Chapter 4
Jewels woke to find herself in some sort of warehouse. At first she thought it was a trap set by Blight to finally finish her off; but then she recognized the trapeze equipment and knew immediately where she was. She breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well I see you're awake. Now would you mind telling me what the hell you were thinking going after Blight?" The man who had entered the room as she woke asked.
"Well, gee Blue Eyes glad to see you and yeah I'm fine."
"Answer the question."
"Okay, okay. Look Batkid's gone MIA. I had to do something, as it is the old man already knows Blight and Powers are sabotaging Fox Techa. I've got even more details but haven't taken them to the old man yet."
"I would have helped you, you know."
"I know. But I wanted to prove to myself that I could do this one on my own. Sorry if I worried you. Really, I 'm fine."
The man smiled. "All right what have you got?"
"Wait you're actually going to help me with this? Don't forget the old man's involved."
"I'm sure you can keep my name out of it."
"But of course. Okay, this is what I've got. First, today at the office one of Fox Techa's higher ups met with Powers. Hang on here are the notes."
The man took the pages from Jewels and studied them closely. He set them down and said: "Let me guess Powers' man was Blight?"
"Yep. Here are the photos of the labels of the containers, old labels and the new ones. The problem is I have no idea what's in the containers. I was going to take these to the old man, but seeing as how I had the luck of running into you maybe you can figure it out."
"I'll see what I can find out. You want to give me your theory on where the kid is?"
"I have no idea, but the old man's been at the office everyday. And he leaves pretty late. Who knows, maybe the kid got fed up and quit."
"Doubtful. According to you he's nothing like me, except for in physical appearance."
"I never said that. All I said was that he had blue eyes and dark hair like you."
"That's close enough Beautiful." The man said grinning at her again. Jewels felt her knees weaken.
"Anyway, I have another problem."
"Oh really? Let me guess, Barbara Gordon? I saw her comments."
"Well at least you didn't call her Babs."
"I stopped calling her that a long time ago." The man said quietly.
"Grayson, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you."
"Beautiful, you didn't don't worry so much. Now let me go see if I can dig up anything on what's in those containers."
"I'm coming with you."
"No you're not."
"Grayson please let me see this through. It's something I need to do. Don't ask me why cause I'm not really sure what the answer is, but I need to finish this."
"Fine let's go."
"Don't you want to change first?"
He smiled at her again. "Oh yeah probably should, huh?"
"Might be a good idea Wingster."
He laughed no one had called him that in a long time. After he changed Dick Grayson, also known as Nightwing and Jewels left his base of operations and headed for Gotham. They immediately to the docks where Jewels had seen the shipment take place.
Nightwing was able to easily bypass the security system and sneak inside to get a sample out of one of the containers. He had the passing thought that it had been almost too easy, but had too many other things on his mind to really concentrate on it. He wasn't sure what he was going to do with the sample just yet. If he was going to take it to his mentor or if he was going to check it out on his own.
Deciding he'd better let the old man in on it he and Jewels headed for the cave. Explaining to her he had to blindfold her, even though she knew that Bruce was Batman he carried her in.
He was surprised to see how little of it had changed over the years. He was even more surprised to see his original costume in one of the Plexiglas cases next to Batgirl's. He also noted his Robin costume was in a case all it's own, and off to the side of all the others.
"I wondered when you'd show up."
"Look Mr. Wayne I know you …" Jewels realized he wasn't paying any attention to her. He was too busy having a staring contest with Grayson.
Jewels woke to find herself in some sort of warehouse. At first she thought it was a trap set by Blight to finally finish her off; but then she recognized the trapeze equipment and knew immediately where she was. She breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well I see you're awake. Now would you mind telling me what the hell you were thinking going after Blight?" The man who had entered the room as she woke asked.
"Well, gee Blue Eyes glad to see you and yeah I'm fine."
"Answer the question."
"Okay, okay. Look Batkid's gone MIA. I had to do something, as it is the old man already knows Blight and Powers are sabotaging Fox Techa. I've got even more details but haven't taken them to the old man yet."
"I would have helped you, you know."
"I know. But I wanted to prove to myself that I could do this one on my own. Sorry if I worried you. Really, I 'm fine."
The man smiled. "All right what have you got?"
"Wait you're actually going to help me with this? Don't forget the old man's involved."
"I'm sure you can keep my name out of it."
"But of course. Okay, this is what I've got. First, today at the office one of Fox Techa's higher ups met with Powers. Hang on here are the notes."
The man took the pages from Jewels and studied them closely. He set them down and said: "Let me guess Powers' man was Blight?"
"Yep. Here are the photos of the labels of the containers, old labels and the new ones. The problem is I have no idea what's in the containers. I was going to take these to the old man, but seeing as how I had the luck of running into you maybe you can figure it out."
"I'll see what I can find out. You want to give me your theory on where the kid is?"
"I have no idea, but the old man's been at the office everyday. And he leaves pretty late. Who knows, maybe the kid got fed up and quit."
"Doubtful. According to you he's nothing like me, except for in physical appearance."
"I never said that. All I said was that he had blue eyes and dark hair like you."
"That's close enough Beautiful." The man said grinning at her again. Jewels felt her knees weaken.
"Anyway, I have another problem."
"Oh really? Let me guess, Barbara Gordon? I saw her comments."
"Well at least you didn't call her Babs."
"I stopped calling her that a long time ago." The man said quietly.
"Grayson, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you."
"Beautiful, you didn't don't worry so much. Now let me go see if I can dig up anything on what's in those containers."
"I'm coming with you."
"No you're not."
"Grayson please let me see this through. It's something I need to do. Don't ask me why cause I'm not really sure what the answer is, but I need to finish this."
"Fine let's go."
"Don't you want to change first?"
He smiled at her again. "Oh yeah probably should, huh?"
"Might be a good idea Wingster."
He laughed no one had called him that in a long time. After he changed Dick Grayson, also known as Nightwing and Jewels left his base of operations and headed for Gotham. They immediately to the docks where Jewels had seen the shipment take place.
Nightwing was able to easily bypass the security system and sneak inside to get a sample out of one of the containers. He had the passing thought that it had been almost too easy, but had too many other things on his mind to really concentrate on it. He wasn't sure what he was going to do with the sample just yet. If he was going to take it to his mentor or if he was going to check it out on his own.
Deciding he'd better let the old man in on it he and Jewels headed for the cave. Explaining to her he had to blindfold her, even though she knew that Bruce was Batman he carried her in.
He was surprised to see how little of it had changed over the years. He was even more surprised to see his original costume in one of the Plexiglas cases next to Batgirl's. He also noted his Robin costume was in a case all it's own, and off to the side of all the others.
"I wondered when you'd show up."
"Look Mr. Wayne I know you …" Jewels realized he wasn't paying any attention to her. He was too busy having a staring contest with Grayson.
