Chapter One

Five Minutes Later, Watchtower

A boom tube opened up soon after it was activated on Earth, and a bloody 15 year old was lying on the floor on his back with a crossbow arrow sticking out of his chest.

"Vincent! All available heroes to med bay, stat." A young boy said into the intercom.

The boy soon picked up the archer and headed to med bay to get the archer medical attention. As the 14 year old boy arrived with the 15 year old in his arms, he was greeted by some of his 'family'.

"Billy, what happened to Vincent?" The oldest boy said as he saw the shape that Archeron was in.

"I don't know Mathen, he activated his comm but there was no response on his end, so I brought him here." Billy said to his team leader.

"I'll help him out." A very young voice said, and with that, Mathen and Billy turned their attention to the door. A small girl was standing there, she couldn't be any older than 10.

"Molly, are you sure you can do it, you haven't used your healing power in a while." Mathen said.

"I'll be alright, big brother. Can you guys get the arrow and bullet out of him first?" Molly stated, then questioned.

The boys nodded and got to work at removing the projectiles from their 'brother'. It wasn't long before slight surgery was done to remove the bullet, and the crossbow arrow was pulled out. After she got the go ahead, the young girl codenamed Miracle went to work healing her lifelong friend.

Miracle aka Molly Grayson was only 10 years old, but she was also the first healing wizard in over 900 years, but even at such a young age she was a very talented healer. She went to work and soon enough she had a golden glow all around her, and Mathen and Billy saw Vincent's wounds starting to heal.

"Rave…taken…couldn't stop…him." Vincent said as he came to for a moment, but was not coherent yet. "Was dressed…like Deathstroke."

Mathen froze, he knew of only one person that could fight Rave, or any of the Graysons, and be able to take them down. Nightwing I, aka Dick Grayson, was on an off world mission with t half of the League, but Mathen did know of one Grayson that Rave's abductor didn't know about, and so he headed to the comm room to contact her.

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Down on Earth in Gotham City, Red Bird and Batman were out patrolling the city when Red Bird started to descend without telling the new Dark Knight. Batman turned around and saw this, and was curious as to why his partner was landing. When he turned back and landed, he came in the middle of a conversation.

"Cuz, slow down…what do you mean she was captured…. Alright, well I'll be there as soon as I return to the Batcave." Red Bird said as she deactivated her comm.

"What's wrong?" Batman asked.

"Family business, I'm sorry Ter; I can't tell you right now, I have to get back to the cave and help." Red Bird said, and with that she took off.

"Great, on my own again." Batman said to himself, until suddenly his own comm link activated.

"You can't blame her; with the Graysons, family has always been important, and since she found out about her cousins and her uncle was tortured, her protective instincts have heightened." Bruce said over the link.

"Alright, well, I'm going back on patrol; rumor has it the Royal Flush Gang is going to attack." Batman said as he walked to the edge of the roof.

"I don't think they'd want to run into Red Bird again after last year." Bruce said.

Batman shuttered at the memory of when Areina's uncle, Dick Grayson, was kidnapped. He had never seen such pent up anger before, not even after he lost his own father. She was a different person that night, but he couldn't blame her for that. The Dark Knight then took off to see if the rumors about the Royal Flush Gang were true.

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Twenty Minutes Later

Bruce was waiting for his granddaughter to come into the cave, which he thought would be another ten minutes, but suddenly the temperature in the cave went up, and Bruce turned to see her come into the cave and land.

"Sorry Bruce, can't stay long, just came here so Mathen could teleport me to watchtower." Red Bird said as she pulled her mask off.

"I understand, was it Meygan?" Bruce asked, figuring it had to be her since Mathen contacted her and Molly was only ten.

Areina nodded and gave a determined glare, then reached up to her comm link. "I'm ready."

Soon enough, a boom tube opened up and the 19 year old stepped into it.

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Watchtower was quiet, as half the league members were off helping a third world country on Earth, and the other half were on an off world mission. Since Mathen and a majority of the League's kids were grown, or in their teens at least, the league fell secure that they could help and protect each other if on their own.

Mathen, Nightwing II, waited as the boom tube opened and the person he was waiting for came walking out of it.

"Areina, I'm glad you could come, I didn't pull you away from anything did I?" Mathen asked, knowing that his cousin was in the superhero game like her mother before her.

"Just patrol with Batman, but he knows you guys are the only family I have. What happen to Meygan?" Areina asked, worried about her second oldest cousin.

"She and Archeron, you met him when you 'invaded' 6 months ago, were on patrol in Star City. Archeron has three major wounds and there was some kind of sedative in his system. All we were able to get from him is that the kidnapper was dressed like Deathstroke the Terminator." Mathen told Reiena.

"I've seen files about him, and Uncle Dick has mentioned him before." Areina said.

"Who was your dad, I never found that out?" Mathen questioned, his Grayson curiosity showing.

"It was Red Arrow, in fact, I found out about 3 years ago, that Deathstroke is the reason I never got to know Red Arrow. The explosion that killed my dad was set by Deathstroke." Areina said.

"Looks like you have a brother then. As far as we know, Red Arrow was Vincent's father, but it was never confirmed." Mathen said.

"How about we go see if little Molly as Vincent patched up yet." Areina said as she knew they were getting off the subject.

"You really are a bat, you know that." Mathen said as he walked in front of his cousin to show her the way to med bay.

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The room was dark, and the person occupying knew she was in trouble, as she felt chains surrounding her body, but she couldn't use her demon powers. It was just then that the door opened and her kidnapper arrived in the room.

"Stalker, what are you doing, trying to get to dad again." The girl said.

"In a way yes, Meygan, but I understand he's on an off world mission, so I'll just have to torture your brother and little sister." Stalker said.

Unknown to the two, there was a figure hiding in the shadows, but the tiniest movement caught the girl's attention.

"Need some help? I know of this girl, and I know there is another in her family." A voice said.

"It would be nice to get the whole family; so who is this other family member?" Stalker asked.

"Her name is Areina Grayson, and she lives in Gotham City. Since we will be working together, you can call me Drow." The voice said, and with that part of the shadow moved and revealed a young man with eyes that looked like a cat's eyes.

Rave tensed at the name, as she knew that Drow was responsible for her father's kidnapping about a year ago. The young heroine started to struggle harder.

"What the matter, Meygan, did this man strike a nerve?" Stalker asked as he saw the desperation on Rave's face.

"When I get out of this, both of you are going to get it. And if you must know, Drow here is obsessed with Batman, but he kidnapped my father to make the original Batman and even my cousin squirm." Rave explained. "By the time I found him, he was weak and covered in open wounds."

"So, you like to torture, I think we'll get along just fine." Stalker said as he turned to Drow after Rave's explanation. "I'd better change into my usual outfit."

Stalker then left Drow and Rave alone.

"So, you're the fire bug's cousin, this will be good. You see, I may still be obsessed with getting Bruce Wayne for humiliating my grandfather, but Areina scarred me for life when she saved Dick, so my revenge now extends to her as well." Drow said as he walked over to Rave.

"I've dealt with crazies like you before, and Areina, well, let's just say that you are going to get it when she finds out about this, and so is Stalker." Rave stated.

Drow didn't say anything as he walked out of the room and left the 16 year old alone.

So, An old enemy of Red Bird's has come into the plot. If you don't know of Areina Grayson (Red Bird), then you should read Batman's New Sidekick. Drow is also an OC of mine, so there are about 9 OCs in this story.