Eyesight
Chapter I: Cliffhanger
Dick Grayson is Batman
A year after the Giant War
Percy Jackson and the Olympians ©Rick Riodan
Batman and Robin Reborn © DC
The amazing cover of Damian was drawn by scarlet-xx [ deviantart ]
Gotham City
June 28
04:38
"That's new." Robin aka Damian Wayne muttered from above.
Usual night patrol was interesting today as Damian found a weird looking creature on one of the alleys. For a Bat though, it wasn't all strange. Before he noticed the red eyes, Damian concluded it being another stray dog. But strays were much skinnier and do not come at sizes compared to garbage trucks.
So he followed it, and went through all his mother's lessons to find out what the creature was. The closest answer he could find was a hellhound, but that was absurd. Hellhounds do not exist, but Damian had second thoughts. It could be an illusion, a trap sent by Gotham's worst. It could have been injected by a drug, enlarged and strengthened by the mystic arts. The possibilities were numerous and Damian went through all of them in his head while he watched the beast from on top of a building.
The furry creature continued to make a ruckus in the streets. It kept bumping trash cans and setting off car alarms, Damian was surprised it didn't wake anyone up. Actually, none of the civilians paid attention to the monster. It's like they couldn't even see it as it went through making such a mess wherever it went. It looked like it was searching for something, and Robin wanted to know what.
As the Boy Wonder moved to a dark alley to get a better view of the creature, the giant dog suddenly lifted his head from the ground from its sniffing. Robin went still, hidden from the shadows, though he wasn't the only expert on shadows this early morning. Another sound like a cat's meow went through the night and Damian was spared of the creature, though he knew he could handle the beast.
The dog leaped above a car and towards the sound. The alarm sounded from the vehicle at the same time Robin's communicator beeped.
"Robin, head back to the rendezvous point, I think we had enough patrol for the night."
Reluctant to leave and wanting to save the cat from the beast, Damian sank deeper into the dark and made his way to the rendezvous point.
"Tt. There's never enough patrol for Gotham."
Camp Half-Blood
June 27
12 hours earlier…
"Are you kidding me? It's probably just Rachel's revenge for the Stoll's prank last December." Percy exclaimed.
"That would be a great conclusion besides the fact that I don't just spew out green smoke and start talking nonsense whenever I want to!" Rachel Dare countered from across the table. "I'm right here you know."
"And if Rachel would get revenge on us, I don't think she would want to involve the entire camp." Travis Stoll stated.
"Thank you." Rachel held her hands up.
"Though the whole camp laughed at you so I'm hoping it's revenge." Connor Stoll blurted, wanting to get this business over with. Rachel threw a glare in his direction.
"Guys, can we please stop bickering whether it's a prank or not? The new prophecy is obviously real and we called this meeting to discuss over the fact that there is a new threat to the camp or Olympus." Annabeth said, stabbing her dagger at the old ping pong table at the word threat.
"What did the prophecy say again?" Jason asked. Piper looked through her notebook again.
"Pawn of the night with eyes so clear, have seen much death without fear. Nothing but darkness and eyesight…" Piper sank in her seat.
"What's next?" Hazel asked. Everybody in the table had their eyes on Piper.
"That's it. Rachel stopped after eyesight."
"Ok that makes no sense, how can I stop in the middle of a prophecy?" Rachel snapped, still annoying by the earlier conversation.
"That's really weird, usually prophecies have like, six lines. And aren't they supposed to rhyme?" Percy stated.
"Unless it's unfinished." Thalia replied.
"Great, we're left on a cliffhanger by a riddle. Like that doesn't happen in books and in real life!" Piper complained.
"Well why don't we figure out the first part of the prophecy and wait till Rachel spits out the rest?" Leo suggested.
"Of course, that's just great, the rest of the prophecy hanging on my lips waiting to come out when I'm probably in the bathroom." Rachel snapped.
