Chapter Nine

As the heroes' attention was on the girls, they saw that Red Bird's body was seizing but they couldn't see how. They needed to stop this, but they had no idea how.

"Curious, well I had a special set of bullets I was saving; they have Tasers built into them." Stalker said as he walked into the boys' peripheral view. "You'll never stop them before Red Bird dies."

Out of nowhere, Archeron and Batman were leaping toward the villain. It didn't take long to knock him out, well maybe 10 well placed punches.

"Get to the girls, we'll get Drow." Batman said, and with that, he and Archeron then went after the other villain with a flurry of bat-a-rangs and arrows.

Nightwings I and II along with Syfon got to the girls, and the young genius got to work with Backpack 2.0 to try and at least shut off the Taser part of the bullets. It took five minutes, but Syfon was able to cut the power for the tasers, yet the bullets were still in her back. Red Bird was barely breathing and Dick was sure that he felt her heart rate become irregular. They had no choice but to get Red Bird and Rave to watchtower and leave the other two to take down the villain that was left. Dick pulled out a mother board and activated a boom tube, and the three heroes carried their injured into it.

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Watchtower

The Boom Tube opened up and the two Nightwings immediately headed to med bay while Syfon headed to the main computer and contacted two people that could help Areina while Meygan started healing on her own.

"Syfon to Serenity."

"Go ahead, Billy."

"We saved Meygan, but Areina is hurt, we need you and Molly here."

"We'll be there in two seconds."

With that done, Billy headed to the med bay to make sure those tasers didn't activate again. Just as he reached the door from the main room, a boom tube opened and Molly came running out, followed by Serenity. The three of them then headed to med bay.

"I know you can hear me, Stripes, you have to hang on." Dick, domino mask removed, said to his niece.

"Meygan's healing factor has kicked in, so Demona is handling that, but she's in so much pain." Mathen said as he saw her smallest cuts were already healed and she had a purple glow around her body.

Dick then reached up to his comm and contacted the one person that could take that pain away. "We have a situation with Meygan, we need you here."

Soon enough, a purple vortex opened and a woman in a navy blue dress that was slit all the way up to her hips and a cloak of the same color with the hood up came out of it.

"Both girls are in pain, don't worry I can help with that and I'm sure little Molly will help heal…" The woman said.

"Areina; Raven, this is Reiena's daughter." Dick informed his lifelong friend.

"So, this is Cardinal's daughter, I was hoping to meet her one day. She will be fine after Serenity and Molly help her." Raven said, and with that, the half demon began concentrating and was able to reduce the two teenage girls' pain.

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Back at the warehouse, the fight was taking a turn for the worse as Stalker was conscious. Batman made sure that Archeron could handle Drow before taking on Stalker. The Dark Knight was taking a beating as Stalker was able to get around faster than Batman thought he could with all that gear on. Archeron was holding his own, but Drow seemed just as agile, yet that didn't stop him from using his bow and arrows to try and take him down.

Soon enough, the young archer ran out of arrows so he resorted to using his bow as a fighting staff. Archeron was able to fend off Drow's attacks, but that was made hard as Drow kept a steady stream of his Dark Matter in the boy's eyes. Even though he was blind, Archeron was able to protect himself about forty percent of the time, yet he was also able to get some good kicks and punches in.

Batman had gotten shocked several times before noticing that Stalker had taser tips in the fingers of his gloves. This villain was harder than any he had faced before, even Joker, but Batman was staying strong. Stalker came at him with a kick, but just before it hit the Dark Knight noticed a small knife poking out of the toe. He realized it too late though and so the knife went through his suit and stabbed him in the leg.

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On Watchtower; Serenity, Syfon and Molly were working on getting those taser bullets out of Areina. Syfon had to deactivate the taser part of the bullets before the two females started surgery and healing procedures. While Serenity started the procedure, Dick ushered Mathen and Billy into the hall. Just as they were trying to calm down, Mathen's comm activated.

"Batman's injured and can't fight Stalker alone, and I'm barely holding my own against Drow. We need some help."

Mathen was conflicted, as he knew Dick wasn't going to leave Watchtower, not with his departed sister's only child in surgery; but he also didn't want to leave his own sister while she was so badly hurt.

"Mathen, you're the only one that can get down there and help. Meygan will be fine, you know she will." Dick said, knowing something was wrong from the look on his only son's face.

"If Meygan wakes up for any reason, tell her I'll be back." Mathen said; knowing that, as always, his father was right.

With that, he pulled out a mother board and activated a boom tube to the warehouse.

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Five minutes ago

Vincent was giving the fight his all, but he was concerned as he saw out of the corner of his eye that Batman was losing some of his speed. When Batman moved his leg, Vincent saw blood on the floor. He knew they needed help, so he back flipped away from Drow and activated his comm.

Once he got ahold of someone, he spoke. "Batman's injured and can't fight Stalker alone, and I'm barely holding my own against Drow. We need some help."

After that he hoped that one of the three that teleported away would return. Archeron was then pulled from his thoughts when he head Drow scream out in frustration. The two of them then started fighting again, but the fight still wasn't giving favor to either combatant. Soon enough, a boom tube opened, and a medium sized fireball came out, followed by a kick to Drow's chest.

This took Drow down, and soon enough, Nightwing II was cuffing the younger of the two villains very securely to a nearby support beam. After that, the 20 year old hero went and took over the fight with Stalker while Archeron pulled Batman away to get his leg tended to.

"I need to help Nightwing II." Batman said.

"I've studied some anatomy, and that knife hit too close to an artery, you're in no condition to fight." Archeron said as he pulled some gauze out of a compartment on his quiver and started wrapping the injury.

"All three of you will be taken down, if not by me, then Stalker will do it." Drow shouted from where he was captive.

Batman then got up, and with Archeron helping him made his way over to the villain. Without any notice, both heroes punched Drow right in the face, and he was unconscious. Nightwing II and Stalker were really going at it, and at times, the hero was able to get some of his fire spells off, but it didn't help much as Stalker dodged them. Soon enough, Stalker came into close range and Mathen was letting all his inhibitors go. The 20 year old hero was fighting back with a ferocity that Archeron had never seen before.

"You really think you can beat me, Mathen; your father hasn't been very successful in that department." Stalker said, and that made Nightwing II even angrier.

Soon enough, Stalker was off guard, and Nightwing II pulled a flurry of kicks. The first thing was that he leg swiped the villain, and while he was still in the air gave him a spinning kick to the gut. Once Stalker was on his back, Nightwing II started with a flurry of punches before the villain even knew what hit him. Batman and Archeron watched as Stalker became unconscious, but Mathen didn't stop, he just kept punching.

"Nightwing II, stop, he's out." Archeron shouted as he ran to his 'brother' and pulled him back.

"I…sorry, I don't know what happened. Guess I was thinking about what all he did to Meygan, and those bullets he shot, well when I left, Mom was working on getting them out of Areina." Mathen said as he was pulled from his angered state.

"He's still alive, and I get where you're coming from. How about we get these two to a prison hospital, Drow needs some attention too." Archeron said, and when Mathen looked, he saw that Drow's nose was bleeding.

"I owed him a good hit for Areina." Batman said as he tried to stand on his own, but Mathen was there when the Dark Knight started to fall.

"Vincent, you get these guys to jail, I'll get Terry to Watchtower." Mathen stated, and Vincent was already on it as he cuffed Stalker.

Mathen then pulled out his mother board and activated a boom tube to get his ally to the league's healer.