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Tim Drake/Red Robin ([info]bloodred_robin) wrote in [info]dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-10-19 18:07:00


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Entry tags:inactive - max szasz, npc - mia dearden, npc - tim drake

Vigil (Open to Star City Heroes)
Red Robin watches from the fire escape of the business across the street of Star City General Hospital, keeping an eye out for anyone who looks out of place. He sees Detective Falconeri of the Star City P.D. holding down the scene for the third night in a row, since Roy Harper was brought in with a gunshot wound. The shooting hadn't been publicized yet, hadn't hit any airwaves or made any headlines, according to the Detective. Someone high up in the government has called in favors to keep things under wraps. That was the first thing that caught Red Robin's attention.

A late night visit to the Police Department's file room uncovered the second: the shooter was ID'ed as none other than Slade Wilson. Deathstroke. A man with a long history of hatred against Roy's family and Roy's adopted father, Oliver Queen. On paper, this looked like the perfect way to get at Oliver; shoot down his son during a business meeting in the Triangle and make a break for it.

Only, Slade got caught. Another flag raised immediately.

There only other witness to the crime was dead, also by Slade's hand, which made Tim wonder.

"Who benefits...?" he asks himself as he keeps an eye on the scene. The most likely scenario is that Slade shot down Roy to get at Oliver. Slade's always been better prepared than this, though. He's been able to fight the whole Justice League to a standstill /solo/, so killing Roy should have been easier than breathing for him. Roy didn't see it coming and Slade motive, means and opportunity.

Yet, Roy is alive, in critical condition and Slade is imprisoned.

Who benefits from this kind of chaos? 
 



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[info]questionthis
2010-10-19 11:27 pm UTC (link)
These events had also caught Max’s eye too. He loved looking into conspiracies something he had picked up from his dad and with the government connections already evident he could help be try to get a closer look. He had pretended to be an intern from his dad’s new station to get what he could legitimately from the police which hadn’t been much given how tightly a lid the where keeping on this case.

He decided to check out the crime scene for himself to see if it could tell him anything else though in costume this time with his mask.

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-19 11:32 pm UTC (link)
The sound of a grappling arrow could be heard, and Red Arrow was next to Red Robin in several seconds.

"Hey."

Of course, Mia was fully aware of Roy's situation, what had happened to him, and more importantly, who did it to him.

But something about it didn't seem right. Slade didn't do sloppy work. He didn't leave loose ends.

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-19 11:34 pm UTC (link)
"Hey. I'm sorry about what's happened. Do you need anything? How's the family holding up right now?" Tim asks.

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-19 11:45 pm UTC (link)
"Right now, I wish I could just find Deathstroke and kick his ass to Kingdom Come, but Dinah already had to stop Ollie from going out and doing something stupid.

As for the family, we're holding up. Just wondering where the hell Lian is. No one's been able to contact her." She sighed. "You've been working with her. Any idea where the hell she's gone off to?"

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-19 11:54 pm UTC (link)
"13th Precinct, Cell 22, until tomorrow night, at least. Then he's being transferred to Super-Max to until his arraignment next week. Between all the people he's killed here, as well as around the world, he probably won't make trial here.

And that's assuming that none of his multitude of allies or enemies don't break him out before then." Tim grumbles. They'd all need to be especially watchful for those who tried.

"Lian...has been out of contact, Mia. She left over a month ago and hasn't checked in. I've been holding off on looking for her because I know /why/ she left, basically...but with this, she needs to know. This isn't something someone should walk into cold." Tim says.

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-20 12:01 am UTC (link)
"I'm surprised no one's tried yet, to be honest. I know that Rose and Joey wouldn't want anything to do with him, but I'm a little stunned that one of his buddies in the League of Assassins or whatever the hell he's a part of hasn't made an attempt yet.

Or that no one's tried to kill him."

Mia gave him a Look. "You knew that she left? More importantly, you knew why...and you didn't at least tell me? Or Roy? No one's heard from her! No one knows where she is! You could've at least given us some notice so that we knew that she was at least okay, and not in a ditch somewhere."

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-20 12:13 am UTC (link)
"I didn't know Slade had ties to the League anymore. We definitely need to watch out for them, then. Especially if Ra's decides to try something, though I don't see why he would." Tim says.

