Robin was in bed, at the Wayne manor, trying to fall asleep after his nightmare. He kept seeing his parents, the flying Grayson's, falling to their deaths. It was about eight thirty at night but Dick was trying to catch up on sleep that he lost from the mission with Batman trying to capture Ivy the night before. Suddenly his phone rang. The caller's ID said Artemis Crock. Artemis was a girl at school that he tutored for calculus; she was also a member of his team Young Justice. Although she didn't know that he was Robin.
"Hello?" Robin yawned.
"Hey Dick, I need some help with my calculus homework. Can you come over?" Artemis asked.
"Sure, I'll be over soon." he said groggily. Dick rolled out of bed with a sigh. Grabbing his backpack he headed to the garage where his bike was.
As he walked up to her room door he heard voices that sounded oddly like his team. That's odd; Dick thought to himself, Artemis tries to keep the secret identity. Must be my imagination. "Artemis you there?" Dick voiced worriedly.
2 hours before teams POV
The team, minus robin, were called into the mission room for a new mission from Batman.
"Where's Robin?" Wally asked zipping up next to the Caped Crusader.
"Robin was tired so I sent him to bed." Batman said flatly
"You or Agent A?" Wally pointed out, raising eyebrow.
"Agent A," Batman sighed defeated. "Your mission will be to get into this group to gather Intel so we can infiltrate it. The boss of this groups name is Phil Golding. Do whatever test he gives you; make sure to inform me of the test." Batman stated.
1 hour later
The team had with the help of visual aiding technology and Miss Martin's powers disguised themselves to look like the everyday left of the street kids. Batman had found through word on the street that Phil Golding had been looking for a couple street rats to do his bidding. Teens were often seen and ignored. Batman sent them the coordinates for the supposed meeting place, an abandoned ware house.
Kid Flash shoved the door aside and called out. "Hello? Anyone here? Heard there was someone paying for jobs."
"So you runts want to get into this group eh" a voice asked.
"Yes we do," Kalder answered, squinting in the dim light.
"Okay, but first you need a test, so you prove how reliable you really are." The voice stepped out into the light with a grin and five men flanking him carrying guns. "You can call me Golding, Phil Golding." He continued with a chuckle. "so your test is to grab the Golden Boy of Gotham, which should be easy for a bunch of tough street kids like yourselves." Phil sneered, looking them up and down.
'That's Richard Grayson from my school, he tutors me in Calculus. I feel bad that he has to get involved, he got kidnapped by the Joker a couple weeks ago.' Artemis said over the mind link.
'He'll be fine; we'll protect him without his knowledge. Batman and the Justice League will prevail before anything happens to him. Using Artemis as a cover, we can get him out of his house. Kid inform Batman of our test' .Kalder answered in the mind link.
"It'll be a piece of cake." Wally grinned cracking his knuckles to put on a show.
"Good, then get out of my sight," Tossing them a disposable flip phone he continued, Call this once you have him." Phil growled.
AT THE BATCAVE
Batman didn't like it one bit, his ward was kidnapped enough of the time, but for him to let it happen? Could he really do that with a clear conscience? Bruce sighed, a tug of war of emotions playing inside him. It would be fine as long as he swooped in before anything bad happed right? With that in mind Batman confirmed Kid's request to continue.
Present time
"Artemis you there?" Dick asked quizzically through the door.
"Places every one," Artemis spoke through the mind link, " Come in Dick, the door's open."
"Artemis your mom said you finished your calculus homework hours ago what do you… Ahummp." Dick started as Wally hurriedly clamped a hand over his mouth.
"Sorry Dick, but we need you for something," Wally whispered in his friend's ear as Wally brought him to a chair and tried unsuccessfully to gently set Dick down on it. Dick kicked Wally in the knee so Wally would let go. Thankfully for the team Wally didn't let go but he did loosen his grip. Dick took that chance and slipped Wally hand off his mouth.
"What are you guys doing?" Dick hissed through his teeth
"I apologize but you must trust us, we need your help for a mission." Kalder said hesitantly to Dick.
"I've been kidnapped by supervillains but this is a new low!" Dick laughed mirthlessly. "You guys can't keep me here! I'm leaving!" With that Dick tried to dart around Miss Martin only to have a flying wall come tackle him. He was quickly swept off his feet and hitting his head.
"Superboy!" Artemis said angrily, "we don't want him hurt!" To which Superboy only grunted with a shrug.
"Maybe a little too late now," Wally said wincing for his friend," let's tie him up." soon they had him bound hand and foot as well as blindfolded and gagged.
"Call Phil that we have him," Kalder said to Kid Flash. They were soon on their way back to the warehouse with one boy wonder gagged and out for the count.