into this one.' I smirked as Hunter who was gently stitching my side instantly snapped up and looked at Tim's direction before saying "excuse me?!"

   Tim was calm and extremely rational about this as he said "You seem to get injured more than your comrades in arms while being increasingly more emotional and impulsive than the rest of us. I'm only saying that reasonably you staying with the Titans as well would provide a safer environment than Gotham with your genetic parents lurking."

    I raised an eyebrow at Tim's stupidity for a supposed genius, before looking at Jason and Dick. They were looking between the two and Jason looked amused while Dick annoyed for being interrupted. Hunter stood from my side and I watched her with a smirk as she crossed the floor to Tim. He was calm with her approach but was calculating her anger.

    Before she even reached him he found his answer and jumped from the box he was sitting on. He instantly was at the ledge above us and sitting on the railing. I expected her to stop but she spun and I saw the metal batarang fly past her grip and towards Tim who to avoid it but as he didn't expect her to continue her retaliation fell back from the railing onto the landing above us.

I knew Tim probably tore his stitching and Barbara who had been grabbing more materials looked at Hunter with a glare before saying "Leave my patients alone." Hunter huffed and she moved in a blur of black over to my side again. She mumbled something about being able to take care of herself before starting my stitching again. Tim rejoined us eventually but he was now cautious of Hunters temper as he psychologically analyzed her.

While Hunter's much needed show of strength was a break from the earlier conversation I was not going back to the Titans. Not with to much here that needed to be solved with my father. I looked at my brothers before I said "You guys are going back to your own cities eventually. I need to be here to take up the robin mantle when you lot decide to leave again."