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Chapter 2: Hawk and Dove
A woman walks over to Dick, Rachel, and me, with us all sitting at a table. She asks us for our orders. "Just a coffee, thanks," I say.
"I'll have a coffee, black. Thank you," Dick says. He then turns to Rachel. "You want a hot chocolate or something?" he asks.
"Just coffee, black," Rachel says. "I'm not a kid, okay?" Rachel says.
"Okay. Same for the lady," Dick says.
"Okay," the waitress says as she pours our drinks.
"My mum didn't like me to drink coffee," Rachel says. She grabs a jar of sugar and pours it into the coffee. Dick chuckles.
"Sweet tooth, huh?" Dick says. Rachel steers the coffee. "Rachel… has anything like…. Like what happened ever happened before?" Dick asks.
"No. Not like that. I didn't mean to kill that guy," she says.
"How did you kill that guy?" Rachel takes a drink out of her coffee cup.
"We're gonna go see some old friends of mine. They're safe. They'll give us a place to lie low for a second, get our heads together. Figure out what to do next," Dick says. Rachel looks down. "You're scared. I get it. But sometimes, there's no time to be scared. No one's going to get you. Okay? I promise," Dick says.
"Where else am I going anyway," Rachel says.
"What about you Matt?" Dick asks.
"You two look like you could use as much help as you can get. So I'll stick around, at least for a bit," I say.
Scene change.
Me and Rachel are sitting on the couch, eating, with her watching the TV. "Syrio didn't have a sword! Or armor, just a stick!" the girl on TV says.
"The greatest swordsman who ever lived didn't have a sword?" the man on TV says.
"Hey, either of you want Pizza?" Dick asks, as he enters the apartment.
"Okay," Rachel says.
"Sure," I say.
"Anything on it?" Dick asks. Rachel and me just eat. "Don't let anyone in," he says. He is about to leave when he notices something. "Is that Game of Thrones? Should you be watching that?" Dick asks. Rachel doesn't respond. Dick goes to the door.
"Just don't get pineapple on it," Rachel says.
"Obviously," he says. He walks out. My phone rings. I answer it.
"Who is this?" I ask.
"It's me. Karen," Karen Page, a friend and co-worker, says.
"Oh, hey Karen, just wait for a few seconds," I say. I turn to Rachel. "You going to be fine if I go outside," I say. Rachel nods. I walk outside. "Well Karen, it's great to hear you again," I say.
"Matt, where the hell are you! you didn't show up for work this morning or call in sick. You got me and Foggy worried," Karen says.
"Sorry, it slipped my mind to call you. I'm going to be out of town to help a friend, and I'm not sure how long it's going to take," I explain.
"So, you just leave on us without filling us in?" Karen asks.
"It was a last minute sort of thing. I really am sorry about not telling you guys," I say.
"Foggy, wants to talk to you," Karen says.
"Alright, bye Karen," I say.
"Bye," she says.
"Matt, where the hell are you?!" Foggy asks.
"I'm out of town. And I'm not sure how long I'm going to be out of town. There's this girl," I say.
"Matt Murdock strikes again," Foggy says.
"No she's different. She's like me. She's…. not normal," I say.
"What do you mean not normal," I say. I hear something. "Matt!" he asks.
"I'm going to have to call you back," I say.
"Matt, don't you dare hang up…," Foggy says, but is cut off by me hanging up on him.
I walk into the room, and rush over to the bathroom to find Rachel. I hear Rachel chanting. "Rachel are you alright?" I ask walking over.
"No. Don't touch me, I don't want it getting out," she says. I rush over and hug her. I hear Dick behind us seeing what is happening.
"Don't worry, everything's going to be fine. I promise everything'll be alright," I say.
Scene change.
"According to the files the man who came after you appears to be a part of something called the doomsday cult. They apparently believe it's their destiny to stop the end of the world. Does that mean anything to you?" Dick says. Rachel shakes her head.
"Well, back when I was a kid, you know, I didn't get too angry or scared. 'Cause bad things happen," Rachel says.
"What sort of bad things?" I ask.
"I guess I'm an orphan, too, now. That billionaire, Bruce Wayne, he raised you?" Rachel says.
"Yeah," Dick says.
"Must have been cool," Rachel says.
"It was… complicated," Dick says.
"Does it ever go away?" Rachel asks.
"What?" Dick asks.
"The feeling you got left behind," she says.
"Yeah. Well, no, not entirely," Rachel says.
"You're gonna leave me too, aren't you?" Rachel asks.
"No. I'm not gonna do that," Dick says. I look down as I hear him lie.
Scene change.
"So, who are these guys?" Rachel asks, as we walk through the hallway.
"Old friends. Truth is, I haven't seen them for a long time," Dick says. He knocks on the door. Someone opens the door. "Hey," Dick says.
"Hi," A female voice says.
"Hi. I'm Rachel," Rachel says, introducing herself and offering her hand.
