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XXX One Year Later XXX

Another year has gone by and she's now thirteen. She's gotten stronger, she could probably fight a hero longer than before. Lex has also made sure that she built up a resistance to basically all drugs, which she hates doing. It always leaves her feeling groggy after the things were put in. Though, they say she's almost done with those things, so she's happy about that.

She's impressed by herself, though, for that whole year, she hasn't let out anything about knowing five heroes secret identities. Though she is wary that the heroes are catching up on her identity. Though she still hasn't found the answer to the question.

Why does she stay with Lex and Slade? She's been pondering it for months now and she still doesn't know. She also still doesn't know why the new hero looks like her sister. These two questions bug her to no end. When she's gone to the Light's meetings with Lex, she made sure her face and feelings were neutral.

Many things were discussed like how Project Match was too dangerous and CADMUS is still trying to find a solution. Though they might have found something because Lex asked her to come up to his office. He only does that when he has a meeting with the Light or has her getting him something.

Though it's usually Slade telling her that. She rushes up the stairs while pulling her mask on. She then exited the stairs and went over to Lex's office and knocked. She heard his muffled reply and opened the door. She went to his desk and stood ready for anything. "You wanted to see me, sir?" she said and Lex nodded.

"Yes, a warehouse in Bialya, key to the Light, alarms went off. I need you to go and get those intruders out. We can't risk anything being taken," he said.

"Sir, how do you propose I get there in time to stop these intruders? I cannot get there before they leave," she said and Lex sighed. He then gestured forward and Klarion came forward.

"Klarion has volunteered to get you there through a wormhole of sorts," Lex said and Klarion nodded. "Go ahead, Klarion," Klarion nodded and stepped forward, cat by his feet.

"Be prepared for a rough landing," he said, laughing. He then snapped his fingers and a portal opened underneath Renegade. She let out a sound of surprise as she went down the hole and saw swirling red. She suddenly fell out and rolled a little. She then stood up, shook her head to clear it and looked around.

In front of her was the warehouse, she heard her earpiece buzz and then Deathstroke's voice came. "Renegade, are you there? Are you okay?" he asked and she shook her head to clear the dizziness from it.

"I'm here, just….a little dizzy. The warehouse is in front of me," she replied sneaking forward.

"Good to know your alive still. Go into the warehouse and get whoever it is in there, out. Deathstroke out," he said. She went to the warehouse's entrance and looked through the open door. In the distance, she saw vague figures and squinted. The full moon shone through the skylight and gave the figures a vague outline.

She bit back a growl when she finally recognized the figures as Batman and his brat sidekick Robin. She continued forward through the shadows and listened in to their conversation. She was impressed that they whispered, they know how to do a job. "...something bad is in here," she heard Robin saying.

"From our intel, there's something in here that could affect the world in one of these crates," Batman replied and she let a scowl to her face. They were going to take something that belonged to her masters and organization.

"Didn't they have anything on what the crate looked like?" Robin asked.

"Let's see-" Batman started and Renegade interrupted him.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," she stepped out of the shadows. Robin narrowed his eyes at her while Batman remained calm. "My master wanted me to give you a message, leave. Leave this warehouse and I won't hurt you," she said, hand resting on her sword. Robin looked up at Batman, confusion in his eyes.

Batman glanced down at him. "I turned off all the sensors. How could an alarm go off?" he asked quietly and Renegade laughed at him. She had heard him talking.

"This is a very important warehouse for my master, he wouldn't leave it lightly guarded with alarms that could be taken down lightly. But you won't ever find out where or what the alarms are," she said smirking at Robin's small scowl. "Did I hit a nerve? Good, let's hit more," she then sprinted forward, drawing her sword.

"Whoa!" Robin exclaimed in shock. He was surprised at the speed she came forward at. She swung her sword down and Robin jumped back before the sword cut him. "Are you happy Batman? She came!" he said throwing his batarangs at her and she blocked them with her sword.

"So, you purposely tripped the alarm?" she asked pulling out her own shurikens with her free hand.

"Yes and no. We came here to find the crates, but Batman hoped you would come before we found it. He was right," he said throwing the discs at the shurikens. They collided in the air and went in different directions.

