Chapter 14

Red Robin and Red Hood finished checking the second location and had found no evidence that Two-Face, or anyone for that matter, had been in that building for years. They had both settled onto their motorcycles when both of their communication systems activated.

"Batman to Red Hood and Red Robin. Emergency."

Red Robin pressed his gauntlet. "This is Red Robin. We're both here. Go ahead."

"Nightwing is gone."

"Was he kidnapped?"demanded Red Hood. He got off his motorcycle and walked over to Red Robin.

"Clothing was used to make it look like he was sleeping."

"Shit," said Red Hood. All the hero could think was that he had been the last person to check on Dick. Had the boy been in bed or had he been fooled by a pile of clothing?

"Do we know what he's wearing?" asked Red Robin.

"No," Batman replied. "When was the last time you actually saw him."

"When he was in the 'cave," said Red Robin.

"He helped us with the list of locations for Two-Face," said Red Hood.

Batman didn't immediately respond. Even though they couldn't see him, both heroes knew that they were on the receiving end of a Batglare. They looked at each other.

"What did he do?" asked Batman.

"He helped us narrow the list of possible locations that Two-Face could be using," replied Red Robin. "We figured, since he was out to find Nightwing, then it would be location that they've met in before."

"I will check the list," said Batman. "I want him found. Now!"

"We're on it," said Red Robin, before the communication ended.

"Where do we start?" asked Red Hood.

"Let me see the list," demanded Red Robin.

"The locations?" asked the older hero.

"Yeah," Red Robin replied.

…...

Tim hadn't been the only one reading old case files. After Dick knew that Bruce and the others had been keeping secrets from him, Dick had snuck into the 'cave to read old files. Since he knew the Joker and Two-Face had escaped, Dick had focused on their cases. He had been able to read about his first meeting with Two-Face. It was scary to know that that scarred man had almost killed him with a bat. So, when it came time to look over the list Jason has generated, Dick had been careful to remove that location from the list.

It had taken time for Dick to make his way to the warehouse on the docks where he had been nearly beaten to death by the very man Dick was now tracking. If Two-Face really had escaped because he wanted to get his hands on Dick, than it would make sense that Two-Face would use a location that would mean something. While the boy didn't remember the beating, he figured Two-Face would have never forgotten.

Dick landed lightly outside of the warehouse. The building was dark. Dick carefully approached the side door. It seemed odd to not enter through a window or ductwork, but Dick didn't have Batman to watch his back tonight. He opened the door an inch and looked inside. Not seeing movement, the masked hero quietly slipped into the warehouse and allowed the door to shut behind him.

Dick had only taken a few steps when flood lights kicked on. Raising a hand, he attempted to look beyond the light. The boy saw movement, but no details.

"We are surprised."

It was a voice that Dick had never heard before. But, based on where they were, he took a guess that it was Two-Face.

"I'm here to take you in," said Dick.

"Take us in?"

"Yes," said the boy. Either the light was not as strong as when it first came on or his eyes were adjusting. Dick could see a man standing just outside of the light.

"Do you remember this place?"

Dick heard the sound of something flip into the air. Faintly, he saw a small object fly into the air before the man in front of him grabbed it out of the air. The man looked at the object in his hand, then put his hand into his pocket. When the man took his hand out of the pocket, the hand was empty.

"Do you remember this?"

The man knelt down and grabbed something from the floor. It was long, but didn't reflect the light like a metal object would. Dick knew it was too thick to be a pipe anyway. He figured, based on who he was facing and where they were, it was a baseball bat.

"Do you remember us...Robin?"

With the baseball bat in hand, Two-Face stepped into the light.