"Mia, I'm sorry, but she only told the Outsiders with a note left on the fridge at HQ after she'd already vanished. I was going to tell you, but...some other things came up and I got shot a couple of weeks ago. Nearly dying makes it hard to talk." Tim says.

"We ran into the Royal Flush Gang trying to knock off some gear from one of Oliver's buildings. When we, the Outsiders, went after them... we found that Cheshire was working with them.

Lian froze against her mother. I had to fight her off and she nearly killed me, Mia. I think Lian went to go find her. Lian's pretty resourceful, but if Cheshire's gone off the grid, Lian's likely walking into a trap somewhere and she's shutting all of us out." Tim says.

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-20 12:21 am UTC (link)
"I don't know who Slade has ties with anymore. I was just throwing out who he's likely tied too. Slade's pretty well-connected."

"Damnit," Mia muttered under her breath. "Lian's pretty damn smart but when it comes to her mother...she tends to go into these things without thinking."

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-20 12:41 am UTC (link)
"Yes, she does. I tried to talk her out of it, but she wouldn't hear a thing I said. So did J'anna. Of course, when Lian decides to do something, she's going to do it.

For people who aren't related by blood, that seems to be a common trait with you and her." Tim jests.

"Look, I'm going to give it another few days and then really put my network out there to look for her. Maybe she's on her way home and we can both just chew her out for not calling." Tim surmises.

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-20 01:00 am UTC (link)
"It may or may not be a family trait. We're looking into getting it checked out," Mia said with a smirk.

She nodded. "Fair enough. I won't say anything to Ollie or anyone else. It would just end badly."

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-20 01:45 am UTC (link)
"Thank you. Besides, I'd like it if I could give Roy good news about Lian or Lian good news about Roy. It would only upset them both to hear about each other as things are right now." Tim says.

"How are things with you and Zach?" he asks.

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-20 01:54 am UTC (link)
Mia nodded. "Not a problem."

"Good," she said, "Though we've both been busy. With everything going on. It's not everyday that an archery goddess show up and makes you her Avatar to kick a Titan's ass."

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-20 02:01 am UTC (link)
"Okay, that's a new one on me. You mean all that madness was started by Gods? Figures." Tim says.

"I'm glad the damage done wasn't too widespread. Luthor deserves every bit of crap they hit him with, but the people who work for him don't, nor do the regular people trying to go on with their everyday lives." Tim says.

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-20 02:09 am UTC (link)
"I don't know who started it. All I know is I'm on patrol and Artemis shows up, and asks me to be her Avatar. Which was pretty damn awesome. It felt kind of good, to have that kind of power, even it was just for a short while."


Mia shook her head. "No. Luthor isn't a saint, but I don't wish any ill on the people that work for his company that are trying to make a living."

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-20 02:17 am UTC (link)
"In the meantime, we're all that Star City has. I met someone else, over in the Triangle, who could use some help out there. It's bad there, Mia. I'm really surprised that more hasn't been done.

Once Slade has been handled, I think we should turn our efforts to cleaning that place up once and for all. I've got a business venture ready to go that might help in keeping some of the children in town away from the gangs." Tim says.

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-20 02:47 am UTC (link)
Mia sighed. "The Triangle is hard to work with, all the times I've been over there.

Then again, it's hard to go back to someplace that makes you want to throw up every time you go by the place that was a living hell for you."

Mia got out, though. Others weren't so lucky.

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-20 02:53 am UTC (link)
"I'm starting an organization to give children alternatives to the streets. It's called Neon Knights. I've been talking to some investors from around town and I think this could really work for Star City. If it does, I'm going to open a center or two in Gotham and see how it takes.

Eventually, I'll go worldwide with it, but I've got to start small." Tim tells her.

"I'm also going to start going after the gangs here and get them to either stop or shut down the dealing, the prostitution rings...all of it." Tim says.

"I've got back up in some ways, but I could use it from you and maybe Oliver as well."

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-20 03:03 am UTC (link)
"You've got my help," Mia said, "Ollie will probably help too. But you've got me.

I've been helping out at the youth centers around here for years. I've seen what happens to some of these kids, Tim. Hell, I've lived it. But not everyone gets taken in by a billionaire."

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-20 03:09 am UTC (link)
"No, they don't. You, me, Roy and Dick all somehow managed to get on the Lucky Train as kids. I have to say that I've thought about it, Mia. Adopting a kid who needs someone to believe in them the way Green Arrow and Batman believed in us, once upon a time." Tim says.

