Bart's POV:

Dick placed his hand on the holographic map and as he closed his hand it shrunk until it disappeared completely, and with that he started to walk away, we still had a few hours until The Joker was likely to strike, and since we had no idea of his whereabouts there was no point in going out in broad daylight looking. I assumed we all might hit the Gym to get some training in before our mission, however most of the team had decided to have breakfast, after all Raven, Tim, Starfire and I were the only ones awake beforehand.

I noticed Dick was walking down the corridor that led to the elevator so I quickly ran so that I was in front of his path. He stopped and gave me the Nightwing glare, and then stepped to the left to walk around me, I was already there before his foot hit the ground. He then tried the right, again I was there. I wondered why he was even trying. "Those aren't friction resistant shoes Bart, you'll burn them out if you keep this up." Dick said to me as a friendly way of saying 'move out the way'. "I could run to my room and get another pair before you could blink, but that's not the point. We need to have a long overdue chat." I said to him. Dick had obviously noticed my change in personality and saw I was serious "Fine, let's go somewhere more private." He said and gestured to the elevator. I let him pass and we both stepped in. He chose the very bottom underground floor, where we held the memorials for all the fallen heroes. There was an awkward feeling in the air as we listened to boring elevator music. A few floors before the bottom Dick finally broke the silence "So what's the problem Bart?" I looked up at him and crossed my arms "That's what I should be asking you." I replied, even with his mask on I could see Dick had a confused look. "I don't follow." He said, just then the doors opened. We walked into the room "You think I haven't seen you giving me dirty looks whenever I'm around. When everyone was sat around that big table on the watch tower, you used to be sat there giving me icy glares the whole time. You avoid any interaction with me as much as possible, so you're either trying to be Batman or you've got a problem with me." I said, knowing that he didn't like being compared to Batman "I'd never be like Batman." Dick replied "So what's your problem with me?" I countered. Dick gave me a look that felt like icy daggers had been shot straight through my body "You really don't know?" he asked me. I sighed "I have a pretty good idea but why don't you just tell me." I replied. He walked over to Wally's memorial as I'd expected, he looked up at it for a second, before turning back to face me, "This is my problem! you took my best friends Identity. You didn't even wait. The next time you were on the watch tower you'd already made an exact copy of his suit, and stole his identity. And you know what? I think that you wanted to be Kid Flash so bad. I think you expected that just because you were Barry's grandson you should've been Kid Flash instead, and as soon as Wally died you jumped at the chance to take the identity, but you didn't even think about how it would make the rest of us feel. Artemis is devastated, every time she see's you running around in that suit, it's like the ghost of the love of her life, haunting her. Every time I see you, it makes me angry that you didn't think how it would affect all of his friends. That's my problem with you, you shouldn't have worn that suit or taken the name, it was Wally's and you already had your identity as Impulse, a name which suited you better, since you impulsively broke all of our hearts by replacing him almost as soon as he was gone." Dick said with a serious, stern tone. I held back the urge to punch him in his perfect face and turn those handsome features into a deformed mess. I walked up to him angrily and with determination, seeing him taken aback by the fact I was going to size up to him, as soon as I was right in front of him I stopped "OK! First of all, I took the identity for one reason and one reason only, Wally wanted me too, he wanted me to continue the legacy of Kid Flash. He told me as soon as the reach thing was over that he and Artemis were going back into retirement, and he wanted me to take over. So I did, I took the costume and 'identity' because Wally asked me to. Secondly I have never expected to be anyone, I was happy with my Impulse identity, so whatever you thought about me expecting to be Kid Flash was bull, I'm not like that. Thirdly I even told Artemis I felt like a fraud wearing the suit, but she said I was honouring Wally's memory. I even asked to be transferred to the Titans because I knew it was bothering her every time we went on a mission, the Tigress mask doesn't hide teary eyes. And believe me, the last thing I ever wanted to do was upset any of you, but I did what Wally asked me to, so screw what you think. Oh and while we're on the subject of which names suit us the best, 'Dick' certainly describes my opinion of you perfectly." I said, almost shouted would be a better word but I had managed to keep my cool. I turned on my heels to walk off, I'd said my piece and I needed to go cool off. "Bart wait!" Dick shouted just before I reached the elevator "What?" I asked looking over my shoulder, he was looking up at Wally's memorial hologram again. A faint smile came on his face, but quickly vanished "I...I didn't know Wally asked you to become Kid Flash. But if he did, then I'm sure he wouldn't mind." He said as he hung his head. He then looked up and sighed "And I'm sorry for acting the way I did, I mean, he was my best friend and I've lost him. Forever. I never even got to say goodbye. I guess all my anger was directed at you after you wore the suit, because I needed someone to be mad at, and you constantly remind me of him. But really, I'm angry at myself for not spending more time with him these past few years." He said solemnly as he walked towards me. He put a hand on my shoulder "I'm really sorry Bart, I was stupid, and I shouldn't hold a grudge against you, you were right, I was being a dick. Go wear that suit, honour his memory make all of us and Wally proud." He said. I smiled. It was like a great weight had been lifted. I pressed the button to call the elevator and a few seconds later stepped in. "You coming?" I said to Dick as he looked over at Wally's memorial again. "I think I'll stay down here for a while. I have some thinking to do. You go on up." He replied. I realised he needed time alone.

