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RED ROBIN TALON IN A HAYSTACK CHAPTER SEVEN
THE GAME IS AFOOT
The factory was dark, the ceiling creaked and water dripped from the holes it had gained throughout the years. A tall man with broad shoulders and beefy arms and legs, wearing a black trench coat stepped out, the shadows of the factory concealing his face.
"He has found what he is looking for." Another man said.
"Red Robin?" the man in the trench coat inquired.
"Yes."
"It does not matter, he cannot stop us now."
After that the man in the trench coat handed the other a silver brief case and was given a brown briefcase.
"I suppose not."
"So what is our first order of business?"
Tim turned to the darkly clad Talon patiently awaiting her first order on her new job.
"Well there is no OUR first order of business. I'm heading home to Gotham."
"What?" both Talon and Nightrunner chimed in simultaneously "I thought you were supposed to… I don't know train me!" talon exclaimed.
"That was my understanding." Nightrunner piped up.
Tim let out an exasperated sigh and turned his gaze from the computer to the crime fighter and the protégé. "My job here was to find you Sasha. You are already trained as I have experienced firsthand all you need is someone to buff out the rough spots." Tim turned directly to Nightrunner "someone like Nightrunner."
Nightrunner picked up his attention at that.
Before he could answer Tim put a hand on the masked man's shoulder "You do have what it takes to teach her."
"I'm fine with that." Talon spoke obviously keen on the idea of it just being her and Nightrunner.
"Don't worry I'm not leaving without giving you SOME assistance." And Tim went to the computer picked up too identical case files and handed them to the other two costumed warriors.
"Sasha that night that you saved me before searching around for you I went back and took a blood sample from those punks. I just got the test back from America and it showed they had something rather unsettling in their blood."
"Venom?" Talon said confused.
(A/N: anyone have that "AHA" moment just then?)
"It's a super steroid used by an enemy of mine and Batman's it increases the strength and durability of the person using venom tenfold."
Nightrunner looked up from the file he now grasped "and these punks were on it?"
"Well that's what I can't understand see Bane, the enemy I mentioned before, gets HUGE when he doses himself these guys looked pretty normal size but were just abnormally strong. " Tim nearly cringed as he remembered a time where Bane nearly stepped on his head.
"This also says Bane requires a storage tank for the venom." Nightrunner's statement from the swirly chair that he had occupied While Red Robin was…. Well fine boring him. "Red Robin did these guys have anything like that on them?"
"No."
Nightrunner looked over to talon. They're eyes locked and it looked almost like they were having a mental conversation until Nightrunner finally asked "you thinking what I'm thinking?"
Talon nodded and they both said in unison "slappers."
"Um guys?"
The two French heroes looked over to their American colleague "What the hell are slappers?" he asked while pinching the bridge of his nose.
This time Sasha took the lead in the briefing "Slappers are patches that hold Narcotics and steroids inside." Tim noticed Nightrunner's attention was completely glued to Talon as Tim activated what Bruce called detective mode in the lenses of his cowl he could see through Nightrunner's eye lenses and noticed his eyes were trained on certain spots on Sasha.
"Basically the slappers kind of…. Phase or work into the skin sending whatever is in them into the user's system."
"That seem right Nightrunner?" Tim inquired and Nightrunner didn't break his attention from Talon. "Nightrunner?"
"What? What's going on?"
"Is Sasha right about what the slappers are?" Nightrunner perked up a bit so he could hide what he was doing.
"Uh, yeah right on the dot." And he buried his face into the folder he held.
"Alright, well enough screwing with Nightrunner. I have a flight to Gotham to catch."
"Do you really have to go?" Sasha asked pleadingly "I'm sorry Sasha but I need to go home. You and Nightrunner will be fine without me."
Sasha still looked upset at Red Robin's leaving but Tim wanted to go home, he had spent enough time here in Paris when he was searching for Bruce, and now Bruce was back and Bruce is now the only piece of family that Tim has left.
He needs to do something he hasn't been able to.
Spend some time with Bruce.
That was the real reason that Tim didn't want to come here to Paris in the first place, he hasn't had any time with Bruce lately but that was about to change.
Beep,beep.
"Now what?" Tim growled as he answered a video message from the batcave and saw Batman's face on the large computer screen.
"Red Robin."
"Hey Batman what's up?" Tim asked hoping he would be wrong about what his mentor was about to tell him.
"I read the results of the blood tests you took from those gangbangers. I saw the venom in their systems." Bruce slowly stated as he was about to get to the point of his call.
"Yeah so?"
"So if there's venom in France then Bane, or a distributor of his venom, is Probably in France as well."
"And?"
"And I need you to stay in France until you either apprehend Bane or his supplier and his confiscate his venom supply."
"but.."
"No buts. You know how dangerous Bane and his drug are, I'm too busy in Gotham to come over there and do it myself so I need you to. Understand?"
Tim took a deep breath "Yes sir." He growled
"Good." The white eyes of Batman's cowl moved over to where Sasha was standing in awe that even though it was on the computer monitor she was looking at the legendary Batman, Dark Knight of Gotham.
"Is that talon?" he asked in his gravelly voice "Yes Batman that's her."
It took a few minutes but Batman finally answered "Welcome to the team kid."
And with that Batman vanished from the monitor and all that was visible was 'call ended.'
It was silent for a few minutes Tim had to take in the fact that he had to stay in France for God knows how much longer and Sasha was in shock of Batman's acknowledgement and acceptance of her.
"well." Tim said after carefully thinking "looks like I'm staying."
WELL GUYS I HOPED YOU LIKE THIS CHAPTER. SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG JACKDAW AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO IS READING THIS (I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR READING WITHOUT REVIEWS, SO IF ANYONE WANTS A SHOUT OUT LIKE MY BUDDY KING JACKDAW AZRAEL THEN…. REVIEW!)
