Hey! So, this is my new fanfiction. I've never written one of these before. (I've written fanfiction but not Young Justice fanfiction) So here we go.

Characters are: Barbara Gordon, Batman, Kid Flash (Everyone in Young Justice basically) Robin/Richard Grayson (Obviously), Jason Todd (His history in this story I made my own. I don't know his actually history), Officer Gordon (Barbara Gordon's father), and Tim Drake. (Once again I don't know his history. I made this up), Tony Zucco (Little bit. Lots about him isn't true) I own nothing but the plot. This entire story will be mostly Omniscient POV. (Mentions of faking suicide) Also, I don't know too much about Bludhaven. Also, in this story, Gordon knows Bruce is Batman

"Batman, why do we have to be here?" Batman turned and gave Kid Flash his famous Bat-glare, causing Kid Flash to immediately restate his question.

"What I meant to say was," He said hastily, "why do the entire Justice League and Young Justice League have to come along with you when you go to Arkham to make sure the Joker is still in his cell?"

Batman watched Kid Flash for a few seconds more, before moving into the basement, and high security level of Arkham as he responded.

"Because Kid Flash. Commissioner Gordon informed me there's a new officer watching the Joker, and I want to make sure he or she is one of the more competent ones, so I don't have to go hunt the Joker down later tonight." Kid Flash, AKA Wallace "Wally" West nodded, and remained silent. The silence was broken, by the sound of the Joker's laugh.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't Batsy and the super league! How are we all today?" Batman glared, and stalked up to the bars of the cage, until he was nearly nose to nose with the grinning face of the Joker. Before he had a chance to punch his lights out, a voice came from his left.

"Don't bother with him. He says that to everyone. To be honest, it freaked me out on my first day, and I'd met him before."

Before Batman could turn and assess the new arrival, he heard Wally whisper

"Oh my god."

Batman frowned, and turned to face the officer. Who he saw, froze him in his place. He swallowed back Bruce Wayne, and pushed Batman to the front as he spoke in his rough voice, though it pained him to use it for once.

"And you are?"

The man's face and voice were slack and emotionless, as he responded

"Officer Richard Grayson. I'm the transfer from Bludhaven. I'm only here for two weeks."

Before Batman could respond, or even comment the Joker began to cackle once more, as he leaned close to the bars and said in a taunting manner

"That is if you last that long."

Suddenly, with a burst of rage Batman had only seen in criminals, Richard had his hands fisted in the Jokers shirt, their noses nearly touching as he hissed out menacingly

"I'll last that long. Will you?"

The Justice League and their partners shared a glance as they recalled something Robin, who they now knew was Richard Grayson, had told them a few months before he'd 'died'.

"In my opinion, the Joker is one of the scariest villains in Gotham. What I try and do is make everything a joke. I try and never let him see me angry, and never let him know he got to me. I will also never willingly touch the Joker. I don't think that man has taken a bath since the dawn of time."

As the thought went through all their minds, they glanced back over at Richard, AKA Dick, who still had his hands fisted in the Joker's shirt. Batman finally decided to intervene, suddenly worried for Dick's mental state.

"I heard rumors you'd killed yourself. I can clearly see that wasn't true. Why'd you fake it? And why come back at age 24?"

Dick continued to glare at the Joker, before finally releasing him, and slowly turning to face the heroes, his face a blank slate once more. A slate no one had ever seen on Robin or Richard Grayson's face.

Dick watched the heroes for a bit before responding.

"I'm 21. And I faked my death, because I wanted out of Gotham and I knew if I just disappeared, Bruce would contact you, and you'd find me. Also, is there a chance, if we're going to continue this conversation, that we can take it somewhere more…" Dick glanced over at the Joker, before finishing "serious."

Batman nodded, and the heroes followed Dick up the stairs, into a little back room which was closed off enough that no one would bother them, but big enough that all the heroes could fit. Once they were settled, Kid Flash broke the silence.

"We know you're Robin."

Dick watched him blankly, before correcting in a monotone voice.

"Was Robin. Not anymore."

At his response, Kid Flash's face fell, and he took a step back as he tried to deal with the fact his best friend was no longer the Boy Wonder. It was silent, before Wonder Woman asked

"Why aren't you Robin?"

Dick snorted, and took a seat on the desk behind him.

"Because, I knew if I showed up in another city as the Dark Knight's partner, word would spread quickly, and he'd find me, and I'd have a lot of questions to answer about my apparent suicide."

Wonder Woman, AKA Diana nodded, before asking

"Why haven't you shown any emotion the entire time we've been speaking to you?"

"I showed anger when I was talking to the Joker didn't I?"

None of the heroes spoke, and DIck gave an impatient sigh, before straightening and saying, "Bludhaven changes people."

