Bruce berça son ami tombé alors qu'il coulait dans le sang sur la pelouse couverte de neige. Lucius L'homme avait été un père et un grand-père pour tous ceux qui, à tout moment, étaient restés à Wayne Manor. Sa noblesse tranquille, son intelligence féroce, son dévouement à la justice et l'amour nourrissant qu'un homme comme lui pouvait posséder. Tout ça s'est arraché par le cœur de la glace battant à l'intérieur de Victor Fries. Il n'y avait pas de temps pour pleurer, pas encore. Il y avait du travail à faire. Selina le savait et continuait d'amener les traînards hors de la propriété et à la sécurité loin des maniaques mécaniques que le bon médecin avait amenés avec lui. Bruce a enlevé sa veste de smoking noir et l'a drapée à travers son fidèle compagnon, cachant son visage du froid. Il serait honoré assez tôt.
Barbara avait déjà fait une sortie rapide dans la grotte, regardant la bataille de loin. Il ne lui a pas fallu longtemps pour comprendre ce qu'il fallait faire de leurs agresseurs, c'était jusqu'à combien de temps il lui fallait pour faire les ajustements. Bien sûr, la jeune Mlle Gordon a peut-être été une hacker extraordinaire mais elle a aussi été un peu un coup de fouet avec des outils variés de Batman. Après quelques manipulations techniques et un peu de chance, elle fut finie et fut bientôt de retour en haut, remettant à Bruce son arme de choix. Il faut augmenter la portée de l'EMP, obtenir ceci entre le horrible deux-some et leur descente.
Bruce a lancé son batarang EMP avec une extrême précision. Frappant le centre du sol, l'explosion a frappé les tandems ainsi que leurs bombes cachées comme une voiture frappe un mur. En quelques secondes, c'était fini, les TANDEMS étaient tombés, les bombes avaient été éliminées sans le savoir et Bruce avait montré à tout le monde en une seconde pourquoi il était le putain de Batman. Un court mais doux moment a été pris comme Lucius était couché dans un endroit sûr. Son corps serait bientôt rendu à sa famille, mais d'abord son autre famille avait des affaires à prendre en charge. Bruce a amené tout le monde dans la grotte, y compris Kate, alors qu'il révélait qu'il était bien conscient de son identité depuis un certain temps.
Au milieu de leur tristesse et de leur colère, Dick s'est pris à lui-même pour finalement révéler les véritables motifs de l'attaque de ce jour-là. Ce qui avait souvent séparé Fries des autres voyous était son code d'éthique. Il était d'abord et avant tout un scientifique et n'a jamais voulu prendre une vie et il ne l'a jamais fait avant ce jour fatidique de Noël. Après des années de guerre avec le Batman et dans sa recherche désespérée d'un remède pour sa femme Nora, Victor a finalement fait une percée. Malheureusement, le destin est entré en jeu. Sur la course avec Nora à l'arrière de son camion, Freeze était en train de sortir de Gotham seulement pour être arrêté sur le pont Robert Kane par Batman. Peu de temps après, une vague de bonhommes de Freeze's descendit sur le vieux pont rouge, Batman fut débordé jusqu'à ce que Dick apparaisse parmi les assaillants et aide Batman à se battre contre ses agresseurs. Au cours de la lutte, Batman a forcé le remède à Victor qui a étonnamment guéri sa biologie de son infection glacée et fait de lui un humain régulier une fois de plus. Au milieu du chaos, une balle a été tirée et déviée par Dick en utilisant son bo. La balle perdue a allumé un pétrolier à gaz et la Nora gelée a été soufflée dans la rivière où elle a été perdue pour toujours. Le chagrin a finalement détruit ce qui restait de l'âme de Victor et l'a transformé en ce qu'il n'a jamais voulu être. Un tueur. C'est après cet événement particulier que Bruce et Dick se sont séparés. Tous deux blâment l'autre pour la mort de Nora.
Un homme de peu de mots, il était évident ce que Bruce allait dire et pour une seule fois, même Dick allait accepter les deux mots suivants pour laisser ses lèvres mentors.
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_“There was always one thing I could never teach my brothers. They just never understood. None of us became Robin because we wanted to. We did it because HE needed us to” – Dick Grayson_
**Name:**
- Richard John “Dick” Grayson
**Alias:**
- None
Robin and Nightwing (Formerly)
**Age**
- 27
**Occupation:**
- Detective (GCPD, Gangs and Narcotics Division)
**Skills & Abilities**
- Martial Arts:
◾Espionage:
◾ Acrobatics
◾Weaponry
◾Throwing:
◾Genius Level Intellect
◾ Tactical Analysis
◾Disguise
◾Investigation
◾Leadership
◾Tracking
◾Escapology
◾Intimidation
◾Stealth
**Equipment**
- Standard GCPD Issued Sidearm
- Formerly the Nightwing Suit and Utility Belt
**Personality & History:**
_My Little Robin_
Young Dick Grayson was born on the first day of spring, March 21st. His mother nicknamed him "little Robin." Little did she know how prophetic this term of endearment would be in her son's life. The Flying Graysons were a Romany family whose act was based around an unrivalled mastery of acrobatics. Dick had been trained from birth to join them and was the star if the show by age ten. Before a very significant appearance in Gotham City, in which The Flying Graysons were the main attraction of Haly’s Circus, they were asked to pose for a photo opportunity with Jack Drake and his family, including their young son, Tim Drake. On that evening, he overheard "Boss" Tony Zucco, a well-known and feared crime lord, threaten the performers unless the circus's owner paid protection money. The owner refused, and that night Dick watched in horror as his parents' high wire snapped, sending his parents hurtling to their deaths, all while many of Gotham's elite watched on. Young Dick felt responsible, because he failed to warn his parents in time. Shortly after, billionaire Bruce Wayne sensing a kindred spirit, approaches the boy and offers to adopt him. Thus a lifelong friendship is born.
