BLUDHAVEN (Nightwing Fan Fic)

Chapter 15 (EDITED)

~~DICK~~

It was raining tonight, I was unsure if Scarlett was going to try to go after Desmond but I had to be ready if she did because I had no idea what she was capable of.

"Dick? Dick, are you there?" Barbara replied finally getting back to me since the last time we spoken a few hours prior.

"Oracle? Did you find out what you could on Roland Desmond? Or have any other information on Scarlett Lynx?" I asked while I sat like a gargoyle perched onto the ledge feeling the rain run down my face. The rain never bothered me while I was fighting crime; at least it wasn't humid or summer weather that with leather is the worse on the skin.

"For the girl I only managed to discover what happened to her parents before she was born. Her mother was a dedicated chemist before an experimental explosion happened on her watch; the compound that was destroyed was the antiserum that was going to make Blockbuster normal again. Since the explosion Scarlett's father ordered his wife to stop experimenting because she was heavily pregnant with the same girl you met. Though Desmond refused to let Doctor Amelia go that easy, when the girl was a teenager her father was killed by Desmond's men in order to force Amelia to recreate the antiserum. I suppose that Desmond kidnapped Scarlett to force her mother to work more on the serum, it took Amelia ten years to find the right combinations to make that serum. The explosion impaired her memory and the fumes she inhaled made it impossible for her to retain her focus especially while pregnant. So if the girl managed to escape, gaining his powers from the explosion you mentioned and is heading after Desmond it's to rescue her mother." Barbara explained where I should've known something but I could tell Scarlett was trying to keep her personal life a secret just like I do.

"How about Desmond? What did you find out?" I asked thinking of anything that Desmond wanted to capture Scarlett again in order to use her against her mother. I doubt that Desmond would kill the woman who was the only best shot for removing his monstrous appearance.

"According to articles the compound that made Blockbuster the way he is a serum made with a combination of experimental steroids hoping to cure a severe illness. When he was injected with this, he started to mutate into the monster known as Blockbuster. His powers are superhuman strength, speed, agility, durability and endurance. He has a high resistance to physical and energy attacks so a Taser wouldn't work on him even your electrified escrima sticks. He has accelerating healing, he also gained super intelligence but due to the mutations his intelligence levels are slowly diminishing. His older brother the late Mark Desmond was the first Blockbuster who had similar abilities except the super intelligence. I'm guessing that Desmond wants a serum to revert him to the human but he wants to still keep his powers in check without the rage side effect. Bruce doesn't have much information on how he can be taken down but if that girl has his abilities there is no limit to her abilities. If we can get a blood sample we can analyze it and find out what we need to stop them both though Dick there is something else here." Barbara exclaimed which I could feel that she was going to tell me something worse.

"Is it bad Barbara?" I asked where I could see at the corner of my eyes seeing Scarlett in the distance climbing up the fire escape ladder at the building next to me, Desmond Corporations was only a couple of buildings from us.

"If the girl has Desmond's gifts and his rage that means she will be incapable to control her actions while she is angry. Her abilities will grow with each passing day and if she doesn't retrieve the antiserum the rage won't stop within her." Barbara exclaimed where I had to get prepared with my upcoming fight.

"I'll keep that in mind, I got to go I spotted her again." I replied running to the next building hoping to get ahead of her before she would get to the building. I appeared on the rooftop seeing her hooded head appear, we locked eyes and I could tell she was not happy to see me there.