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[Dinah Lance POV]
Recovery can sotis feel like a never-ending process. For , this was the case, and how couldn't it feel this way when your little brother could heal most wounds exponentially faster than you or any other human being without powers.
My broken bones and injured body slowly healed, or rather healed at a human rate with the best technology available; I honestly couldn't complain. With each day that passed, I felt a little bit stronger, a bit better.
But even though my physical injuries had healed, I was still left with the bitter mory of what had happened, or rather what hadn't happened.
I had left my baby brother to fight that thing alone.
Once again, he had to face another challenge without to help him.
I knew it was silly to think this, but even though I was aware of how foolish I was being, my mind couldn't help but wonder in the world of what ifs.
What if I had been there?
What if Amazo hadn't knocked out cold?
Had I been there, could I have prevented my brother's wounds?
These thoughts were exhausting because I knew the entire situation had gotten out of my hands, out of Oliver's hands, and David had simply taken control of the ship, saving , Oliver, and the city when we couldn't.
But as Oliver said, don't focus on the dark shadows of a fully lighted room. As much as the situation had gotten out of control, David had managed to co on top.
I needed to see the bright side of the events in order to finally put the whole ordeal behind .
He had won, Rachel and him had defeated the impossible, broken bones or not, and they both had survived, that's all that mattered, and that's all I should be focusing on.
I guess doubt and self-inflicted guilt runs in the family deeper than I thought, which is why I had to show my baby brother we couldn't let these faults eat us.
"You have that look that says, I will be a successful kick-ass woman today," Oliver said as he limped toward his bed.
I chuckled, tilting my head to the side. "Don't I always have that look?"
Oliver pressed his mouth into a tiny dot as he blinked rapidly. "Ehmm I refuse to answer that on the grounds that it may incriminate down the line."
I rolled my eyes; I was about to marry such a dork. And I wouldn't have it any other way.
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[David Lance POV]
It had been a little over a week since I had recovered from the aftermath of my fight with Amazo. When Batman contacted , asking to et and discuss the battle, I agreed.
Taking a Zeta tube, I t Batman at the designated location, and it beca quickly apparent that he had done his howork, even having on display on his screen the strategy I had used to defeat him.
~Hi,~ I waved, taking a seat.
"Black Bolt, I'm glad you ca," Batman said, turning his attention toward .
~Well, you called ,~ I replied.
"I did," Batman nodded. "I wanted to see if I had everything that happened in the battle in an accurate manner."
~Ask away?~ I nodded. Lesson 6 of Batman's thod, always triple check all data at least ten tis.
"Very well," Batman replied, taking a seat in front of .
For the next following minutes, Batman asked a series of questions, and answered each one honestly and directly, giving him all the information he wanted.
When the questions were done, we talked, exchanging information and ideas as to how we thought Amazo operated and united we ca away with a greater understanding of Amazo.
"Thanks for your assistance," Batman said, our talk coming to an end.
~It's nothing; had you not called , I would've co here to talk about Amazo anyway,~ I replied with a sigh. ~I still think the idea of keeping the android will bite us in the back sooner or later.~
"I know," Batman replied. "I fully understand your concerns, and the truth is, you are right. Chances are Amazo will be used against us again, sooner or later"
In short, aning that he wanted to study the thing for as long as possible before that happened.
~I know what your goals are with Amazo, but you are playing a risky ga there,~ I sighed, running my hands down my hair.
"I know. But, Amazo is a threat that we weren't prepared to deal with, as Amazo itself wasn't prepared to deal with you, had we engaged with the android, we would've had a much more difficult ti than you had."
I had my theories about why Amazo hadn't made quick work of , my theory being because I was a total unknown, and so was Raven, for that matter, aning that Amazo's programming only had counterasures against the core mbers of the League.
Based on the strength of the Android, whoever had programd it, had simply deed any other possible encounters as inconsequential for Amazo, deeming the machine's ability to copy powers, as well as the ability it already had in store to be more than enough to deal with any extras.
~Fair enough,~ I sighed.
"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. The next, when a threat like Amazo cos around, the League will be ready," Batman replied, his tone carrying total confidence about what he was saying.
~I will hold you up to that,~ I replied as I stood from my chair. ~Now, if you excuse , I have things to do, so I'll take my leave.~
"Wait," Batman said, his body language changing for the briefest of monts before he composed himself, showing during this brief break of character an emotion one only sees in a father concerned for his child.
Seeing Batman didn't see as a son, I had my answer as to why his body language had changed. Whatever he was about to say, or ask, was about Richard Grayson.
~You know he's the one that ghosted , right?~ I asked, going straight to the point.
Batman said nothing, and I had to admit, it felt good leaving the Dark Knight speechless for once, using his own weapon of choice, deduction. "I am aware, but you two need to talk."
I raised an eyebrow at that. ~About what, it's clear he doesn't want to talk to , and I won't force him.~
"About what happened during the Joker incident," Batman replied after a mont of silence.
About the Joker incident It's been a while since I had a talk about that. Now, what exactly do I have to talk with Richard that Batman feels we need to talk about?
I had long ago concluded Richard blad himself for what happened that day, so did Batman want to tell Richard not to bla himself for what happened?
No.
That didn't fit Batman's way of thinking.
If it was such a simple thing as dealing with unwarranted guilt, he wouldn't have asked to talk with Richard just now. No, this was about sothing else.
But what?
Unless
The guilt Richard was feeling wasn't one without rit.
I froze in shock, giving Batman a look, seeing his back, quickly connecting the dots, finally getting the entire picture of what had happened and why Robin had ghosted .
Batman had never sent us to that facility.
It was all Robin's doing.
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