_Becoming the Boy Wonder_
Shortly after moving into Wayne Manor, Dick became suspicious of his new friend when he noted that he never saw Bruce after 7pm every night. One evening he used his acrobatic skills to follow Bruce undetected…or so he thought. Eventually, tailing the philanthropist brought Dick to the Batcave where Bruce discovered the young boy and decided to share his secret. Bruce then offered to help Dick in bringing Tony Zucco. The orphan accepted and Bruce trained him for months. After initially having trouble accepting a name, he finally settled on his moniker being Robin, the name his mother had given him. The Boy Wonder had arrived and a legacy was born. Forming a secondary team and a long standing bond with a girl calling herself Batgirl, Dick protects Gotham alongside Bruce for six years.
_College – Enter Nightwing_
At age sixteen, Dick finally began to feel the strain of being Robin. He began to realise that he never actually wanted to be a hero, he only became one because he realised that it was something Bruce needed. Bruce needed someone to stop him from crossing the line. After more and more conflicts, the dynamic duo finally went their separate ways. Dick dropped the Robin mantle and headed off to college in Bludhaven. Once there, he signed up for veterinarian classes and roomed with a kid from Keystone called Wally West (who would become his life long friend) he even tried to put Barbara out of his mind by dating Helena Bertinelli (another person who would play a vital part in his future). Eventually the call for justice became too strong and Dick dropped out of college to enrol in the police academy. Knowing full well he could no longer use the Robin name (especially since Bruce had given it to Jason and then Tim in the intervening years) Dick took up a new name; Nightwing. Barbara soon joined him in Bludhaven and helped him protect the city as best they could whilst also rekindling their on/off romance.
_A Normal Life?_
After graduating the police academy, Dick began is dual life as cop and vigilante. For over a year, the two fought tooth and nail to clean up its streets and corrupt police force until eventually they had done it. Of course there was still crime but they had made a serious dent and we’re more or less happy with their work. Resolving that they had done all they could, the couple hung up their cowls and for the first time in twelve years they simply were Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon. The two moved back to Gotham and Barbara asked her father to give Dick a job with the GCPD. Commissioner Gordon, aware of his daughters and her boyfriend’s identities, allowed him to join up. Four years on, Dick and Babs are still a happy, normal couple living a normal life. At least they were until an invitation to a certain wedding comes in the mail…
**Character Impressions**
• Bruce Wayne: My mentor, my father, my burden. We've barely spoken since the incident with Victor and Nora Fries three years ago. Little shocked he invited me to the wedding. I'll do my best not to punch him in the face.
•Tandem: ?
•Barbra Gordon: I have loved Barb since we I first discovered who was under her mask. She's so distant lately. I've done everything I can to be there for her. She won't let me in completely. Then again, I've never let her into my heart completely either.
•Stephanie Brown: She's like the sister I always wanted. Little dork.
•Tim Drake: Tim is......Tim is what I should've been. He's the Robin Bruce always wanted.
•Damian Wayne: Little brat but he's changing slowly, it's a good thing.
•Cassandra Cain: Haven't had a chance to get to know her yet.
•Catwoman: So Selina and Bruce are finally getting together? Well I'm just glad he decided on Selina rather than someone like Talia.
**Extra:**
- Dick is a huge music fan, he does everything with headphones in, including police and vigilante work.
- He is well known as a civilian in the gotham underworld for his trademark converse shoes.
- Despite not talking to Bruce for years, Dick has managed to stay in the loop in regards to other members of the family, he has helped train and select several of the Robins
**Story Arc:**
_The Gray Son of Gotham:_
For the first time in nearly twenty years, Haly’s Circus returns to Gotham City. Dick is torn whether to return, at least to see if any of the old faces are still there. Barbara on the other hand thinks it a great idea for the entire extended Wayne family to head off for a night at the circus in order to reconnect. Upon their arrival, they are greeted by CC Haly who takes Dick off to the side for a private word. Haly says nothing other than an old nursery rhyme he used to tell Dick as a boy before disappearing into the shadows. Unnerved, he returns to the others with horrible feeling that history is going to repeat.
"Beware The Court of Owls, that watches all the time,
Ruling Gotham from a shadow perch, behind granite and lime.
They watch you at your hearth, they watch you in your bed,
Speak not a whispered word of them or they'll send The Talon for your head."
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