Re: SUBTHREAD - Nightwing arrives!
At the words of warning Nightwing tensed, waiting to pounce and keep the detonator from the madman. But then Nigma laid it all on the line. There was no way to trust him. Not at all. He could let Riddler go but what would stop him from detonating the bus just on a whim? This whack-job wanted him to take his word? They were all crazy and had the potential to be as ruthless as even the most insane member of Arkham.
But then he brought up Cypher. The kid seated before him had to have been working for Babs. There was no way some snot nosed kid would be stupid enough to work with Riddler. Dick wanted to visibly sigh at the ultimatum. He could go after Riddler but then this kid would have been turned into roasted geek; not something he was cool with.
"Yeah. Riddles get tiresome after awhile." Dick said, straightening his spine. He moved to the tables while the kid fidgetted. "You tell me how interested you are after a decade of them." Sliding the desks into a loose letter 'v' Nightwing was ready.
"I'm sure Oracle warned you about the dangers. So, you know, don't try this at home." Nightwing removed one of the two grapples from the gauntlets on his arm. With a short hop he landed, poised perfectly, on the arms of the computer chair and took aim. "First floor.." The rest of the sentence was lost as the grapple fired. Nightwing grabbed a fistful of his companion's shirt and the motor went to work. Dick kicked the chair away so that it wheeled between to two desks, acting as a buffer zone. The grapple carried them through the window and out into the Gotham air as the chair detonated.