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It's been a week since she killed the man. Another birthday came and went, with nothing for it. It was like every other day, training. Nothing special, she's gotten used to it, though and didn't mind. Though Lex was making her go to charity thing the Oliver Queen is hosting in Star City in his mansion.

She pulled up the sleeve on her dress. It kept falling down and it annoyed her to no extent. She walked into the elevator and went to ground level and waited as Lex talked to someone. He finished and walked over to her. "Good, you're ready. Let's go," Riley clutched the small handbag she had and walked outside following Lex.

Outside, reporters and press were eager to get pics of Lex and Riley, the ward never seen. Lex went into the limousine and she followed suite. When inside she gave a small sigh of relief. The press always bugged her because of them trying weird things to get a pic. They were then on their way to Star City and Mr. Queen's mansion.

They soon made it to the mansion and the limousine stopped. Lex climbed out and the press started taking pictures. Lex leaned over a little and gestured for the ten-year-old to come out. She took a deep breath and slide out of the limo. She squinted her eyes as cameras flashed brightly in her eyes.

The press knew of Riley's existence, but Lex barely let her out in public, if he did Deathstroke was in disguise somewhere and Mercy was close by to keep up the image. The press always got excited when she was out and tried to get a picture. She had a slight scowl on her face and Lex leaned in. "Riley, you look like you want to kill someone or everyone. If you really want to, you could afterward."

Riley looked at him in surprise, he would be ok with it if she actually killed them. She was slightly repulsed by it. "Put on a smile for the press," he continued, waving to the press smiling, a perfect businessman, an act. "Smile now and laugh as if I said something funny," he said.

Riley then let out a laugh that convinced the press but sounded so fake to her. Lex then started toward the entrance and she followed him to it.

She followed Lex into the mansion and gave a small sigh of relief. Lex went over to Mr. Queen and she looked around and saw a boy that looked about thirteen years old. He was leaning against a wall away from the guests.

She started toward him which took longer than it should have. But every lady stopped her and said how 'cute', 'pretty' or 'lady-like' she was. She mentally scoffed at each one, she would much prefer to be in shorts and a loose top, not a restricting dress and pretending to be poised. After what felt like ages she finally reached the teen.

"Not much of a party person I take it?" she asked.

"Yeah, don't really care for them. Roy Harper. And you are?" he asked reaching a hand out. She took his hand and shook it.

"Riley Luthor. Lex took me as his ward when my family was….killed," she said. "So, what is this party about?"

"Just a fundraiser of sorts. Trying to do awareness for….something, I missed the name of it," he gave a small laugh.

"I don't know either, so we're the same there," she said. "So, if you don't do the party scene, why are you here?"

"You could say I'm Mr. Queen's ward," he said and Riley nodded.

"If you had a party, what would it be like?" she looked at him curiously.

"If it was mine I'd put speakers around so that everyone could hear and play rock or popular songs, not….whatever this is," he gestured around as if that would describe the music.

"I believe it's classical music," she offered and he scoffed again.

"Ya, that. And there'd be colored lights on the ceiling, making it seem more….outgoing, fun. Though, anything would be better than this," he jerked his thumb to the party.

"Ya, especially the press. I always hate going through them," she said and Roy gave a small nod. "If you threw a party like that, I'd sure come."

"That be cool. How old are you anyway?" he asked and she gave a small shrug.

"I'm ten."

"Thirteen, but age is just a number. Your fun," he said.

"Better than being called cute or pretty or lady-like, like basically every lady is calling me. That is very annoying," she said. "Thank you for not following their lead and instead said something else, very appreciated."

"Welcome. So, what do you do as Lex's ward?"

"Well, I'm homeschooled, for unknown reasons to me. He has me taking self-defense classes so that in case I ever get attacked I can protect myself. Besides that not much. I have some time on my hands, so I think of random things, like the structure of a word and how to personalize it. It's something I used to do with my sister."

"Fun, what words have you personalized?" he asked generally interested.

"Like hey. We thought it could be more personal or made more informal by adding something, and we came up with heya. We were discussing how to make another word personal when they were….killed."

"Well, that sounds cool. This party, though, I feel underwhelmed by its boringness," Roy said.

