<div class="floatleft">(http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11115/111158823/4145675-marvel-wants-joseph-gordon-levitt-for-doctor-strange.jpg)</div><div class="floatright">(http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11119/111195216/4557194-8073001623-18868.png)</div><hr/><strong>Name:</strong>Richard ‘Dick’ Grayson<br/><strong>Nom de Guerre:</strong>Nightwing<br/><strong>Affiliation:</strong>The Bat-family<br/><strong>Time:</strong>October 17, 2015; 2000 hours | Saturday<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Batcave 2.0 | Hamilton Building | South Gotham<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Oracle, Superboy, Batwoman, Spoiler.<br/><strong>Talking to:</strong>Superboy, Batwoman, Spoiler, Red Hood<br/><hr/><br/>A break in at STAR labs? That could end badly in so many different ways. Not only did they have medical and research notes on countless different heroes, they also had access to higher technology that would be incredibly easy to weaponize. And not only that, whoever was trying to break in had a hacker that was just as their ‘Oracle’ which meant they were doing serious business.<br/><br/>Just as Dick started to wrap his head around how they might be able to deal with the break-in, and who might be ballsy enough to try and pull it off, a call came in to let them know that Poison Ivy was in the middle of breaking into the Gotham City Bank. Gears started to turn in Dick’s head, imagining who would be the best people to send out to deal with each problem.<br/><br/>Kate would be a natural against Poison Ivy, since Ivy’s hypnotic powers only seemed to work on men. Dick could tag along and assist, since he’d long ago built up an immunity. The only problem there  being that Conner would be left all alone to deal with the STAR lab threat, and Dick wouldn’t want Conner heading in all alone and blind. Dick could go with Conner, but that would leave Kate all alone against Ivy which Dick didn’t want to see happen just on the off chance that Kate’s sexuality meant she could get affected by Ivy’s kiss. But sending Conner to assist Kate against Ivy was a horrible idea, since Dick had seen what happened when Ivy got her hands on a kryptonian slave. And while he could go up against Ivy alone, sending the other two to deal with STAR, Dick had a sinking suspicion that whatever was happening there was gonna be big.<br/><br/><em>'I could see if M'gann or Wally would help out' </em>Dick mused momentarily. But he quickly discarded the idea and started to try and find someone else to bring in. Wally would probably be busy dealing with Central City, asking him to help with Gotham too just felt like too much to heap on him while he was still getting situated as the Flash. And M'gann... She might not have said it, but Dick knew she'd slipped up and but someone in a coma. Giving her a chance to fight along with some fellow heroes could make her feel better, and make her hold herself to a higher ideal. Or, as it had done in the past, it could send her into a downward spiral, seeing people who, as far as she knew, hadn't crossed a line like that. Dick would talk to her later, but he wasn't sure if teaming up with her was the best idea.<br/><br/><em>‘I could call in Jason’</em>Dick thought to himself. After all, Todd had nearly as much experience dealing with Ivy as he did and was also likely immune to her psychotropic effects. And even if he hadn’t managed to build up an immunity, his titular ‘Hood’ would mean Ivy would have a bitch of a time getting close enough to his mouth or nose to infect the half-dead bastard with anything. And that would free up Dick and Conner to deal with whatever was happening at the Lab. He was about to dial up Jason’s frequency when old Helmet Head beat him to the punch. THe beeping frequency in his ear let him know that Jason wanted a public audience with anyone who was in the batcave. A shoulder on Felicity’s shoulder, and a few taps on one of the displays in front of them, and Red Hood’s voice was sounding out loud and clear through the speakers.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=239084.msg11804941#msg11804941">Quote from: Red Hood (Doomsday) on 10-11-2015, 01:55:27</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Hey, O, are you hearing this?" He voiced over their linked comm network, the whoosh of jet engines roaring closer to him from behind. "If the rest of them have nothing better to do, Ivy's causing a mess at GCB, and I'm gonna go rip that bitch up by her roots." <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>“Well Speak of the devil.” Nightwing muttered under his breath before shifting into a more serious and formal tone.<br/><br/>“Okay Hood, here's the rundown. Someone is trying to take something from STAR Labs. We're not sure what they're taking, or who it is. We do know whatever they're taking is probably the next gen to the next gen, just a step or two below what we use for our gear. And we know they've got a good hacker on their side, which means they're probably not amateurs. Since there are so many unknowns, that's what most of the Family is gonna deal with. Looks like you're gonna handle ivy on your own, at least until we get to the bottom of the break in.”<br/><br/>This was Dick though, and he couldn't resist at least one jab at his adopted brother's expense. “But Hood, come on. We've both been fighting her since before we had chest hair. If you can't take her on without help, I'm gonna go back to the cave, go down to storage, get your old costume, then I'm gonna make you wear the short pants and pixie boots”<br/><br/>Then Conner mentioned that two more heroes had burst onto the scene, and Dick just shook his head in mock disappointment.<br/>“Ah, never mind about all that. Looks like you’re gonna get help anyway. Reports show Orin and Booster Gold are already on the scene. Damn, I was looking forward to seeing you in the booties again.”<br/><br/>Just as Dick signed Jason off, a new voice popped up over the announcer. A voice he knew very one. A voice that was supposed to be back home practising forms.<br/><br/>“spoiler huh?” DIck said through gritted teeth.<br/><br/>“I must have gotten blackout drunk last night and given you permission to go out patrolling, because the last I remember I told you to stay home and go through the practise regimen I gave you. And we both know you wouldn't do something if told you not to, so I must have gotten drunk and given you permission. That’s the only explanation.” Of course DIck knew he was being slightly hypocritical by being so harsh on Steph; After all, he’d snuck out to patrol with Bruce’s permission so many times and he’d been younger than Steph when he’d done it. But he felt protective of the younger hero, probably similar to how Bruce felt towards him. He didn’t really care if he wasn’t being fair, he just didn’t want to see her get hurt when a few more days or weeks of training would give her the skills to avoid injury.<br/><br/>“You’re right Conner, we will need our A-game on this. Which is why I think Spoiler should sit this one out. It might be nothing, a few amateurs who happened to get lucky, but something tells me it could get very bad very fast, and I don’t want her in a situation she’s not ready for.”<br/><br/>Then Dick let out a sigh and turned to Kate. It was her ‘batcave’ he was standing in after all. Her Oracle had gotten the call, had given them the report. The age old rule of ‘finders keepers’ meant that Kate had final call on the mission.<br/>“But Batwoman, your cave, your mission. You’re in charge, so it’s up to you whether Spoiler gets to tag along or not.”<br/><br/>Much as Dick wanted to spring into action, to deal with the problem, he stood by and waited for Kate’s decision. Bruce might have wanted him to take over as the head of the Bat-family, but Dick was in Kate’s house right now, and he was going to follow her lead. And besides, he’d seen Kate mad enough times that he knew getting on her bad side, treating her like he was in charge by default could only end badly.