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LOCATION: SOMEWHERE IN THE SAHARA
“We got the documents as well as the assassination schedule for the next month apparently they don’t plan that far ahead, I guess a perk of what is basically immortality, is not having to plan as much” muttered Tim as he reached the giant throne on which Ra’s was seated.
“Brilliant as always detective” said Ra’s motioning one of the hidden assassins to take the files, “why don’t you join me for a game of chess?”
“They haven’t sanctioned many attacks, it looks like they intend to regroup and possibly go bigger”
“Hm they’ve withdrawn into themselves almost there are even less sightings than before” said Ra’s settling into the familiar rhythm of the match they’ve played so many times before
“It could be possible that they’re just hiding their tracks better after the latest incident”
“A viable theory but unlikely it might be just as you first suspected they could be planning something bigger” finally placing down his king on h8 in order to capture the black knight, “their last known sighting was in San Francisco near a league base”
“Now as fun as this was I have to go checkmate and goodbye Ra’s”, said Tim standing to leave, “I’ll check out the base and report in”
“Philidor’s Legacy well done detective though such a shame to sacrifice your knight”
After a gruelling 8hr flight all the way to San Francisco Tim wanted nothing more than to just pass out but he had work to do fast before the Titans figured out, he was here (even though he was wearing tech to hide his heartbeat) and either he got roped into a mission or a mental health day/ group sleepover both of which he had no time for
So, the minute he got off the plane he was off to the league base to sniff out any clues luckily for him it was close nearby
After reluctantly skipping getting a coffee or zesti, cause he couldn’t risk Kon overhearing, even though he loved his friends he did not need to pull them into this unless he absolutely had to, it also did not help that they would absolutely disagree
The only one who knew even a fragment of where he was or what he was doing was Bart cause he knew he wouldn’t really interfere and leaving Bart out was never a good idea anyways
When he finally reached after what felt like any eternity, he did a quick sweep with his gauntlet, which found no traces of movement but he still stuck to the shadows regardless
He found faint traces of a small scuffle on the fifteenth-floor balcony but nothing else, no weapons markings or blood, nothing there had also been no recent reports of missing assassins which fit their M.O
Before he could really investigate any further, his phone dinged and of course his family chooses now to check in well great now he’s gonna have to talk or else risk an all-out search and that’s never gonna end well, oh well there goes any hope of getting this done fast
He quickly leaves the building and reaches a convenience store quickly turning off his heart blocker and picking up the call
“Heyy B, what’s up any cases you need my help on?”
“Hng”, he grunted “no just checking in”
“Oh ok, well everything’s good here just at the store picking up some snacks”, and he heard another grunt “well if that’s all I gotta go B , see you next week”
With his newly acquired zesti he walked to the tower , some days he wished he could drink just so like Constantine he could just be drunk for all these situations, oh well