"Dawn," the female says.
"And I'm Matt," I say.
"Can we talk?" Dick asks.
"You are about four years too late, but sure," she says. We walk in.
"Wow. This place is huge," Rachel says.
Scene change.
"She killed someone. She is just a kid," I hear Dawn say.
"Whoever they are, they've got people in the department. We needed somewhere safe to regroup…. Think about what I'm gonna do," Dick says.
"What about Bruce," Dawn asks. Dick spits out the coffee he's drinking.
"He's not good with kids," Dawn says.
"Cop, huh? That's one I never would have figured," Dawn says. They sit on the bench.
"How are you?" Dick asks.
"We're great. Hank's feeling the life a little. Age waits for no man, and all that," Dawn says.
"How bad?" Dick asks.
"Two fractures, three concussions in the last year, and a herniated disk," Dawn says.
"Jesus, Dawn," Dick says.
"We're still good out there, Dick. Really good. But one slip up…," Dawn says.
"You should quit. You both should," Dick says.
"That's the plan. Soon as we take out these gun suppliers he's obsessed with. One more chance to do some good and he promised he's out. You could help us out," Dawn says.
"I'm out of the life, Dawn," Dick says.
"Hey, what the hell are you doing here, Dick?" a man says.
"Hank," Dawn says.
"I had a situation," Dick says.
"Nice little reunion you got going here," Hank says.
"You know it's not like that," Dick says.
"Sure looks like it too me," Hank says.
"Hank," Dawn says. Hank then looks over at me and Rachel.
"What the f***?" Hank says.
"Nice to meet you too," I say, sarcastically.
"Can we go back inside, please?" Dawn says.
Scene change.
"I put Rachel in the spare room and Dick on the couch. Matt said he'll sleep on the chair," Dawn says.
"It's goddamn summer camp," Hank says. "What's he doing here, anyway? Hell of a coincidence, him showing up here night before a job," Hank says.
"Coincidences happen. What, you think I called him?" Dawn asks.
"Did you?" Hank replies.
"I'm with you, Hank. Have been, will be. I'm going chalk it up to stress that you don't know that," Dawn says. She bends down. "But now that he's here, we could use his help."
"We don't need him. We've been fine," Hank says.
"We have been. But 'fine' might not be enough to shut down this gun op down. The three of us are unstoppable. We could go out on the win you want. And then you can heal, get better. WE can get better," Dawn says.
"He won't help us. He only watches out for himself," Hank says. Hank walks off. "People don't change babe."
"We'll see," Dawn says.
Scene change.
Dawn hands me a blanket. "So, you're Dove," I say. That causes her to pauses on the spot. "And Hank's Hawk, so let me guess, that makes Dick…. Robin?" I ask.
"Were you ears dropping on our conversation?" Dawn asks.
"No, sort of. When I was a kid, I was in an accident, which ended with chemicals in my eyes. And those chemicals had side effects, while it made me blind it enhanced my other senses. So, I guess you could say, I accidentally overheard your conversation," I explain. Dawn looked at me in surprise. "Oh, I'm also the devil of hell's kitchen, and I wouldn't mind helping you with whatever you have planned for tomorrow," I add.
"Thanks, but we don't really know you," Dawn says. She then smiles. "But it was sweet of you for wanting to help," she adds.
Scene change.
"Like the second-to-last one," Dawn says as we walk into the apartment.
"Yeah," Rachel says.
"I mean, I've seen it. You're gonna love it," Dawn says.
"Yeah?" Rachel asks.
"Yeah," Dawn says.
"Why don't you go watch it right now?" Dawn asks. "Take your shoe's off, both of you," she says.
Rachel laughs. "Okay," Rachel says.
"Yes ma'am," I say, and we all chuckle.
I go and watch the movie with Rachel while I listen in on the conversation about the 'job'. Then they talk about Rachel and Dick admits he's not taking her on and planning on leaving her here. And then Hank gets in and I know things are going to get bad so I walk over. Rachel follow behind me. Hank pushes Dick. "Stop," Rachel says.
"Don't you ever touch my girl now!" Hank says. Dick rams Hank into the wall.
"Stop!" Rachel shouts. Hank pushes Dick into the table.
"Stop!" Rachel shouts, but this time the thing inside of her is released and shatters the window behind them. Rachel starts to back away. "I'm sorry," she says, before running to the room she's sleeping in.
"Jesus," Hank says.
Time skip.
Dick knocks on the door, and me and him come into Rachel's room. Dick and me sit on opposite sides of the bed that Rachel is on. "I'm sorry. It's getting worse," Rachel says.
"You don't have anything to be sorry for, Rachel. I'm the one who should-," Dick says but is interrupted by a knock on the door. Dawn walks in.
"How are you doing, sweetheart?" she asks. Dawn closes the door. "Hank is sorry. He can be a real ***hole sometimes," she says. "We gotta go," she adds. "Hank and I have that thing," she elaborates, most likely to Dick. Dick gets up.
