Chapter 3:
Damian walked out of the party, frusterated. From the sounds of it, he has been missing his half sister by minutes, maybe even seconds! He tugged on his suit's tie, ready to pull it off.
She apears, does something, and disappears. It was becoming her pattern. Might as well call her a chameleon.
Well, she's efficient, if anything, Damien grudgingly admitted. Whoever she talked to wasn't admitting anything. Except for a few pale faces, everything seemed normal.
As Damien walked down the road, he tried to look back and see a reason for her to be here. What was he missing?
Well, he missed her. (Not by much.) So he may as well head home. He doubted that she left any clues behind.
As Damien entered the airport, Thief was waiting in the terminal for her plane. As it turns out, they were riding on the same plane. So as Damien sat down, looking at the sign announcing the plane's time, Thief was writing in her journal. She was creating a draft of a letter to send to her family. That is, until she looks up because she can't remember how to spell 'anarchy' and she sees her FREAKING STEPBROTHER in the same terminal as her. She freezes and looks down again, thinking fast.
What to do? Does he know she's here? Wait, hang on, why is she freaking out? He doesn't know who she is, or what she looks like. (He knows who she is in regards to being his sister but Thief doesn't know that. She's referring to her identity as 'Thief' and 'Hana'. She's also referring to her disguise.) As a blonde with a short skirt and a tan, he may attract more attention, but she won't be recognized. She hopes.
(FORGIVE ME BUT IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE I'VE RIDDEN A PLANE SO I DON'T REMEMBER THIS IF I MAKE A MISTAKE I'M SORRY!)
As Thief is putting her notebook back into her suitcase, the plane opens, and the call goes over the com to board the plane. Damien gets up and leaves ahead of her. Thief makes a snap decision.
She will follow and observe her brother, determine why he's here, and maybe figure out more about his character. (She doesn't know his superhero identity. YET.)
Thief picks up her luggage and boards the plane. The trip passes without incident. A screaming child, mostly sleeping passengers. Thief plugs in her headphones and listens to the rap track of Hamilton and thinks of Richard. Damien stares out the window, frustrated and bored.
When the plane lands, Thief makes sure to exit first so she can see where he goes. Damien immediately sets off to the taxis. Not picking up any luggage, Thief noted.
Thief trailed Damien at a safe distance. He never detected her. Not only was she that good, but he was distracted toward the entrance by a bunch of girls hitting on him. Hard. Thief made note of them in case she needed to act like a big sister and dump a beverage on any of them. Luckily, Damien escaped the parade of make up without and on him and the girls get to keep their pride. Mostly.
Damien is about to jump into a cab when he realizes he isn't far from the subway (I DON'T NOW JUST GO WITH IT I'M TIRED) so he sets off for the nearest station. Thief wanders after him, at least until he's pushed into an ally way by a drug addict who points a gun at him and demands his wallet or his life.
Damien hesitates to reveal himself, thinking he could easily handle this guy, but he isn't given the chance. Since Thief doesn't know Damien is Nightwing, she thinks she is saving him when she jumps into the alleyway and tries to steal the gun. At the exact same time he lashes out to disarm the man. Their attacks cancel out and the man is pushed back with the gun still in his hand.
The man laughs at Thief, still dressed as a blonde and fires toward her but she rolls out of the way. Damien tenses to help, but as she rolls away her wig falls off. Damien is astounded by a familiar hairstyle that he doesn't realize he's being shot at. Thief knocks him out of the way and gets shot in the process. She doesn't back down, but she starts bleeding and cursing in her head profusely.
Damien doesn't see this, only hears the gunshot and remembers there is an armed robbery attempt in progress, so he turns his attention back toward the man. Thief throws a knife at the gun and knocks it away. The gun is knocked from the man's hand and Thief punches the man out cold.
Damien turns to face Thief properly and the first words that come to mind when he sees her holding her stomach with a red liquid dripping onto the floor.
Thief smiles and tosses her wig back on. "So, I don't suppose you can forget you saw me when you report this to the police? See? You can take all the credit. No biggie."
Thief is inwardly praying that he'll agree so she can leave. It's bad enough to be in an awkward situation with her step brother (SHE STILL DOESN'T KNOW THIS IS JUST A REMINDER), but to be caught with her real hair AND shot? How embarrassing for her.
Damien is torn on what to say. He's debating between 'You're shot you need help' and 'How the hydra are you here right now?' but before he can make a decision Thief waves and leaves back the way she came. Damien runs after her only to lose her in the crowded street.
So, guess who's back?
SURPRISE I'M NOT DEAD HAHA HA Ha ha… yeah I went through a rough time in real life right now… but I'll be fine… If I lie to myself enough do you think I can make it be true?
