The whole night Charlotte was snuggled up into Dick's side as he held her. It was the first good night's sleep she had since her dad's death. She felt safe here and loved. She had a family and she would embrace this with time.
When Dick woke up he realized he didn't leave Charlotte last night. She was still asleep on him calm serene and beautiful in Dicks opinion. He knew they were only ten but it was one of things when you really are close to someone. He played with her hair as she slept listening to her heart beat and feeling her breath in and out.
Finally she woke up to feeling Dick petting her head and she turned to look at him. He smiled and asked "breakfast?" She nodded and went downstairs to see Alfred had prepared her favorite. Buttermilk pancakes bacon ham and hash browns were prepared for her to eat.
They sat and ate as Bruce came down. He announced he would be at the watchtower for the day and to stay out of trouble. Usually in the summer robin got to go with or on patrol but this week Dick was to show Charlotte the ropes at the house and keep her company. Roy was to stop by later to see them since their mentors were discussing important information on villains that had been giving them extreme trouble of late.
Charlotte wanted to train at first so that's what they did letting her anger flow out as she sparred with robin but she was so angry she lost most of their matches. She was just too upset and angry. So instead they went to put a movie on. Dick turned on the TV about to switch the news to the DVD player when a reporter was saying how last night the police found 12 bodies murdered in the style of the Spartan and to beware of the madman.
Charlotte was turning a little green and Dick changed it to the movie the three musketeers and watched in silence with Charlotte curled up into Dicks side in need of comfort after the news. She was shaking and dick didn't know what to do.
Roy came during the movie. Charlotte turned and ran to him the older boy picking her up in a hug carrying her back to the couch where the three of them finished watching the movie. Charlotte pretended to be asleep and even though Roy knew she was faking but took her back to her room laying her down on the bed tucking her under the covers.
He knew she just wanted to be left alone. So he left closing the door behind him. Charlotte did want to be alone but not because she was upset. She was angry and wanted to go catch the madman. She dressed quickly and quietly she changing into siren and was out the window out to stop the villain that had hurt her so bad.
Running across rooftops not making a single sound she ran around the city waiting for the killer to show his face. She didn't stop for little crimes like stealing or anything just searching for him.
She finally found him two hours later walking along the streets looking for prey. He had a few of his goons trailing behind his as he went. The man seemed happy and pleased with himself as he walked on.
Before she knew what she was doing siren jumped down from the roof taking down two of his Lackeys and fighting off three more. There were too many of them and they had somehow gotten better taking her down easily. She did not have the same control in a fight when she was angry and was not tight or small enough to avoid losing.
Sooner than later the followers of the Spartan had siren pinned with her hands behind her back facing the scowling man. She wasn't supposed to come back to fight him. He would finish her for good this time. Taking his sword he knocked her unconscious with the hilt and had his people take her back to their hideout she was too likely to draw attention from unwanted people.
At this time Dick and Roy had gone back up to check on Charlotte to find she wasn't there and her window was open. Both boys started screaming at each other freaking out. What were they to do they both know she went after him Dick had told Roy of what was on the news and they knew they had to find her before she got in trouble or they would all be in trouble with their mentors.
So the boys went to change into speedy and robin and headed down to the bat cave where robin hacked into the bat computer. Both batman and black canary had GPS's sewn into the girl's clothes. Robin knew he had three of batman's kind on him. He tracked the girl to see her moving fast very fast towards the edge of Gotham where the abandoned warehouses were of course.
With that the two left through the zeta beam into the heart of Gotham heading towards where charlottes signal was. The two weren't going fast enough though to catch up in time. Speedy was used to using his arrow cycle and robin was used to jumping across roof tops so they were going on roof tops across Gotham since speedy didn't have his cycle. It was slow moving especially when they crossed paths with a crime they had to stop. They needed to get to her before it was too late.
Siren woke up in a warehouse on the outskirts of Gotham surrounded by the Spartans cult who seemed to waiting for some ritual. Looking around her she could see no way out and her arms were tied down tight. She was stuck on what she had gotten herself into.
The Spartan came in sword unsheathed. His followers bowed to him as he passed staring at the tiny girl who had given him so much trouble over the past two years. He liked the offers Gotham had for his gods but this child had gotten in his way too many times.
He smacked the girl with the flat of his was word across her face. The girls face snapped to one side as a bruise started to form across her cheek bone just like she did to him during their first fight. Then one of the people behind him gave the monster an old fashioned whip and he started the long process of beating her to death his usual method.
After the whip came the knife as he nicked her here and there and carving his symbol into the back of her shoulder. Then came the baseball bat and after that his fists. Siren didn't show her face or make a sound. No weakness should be shown to the maniac he would find too much pleasure in hearing her scream. She passed out when he was in the middle of the baseball bat after holding in so much pain.
When the Spartan was starting to use his fists robin and speedy showed up. The scene was brutal they could tell they would need back up so as they started fighting throwing punches kicks arrows and birdarangs they called black canary green arrow and batman for help. They understood why she did this but it almost got her killed again. Robin had done stupid things like this but now he got to see someone else act without their mind.
They fought as the Spartan grabbed his ceremonial knife to finally kill the girl only to be stopped by the boy wonder. Robin threw three birdarangs one knocking the blade out of the man's hand. Then he jumped flipping up and kicking down on the man. It hit the man hard but the man grabbed to boys foot and threw him. Being an acrobat the boy landed on his feet facing the man again.
This time the man charged him pulling out his sword. Robin ducked the first swing just to be hit by a fist. They exchanged blows until speedy who had taken down anyone who didn't run joined they fight the three fought to stop each other. The two boys wanted to keep him from hurting siren and the man just wanted to kill her.
The Spartan just wanted to end the girl. So stabbing out at the red headed boy he hit him hard slicing through his chest leaving a deep wound. As the boy fell robin attacked only to be sent flying across the room when he tried to avoid the sword. Bothe were down for the count and the Spartan took his sword and stabbed the raven haired boy in the stomach then took his hidden knife and stabbed it deep into the little girl chest close to her heart.