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The Safe house is new, the newest one the Reds’ have settled into, Red Robin keeps Thirteen close and Red Hood wanders about going and staying. Tonight Red Robin and Red Hood have a mission so they will be out so Thirteen has to stay at the Safe house.
“Remember what I told you..?”
Red Robin asks and Thirteen shakes his head, curly hair bouncing and Red Robin’s eyes roll behind the domino; he can't see it but he knows the man is.
“What did I tell you..?”
Thirteen stands to attention opening his mouth to recite the plan in case they do not return wishin the next few hours.
“In case of emergency I want you to take this” Thirteen mimics the movements Red Robin had taken when handing him the blue earpiece holding it in his outstretched palm “place it in your ear and activate it. Someone will answer tell them that the reds have been captured and need help”
Red Robin looks distraught but he leans in patting Thirteen on the head he leans down letting a happy trill leave his throat as he takes the com pice and places it in Thirteen's breast pocket on his jacket.
“Very good Thirteen”
Red Robin comments and he feels a pur starting in his throat when the hand retreats and he blinks his eyes open staring down at the man who turns to Red Hood who stands arms crossed in the doorway.
“Lets go”
He says and they leave. Thirteen sits happily on the couch in the apartment stretched out like a cat as he relaxes eyes closing for a nap he will be fine the Reds’ alway come back from a mission.
Tim is balanced on the edge of the rooftop, his eyes scanning the field, his mask keeps his face hidden and he can see the layout of the building, you shouldn't leave blueprints around but that seems to be something Roman Sionis never learned that which like come on that’s villainy one-oh-one.
He and Red Hood had been cautious at first the fact that Roman just left his blueprints out for Red Robin to find a set of warning bells in both Reds’ but as the trade got nearer and nearer Tim still hadn’t found any documents that contradict the ones they recovered lay out wise.
No new payments for renovations or hidden lay out plans that revealed hidden rooms so they had to work with it no matter how uncomfortable it made them.
“Hood you’re approaching the room the cartel should have set up for the trade be ready”
Red Robin advises as he watches the red dot signifying hood approach the meeting room he hears the click of Jason’s guns through coms before he hears the door be kicked down and the sound of silence on the other end.
“No one’s here, little red it’s empty..”
Red Hood's breath comes out astonished and surprised and Tim hears the shifting of gravel behind him he springs up carefully walking away so if someone lunges they fall off the roof as he keeps talking to red slowly turning around to see if a threat is present.
“There should be guys in there that’s what the plans said that’s what the blueprints show”
Red Robin mutters as he makes eye contact with a Black mask goon holding a tommy and shocked that he’d been spotted.
The man fires the gun and Red Robin flips; he hears the hitch of Red Hood's breath on the other side as Tim expertly dodges the barrage of bullets slowly getting closer to the assailant as he runs out of ammo and is forced to reload.
The grunt of the assailant must calm Hood because his dot has made it halfway through the base as if waiting to hear that he’s in a pickle or a gasp of pain.
“I’m okay Big Red focus. I just took out a black mask hench so it’s clear he’s on premises”
Jason scoffs on the other end
“Well it's clear Sionis is here, we just need to find him.”
“What if my blueprints are right..?” Tim asks, eyes focused on the small pop up three-D building. “What if the meeting is just below..?”
Red Hood makes a noise before he notices the distinct sound of Jason’s jacket being shuffled around.
“I think I have one pack of C4 on me and like a hand grenade”
“The C4 should be enough”
Red Robin says hands splayed over the ledge of the rooftop turning on thermal to eyes the other buildings for snipers or other goons, he spots a few goons. Looks like he’s got his night cit out for him.
“I’m moving from our rondevu point to take out a few more goons I’ve spotted”
He says he hears Red Hood’s after it. I've grunt before watching the red dot in the little Three-D model move away from the room.
“Three”
Hood whispers. And Red Robin chuckles darkly. It rings through the air as he jumps a rooftop slamming down onto the guard he was aiming for the goon falls face connecting with concrete rooftop the next guy failing to fire as he throws a sherikin to hitting the man’s hand mangling it.
“Two”
Hood says louder as he takes a few more considerate feet back. Red Robin takes down the third man on the roof looking around with his thermal again because he can see the red dot trained on his chest he grits his teeth throwing a smoke bomb to duck out of the point spotting the sniper post.
“One”
Hood says his voice cuts through coms before he hears the blast the biulding and ground shake a little with the force a bunch of the hench people on other buildings fleeing to the streets to approach the meeting destination because they missed the threat sneaking in.
Red Robin grapples up to the sniper post taking out the sniper before using his cape to land on a group of three goons, his terror striking laugh filling the air as his body plummets. He punches one of them out cold before turning on the other two.
