Save Your Sin || Dick Grayson [2]

04| Return to Gotham City

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With such an unbelievable event like a demon from another demons threatening to destroy our planet it was no surprise that there were reporters and press surrounding the area of what could have been a catastrophe.

While there were dozens of people gathered at the scene, both curious spectators and reporters, I could only look at the Titans who were excitedly recounting everything that had just occurred to one another. I was able to successfully slip away and get together my belongings without any of them noticing. Not that I expected them to, considering that I wasn't part of their little hero team and they were clearly remembering their time together.

I continued to watch them, playing with the golden chain in my coat pocket as I waited for the ride I requested. Not able to ignore the fact that a part of me wished I could share their happiness. Even with that understanding I couldn't stop the small smile that touched my lips at the sight of Dick smiling and laughing with his friends. Before I could think too deeply on it the car I requested arrived, a feeling of relief flooding through me with the need to leave. Quickly I picked up my things and headed towards the car, the pull of Gotham being the reason why I found leaving easy. 

"Leaving without a goodbye?" I heard Rachel say before I entered the car, a sinking feeling growing in my chest having hoped that I could have slipped away unnoticed. That I could have avoided having to say goodbye.

 "How did you know?" I questioned as I turned around to face her and Gar, who both wore disappointment in their eyes. Seeing them in front of me now had me questioning whether leaving was the right decision. Especially because of Rachel who now carried the burden of having her father trapped in the gem that was now permanently attached on her forehead.

"I felt it." She replied sounding surprised that the words were even coming out of her mouth. I raised an eyebrow waiting for her to elaborate on this new ability she seemed to have gained, though I could only imagine what she whatever trials she faced in her father's dimension must have given her a greater insight on what her abilities were and how to use them. "I can feel what everyone is feeling, like I can feel your determination and your longing."

I felt myself go speechless at her admission, oddly feeling vulnerable and uneasy at the idea of someone knowing what I was feeling. "Rachel..."

"The weird thing is, that it isn't longing for him." Rachel continued quickly as she looked over at Dick who was animatedly talking to his Titans friends. "It's a longing to go back. Why do you want to go back?"

"Gotham is my home." I replied honestly knowing that there was no place that I fit in better than in Gotham. After all it was the city that created me and made me the person I was now. But most importantly I had to find Selina, her absence beginning to worry me. She was my closest friend and I knew she was hurting, that she ran away to avoid the pain. "Where I belong."

Gar crossed his arms over his chest and shook his head. "No you belong with us. With the Titans."

I looked back in the direction of the retired Titans, and knew that Gar's words weren't true. "No I'm not. I'm a Siren."

"I'm not going to stop bugging Dick until he convinces you to come back." Gar stated confidently, and it surprised me how he could still have a smile on his face after everything that he just experienced. "You know that right?"

I smiled as I pulled the two teens into a hug, and although this little trip I took complicated many of my feeling. I was glad to have met them, and I could see what Dick saw. The potential they had to be great. "I know. I also know that you two are going to be amazing Titans, or whatever you want to call yourselves."