Submersing himself in work was a coping mechanism. Much how some people use humor to mask their insecurities or how to deal with a difficult situation. Jason felt like being out longer. To have his knuckles bruised and try out some new equipment, but he had other responsibilities. Those that meant more than just those that concerned beating ( Read more... )

Another war band, this one in New York, New York. The replicant army spreads loose throughout, as Lobo commands this rabble of part-automated maniacs. A group heads for the Empire State Building. Another goes for the Rockefeller Center ( Read more... )

There are auditions happening somewhere else in the building. In fact, they're happening not too far from where Bette is right now. She's working on her vaulting. It isn't what she's known for at all. She's usually on the uneven bars - spinning and releasing, flying through the air and grabbing onto the bar at the last second to throw her in ( Read more... )

Now that the meet and greet part was done, it was time to separate the wheat from the chaff ( Read more... )

It's been quite some time since her capture by Onomatopoeia. Since finding her 'student' in the trap with her, and then finding out her 'student' was the trap ( Read more... )

Titans business is kind of like the subway trains in New York City, Dick's decided. It'll be relatively quiet for long stretches, and then inside of a month, they'll get slammed with things like new recruitment potential, things exploding, the universe trying to come to an end ( Read more... )

There are thoughts in his mind at night that flash in hues of red and shades of gray. The presence of abuse in the past bringing something to mind. How much rage flushes about in the back of his mind? Most of this would spark fear or dread, but his anger has been his greatest enemy and ally. It’s gotten him through a crime infested environment ( Read more... )

The cargo-elevator comes to a shuddering halt in a well-lit undergound storage facility, and the gates automatically open, showing Jesse and Jason the layout before them ( Read more... )

Out in the hallway Jesse slows to normal speed, and finally stops.

"Guy's a little difficult to find. I hope he didn't end up already heading home..." She walks a bit more, and then stops again.

"Computer, please tell me the present location of Red Hood... Red Robin... whatever you have him in your database as."

Bette Kane fought against sleep for as long as she could manage it but finally she succumbed to it. She thought that her dreams would be terrifying but instead there is mostly murky images with nothing that sticks with her as she comes back to the surface of conciousness. There are images that cling to her but they don't fit together, they don't ( Read more... )