Well, I was pleased to see that everyone liked the last chapter. I was really nervous that no one would like it, or that Dick was the Stranger. But, it doesn't end there, so here is the next chapter. Enjoy, and please don't forget to review.
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Replies:
Astarael the sorrowfull: Hehe I love them! :::Evil Grin:::
rage-girl-05: I know, when I saw that episode, I felt like writing to the animators. Either that is Dick Grayson on the show, or they made Tim Drake Nightwing. Either way, they screwed up!
Risty: Kewl, I was afraid that it was too obvious when I first introduced Dick.
Blowfish the Monkey Tamer: I'm glad that you liked that little thank you chapter.
Purity Black: Okay, I won't tell, but I think that you'll be happy with how this turns out.
Agent-G: She is gay. She went out with Dick before she figured out that she liked girls, But she still was attracted to Dick, and dare I say still might….It's complicated. :::Grabs a bottle of aspirin:::
DemonRogue13: Yay! I'm glad that I was able to deliver.
Alexutza: Well, when I started this whole stranger thing, I thought that any of the X-Men would have been too obvious, so I out sourced it. :p
Raniatlw: Yeah, that still kinda bugs me how the Teen Titans writers goofed that!
Anna makes the long walk down the hallway to the office. Anna didn't want to be alone after what happened, and she didn't like the idea of Jean going home alone either, so she convinced Jean to stay with her Not feeling safe at home or at Jean's, she and Jean spent the night at a hotel, in separate beds of course. Anna wasn't sure what to do next. Should she call the police? If so, how would she explain that a well known actor was stalking her?
Jean tried to get Anna to call in for a sick day, but Anna needed to get out. She would only thinks about what happened if she stayed at the hotel all day. Even though Jean said that she would do her best to keep her mind off of it, which in Jean Speak meant that they were going to be having sex all day.
Anna decided that she would go to work. She would be safe at the studio, Dick wouldn't try anything while she was there, and if he did, at least there was studio security there.
Anna makes her way to the office, and enters the waiting room. She turns on the lights and the equipment before plopping at her desk. She picks up a pen and starts mindlessly doodling on a piece of paper. Anna looks over at the clock on the wall, and notices that James is running late. She wasn't surprised after the state that he was in the night before.
A short time later, Remy Lebeau walks into the waiting room. Anna looks up from her doodles, and gives him a "Don't mess with me today" look.
Remy, obviously not picking up on the signal, walks up to Anna with a mischievous look on his face.
"So, Anna….."
"Not now Lebeau!" Anna shoots him another evil look.
"So, How long have you and Todd been an item? I understand Todd, but I never would have pictured you as the Adult Entertainment type."
"Today is not the day to cross me Lebeau!" Anna huffs, "James will be in any minute, so you can wait in the office."
Remy gives Anna a playful smirk and heads into the office.
James is trudging down the hall to his office, still feeling groggy from the previous day's incident with Lance. James's memory is cloudy at best. He decides to forget about it, and put it all behind him.
It's 9:30, and he's half an hour late. He enters the waiting room to find Anna moping at her desk.
"Ugh, Morning Anna".
Not bothering to look up at James. "Morning James, Remy Lebeau is waiting for you in your office." Says Anna.
James sighs "Thank you An….." James gets a flashback of what he thinks was a drug induced dream. He gets an image of Anna and Jean playfully rolling around in a naked, sweaty twenty something year old mass of writhing arms and legs. James holds his briefcase in front of him in an attempt to hide his growing, yet inappropriately timed erection.
Anna looks up from her desk. "Is there something wrong?" Knowing full well that he is having flashbacks of what he thinks was a dream.
"N-No, I'll be going to my meeting now."
James sidesteps towards his office door trying to hard to hide the bulge in his pants from Anna. He opens the door and backs into his office, the whole time getting puzzled looks from Anna. To James's relief, the telephone starts to ring. As Anna turns her attention to the phone, James takes this opportunity to duck into his office.
Anna's answers her telephone, as James slams the door behind him.
"Hello, Programming dir….. Oh Hi Kitty."
"Hi Anna," Kitty sounds noticeably upset. "DICK STOOD ME UP!" Begins crying over the phone.
In the office, James is surprised to say the least. James closes the door, and drops his briefcase. He closes his eyes, and leans with his back to the door when his eyes snap open.
"About time you got here, but it's nice to see that you are glad to see me." Remy chuckles as he peaks from behind the chair that he is sitting in.
James bends down, and quickly picks up his briefcase. "Duh…..Good Morning….."
James quickly walks over to his desk, and sits down with a minor degree of discomfort.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I just had a really rough night." James shakes his head as he tries to clear out the cobwebs.
"So, let's get this meeting going, I have a guild hunt in an hour."
James raises an eyebrow "Guild Hunt?"
"Yeah, the Guild that I'm in on a MMORPG is going on a Dragon Raid."
"Guild? MMO-Whatever-it-is-that-you-just-said? Dragon Raid? What the hell are you talking about?????"
Remy huffs, "Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game?" He says matter of factly.
"Yyyyeah….. Well let's get back to the….."
"Yeah I play a Luri Berserker-Cleric named YoBabysDaddy on a game called The Trials of Mythic Crusaders"
"What?????"
"Yeah, when I kill someone in PvP, the death spam announces "So and So was killed by YoBabysDaddy" Remy chuckles proud the cleverness of his character's name.
"Luri? PvE? You may as well be speaking Chinese because I have no idea what the hell you are talking about, so can we please get back to the matter at hand?"
"No wait, it gets better," Remy perks up and starts getting excited. "So there is this Dragon see, and it takes like 20 people working together to kill it. So, you're working together with people from all over the world. It's so cool!"
"Remy, Please, I'm not in the mood for this, can we please just talk about the show?"
