Sam Weaver (angryarcher) wrote,
@ 2012-06-13 14:30:00

Night Driving- Thomas
Chasing down a lead on a drug ring had brought Sam to Gotham where he had run into Thomas again. After busting up the ring there the ringleader had already left and was headed Hub City. At least that's what they guy thy had scared into telling him had said. So they headed out to try and catch him.

Sam let Thomas do the driving since he still hadn't learned to drive himself. After several hours of late night driving they were both starting to feel pretty tired.

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cantkeepmeout
2012-06-14 03:15 am UTC (link)

"Hence the need for the big bad rep. Nobody is actually going to think you're going to break both their legs or shoot their balls off if you don't have it," he points out. "But it does make our job easier when they do think that."

He had to admit, the way some of them scurried away when they saw you coming was rather satisfying. Good, they should fear bats.

Although he's sure that they were responsible for the marked increase in bat phobias over the years.

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	angryarcher 2012-06-14 11:45 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah I can definitely see how that would make things easier," Sam says, "I would just actually shoot them with an arrow first." Usually one of his blunt arrow but sometime a pointy one. He would totally agree on that probably being the reason for increased bat phobias. Sam then yawned with exhaustion. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-14 04:02 pm UTC (link)
	"Shoot first ask questions later?" Thomas muffles his own yawn, knowing that since he's the one behind the wheel of the car breaking speed limits that he should probably stay awake. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-14 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	"Kind of hard to ask them questions while they are trying to run away or kill you," Sam says, "So yeah generally shoot then ask." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-14 05:28 pm UTC (link)
	"You know, since I'm the one here who can drive, isn't it your job to keep me awake? No napping man." Another muffled yawn follows. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-14 05:34 pm UTC (link)
	"What, I never needed to learn how to drive a car for stuff before," Sam says. Break into them sure, drive them no. "Let's see if this helps," Sam says turning the radio looking for some loud music to put on. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-14 05:38 pm UTC (link)
	"Really? Even with the arrow car around and collecting dust?" The music did help, and really with the speed they were going they already got enough attention from the very few cars they occasionally passed. "The old GA has enough to get you guys a car, or at least teach you to drive one." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-14 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	"What you live in the middle of a city driving isn't really that important of a skill to learn. Plus that car is a screaming arrow death trap." "Old GA is cool. But I'm more of a fan of the new one." He made a face at one of the cars as they passed it. Honestly who goes that slow on a highway this late at night. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2012-06-14 06:03 pm UTC (link)

"Hey, if it's a big enough city and you need to be somewhere fast...it's useful. Not to mention using it as a weapon in fights. Seriously, having that car drive into something has been a life saver before. Although you should really update that death trap anyway."

Thomas rolls his eyes at the snail-paced car. Really, it wasn't like there was police around, why go that slow? Speed limits were suggestions. "The new one seems more reasonable," he agrees.

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	angryarcher 2012-06-14 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	"I guess but it's just never come up as an issue before," Sam says with a shrug. "I'll leave that up to the old GA if he wants to do that. "Trust me you have no idea," Sam says, "The man's a fricking saint." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-14 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	"Nobody's a saint," he frowns, clearly thinking Sam was exaggerating. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-15 02:31 pm UTC (link)
	"Well I guess you are right about that but he's pretty darn close. And he certainly has the patience of one," Sam says. After all Connor was Buddhist. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-15 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	"So does that mean he takes screw ups better?" Batman could be patient, very patient, but it didn't mean he had patience for everything. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-16 12:26 am UTC (link)
	"Let's just say I was more than a bit of a handful growing up," Sam says. The stories Connor could tell about him when he was still in middle school. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-16 01:25 am UTC (link)
	"How bad?" It sounded like it'd be something interesting to keep him awake. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-16 01:32 am UTC (link)
	"Really bad," Sam says. He definitely had some troubles with school. "I ended up getting into five fights in one day of school and that was only before I got kicked out of school by second period." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-16 01:42 am UTC (link)
	"What did they do to set you off five times in one day?" Okay, well it wasn't like he'd never gotten in a fight at school, even thought Dad had very strict rules about it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-16 01:47 am UTC (link)
	"Honestly I don't even remember," Sam says with a small laugh, "I think I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed that day." Connor handled it pretty well and had decided to try some tai chi to see if that would work through some of the aggression. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-16 01:49 am UTC (link)
	Thomas shrugs, "Only time I've ever gotten in fights at school was about some guy making a shot about my mom. Granted, Batman didn't care and let's just say his rules about fighting in secret IDs are strict." "...So I take it you won?" Because that did matter. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-16 01:52 am UTC (link)
	"Yep," Sam says, "I was quite the scrappy freshman." "What kinds of shots did guys make about your mom," Sam asked curiously. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2012-06-16 02:03 am UTC (link)

"Trained by Green Arrow has to count for a little." Although he was of the opinion that it didn't count for nearly as much as trained by the Batman.

"...Stuff. Wasn't true but when people don't know anything about the situation they say that stuff. I broke his nose for it. Let's just say that set the rest of them straight too. Or at least left an impression." He knew what people thought when any woman was with the billionaire Bruce Wayne, and that was compounded when there was a kid involved. But they knew nothing about Batman or the fact that his mother had more than enough money of her own. People made the mistake about saying that stuff around him only once. He found ways to make sure the second time never happened without breaking noses. Bat glaring practice had many applications.

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	angryarcher 2012-06-16 02:09 am UTC (link)
	"Oh it does but back then I was still getting training and was mostly using stuff I had learned on the street," Sam says. Martial Arts was Connor's idea of anger management. "I completely understand that," Sam says, "Had some family troubles of my own back home." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2012-06-16 02:16 am UTC (link)

"Street fighting has its uses, we mix it with the martial arts because let's be honest, thugs don't fight fair." And martial arts, as Dad would stress, was about control. Had to be in control of yourself. Which didn't leave much room for anger.

"Nothing bad I hope," he says while doing a turn that clearly wasn't meant to usually be done at the speeds they were going.

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angryarcher
2012-06-17 02:17 pm UTC (link)

"Well at that point I was just starting to learn martial arts so I just used what I was most comfortable with in those fights," Sam says. Sam's martial arts training had more to do with acceptance than control and some zen stuff he still didn't fully get.

"Nothing worse than anyone else in the neighbor I was from," he says with a shrug as he tried not to let the fast turn move him too much.

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	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-17 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	Thomas nods understandingly. It made sense. "When did you start under GA?" Conversation was keeping him more awake and besides, it was good to know the person you were working with. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)