One of them yells at ‘firing squad omega’ to ‘get in the dam building..!’ Before Tim is taking out his partner and pouncing at him.
“I’m gonna have to enter the building you have a squad of four coming in, focus on finding Sionis”
He says as he hears Jason’s feet slam down into the debris of the hole he’s created in the floor.
“Oh fuck, Red you were right”
He hears the shot so off the cartel's trade going down as bullets. Hood leaving Sionis out of the line of fire so they can threaten him some more later Tim kicks an armed goon with another Tommy through the doors of the building the smoke bomb he deployed slowly filling the space as slips he stands at the entrance piercing white eyes eyeing the three goons all at different point in the hallway and as one raises their guns to fire he jumps.
He nicks down the first guy and like dominos the next to go timbl into each other he uses his hands to rip the mag out of the first man’s Tommy gun slamming the but of it down on the man’s head before springing at the next man.
They two of them stumbling and bumping until Red Robin has both of them out cold the crack of his last blow taking the man down as he stands shifting his weight hip to hip.
“Sionis is on the run I think he’s coming your way..!”
Red Hood says through coms as he grunts guns still firing on his end
“They have me hold up behind a table here. I should have them dead soon, but hold Sionis off would you..?”
Tim makes a noise of his own confirmation standing in the shadows near the double doors to the old government building.
He listens to the sound of rapid footsteps and sees Sionis at the mouth of the hallways and he slinks out of the shadows to stand threateningly, his chuckle filling the air as he stands in front of the door.
“Oh Shit..!”
Sionis yells fumbling fancy shoes slipping and sliding against carpet as he tries to back pedal and run away from Red Robin.
“Thinking you could peddle drugs in our territory Sionis..?”
His voice comes out a threatening growl through the voice changer of his mask it makes him ten times more threatening besides his ability to blend into shadows and break bones.
“Red Robin, le's talk about this.!?”
He offers a smile though it doesn’t read that way with Sionis’s lack of lips as he messes with the small back hand gun at his side he lifts it fiering at the man who just sidesteps the bullet flying past him and cracking into the wood of the door frame.
“You just tried to shoot me, I don't think you wanna talk..”
“What are you waitin’ for you idiots, fire..!”
Sionis shouts his voice echoing down the hallway he came from as Sionis’s henchmen pull their guns against their shoulders to fire off shots at the man slowly advancing.
When the shot comes it cracks against splintering wood as he jumps and dodges rushing forward to knee the advancing goon in the face; he goes down like a sack of bricks and Red Robin laughs.
“Hood’s coming to get you, Hood’s coming to get you..!”
He sings songs taking down the next goon as Hood's red dot rapidly approaches; it doesn't take long for the older man to be in his sights.
Hood nabs Sionis taking the gun from him, tuning it on his hench-people firing shot after shot at them before they fall leaving bloodied Reds’ to deal with Black mask.
“Sionis..!”
Jaosn yells. The man stares at him blankly, his non-existent arrogant smirk painting his features with the way his eyes squint.
“What can I do for you Red Hood”
“What the fuck do you think your doing in our territory.!?”
He slams the man's back to the wall as Red Robin turns, checking them men over for money or weapons, signs of life, etcetera.
“Jus’ selling I have- had a few men in your territory peddlin’ but tha’s all in the past now”
Black mask gives a small chuckle like he’s trying to pay off the transgression of selling in the Gotham Reds’ territory.
“You can’t play this one off Roman, we have given you warnings in the past”
Hood says anger filling his eyes, green flickering in white lenses as he hauls Sionis away from the wall slamming the man against it again.
“So this” another slam against the wall “is how it’s going to go..!” He yells slamming Sionis against the wall again one last time.
“I’m gonna let little red have a spin at torture or you can hand over fifteen thousand dollars. What do you think little red does that cover the damages..?”
“Yeah it should”
He says tilting his head threateningly from where he stands behind Hood arms crossed all of the goons are out cold they should wake up when the authorities arrive most need medical attention they wound bleed out though and even if they did the Gotham Reds’ would sleep just fine.
“Pff, let the kid have a go at me. Wha's he gonna do, water board me..? tha’s not that threatenin’”
Red Robin takes an enthusiastic step forward hanging off Red Hood's shoulder as his over enthusiastic threatening voice rings through his helmet.
“Ohh we are gonna have so much fun, I think we should set fire to most of your skin, see how close we can get you to a skeleton without your muscles contracting and breaking your bones”
He watches Romans body language contort from cocky to fearful within seconds.
“Never mind you’ll get your fifteen-K just back off man, Jesus your kid is scary”
“That’s how I like them”
“Young..?”
Sionis barbs and Red Hood doesn’t react before punching the man hard in the gut.
