• February 09, 2017 •

Incoming Video Call...

Timothee

Accept / Decline

00:00

[Tim is neither at Connor's place nor at Kara's. The atmosphere around him is dark and edgy, the background echoing with a mix of shouts and yells. As the screen comes into focus, Zach can only assume that he is in a bar somewhere and the flickering lights are making his eyes hurt. The fact that he just woke up from that unexpected call doesn't help the situation either. The only unmistakable thing about the entire weird setup is Tim's face, looking back at him through the screen]

"Oh, it's you... I was about to ring Connor..."

"Tim...?"

"Shit, you look so tired, Zach. I'll just ring up Connie. Don't worry, forget I called. Buh-bye..."

"Wait a second, don't hang up... Where the hell are you?"

"Ah nowhere important."

"And why were you calling Connor or me, for that instance?"

"I just realized I had Con saved as Best Bud earlier but I lately swapped that contact with you... Anyways, you must have been asleep, sorry to bother you."

"It's 3:30 am, of course I was asleep but what the hell is this place? I haven't seen it anywhere in Metropolis and jokes aside, it looks like you got caught up with the wrong crowd. "

"It's not like that..."

"Don't tell me you went back to Gotham."

"Chill, bro, I'm not in Gotham... I wouldn't dare..."

"Why do you seem so slow? Are you drunk?"

"No..."

"Holy shit, what was that!"

"Hush, buddy, I'm trying not to attract a lot of attention here. I already look like a pigeon in a flock of vultures."

"..."

"Zach? You there?"

"I'm going to call Connor, don't hang up. And send me the location. We're coming to pick you up."

"Awww, you care..."

"You certainly are drunk and I am very sure that will make everything twice worse for you as well as for us."

"No, I'm not. I'm very sober. Haven't had a coffee cup since dinner."

"Even terrible."

"Zachary... Don't be a spoilsport. Just stay on the line, I don't want to be picked up, I was just boooorrreeeeed."

"..."

"Please?"

"Send me your location. Now."

"It's Star City, you won't get here before morning even if you tried... But if Connor flew you here, that would be another case entirely."

"Connor doesn't have a jet, how would he fly me here?"

"Ah, but he's the jet, my dear old friend. Pity, it was kept a secret from you for too long... Oh... Oh shit, I wasn't supposed to say that. Obliviate!"

"Drunk Tim is even worse to handle than caffeine withdrawal Tim."

"Hey, don't just jump to conclusions like that! You haven't seen even half of what I can be like in withdrawal state..."

"Neither do I plan to... Wait, who's that behind you?"

"..."

"Tim?"

"Jason! You're back!"

"Jason... Jason who?"

[Tim's phone gets snatched from his hands and a man with sharp angular features, piercing blue eyes and dark hair with a white streak shows up, glaring threateningly at the screen]  

"He never called you. Go back to sleep."

[The man, who Zach assumes is named Jason, throws Tim over his shoulder and is about to cut the call]

"But hey, where are you taking him?"

"I'm not going to kill him if that's what you're thinking. This nuisance brought it upon himself."

"Wait..."

"Yo Tim, tell your friend to bugger off."

"What?"

[Tim gets hold of the phone again and a wide smile is dancing on his face as if he is in no trouble whatsoever]

"Hey, it's nothing to worry about. This is just Jason, my elder brother. I'm not in trouble and like he said, you can bugger off now. Thanks for keeping me company and I'm sorry again for bothering you at this hour of the night."

"But hadn't Jason died??!!?"

"Yup, he's back."

"Are you insane, this can't be Jason! I know you're drunk but you aren't stupid enough to forget that dead people don't come back. Timothy!"

"Hey, he can hear you and he will get offended if you refer to him as dead again."

"What in the fucking hell..."

"Long story, some other time. See ya."

"Tim, don't you dare hang..."

Call Ended.

Best Bud

00:10:05

***

[ Zach <•> Connor ]

Z: I know this sounds weird and the timing is hella inappropriate but Tim just got himself abducted.

