I OWN NOTHING FROM THIS GAME! ONLY TAYLOR, XUAN, AND DYLAN ARE MINE!

I am SO sorry that I've been gone so long! Looking back, six months passed so fast and I feel terrible. With life back under control I hope to start posting again like I used to so, with apologies, I give you the next chapter.

Chapter Ten

Frustration

"You mean Taylor was here too?"

Gordon's voice made Dylan wince and he turned. He had been glancing around the room, taking everything in. Taylor's things were easily recognizable among Barbara's, as was the state of the room. A struggle had gone down, resulting in things being tossed aside, a half eaten pizza apparently had been thrown at the assailants; no doubt his sister's work.

Jim had stepped on a picture of his daughter, his voice breaking as he tried to contain himself.

"This isn't your fault, Jim." Batman told him.

"Of course it is. Crane's done this to get to me. I should have been here."

"There's something I need to show you."

"Hoo, boy." Dylan sat down on the couch with a grunt.

"We haven't got time. She's not like us. And Carmichael's pregnant!" Jim watched in shock as the room began to change, shifting into a control room.

"She's strong, Jim. Stronger than you realize." Batman told him.

Gordon turned to the man behind him. "She works for you?" He looked at Dylan. "And you knew? Your sister knew?" He shook his head. "Now it all makes sense; why you're running around with him tonight."

"Taylor refused to let Barbara stay here alone," Dylan told him.

Gordon glared at the Dark Knight as he moved towards the elevator. "This is all your fault."

"I will find them." Batman told him.

Gordon turned around and without a word socked the larger man in the face. Dylan gave a wince.

"She's my family! MY DAUGHTER! Taylor might as well be, too! I'm the one that's taken care of her since her father died! And now they're both kidnapped!" He backed to the elevator with a glare on his face. "I'll save them on my own; both of them!" he took the communicator from his pocket and tossed it on the ground. "Stay away from my family."

Dylan gave a whistle as the man disappeared. "Wait until he finds out you're the one that knocked Taylor up. He'll really hate you then."

Batman gave a sigh before turning from the elevator. "Let me search for clues. Just stay out of the way."

Dylan let the Dark Knight work his magic. Right now he needed to concentrate everything on keeping calm and not pulling what Gordon just had. He knew that the only way to find his sister safely was to let Batman do his thing. Him losing his cool like Gordon had could only result in jeopardizing Taylor's safety; as well as Barbara's and the baby's.

There was a small groan from the other man in the room about twenty minutes later as he stared at security footage from outside the Clock tower. Standing up, Dylan moved over in time to watch as the Arkham Knight carried his pregnant sister out to his car bridal style while Barbara was tossed over another man's shoulder.

"At least he didn't do anything to the baby."

"Yet," Batman growled. "If I can confirm the car that he took them in then we can track them and save them."

Letting the other man continue on his own, Dylan watched as a third person exited the building and their outfit caught his attention.

"When was Deathstroke a woman?"

A curse was his answer. "Why reappear now after all these years?"

Dylan glared at the other man. "Don't tell me there was someone other than Talia."

Batman returned his glare with a blank stare, as if telling the younger man that he was stupid. "Her name is Xuan Li and she's Slade Wilson's daughter. Adopted, anyway."

"I never heard about Wilson having a daughter, adopted or not."

"No one knows, at least on our side. We only found out during our last encounter with Wilson; Dick and I."

"Wilson got captured, I'm sure. What, did he sacrifice himself to save her?"

"Not at all. She broke Dick's arms and ran off. Haven't heard a thing from her since."

Dylan felt his mouth drop open. He had met Dick Grayson; he was even a bit envious of the young man after demanding a spar with him. Xuan Li must be a fast thinker.

By using the Batmobile Batman was able to track the vehicles women were taken away in.

Something other than the tire tracks was distracting the Dark Knight, something that Dylan couldn't see, so he wrote it down as worried over the ladies and it only got worse as bombs were planted all over Gotham.

"I would love nothing more than to hurry after our target but, Arkham Knight needed the women, so no harm would come across them."

"Not yet anyway."

As Arkham Knight's voice taunted Batman, Dylan ignored it. He didn't even hear Alfred as he imagined over and over just what he was going to do when they caught up.

