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Post by Oracle on Aug 8, 2008 8:47:16 GMT -8
Nightwing Posted: Jun 16, 2006 2:33 PM
'Son of a----' Nightwing thinks his incomplete thought as he mentions that Barbara could hear them. He instantly held his hand up to the side of his mask, killing the uplink. He only hoped it wasn't active when he and Hyperkid had the marriage chat.
When Hyperkid spoke of being like Batman....Dick knew he was right. He lowered his head, looking at his boots. He wanted to say something....but he just didn't know what to say....and if he couldn't even think of what words to say to Hyperkid....how was he supposed to talk to Barbara?
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Post by Oracle on Aug 8, 2008 8:47:45 GMT -8
Hyperkid Posted: Jun 16, 2006 2:45 PM
*Hyperkid place shis hand on his own uplink, very conflicted. he wanted Barbara to know the pain and the fear Nightwing was going through, but at the same time, he didn't want to disgrace the trust and honesty that has be formed between himself and Dick.*
*Finally, after a moment, he knows what he must do.*
"Im so sorry, Barbara."
*With a flick of his hand in his helmet, he terminates the link, leaving it just Dick and Chris, talking in private.*
"You know, it's funny...between you and me..." *Hyperkid smiles softly and blushes.* "...I have always had such a crush on Barbara. I mean...that was one of the reasons I liked you so much. i always felt that you were so lucky that you had barbara by your side, and...well..."
*Hyperkid's smile slowly vanishes as he tilts his head down, closing his eyes.*
"...I always hoped that one day, I could meet a woman who is even half as intelligent, beautiful, and all around perfect as Barbara is...I guess what Im saying is..."
*He takes a deep breath as he is prepared to say something that he may very well regret. A comment that could draw a line between Dick and Chris forever.*
"...I think I kinda love her too..."
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Post by Oracle on Aug 8, 2008 8:48:13 GMT -8
Nightwing Posted: Jun 16, 2006 3:03 PM
Nightwing felt like a truck had ran into him. This night was just getting worse, and worse. It all started with an innocent prank...then it escalated to the happiest thought of his being crushed, then Freeze and Cold, now this. He was getting so lost and mixed up in all of the confusion.
"Heh....I can see why you would....I mean....I've known her for so long, and I haven't found a flaw in her yet....I just.....I guess I kinda jumped the gun back there....because....it's just...I was going to ask her to marry me...and...I mean, I just flipped....it was really kinda stupid....I just....I don't know what I was thinking..."
Nightwing wasn't sure what to say about his feelings towards her. Afterall...Dick Grayson never really was a man to tell a heart no. And he really didn't know what to say about Chris' confession.
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Post by Oracle on Aug 8, 2008 8:49:03 GMT -8
Hyperkid Posted: Jun 16, 2006 4:18 PM
*Hyperkid makes a soft sigh, as he shakes his head and looks back up at Nightwing.*
"Look, Dick, I'm sorry. that was wrong of me to just blurt out my feelings like that, especially with the pain your heart is going through right now. it's just...I never have even had a girlfriend before. Heck, in the comic books, Babs was the closest thing to a girl I could even get near. I..."
*His voice slightly breaks up as his head continues to hand. The butterflies in his stomach are almost unbearable, but still, he continues.*
"...I just sometimes wish that I could be you, Dick, through the good and the bad. I mean...you have Barbara. She loves you. You love her. And...well.....I have nobody."
*He finally looks back up to see the back of Dick's head, frowning softly.*
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Post by Oracle on Aug 8, 2008 8:49:39 GMT -8
Nightwing Posted: Jun 16, 2006 4:29 PM
Dick kept his head down, listening to Hyperkid speak. Once he was finished, Dick remained silent. Slowly, he lifted his head, the shadows casted upon his face slowly disappearing, and he smiled slightly, placing a hand upon Hyperkid's shoulder, he then spoke in a very worn voice.
"Thank you......you've....snapped me back into reality. I've screwed up on Barbara so many times in the past.....and I almost screwed up again, this time....it might not have been able to be fixed. Thank you, Hyperkid."
He held his silence for long moments, thinking over what Hyperkid has said. He held the light smile which had crossed his lips and spoke again. "Your day will come....maybe when we wrap up this entire fiasco....I'll take you out to find you a little heroine of your own. Barbara's never said it.....but I know she's thought it....and admittedly...I have too. You are.....in many ways.....the son we never had. That's why she was so quick to invite you over, that's why I've been able to open up easily to you."
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Post by Oracle on Aug 8, 2008 8:50:04 GMT -8
Hyperkid Posted: Jun 16, 2006 4:38 PM
*As the word "son" left Nightwing's lips, Hyperkid's head lifted. Through his visor, Hyperkid's watery eyes looked up at Nightwing, a soft smile coming across his face. His lips trembled as suddenly, faster then Nightwing could react, Hyperkid put his arms around him, giving him a long hug.*
"No one has ever called me son before...thank you."
*He never wanted this moment to end, but soon enough, Hyperkidlet go of Dick and looked up at him smiling with his classic cocky grin, his hands back on his hips.*
"I would like that too. I'd love to meet some of the heroines of this universe, but first, we have a could of ice cold baddies to find, and you got a fiancee' to aquire."
