Wanted to have this up like 2 days ago, but I was using a crappy drive, and lost the entire chapter, so this was the rewrite.

Chapter 3

Two Hours Later

There was a dimly lit room, and a teenage girl lying on a cot. She started to stir, and instantly woke up. The teen looked around, but couldn't see anything since her eyes were not use to the dim light. She felt her arms were not going like they should and tried to move them so she could push herself up. The only thing is that when she started to pull her arms forward, they were stopped, and whatever was holding her wrists was a rough material, and very tight.

She pulled herself into a sitting position and swung her legs over the side of the cot. Her eyes were finally adjusting to the lighting and she was able to see what all was in the room. There was a sink and the cot she was on, nothing more, and the room itself was tiny. All of a sudden, she was brought out of her concentration by the sound of something going into the thick steel door, and after a couple of seconds the door opened.

"I'm glad to see you awake, Areina Grayson." The man that walked in stated.

"How do you know my name?" Areina asked.

"Everyone knows the adopted granddaughter of Bruce Wayne. Although I have to admit, it was him I wanted here, but you will serve well enough." The man said.

"You look familiar, have you been on TV or something?" Areina questioned, trying to figure out who her captor was.

"You are right, but my name shall stay a mystery. Enjoy your little sleepover." The man said as he turned to walk out of the room. Once out, the door was locked and Areina was left alone again.

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The Blüdhaven news was on and a raven haired man was sitting on the couch, trying to unwind after a hard day at the police station. His attention wasn't really on the news; he just needed to relax after getting the crap beat out of him by a perpetrator.

"In other news, trouble in Gotham City as billionaire Bruce Wayne's granddaughter, Areina Grayson, was kidnapped. The kidnappers have demanded two million credits in exchange for the teen." The news caster on TV said as she was giving the viewers a rundown of the day's events.

The man sat straight up on the couch, wide-eyed, and just stared at the screen. He then got off the couch and headed over to one of his walls and placed his hand on one part of the wall and it activated a hidden button. A portion of the wall opened up and revealed a bodysuit. He grabbed the suit and proceeded to put it on. Once ready, and with a mask over his blue eyes, he got on a motorcycle and pressed a button on the console, and a panel in the floor opened up. The motorcycle took off through the panel and was heading down the old drainage ditch the hidden tunnel led to.

One Hour Later

Terry was in the batcave in his suit, minus the cowl, analyzing the note; Barbara had returned it to them once her labs went over it. The note was in the computer's scanner.

"Computer, analyze and run all and any fingerprints through the computer, exclude Terry McGinnis, Bruce Wayne, and Barbara Gordon from the results." Terry instructed the computer.

"Analysis beginning." The computer stated

Terry was worried, he had only known Areina for a few months, but he felt like he'd known her for years. Also, seeing Bruce get that mad somewhat scared him. He had heard some stories about when Robin and Cardinal were captured in the civilian roles, but he never thought it would happen to Areina. She was home schooled, and everything to prevent these kinds of things, but everyone in Gotham knew Bruce had a granddaughter.

Just as Terry was about to turn his attention back to the computer, he heard a motor running somewhere in the cave, and it was coming from the batcave's exit. Terry quickly grabbed his cowl and pulled it on, and found a close place near the cave ceiling to hide. The motorcycle, as it was realized, arrived right beside the batmobile, and the rider got off. Terry waited for the right moment, as he didn't want to scratch the car, and then launched a bat-a-rang.

The rider heard it coming and jumped out of the way, then threw an object trying to hit Terry. The object barley missed, and Terry was so distracted that he didn't see the rider of the motorcycle come up right in front of him and punch. The Dark Knight was unable to block at such a close range, and took the hit. He had lost his hold on the rock, and fell to the floor. The intruder was about to attack again when footsteps could be heard.

"So, news has gotten to Blüdhaven already." The voice said.

"Why didn't you call me when it happened, Bruce?" The 'intruder' questioned.

"There hasn't been any time. Barbara and the police are working hard to figure it out, but we don't even know how it happened. You just need to calm down, Dick, and I see you've met Terry." Bruce said as he looked from Dick to Terry.

"So, this is the new Batman I've been hearing about. Nice to meet you Terry." Dick said as he offered his hand. "Sorry about the punch, years of training just kicked in."

