[ The power's been cut to this entire city block, the incoming swarm is moving up on him fast, and it really comes down to luck that Dick spots the kid at all on his way to the opposite roof. A small, indistinct figure in the car, hovering by the door. Damn it.
But there's nothing for it. No other way. Escrima sticks out, he barrels through the window in a spectacular shower of breaking glass, taking a chunk of the sill with him. He still manages a fairly graceful landing in the aisle, keeping the sticks in his hands as he turns to look for the boy. There's no time. ]
Don't worry, kid, help is on- oh... [ He's had Clark to deal with, and then Jason. Jason, of all people, years older than he should be. That it's Bruce in the flesh, small and helpless, trapped in the last tram in the world a hand's breath away from disaster shouldn't be the punch straight to the gut that it is.
Bruce. He knows it's Bruce. Wearing a face he'd never known, and yet it's one he'd know anywhere.
To Dick's credit, the naked shock is smoothed away in a heartbeat (thank Jason for that, tbh), and the gloved hand he lifts in greeting is offered without a missed beat. ]
i; you monster
But there's nothing for it. No other way. Escrima sticks out, he barrels through the window in a spectacular shower of breaking glass, taking a chunk of the sill with him. He still manages a fairly graceful landing in the aisle, keeping the sticks in his hands as he turns to look for the boy. There's no time. ]
Don't worry, kid, help is on- oh... [ He's had Clark to deal with, and then Jason. Jason, of all people, years older than he should be. That it's Bruce in the flesh, small and helpless, trapped in the last tram in the world a hand's breath away from disaster shouldn't be the punch straight to the gut that it is.
Bruce. He knows it's Bruce. Wearing a face he'd never known, and yet it's one he'd know anywhere.
To Dick's credit, the naked shock is smoothed away in a heartbeat (thank Jason for that, tbh), and the gloved hand he lifts in greeting is offered without a missed beat. ]
Hi.