Nightshift 43: Main Hallway, 1-Center

[dahliahasthorns]

[From here]These two were just little Chatty Cathies, weren't they? Whatever. As long as they didn't start talking about how much their love could never be and got to kissing in front of her, they didn't have a problem here. Dahlia followed them as quietly as she could, doing a nice job of attempting to be stealthy and just looking ridiculously

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[unheroed]

[From here.]

Surprisingly enough, the amount of people thinned out as he reached their meeting spot. Harvey glanced around in slight paranoia, but the only thing he could hear was a commotion coming from the Sun Room. As far as he knew, that was nothing special, and he had no intention of actually heading in there. Hopefully Jason didn't either.

Speaking of which, where was the kid? Harvey didn't know where Jason was coming from so it was hard to judge how long it would take him, but he was already suspecting that this might be a repeat of what had happened in the courtyard earlier.

If Jason flaked on him again, then that was it. He was either going to find the kid himself and make him talk, or he was going to track Batman down by his own means. He didn't know what those were yet, but he would work something out.

Ten minutes. If Jason hadn't showed up by then, Harvey wasn't going to keep waiting. He leaned against the wall and smirked when he felt his gun dig into his side.

[no_ones_son]

[from here]

The area was surprisingly empty considering it was a main hallway. It would make it a lot easier to spot Alfred or the baby bird if they came along while he was talking with Two-Face but would make it easier for them to spot him too. He'd have to make sure they didn't hang around here too long. It wouldn't be difficult to convince Two-Face that they could look for a good place to lay their trap while he shared whatever it was he wanted to tell Jason.

Tapping the machete lightly against his shoulder, Jason approached the man standing on his own, making sure that he'd be heard so he didn't have to dodge the pipe over the guy's shoulder. Dent looked fine after last night - no major injuries that he could see. Maybe he'd thought to keep his face wrapped up so he didn't get mistaken for an especially ugly zombie. Or maybe he had unwrapped it and hidden among the hordes of undead.

"Two-Face," he greeted casually, "Tell me, did you score a hot date last night?"

[unheroed]

While Harvey had been waiting, he must have started slipping, since for a split second he'd thought he had seen the piping through the opposite wall, only to look back a moment later and find that nothing was out of place. He knew it was easy to make things up when it was dark and you were alone, but he usually wasn't prone to that sort of thing. He also hadn't been prone to seeing undead horses or people or parasite monsters until he had come here, so

[no_ones_son]

Jason hissed appreciatively when he saw the gun, grinning at Two-Face as he replied, "Can't get much hotter than that." He almost regretted not being able to find a gun for himself but the only way it could've happened would have been if he abandoned Nataku and he knew exactly what sort of asshole left a kid alone in that kind of mess.

"I didn't get anything near as nice but I can manage just fine with this." He tapped the machete against his shoulder again for emphasis. It was bulkier than his dagger and nowhere near as sharp but it'd do for taking care of himself. Guns and knives would only do so much against Batman, the most effective weapon against him had always been his guilt. And that was what made Harvey so useful, if it was true that Bruce didn't know Jason. The gun was just an added bonus. A really nice bonus.

[unheroed]

It was true that a machete wasn't even in the same league as a gun, but what Jason had was better than nothing. With both of them armed to the teeth like this, getting Batman where they wanted him would be a lot easier. They would be able to make sure he held still while they played around with him a bit, and then...

Then the coin would decide the man's fate.

Part of Harvey realized that if this all went down the way it was supposed to, he was going to learn Batman's true identity. It almost didn't seem possible; he had even posed as the vigilante himself to make sure that stayed secret. The identity didn't matter so much as getting vengeance on the man, whoever he was. Yet it was an added bonus... Was he a no-name, or someone of significance

[no_ones_son]

However the encounter with Bruce played out - and Jason had lots of different ideas for that - Jason had no intention of letting Harvey keep the gun once he was done with him. It wouldn't do to let a lunatic like Two-Face run around armed and dangerous. That just wouldn't be responsible of him

[unheroed]

It always came back to him being the one who drew attention, but Harvey knew that he couldn't argue with that. Even if he took the precaution of keeping his bandages on (which wasn't an option, as far as he was concerned), those also stood out. Not as much as burned flesh, but the point was that he was never going to be completely discreet again.

Then again, he'd gotten used to being recognized a long time ago. He hadn't minded being in the spotlight, being noticed. Now, though, it was just an inconvenience.

Heading into the Sun Room was a bad idea, and Harvey had no desire to return to the place where that horse had cornered him, leaving him with no objections for the direction Jason chose. The fact that he hadn't been this way yet was just an added bonus.

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