At this statement, Artemis asked

"Why'd you pick Bludhaven?"

Dick turned his emotionless gaze on her as he answered

"I knew Batman would never look for me there, assuming he thought I survived."

Artemis watched him in shock, before asking incredulously

"But Bludhaven is such a terrible place! There are criminals like Deathstrike there!"

Dick nodded.

"I know. I've met him."

Everyone's mouth dropped open, and Batman asked

"When?"

Dick watched him for a few seconds, before answering

"When I was 13. You've met him too."

Batman frowned, and asked again,

"When?"

Dick grinned.

"Today."

The heroes looked at one another uneasily. Kid Flash then stepped forward, and said

"Who is he?"

As soon as the question left his mouth, Dick gave a menacing grin as he said in a dark voice

"You're looking at him."

Everyone in the room froze. Batman stared at his former prodigy now murderer in horror. M'gann was the first to speak up.

"B-but he's a murderer."

Dick's face fell back into the emotionless slate it had been.

"I know."

Batman let out a low growl as he stalked forward while saying

"I raised you better than this."

Suddenly, before anyone knew what was happening, Batman was lying on his stomach, his arm twisted behind his back, with Dick, standing above him, pinning him down. Everyone gasped. Dick grinned as he leaned in close to Batman's ear and said

"But you never gave me a good reason to turn. Slade did."

Dick then let go, and the caped crusader pulled himself to his feet. He then turned and faced Dick and asked

"What ever he gave you Dick, it's not worth it."

Dick crossed his arms.

"Believe me Batman. It's worth it."

Black Canary decided it was time to comment, so she stepped forward and asked the question on everyone's mind

"What did he give you?"

Dick turned to face her, though he kept Batman in sight, as he said

"He made me numb. He found me in the middle of a nightmare about my parents death, so he gave me a special type of vaccine he'd been working on. I still see my parents die every night on the anniversary of their death, but it doesn't affect me like it used to."

"You're heartless!"

Dick faced Superboy

"If you want to call me that."

Even though it pained him, Batman took a step forward, though slightly more careful this time, and he said

"You're a criminal now Dick. You're Deathstrike. Which means I have to take you down."

At the statement, Dick let out a laugh so hollow, and so unlike his old one, it cause everyone to take a step back.

"I was Deathstrike. Not anymore. But believe me when I say Bruce, you couldn't stop me if you wanted to. I trained under Slade. Very few know how to beat him. Therefore, very few know how to beat me."

Superman then stepped forward and spoke in a somewhat enraged tone.

"But you trained under Batman! His rule was don't kill anyone, and from what I understand, that's all you've done! Wh-"

Dick cut the blue boyscout off.

"Cool it Kryptonite." He said sharply, causing Superman to flinch. "That was Batman's rule. Slade's rule? Let no one live. So I followed that. I obeyed Slade, I was his best assassin. The thing with Slade was, you got punished if you disobeyed orders. And not Batman punished like 800 back handsprings in 2 minutes or whatever, but whipping, abusive type punishment. Now if you excuse me, my work day is done and I have an appointment to go pick up my brothers."

With that, Dick turned and left the room. The rest of the heroes stood there in silence, staring at his retreating back. As soon as he was gone, all heads swiveled in Batman's direction. He continued to watch the direction Dick had disappeared, until Flash walked up and asked

"Batman?"

Instead of lecturing the man like he normally would have, Batman said, in a somewhat choked voice

"I think it's time we took a visit to Bludhaven. It's time to find out what Slade did to Robin."

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"Batman we're lost!"

Kid Flash complained later that night as they stood on a roof of a broken down building somewhere in Bludhaven. Batman growled.

"We're not lost Kid Flash."

Kid Flash hung his head, and Black Canary stepped forward.

"What he meant to say Kid was he just knows his way around Gotham better than Bludhaven."

Kid Flash nodded, and the rooftop was thrust into silence. Less than a minute later, a new voice spoke.

"You look lost."

Without even checking who he was attacking, Batman pulled out a batarang from his belt, turned thrust it in the direction of the new comer. The man dodge the weapon at the last moment, and gave a laugh, as he stepped into the light.

"Okay! Got it. I'll keep in mind not to say you look lost."

Everyone turned and stared at the newcomer. Kid Flash spoke first

"Who are you?"

The man smiled and gave an exaggerated bow, as he said

"Welcome to Bludhaven. My name is Nightwing."

Kid Flash took a step forward to shake his hand, but froze as he saw the figure standing behind Nightwing. Everyone watched the figure. All they could see of him was his height, and going by that, they could figure the boy was only eight years old. Noticing everyone's attention was on the boy, Nightwing turned to him and spoke

"Why don't you come say hi Robin?"

