-Recap-
"Find Miss Martian. Then we're leaving, Robin is not here," growled Batman. The team headed towards where Miss Martian had disappeared.
"this is the area where M'gann was scoping out, check every room." Aqualad commanded. "Find her."
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"Take your hood off," Ra's commanded the girl. She slowly took off her hood and untied her mask, revealing her face and wavy black hair.
Robin's eye's widened in absolute shock, "B-Brooke?" His voice cracked.
"Hello, brother," She said sweetly, smiling eerily.
"Y-you work with, him?" Robin tilted his head towards Ra's all Ghul. "You ran away from training with Batman, and joined the League of Assassins?" He said, astonished and more than a little pissed off.
"Batman had nothing more to teach me," Brooke said with a slightly cold tone. "I learned much more from training with Master Ra's Al Ghul."
"It's nothing you couldn't have learned from Batman," Robin said spitefully, glaring at both Ra's and his sister.
"I have learned more from Ra's, then I ever could from Batman," She said coldly.
The two siblings stared daggers at each other. Ra's looked between the two siblings. The relation between the two was obvious. They both had shiny black hair, only Brooke's was much longer and wavy. Both Graysons had gorgeous blue eyes, except Dick's still held onto the shining innocence imbedded into his irises. Brooke's eyes had hardened from maturity and learning the lessons of life. Brooke was about 3" taller, but Dick made up for his height in muscle. Dick's shoulders were broader and he was probably stronger than Brooke. Brooke was more flexible, though she was anything but weak. After about 10 minutes, Ra's concluded that Brooke would win in a fight, she was trained to kill. Not to mention that Brooke had been training longer and more intensely. Brooke had also been in the field longer. Brooke was one of his most well trained assassins. She could easily handle the Boy Wonder.
Ra's Al Ghul was a respected 400 year old leader, but he could help but think something along the lines of, Take that Batman, my Grayson is better than yours.
"Brooke, dear, take our heir to his room," Ra's waved his hand and dismissed the two. He turned to some of his other assassins, "There will be extra protection around the prince's room and the prince will have an escort at all times."
"I'm not your prince or your heir," Robin growled. He was ignored.
Brooke untied Dick's feet and pulled him to his feet. "Come on, brother dear..." She said with menacing sweetness. Dick snarled at his sister as she shoved him forward. "I'll show you your room," Brooke said, smiling. What was wrong with her?
Dick was shoved down the halls of the mansion. Brooke stopped him in front of a heavy metal door. She pushed it open, untied Dick's wrists and threw him into the room. She didn't even give him a second glance as she walked away and locked the door behind her.
Dick looked around his room. First, he looked for escape routes. There were no windows to break, and the only door was locked. His room could only be opened from the outside, and it seemed to be made of sold metal. Robin walked over to the walls and knocked twice, solid steel. It wasn't a room, it was a prison.
However, It was a nice prison, the walls were a crimson-ish red and there was a matching carpet around the middle of the room. There was a queen sized bed with crimson and black covers and white pillows on the right hand wall and a wooden vanity on the left. There was also a dresser in the corner. He opened the drawers, they were fully stocked with shirts and pants. There were also training clothes folded neatly on top of the dresser. Dick opened the closet next. Inside was full assassin's gear, complementary from the League of Assassins. The other two hangars were empty, but there was a note taped to one of them.
This hangar is for a tailored suit. You will be fit this Friday. The other hangar is for a tuxedo. Some missions require you to go to fancy events. Thus the need for the correct attire.
-Ra's Al Ghul
Dick sighed and put the note on the vanity. He walked over and jumped onto the queen sized bed. The sheets were soft and made of silk. He sighed and waited for Batman and the team to come rescue him.
The team found Miss Martian in a dark empty room. The fire had died down, but M'gann was still unconscious. Superboy ran up to Miss Martian and felt her pulse.
"She's still alive, but she's weak," Superbly concluded. He picked up the martian bridal style and nodded to Batman, signaling it was time to leave.
The team turned and walked out of the room. They headed towards the exit, only the exit was blocked.
"Weird, haha.." Kid Flash laughed nervously. "Cuz... ah, I coulda sworn the exit wasn't blocked.."
"Damn it, I knew Ra's wouldn't leave his this place unguarded," Batman swore, "We're not alone."
"W-what do you mean, 'we're not alone'" Kid Flash stuttered. "You sound like someone out of a horror movie," he joked nervously.
"He means that Ra's still has assassins positioned here," Aqualad sighed.
"It also means that we're screwed," Artemis said pulling an arrow out of her quiver.
The assassin smiled, time to have some fun... the girl threw explosives and smoke bombs down from her hiding spot and quickly leapt to another hiding spot on the ceiling. She followed up the smoke bombs and explosives with shurikens that hit their mark. Kid Flash got a shuriken to the abdomen and Artemis was hit in the shoulder. Superboy and Miss Martian were exploded backwards and Aqualad took hits to his shoulders and chest.
"We need to get out of here, now," Batman commanded the team. "Superboy, are you alright?"
"Yea, I'm ok. But Miss Martian's pretty hurt," He replied shaking off the dust.
"Okay, Artemis, help Aqualad. Superboy, carry Miss Martian to the Bio Ship. Kid Flash, are you able to make it there?"
"Yea bats, I'll be okay." Kid Flash groaned, smiling weakly.