"I'm honored. Now leave this warehouse!" she said slashing at Robin again. She jumped back and looked around for Batman. She then heard something coming at her and ducked. She heard Robin yelp slightly as he ducked for the batarang coming at him. She pulled out a shuriken and turned.

When she saw the shadow moving she threw the shuriken toward where the shadow was going. She then turned back to Robin and threw an explosive throwing disc at him. "So, why'd you want me to show?" she asked throwing a smoke bomb behind her to delay Batman. Robin just laughed as he jumped up and pushed off the wall, soaring over her head.

"Just something Batman wanted to check. And that's all you'll hear from us," he replied. He threw his batarangs at her and she knocked them aside with her blade. She raised an eyebrow at him before diving toward him. He somersaulted under her, stood up and turned.

"Well, I'm afraid you won't be getting anything from me, either," she snarled at them. Batman jumped from the smoke and she stared for a second before shaking her head. He came at her, fist up, ready to knock her out. She dropped her sword, raised her arms and formed an X and locked her arms right as the fist connected with her arms.

She was pushed back a little but held her ground. She jumped up and swung her leg around at Batman's head. He grabbed her leg and swung her toward the wall. She hit the wall with a thud and slide to the ground. She went onto one knee and shook her head quickly to rid her vision of the spots. She then launched several shurikens toward Batman and Robin.

Batman and Robin both jumped aside then regrouped. "Try getting her mask off, that'll confirm our suspicions that she's actually Riley," Batman whispered, almost inaudible. Robin nodded and they went forward and dodged the bullets that Renegade shot at them. She growled and pulled out a small pipe.

She clicked a button and flicked the pipe out. It the extended out into a long escrimas, she pressed another and the ends started sparking. She gripped it in two hands and swung it at Robin. He ducked under it and swung his leg up at her. She quickly moved the escrimas to the side and stopped his leg.

She then pushed his leg away and jumped to the wall and pushed off, flipping over their heads. She landed, twirled the escrimas and held it slightly behind her with one hand. She raised her free hand to her ear and clicked the earpiece there. "Master, Batman and Robin are here. They came to try and get my identity."

"Don't let them find out," Deathstroke hissed in her ear.

"They already suspect something, master," she hissed under her breath to him as they came closer to her.

"Get them out without blowing your cover!" he said, voice rising slightly and he closed the channel. She sighed in frustration and swung the escrimas at Batman and he jumped over it. She continued the swing and brought it down to Robin. He jumped back and threw a smoke bomb at the ground.

Renegade squinted through the smoke and saw a small figure moving. Where was Batman? she thought. She threw a shuriken at Robin and looked around. She had a feeling something wasn't right and turned behind her. Right as she finished turning Batman's foot hit her face. She grunted as she fell to the ground, nose bleeding.

She growled and swung her foot in an arc, catching Batman unaware. He stumbled but didn't fall like she hoped. She rose to her feet and picked up her escrimas from where it landed. She then rushed forward and thrust the point at Robin. He wasn't quick enough and the end struck him in the chest.

He yelled out as electricity went through him. Batman went forward and kicked the escrimas out of her grip and she scowled. Robin stumbled back and fell to one knee. He swung at her and she ducked, her reaction time slowed. His fist connected at her forehead and she went back a few feet.

Renegade's head connected with the wall and she groaned. She fell to her side and squinted up at the now fuzzy dark knight. Batman strode forward with Robin a step behind and he knelt down. She started to move and grunted as unbearable pain went through her skull and dizziness overcame her.

She fell back to the ground and looked up. Batman reached forward and gripped the edge of her mask. She scowled at him and swung her arm at him. Robin grabbed her arm and held there as Batman tore the mask off her face. "So, it's true. Your Renegade, Riley," Robin muttered and she gave a small wince.

"Just now figured it out, did ya, Robin? Or should I saw Chad?" she snarled and Robin stumbled back. "Yeah, I know your real identity. Figured it out a year ago. Along with a few other people's a couple…..interesting ones as well," she looked up at Batman and he narrowed his eyes at her.