C: ...

C: wait, what?

C: how do you know?

C: where is he?

C: did he call you?

C: what has he done now?

Z: one question at a time.

Z: yes, he called me. Video called, tbh and the place he was in was real sketchy. Looked like a nightclub for criminals to me.

C: oh fuck...

C: and where is it?

Z: he only said he was in Star City.

C: Star City? What the hell is he doing there?

Z: I don't know.

Z: all I know is that some dude named Jason showed up who Tim thinks is Jason Todd, his adoptive brother who died five years ago.

Z: and that Jason took him away. It looked very much like an abduction though Tim seemed fine with that.

C: ...

C: Jason Todd?

Z: for all I know, Tim must have mistaken that guy to be Jason. Also, he was drunk so he probably didn't realize what happened to him either...

Z: and I'm very concerned for him rn.

C: drunk?

C: holy shit...

C: this is bad news.

Z: seemed so.

Z: he looked very unstable.

C: Tim can not hold in his liquor, it's even worse than his caffeine withdrawal state...

Z: that's exactly what I assumed.

C: we've got to find him.

Z: yeah but he didn't send me the location even though I tried my best to get it out of him.

C: ...

C: don't worry, Zach, I'll do something.

C: thanks for letting me know though.

Z: but what are you going to do? I'm getting a very bad feeling about this...

Z: that Jason dude looked hella scary and I'm worried that he'd have hurt Tim.

C: drunk or not, Tim wouldn't let himself get hurt very easily.

Z: but he's suicidal! He looks around for trouble and I think that's exactly the kind of deal he might have struck up with scary dude.

C: ...

C: don't worry, I'll call his brother Richard.

Z: ...

C: he's a cop and he'll know how to find him.

Z: okay.

Z: keep me informed.

C: I will.

***

[ The Young Misfits ]

Superboy: guys, we have a situation...

Superboy has sent two screenshots.

Superboy: this is what I got from Zach and turns out Tim really messed up big this time.

Superboy: do I have to call all of you separately to wake you up?

Miss Martian: ...

Artemis: holy hell...

Supergirl: oh no...

Kid Flash: I called everyone soon as I saw the text, they've probably read the chat by now.

Nightwing: WHAT THE FUCK!

Superboy: exactly, now what are we going to do?

Miss Martian: is there a way we can track Tim's location?

Nightwing: no.

Nightwing: he disabled all trackers on his phone and his suit...

Kid Flash: oh dear.

Supergirl: but Zach said he's in Star City, what if we go over there and look for this weird underground club thing and start from there?

Nightwing: ...

Nightwing: I might have to pull a lot of stops and I hate Tim for doing this to me every fucking month...

Supergirl: sucks to be you, man.

Nightwing: ...

Supergirl: sorry.

Nightwing: but yeah, going to Star City is the first thing we should do. I have someone over there who can help.

Kid Flash: and who's that someone?

Nightwing: Roy Harper. He would know where Jason is.

Kid Flash: oh yeah he might. 

Nightwing: and even if he doesn't, we can use him to help us search for Tim. He lives there and must have connections that could come in handy.

Artemis: alright then.

Artemis: we'll join you all at Mount Justice.

Supergirl: noted.

Nightwing: sometimes I swear I'll die young due to the antics Tim pulls on us.

Superboy: ikr.

Kid Flash: I'm at Mount Justice. Y'all show up quick so that we can leave.

Nightwing: I'll join you guys in Star City. Gotta go to Roy first. You all gear up and meet me at our old safe house there.

Miss Martian: what safehouse?

Supergirl: we had a safe house in Star City?

Superboy: I didn't know either.

Kid Flash: don't worry kids, me and Artemis know the location. It was the former YJ hideout before we got hold of Mount Justice. We'll take you there.

Miss Martian: alright, omw

Superboy: I just hope Tim hasn't been killed yet.

Supergirl: don't you dare make us more worried than we already are!

Superboy: right, sorry.

***