Dick made a mental note and added a line to the timeline of events. He rarely believed in coincidences.
Dick gave her a wary look. "You're not going to tell him I got caught by someone else, are you? I mean, that lady should not have been in that hall. No one should have!" Absolutely complaining.
He took a deep sip of his coffee, enjoying it. He drank the coffee at the Bludhaven Police Dept. because of convenience when there wasn't any running to the latte shop, but it was utter swill compared to Alfred's coffee. He had his eyes closed, leaning back in his stool with the cup held close to his chest, just so the aroma kept drifting up to his nose.
"All right. So let me give you a run down of the facts, then we'll get in on questions." He opened his eyes, and his voice changed, no longer bright inflections. He'd been raised by a detective, so when it came to the facts, he stated them as such, blue eyes fixed straight ahead as he rattled off the information. And there was a lot.
"May 16th, Gregory Leonard Smith, alias for a former Hydra chemist was murdered in his home via injection to mimic natural heart failure. Within weeks, two similar victims found in North Carolina and New Mexico, but written off as failed burglaries.
"June 22nd, a group of Gotham vigilantes took down an experiment ran on a local, small time drug dealer. Victim of experiment expired five weeks ago from heart failure after being moved to a nursing facility. The vehicle for those overseeing the experiment ended up in Chinatown, which soon became compromised ground for holding their operation.
"Also August 1st, the operation, now known to be Hydra, had relocated to the wrong vigilante's turf and forced to move, but short a case of valuable paperwork and a fluid theorized to be another attempted dose of meta-inducing serum.
"August 10th, same crime crusader had a visitor who claimed to be Steve Rogers, now confirmed as fact. Rogers left the clues for Red Hood to continue pursuit of Hydra operations in Gotham. With a little assistance.
"September 9th, Captain America is filmed in Oslo stopping an assassination attempt and pursuing the Winter Soldier.
"September 16th, Edward Nigma reappears in Gotham.
"September 17th, Connor Hawke receives a text message from Captain America letting him know he'd be in on a flight. This was false information, as Captain America was already state side and merely watching the airport. He later wrote Connor a letter apologizing for the falsehood and to let him know that he is being monitored.
"October 6th, another Hydra operation is struck in Gotham. Survivors of the raid should have been picked up by SHIELD operatives, but there are current doubts as to whether the message got through to the 'proper' authorities.
"October 13th, two days ago, the Iceberg Lounge in Gotham is the scene of a shootout. The vehicle of the attackers is later found blown on the street with some deceased. Rumors state attack is powerplay on Penguin's territory that simply ran afoul of the Red Hood, who is not known to take prisoners. Edward Nigma is rumored to have died in the cross fire at the Lounge." A pause. "This is false."
Dick now stopped to take a sip of his coffee. "So... I have holes. Especially, where the heck does a guy like Nigma fit into this?"