Title- Where Little Girls Tread.
Author- Kim
Summary- Lian proves how much strength and determination she really has, when it comes to the important things in life.
DC owns all characters.
part 3
Lian woke up and huddled into a tight ball as the soft sounds of animals scurrying around or searching for food came to her ears. Trembling with fear at the unknown she lay there fearing that at any moment one of those sounds she could hear would manifest itself into a monster that's main source of nourishment was frightened little girls. And so the night went on, a terrified child alone in the desert.
Lian, still curled up in a ball had finally drifted back to sleep when eventually dawn broke, she lay like that for awhile until the sunlight finally forced her to wake.
She sat up, looking around her confused by her surroundings. Then slowly she remembered the events of the day before..Rubbing her tired eyes, she stood on shaky legs, she was so thirsty, her lips were dry and her tongue felt like it was sticking to the sides of her mouth. Picturing her fathers face in her mind, she set off again, wincing at the pain that her stiff little joints caused, she would have cried but there were no tears left to give.
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Dick Grayson walked quickly through the small cafe, offering an apologetic smile to the tall dark haired man the sat waiting for him.
"Sorry I'm late Bruce I kinda slept in, the alarm didn't go off and that's set me behind on every thing...Hey I thought Tim was going to meet us for breakfast as well, where is the brat anyway?." Dick joked.
"Called to an emergency with the Titans, I would have called you and cancelled..."
"But Alfred wouldn't let you?" Dick asked.
"Wouldn't hear of it..said we needed to do this more often." Bruce replied.
A waitress approached and the two men gave her their orders, she smiled at them and winked at Dick as she turned to leave. Dick felt himself blush slightly at the girls small flirtation.
"So did you get the information you needed from my informant?" Bruce asked quietly.
"Yep, all wrapped up..guess that's why I slept in, I didn't finish up until four thirty this morning.." Dick stopped talking as the waitress returned placing two cups of coffee in front of the men before leaving again.
Dick took a sip of the hot liquid, and glanced at the time on his watch, frowning slightly.
"You have some where else you need to be?" Bruce asked.
Dick glanced at Bruce,"No...no it's not that, it's just Roy hasn't called in yet."
"Called in? Is he working a case for you?"
"No nothing like that, he's been camping for the weekend actually. He would have left yesterday, he's supposed to phone me this morning when he gets home, he's always arranged to call someone after getting home when he goes out to some of the more remote areas, especially when he has Lian with him."
"So someone knows he's missing if something goes wrong..very wise move."
"He should have called half an hour ago."
"Maybe he was delayed, or maybe he forgot, this is Harper we're talking about."
"He's never forgotten before...I'll give it a bit more time, then I'll call him." Dick said pausing to accept his plate of bacon and eggs from the waitress.
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Lian's flopped down in the shade of a large boulder, she felt weak and nauseous, her head pounded so hard she could barely concentrate on any thing else...She reached for her foot and glanced at the bottom of it, cringing as she looked at the huge weeping blisters that covered the soul ...she felt she had no strength to continue...She looked around her, with sight that was beginning to blur... Then she saw it, she stared hard willing her eyesight to clear..yes it was what she thought it was. A movement in the distance had caught her attention, A truck driving along..she had found the highway.
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