"We've been looking into you a while. We still are in fact. Your past is very…..vague," Batman said and she scoffed.

"Well, what are you waiting for, heroes?" she said and they exchanged looks. Suddenly she heard laughing and recognized it. "Klarion," she muttered and both heroes looked at her confused. "Have you been there the whole time?" she asked and he laughed again.

"Yes, Now how 'bout I teach them a lesson for figuring out your identity," he suggested. He then rubbed his hands together and threw them out. Giant red clawed hands shot out and went for Batman and Robin. They jumped out of the way and looked at each other. He swiped one of the claws and it caught Robin in the side and threw him.

"Who is this guy?" Robin asked as Klarion laughed again.

"I'm Klarion. A Lord of Chaos!" he said happily. "Now before I continue, I better get little Renegade out before you do her any more damage," he snapped his fingers and a portal opened beneath her. As she fell through she heard Batman growl as she fell through and the portal close after her.

She landed painfully into Lex's office and groaned. She started getting up but fell back down. She heard movement and turned her head. Lex and Slade were coming toward her, both looked anxious since she had trouble standing and her mask was gone.

"What happened?" Lex demanded as they helped her to a sitting position.

"Batman was able to throw me into a wall where my head hit it with astounding force," she wiped a hand underneath her probably broken nose and blood smeared on her hand. "I couldn't really move without excruciating pain and he pulled my mask off. They know my identity now before they could do anything, Klarion showed."

Lex nodded, he saw the witch boy leave when he heard Slade say 'don't blow your cover' he apparently thought trouble might happen. "He got them to move away and got me here, last I saw, he was punishing them for finding out," she finished.

"Your failure is unacceptable but understandable. Not many can stand as long as you did against both Batman and Robin. Your punishment will be merciful," she flinched at his words, "after, you may rest and recover from your head injury. Slade, figure out what she sustained from Batman."

Slade nodded and helped Renegade stand. She stumbled and was forced to lean onto Slade as he took her to the med bay. He figured out she only had a broken nose and a mild almost moderate concussion. He was amazed by that but remained silent. For her punishment, he decided to just use her concussion as part of it.

He punched her a few times, all on the head. She yelped in pain and he bandaged up her. She then went to her room with Slade's help and he told her she had to rest until her concussion was gone. Which meant she couldn't leave her room and had to stay in her bed really. She sighed and fell asleep in the bed as Slade left the room.

XXX

Robin paced angrily in the Batcave, mask clenched in his fist. Batman, cowl down, watched as he did so and put his hand on Robin's shoulder as he came by again. "Dick, I understand that this must be hard on you, learning your friend is a most wanted assassin," he began and Dick turned to him.

"No, you can't possibly understand. Wally and I have known her for months and Roy has known her for years. They'll be angry at themselves and at her. How is it that none of us ever recognized her!? It was obvious!" Dick ranted and Bruce watched him calmly, knowing this would stop eventually.

"She would disappear sometimes when we were hanging out either saying she lost track of time or how Lex called her away and then Renegade showed up. She never showed up when Riley was there! How could I have been so stupid to not see it before?" he demanded and Bruce sighed.

"Lex kept her locked away in the building for so long people tended to forget about her. Wish is probably what he counted on. You are not to be blamed," Bruce said patting Robin's shoulder. "And we've been investigating her and Renegade for the past year to see if it was true."

"But what good does that do?" Dick asked.

"Well, we know that apparently the girl's family was killed. She was grief stricken and nobody questioned Luthor taking her in. We also know from Superman that she's been with him since she was seven. No little kid could withstand being manipulated by that evil genius at such a young age," Bruce continued and Dick nodded agreement.

"What are we going to do, though?" he asked.

"We save her from that ruthless man," he said determinedly.

"What about the League? Will they know?" he asked and Batman thought for a moment.

"Not yet. Not until we have all the facts about her. Her past is still vague. She might not even be who Lex says she is. Her last name changed without anyone knowing her original one even though Lex only took her in through guardianship. We need to find out who she was before," he finished and Dick nodded agreement.

They had a long night and possibly week ahead of them, but they were determined to find the truth.

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