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Celeste focused intently on Red, her hands steady as she cleaned the head wound. The blood had dried in his hair, and she carefully picked through it, finding the gash was not very deep but it could still be terrible. She wrapped it in gauze, considering patching him up further. But that would require stipping him and she didn't want to do that to the boy with no real reason.

Once she was satisfied that the wound was as secure as it could be, she picked up her phone and dialled Jason.

"Twilight?" Jason was on patrol with Dick next to him. Dick looked at him confused.

"Your brother is knocked out on my couch after getting attacked," she said, keeping her voice calm. "I'm taking care of him, but I can't get him to the cave for obvious reasons."

"Which brother?" He asked, now slightly alarmed.

"Red Robin,"

"I'm on my way," Jason replied. "B and Nightwing are coming with me."

As Celeste hung up, she glanced back at Red Robin. He looked so vulnerable, lying there.

A few minutes later, she heard the familiar sound of someone coming through her window of the bats who were coming rushed in.

"How is he?" Red Hood asked as he took off his helmet.

"I patched up the wound, but he hasn't woken up yet," Celeste replied. "I don't know if he remembers anything. I assume it happened really fast."

Batman approached Red Robin and knelt beside him, inspecting the bandage. He saw the good patchwork and his mind was racing because as far as he was aware, Celeste was a singer that Jagged emotionally adopted with one too many scares for him to be happy with.

Nightwing moved closer, his expression concerned.

"Red's tough. He'll pull through." He said. Even if his mind was racing. One path concerns Red Robin rushing through him. Another was how Celeste knew how to patch so well.

"I want to know who did this," Red Hood said, his voice low. Nightwing was about to move to calm his brother. But Celeste beat him to it. Her hand touched his arm and Hood visibly calmed down. Which added more confusion. 

"Go check the alleyway. There should be 3 people down there unless they got away," Celeste said. She turned to face Batman.

"Don't think you want to hear this but they wore clown masks," Batman said nothing in return, only standing up and glancing around the room.

"We need to get Red Robin back to the cave." Nightwing budded in. "Oracle is sending the batmobile,"

Batman looked Celeste in the eyes. She felt the tension in the air shift. Yeah, he was definitely suspicious of her. One she had Red Hood's phone number. Two she knew how to bandage better than most. She had a feeling if she told them that she knew his ribs weren't broken and he most likely had no spinal injury then that would be much more suspension.

"Nightwing, bring Red Robin back to the cave. Red Hood check the alleyway," Batman finally talked. Celeste could fill in the gaps. Batman was about to interrogate her. Nightwing nodded and carefully picked up Red off the couch and left through the door with Red Hood behind him.

Celeste looked at Batman and then turned away. She walked to her kitchen and started to make some hot chocolate. Batman followed her. She looked up at the man and then turned her back to him.

"Do you need something?" She asked. Very aware of the situation she is in.

"Your medical skill," Batman was going to take the chance to ask all the questions Bruce wanted to know.

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