Black Nightwing

Chase

Nightwing watched the city around him carefully. It had been two days since the lab burned down and he had been searching for Black Night the whole time. Eventually, he would make a mistake. It would happen. And when it did, he would be there to catch him.

A slight movement out of the corner of his eye caused him to turn his head. There! He jumped off the building and did a few flips as he landed on the roof of the next, chasing after the figure he had seen. He lost him after a few minutes, and stopped once again to watch.

Black Night was growing frustrated. He had been unable to complete his plans due to Nightwing's insistence on finding him. There was little time before Bruce Wayne returned and he wouldn't feel right destroying the city with him in it.

Nightwing caught another glimpse of Black Night as he traveled across the city on Gotham's rooftops. He called Miss Martian and Superboy for backup, then proceeded to chase Black Night around.

Miss Martian and Superboy caught up with Nightwing. "Black Night's here, let's split up and bring him in."

The two nodded and went off in separate directions. Nightwing slipped into the Shadows to watch for any sign of Black Night.

Black Night walked through the dark alleyways of Gotham. He was making his way towards Wayne Tech for another part to his nuke when he saw a figure fly above him. He flattened himself against the alley wall as he watched Miss Martian circle above.

She couldn't be allowed to find him. He went off at a fast walk in another direction, trying not to stick out from the crowd. He went halfway across Gotham, to another lab with a part he needed, and ducked back in the shadows to avoid Superboy.

This was getting bad fast. Nightwing would no doubt be watching the rooftops. He had nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. It would be best just to go home now and try another day. It started to rain, which gave him an excuse to run.

On top of Wayne Tower, Nightwing watched the people below. He saw a solitary figure run in front of the building. Somehow, he knew it was Black Night.

Miss Martian, Superboy, convene on Wayne Tower. He's here. Nightwing said through the mental link. He dropped to the street level and began following Black Night.

Meanwhile, Black Night noticed he was being followed. He ducked in an alley and began performing evasive maneuvers to lose his tracker. Miss Martian flew above them, and Superboy stood at the end of the alley. Black Night decided now was the time to disappear, and that he did.

Nightwing ran up to Superboy. "Where is he?"

"I didn't see anyone," Superboy replied.

"He was right there and you let him get away! I knew I shouldn't have trusted you!" Nightwing yelled, punching the nearby wall.

Bricks cracked under the pressure, and Miss Martian landed nearby. "Nightwing, no one ran out of the alley."

He looked at her confused. "You must both be missing things. He was there. Now I've got to go find him."

"Do you want us to help?" Superboy asked.

"No!" Nightwing yelled, angrily walking away.

He was so tired of this, of all of this. He couldn't lead a group of inadequate fools. They couldn't even catch a guy running through an alleyway! How could he trust them on a mission now?

He went home, calling it a night. He lay in bed an hour later, twitching at every noise, his mind racing, paranoia rising. Clearly, he could only rely on himself now. He had to stop Black Night, he didn't know exactly why, but felt like it was an imperative.

He had to save everyone, alone.


Yikes, still really behind. I'm going to be doing a lot of writing this weekend. Before Prom. And after After Prom. It's going to be a busy weekend.

-Shadow