Hey guys! So just as a warning, this will get a little graphic. It has some pretty intense torture scenes, so if you're not into that I wouldn't suggest reading this. So, I think

that's all I have to say on this. I hope you all enjoy!

Bang! Boom! Bam! Explosions were everywhere. Fire surrounded him. The building was collapsing around him. But it all seemed so distant. Sounded so distant. He heard

the shouts of the Justice League, but they were so faint.

Nightwing marveled at how some missions can go so wrong. Like this one for example. One of the huge skyscrapers in Gotham had been set on fire by some unknown

source, trapping a whole bunch of people inside. Batman, Aquaman, Flash, and Nightwing had gone to, obviously, save everybody and find out what had started the fire.

Well, that's when the explosions started. Small bombs kept going off in and around the building. It was soon too much for the four, so Batman called in the League. Still,

things kept getting worse, and they haven't gotten better yet.

So, for the abridged version...Skyscraper catches fire. Batman, Aquaman, Flash, and Nightwing go to put it out. Things start exploding. Batman calls in rest of League.

And now Nightwing is on the edge of passing out in a collapsing, exploding building.

Simple mission...Almost dead. Funny how things work like that. One moment you're up, beating the odds yet again...Next moment you're trapped under a fallen beam,

ready to pass out.

Dick started coughing up a storm due to all th smoke in the air. ' Well, ' he thought. ' I guess this is the end. The League has no idea that I'm trapped here, and my body feels

absolutely useless. ' He layed ther with his thoughts. Kind of surprised that he was so relaxed while he's about to die. Then he thought, ' wait. I'm Nightwing! Former protege

of Batman! I'm not going down this easy! What am I doing? '

He tried to get out of his hazy, la la land mind, and get into his Nightwing, hero mind. Dick tried to move his arm that wasn't pinned down. It was numb and had fallen asleep,

but it was functional. He tried to lift the beam up just enough for his other arm to get free, which was totally useless at the moment. Even though both arms were now free,

only one was truly functional.

Nightwing tried to push the beam off of him, which proved to be a vain attempt. That's when he realized it was stuck on something. Knowing that he didn't have time to fight

with it to get it unstuck, he started trying to slide out from under it. Dick used his one good arm to push the beam up just enough to get his legs through.

Just as he was trying to stand, another beam fell. Dick dove to the side just in time. He stood up and started running as best he could while the adrenaline was still rushing

through his body. The League was no where to be seen, though the explosions had stopped. ' Did they leave without me? ' Dick thought.

Soon he started feeling light headed again. His legs went numb, and he collapsed. He smelled something. Not smoke. Not burning wood. Was that gas? Oh no.

Nightwing heard footsteps coming up behind him. He tried to crawl away, but the world was going dark, and he couldn't feel most of his body. Then he heard it. The most

terrifying noise in the world. The sound that makes your heart stop, and your stomach churn. The laugh. The laugh that belonged to the cruelest, most psychotic creature

that has ever lived.

Then, he was out.

Nightwing woke up to hear somebody humming in the distance. The tune was unrecognizable, but he didn't relly pay attention to that. He instinctively took a mental scan

of the room he was in. Dull gray walls. Concrete floor. High ceiling. There was, what looked like a medical trolley, over in the corner with some different things on it that Dick

couldn't make out. And there was an operation like table with straps hooked through it. That's when he noticed that, currently, he was hanging from his wrists that were

bound in chains. His toes just scraped the floor, and, now that he had noticed, his shoulders started burning too.

A cool breeeze swept across the room. From where? Dick had no idea, but it gave him chills. Which is when he realized that the top part of his suit had been taken off,

exposing his toned chest and well cut six pack.

A fe minutes after Nightwing had woken up, the humming stopped, and he heard footsteps coming his way. ' Oh boy, ' he thought. He had a very bad feeling about all of this.

The footsteps kept getting louder until HE turned the most wanted. The most feared thing in the world. The clown prince of crime. The Joker.

" Hello bird boy, ' the clown said with his chilling voice. " I'm so glad you could make it. "

Nightwing tried to hide the fear on his face. He's been up against Joker before. Heck! He's been captured by Joker countless times! But still, everytime it was terrifying.

Plus, this was Joker's first time capturing him as Nightwing.

" Just look at you! " Joker started, walking up to the young hero. " All grown up! Off on your own! I gotta hand it to you, when you left Batman. I was impressed! I mean really! "

" What do you want, Joker? " Nightwing said, somehow keeping his voice strong and confident.

" Well, I've had fun in the past with Robin, but now he's been upgraded, and I haven't had a chance to play with that yet. So I have some new toys for the upgraded version. "

Joker pulled over the trolley, which was full of knives, and other different things that made Dick's stomach turn inside out. This was not going to be the normal beat down

with the crowbar. It was going to be alot worse.

So there's chapter one. I really hope you all liked it! Please please please review! They are highly appreciated! Thanks guys!