Well, here is chapter 1. If you have not read the Prologue, please go and do so.

Chapter 1

"Man, now that was a workout." Dick Grayson groaned as he emerged from the training simulator.

He then walked into the small kitchen area, grabbed a sports drink from the fridge, and then after finding a towel already soaked in cool water for him, he draped it around his neck and headed towards the Batcomputer.

"Feel better sir?" Alfred asked not bothering to look up from where his eyes were focused.

"Yeah, much better, though I must say, Bruce sure did upgrade the training dummies…I'm worn out." Dick replied as he quickly downed the drink and moved to stand beside the chair.

He noticed that Alfred was staring at a map of Gotham city. "What's going on? I didn't miss an alert, did I?" He asked.

"…it's Master Bruce…he has been out of touch for too long…something doesn't feel right." Alfred sounded hesitant to explain.

"That's nothing new…how long was I in the simulator?" Dick asked before his eyes zipped over to the time clock.

'Oh, no' His blue eyes widened in shock when he realized that Bruce had left for patrol almost four hours ago.

"Alfred, why didn't you let me know sooner?" The tone in Dick's voice was a combination of shock and anger.

"Forgive me sir, but you had shut yourself inside the simulator…I didn't want to disturb you…besides it's not unusual for Master Bruce to drop off the radar." Alfred replied. There was a slight calmness to his voice, but the worry was still there.

Dick sighed, he knew that the butler was both worried and tired and here he was snapping at him. "Sorry Al…I didn't mean to snap at you." He then placed a hand on Alfred's shoulder and looked up at the map on the screen. "Any idea what's taking him so long?"

Alfred shook his head. "All I know sir, is that Master Bruce radioed in a while ago and said that things were quiet and that he should be back soon and for me not to wait up."

Dick sighed. "It's never a good thing when Gotham is quiet…let me see something." He said as he moved to the computer and started typing away at the keyboard.

Alfred watched as multiple dots started appearing on the map on the screen. "Hacking satellite feeds are we sir?" He mumbled in mock distain.

"Yeah…these should be all the locations that Batman had been tonight…all the ones near the satellites anyway. Dick paused for a second to study the map. "Dang…he sure does get around, doesn't he?" He added with a small laugh, trying to lighten the mood.

"In deed. So, in all seriousness…Master Bruce should be near one of these points." Alfred replied returning the young hero's smile.

"Yeah…I just hope I can track him down before something bad happens…and judging by this map…it might take a while." Dick replied as he went to collect his mask and cape from the table.

Alfred sighed as he watched the teen head towards his motorcycle. "Master Grayson, you remember what he said…you were to stay here." He said standing up from the computer.

"Al, I have to go. If he's hurt…I'll never forgive myself…I can't just sit here and wait to see if he comes back." Dick's mind was made up. He had a feeling that his partner was in trouble and he was damned if he was going to just sit on his ass and do nothing.

"Alright…just be careful sir…you'll do no one any good if something happens to you as well." Alfred said. He knew that he had to let him go, besides he didn't want to lose Bruce either.

"I'll be careful…radio me if anything comes up." Dick assured as he started the bike.

Alfred nodded indicating he heard. "Godspeed sir." He said as he watched the Redbird coast out of the cave.

He then began to pray that both of his boys would soon be coming back alive.

Sorry this chapter is short. Please review if you would. Chapter tow is on the way.