Present: Fifty Shades of Black...Maybe...? (Also known as Present: NightAngel Will Sail)

"So," Winter clapped once and stood up, motioning for Night to get up. "We can leave when I finish looking over my work." She continued to look over his throat, triple-checking her patchwork.

Can I talk now? Night asked for the twenty-third time since she started patching his vocal cords.

She glared. "Can you shut up now?" She snapped back, feeling tempted to stab him in the neck.

Nightwing smirked lightly, making Winter feel like he heard that last thought...His smile widen, confirming her thoughts. That sneaky little troll...

You're making the 'no laughing' rule very hard to follow...

Winter couldn't contain it anymore, she burst out laughing. By the sound of a few...interesting noises, it seemed like some of the heroes weren't prepared for it.

Nightwing on the other hand knew it was coming.

"WINTER ANGEL!" Winter jumped, shrieked loudly, and fell to the ground, heart racing with the feeling she's going to start crying.

Once she was calmed enough, she heard muffled snickering. "Night! Don't laugh! YOU IDIOT!" Winter shot to her feet, rushing to check if he opened or punctured something...again...

"You could have broken or pulled something! Again!" She stopped fussing knowing that he wasn't going choke and die. Choke a little, maybe, but not bursting something that causes another avalanche of blood. Or death, it wasn't going to be his death. This time that is.

It was about then that Nightwing stopped trying to muffle his laughter. Chuckling softly, he spoke in a soft but firm voice. "It wasn't that bad."

Winter snorted unladylike. "You mean 'it wasn't as bad as last time'?" While she was relieved he can talk and not dying (even though he wasn't actually dying), she knew that if he continue to talk and push himself more than he should he will end up just like he had...before...

"When you say that, do you mean the time you had to shut down The Nest due to-" Two masked glares were sent towards Lucy, cutting her off as a ring sounded through the room. The three from The Nest blinked in sync.

"What is it?" Bart asked, running up to Winter Angel and Nightwing looking around for the source of the ringing.

Winter and Nightwing shared an amused look. "Just The Nest calling. Probably because of the current situation." Nightwing explained, watching Winter take a phone out of her pocket and answering it.

"Winter Angel good if she's using a normal cell phone, right?" Winter heard Batgirl ask the third Robin.

"What's up?" Nightwing watched Winter reply into the phone. She frowned, listening to the other end of the line. "And?" She got up and started to walk away, before she looked like she thought of something. Staring into his eyes, she stressed her next and last words to him. "Do not, please do not die while I am away." Then walked to the zeta tubes as if she didn't just demanded him not to die, continuing to talk on the phone.

Once Winter left through the zeta tubes, leaving the other heroes to ponder what was going on.

Nightwing cleared his throat, rubbing it slightly, stretched, then got up and walked towards Lucy. "She's going to need help helping Black Frost." He commented.

Lucy frowned at Nightwing, looking torn between an angry or a sad look. "That's nothing new. All her life she's felt like shed owed Black Frost everything. But, then again, you feel the same way towards Black Frost. Especially after the first time you met her."

Nightwing frowned, disgruntled over the fact that Lucy had to bring that whole mess up again. He could never get away from that part of his past, though everything from his past kept haunting him. "That is not how it is, Lucy, and you know it." He paused, thinking. "We're getting past it. We were doing great until this happened...again..." He softly said, sighing in exhaustion for what was to come.

"I'm going to see if they need help, knowing the situation, they will need it." Nightwing walked away, heading towards the zeta tubes to leave.

"Wait!" A speedster ran towards Nightwing, blocking his path of the exit. "You're leaving? You were just coughing up blood, now you're to help with a fight? Nightwing, this isn't normal! Even for a bat!" Wally exclaimed, fearful over the fact that he may not see his best friend for years, or worse and Dick would die. After he stopped talking, Wally noticed that his friend looked perfectly normal as if he never coughed blood just twenty or so minutes ago.

