Nightwing looked at the city below him, right under his feet. Speeding lights of cars were flashing on the black street. Sirens of Gotham's Finests' cop cars could have been heard, crime in this city never sleeps. Somewhere on the sky Batsignal lightened up the darkness. Batman and Robin were probably swinging between the rooftops on their way to the police station. He missed it in Blüdhaven. Nightwing smiled at the memory of Commissioner Gordon's shocked face at the sight of a boy under Batman's cape. He raised his hand to his ear.

"Orac- Batgirl. You copy?"

"You nearly slipped here, Hunk Wonder."

"Sorry, still getting used to it."

"I liked that name... You got the intel?"

"Yup!"

"They resisted?"

"Yuuup..."

"You're alright?"

"Yuh... more or less. Your ETA?"

"Turn around."

Nightwing smiled at his girlfriend. He heard a light thud when she landed.

"This new drug. It's called 'Blue'. Surely cause of his ability to turn it's victim's veins blue. I don't know what it's made of but..."

Batgirl hid her grappling hook in her belt and walked closer. In the dim lights they were nearly invisible but she noticed a darker place on his cheek right away. It was slightly violet-ish and swollen.

Barbara stopped in her tracks right in front of the ebony and gently ran her glowed fingers over it. Nightwing saw something flashed in her emerald green eyes, he didn't like it.

"Is that... a bruise?"

He gulped. Mad girlfriend? Doesn't matter that not on him? You can guess  what was going on in his mind.

"Nooo..."

"Nightwing..."

"Really, it's dark here, probably you just ima-"

"Dick." Stern voice. Not good.

"Who did this? Who ruined what's mine? Who dared?!" 'Oh, God...'

"No one, Babs." He didn't want this man dead. Not like this. He wouldn't go fast. No, it would be long and painful. One of Barbara's Gordon virtues is her protectiveness. It's pretty close to the one Nightwing has.

"Who!"

"I didn't get his name-"

"Grayson. I. Want. A. Name."

"I don't know!" His voice was a bit higher than he wished. "Go ask him if you want to. I'm sure he'll tell under this freaking-me-out glare of yours! He's at the BPD and... shit." 'Did I just killed a man? Oh God...'

"I will. Later." A pause. "And you did, adorableness."

"I said it out loud?"

"Yep. And now. What happened?"

Dick sat on the edge of the building, legs hanging over the colorful lights of the city at night-time. Gotham was dark and grim, but beautiful in her own way. While her citizens surely were afraid to go out after sunset, they fought for their city in the time of crisis. Go out on the streets to save their home. Rarely, but it happened a few times. Yes, if they didn't everyone would die and all that but sometimes even Bats couldn't handle mobs of thugs alone. Or a rebellion with pitchforks and torches. This one was really terrifying. Nightwing shook his head at the thought alone.

"I let myself get caught. But it was the only way to get informations."

"You... let?" She now stood beside him. She punched him in the arm. "Are you shitting me, you dick?!"

"No names."

"It wasn't a name." She glared at him but he glared back.

"I had it under control."

"How?!"

"They used rope. Rope, Barbara. Like I haven't learned escaping when I was five. Seriously, it's okay." He kissed her and held her face in his hands, gently rubbing her cheek with his right thumb. "I'm okay."

Batgirl leaned to the touch. Shadow of a smile in the corner of her mouth."I know. I know, Wing. But you're protecting Blüdhaven, city even MORE corrupted than Gotham - and it says something. It's not that far but if something would happend or if you needed backup... it still would take long, and... we may... I may... what if it takes too long?"

'Oh... so that's what this is about.'

"I'll be fine Barbs. Pinky promise."

She smiled and hugged him. Nightwing took a risk and slung her cape over her head. Then he ran to the edge and leapt over it. Barbara threw it back onto her back and murmured under her breath. "Oh, it's on, Boy Wonder." She went after him.

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Fourteen year old Dick Grayson, or rather Robin, the Boy Wonder, jumped over the air conditioner on the rooftop. Barbara Gordon or the young Batgirl was right behind him. He sat on the edge, looking down, and the girl sat cross-legged beside him.

"So wha-"

He hushed her by putting a finger to his lips. Then he pointed at something below, in the alley. He then whispered:

"We don't want them to know we're here, now do we? All the fun from scaring all the aster from them would be ruined."

He moved himself so he was laying on his back, palms under his head which he laid on Batgirl's lap. He smiled at her glaringly. Then he rolled off the roof with a wink. Batgirl leaned over the edge to find her best friend only to see around five men cornering a young girl. She smiled at the sight of a glimpse of yellow fabric.

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"Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's not gonna be saved by the big bad Bat?"

The thugs were dressed in green with black (kind of violet-ish) question marks. Brunette girl looked terrified looking at one of men's slightly yellow teeth and having her back rested against cold wall. He grinned disgustingly and reached for her hand. She screamed for help.

Something human-shaped fell on poor-not-so-poor guy instantly knocking him out.

"Riddle me this, riddle me that, which one of you wanna first get whacked?"

Robin cracked his knuckles. His cape fell down behind him.

The criminals shifted uncomfortably and the girl quickly ran off, sound of high-heels clicking on the concrete sidewalk was spreading in the night.

"You must think you're funny, huh?"

Boy just tilted his head back and let out his signature cackle. Men exchanged anxious looks.

Then another person came down at them knocking two to the ground and then doing a front flip, landing next to Dick. She looked amused but angry too.

"You think you can get away with a theft?" She paused and rage was visible on her face. "Or a rape?" She spitted the last word with so much venom that it would last to kill the whole species.

One of the guys stepped forward with his arms crossed across his chest.

"And who are you, little imps?" He threw his arms around. "There's still four of us here. Don't ya think that the chances aren't equal?"

"Yeah" Robin said casually "so we're gonna give you a head start." They both smiled and K.O.-ed their 'opponents' in twelve seconds. Bats would be disappointed that it took them this long but they wanted to play a little. At the end of the fight, Grayson somehow ended up higher. He look at her.

"Ya know, I may be not be very chalant, but we make helluva team." Something flashed across his face. "That's not gonna change, right? We're gonna have each other backs?"

She was standing there and he just made very 'Spider-Man' move on her, kissing her while hanging upside down from a bar.

One of the thugs shifted on the ground trying to get up.

"You kids are dead when I-" Batgirl kicked his head once again putting him into slumber, not even looking at him.

"Always, Birdboy."

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Nightwing hit the last dealer in the head with his escrima stick. Man fell to the ground with a loud thump. Batgirl looked at her boyfriend. She crouched beside one of the dealers and took something out of his jacket's pocket. It was a small bag with something neon blue in it. A powder.

Nightwing squated next to her. He searched through the other pockets and took out another one. He looked at it under the moonlight.

"I think we just found our mysterious 'Blue' drug. It's not much so I think they just started selling it in Gotham. Can you run tests of it?"

"Already on it." She tapped something on her glow and her wrist-computer showed a hologram of the drug's atomic composition. Batgirl's eyes went wide.

Dick put a hand on her shoulder.

"What happened?" Then he looked at the hologram and felt something sinking in the pit of his stomach.

"It's not only very addictive, Dick..."

"It's deadly."

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Soo... this one is a little longer. I love Graybat, okay? And since it's in Young Justice... well ;) What can I say, I finally have the will to write! There's one more chapter in THIS book but there'll be more! So stay traught!

G'night
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