“Talk about me and my kid like that again I dare you” Hood hisses the green of his eyes glows threateningly. “Or maybe I should have Red Robin torture you for bank info..?” It’s a threat one that rings through Sionis’s ears as he shakes his head.
Red Hood laughs evil and dark before he ties Sionis up and hauls him over his shoulder the older man Squaks.
“What are you doin’..! I agreed to pay you..!”
He screams, legs thrashing as he is hauled out of the fancy old government building. He hauled along screaming until he’s deposited in his territory.
“Calm down Black Mask, you’ll be fine”
Red Hood rolls his eyes pating the man on the head as Red Robin steps forward leaving a note in his breast pocket; they walk away together, disappearing into an alleyway and jumping up into the rooftops, the Reds’ running home.
The fast paced patter of feet on the rooftop, rushed and fast because he needs to get back to the apartment in time. He needs to see Thirteen to make sure he’s okay, just the simple stuff he also needs to get back before he uses the com he has thirty minutes before Thirteen will press the button it should be fine.
He really needs to name his the damn Kryptonian. He slips over the roof nearly falling as he slides against gravel; he course corrects quickly and scales up the side of the safe house he slips through the window and lands silently, feet planted against the floor he gets out of the way in time for Red Hood to dive through the window rolling into a crouch.
“Thirteen..”
He calls hands clutching the window sill as he slips his thigh high boots off. The boots thumb against the mat near the window as they lock it he shifts off the cape but there is silence in the air and he shifts turning his head to look over his shoulder as he hangs the cape on the wall.
“Thirteen..?”
He whispers, eyeing the empty apartment he doesn’t see any signs of distress and when the creak of the floorboards finally alerts him to someone else in the house he looks over to the hall leading to bedrooms to find Thirteen floating in the hallway.
He has Tim’s Nightwing blanket draped over his shoulders, eyes half lidded and glazed with sleep; he floats into the room humming as Tim steps forward to cup his face.
“There you are, sorry did I wake you..?”
Thirteen hums eyes closing as he leans his face into Tim’s hands. He is content his bird is home and he wants to go back to sleep. The Nightwing blanket draped around his shoulders is perfectly warm like a hot pack heated to perfection and he wants to curl into Red Robin and sleep.
“S’okay, I’m up now” he mutters helping the blanket fall down his shoulders. He uses his TTK to keep it around him watching Red Robin situate himself on the couch.
“We need to find you a name”
He says Thirteen blinks his eyes wide as he drifts to rest against the back of the couch. Red Robin has his phone in hand and he’s swiping through the Baby Names website.
“What’s your name..?”
He asks and he watches Red Robin do one good long slow blink before his hands raise to the domino mask on his face he peels it off using some solution to eas it off and he places it down on the table top. Blue eyes meet his and Thirteens breath hitches as a soft smile like Red Robin’s face.
“My name is Timothy, I go by Tim”
His cheeks are tinted a healthy pink, his black ravenette bangs fall in front of his eyes, his striking ocean blue eyes that makes something crawl across his skin and causes a shiver to go down his spine.
He eyes him with wide astonished, adoring eyes and he leans his head against his hands that are braced against the back of the couch and he looks at him with wonder.
“Tim..?” He rolls the name around in his mouth feeling it on his tongue “Tim” he purrs eyes falling closed as he happily Purrs as Tim’s hand comes up to pet his hair.
“Okay so what are you feeling..? I was thinking we could start with K names cause your file in Cadmus started with a K bit if you don-”
“K’s fine”
He mutters. He floats over the back of the couch to lay next to Tim, the Nightwing blanket pooling around his waist as he cuddles up against the man as Tim starts listing off baby names.
“Kai, Kinsly..?, Kayden, Kennedy, Konner..?”
“Konner..?”
He murmurs and he hears the contemplative hum in Tim’s throat.
“Do you like that one..”
“Yeah”
Konner smiles happy content he hears the hum of agreement before Red Rob- Tim’s phone shuts down. He feels a hand within his hair as his head is pett and he relaxes happily under the hand he feels the man begin drumming his other hand against his thigh as he relaxes back into the couch he hears the tump of Red Hood's heart beat before he sees the older man.
“Move over”
He pats Konner’s ankle Konner Huffs glaring as he levitates his legs and Hood grumbles before sitting down on the couch Konner lowers himself back down his legs resting against hood.
He closes his eyes purring like a cat as Tim pets over his head. Hood turns on some show that Konner doesn’t care about; he's about to pass out for good the warmth of the Nightwing blanket and the sound of the Reds’ heart beats a calming sensation.
“Kon”
“Konner”
Tim hums and he feels his head suspended in the air, his eyes open slightly and he meets Tim’s eyes.
“Mornin’ it’s time for dinner”
Calls Red Hood and Konner makes an affirmative noise standing and following Tim to the kitchen.