Part 4

Brian Caspin felt a cold shiver run up his spine and he froze, turning slowly around to see who was behind him..He breathed an audible sigh of relief when he saw that no one was there..and mentally cursed himself for being so paranoid..he still had another few minutes before Taylor turned up with the information he had for him..Though he wished the man had picked a better spot to meet, Caspin wasn't fond of dark alley's at night, no matter how private they were.

"Little bit jumpy there ain't cha."

Caspin jumped at the voice that came from above and behind him and whirled around, looking at the rooftops of the buildings at the side of the alley for the owner of the voice..His eye's fell upon the green clad Archer who had an arrow nocked an aimed at him, the Archers cocky grin doing more to unnerve the man than the arrow itself. "W..What do you want?" he stammered.

"Oh it ain't me that you should be concerning yourself about..I'm a pussy cat compared to him!" Green Arrow replied, nodding at the man to indicate he should look behind him.

Turning slowly, Caspin felt his heart race and his eye's widened at the dark clad figure who stood behind him..the figure was a terrifying sight at best, a sight that Caspin had left Gotham to avoid. "I..I..W..What are you doing here?..This ain't Gotham." he manage to stutter, his mouth suddenly becoming dry and his knees beginning to shake.

Green Arrow appeared to one side of him. "I think he knows that..You know this ain't Gotham don't cha Bats?" the Archer paused waiting for a reply, but when none was forthcoming he continued on "See Bat's here ain't real talkative..But never mind..I am..You can chat with me if you like?" he said conversationally.

Caspin put his hands in the air...He wasn't even going to try and take on two costumed hero's..maybe if it was just the Archer he'd have a chance, but Batman?..No way, he wasn't even going to think about it. "I'll tell ya what ever you want..if I know it that is." he said, swallowing nervously.

"Roy Harper" Batman said, his voice dark and harsh.

Caspin swallowed again."I just got paid to grab him..that's all. Well it wasn't just me..I hadta round up a dozen others to help me..We didn't hurt him or nothing..Hell he hurt us more'n we hurt him, we just had to dope him and hand him over."

"Hand him over to who?" Green Arrow asked..stepping closer to the man.

"David Baily..The guys name is David Baily. " Caspin spat nervously, keeping his eyes on Batman as he spoke..

"And where do we find this David Baily?" Green Arrow asked threateningly.

Caspin continued to keep his nervous eyes on the Dark Night as he answered. "I don't know..he found me, never told me where to look for him..He's connected to Austin Dixon..that's all I know."

"And Austin Dixon would be?"

"He's a psycho that runs some way out cult over in Switzerland..the Order of Human Perfection..or some such other crappy name..something like that. I swear that's all I know..I wouldn't lie to ya man." Caspin said pleadingly as he took a step back.

Batman removed some handcuffs and held them out, Caspin meekly placed his hands in front of him as the Caped Crusader cuffed him.

"And ya didn't hurt him?" Green Arrow asked.

"No they wanted him unhurt..They were real kean on pointing out what they'd do to me if I hurt him..He wasn't hurt when we handed him over that's all I can tell ya." Caspins voice broke slightly and he breathed deeply, trying to stem the anxiety that had begun to make him tremble.

"Okay..I believe ya." Green Arrow said, then he reached out and gave the terrified thug a hard slap on the back of the head, knocking the man to the ground.

Caspin cast terrified eyes on the Archer, too frightened to say anything else.

"Next time I'm talking to you..If ever there's a next time..You look at me, not dark and scary there..got it!" the Archer said.

Caspin nodded rapidly."I got it..I got it.' he said.

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Roy felt the familiar trembling inside of him..the anxious feeling that accompanied the heroin jones that was rageing within him made his blood rush..he hated it..he hated himself for wanting so desperately the only thing that could stem the god awful feeling that engulfed him, he felt sick..sicker than he'd felt in a long time. He had no idea how long he'd been in this place..or how long he would end up being there, and he didn't care anymore, all he cared about at that moment was the sound of the key in the door that would bring the relief his body craved.

The sound came and Roy uncurled himself, pushing his lean body upwards so he sat on the bunk, watching the man that entered with haunted bloodshot eyes.

The man smiled... for once the fire in the Archers eyes seemed to have faded.. the first few days they had needed to restrain him. "Are we going to need to hold you down again today?"

Roy shook his head. "No." he whispered..hating the weakness that made him say the word...wishing he had the strength to fight, but knowing to do so would be useless anyway..and knowing he wanted what the man offered, he wanted it so bad he could taste it.

"Good..it'll be easier this way." The man said as he walked over to the bed, pulling Roy's arm out and using a small alcohol swab to clean the inside of his elbow, before inserting the syringe he carried and injecting the drug into the red heads arm.

Roy shivered as the drug rushed through his system..then pushed himself further away from the other man to rest his back against the wall, before bending his knees to his chest, wrapping his arms around his legs and resting his head on his knees...and allowing himself to slip into the warm safe feeling the flooded over him.

The man reached out and patted the Archers shoulder. "Enjoy it while you can..it's not gonna be free for much longer." he said, laughing at his own words before turning to leave.

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