“You left a gun lying on the street last night?” Bruce demanded.
“Batman,” several of them warned at once.
“Leave him alone,” Tim added, before addressing Dick. “The gun’s probably gone anyway — it’s Gotham — but it’s still probably a good idea to scope out the area. And if you find your comm, then we know someone got ahold of someone else’s.”
“Absolutely not,” Bruce said authoritatively. “You shouldn’t be out here anyway and you definitely shouldn’t be going back over there, especially if there could be someone potentially dangerous — potentially the same woman from last night — around there.”
“Well you can’t fucking stop me, B. I’m already on my way.”
“Damn, Nightwing’s really been spending too much time with Hood.”
“Red Robin,” Bruce gritted out. “That is not helpful.”
Jason laughed. “Naw, babybird, that’s all him. It’s like you don’t know some of the stuff he said when he quit being Robin— oh wait,” he said, with mock shock. “You weren’t there, you were still off being a little stalker.”
“Boys,” Bruce warned.
“Hey!” Tim complained. “You weren’t there when he quit either. You were still off being a delinquent—”
“Boys!" Bruce repeated, more firmly.
“Can we not rehash the family drama right now?” Dick asked.
“Can you agree to take the night off, and stay away from Gotham General?” Bruce shot back.
“Damn, let it go, old man,” Jason said.
“I wasn’t talking to you, Red Hood. Nightwing—”
“I really don’t know why you think my answer’s gonna change,” Dick said. “I’m almost there anyway, and if you ask me one more time, I’m just gonna tell you to go suck a—”
“I lost the signal,” Barbara broke in. “They turned it off completely.”
Bruce sighed. “Were you able to narrow down the location at all?”
“Just to Gotham, which isn’t much help,” she said. “Dammit. I’ll continue to be on the lookout for if the signal comes back on again.”
“No gun, no comm. The pieces of the comm I crushed are gone too,” Dick reported.
“Great, so they’ve been figuring out how the comms work, I’m sure.” Bruce sighed again. “Nightwing, could you cover the waterfront with Red Robin? It’s supposed to be busy down there tonight.”
“What, giving up on yelling at me to go home?”
“Well last time I tried, you were going to tell me to 'go suck a cock', unless I missed my guess,” Bruce said dryly. “So yes.”
There were several snickers over the line.
Dick smirked. “On my way. ETA fifteen minutes.”
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Steady On Forward
FanfictionDick Grayson's life has never been easy, but he'd like to think it's been going better lately. He's been operating mainly out of Gotham again for almost a year, and has been in a steady relationship for just over. He knows where he stands with crime...
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