I pressed the button to go back up to the main floor, where the living room and all of our living quarters were. As I was going up I still felt wrong wearing the suit. Or more specifically, I felt wrong wearing a carbon copy of Wally's suit. I needed to keep the Kid Flash legacy alive, whilst making it my own. I had an idea, I raced into the city library, everyone looking like statues as I ran past and read up on all the books I could find about making clothes, even reading over the shoulder of one man reading a book I needed to see, I reached over and flicked through and read all the pages and returned to the page he was originally at, he wouldn't even know I'd been here. I then ran back to the tower, grabbed one of my clean suits and went to find Cyborg. I tried the garage first, he was usually in there. Sure enough there he was a panel on his arm open as he made certain adjustments to the biomechanical parts of his arm. I thought I'd be squeamish but I wasn't, sure it was a little weird seeing human parts being connected to mechanical parts. Like a vein attaching to pipe work but kind of cool too. As I walked towards him Cyborg looked up "Hey Bart, I'm just making some adjustments to myself before the mission, make sure every things in the best condition." He said to me "Cool, always a good idea, I was wondering if you could help me with something?" I asked. He continued to work on his arm "Sure just give me a few more seconds...and done!" he said and closed the panel on his arm. I held up the suit "I wanna make some adjustments to this, but I need this to be able to blend in." I said to Cy as I held up the watch S.T.A.R. Labs had given me. "What is it?" he asked, "It's a watch from S.T.A.R. Labs, I went there yesterday so they could run some tests on me, and they gave me this watch, it can tell me how fast I'm going so I don't hit the speed I did when I entered the speed force. I thought since your Dad worked there you'd know a bit about it, and you're a genius anyway and know all about technical doo hickeys and stuff." I explained as I handed him the watch. Cy held it up and squeezed both sides, the top popped off and he saw the circuitry inside "This is a piece of junk. It's basically a glorified speedometer. Whoever made this shouldn't even be employed there. I can make this much better if you like." He said as he looked at it. I smiled "Well maybe you could incorporate it into the costume, I know how to make the adjustments I want to, except for the technical parts. So maybe you could do them?" I suggested "Sure, bring it back to me when you're done, I already have a few ideas." Cyborg replied. In a second I'd made the adjustments I needed to. The suit was now different enough that It was my own and different to Wally's but still identifiable as Kid Flash. I'd made it slightly darker. The entire Bottom half was now a Burgundy Reddish colour, except for the soles of the shoes which were the same Golden Yellow as the top half. At my waist the suit changed back to the Golden Yellow with a thin lightning bolt design similar to the ones on Barry's waist and then another thin Burgundy Lightning bolt above it. The rest of the top was a Golden Yellow colour Except for 2 large Burgundy Red lighting bolts on either side that covered my shoulders and went halfway down the top half of the suit, The shoulder pads were now also Burgundy Red and I had added the old Kid Flash logo on each side so that some of Wally' costume still remained. Then on my arms It was the same Golden Yellow until you got to just before my elbows where there were 2 thin Burgundy Red lightning bolts again like Barry's and then the rest of my arms where the Burgundy Red colour except for the palms which were the same Golden Yellow as the rest. The cowl was also Golden Yellow and now didn't have the goggles. I'd instead added white lenses like Barry's and the ear pieces were now Burgundy Red. (A/N: Basically Bart's New 52 costume just with white eyes and the kid flash logo on each shoulder.) I handed it over to Cyborg. "Wow! This is different, but I like it! I know your fast but how did you manage to make this so quickly?" he said in amazement, I smiled "Well I read a few books about designing clothes and how to make them out of all sorts of materials. Since I have a photographic memory I just remembered the pages that had information on the same material as the suit and changed it to how I wanted it." I explained. Cy looked impressed "I have a few ideas for the suit, come down later on and I'll let you try it out." He said with a smile and with that I walked back to the elevator and I could already hear him getting to work.