Everyone turned silent after that, thinking of the first few lines of the said prophecy. The counselors and other trusted campers have been talking in the "meeting room" for hours, getting at nothing but a few lines that don't even rhyme. Connor, being in a hurry for food interrupted 'thinking time'.
"Oh would you look at the time, it's dinner, guys. Meeting adjourned."
Annnabeth sighed, she wanted to figure out the riddle already, but a grumbling sound came from her stomach. "Fine, we'll continue this tomorrow."
The camp counselors filed out fast, for they could already smell the sweet aroma of beef and berries. Nico though, zoned out at the phrase pawn of the night. It could be him, but he wasn't acting strange lately.
"With eyes so clear, what does that mean?" Nico said to himself, still sitting in the break room.
"Nico, you coming?" Hazel Levesque shouted from outside.
"Yeah, just hold on."
Camp Half-Blood
June 28
02:42
"Shhh quiet, Mrs. O' Leary or they're going to hear us." Nico di Angelo patted the hellhound. If the prophecy could wait until the morning, Nico couldn't. He didn't know what he was doing but he was going to find this pawn. He didn't want events to turn out like the Giant War, and it wouldn't hurt if he had a head start on where to look.
The only problem was he didn't know where to look. He freed Mrs. O'Leary from the arena and they were slowly making their way to the camp's entrance. Why the hellhound? Nico trusted the creature more than any of the monsters in the camp. It was loyal, and had a keen sense of smell, perfect for tracking any half-bloods or other things.
Nico was hoping it was just a demigod.
He volunteered for night watch, so the camp's borders were empty. Inside the camp, most campers were asleep and the rest were inside their cabins. The bonfire melted away and dry.
Out of nowhere, a gust of wind came, slapping Nico's face. It was strong, though it made no sound. It lasted for about 5 seconds, and a soothing voice of a woman whispered.
"Gotham city… find the boy…"
When the wind stopped, Nico blinked, not even bothering to fix his hair which was messier than ever after the blow.
"Did you hear that too?" The teenager looked at the hellhound. Mrs O' Leary only huffed and sat down.
"Huh, could be a trap, don't want Gaea whispering things in my ear again." The son of Hades shivered at the thought of the giant. "But it is our only lead. Mrs. O'Leary, head to Gotham city and find anything strange, be careful."
Nico wasn't sure sending a giant dog to do a demigod's job was the best plan.
But mortals couldn't see monsters anyway.
Gotham City
June 28
13:10
Damian wandered the streets of Gotham. After 'asking' Alfred to go out for an afternoon walk, the ten year old took off, curious and hoping to find the weird dog. In a way, he liked animals. He already found a few cats and Grayson wouldn't mind a dog. It could fight crime with the duo and guard the manor. Damian laughed at the thought of bringing it home and look Grayson will give him.
Hiding his utility belt under his jacket, Damian continued to search under the afternoon sun. He entered the park where kids his age were playing on the swing sets and see saws. After he passed a fountain he found it, licking its paws under a huge tree. Damian looked around. Nobody was paying attention to the giant monster. He snorted, it was probably an illusion.
As the boy started towards it, the dog paid no attention to the small figure. Damian, with no hesitation, put his hand on the dog's fur. It was solid and real, unlikely to be an illusion. Damian continued to pet the creature. It was then a spell casted on him, so only he would see it. As the partner of Batman thought of the magicians he crossed that would have resulted to this trick, a sudden gust of wind flew past the pair. Immediately the beast picked up the small boy by its mouth and tossed him on its back.
As soon as Damian landed on its back, the magical creature started running towards a tree across the park.
"What the hell-"
Damian and the hellhound slipped past the tree and into the shadows before the boy wonder could even blink.
So how was the first chapter? I apologize for the choppy writing. It's been a long time since I've written fanfiction. If you have any comments or suggestions just ask! Thanks for reading, and don't worry…
The fun is about to begin.