The trail led them to the Grand Avenue Station on Mcdonie Island. Sadly only his militia were waiting for them and they were stronger than both of Joker's goons from the Asylum and the tiger Squad from the city.

"I hope Gordon doesn't make any stupid choices." Dylan sighed. "He's a good cop, commissioner, whatever, but these guys...he's no match for them."

Batman worked on the bridge controls and rebooted them as Dylan waited rather impatiently.

"Forget scarecrow," A voice over the radio made Dylan hiss. "It's time to face your one "

"You got to be shiting me." Dylan looked at the other man. "When did Nygma get out of jail again?"

"Riddle me this why would Batman visit in abandoned orphanage?"

"Selena?" Dylan bit his lip.

There, behind them on a large screen, stood Nigma with Catwoman tied to a chair. As Batman watched, he had flashbacks of Taylor behind tied to a chair in the city because of Joker. It still angered him.

"Can I beat the hell out of him this time? You have no clue how annoying this bastard was in the Asylum." He sighed after thinking for a moment. "Okay, maybe you do but still. The last time we ran into one another I don't think I beat him hard enough."

"Hard enough to where he now carries a gun on him." Batman reminded him.

"As I said; not hard enough. If it had been, the bastard would be too scared to commit crime ever again." He gave a grunt. "Here, let me handle this loser and you can keep working on finding the Arkham Knight and the girls."

Batman pursed his lips for a moment before giving a firm nod. "Just be sure to stay in contact and don't do anything foolish."

Dylan gave a grin. "You think I'd let you be the one to save my sister? I'll be the one pulling her out of harm's way, old man."

~I want to teach you a lesson

In the worst kind of way

Still I'd trade all my tomorrows

For just one yesterday~

"Grayson."

"Carmichael."

Dylan shook hands with the other man as Batman joined the duo on top of a building overlooking the ferry. Having saved Selena from Nigma, the young man had worked off some pent up rage and felt relaxed. Well, as relaxed as he could have, given the situation.

Nightwing grinned at the older man.

"Still lurking around on rooftops?"

Batman shook his head at him. "You shouldn't have come here. Not tonight."

Nightwing shook his head. "Are you kidding me? I spoke to Taylor literally hours before she and Barb were-"

"Wait, you talked to her?" Dylan cocked a brow. "You knew she was in the city still?"

"The woman has a will of her own. It's not like I was going to just grab her and force her to leave." Nightwing answered.

"What did you need her for?"

"About North Refrigeration. If anyone knows Cobblepot, then it's her." The man answered. "Penguin's using freezer trucks to smuggle weapons out of Bludhaven. I think he's stockpiling arms right here in Gotham. Taylor said that North Refrigeration might be the hideout that the short bastard's been using."

"Right now, Cobblepot's the best lead we have on the two girls. I need to find that weapons cache. If I can intercept one of his trucks, it'll lead me right to him."

Nightwing gave a sigh as Dylan rolled his eyes. "Huh. If only you knew someone who's been tracking their movements." As if right on que, a NF truck pulled up beneath them and Nightwing crouched down with a grin. "What? You didn't really think I'd come here without a plan, did you?"

"I'll handle this," Batman told him. "You're needed back in Bludhaven."

"C'mon, Bruce. Look, let me help. You can't do it all on your own."

"It's too dangerous. I won't risk losing anyone else. Bludhaven needs you."

Dick sighed and pulled an object out to give to the other man. "Alright, I can take a hint. But if you wanna keep tabs on that truck, you're gonna need this." He gave another sigh as Dylan shook his head. "I'll see you around, Bruce."

"Dude, stop being a prick," Dylan moved up beside the other man. "You need help here; accept it."

"I do have help," Batman glanced at him. "I have you."

Dylan stared at the man in silence for a moment before smacking him in the back of the head. "If you're expecting me to swoon like my sister does, you're an idiot. I take that back you ARE an idiot. Dick and Tim BOTH were trained by you to handle situations like this and you're not using either of them. Instead you're letting me tag along and I just went through military. You're not being fair, Wayne."

"I also know that Tim and Dick won't do anything stupid like you will. They'll leave while you'll run off on your own. Especially to find your sister."

Dylan grunted at him. "You're still an asshole to those two."

Batman gave a sigh as he tried to shake Joker's voice from his head.

~I know.~

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