"I wouldn't introduce the kid to The Life, right away, but...I've got money, I've got life experience and I think I can make a difference in some kid's life. I feel like it would be selfish of me to /not/ try." Tim says, looking out over the city.

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-20 03:18 am UTC (link)
"I don't have the money," she said. "That's one thing I've been firm about never taking a lot of from Ollie. But I've got the experience. I've seen what can happen to kids that fall in with the wrong crowd because they're too scared to go anywhere else. Hell, I know what happens.

And I'm not going to sit on my ass and watch the same that happened to me happen to some kid that's too afraid to go to bed, not sure if they're going to wake up the next day. That's not why I'm doing what I'm doing.

And I sure as hell don't plan on spending the time I've got left doing nothing."

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-20 11:30 pm UTC (link)
"Mia, did you get new news from the doctors? Is something wrong?" Tim asks quickly.

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-20 11:40 pm UTC (link)
"Nothing's wrong," Mia said, "I just...I hate waiting, Tim. Yeah, I don't dwell on it, but it still sucks not knowing when it's going to happen, ya know?

Which why I don't sit on my ass twiddling my thumbs. I'm out here every night."

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-21 01:09 am UTC (link)
"There's something else I've been meaning to talk to you about, Mia. I've been working with a doctor here in Star City by the name of Joe Hunter. He's a virologist as Star City GH who's worked extensively with HIV-Positive and AIDS patients.

He's come up with a new drug regiment that's shown some promising results. Most of his patients report a lessening of fatigue-related symptoms and pain associated with their conditions. I met him down in Africa while I was away." Tim says.

"I've been funding his research since I learned about it, and I've checked him out thoroughly. He's on the level, Mia. This isn't a cure, but...maybe it's something that will help you." Tim says to his friend.

Of course, Tim has put money into a couple of promising projects regarding HIV in order to help Mia, but he'll never tell her that. He knows she won't take charity or something that isn't available to everyone out there.

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-21 01:17 am UTC (link)
And if Tim had told that it wasn't going to help people that needed it more than she did, Mia would've told him know.

"As long as he's helping those that need to be helped most, that's all I need to hear, Tim," she said.

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-21 11:00 pm UTC (link)
"It will, Mia, but it's also going to help you in the meantime. I know you've got people taking care of you, but let an old friend help out, too." Tim requests.

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-21 11:53 pm UTC (link)
"I guess I could," Mia said with a smile.

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-21 11:55 pm UTC (link)
"Good. Because I'd hate to have to tie you up and make you let me help you." he says.

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-21 11:59 pm UTC (link)
"I'd kick and scream, too," she said.

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-22 12:01 am UTC (link)
"Yeah, you probably would. Your screams wake the dead and make cats cry." Tim deadpans.

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-22 12:06 am UTC (link)
"I didn't think they were that bad." She smirked.

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-22 12:08 am UTC (link)
"You were doing the screaming. The rest of us had to hear it. I think Bart used to go to Jamaica when you inhaled." he snickers.

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-22 12:19 am UTC (link)
"To be fair, I only screamed unless there was a good reason." She said, laughing. "Like that time Bart decided that it would be a bright idea to auction off the female Titans underwear on Ebay. Not his best idea."

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-22 12:56 am UTC (link)
"Yeah...I tried to tell him about that. Rose took that one /very/ poorly." Tim chuckled.

Of course, Rose mentioned at the time that Tim could have a pair of hers if he liked...and how he could get them. That made for a tense month.

"I didn't think he was really serious."

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-22 01:11 am UTC (link)
"Only because he didn't ask. If he'd ask, Rose would've probably gladly given him a pair with a smile on her face."

Mia laughed.

"It's Bart. You could never really tell when he was being serious or joking."

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-22 01:24 am UTC (link)
"Yeah, she probably would have." Tim agrees.

"Bart is pretty crazy, for a Flash.

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[info]redarrowmia
2010-10-22 02:18 am UTC (link)
"To say Rose is forward is just a bit of an understatement."

"Not crazy, just...Bart. He can't really be put into words."

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-23 03:53 am UTC (link)
"Hey, crazy is a word." Tim reminds her.

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[info]bloodred_robin
2010-10-28 10:52 pm UTC (link)
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