After a few minutes of searching for his missing brother and hundreds of unsuccessful tries to contact him via phone, Tim sighed resignedly and ran a hand through his hair, tugging at it lightly. They already checked the immediate area once more despite the throng of people milling around. Now Jason and Damian widened the perimeter, though Tim had a feeling, that finding Dick wouldn't be possible without getting other people involved. And that came with it's own set of problems.
Tim left the search in capable hands of his two other, overprotective brothers and found himself a quiet bit of space. He checked his phone again for missing calls or texts, but finding none he tapped into his hidden app and started to set up a false identity for Dick. Nothing too complicated, he didn't have time for that, just enough to hold up in the cursory search. Something they should have done a lot sooner, considering their lives.
Fifteen minutes later the three brothers met back at the cinema, taking the time to actually ask the workers about missing kid. Their hope was crushed as they learned, that only a pair of siblings was reported to have been escorted to the security office. Still, checking with security seemed their only option now.
After a moment of Damian and Jason arguing about which way to go, Tim sighed and like any other sensible person went back to the cashier in the cinema and asked for directions. When he got back a minute later, his brothers still were at it. Tim smirked, the little brat would be pissed, that he was in the wrong. He was about to interrupt their senseless squabbling, when Jason's phone went off. Jason accepted the call, growling in irritation at whoever was on the other end, and then went almost boneless with relief.
Looks like they found their missing brother.
Jason took off without a word, Tim and Damian trailing behind him. They heard the screams before they saw anything out of the ordinary. Jason quickened his pace, cutting through the crowd like a knife. Tim hurried along, throwing apologies in their wake at people whom Red Hood pushed out of the way. Jason went straight to Roy, taking a hysterical Dick from him. Dick started to calm down as soon as Jason let him know he was back with them.
"Are you the father?" asked a woman hovering near them.
Tim bit back a groan as Jason nodded. The cover story he created utterly destroyed. He pulled his phone out and started to link Dick's false identity with most recent aliases Jason was using.
"He might be hurt," the tail end of the woman's speech grabbed Tim's attention. He looked at her along with his brothers. Dick was hurt?
Roy quickly explained what happened. Tim was glad, the man responsible wasn't around. Going by the murderous looks on Jason's and Damian's faces he wouldn't have any chances to survive. Not that Tim felt at all charitable toward the man, but he didn't want to deal with murder on top of everything else.
Jason agreed to the nurse examining their brother. It didn't go too well. Especially because Demon Brat decided to get involved.
"Damian," Tim warned the boy and smiled apologetically at the woman. Patricia was her name, right? He'll need to check her later. "Sorry about that. He still needs to work on his manners. We appreciate your concern. We'll get him checked over by our family doctor immediately."
Tim was hoping that that was that. But of course not. Security guard invited them firmly to the office. Now, that Tim was focusing on everything else, didn't he look awfully familiar? He raised questioning eyebrow at Jason, but his older brother was too busy with Dick to notice. He just stalked in the direction of the security office as ordered. Damian followed him close behind.
Tim shook his head exasperatedly and looked at Roy. Poor redhead looked dazed.
"Shall we?" he asked him with a tired smile.
Roy shrugged and they started walking.
Tim estimated, that they were halfway through, when Roy leaned in.
"Is the girl Jay's kid, too?" the redhead asked.
"The girl?" Tim blinked. Indeed, the security guard was guiding a young girl by the hand, leading their small procession. How he didn't notice her before?
"Megan?" Roy tried. "That boy. What's his name, by the way? Oh my God, how Jay didn't ever tell me he had a kid? Kids? Anyway, the boy asked about her."
"I don't know her," Red Robin replied, smiling in amusement. Roy will have to think Dick was Jason's kid for a while still. He just couldn't risk talking about their predicament in public. Not now at least. "As for a name," Tim smirked, "it's Richard."
Roy stumbled.
"No fucking way!" he hissed. "If Jay was to name a kid after someone it should be me!"
Oh, this was too good. It was a shame his brothers were missing out on the fun.
"He didn't have any say in naming the boy," Tim shrugged.
"Well," Roy sighed sadly, running his hand across his face. "That's cruel."
Tim hummed noncommittally, glancing at his brothers.
Jason was calmer somewhat with Dick's face buried into his heck, whom seemed asleep. He even made a small talk with the guard. Damian was glaring at anyone who dared to come near them. For some reason that woman, nurse, was accompanying them still. She stayed away from Damian, though.
"I'd pay to see Bruce's reaction," Roy muttered. "I bet Grandpa Brucie was soo thrilled."
"I'm sure some footage can be found," Tim offered.
"Really?" the redhead looked at the younger boy hopefully.
"Oh, Roy," Red Robin patted him on the shoulder. "You don't know even half of it."
Roy narrowed his eyes suspiciously, but refrained from commenting as they reached their destination.