BLUDHAVEN (Nightwing Fan Fic)

Chapter 9 (EDITED)

~~DICK~~

I scanned the entire city from on top of one of the tall building hoping for a glimpse of Blockbuster or any of his men trying to find Scarlett, if he knows what she can do then she is very valuable to him. After the denting the fire extinguisher case and knocking the punching bag off the wall with one punch, I knew that the powers inside her were growing everyday. The roof I was standing up sort of brought back some memories of the past when I was Robin and Bruce's constant remarks of my posture and how I was visible.

~~FLASHBACK~~

"Dick if you are going to be the predator, then you have to remain in the shadows until you find your prey. I could spot you a mile away." Bruce replied I was twelve years old around this time where in the Robin suit was red, yellow and green easily to spot. Bruce forgets that the Robin costume was bright and he was in all black, now with Tim being Robin his costume is much darker colors. There were no excuses with him.

~~END OF FLASHBACK~~

"Dick? Dick, are you there?" Barbara replied in my earpiece where I snapped out of the memory of my childhood refocusing on my objective at hand.

"Go ahead Oracle..." I answered hoping she had some more information that I couldn't get access to with my basic encryptions, she was much better with hacking then any of us were including Bruce though he didn't want to admit that.

"I looked up that girl you mentioned earlier, there is no criminal record on her that we know of and the medical reports don't state for any abnormalities." She explained it didn't make sense  because with my own eyes I witnessed some abnormalities with Scarlett, the way she punched the glass case denting the extinguisher and then the wound completely healed at an accelerated rate.

"It doesn't make sense? From what I saw her do today grounds for abnormalities, if there was nothing then why does Desmond want her?" I asked moving a small bit to widen my sight around the city and I continued to scan still not seeing not much around me.

"Maybe it is because her mother was the one who created the serum that turned Blockbuster the way he is today? They were all colleagues back in school; her name is Doctor Amelia Gibbons before she was married to Chief Surgeon Doctor Charles Lynx who is now dead. Doctor Gibbons has been missing for the last couple of weeks." Barbara exclaimed I could now piece together on why Desmond wanted Scarlett, he was using Scarlett to force her mother to work but that still didn't explain why Scarlett could do what Blockbuster could do.

"Desmond must be trying to reverse the effect on his monstrous appearance and using the girl to force her mother to recreate the serum. Though some things still don't connect in this situation..." I replied when my eyes caught a shadow on the roof nearby, I turned to focus on the shadow to see that they were heading towards Desmond Corporation. "Hold that thought Babs, I will get back to you because I think I just found my lead." I stood watching the figure more closely seeing them doing some expert parkouring and I knew it was Scarlett.

"Be careful Dick, if the girl is what he wants he'll kill anyone who gets in the way." Barbara warned not that I didn't know that already as I dove off the building I was on and felt the wind whip through my dark hair. I pulled my grappling gun from my utility belt firing it at the the billboard that was two buildings ahead of Scarlett. Using the grapple gun I swung through the air landing on the roof, I know she wouldn't be happy to see me but I knew that whatever is happening to her that I was her only chance at reversing it. I got to admit she was fast if she had Blockbuster's abilities then I had to take some extra precautions with her. I knew that I was about to trigger her anger once she spotted me so I had to take the sensitive approach, a move that Bruce never would use when he would take a more of an aggressive approach. I moved to behind the billboard in the shadows could see in the next building there was a sniper waiting for any unwanted company. Something was off when I looked over my shoulder I saw a sniper sitting on top of Desmond Corporation, he was prepared to shoot at anyone coming towards the building. I had to stop Scarlett before she would come face to face with a bullet in her face whether Desmond needed her alive or dead was undetermined. I turned back to see her jump onto the roof charging forward blinded by what was ahead of her, I moved to the shadows near the billboard. Once she was close to me I lashed my arm at her grabbing her arm tight into my grip then pulled her near me to avoid the sniper's view. I pinned her back against the billboard with my hand on her mouth and my chest pressed tightly against hers feeling her heavy breaths against me. I peered over slightly to see the sniper look confused and I returned my gaze to her, she was wearing a pair of goggles to mask her eyes.

"If you move any farther you will be face to face with a sniper....I'll remove my hand but you have to trust me on this. Okay?" I whispered changing my voice slightly so she wouldn't recognize my identity watching her nod yes at me and I pulled her closer to me taking my grapple gun again. I fired it to another roof that was clear from the sniper's view and range. We landed on the building farther from where we were and she pushed me off of her, I could see she was wearing something different. She looked like she was wearing some sort of military swat uniform and after a minute she moved to the edge of the roof behind me. Before she could leap off I rushed over taking her arm into my hand watching her pull her arm from me and I stood in front of her.

"Get out of my way." She replied I stood firmly in front of her not moving and I tightened my jaw with my teeth trying to think of the right thing to say to her.

"You think you can take Blockbuster down alone?" I asked my voice sounding deeper than it was usually, I could see that she didn't want to talk to me based on her arms crossing against her chest.

"This isn't your town or your home. Go back to Gotham city." She hissed I was impressed she did her research on me like I did on her. I grabbed her arm again and she took it as a threat grabbing my arm tightly into her hand and she broke my grip on her easily. With a reverse side kick it impacted into my abdomen forcing me to stumble backwards clutching my ribs watching her hand close into a fist and her knuckles cracked. I was now in for a fight of my life because what I saw this afternoon then I have no idea what she is really capable of and I had to be prepared for anything.