"Wow, how come everyone's either underwhelmed or overwhelmed? I wonder if anyone has ever been whelmed? What would it be like to be just whelmed?"

"Don't know. I can image though in this town you won't find anyone whelmed. Maybe in another city you shall find that out," Roy said. She quickly looked around and saw Lex slowly making his way over.

"Lex is coming over. Hope I can hang with you again!" she then started walking away.

"Me too. And stay whelmed!" he called out laughing, getting weird looks from the woman nearby.

"We're done, Riley. Let's go," Lex started toward the door and Riley turned back to face Roy and waved before following Lex's lead. Mercy was following behind and they made it to the limo without much problem from the press. They continued the ride in silence and Riley looked outside the window. "Once we get back, change into Renegade, Riley."

"Yes, sir," she replied and continued watching the scenery. They soon got back to the Lexcorp building and they exited the limo and went in. Riley went into the elevator with Lex but got off before him. Usually, she would run up the stairs, but that was not an option in the dress she was wearing.

She went into the training room that Slade taught her in and grabbed the Renegade outfit. She went into the changing room and changed into the more comfortable outfit. She came out and grabbed her weapons. She then went to the stairs and started running up them to Lex's office. She went up the last flight and opened the door.

She went down the hall and entered the room. Deathstroke and Lex were in the room and she went toward him. "What did you want me to do, sir?" she asked, bowing her head slightly.

"We need a collection. In Gotham City's museum, they got kryptonite shipped to them. Go to Gotham and get those crystals," he said.

"Yes, sir," she turned back toward the door and left. Deathstroke following behind her and they went to the roof. They entered the helicopter and Deathstroke flew the helicopter toward Gotham. When they were a good distance away from the museum, Deathstroke landed the helicopter.

"When you get the crystals, come back here, Renegade," he said sternly.

"Yes, master," Renegade nodded, took off the headphones and stepped out of the helicopter. She then ran across the roof and jumped from roof to roof. She stopped on a roof that was across from the museum and looked around, trying to see if anyone was watching. When she felt safe she jumps from the tall building toward the one-story museum.

As the museum roof came closer, she got prepared for the landing. As her hands hit the rooftop she started rolling to break her fall. She stopped rolling and went into a crouch and went to the skylight on top of the museum. She opened a panel and started typing into the small key panel there.

She heard a low beep and the small red light turned green. She opened a window on the skylight and pulled out her grappling hook. She jumped down and shot the hook at the skylight. It caught on the ledge and she felt her arm jerk in one direction and her body in another. She lowered herself to the ground and disconnected the line and stashed the gun away.

She looked around the dark museum and thought about a time when she would have been freaked. But since she was trained with the world's most ruthless mercenary, she was used to the dark, it helped her hide and sneak around.

She looked around the deserted museum and saw a dull green glow, the kryptonite, she thought. She then headed over to it and opened the case. The case was a simple one, which made her laugh silently. She didn't care if it was luck on her part or the guards stupidity, she was going for it.

Six stones of kryptonite were in the case and she pulled a small bag out of her utility belt. She opened it up and started putting the stones in when she heard a crash. She looked behind her and saw Batman.

She let off a growl and stuffed the last three stones into her belt, she knew it was going to be hard to fight Batman and take all six. So in case she couldn't bring the bag, she at least had half the stones with her. "Who are you?" he growled out, slightly surprised to see that the thief was barely ten.

"Renegade," she replied like it was the most obvious thing in the world. She tied the small bag to her belt and narrowed her eyes at Batman. "Bats, as much fun as it would to fight you, I have a schedule I need to keep."

She started walking away and Batman stopped her. "You have something that doesn't belong to you," he said. Her masks eyes widened in mock shock.

"What, I thought these were free for all," she said, rolling her head a little.

"You don't want to do this, Renegade," Batman tried telling the girl. "You have a choice," Renegade gave off a crazy laugh.

"On the contrary, Bats," she said cracking her fingers. "I don't. Now, if you'll excuse me, I don't wanna keep my boss waiting, he's a very impatient man," She started forward again and Batman cut her off and she growled.

"No, I won't let you go with those stones," he then came at her and she backflipped out of the way. She then pulled out her katana and pointed it at Batman. "Tell me, why can't you choose?" he asked walking slowly toward Renegade.

