Got Your Back, Always

II.III

A helicopter is flying near the tower following a police chase, as Cassie walks through the front door. She had gotten them some takeout since she figured Dick made them something healthy, but also terrible. She placed the bag on the counter and joined them watching the news, but stayed standing behind the couch as the others hadn't noticed her walk-in yet.

Rachel asked, "Who the hell is that?"

Jason answers, "A total badass."

The girl's face is seen on the cameras, she has silver hair and is missing an eye. They watch as she jumps off the parking garage and through a window.

"I'll be back," Dick leaves, not explaining where he was headed.

"Mmm. Well, what terrible thing did Gray make for dinner?" Cassie looked at the teenagers sitting on the couch.

"Cauliflower crusted pizza," Gar groaned.

Cassie laughed, "Well good thing I brought food then."

She split up the food, leaving enough for her, Dick, and even some for the stranger that she was sure Dick was going to bring up any second. The kids quickly ate their food, as Cassie prepared a spare bedroom for the girl, she grabbed any medical supplies she thought they would need as well. Cassie remembered how the girl jumped through a window from a parking garage, so she figured the girl was more injured from what they could already tell she was.

When Dick walked into the apartment Cassie was already waiting for him, leading the way to the spare room she had set up. Gar, Jason, and Rachel abandoned their food and followed the adults, wanting to know what the strange girl's deal was.

"You think of everything, Cass," Dick chuckled as he set Rose on the bed, Cassie already grabbing some water to clean the wounds.

"You always sound so surprised." Cassie furrowed her brows, and muttered quietly to him, "She should have a lot more injuries than she does."

Dick nodded, and moved to change the bandage on her eye, they both noticed how it was healed, but the blood still looked fresh, dry but fresh.

Once the two were finished they left, "I'm going to keep an eye on her, she what she does when she wakes up."

"Want me to find out who she is? You know it doesn't take me very long," Cassie asked him before he left for the tech room.

"No, I want her to tell me."

Cassie nodded, "I figured that's what you wanted, otherwise we'd have already known her entire backstory."

Dick chuckled and walked away. Cassie went back to the kitchen and grabbed her plate, and Dick's, but cleaned up the mess before heading to the tech room to join Dick.

She also sent a text to Kory and Donna asking how their Shimmer situation was going. She, of course, kept them updated on things here and they did the same. Cassie would tell them about the girl as soon as they had anything to actually tell.

When Cassie walked into the tech room she saw Dick just staring at the screen.

"Please do not burn a hole in my screens, I kinda need those," she teased, handing him a plate and sat in her chair.

He rolled his eyes, "You didn't need to get food, I had dinner covered."

She scoffed, "Cauliflower pizza? 'Had dinner covered' are you serious?"

He set the plate down and reached out to grab her chair, pulling her closer, and tried to tickle her. Cassie laughed and shoved his hands away to stop him. He chuckled and looked at her, she was watching the screen trying to analyze the girl in any way she could.