I decided to spend the next few hours in the gym, I changed into Red shorts and a Yellow T-Shirt, and just kept the same shoes on. Dick was now in the gym, along with Tim, Starfire and Raven. Dick was practicing his Eskrima skills on the stick fighting dummy. Tim was practicing his acrobatic skills, trying to make them more fluid. Raven and Starfire were both doing sit ups. I decided I'd do my normal routine which was lift some weights and do sit ups. After Dick and Tim had finished their current routine, they coerced the rest of us into doing the rest of their usual work out with them. Which consisted of a 30 minute jog, I had to run at normal speed which was SOOOO slow and boring for me. Then 30 minutes of meditation, also slow and boring, I'm pretty sure I nodded off before Raven elbowed me in the ribs. Then clean and jerk lifts, 3 reps of 8 at 262lbs Dick and Starfire were the only ones able to lift that much Tim, Raven and I had to use about half that weight to get even close to completing the exercise. I'll put it down to Dick being a fully grown adult and Starfire having super strength whereas we are still teens. Then a half a mile run around the gym, 21 kettle bell swings, 12 pull ups, 30 minutes of flexibility training, where I took great pleasure watching Raven stretching into all sorts of positions that could be put to better use later on, and then finally 30 minutes of sparring, with Starfire having to hold back. Needless to say we were all pretty exhausted after. Dick told us to all go shower and rest for the few hours left before the mission.

I had a quick shower, threw on the same clothes I had on before I hit the gym and went back down to the garage, it had been quite a few hours, so Cyborg should be done now. As I came in and walked over to the work bench he said with his signature booming voice "Come on over, it's finished!" I stood at the bench with him and looked at my suit, nothing looked different at all. "So what'd you do?" I asked "I kept the outside the same, however on the inside I have managed to work a display into the lenses, which shows you your speed, vital signs and can also show you thermal imaging, X-ray and night vision. It's far better than that silly watch." Cyborg said proudly. I smiled and tried it on, testing the different lenses functions. I was happy with this new suit. "Thanks Cy, you're the best. Coming up? Not long before the mission." I said, Cyborg smiled, "I'm gonna try and make the car a little faster before I come up, shouldn't take long." He replied "Won't ever be able to catch up with me." I said as I entered the elevator "We'll see." Cy answered back with a chuckle, knowing he'll never be able to achieve that.

As I entered the living room where everyone else had suited up, everyone turned as I walked in, Beast Boy spoke first "Whoa! Dude, cool costume, I like it, suits you way more than the old one." He said excitedly, finally he said something I liked. Then Dick spoke up "Yeah it's really cool, it's still a Kid Flash suit, but it's more...you." he said and smiled. Tim, Cassie and Starfire all nodded and said variations of yes and I agree at the same time. Raven leaned in close to my ear "Am I rubbing off on you Already?, you made the colours Darker." She said with a smile, that she quickly hid as she never wanted to show anyone she smiled. "Maybe but I just thought the Darker shades were cooler than the original garish Red and Yellow. I still have to change the other costumes, which means Cyborg is gonna have to make the same adjustments he just did on the lenses for the other 4 I have." I replied. I'm sure he won't mind. He always likes to work and tinker on things, and if he's not he's in the gym, cooking or playing games with beast boy.

Soon enough Dick gave us another briefing to remind us and we all set off towards Gotham, Cyborg, Raven, Cassie, Starfire and Beast boy in the car, which Cy calls the 'T' Car, Dick and Tim on their motorcycles and me Running.

