Death of a Bird:

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN THIS. A girl can dream right? But still I don't own this.

Batman's POV

It had been two months. Nightwing had been a criminal for two months. He had already done independent heists. If Nightwing was a criminal I had to stop him. I was the goddamned Batman, that, and because everybody expected me to stop him. He was my son. He was my responsibility, and now after two months. It was time for me to confront him.

I was in Bludhaven for the night. Rumors had been going around the underworld that Renegade was going to make an appearance. I had to try one last time to make him break his promise. To come back to the heroes.

"Batman." He managed to sneak up on me. He had gotten good, better, but I couldn't let my surprise show. People were counting on me.

"Renegade." He stepped out of the shadows. The blue mask, reflected by the light was the only thing visible in the dark smog of Bludhaven.

"What do you want Batman." His voice was different. Darker, deeper.

"Come back to the heroes. We can get you away from Slad-"

"I made a deal. I'm not going back."

"Nightwin-"

"It's Renegade, Batman. Get this through your thick skull, I am not coming back. Deal with it." He was confused. He had to be. I couldn't stand the thought of him not coming back. Staying a villain, staying with the psychopath that was Slade. I was out of my game. Really out of my game. I should have seen the first punch coming. The tensed muscles as Renegade prepared to strike. I didn't, and if it weren't for my reflexes the impending fight would have gone much, much different.

Renegade's POV

Dodge, punch kick. Flip over Bats. He had barely dodged out of the way of my first punch, and from that point on it was war. We were fighting blow for blow on a building in the worst city in the world. It was even worse than Gotham. I had been scouting out Bludhaven for a new main base of operations. I had noticed the bat a mile away. I skidded to a stop as I was kicked in the stomach. Slade had made this look easy. I knew from experience that it was anything but. Why didn't he understand that I wasn't coming back? I didn't break a promise. Especially a promise I made to save my family.

I was working up a sweat, as was he, and the fight was going well, but I had a slight advantage. I had been training nonstop with Slade for five months. For two months I had been training even harder. I had to become Renegade. To keep my promise, and I would never tell anybody, but Wintergreen this, but I was having fun. I was being challenged in fighting that nobody, not even Batman had before. It was exhilarating, and I had gotten better. A lot better, now that I didn't have as many limits. I still wouldn't kill. I just couldn't shooting people in non-lethal places was still difficult.

"Renegade" The sound resonated from the comlink that was stuck in my right ear. "You are needed at the base immediately, and tell Batman I said hello." It still amazed me how he knew what I was doing, and he did it even better than bats had. I flipped over Batman.

"Batman, I've gotta go. Just so you know. I am not coming back, so stop looking for me. You won't find me. You couldn't find me the first time, and you can't find me now. Oh, and Slade says hi."

"Renega-" I jumped off a building, flipping, and landing on the cement below.

"I'm on my way Slade." I made my way through the alleyways of Bludhaven avoiding all criminal activity. The hidden warehouse base was one Slade had built earlier, in his criminal career, but he was revamping it. Making it more deadly and overall updating the main design. I punched in the code, and came through the door, into a hallway that led to the main room, which of course had a bunch of machinery going.

"You needed me Slade?" His back was turned, and he threw me a key, I caught it as it sailed through the air.

"Come with me." I followed him through the winding passages in the warehouse. A door on the right side of one of the hallways had a normal key, rather than a punch code. I looked at him, and he nodded. I inserted the key, and opened the door. I let out a gasp as the view of the uneven bars, rings, mats, beam, and other equipment came into view. I saw a net over in a section, and looked up. A smile crept up onto my face, as the view of a trapeze came into sight. I started fidgeting almost instantly. I felt the burning need to fly. To soar.

"Go on. Even I'm not that mean. Besides I want to see what you can do." I ran over to the tall ladder, and climbed, up. I launched off, and then I started to fly.

Batman's POV

He had just pulled a…a me. Nobody ever can do that, but Nig-Renegade had. I didn't want to break it to the league that their little bird wasn't coming back, because he wasn't. He was going to remain a villain. I could feel it in my gut. I had lost. In more ways than one. I had lost to Slade three months ago, but it wasn't just my pride, or my dignity, I had lost my son. As I left Bludhaven I wondered how I was going to break this to Tim. His brother wasn't coming home.

Author's Note:

Thank you to all that reviewed, and everything like that. You guys are the reason that this is up right now. I wasn't due to post until Wednesday. SO YAY!

Next up Ambush part 1.