"Ha! Not gonna tell you my employer's name. Nice try, though," she then rushed forward and swung at Batman. He ducked and kicked Renegade in the stomach. She stumbled back and went into the shadows.

"The shadows won't protect you," he said as she snuck to the other side of the room. Suddenly a hand wrapped around her mouth and she started struggling. She tried biting his hand but it was no use through his glove. Her brow furrowed in thought. Didn't he have a sidekick? She thought. She stomped her foot onto Bats foot as hard as she could and he gave a low hiss.

His grip didn't lighten and she reached for her gun. She pulled it out and pointed it at Bats side before pulling the trigger. He stumbled back and she ran toward her line. Suddenly she was pushed forward and she rolled. She got up and noticed Robin, Batman's sidekick. "Well, if it isn't the sidekick."

"I'm not a sidekick," he said coming forward. He jumped up and swung his leg at her. She ducked under the leg and kicked him on his back. He stumbled slightly before catching himself. He then pulled out some of his throwing disks(sorry if the weapons names are wrong. Couldn't find anything saying the weapon names) and threw them at Renegade.

She dodged or blocked the weapons and hissed as one managed to hit her side. She pulled it out and it started beeping. She then threw it back at Robin and he dove to the side. She then turned toward the line and ran toward it. Batman stepped in front of her, blocking the way. She growled a little but kept running.

She jumped up and used Batman as a springboard and pushed off him. She flew up through the air and grabbed the rope as she neared it. She swung a little but then started climbing up. She heard a whoosh of air and swung to the side. The throwing disk sent cut the pouch open, causing the stones to fall.

She reached out and grabbed one of the crystals and shoved it into her belt. She then reached into another pocket and pulled out the smoke bombs. She threw them down and heard Batman and Robin coughing as she reached the ledge and pulled herself onto the roof. She then started running toward the roofs edge and jumped down.

She then used the shadows and snuck to the other side of the street and pulled out her grappling hook. She lifted it up and pointed it to the roof above. She pulled the trigger and the hook went up and stuck fast to the ledge. She gave a tug and unhooked the line, put the gun away and grabbed the line.

She then started climbing up the rope and looked back. She hissed as the wound in her side stretched more as she climbed again. Below her Robin was also climbing the rope and she growled. She released the rope from one hand and pulled out one of her daggers. She then sliced the rope and heard Robin gasp.

She was suddenly tugged down as Robin somehow grabbed her foot. "Let go!" she started swinging her foot to get the boy to let go. She felt him reach up and she slashed at him with the dagger. He gasped again and he started falling again, only to grab her foot again. She sheathed her dagger and struck out with her other foot.

Renegade heard him grunt and his weight left her and she started climbing again. Once she reached the top she patted her pockets and felt only three stones instead of the four and looked down. Robin was smiling and holding the fourth of six stones. "Crude," she hissed and started running from roof to roof back to the rendezvous point.

She sees the helicopters blade over the edge of the building and pulled out her grappling gun and raised it up before shooting it. She then made her way up and looked back to see if Robin or Batman was following and saw a brief shadow before continuing up. Once she reached the top she grabbed the line to prevent them from using it.

She ran into the helicopter and it took off. "Renegade, did you get all the stones?" he turned to face her.

"No, I was only able to get half. Batman and Robin came and took the other half from me as I was escaping, master," she said. She heard him 'tsk' over the headset and cringed inwardly. Looks like he's thinking about my punishment, she thought gloomily.

"Mr. Luthor will not be pleased you only got half the stones, Renegade. I'll have to punish you, which you know I don't like doing. When we get backhand those to Mr. Luthor then head back straight for me," he said and she bit her lip.

"Yes, master," she replied and soon they landed on top of the helipad. She made her way down to Lex's office and knocked. She heard his muffled reply and opened the door. "I have the kryptonite, sir. But Batman and Robin showed up and got half the stoned back. Deathstroke wanted me to report back to him right after I gave you these."

She reached into her utility belt and handed them to Luthor. "Alright, you may go, Renegade," he said and she left for Deathstroke, resigned to her fate of the punishment.

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Sorry for the delay in posting. Kept getting distracted by different things. Don't worry, I still Luv ya! Review! Luv ya! -RK