"Dawn, I really think you should reconsider. Okay, we both know it's too dangerous," Dick says.
"You win some, you lose some," Dawn replies.
"Take care of him, okay?" Dawn says. "He needs all the help he can get."
"Okay," Rachel says. Dawn walks out of the room.
"She needs your help," Rachel says to Dick. "I can feel it." I sneak out of the room while the two talk, I grab my devil of hell's kitchen gear and leave, following Dawn and Hank.
Scene change.
I hear gunshots, as I hear Hank and Dawn kick a group of thugs ***. "Dick was wrong. Only a few of 'em," Hank says. Hank pulls out some money from the back of a truck.
"Oh, yeah. Wisconsin, here we come," Hank says. Then I hear gunshots.
"Hank!" Dawn shouts. I rush over faster.
"****," I hear Hank say, when the gunshots disappeared, and I hear some thugs standing around him and Dawn.
"Where were we?" a man says to them. "Oh. Yes," he says, before reaching for something in his pocket. Metal hedge snippers. "I believe your pants were coming down," he says. He then does a few snips to emphasis his point of what he plans on doing. I then throw a baton at his face knocking him out cold. The baton flies back to me and I run into the shadows. The men try to shot at me but have no idea where I went.
"What was that?" a thug asks. Then my baton hits that thug in the face, the baton bounces of him and flies into the guys next to him, knocking them both out, before returning to me. The three remaining men aim their guns at me. I throw my baton at the guns two of them are holding knocking it out of their hands I then rush at the two, grab my batons, as they bounce back towards me and use them to knock them out. Then the last thug standing shots me before I could move. I try to dodge it but it hits my leg and I fall to the floor. He was about to kill me when Robin knocks him out. I let out a sigh of relief.
"Thanks, Grayson," I mutter. I then turn to Dawn and Hank. "You okay?" I ask.
Dawn helps Hank up. "We'll be fine. You?" she asks.
"Yeah. I've had worse," I say.
Scene change.
Dick and me go to the roof, looking for Rachel. "She's up here," Dick says. "Hey, what are you doing up here?" Dick asks. We walk closer, but she says nothing. "I was worried," he says. Again she says nothing so he walks closer. "Rach. What's wrong?" he asks.
She pulls out an envelope. "You were gonna leave me here," she says. There's a pause. "You said you weren't, but you lied," she says. "You must lie a lot. You're good at it," she says.
"What's she talking about?" Hank asks. Rachel walks over and gives Hank the envelope.
Dick walks over and says, "Hank don't read that. I-," he says before being interrupted.
"It's got my name on it," Hank says. Hank reads it. "What the ****?" he asks. There was silence. "You were going to leave her here? You were gonna pay us?" he says. Rachel walks over to the bird house.
"It's not that simple," Dick says.
"'I know you guys can watch out for her.' Seems pretty simple to me," Hank says. "You were gonna buy us."
"Hank slow down. He's just trying to help," Dawn says.
"Wait, did you know about this? You saw what he did," Hank says.
"That's enough," Dawn says.
"He's a ****ing psychopath," Hank says. Dick walks over to Rachel.
"Hey," Dawn says. The two of them continue to argue.
Dick puts his hand on Rachel's shoulder. "Hey, Rachel. I was coming back for you," Dick says. Rachel grabs Dick's hand and uses her 'magic?' before removing his hand. "Lair," she says. She turns to him. "You were never coming back for me," she says. The door to the roof opens and I hear four people. A family of a mum, dad, biff and sis. I then notice that they have explosives implanted in their skulls.
"Well, hello there, you five," 'mum' says.
"Who the **** are these guys," Hank says. Then 'dad' kicks Hank, knocking him over.
"Rachel, come on," Dick says, as he takes Rachel to a safe distance. Hank tries to get up while, Dawn and me rush in to try and help him. 'Sis' tries to hit me but I dodge by stepping backwards. Causing me to groan in pain. She then hits me in the stomach knocking me to the floor. She tries to hit me again but I grab her wrist and punch her in the face. 'Biff' then kicks me in the chest and I let go of 'Sis' wrist. She then punches me in the face knocking me to the floor. I fall unconscious.
When I wake up, I hear Rachel being forced into a car with the mentally insane family. I follow jumping from building to building. Not noticing Dawn's dying body on the street.
What do you think about this chapter? I'm planning on giving Matt more action in future chapters but there isn't much for him to do right now. And sorry if the fight wasn't that good. Writing fights isn't my strong suit especially when its with non-powered people.
As for the pairings vote,
Dawn- 3
Rachel- 2
Donna Troy- 2
Rose Wilson- 1
I'm not quite sure who I'm going to go with yet.
Also, would you like me to add any other marvel heroes to the Titans.
I hope you enjoyed. Please give me advise or constructive criticism, and until next time, ant-boy out.