Marissa Wayne (batdaughter) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-12-27 22:07:00

Entry tags:

inactive - marissa wayne, npc - tim drake, plot - "blackest night"

I'm sorry to have to tell you this... (Keith and Tim)
(*takes places after the Songbirds finale*)

She still had Mia's blood on her. She still had on the wrecked remains of her party dress and one of the shoes and she still wasn't sure how much of the rest of the evening had transpired, but one thing stood out crystal clear. Mia was dead. Mia had pushed her out of the way and taken an arrow to the heart. An arrow fired by a madman that Marissa had pledged to stop.

She had failed, but that wasn't the painful part. The painful part was that her failure had ended the life of Keith's sister, of Tim's friend. She was responsible for the death of a woman dear to her boyfriend and her brother.

She had to call them. Keith first. Marissa dialed the number she knew by her very heavy heart.

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	batdaughter 2010-12-28 04:59 am UTC (link)
	After she got off the phone with Keith, Marissa called Tim. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2010-12-28 05:02 am UTC (link)
	Red Robin is out on patrol when the call is routed to him. He's just finished beating down a street-gang when he answers. "Long time, no hear, Robin. What's going on?" he asks, firing a line to the nearest building. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	batdaughter 2010-12-28 05:05 am UTC (link)
	"Tim, I need to talk to you." She winced when he called her Robin. Robin was a hero. Robin didn't get friends killed. "Can...can you go off patrol for a bit?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2010-12-28 05:28 am UTC (link)
	Tim didn't like the sound of that at all. "All right. I'm off now. What's going on?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	batdaughter 2010-12-28 05:37 am UTC (link)
	Marissa was quiet for a moment, though the muffled sounds of what might be crying could be heard. When she did speak again, it was with a ragged voice. "Mia's dead. I...it's my fault." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2010-12-29 12:54 am UTC (link)
	Mia...dead? Tim couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Marissa, I need you to slow down and tell me everything." Tim says, his mind working furiously. He needed to see this for himself, to understand what happened before he went any further. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

batdaughter
2010-12-29 01:00 am UTC (link)

Marissa took a deep breath. Retelling things was every inch as painful as living it had been and as the words to what happened moved from her lips she wasn't just on the phone; she was living it again, first in the Narrows going toe-to-toe with the Artist then finally pulling Mia's still-warm lifeless body from the harbor. She felt the chill of it cut into her bones anew.

Nothing was colder than blood.

"It's my fault," she repeated, her voice still ragged and her heart still raw.

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bloodred_robin
2010-12-29 01:05 am UTC (link)

The Artist? It couldn't be. The son of a bitch was in Super-Max. Mia had pulled Tim off the guy herself after she'd saved Tim himself.

And now Mia was dead. If Tim had just killed him when he had the chance, Mia would be alive right now. Marissa wouldn't have been targeted by him.

Yet another person whose blood was on his hands. Cerdian, maybe Jai West, now Mia.

"No, Marissa. This isn't your fault. It's /his/."

It's mine.

"Did you get him, Marissa? Does Keith Queen or her family know?" Tim asks.

God. He was going to have to tell Lian.

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	batdaughter 2010-12-29 01:09 am UTC (link)
	"Gordon's got him in the secure lockup downtown with guards on him. Jane and I took the scumbag out and I may have busted his face more than Batman would prefer but it wasn't enough. I wanted to kill him. I did." She takes a deep breath. "I told Keith." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2010-12-29 02:05 am UTC (link)
	"All right. I'm on my way to Gotham /tonight/. I just need to let a few people know what's going on." Tim says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	batdaughter 2010-12-29 02:10 am UTC (link)
	"You don't have to come, Tim." But she was glad that he was. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2010-12-29 03:39 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, I do. For you and Mia." Tim says. "I'll be there soon." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sonic_arrow 2010-12-28 06:05 am UTC (link)
	Keith hadn't gotten to the airport yet when his phone went off. The ring tone he had for Marissa, Kaleidoscope, signaled who it was. "What's up, babe?" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	batdaughter 2010-12-28 06:09 am UTC (link)
	"Baby, where are you right now?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonic_arrow 2010-12-28 06:14 am UTC (link)
	"I'm at the airport, why?" He paused. She sounded...off. "Marissa, is something wrong?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	batdaughter 2010-12-28 06:19 am UTC (link)
	"Which airport?" She hoped for Gotham. "Something's happened." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonic_arrow 2010-12-28 06:24 am UTC (link)
	"Gotham. What's wrong, Marissa?" He was already turning around to head for the exit. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	batdaughter 2010-12-28 06:28 am UTC (link)
	"I can't tell you on the phone. Can you come to Wayne Tower? The guard will let you pass. Penthouse floor. Door's unlocked. Just...please." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonic_arrow 2010-12-28 06:32 am UTC (link)
	"Sure," he replied. He closed his phone, hanging up, and headed for Wayne Tower. When he got there, the guard let him go through, and he went up to see Marissa. He opened the door and walked on in. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

batdaughter
2010-12-28 06:36 am UTC (link)

He'd find her sitting on an immaculate white couch, she a smear of dirt and drying blood, one of Mia's arrows in her hand.

The arrow.

"Keith..." She looked up at him, then looked away. She choked on her own words for a moment before forcing herself calm, redirecting her eyes to his. She had to look him in the eye.

"Mia died tonight. There was a serial killer targeting me--and her--and...and I thought I could do this. I thought I could stop him. Mia helped. Mia had my back the whole time, but the sonofabitch...he got her arrows...

"she took an arrow meant for me. Right to her heart."

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sonic_arrow
2010-12-28 06:48 am UTC (link)

Stone cold silence.

If Keith could explain it, he'd say he felt like he'd walked into a wall right as he walked through the door. But he was too choked up for words. It took a moment, but he started to tear up. He looked at Marissa, then the arrow in her hand, and then...

"W-what? Y-you're kidding, right? Mia can't be..."

He paused.

"Dead?"

Then he was hit by the full impact of what Marissa had told him. It was like taking an arrow to his heart. It dropped him to his knees. The waterworks started, and he just broke down. He didn't feel anything but sadness, and he murmured his wish that it wasn't true over and over again, like a broken record.

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	batdaughter 2010-12-28 04:09 pm UTC (link)
	The arrow was cast aside and Marissa moved to Keith, wrapping her arms around him. She had no words for him. What was there to say? She simply held him, as long as he'd allow it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonic_arrow 2010-12-29 12:41 am UTC (link)
	And he allowed it, for as long as he wept. Eventually he managed to work himself up to wrapping his arms around Marissa. "S-somebody...needs to tell Zach." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	batdaughter 2010-12-29 01:04 am UTC (link)
	"I can, if you want me to. I imagine someone needs to tell your sister as well. And your parents." Her embrace tightened a bit and she kissed his temple. "Tell me what you need me to do." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonic_arrow 2010-12-29 01:47 am UTC (link)
	"I... I need to tell my family." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	batdaughter 2010-12-29 02:10 am UTC (link)
	"Do you want me there when you do?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sonic_arrow 2010-12-29 03:20 am UTC (link)
	"No, but thanks. I just...need to go think about stuff." He needed to go kill the bastard that killed his sister. "I hate that Mia died. I hate it so much it hurts. But... I'm so glad that you're still here, and I hope you'll stay with me." No matter what he does. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	batdaughter 2010-12-29 03:21 am UTC (link)
	"I love you, Keith. I'm not going anywhere." Even if I'm the reason your sister is dead. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	hunters_moon 2011-01-22 05:53 pm UTC (link)
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