A/N: Hello! I'm back! I'm so sorry it's been so damn long, but I've been having a lot of issues at home. My sister was admitted into the hospital while I was writing this chapter and she is currently going thru dialysis. Also, school has been starting up and I have a shit ton of homework. So, again, I'm sorry that it has been so long since I've updated, but I had other issues to deal with. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter and don't forget to leave a review/follow. CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is always appreciated and I will make sure to thank you on the last chapter. I love you all and I hope you enjoy the chapter! 3
Mollify- Chapter 3
Spoiler huffed as she ran along beside Robin, who was sprinting towards the rooftop Lynx was previously occupied on. Spoiler suspected (from what Tim told her) that Lynx was the type of villain to lure their prey into fighting with her. Spoiler scowled when she was reminded of the fact that Tim only told her of these things due to his 'emotional connection' with Lynx.
In her thoughts, she almost forgot to jump from one rooftop to another and barely avoided falling into a dirty alley. Robin slowed down slightly, then decided to address her, "Keep up, Spoiler."
Spoiler chuckled heavily. "Only if you can, bird." She loved this. The teasing and talking with Tim. It was so exhilarating and only added to the adrenaline of crime-fighting. If only it wasn't slightly disturbed by the thoughts of Lynx on Steph's mind.
By the time they arrived to the same rooftop Lynx was on, she was panting heavily yet smiling. They both routinely shifted toward the middle of the rooftop to avoid being caught off guard. The last thing they wanted for one another is to be hurt.
With one leaning on the other's back, they got into a fighting stance, also inspecting the area to find the villain of their thoughts. Their searching was interrupted when they heard a screeching of a sword dragging on concrete. Both Spoiler and Robin grimaced at the sound, but their fighting stances did not waver.
The invasive sound continued until they saw a muscular, slim figure on the rooftop next to theirs. "I'll go." Spoiler decided to volunteer herself, but Robin was simply not having it.
"I'll go. You don't know her fighting style like I do." Steph took a deep breath, urging herself not to lash out on him.
"But I wanna go," she said through gritted teeth. Robin simply huffed and began to run. He knew that someway somehow she was going to follow him, so there was no actual point in denying her anything.
As Spoiler skillfully jumped over to the other rooftop that Lynx stood on, she saw in the corner of her eye that Robin ran over to the fire escape to go to ground level. She almost laughed at his creativity.
When she reached the occupied rooftop, Spoiler looked around to find the other woman. With her guard loosely up, she saw a shadow with smoke surrounding it. I thought only bats did dramatic entrances. She laughed bitterly to herself.
The smoke eventually cleared after a few seconds, and there stood a lean woman with a long sword and a cat-like helmet. Spoiler looked around to search for a sneaking bird, but found nothing and began to twitch nervously. Lynx looked absolutely ruthless with her sharp features, glaring demeanor, and managed weapons.
Seemingly out of the blue, Lynx began to run towards Spoiler with the sharp sword in her right hand. Spoiler swore she heard the villain growl, so her fighting stance shifted to a defensive one. Lynx lifted up her sword above her head and, with both hands on the handle, threw the sword down with the purpose to slice the other woman. Thankfully, Spoiler did a side somersault to her right and quickly got up to a standing position, her defensive stance up again.
Lynx didn't even glance at the heroine when she shifted her upper body to her left and quickly pulled back her arm to direct her sword down to Spoiler. The blonde woman grunted as she used her forearm to block the sharp sword, forming a deep gash that gushed blood. Spoiler hissed tightly, her lip finding its place under her teeth.
"Al!" Stephanie called desperately for her good friend, her pleading tone making Lynx's lip twitch with victory. The Asian woman swiftly placed her sword back in its sheath on her hip, then swung her fist to her right where Steph weakly stood.
Spoiler (now back in crime-mode) ducked from the punch, then began to bounce backwards near the edge of the rooftop. Her defense still up, she called out for Tim again. Although Steph was stubborn and often stood her fights, she knew this would be end up badly if she did so. Steph's brow moistened from sweat, so she took a deep breath and attempted to forget about her throbbing arm. She moved her body back to a fighting stance.
This did not sway Lynx's attitude, however, and they continued throwing punches and blocks. Robin's lithe body seemed to appear out of nowhere after a few minutes of fighting passed. Spoiler smirked tiredly, her body aching for rest.
"Took you long enough," the blonde woman murmured to herself, irked. With Spoiler and Robin surrounding both sides of Lynx, all three began to urgently fight. Robin uppercut Lynx, who avoided it by twisting to her right, all while Spoiler kicked the other woman's knees, making them collapse.
Lynx grabbed for Tim's arms, which made them painfully twist inward. Robin growled and pulled them towards his own body, making Lynx let go. The woman huffed angrily, "It seems you have not changed, Tim."
Steph sucked some air up and scrunched up her nose, then reached for the assassin's inky hair under the helmet and tugged painfully, also temporarily forgetting about her own pain. Lynx visibly grit her teeth then used her right elbow to jab into Spoiler's gut. Spoiler, however, refused to let go, and instead used both her hands to hold onto the ends of Lynx's hair.
This is one of those times when a good-old-fashioned school fight technique worked out.
Robin swiftly took out a pair of handcuffs from his utility belt and walked back into the fight. He roughly used the heel of his foot to smash into Lynx's toes, so she let her knees bend reflexively. And within a few seconds, Tim managed to grab the vile woman's wrists and slap handcuffs onto them.
Although Steph noticed that Tim put the handcuffs on, she continued pulling onto the other woman's hair. Robin snorted to himself for a moment, then amusedly reminded Steph, "She's cuffed, Spoiler, and the police are coming. It's not necessary to continue."
