Batingency Plans
#26
Nightwing awoke in his room in the mountain. He had been exhausted after a long mission the night before. He yawned and sat up. Last night, they had managed to get all of the old team together for one last mission, and, though it had been hard, it was great fighting alongside Wally and Artemis again.
He swung his legs over the side of the bed and stood up. He instantly regretted it. He jumped back to his bed, now thoroughly awake. He regarded the floor intensely, it was full of small, colorful bricks.
Connor? he thought, remembering a prank he had played years ago.
He decided to use Batingency Plan 26 to get around his room and find out the meaning of this. He reached in the drawer of his bedside table and pulled out two teddy bears. He glanced at them fondly. One was from Zatanna, she had gotten it for him the Valentine's Day before they broke up. The other was from Wally, it had a Flash suit on it and he thought it funny.
Pulling some black duct tape out of the utility belt under his pillow, he taped the bears to his feet and walked calmly to his dresser. He went to pull out some civvies for today; he figured he'd stay at the Mountain and train. But his clothes weren't there. In their place was some sort of pink girly stuff. He looked in his closet and saw several pink versions of his costume. Smiling slightly, though feeling annoyed, he pulled open a secret space in the back of his closet and retrieved his spare outfit.
He was growing wary now, and he decided not to stop by the pool for a few days. He instead went to take a shower. This proved to be a bad idea when he came out blue. He donned his costume and carefully applied some makeup to even out his skin tone.
In the kitchen, M'gann was making breakfast.
"Hello Nightwing, how are you this morning?"
"Doin' well. How're you?"
"Great. Hey, Robin dropped this off for you."
She handed him a tin he recognized from Wayne Manor. He opened it up to see the most delicious food known to man, Alfred's cookies. Not thinking, he shoved a few in his mouth. And then spit it out.
The cookies had been spiked with ground red pepper. His mouth was on fire. He quickly ran to the refrigerator, and looked for some milk or other dairy product. It wasn't there. There was no milk, no cheese, no yogurt, no ice cream. The fridge was all but empty. He turned around to see his friends and teammates laughing at him.
"Want some milk Nightwing?" Wally asked, holding a small bottle towards him.
Nightwing knew that if he tried to get it from Wally he'd just speed away, so he instead pulled some milk out of one of the many pockets of his suit.
"I was wondering how long it would take you to get revenge for that day," he said, smiling.
They all laughed and went to the living room for video games and 'team bonding'. Now it was time to start Batingency Plan 48…
Even Batman hates walking on Legos. Now that the Team has gotten revenge, it's Nightwing's turn yet again. Join us Friday to see what Batingency Plan 48 is.
Have a prodigious day,
Shadow
