Thomas Kyle (cantkeepmeout) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2012-06-14 00:12:00

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To the Batmobile!
A sleek black car, hardly distinguishable from the shadows, speeds toward the highway exit with barely a sound. It was the sort of car that would have car enthusiasts drool if they caught a glimpse.

And he was behind the wheel.

Hey, Batman was retired but a car like this couldn't be left to collect dust.

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	cantkeepmeout 2012-07-06 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	"Very good of you, now move onto getting a new teasing victim before you start brooding on me. There's enough brooding around here already." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-07-06 08:28 pm UTC (link)
	"I think you need to get your own love life so you're not so focused on mine." She stuck her tongue out at him. "I don't brood." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-07-06 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	"Moping then? Because you were totally depressed when it came up over cheeseburgers last time," he teases. "And I don't make my love life as obvious as you do, existent or not." Being awfully mature he sticks his tongue back at her while keeping his eyes on the road. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-07-06 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Does that mean you have one? Who is she and why haven't I met her yet?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-07-07 03:49 am UTC (link)
	"No, it means I'm not as obvious about it as you." And besides, he's not sure if what he has counts as a love life. He'll settle for the sex life and complicated 'love life' he's got now. "And as if I'd ever bring any girl to the manor." Regardless of her day or night job. Nope, girls could never meet his family as far as he was concerned. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-07-07 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	"So what's her name?" Maria asked. She could tell by his answer there was someone in Thomas' life. "When do I get to meet her?" Maria had a feeling that she'd end up having to follow him one night and meeting this woman. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2012-07-08 06:26 am UTC (link)

He swore under his breath and rolled his eyes. "I don't have a social life. How am I supposed to meet girls who I don't want to meet you?" Well he didn't have a social life, that was true. And he hated ever having girls meet his family, in either universe, because he knew they'd embarrass him.

If he knew she might follow him and find out why he'd been coming back from patrols on quiet nights so late, he'd be mortified. But he takes the opportunity to send the Batmobile flying off the overpass onto the road below. With a squeal from the tires the car turns to block the way of the runaway van they'd been racing to cut off. "Want to hit it with sonething?" Well as far as ways to distract her from this topic this wasn't such a bad way to go about it.

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crossbow_bat
2012-07-08 10:10 pm UTC (link)

"I don't know if I should be insulted that you don't want a girl to meet me or complimented that you don't want a girl to meet me. Put it this way. Any girl scared off by me isn't one you want to be with and will be boring as all hell."

Now of course Maria was going to start following him at night.

"Just get me close enough and I'll take out the tires." She stood up and pulled out her crossbow.

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cantkeepmeout
2012-07-09 07:27 pm UTC (link)

"It's not about scaring off. It seems that wherever I am I have a family who will embarrass me." Not to mention that if they found out said woman was a thief? He's not sure what would be worse, the potential merciless teasing from Maria or AltDad's hypocritical lectures.

Darn. Well his only hope is that she might think he knows this girl as Thomas and not Robin. Either way, having her on his back about this mystery girl was probably going to end up in some inconvenient and mortifying experience. For him at least. He had a feeling Maria would find it amusing.

As the drivers of the runaway van squabble amongst themselves, they speed towards the looming black car. Thomas waited for a moment with a smirk for the moment they realized what was in front of them. Those expressions were the essence of fear. Ah, nothing like the view of striking fear into hearts in the very early morning. He makes the top slide down, so Maria could get a better shot, as he finally let's the Batmobile close in on its target.

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	crossbow_bat 2012-07-09 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	"You know," she started as she squeezed the trigger to send the crossbow bolt into one of the front tires, "I am capable of being on my best behavior and would be if I ever met her. I'd never embarrass you." Well not in public. Privately was a different matter. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2012-07-09 08:00 pm UTC (link)

"Uh huh. And answer is still no," he responds as the van's front tire blows out and it goes into a spin. Well it wasn't like this eventually embarrassing (and hopefully never-to-come as far as he was concerned) meeting would be very public. Rooftops only had so many visitors. Not to mention they were really frisky around each other. Shoot, he hopes Maria wouldn't run into that. It was lucky she hadn't already.

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	crossbow_bat 2012-07-09 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	Maria was so going to tail him now. "So if I decided to get serious with someone, I don't have to introduce him to you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-07-09 08:29 pm UTC (link)
	Mortified wouldn't accurately cover how he'd feel about the result of that. "Who said it was serious?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-07-09 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	"Well is it?" she asked. "You're not like me. You don't do casual." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-07-09 08:49 pm UTC (link)
	He hesitated then grudgingly admitted, "No it's...complicated." He watches the van's drivers abandon their getaway vehicle and try to run away down the highway. Right in the direction of oncoming police cars. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-07-09 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	"You're making it complicated," she said and pulled out a bolo. She spun it a few times over her head and then released it. It went flying toward one of the men and wrapped around his legs. He went face first into the ground. "What's complicated with dinner with her, me, you and whomever I can con into going with me?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-07-09 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	Thomas sits back and let's Maria have the fun of wrapping things up. Literally. Well he'd gotten to drive off stuff, it was only fair. "Am not. And there are many issues with that idea." Not the least of which was that she didn't know his name. And Robin uniform at dinner? Yeah right. And on top of this it was her turn to drive. Damn, he liked this car. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-07-09 09:18 pm UTC (link)
	Maria smirked. "Which tells me she only knows you with the mask." Maria spun and threw another bolo taking down another man. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-07-09 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	Well that's what you get for talking to people trained by The World's Greatest Detective. "Or I'm just concerned about your ability to get a date." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-07-09 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	"Now you're just full of shit," she said. "It's the mask. You should let her meet you without the mask one day." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-07-09 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	"Don't know about that. When's the last time you went on one?" Although her suggestion surprises him. "Not that simple. My secret ID is connected to yours and Bruce's, it's not my place to reveal those," he points out as police collect the nicely wrapped criminals. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-07-09 09:41 pm UTC (link)
	"That's not what I meant. I meant just run into her without the mask. Meet her as Thomas, not Robin. See how things go." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-07-09 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	Thomas shrugs and doesn't admit he thought of the same thing. "Perhaps. But it's risky." He starts to drive the car away. "But you still don't get to meet her," he shoots. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-07-09 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	"I will meet her," Maria said confidently. She would meet this woman. "Let's go home. I'm hungry." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-07-09 09:55 pm UTC (link)
	"Not if I have any say." But unfortunately he probably won't. "Sure." He's not going to point out it was her turn to drive. They switched after car chases after all. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)