"Oh yeah! The show! It is so cool that I'm a part of this show. I loved the comics as a kid. It's so cool to think that I'm a part of this."
Out in the waiting room, Kitty is just as excited as Remy, but for a different reason, and in a totally different way.
"K-Kitty, Calm down. What happened?"
"Well, we were supposed to meet at that trendy new restaurant down town….." Kitty Sniffs, "But he never showed up!" b Kitty begins crying again. "What a jerk!"
"If you only knew….." Anna thinks to herself. "Are you going to be okay?"
Anna never gave any thought to what may have happened to Kitty. She was in just as much danger as she or Jean, perhaps more. Anna can't help but wonder if Dick would have really done anything? Aside from quitting, and taking pictures of her and Jean, he never really did anything that would be considered threatening.
"Yeah I guess," Kitty Sniffs, "anyway, I was calling to see if we could meet for lunch?"
Anna is not sure whether or not to tell Kitty about what happen the night before……Or what happened two years ago for that matter. If she did tell Kitty about what happened between her and Dick. She would have to tell her everything, including her feelings towards her. There would be no way to avoid it.
"Well, I brought a sack lunch from home, but I can still meet you somewhere, and we can hang out."
"I'd like that," Kitty sniffs pathetically, "I really need to talk to someone right today."
Anna is wary of going anywhere in public. There is no telling where Dick might pop up. He followed her to the café where she was having lunch with Kitty, the other day, and to Jean's house, the day before that. What would stop him from following her again. He could be on the studio lot right now, waiting for her to come out of the office.
Anna begins to get a growing feeling of anxiety. Her breaths begin to get shallow, and she feels the room closing in around her. Anna swears that her chest is about to collapse as if a weight was just laid upon it. Her right hand begins to shake nervously, and she almost drops the receiver.
"Anna? Anna are you there?????"
Anna somewhat regains her composure from her anxiety attack. "Y-Yeah, I was just spacing out for a second. I kind of have a lot on my mind."
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"Later, we can talk about it at lunch." Anna contemplates somewhere that they can meet where Dick would not be able to do anything. "Kitty?"
"Yes?"
"I really need to talk to you….." Anna pauses as she thinks of an excuse. "but I really have a lot of work that I have to do at the office, could we maybe meet for lunch at the studio cafeteria?"
"Sure, that won't be a problem. Although, I think that you are wasting your time working for James. You really are better than that."
All remnances of Anna's anxiety fade as she feels her cheeks warm from the compliment. "Thank you Kitty, I don't mean to be rude, but I really need to be going now."
"Okay, I'll drop by the office at about 11:45."
"Sure, I'll see you at lunch. I have to go now."
"Okay, I'll see you then."
Anna hangs up the phone, and returns to her thoughts. That anxiety attack was close, she nearly lost it that time while on the phone with Kitty.
"Get a hold of yourself Anna," She says as she clutches her head.
Meanwhile in James's office. "Yes Remy, well, you'll be in a lot more episodes this season. You're quite popular with the fans, and we are expanding your role."
"Oh! Oh! Are you guys going to have my powers go haywire, and I'm going to have to get brain surgery from Mr. Sinister like in the comic????? Or maybe Bishop will come from the future and accuse Gambit of being an assassin like in the Animated Series???? Or maybe….."
"We can go into that later Remy, for now….."
"Oh come on you can tell me…..What have the writers Big Powerful Author Powers come up with for me next season?"
"Remy there will be time for this later."
"You might as well tell me now, I'll find out about it on the internet tonight anyway. You'd just be saving me the trouble."
"Remy Please….." James sighs.
Remy ponders for a second. "Would you tell me if I told you something about your secretary Anna?"
"What?!?!? Remy, Anna's personal life is none of my business…..W-Why what have you heard?????"
"Well," Remy leans in and whispers. "I saw her and Todd at an Adult Video store last night."
"W-W-Wait! What Anna does outside of work is none of my business…..Wait, what were you doing at an Adult Video Store?"
"Errrrr I was….." Slouches embarrassed mostly at the fact that he didn't think about that part. "Well, the contract looks great, I gotta go."
Remy quickly gets up from his seat and heads to the door. Remy is in such a hurry that he trips over his feet, and falls to the floor causing his toupee to fall off revealing a "Friar Tuck" bald spot on the back of his head.
James gags as he tries to hold in the laughter. Remy crawls on the ground and grabs his toupee. He haphazardly puts it back on and stands up as though nothing happened.
James looks at Remy, and almost gags again when he notices that Remy in his haste put on his toupee backwards.
James snickers. "Thanks for coming Remy."
Remy calmly walks out of James's office.
As Anna sits at her desk deep in the turmoil of her troubles, Remy comes running out of James's office but stops, and acts cool and collected as he walks up to Anna's desk.
"Hey Anna." Remy says coyly.
"Not now Rem….." Anna looks up to see Remy and his backward toupee.
"So, what were you and Todd doing at that Video store?"
Anna breaks out of her trance. "I told you before Remy, nothing!"
"Come one, I'll bet the girls at the secretary pool would find what you and Todd do outside of work quite humorous."
Anna gives Remy a death stare. "Probably not as humorous as you wearing a…..Oh lets just say…..A TOUPEE!"
Remy reaches up and feels that his toupee is on backwards. He blushes in embarrassment, and runs out of the waiting room. Normally, something like that would have had Anna laughing and feeling very proud of herself. But after the previous night, she returns to her sulking.
Out side of the office building, Dick is perched on the Kids WB water tower over looking the lot. He observes through his binoculars as Remy comes strolling out of the building, carefully fiddling with his hair.
"You would think that with all the money that he is making from the show, that he would be able to afford a better rug!" Dick says out loud to himself.
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