Got Your Back, Always

III.XXXII

Dick answers the phone, "What do you know?"

"It's hard to tell," Barbara sighs. "Based on satellite readings, anywhere between 500 to 2,000 dead."

"What about the toxin?"

Vee says, "Wind's moving East, thank god, so most of it's dispersed over the harbor."

"Yeah. My guess is we're not going to get lucky twice," Barbara sighs.

Dick sighs, "Stay handy, I'll call you right back."

Donna is going through the poem, Gar is looking at the board.

"Gar what do you know?"

"'I sit in one of the dives on Fifty-second street' There's like 20 dive bars near 52nd street."

"Narrow is down. Find the one. Hey, what have you guys got?"

Tim reads, "Line 76, 'Who can reach the deaf? Who can speak for them dumb?' Gotham School for the Deaf is at the corner of Machine and tenth."

"But there are also four branches of the Wayne Institue for Child Development, each with a program for disabled kids, including the deaf. Do you think he'd target them because of Bruce's connection?" Rachel asks.

"Find the one closest to midtown. Near hotels, hospitals, apartment buildings. He'd want maximum damage. Guys, anything?"

Blackfire answers, "The name Nijinksy comes up in line 59."

"So far, we found a restaurant, a performing arts center, and about 12 private residences," Conner says.

"The arts center is only a block from here. Maybe some X-Ray vision for a quick sweep?"

"I could try, but if Crane's got the bombs in lead containers..."

"Let's hope he doesn't. Hey, how's it coming along?"

Donna says, "Like trying to find ten invisible needles in a thousand haystacks."

"At the bottom of the ocean," Kory adds.

"Look, if these bombs go off we need a plan to save these people."

"It's a deadly toxin," Donna says. "I don't know what kind of plan we're talking about, Dick."

Cassie stops typing for a moment, sighing, "Some kind of plan that will bring everyone back would be nice."

Kory stands up, "The Lazarus Pit."

"Yeah, but we can't bring the whole city to the Pit," Donna points out.

"Unless we can somehow figure out a way to bring the Pit to the city. "

"Try to find a way," Dick says.

"Don't expect miracles here."

"I absolutely expect miracles. Let me know when you have one."

Kory and Cassie share a look. Cassie pulls up the schematics of the Pit and starts to estimate just how much water would be available for them to use.

Dick walks over to some screens, "Hey, Conner. Can I talk to you for a second?" Conner walks to him, "Listen, about what happened..."

"You did what you had to do. I know what it's like. I did what I had to do, too. We have bigger things to worry about now."

The two clasps hands and get back to work. Dick looks at everyone working hard. Cassie sees him and walks over to him.