When the figure stepped into the light, the heroes held back gasps of shock. The boy, the eight year old boy, standing before them was dressed in the costume of the Robin they'd known before. Before any of them could say anything, the eight year old Robin grabbed Nightwing's wrist and said in a small voice

"Is that Batman? He's scary."

Kid Flash choked back a laugh, but before he could amend it, another voice spoke from behind Nightwing

"What's so funny lightbulb? The kid's scared of Batman!"

The figure who appeared had on a full faced red mask, and a red hooded jacket and black pants. You could see his eyes through the mask, and could see the glare he was sending Kid Flash's way. The little Robin ran over to the "strange" man and wrapped his arms around him. "Red Hood! I'm so glad you're here! That guy in the black suit scared me. But I'm ok now I promise."

The glare on the 15 year old boy's face softened, before he glanced over at Nightwing.

"Should you be somewhere else?"

Nightwing glanced over and shrugged.

"I was supposed to go find Slade, but I'd rather not talk to him. He's still kinda ticked that I stopped Deathstrike. Also, shouldn't you two be somewhere else?"

Red Hood opened his mouth, but shut it, and glared at the roof under his feet. Nightwing laughed, and turned back to the heroes.

"You're not from around here. So what brings you to Bludhaven?"

The question had been directed to everyone, but Batman stepped forward to answer.

"We have some questions for Slade. Do you know where to find him?"

Nightwing gave a light laugh.

"I do, but unless you have no wish to live to see tomorrow, I don't advise going after him. But I knew a few people who used to work for him, so I know quite a bit about him, so I can try to answer any questions you might have."

Batman looked skeptical, but proceeded.

"Perhaps there's a quiet place we can go?"

Red Hood snorted, forcing the heroes to glance at him as he spoke.

"This is Bludhaven. No where's quiet."

Nightwing frowned.

"Well, it's pretty quiet tonight," under his breath he added, "which isn't a good thing." aloud to the others he said, "so we can always stay here and talk. If anything goes wrong, Red Hood or Robin can go deal with it."

Superboy and MIss Martian's mouths fell open. M'gann stepped up

"But he's only eight!"

Nightwing crossed his arms.

"And he watched as he parents were stabbed to death before his eyes. He's strong. ANd he has me to ensure he doesn't turn to Slade like Dick Grayson did."

Batman's head snapped up into Nightwing's direction, and he pushed his way forward, as he asked

"You knew Dick?"

Nightwing nodded.

"Yeah. He was a good kid, though the last time I saw him, I was forced into a fight to the death. But I managed to disarm him, and convince him that fighting for Slade was wrong. So, thanks to me, he's a police officer. I have a feeling that wasn't one of your original questions though."

Batman nodded, and Red Hood and Robin walked over, pushing a bunch of boxes for everyone to sit on. Batman watched, sadly as Robin struggled to get on his box, and had to be lifted up by Nightwing. Nightwing looked over and caught Batman watched him. He smiled sadly and said

"He reminds you of your Robin doesn't he?"

Batman nodded, and he and the other heroes sat down on the boxes they'd been given. Once everyone except Red Hood was seated, Batman began asking his questions.

"What are Slade's assassin's like?"

Nightwing cracked his knuckles, and answered

"Heartless and emotionless. They have no pity when they kill, and only care about themselves. Very few disobey Slade, because they know what happens if they don't do what they're told. They also only feel about two emotions. Anger, and sadistic satisfaction when they kill someone."

Batman watched Nightwing, a frown of suspicion growing on his face.

"How do you know all this?"

Nightwing opened his mouth, then glanced over at Red Hood as if asking for help, but Red Hood simply crossed his arms, and gave Nightwing a pointed look. Nightwing sighed, and put his head in his hands before looking back up at the heroes, sighing and answering haltingly

"I..talked to...DIck about it….also...Red Hood used to work for Slade. He worked with Dick. He's an orphan too. Watched as his parents were suffocated."

The heroes looked over at Red Hood, who stood beside Robin, with a fond smile on his face as he listened to whatever Robin was saying to him. They're attention was turned back to Nightwing as he asked "Do you have anymore questions?"

At this Batman stood, and shook his head.

"No. I think we know everything we need to know."

Nightwing nodded, and stood as well, extending his hand as he said

"It was a pleasure to meet you Batman."

Batman pursed his lips, and turned, walking towards the edge of the roof, ready to leave. Before he had a chance to board Martian Manhunter's ship, Nightwing said something that froze Batman.

"Robin's costume? The one he has on here? That was your Robin's costume. We just resized it."

Batman swallowed back the sudden urge to punch Nightwing, and instead proceeded into the manhunters ship, waiting for the others to follow.

There it is everyone! Hope you like.