Steph froze, blinked, huffed, then let go of the hair. Spoiler looked at the other woman that looked absolutely beaten, then burst out into laughter at her own actions. Robin simply joined in by chuckling privately, meanwhile Steph was having a ball, snorts often heard by the other people on the rooftop.
Lynx glared disgustedly at Spoiler, "I will not stop until I have destroyed you and claim this town as my own." It was one of the first times that Stephanie actually listened to the villain's voice, and the heavy accent surprised her for some reason.
Her snorting now ceased, Spoiler glared at Lynx angrily again. The sounds of the police arriving broke Stephanie out of her glare, who was then reminded of the painful, throbbing cut on her left forearm. Robin nodded at Spoiler, getting her attention, then motioned to the alleyway near the back of the building where the cops wouldn't be able to see them. Tim awkwardly cleared his throat, walked over to Lynx, then took her sheath that was holding her sharp sword. Robin attached it to his hip and began walking to the nearest fire escape.
Steph sighed, glared at Lynx once again, then began to follow Robin.
By the time they both reached the alleyway in the back of the building, the police were running up to the rooftop to catch Lynx. Steph sighed loudly, getting Tim's attention which was previously fixated on the sheath.
"This thing doesn't wanna stay in one place..." Tim muttered to himself annoyedly, going back to fidgeting with the sword.
Steph pursed her lips and blinked slowly, exhaustion catching up on her.
They both walked back to the original alleyway where they left their civvies. That is, after wrapping up Steph's arm. It took a few minutes for Spoiler to get back into action as her adrenaline was down again, but they made it after less than an hour. After respectively grabbing their clothes, Tim reached for his phone. "You better not be calling him," Steph asserted.
Tim didn't stutter his motions, though, which made Stephanie even more annoyed. Tim just brought out his compact phone when Steph broke her angry glare and snatched the device herself. "Asshole," she muttered to herself.
Although she knew they should go back to the cave, she absolutely loathed the man that owned it. Stephanie knew that Tim meant—means well, but his constant loyalty to the bastard makes her nothing but irked. Tim broke his stupor, then stated, "I just need to call A, Spoiler. You can't go home with that big of a gash unless you want your mom to get suspicious."
For some reason, Alfred made her slightly scared. That man was too sassy and determined for his own good. No wonder he found out Spoiler's true identity even though she's always worn her mask around him.
She knew that she wouldn't be able to make it much farther without real medical treatment without passing out, so Steph relented. "Fine," and she shoved the phone back to her peer.
Robin didn't reply to her and instead began to skillfully text his parental figure. As soon as he dropped his phone back into his utility belt, his motorcycle appeared out of what seemed to be thin air. Huh. I didn't even see him press the button. Steph simply shrugged at her own thoughts, then deciding to be grateful for her friend's quick actions jumped on the vehicle. Behind Tim (he had insisted to drive them since her arm was 'injured', whatever that means), she began putting more pressure on her left forearm.
However, Tim noticed this and yelled back at her despite the whipping air. "Put your arms around my waist before something happens!"
Stephanie snorted and simply ignored her colleague. Robin sighed angrily and made a sharp turn, ensuring it couldn't actually make her fly off but enough of an impact for her to listen. Tim's hypothesis, of course, was correct and she reached her hurried arms around her good friend's waist in an effort to insure her own safety. Robin smirked to himself.
After a few more minutes of driving, they arrived at the cave for the second time that day. Steph let out a big breath of air she didn't know she was holding in when she saw Alfred. She took off her hood and mask then trudged over to the medical table, taking a seat. She proceeded to take off the piece of cloth which was then stopping bleeding.
Alfred tutted when he saw the damage, but nonetheless began working on the gash, not asking any questions. Although the occasional hiss of pain was heard from the heroine, she appreciated the fact that Alfred was helping her.
Tim simply pressed a button that made the motorcycle go to its proper place, then walked over to the computer. He began typing his victory over Lynx into a file, but he did so annoyedly. He knew that this wasn't the end for Lynx, she would just stay in prison for a few days then have her cronies plan her escape. He was tired, but persisted in filing and doing more research. After a few more minutes, he looked back at Steph. She was almost fully patched up, which ultimately relieved him.
"Thanks, Alfie!" Steph tested out her newly patched arm by moving it, which earned her a warning glare from the old man.
"You're most certainly welcome, Miss Stephanie. However," he gave her another reprimanding look, "I highly recommend avoiding overusing it, as it might reopen some of the stitches."
Stephanie stuck her tongue to the roof of her mouth, then stopped moving her arm. However, her smile came back when she jumped up from her chair and gave the butler and warm hug. She noticed he smelled of fresh cookies. How in the hell is he associated with Bruce? She took back her previous statement when he hugged back stiffly.
After that, Alfred simply blinked at her with a small smile (almost a smirk), then nodded his head, making a swift yet graceful exit up to the manor.
Stephanie grinned to herself, then turned to look at the man that was occupied with more research. Her smile faltered when she realized how little Tim seemed to care for her wellbeing.
Her anxiousness to start up a conversation with him ultimately won over consideration. "Are you doing more research on Lynx?"
It took a moment for Tim to realize she was asking him a question, which only heated her more. Stephanie pouted at Tim's back for a moment, then began to snap her fingers loudly. His stance did not budge.
Stephanie stood there, silent.
After a couple minutes he furrowed his brows in confusion at actually being in silence with Steph around. This is too rare, he thought to himself. He turned his body around, looking for Stephanie's short form.
All he found was air.
Huh.
