Tim Drake/Red Robin (bloodred_robin) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-02-27 17:04:00

Entry tags:

gk, inactive - lian harper, npc - tim drake, plot - "blackest night"

Running on Empty
Tim Drake has been hard at work for the last two days, rarely eating or sleeping since J'anna's death. Frank Wells was dead, so he couldn't have arranged this kind of sick surprise. Tim combed his memories for the extensive list of people who could know his identity and put something like this together. The resources necessary for this kind of psychological warfare were above and beyond those of most of his enemies, but there were a few who could still pull it off. But then it took a special kind of psycho to /want/ to do something like this at all.

All of Tim's thoughts kept going back to the League of Assassins and Damien Wilson.

Not for the first time, Tim wondered how much Lian had given Damien on all of them. He pushed that thought down. This wasn't her fault. She'd been honest about everything and she'd cut Damien out of her life. After all the pain he'd brought her, there was no way she'd go back to him.

But Damien had threatened to kill Bruce, Marissa and Terry; Bruce was dead, because of him. Cerdian was dead because of him. Giselle died because Tim couldn't trust her enough to be honest and now J'anna was dead because Tim hadn't thought to prepare for something like this. The guilt was eating him alive, but he couldn't give into that. He had to find a way to help Giselle rest in peace.

The abandoned sewer tunnels beneath Star City made a great place for a back-up HQ, which Tim had prepared for shortly after his arrival in town a year ago. He'd intended to move his operations here permanently, but never got around to it. Now, he had to choice.

The motion alarms picked up movement a mile away from his HQ, causing Tim to look up from the device he was putting together. He'd have ignored it and gone back to work, except now...whoever was out there was moving closer to the base. They weren't stopping for directions either.

He had incoming company. He raced for his uniform and mask, ready to greet his new guest.

He just hoped it wasn't Giselle.

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	bloodred_robin 2011-03-13 07:47 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not taking anyone else down with me, Lian. J'anna would never forgive me if something happened to you, too." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rightontarget 2011-03-13 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	"Nothing is going to happen to me," Lian said. "We're a team, Tim. You're stuck with us." She attempted a small smile. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2011-03-15 12:14 am UTC (link)
	Tim sighs and shakes his head. J'anna would say the same things if she were here now. And she would be here now if it wasn't for him. "We need to figure out where these things are coming from. Can you tell me what happened during your experience?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rightontarget 2011-03-17 01:26 am UTC (link)
	"I was attacked," Lian looked down at the floor. "By Cerdian. He just...came out of nowhere. But it's like it wasn't him at all. He was cruel...vindictive...vicious..." Her voice trailed off, and she became fixated on the floor. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2011-03-19 12:23 am UTC (link)
	"That was how Giselle and Stephanie were." Tim says quietly. "Giselle killed J'anna right in front of me without even blinking. Whatever is going on, the people we love and care about are being used against us. Lian, I need to know for sure, right now. Did Damien engineer this somehow?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rightontarget 2011-03-19 12:38 am UTC (link)
	"No," said Lian. "Tim, Damien showed up at my apartment. And when we were attacked...by Cerdian and Ra's al Ghul, Damien was as surprised as I was. I know Damien, Tim. This isn't his handiwork. Cerdian...Cerdian ripped out my Dad's heart...and he became one of those...those things." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2011-03-19 12:41 am UTC (link)
	Tim's expression is first shocked, then angry, then resigned. Lian wouldn't have invited Damien here, not after everything he's done...would she? "Wait, Cerdian killed /Roy/?" Tim asks. This was getting worse with every passing moment. "Where is Damien now? How did you get away?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rightontarget 2011-03-19 12:50 am UTC (link)
	"Tim, I had no idea Damien was going to show up. Believe me, it was completely unexpected." Lian nodded. "He just...ripped his heart right out of his chest without hesitating. And as for where Damien is, I honestly have no idea. We got separated." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2011-03-19 02:07 am UTC (link)
	"All right, well, then we need to get you out of town right now. If any of them come back, they might come gunning for you and you need to be out of the line of fire." Tim says. "I'm pretty sure we can get you in a car and out of here in ten minutes, tops." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rightontarget 2011-03-19 02:10 am UTC (link)
	"Absolutely not." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2011-03-19 02:12 am UTC (link)
	Tim looks at Lian like she just grew two extra heads. "Lian, let's be serious. We need to get you out of here." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rightontarget 2011-03-19 02:17 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not leaving." She folded her arms over her chest, glaring at him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2011-03-19 02:19 am UTC (link)
	Tim Drake has been stared down by the best in the business and he's not letting Lian back him down. "You're aware that you're pregnant, right? One wrong move out there and you or your kids, or all of you could be seriously injured or killed. I can't, in good conscience, allow that to happen." Tim says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rightontarget 2011-03-19 02:27 am UTC (link)
	"I know," Lian said. "I'll be fine. I can't just leave my family and my team to go to hell." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2011-03-19 02:30 am UTC (link)
	"And do you think Cerdian would go for that? Or J'anna? What about Mia or your dad?" Tim asks. Yes, he knows he's hitting below the chest emblem, but he's got to make Lian see reason on this. "No one will hold it against you for sitting this out, Lian. You have two really good reasons for it." Tim says gently. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rightontarget 2011-03-19 02:35 am UTC (link)
	Lian broke eye contact with him, staring at her feet. "I can't lose anyone else. Not again. And I can't sit somewhere, twiddling my thumbs, not knowing if you're going to be okay." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

bloodred_robin
2011-03-19 02:41 am UTC (link)

"Lian, you brought us all together for a reason, and I don't think you'd have chosen all of us to join you if you didn't think we could operate with you. Being down two members right now isn't something I enjoy...but I'm trying to honor Mia, J'anna and Cerdian by watching out for you." Tim says.

Especially since it's my fault they're both dead.

"You don't have to twiddle your thumbs. Keep getting the word out to the YJLA and the JSA. Help everyone coordinate so we know who we're dealing with on the other side. If Roy and Cerdian aren't here, they must be hounding other people.

They had a lot of connections, both of them."

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	rightontarget 2011-03-19 03:10 am UTC (link)
	"I can do that," Lian said. "I've been trying to get communications through to the other teams since I got here, though they're down for the most part." She sighed. "There's something you should know about my Dad, Tim. When he came near me...something happened. This bright light emitted from my stomach and he just...vanished. Like he was never there." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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