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Post by Oracle on Aug 8, 2008 8:50:27 GMT -8
Nightwing Posted: Jun 16, 2006 4:51 PM
Nightwing chuckled lightly, crossing his arms, ready to shift back into his normal self. "Alright, Hyperkid. Time to get down to business."
He turned to the icy wall standing in the street. Nightwing could find a way over it, Hyperkid could be around it in two seconds flat. The fact of the matter was, neither of them knew where the snowmen were hiding out. They would have to get back to the clocktower, Barbara would be able to track them down....hell one of them's already her little buddy.
He tried to block out the thoughts he got from that, tried to focus. "We.....we need to get back to base...we won't be able to hunt the two down on our own."
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Post by Oracle on Aug 8, 2008 8:50:48 GMT -8
Hyperkid Posted: Jun 16, 2006 5:38 PM
*Hyperkid nods softly.*
"Agreed. And let's hurry. I'm kinda hungry."
*He smiles lightly, relieved that both he and Dick seem to be on back to their old selves. he reaches up into his helmet and flicks his comlink back on. With a small bleep, he is back connected to Oracle as he urges Nightwing to do the same.*
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Post by Oracle on Aug 8, 2008 8:51:14 GMT -8
Oracle Posted: Jun 16, 2006 6:08 PM
Barbara's speakers were filled with the two voice of Nightwing and Hyperkid. She was listening. Her teeth were clenched, to the point where she was grinding them.
She didn't know what to think.
Dick was upset, and she knew he had reason to be. But she never meant him any harm by speaking with Lenoard on a friendly basis.
Maybe her fault was that she was being too secretive with him in the first place? Maybe that was it?
She dropped her head, sighing.
She heard Hyperkid's words come through her speakers before both lines went dead.
She ran an exhausted hand through her hair and gazed skyward.
Suddenly getting the brilliant idea to make her way out to the patio, she shivered just slightly as the night's cool chill hit her.
She was in desperate need of some air, and that was apparent.
She started to wonder if Dick would even speak to her again. If he wouldn't, she decided that it would just be foolish. Not talking to her because she was interested in talking with someone else? Playing chess with someone else?
She didn't understand.
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Post by Oracle on Aug 8, 2008 8:51:37 GMT -8
Captain Cold Posted: Jun 16, 2006 6:27 PM
-Managing to climb back into their trusty black, unmarked van, Cold helped freeze into the back-
"I'll push the speed limit to get you back, Freeze. Don't worry. Nothing's gonna happen to you on my watch."
-Shutting the door to the van, he ran around to the driver's seat and stuck his key in the ignition and cranked on the air conditioner full max. He winced as his hand hit the steering wheel.
-Looking down, his white glove was now completely soaked with blood-
"That little bastard's gonna pay."
-Shifting gears, he backed out carefully, so as not to make others too suspicious and turned the van around, speeding for 'home'-
"How's your suit, Freeze?"
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Post by Oracle on Aug 8, 2008 8:52:03 GMT -8
Mr. Freeze Posted: Jun 16, 2006 6:40 PM
Freeze gasped slowly. The ice covering on his helmet was slowly beginning to melt. "It will hold until we can get a replacement helmet." He gasped out, softly. The Dark Knight's Ward, had indeed earned a name for himself. Freeze was not a man easily defeated, and had Cold not been there, he would have died for sure. The fates were playing to his advantage this time around.... The next time they crossed paths...he would have his cold, bloody vengeance
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Post by Oracle on Aug 8, 2008 8:52:20 GMT -8
Nightwing Posted: Jun 16, 2006 6:48 PM
Nightwing nodded. "Barbara's probably already worried about me." Setting his hand against the side of his mask, he fired up the link to Barbara's computer. "Let's head back to the tower."
He held his hand up, firing off a grapple cord, it ripped him up into the sky, and he swung off into the night.
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Post by Oracle on Aug 8, 2008 8:52:46 GMT -8
Captain Cold Posted: Jun 16, 2006 6:50 PM
-Cold kept occasionally looking over his shoulder. He took notice to the small pool of water swarming around Freeze-
"Hold on, almost there."
-Checking for traffic at a four way stop, Cold drove the van forward heading into an abandoned Ice factory. The perfect place... for now. Pulling the emergency break up he hopped out and went to assist Freeze in getting out of the van-
"After we get you fixed up, we need a new clubhouse. This is too easily traceable..."
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Post by Oracle on Aug 8, 2008 8:53:15 GMT -8
Hyperkid Posted: Jun 16, 2006 6:57 PM
*Hyperkid smiled as he watched Nightwing swing away into the night. While he has seen in perhaps hundreds of times in the comic books, seeing in person simply took his breath away.*
"My hero."
*He shook his head softly and activated his superspeed, running down the wall to the streets of Gotham below as he left a lightspeed trail behind, dashing back over to the Clocktower, beating Dick there in recond time as he stood in Oracle's computer monitoring room, giving his trademark salute to Barbara.*
"So, how much of that did you hear?"
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Post by Oracle on Aug 8, 2008 8:53:34 GMT -8
Mr. Freeze Posted: Jun 16, 2006 6:59 PM
Freeze climbed out of the vehicle with the aid of Lenard. "Of course, Snart. But I propose we work on our immediate difficulties." He was still gasping for saturated air. The sheet of ice covering his head was heavy, and making it increasingly difficult for him to walk, and it was melting quickly. Freeze stumbled forward, heading to the ice room, which was now his room. As he entered, he was in sub zero temperatures....he was safe...
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