Elliot closed the door to the young Damien Wayne’s room. It was late enough that he had fallen asleep after playing a few games of darts with himself and Alfred.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABwoxtX5QW
He returned to the kitchen where Alfred was cleaning some silver.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxryGFjls4I
“Thank you for putting master Damien to bed, Mr. Argus.”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡss4dfNEfbN
Elliot took a glass and was half done filling it with water before he replied.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEp9BmO5Rp
“Don’t mention it Alfred.”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQGsmUBfbP
“It’s late, if you’d like you can stay the night if you’d like.”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswoix0k6TY
“Thank you for the offer; however, I’ll just stay until Mr. Wayne arrives.”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MFikK2GD7
With an ‘as you wish’ Alfred returned to his duties, leaving Elliot to wander around the mansion.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcea5rpH3I
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvIBxmGdv0
After wandering around the manor, a squeaking caught his attention.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylNsQWwDzz
It couldn't be mice. He thought. Alfred keeps the manor far to pristine for that.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkT3RMLgKNQ
He followed the noise until he came to one of the many living rooms within the manor. A movement caught his attention within the dark recesses of the room.
Flipping the light switch, the squeaking grew more shrill and finally Elliot discovered the animal responsible for all the commotion, a bat was within the face of the grandfather clock.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHPsr93pfC
“Well, hi there little guy; how’d you get in there?”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIm83wkRjvB
Elliot opened the glass covering of the door, he tried to get the bat in hand instead, knocking the hands of the clock into a 12 o'clock position. The clock swung backwards and the bat soon disappeared down the staircase that was hidden behind it.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWWB7p2uW6
What the fuck? A hidden stairway?
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2xs1O0j52
He stood at the entrance, listening for any noise within the manor, now that the bat was gone, however, it was silent.
With one last glance, he started down the stairs.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXJ0xgIAVL
_______
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnKusLMCRJ
He walked down, lights on the well kept stairwell darkening as he reached the end. The stairwell let out into a large underground cavern.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRFdEGNU98
The bright flood lights kicked on illuminating some kind of terminal at one end of the room. As he walked over to examine it, a shine of glass caught his attention.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwPndzlUhO
A case full of suits, Batman suits.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAFlIZgBvq
Elliot felt his face shift into annoyance.
This was why Bruce felt the need to go out at night unattended?
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrSLuRUwTC
“For fuck’s sake, Bruce. Of course he’s Batman.”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRA89obaO6i
He turned and looked at all the gear within the cave. All tech that he’s been making with time and resources from Wayne Tech.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0slwgDSXK
How is it possible no one has figured this out?
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTNSL6NyS6
With a sigh, Elliot turned deeper into the cave where a gadget caught his attention. A glove rested within a protected glass case.
A little placard read: ‘Livewire ‘02’
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWbMr9nTtm
‘Livewire’? The electric villain? Her suit I bet would be invaluable to the conductive issue the Gotham suit is facing…
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBUDUG2msz
He carefully put a gloved hand on the door of the container and waited for the alarm to trip, but it didn’t.
He pulled the torn glove from its resting place and placed it in his pocket before closing the door. He turned and headed for the stairs when something shifted from deep within the cave. He looked on as he saw car lights heading towards him.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVFUTlZA21
With no time to run for the stairs, he hid behind a stalagmite off to the side as a bike came into view.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKHgQEBbMi
It’s rider came to a stop as Elliot recognized the outfit.
Red Hood?
“UGGGH!!!” With a wail, the man ripped the helmet from his head and with a loud echoing ‘thunk’ it clattered against the cavern floor. Someone was getting out of a car.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4Mtl6x29i
“Jason! It’ll be fine! Tim’s a capable guy!”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwkAXbQ6do
“Dick! You don’t know what Joker is capable of! Not like I do!”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfr7C99dp2
The two men began stripping out of their clothes still speaking as they did.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNO9cVcvW0s
“Dude, Joker flat out admitted that he didn’t even see Tim! He’s fine! Probably just found another way out of the building!”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoVKLbP3Lr
“Tim’s dead and it’s all my fault! I left him alone in there!”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieJzbMRh50
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiRBDhrIHl
Elliot shifted as the two exited up the stairs and the lights within the cave dimmed.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4jdvRLIV4
Fuck me, Jason Todd is Red Hood. And Dick Greyson is Nightwing. They were talking about Tim. What did Joker do?