"So, you seem to know Areina, how?" Terry questioned as he took Dick's hand and the two began to shake.

"She's my niece; my sister, Reiena's child. That's beside the point, right now we need to figure out what happened. The only thing is, why just two million as the ransom?" Dick explained then questioned as the thought entered his mind.

"It wasn't money that was demanded, that's just something Barbara told the news. The kidnappers want Batman in exchange for Areina. It's going down tomorrow night, but hopefully, Terry can save Areina and himself." Bruce said.

"I hope you're right Bruce, I just hope Stripes is okay." Dick said as he let out a worried sigh.

"Stripes?" Terry questioned.

"It's a nickname I gave Areina because of her hair, it just came out one day, and I kept calling her that." Dick explained.

"Match to fingerprints found." The computer announced.

The three walked over to the computer, and the computer showed a profile picture of the only match found after the exclusions.

"Carter Dent, his prints were in the system because he took a federal job, clerk for the D.A." Bruce said as he pulled up Dent's file.

"Any relation to Harvey?" Dick questioned.

"Maybe, but his birth certificate is inaccessible, he must have been born in a different city, apparently Dakota." Bruce answered.

"I've heard about Dakota, it was hit with the Big Bang about four decades ago. I even met Static once." Terry stated.

"He's a good guy, even helped me and Tim a couple of times." Bruce added. "There's no way to get into Dakota's files, they were locked after the Big Bang happened so no one outside of the city could find out which citizen's were Meta humans."

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Areina was sitting on the cot, trying to figure out how to get free, and just then, the moonlight hit a shard of glass and the glint off of it caught her eye. The teen figured she could use that piece of glass to cut the ropes holding her wrists. She stood up and walked over to where the glass was, and began to squat down so her hands could reach it. Once she was able to grab it, she turned her left hand and started sawing at the ropes.

The glass slipped a couple of times, but it didn't cut Areina too deep and she resumed freeing her wrists. It took a minute more and the rope was loose. Areina pulled at the rope again, and this time, it snapped, freeing her arms (finally). She then looked at her wrists and hands and noticed they were raw and slightly bleeding so she walked over to the sink to see if it was working.

Thankfully it was and she slowly ran the cold water over her cuts and wrists. Once her wounds were cleaned up, she took the shard of glass and cut up the cot to make some bandages. She wrapped the pieces of fabric around her wrists and used her teeth to tie the knots. She was feeling better, that is until she heard the key enter the door's lock.

Areina thought that this would be her chance to escape, so she hide on the side of the door that the hinges. The door opened, and one of the twins walked in, but was shocked when she saw that Areina was missing. She ran over to the cot, and saw the rope and that the cot was cut up. Unknown to the Joker, Areina quietly closed the door and walked right up behind the girl. The captured teen then put her hands together and hit one of her captors in the back of the head, and the Jokerz member fell unconscious.

"Have a good nap." Areina stated as she walked out of the room and closed the door behind her.

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The rest of the Jokerz and the man that hired them were sitting around playing cards.

"So, Dent, how come you asked for Batman in exchange for the brat?" Ghoul curiously asked.

"I won't tell you everything, but my grandfather was a villain when the first Batman was around. Batman disgraced him, so I have the opportunity now to get my revenge." Dent stated.

"Good enough for me." Ghoul said as he placed a card on the discard pile.

"DeeDee, your sister is taking too long checking on Areina, why don't you go see why." Dent said as he looked at the girl.

"Right." DeeDee said, and with that, she went to leave the room.

Unknown to the girl, Areina was right at the door listening to them, but once DeeDee looked to the left, she saw the teen.

"Guys, she got loose!" DeeDee shouted back into the room as she went after Areina.

Ghoul and Woof rushed from the table and went after Areina. DeeDee was able to get one light punch in on Areina, which would have been harder if the teen hadn't started to jump backwards. Ghoul came in and tried to kick Areina in the stomach, but she caught his leg and pushed him back a bit.

Out of nowhere, Woof came in and bit Areina's outstretched arm and she screamed in pain. Once Woof let go, the Jokerz backed away, and all of a sudden, Areina was surrounded by a mysterious darkness. After about a minute, the darkness disappered, and Areina was unconscious.

"Looks like we have an escape artists here, tie her up again, and this time make sure it's something she can't get out of." Dent said as he walked up beside her.