Red Hood and The Outlaws Issue 4: Investigative Journalism

By Brian Benjamin

Outlaws HQ

10:00am, EST

With Jason

Man, that mission could have been worse but I got to say nice cover up story Happy Meadows. Jason said to himself while reading the headline that said "Happy Meadows In Flames"

"Morning Jason." Rose said coming into the kitchen area of their living quarters.

"Hey Rose, I just wanted to say you weren't half bad out there." Jason said giving her props where pros were due.

"I could say the same for you Robin…I mean Red Hood." Rose replied back earning a sigh from Jason.

"I'm letting it slide." Jason said keeping his cool.

"I know you would." Rose replied back before she found herself catching an apple. "Just like how I knew you would do that."

"Stupid meta-human abilities." Jason muttered low enough so Rose couldn't hear him. Unware that someone else had heard him.

"What was that about meta-humans? Not that I'm one of them of course." Blackfire said entering the kitchen earning a groan of Jason. Now he had to deal with two women instead of one. Did he do something in his past life to deserve this? As the only thing he could really think of was wearing a pair of green shorts as his time as Robin.

"Where's Roy? I haven't seen him since we came back." Rose asked wanting to know where the archer went.

"Lab." Both Jason and Blackfire said in unison before glaring at one another. For some reason the two hated when they were talking in unison.

"And where is that again? I didn't get the tour." Rose said as both Blackfire and Jason decided to show her.

Lab

10:45

"Yo Speedy 73." Jason called out making fun of one of the many user names Roy used when he would game. "You down here?!"

"Can it JT 357." Roy said replying back with Jason's own gamer tag. As he was currently typing away on his computer "Anyway what's up guys?"

"Rose here was worried about you." Jason said earning a light punch to the arm from Rose.

"Thanks for the concern unlike those two." Roy replied back.

"Well the last time we came down here you fired a Boomerang Arrow at us." Blackfire said recalling the last time Jason and her came down to check up on Roy.

"Besides that, I've been looking through the files I was able to get and wow these guys are not joking around. I mean look at this stuff." Roy said while bringing up some blueprints of a flight suit which seemed to have some Atlantian properties. "There some Atlantian properties in the design but it's more of a prototype."

"Sounds deep man, any solutions?" Jason asked earning a nod from Roy.

"I was thinking we could work for the company or something like that." Roy said as that was one of the many ideas he had come to mind.

"That sounds risky Roy, then again it's not like they know what we look like." Jason replied back.

"Well they might have to rebuild that facility. So maybe we could get hired there." Rose said.

"Working construction? Pass, we need a spot that's going on right now." Jason stated.

"Looks like another facility is opening in a couple of days, we could use that." Blackfire said noticing the "Grand Opening" document Roy had on the side.

"Asia? Maybe we should pass on that one." Rose said remembering her time in some parts of that country.

"It can't be that bad Rose." Jason replied back.

"Blue Dragons." Was all Rose had to say as that earned Jason and Roy's attention.

"Blue Dragons?" Blackfire said not sure as to why Roy and Jason where shocked.

"They're real and apparently they're going to take out the Triple Threats." Rose said as both Roy and Jason where warned about Asia's big three gangs. The Blue Dragons were everywhere in Asia. You could pinpoint the Triple Threats, Dai-Rin, and the Arashi clan but the Blue Dragons. They had agents everywhere, even in the states but that was rumored.

"Fine how about we do a stake out or something?" Roy suggested before pulling up more information. "We can go to their Metropolis facility which is one of their bigger buildings."

"Metropolis." Jason said before letting a smirk appear on his face. "Yeah I know someone who can help us with that."

Metropolis

Currently we were following a woman with medium length blonde hair, blue eyes, and was wearing some dress cloths. Her name was Kara Kent and she was currently looking for a new job.

Why do you want this job? Because I've always had a passion for frozen yogurt. I just want some money. Kara said before taking a seat on a bench. From there she saw that her phone was ringing. Looking at it she could only sigh seeing Jason's face show up.

"Jason, what the hell do you want?" Kara said with a bit of anger in her voice.

"Look if this was about what happened in Coastal City…well I deleted the video and Blackfire is sorry." Jason replied back as Kara heard the shout of "No I'm not." From Blackfire.

"Well you can tell tangerine that she can come over to Metropolis and we can settle this like ladies." Kara stated earning a sigh from Jason.

"No you're not going to Metropolis. Look Kara, I need you to look into something for me." Jason stated getting to the point of the conversation.

"Why not call Bruce or Dick. Heck I've heard Tim isn't that busy now and days." Kara said referring to members of the "Bat" family.

"I rather not Kara, besides I need someone outside the bats to look into this issue. Long story short can you get into the Happy Meadows Metropolis Building or at least do a sweep with your X-Ray vision?" Jason explained.

"Happy Meadows? What is really going on Jason?" Kara questioned as Happy Meadows was a well-received by the public.

"Just give me a call back once you've done a sweep. If you see something that's out of place, then my story is a bit easier to swallow." Jason answered.

"Fine, it's not like I doing anything else. I'll call you back in a few minutes alright." Kara said.

"Thanks Kara, you're my favorite Supergirl." Jason said before hanging up the phone.

"I'm the only Supergirl but alright." Kara muttered to herself before deciding to call one Lois Lane. If it was someone who would have a clue to corporate corruption, it was Lois.

"Hey Kara, what's going on hun?" Lois asked as Kara could hear the sound of her fingers typing on the keyboard.

"I wanted to know if you knew anything about Happy Meadows." Kara said.

"I know a lot kiddo but sure I have some time." Lois started off before explaining what she knew about Happy Meadows.

Outlaws HQ

"I have to say Rose you're a good opponent. You actually fight back." Blackfire complimented as she and Rose were currently sparring.

"Thanks, I haven't had a nice sparring partner in some time." Rose said before gripping the bo-staff in her hand and taking a new stance.

"You're going to teach me how to use one of those by the end of this." Blackfire said while looking at the points she was hit by Rose bo-staff.

"Only if you teach me how to hotwire a space ship." Rose replied back earning a laugh from Blackfire.

"Deal." Blackfire said before Jason came into the training room.

"Easy there ladies it's just me." Jason said hoping he wouldn't get punched and wacked by the two ladies in the room.

"So did Kara find something?" Rose asked.

"I haven't heard from her since I talked to her this morning. I'm a bit-." Jason started off before seeing Kara was calling. "Hello."

"You need to get to Metropolis or I come to where you're because what I saw was some crazy stuff." Kara said as her day had become action packed to say the least. Sneaking into the facility, learning that they were harboring Atlantian armor, and a few other things she didn't quite understand.

"I'll get Roy to send you our location alright. Try to be quick about it, the last thing I need is big blue and Bruce coming to my door." Jason explained.

"I'll be there in a flash." Kara said before hanging up the phone.

"Oh goody blondie is coming, which means I can get my rematch." Blackfire stated as that was the first thing that came to her mind.

"Later Blackfire, right now I need to chat with Roy. You two keep doing your thing." Jason replied before leaving the room.

"So, what his connection to Kara Blackfire? I take it there relationship is more than just "were sidekicks" to two of the biggest heroes in would world." Rose questioned.

"Kara? Oh that was his ex-girlfriend before she broke it off with him." Blackfire said earning a gasp from Rose.

"Sounds like an interesting story." Rose said hoping to learn more about it.

"I'll go into details later, if blondie did discover something. We might need to suit up." Blackfire said as the two went to change into their costumed attires. As the Outlaws now waited for one Supergirl to tell them of her findings

Next time... Issue 5: Deep Sea Fishing