"Good, I'll handle the assassins. GO, now!" Batman commanded. The team didn't have to be told twice. As the team evacuated the building, Batman turned to the clearing smoke. Bat-a-rangs at the ready he examined the room. Seeing nothing, Batman threw down his own smoke bomb, but before he could disappear, a shrunken embedded itself in his arm. Batman snarled and looked around the room, he finally spotted the shadow in the corner.
"Show yourself," Batman snarled. He threw his Bat-a-rangs at the shadow, but the assassin easily avoided them.
"I'm good thanks," The girls said, tauntingly. She threw more smoke bombs into the ground, effectively keeping her cover.
"You're stalling me," Batman growled into the smoke.
"Guilty as charged," she giggled.
"It's not going to work," Batman said gruffly before turning on his heel and heading towards the exit. He was stopped by an explosion in front of him, causing the doorway to collapse.
"You don't get out that easily," taunted the assassin.
Batman scowled, this girl was really starting to get on his nerves. He shot his grappling hook straight up and landed on a board in the ceiling. "There's more than one way out," he said in his monotone voice. He put his fist through the glass window. A loud shattering noise sounded throughout the building. Batman wasted no time in jumping out the window.
The assassin scowled and leapt after the superhero.
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The team heard a loud shattering noise come from the building.
"What was-" Kid Flash began.
"It is none of our concern," Aqualad interrupted. "We must focus on getting to the bio ship and tending to our injuries."
"I'm more concerned with who's going to DRIVE the bioship," Artemis said worriedly.
"We can discuss this when Batman comes back," Aqualad said.
At that moment Batman came running down the path. "Speak of the devil," mumbled Artemis.
"She's right behind me, move!" He called to the team.
"The Bio Ship is only about 75 meters away," Said Superboy, "If we run we can make it there in about 10 seconds."
"I don't care how you get there, as long as you get there!" Batman yelled. Batman laid the ground with timed explosives before pulling out his last smoke bomb and giving them a last bit of cover. Batman turned and ran after the team.
The team and Batman boarded the Bio Ship and Artemis sat down in the pilot's seat. "Everyone here?!" She shrieked as the bio ship's engine started up.
"Everyone is present," Aqualad replied loudly, "lets get going!"
The bio ship lifted off the ground. "We're gonna make it!" Artemis grinned. The bio ship took off at full speed. "Did we lose her?"
"She's not in the clearing," Batman growled. As Superboy approached the window a face hung upside down from the roof. Super boy jumped back, surprised.
"Artemis, she's on top of the bio ship!" Kid Flash bellowed.
"Yeah, yeah, Baywatch, Im on it! Everyone hold on!" Artemis flipped the ship upside-down.
Connor and batman held firmly onto a bar the bio ship created, M'gann was secured in a hospital bed and Aqualad was buckled into his seat. Wally, however, was holding onto the head of his chair for dear life. His legs hung down towards the ceiling, his knuckles were white from holding onto the chair so hard. "ARTYYYY," he whined as his hands started to slip.
Artemis rolled here eyes, "relax," she flipped the ship right side up. Kid Flash's eyes widened as he fell face first onto the ground.
"Nothin t' worry 'bout here," He said muffled from the floor. "Jus' me on th floor, don't check t' see if i'm ok or anything"
Choosing to ignore the speedster, Artemis asked the question everyone was thinking, "Is she gone?"
"That would be a no," a voice sounded out from behind them. The team plus batman whipped their heads in the voice's direction. An assassin stood in the bio ship's door way. "My names Violette, and you can't get rid of me that easily," she smirked. The team scowled and stood up, preparing for a fight
Robin had picked up a book on the bookshelf near his bed, Fighting Techniques and Their Histories. As interesting as the history of Kung Fu was, Robin had been reading this book for two hours. His eyes began to flutter shut, and just as he was drifting off the sleep the door to him "room" banged open, which was impressive since his door was solid steel and about a foot thick.
Brooke was standing in the middle of the room in her civies, his sister held a food tray. It had a ham sandwich and some milk. "Dinner," she scowled. Dick sat up and glared at his so-called sister. She abandoned him when he needer her most, she joined one of Batman's worst enemies, and now she's standing before him all... different-y. Brooke never would have glared at her brother when they were younger. As far as Dick was concerned, he no longer had a sister.
"Not hungry," he practically spat at Brooke.
Brooke's eyes narrowed. "Fine," she sneered. She dropped the tray on the table at the foot of his bed. The milk wobbled on impact and partially spilled onto the tray, but for the most part Dick's "dinner" stayed in tact.
Brooke swiftly turned around and began to leave the room. Her hand had reached to close the door, but just as she was about to close the door, a voice sounded out. A voice she hadn't heard in years. The sound of her little brother calling out for her.
"Brooke?" Dick said it gently. It wasn't harsh or hostile. It wasn't Robin, the Boy Wonder. It was Dick Grayson, her little brother. Brooke stopped in her tracks. Her expression softened in the slightest. She turned towards Dick, most of her face was covered by the metal door, but he could see the softened expression on her face.
"Yes, Dick?" she replied. Dick sighed at the sound of her voice. She didn't sound like an assassin when she spoke this time, she sounded like his big sister.
"Why did you leave?" Dick asked her quietly.
Brooke's eyes widened in light shock at first, before looking down at the ground sadly, "Batman was not helping me live up to my full potential." she lied.
"No, I mean why did you leave me," he clarified sadly, looking down at his bed spread.
Brooke looked away, "I- I should go, I've got, assassin duties.." she drifted off. Dicks door shut and locked with a click, and he was left wondering what had happened to his beloved big sister.