Wally wondered what happened and if Dick was even normal anymore (normal by bat standards, anyway). In those few seconds that Wally was thinking, he heard Lucy snort. "They aren't normal. I call it their orphan-turned-hero-turned-villain-turned-hero routine." She commented off-handedly.

Nightwing closed his eyes, feeling all eyes on him. The whole situation left Nightwing wishing for an emergency-

"Night, we need Static." Of course, he had to say something.

Sighing, he reached up and turned on his ear piece. "I thought we didn't need him until-"

"Plans have changed, more like sped up." Nightwing frowned, not because of her sentence but the fact that the first time it was Winter Angel's voice and just now was Black Frost's voice. Oh no.

"What happened?" He asked, feeling a huge headache coming.

There was a pause. "Just get back to The Nest." Now it sounded like both of Black Frost's and Winter Angel's voices together.

Sometimes Nightwing really hated being in the community of heroes and villains, vigilantes and criminals. Why him?

"What's wrong?" Lucy's voice cut through Nightwing's thoughts. She looked concerned, but also annoyed. Mostly concerned.

"Its Black Frost," She opened her mouth. "And Winter Angel." She closed her mouth, wide-eyed.

"I knew this day would come!" She scoffed. She stared at Nightwing. "Well, what are you waiting for? Go! And bring Stan with you." She said as an afterthought, looking over at the sleeping wolf who hadn't been in the conversation for awhile.

"But-" Many voices started. Nightwing knew what she was talking and gladly followed her instructions, taking his leave with Stan by his side.

The moment Nightwing left, Lucy could feel herself falling as she sank to the floor in-well, she doesn't know what she feels. On one hand, she understands why they do things the way they do, and on the other? She can't seem to understand anything that happens.

She was just exhausted.

"What was that?" Batman said slowly, if Lucy listened hard enough she could hear the concern and confusion in his voice.

She sighed. "A love triangle." Was all she said as she was too occupied by her thoughts.

"Love triangle?" Artemis-or was it Tigress-asked, confused.

"Yes," Lucy sighed, feeling even more exhausted by just thinking about it. "Winter Angel kind of had a crush on Nightwing before they met." She started off slowly, wanting to be clear and for them to understand better. "Nightwing met Black Frost first, it was an accident and a horrible situation-you'll hear one day-but they got close. Too close. They fell into an relationship between ally and lover. Then Winter Angel came and-" Lucy laughed softly at the thought of what happened. "She fell in love. Hard. While Nightwing broke down both Black Frost's and Winter Angel's barriers, Winter Angel broke down his walls. Now, everyone at The Nest is betting which one gets together first and when it will happen. So far, nothing seemed to happen aside from the almost kisses. There's way too many to count." She finished, looking around at the different emotions on everyone's faces.

Surprise, disgust, concern, happiness, sadness, really a whole range from those. Then there was Batman.

"Who are you betting for?" That one question surprised everyone. Some where they choked, some were shell-shocked, and Lucy was only a little surprised. Nightwing and her sister was right about Batman, Lucy thought.

"Batman?" Superman asked, concerned and confusion written on his face.

Batman gave him a look/glare, then stared at Lucy for a minute. "It seemed like they were really close." Was his only explanation.

Lucy smiled, they were right about Batman. "Sometimes it seems like they're way too close to each other. For the most part, they need each other. As simple as that."

"And?"

Lucy smiled sadly this time, knowing what he was asking. "I'm hoping for Winter Angel and Nightwing to get together. They're good for each other, and with Black Frost, its-" Lucy struggled for the right words to say. "Black Frost is a bad influence on both of them and brings them back into situations that could have easily been prevented."

Batman and Lucy stared at each other, masked eyes meeting brown, having a silent conversation only those two know it seemed.

"We'll help in any way we can." Lucy smiled a little at Batman's promising words and left the Watchtower.

~MsPenguingirl1234.

Published: July 2, 2017.