Barabra || Just In Case

[Dick Grayson]

So, here was Detective Richard Grayson of the Bludhaven Police Department, laying in a hospital bed, bored out of his mind, after a bullet struck him in the ribs section. How did this happen though? Well, Dick was on duty during his shift and he was walking in the park, patroling it until he saw some guy in a mask threaten an eldery couple, demanding that they give their money to him or they would get killed. Dick went right after the perp and grabbed his hands on him, as the two of them started to fight which ended badly for Dick. The sound of the gun went off when the two were fighting over it and yeah, the bullet hit Grayson. The perp got away and the eldery couple called for an ambulance before it got here and took Dick to a local hospital.

Sighing and looking up at the walls, Dick thought about his girlfriend, Barbara Gordon and how she would react. She would be mad and upset of course, but Dick did not want her to do anything stupid, like going after the perp and killing him, but she's better than that. Bruce taugh Dick and Barbara that killing would make the bad guys go away easy, they had to pay for their crimes. Dick knew he would be okay but he knew that more had to be done to remove the bullet, so for right now he was stable. All Dick needs right now is Barbara, her love and comfort so that Dick can pull this through. Barbara was his saving grace, a guardian angel sent from above, the one that kept Dick from doing anything stupid to add as well.

[Barbara Gordon]

Barbara had received a call saying that Dick had been shot. All she had been told was that Dick was in the hospital, and he was in surgery to remove the bullet. That had made her blood run cold. Without missing a single beat she had removed herself from the warm arms of their bed, moving to her dresser and dressing herself as quickly as possible. She would be there for him. She wasn't going to let him slip through her fingers. Never.

She got into her car and drove - much faster than she should have - towards the hospital. And towards her lover. She needed to reach him. A red light brought her screeching to a halt just outside the hospital parking lot. She chewed on her lip, waiting for what seemed like ages for the light to turn green. She hit the steering wheel as she waited. Finally the light changed colors and she sped into the parking lot. She parked and jumped out, slamming the door shut and clicking lock on the key ring as she ran inside. She asked the woman at the desk what room he was in. As soon as she told her, she rocketed up the stairs, not wanting to wait for the elevator. She ran up five flights of stairs, then down the halls. She slowed by his door, panting as she pushed it open, going to his side. "Dick..?" She asked very softly, moving the chair towards the edge of the bed and sitting in it, breathing hard.

[Dick Grayson]

Dick’s senses picked up the sounds of Barbara’s foot steps quickly coming to the room as Dick heard her voice and looked at her. He weakly smiled at his girlfriend, seeing the look of her worried and concerned about how Dick was feeling. “Hey beautiful”, he said softly to her as Dick’s hands went up and caressed her cheek softly. He was glad this was no dream at all or life would suck for Dick not being in the land of the living. He had everything in life but his motivation and support came from mostly Barbara of all people, even though he has Bruce, Hailey, Alred and others. There was nothing else that can beat the presence of Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl. Grayson’s hand slips from her cheek and to her hand as Dick sighs a bit before looking up at his girlfriend.

“So I take it you got the message right?”, he asked her. “I’m doing alright and I am hanging in there sweetheart. It was just some perp who was threatening this couple and I tried to stop him but it was me who was on the end of the short stick to be honest”, he told her. Dick was not afraid of failure, for all of his life as a detective and as Nightwing, he didn’t succeed at every mission or capturing a villain, but that is what comes with the job as a hero. Sometimes you have your good moments and sometimes you have your bad moments too, that is what Grayson leaned. “I just got out of surgery and they were able to remove the bullet, so…that means I will be fine…I just need a couple of weeks off from work before getting back up on my feet”, he explained to her.