BLUDHAVEN (Nightwing Fan Fic)

Chapter 23 (EDITED)

~~DICK~~

"So Desmond kidnapped you forcing your mother to make the Antiserum and kept you together because of your blood." Bruce replied placing his hand to his chin where she nodded where she pushed shirt down I saw a small dark vein near her neck. I didn't notice that earlier probably because I wasn't thinking of anything else but her.

"What caused that?" I asked where Bruce walked over removing her dark brown hair to see the dark vein up closer.

"It happened the night of the explosion and when I ran into you Dick. I escaped from my cell that Desmond kept me in and I rushed towards the lab where my mother was. She had the serum almost completed but she needed my blood to finish it, if Desmond got it we both would've been killed. In order to save me she injected me with Blockbuster's DNA and told me to run in order to get away and to take down Desmond. When I saw what I could do I realized that I gained his abilities plus more, when I ran out of Desmond Corporations there was this maniacal clown who shot a bazooka at me which caused the explosion you saw." She explained where I tightened my grip when I heard her say maniacal clown, it was Joker.

"Desmond is planning on something big with Gotham and Blüdhaven's criminals. He must be planning using the Antiserum to make a profit after using it on himself; can you imagine Bane having that serum? He would be completely unstoppable and never need the venom that makes him that way." Barbara exclaimed where I could only feel some anger when I learned Joker was involved in this. I know Barbara must have seen my face when Scarlett mentioned Joker, Bruce then looked over at the both of us.

"Okay. Barbara we need to run some more tests to see if there is any way to extract the Antiserum from Scarlett's DNA or if there is a possible way to reverse the effect. Scarlett you mentioned that your powers were enhanced more than Blockbusters? So there could be more than the Antiserum that Desmond wants from your blood." Bruce exclaimed where he took a needle injecting it into my arm taking some of my blood before handing it to Barbara to go analyze. "Dick hand me that helmet." I took the helmet from behind me and handed it to Bruce where I walked over towards Barbara to talk to her.

"So if you are Bruce Wayne then that means that is young Tim Drake your adopted son also the new Robin and the redhead had to be Batgirl back in the day." She replied where Bruce gave another smirk while he adjusted a few dials on the helmet.

"The super intelligence I assume?" he answered where Scarlett just shrugged before he looked at her holding the helmet in his hands. I never seen that before so that he must've had built it over the course of the last few weeks when I found Scarlett. "This helmet helps measure brainwaves so we will record them and see what the results we receive. Why don't you get some rest, you look absolutely exhausted." Scarlett nodded placing the helmet on and laid on the metal table to rest while Bruce prepared to the helmet to read brainwaves, I walked over to Barbara who was speed typing on the computer.

"How are you doing Babs?" I asked crossing my arms where she didn't really look over to me because she was focused on everything on the screen.

"Dick, listen I know the last year has been rough for both of us but we both agreed to move on to find other people. Scarlett looks like a great girl even with this problem I can see that she really does care about you." Barbara exclaimed where I knew she said that but I can see that she still cared about me deep down.

"Babs, we were together for nearly five years and we were engaged for six months until the accident we were both planning for the future. You told me you needed time to adjust and instead I find out you're dating a doctor only a month later after we broke up. I still loved you and you just turned your back on me." I replied where Barbara looked at me before her eyes caught on someone behind me when I turned I saw Scarlett looking over at me in shock she must have overheard me.

"I should've known. I was an idiot to believe you." She replied where Barbara could see the brainwaves were spiking before I could see Scarlett clutch her head as Bruce and Tim were coming up behind her. I saw Scarlett's eyes glow yellow before she yelled and the entire room began to shake uncontrollably. Everyone braced themselves where I looked up at her where she dropped the helmet and grabbed my bike taking off from the cave leaving us there in shock. I turned to see the brainwave reading was completely off the charts and none of us knew what to say or do.