Alright so here's chapter 2 of the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice, it is the property of DC Comics
It had been a five days since Bruce had set them on this case, his last case before he retired and gave the cowl of the bat to Dick. However, right now Dick's attention was solely focused on the case at hand. Nightwing was racing across the rooftops of Blüdhaven following a black sedan that contained the person Nightwing was stalking.
His name was Charles Brummell and he was a senior political advisor to Abigail Stanley. Apparently he was in town speaking to their party's branch here but Nightwing knew better. However the only problem Nightwing was having has been the fact that there were no indications of him meeting with any person related to the mob.
He had tapped all his phones and put a subcutaneous micro-tracker in him so he could know his position at all times. Furthermore he had been watching him like a hawk for the past few days, only being able to sleep when he sleeps.
Nightwing continued to follow the sedan as it drove into Brummell's motel. Nightwing took out his infrared goggles and prepared to sit and watch for another night. He had managed to put a small microphone onto Brummell's clothes but he didn't have time to scope out his room fully as this was only his second time staying in it.
However Nightwing immediately came alert as he saw a second heat signature enter the room. They came closer to each other and Nightwing immediately turned up the volume of the microphone. Unfortunately the only noise that greeted his ears was the sound of clothes being pulled of and sensual groans. He immediately set the microphone to mute but he kept the recording going in order to find out who this person was.
By the looks of the heat signatures those two were going to be there for a while. Nightwing considered getting some sleep but due to the nature of the encounter he decided to update the case notes and scout the area. He quickly updated the case notes and then he placed a miniature camera on the place from where he was standing. He set it to infrared and made sure the feed was running to his wrist computer before he jumped of the roof he was situated in.
Nightwing began to comb the surrounding areas for anything suspicious. It was while he was doing this did he hear it. The familiar scream of someone in trouble and who was crying out for help. He quickly ran to source of the scream. He found the trouble in an alleyway, where five young men armed with knives and baseball bats were encroaching on a young woman with malicious intent in their eyes.
He heard the person nearest to woman talking as he approached the scene. 'We told you not to scream you little bitch' he spat as he grew nearer and nearer to the woman. 'And now you're going to pay'.
It was at that moment that Nightwing entered the scene. He swung from the rooftop and onto the nearest attacker taking him down. He quickly swiped the second man's legs from underneath him. The youth fell to ground with a thud. Nightwing quickly sprang up and delivered a punch to the head of the youth.
It was at that moment that the third man stabbed at Nightwing with his knife but the hero caught his wrist stopping him. Unfortunately the fourth youth decided this would be the opportune time to swing his bat at Nightwing. The former boy wonder though was expecting this and he threw the youth with the knife at the oncoming man.
He turned around to deal with the leader but to Nightwing's surprise he was holding his victim as a human shield with a gun pointed to her head. He looked desperate and Nightwing knew he had to be careful. As they both stood there waiting for the other to move a powerful voice was heard in the air.
'Dnib lla eht sguht htiw epor'.
Suddenly all the potential attackers including the ones Nightwing had already taken were bound with rope. Nightwing immediately recognised the spell and sure enough he looked up and saw the magician who had cast it floating down to the ground. The woman immediately ran to the leaguer as she viewed them as her saviour and gave Nightwing no second thought. Nightwing took this as his cue to leave.
He climbed silently to the rooftop as the League member comforted the traumatised woman. Nightwing didn't take off immediately as he needed to talk to them. As soon as the woman calmed down the Leaguer looked around the rooftops and spotted Nightwing glaring at her. She immediately sent the woman off and levitated herself to the roof.
As she touched down on the roof Nightwing saw her, Zatanna Zatara, member of the Justice League for three years now, daughter of Giovanni Zatara the current Doctor Fate and Dick Grayson's on and off again girlfriend although she was unaware of his alter-ego. To be telling the truth Nightwing found it hard to lie to her all the time but he knew that if she knew the truth their relationship would probably be irrevocably damaged like Green Arrow and Black Canary.
She looked at him curiously as he was lost in thought but he snapped out of it when she took a step towards him.
'I told you stay out of my city' he snapped harshly. Her expression changed to that of anger.
'Well nice to see you again to' she quipped back.
The last time Nightwing had seen Zatanna officially was in the Hall of Justice after the Light had been defeated and the League asked Nightwing and Batman to join the Justice League. Needless to say the Dark Knight refused the offer on the grounds that the League was too much under the governments thumb. After that he warned the League to stay out of their cities and left with Nightwing following.
After that the relations between the two organisations had become even colder than they already were but the League stayed out of the clan's cities until now. 'I'll ask you again, what are you doing in my city?'
'Newsflash, bird boy this isn't your city'
'The League got some info Bats were operating outside your normal areas so we decided to come and see what's up.'
Although Nightwing's face expressed no emotion or reaction inside his mind the wheels were turning as he tried to figure out how the League knew about the Clan's deployment and how to deal with this situation that has presented itself to him.
'I've no idea what you're talking about Zatanna' he stated flatly as he began to walk away. He was about to grapple his grabble hook when he retorted back.
'Just some friendly advice, if you want to get information out of someone you're going have to better than that'.
'I was getting to that' she replied.
There was something in the tone of her voice that screamed at Nightwing to get of the roof as fast as he could. This was a command that Nightwing was happy to oblige but before he could move another he step Zatanna recited her spell.
'T'nod evom'
Nightwing was frozen in place. He tried to struggle but the spell was too strong but he did find he could move his head a little bit. Zatanna started to walk towards the frozen Nightwing. She had a little smug smile on her face as she saw the vigilante struggle to free himself.
'Don't bother struggling, you can't move until I realise you from the spell. Now llet em yhw eht stab era gnikorw tou fo mahtaG'.
Nightwing was prepared for this type of questioning. During his tenure as Robin, Batman taught him how to tell the truth without actually letting your opponent garner any information. Nightwing now hoped all that training paid off.
'The reason the Bats are now operating outside of Gotham is because of information that has recently come to our attention that may implement a certain person in illicit activities that stretch beyond the boundaries set by individual states and countries and will not not have far reaching consequences for not just the security and stability of the nation we currently operate and reside in but for the livelihood of those men and woman who are not not directly or indirectly involved'.
Nightwing inwardly smirked as he saw that his speech had the desired effect on the sorceress who was not prepared for such a speech. Nightwing looked at her face which had gone from shock to confusion to anger in about ten seconds. Nightwing felt the spell around his body loosen as the magician briefly lost her focus.
This fact gave Nightwing an idea on how to get out of this situation. Zatanna meanwhile was still moving in closer to Nightwing.
'Now, let's try that aga-'
Her words were cut off by Nightwing pressing his lips to hers. She was, for the second time that night completely shocked by Nightwing's actions. She was in complete shock for the couple of moments and this was the do or die moment for Nightwing's plan. Luckily however Zatanna began return the kiss.
It took Nightwing a moment to realise he was free as he was too caught up in the kiss. He quickly pushed Zatanna back and as fast as he could he jumped of the roof and disappeared into the night. It took a moment to realise what happened and to realise she had been played. She scanned the area for any sign of the masked hero but soon realised the search was in vain.
She began to walk back to the zeta-tube feeling really pissed off at how the situation had played out. Although she had to admit, as she touched her lips that it was a good kiss. Meanwhile Nightwing was sitting in the shadows quickly typing up an urgent message to the rest of the clan explaining that the League knew they were out of Gotham. He then pulled up the video feed of his mark and was pleased to see that the two occupants of the room haven't deviated from the room or their activities. Nightwing then made his way back to the hotel and this time making sure that he was not followed.
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