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80rasF56kA
Elliot struggled with the questions floating through his head but stood up and carefully walked up the staircase.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkREwH5qale
He could hear Jason still screaming about this, that, and the other as he headed down the hall nearly walking into a half-asleep Damien.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6THZLz3aq
“Whoops, what are you doing up, champ?”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8QQkuFv3S
“I can’t sleep with all the yelling Jason’s doing.”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2md2vwGWO
“Fair. I was just about to see him myself.”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOrNiq1PYn
As the two of them turned into the kitchen, the yelling stopped. The three men in the room all staring at Elliot who spoke with a lopsided smile.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xc5VFUtbb
“Jason, I’m glad to see you guys back, but Damien is trying to sleep you know.”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUOHSdNnEL
“We have more important things to worry about! Tim’s gone!”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RPU7FLjMP
Elliot made his best confused expression, which frankly wasn’t hard.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5o43UwThND
“You lost Tim? At a nightclub?”
“YOU LOST DRAKE AT A NIGHTCLUB!?”
Damien was now fully awake and lunging for Jason as Elliot restrained him.
“Wait until Father hears about this!”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4i7tyyaSHZ
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCqf71RsqB
“Hears about what?”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkCvRcpHLr
Bruce stood in the doorway of the kitchen, suit coat carried over his arm and the top few buttons still undone. Elliot noticed a twinge of red lipstick, on his collar but said nothing as the two boys tried to come up with something to say; unfortunately, Damien beat them to it.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkL1fqPXNJ
“Dick and Jason lost Tim at a nightclub!”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkZtiqoEaq
Immediately, the color in Bruce’s face drained.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl58aXikfg1
“What!? Which one we have to go search for him!”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZq1HL7sHS
Elliot let Damien down and put a hand on Bruce’s shoulder.
“Look I’m sure you all wouldn’t be worried over nothing but come on, Tim probably out with a girl.”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxjnJbdjHo
Everyone in the room stared at him with a knowing expression. He felt his face growing red as he retracted his hand and spoke.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8yUB3UF3R
“Look, a guy his age would only leave a club without letting someone know for one reason, just saying.”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBiqvElxUB
Just as he was about to fill the silence, an intercom sounded on the wall and a woman’s voice called out from it.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fbtxh5vff
Excuse me, I got...what’s his name? Right. Tim here. Lindsey said I could drop him off here?”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpKoV6IKeF
There was a collective sigh of relief through the room as they all heard. Elliot himself took a breath he didn’t know he had been holding while Alfred answered the intercom.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptXyOU7HPM
“Ms. Lindsey sent you? Allow me to open the gate for you.”
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAP20UbcH6d
He pressed a button and headed towards the front door of the manor where all of them waited anxiously.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcGE1exTVQ
“See Jason? Tim’s fine.”
Elliot heard the quiver to Dick’s voice as an orange jeep pulled up to as close as the door.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2DQdsZDYp
Bruce was out of the door before the girls could even help Tim out of the back seat. He didn’t recognize either of the girls, one looked like she should be in a surfing competition in National City; the other girl looked like a doll, except for the scrapes on her knees.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiqS6qjNiJ
Tim was soon in the house and the girls had said their goodbyes. Apparently Tim was at a nightclub with the younger girl. Now that everyone was safely accounted for though, it was time for Elliot to head back to his own home.
After a quick goodbye to Alfred as everyone else was busy looking after the hungover recently found Tim, he departed the manor.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswFdbLnorw
____________
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktvpSbK9q6
As he got home near one in the morning, he finally looked at his phone, there were a few messages from friends and a missed call from another. He quickly sent her a text.
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOpWvR8hDu
‘Hey, sorry I missed your call. Was working all night. But I’m off tomorrow, well today, I’ll call once I wait back up later.’
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREYiNBEb0C
…
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2sm6lHvvx
‘Understood, I’ll look forward to seeing you at the rally tomorrow at Gotham Park. Sleep well.’
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizx8Pgo4Hg
…
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpf7A20BEc
‘K. Night Ives.’
186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHm2bOkH5TD
Elliot plugged his phone in to charge and plopped onto his bed. Pamela always seem to find new events for him to go to for saving the environment, oh well, he’d be super to wear something nice.
ns3.142.35.176da2