Raven's POV:

We soon arrived in Gotham and hid behind a shipping container. Unfortunately we were met with a grim sight, there was a car riddled with bullets, obviously one of the GCPD's cars that patrolled the area, making sure no one broke into the warehouse. And on this night, these officers were unfortunate enough to be the ones who checked the area. We all looked in horror. There were two male officers in the car, one had bullet wounds on his chest, neck and two on his face. Obviously dead, the other was covered in blood, whether it was his own or his fellow officers I couldn't tell from this distance. Nightwing sighed in sadness "Cyborg can you check for life signs?" he asked although we knew the answer. Cyborgs eyes glowed blue "Checking now. One is dead, wait the other is alive! But barely, he's in bad shape, I don't think we can save hi- wait! What the hell? He's gone!" Cyborg said his voice changing from a solemn tone to surprise "We were too late." Nightwing said as he hung his head "No! Like he's actually gone, he was there and now he's not!" Cyborg explained. At which point Bart appeared just next to Nightwing with Red lightning still crackling around him, "I just rushed him to the hospital, and onto a stretcher, he might make it." Bart said. Nightwing smiled "Good work Kid Flash, but maybe telling us next time would avoid some confusion." He said "What confusion?" Bart asked as he'd missed the conversation "Just forget it." Nightwing said as he peeked around the container again. "Cyborg scan the warehouse for life signs." Nightwing said, "There are 54 inside. Some big guys in there too." Cyborg replied after scanning the room. Nightwing looked at Cyborg "54? You sure, Joker's gang only had 52, like a deck of cards, except he was the only Joker, there should be 53 if you include him." Cyborg checked again "Nope. 54". Nightwing looked confused. "Ok, well I think the big heavy hitters of this team should go straight in the front entrance. So Wonder Girl, Starfire, Raven, Cyborg, and Kid Flash that's you, Beast Boy for you it depends on what you choose to morph into. If you stay as an animal that can be hurt by gunfire easily, then follow Robin and I and whilst on the roof we'll figure out what animal you can be. Otherwise you will be the distraction with the others. Guys your job is to go in and distract Joker and his gang, take out as many as you can, but do not attack Joker directly, he is far more deadly than he seems, Robin and I have experience against him, we will come in from the roof and attack from behind, we may be lucky and get a sneak attack."

Beast boy morphed into a Rhino, his choice obviously being to go in the front with the team. As Robin and Nightwing disappeared into the shadows we lined up outside the large doors of the warehouse, Cyborgs left arm transformed into a cannon and he took aim, whilst Starfire and I linked arms our hands parallel to each other. Cyborg held up 3 fingers, and then 1 then 2 and on 3 Starfire and I fired a blast towards the door that was a combination of her star bolt and my dark magic and Cyborg fired a sonic blast. The door flew into the room and I heard cries of pain as it was clear the plan of taking out a few guys with it had proven to have worked. As we ran into the warehouse I saw Jokers thugs. They were all stereotypical tough guys, big, hairy, dirty bikers, skin heads, wannabe gangsters and the occasional junkie. They all stood there with crudely applied clown make-up smeared on their faces. Unfortunately most had already got high power guns by the time we'd arrived and immediately started firing at us, and the ones that didn't ran to the boxes to grab some. I instantly conjured up a protective barrier shielding us from the gun fire. I heard a chuckle from behind me and a gust of wind blow through my hair.

Bart's POV:

Raven had formed a protective shield to save us from the gunfire, and despite the fact that the bullets were quite obviously useless against the shield, The Jokers henchmen still continued to fire at it. We could have simply let them empty their magazines by firing at us, but what fun would that be? I chuckled as I vibrated through the shield and ran straight towards the thugs. The bullets were moving so slowly to me that I could have caught them all, however I decided on a better idea and disassembled their guns and I couldn't hold back a grin as their guns fell to pieces in their hands. "That evens the odds." I said in a mocking tone. This momentary distraction allowed the guys to attack, beast boy charging into them, still in his rhino form, Starfire flying around the room shooting them with star bolts or just flying straight into them, Raven hovering and firing blasts of dark magic at them and Wonder Girl lassoing groups of them allowing Cyborg to then shoot them with his Sonic Cannon. This was when I noticed one of the guys had obviously been especially pissed that I'd disassembled his gun and decided to try and hit me with his fists instead. I simply dodged his hits easily as they were moving in slow motion to me "Missed me. Missed again. Oh almost had me that time...NOT!" I said, mocking him each time he failed to punch me, continually pissing this guy off more and more. I had enough of toying with him and delivered 5 punches at super speed to his chest, the fifth one knocking him to the floor. I then looked around the room, almost half of the thugs had already been taken down already. I saw one of them about to shoot Beast Boy in the back, as he was tossing thugs into the air like ragdolls whilst being in Gorilla form. I charged straight into the guy sending him flying at least 15 feet across the floor and knocking him out instantly. I then heard a gunshot behind me and turned to see a bullet slowly moving towards my head. I caught it and casually walked towards the thug, who was firing a high powered pistol at me. I simply took each bullet that was in mid flight between my fingers and added them to my open hand. I carried on walking until I was right in front of him. At this point I dropped the bullets on the floor and pressed a button on the side of his gun causing the magazine to fall into my hand. The thug continued pulling the trigger only to realise nothing was happening. I held the magazine in front of his face, he then attempted to pistol whip me, which of course I easily dodged and delivered a super speed punch to his jaw knocking him out. I could hear Joker yelling "THEY'RE JUST KIDS! SHOOT THEM YOU IDIOTS! SHOOT THEM!" his frustration making me smile.

I quickly glanced around the room to check on Raven who was now throwing energy discs at our enemies. Suddenly one of the bigger henchmen grabbed her from behind, his arms hooked under her armpits and his hands held tightly together around the back of her neck. I was about to run over and save her when she pulled in her own arms towards her side tight, effectively trapping his, then she jumped up off the floor, pulling her legs up to her chest and kicking them forward, using her weight to fling the fairly large thug over her back. I guess she didn't need my help after all. Being a big guy he didn't stay down for long though and he'd only just gotten up when Raven ran at him and did a spinning round house kick to his face which sent him to his knees and then she formed and energy bubble around her hand and gave him a powerful right hook yet he still wouldn't stay down. Now I was going to have my turn. I ran towards him reaching maybe 100mph and punched him as I went past, I continued on towards the wall and then when I reached it, made a U-turn and ran towards him, again punching him as I ran past and then repeated the same thing one final time, which was probably more than enough to knock him out. As I looked at him lying on the floor with blood trickling out of his mouth Raven turned to look at me "I could have taken him you know." She said to me matter of factly "I know, I just wanted to have some fun too. I've only taken down 3 goons, him included." I replied. Raven just rolled her eyes "Duck." She said suddenly, "Huh?" I replied confused "DUCK!" she repeated and I got what she meant and ducked as she raised a hand blasting the guy trying to sneak attack me from behind. Nightwing was right checking on each other was a distraction. As I thought this He and Robin came crashing through the roof of the warehouse, landing just a few feet away from The Joker and a woman in a skin tight red and black Harlequin costume, who I realised was the new extra member of the gang Cyborg had seen earlier.

The Joker instantly had a furious look on his face as he looked at Robin and Nightwing "Ah Boy Blunder 1 and 2, or was it 3? I've lost count." Joker said with a sick smile and taunting tone which earned him glares from both Robin and Nightwing. Joker simply chuckled and continued "I should have known you would have had a part in foiling my plans. But where's the big bad bat? He's who I really want, not you losers!" He shouted. Robin smiled "He decided you're not worth his time." This made Joker really mad and he took out his custom 44. Magnum revolver, whilst the Woman next to him grabbed an Uzi and they both started to fire at Nightwing and Robin. Both of them dodged the bullets acrobatically, however Nightwing was more natural, doing flips and spins that you'd usually see someone doing on a pommel horse, except he was advancing towards The Joker as he did these acrobatic feats whereas Robin wasn't advancing at all and his acrobatic skills, whilst impressive were less flashy. Suddenly Mid flip Robin threw a Birdarang into the barrel of the woman's Uzi causing it to backfire and she screamed and fell to her knees gripping her hand in pain. With the gun firing the most bullets at them gone, the path towards The Joker was now a lot easier to get to. One of the few remaining thugs tried to get in the way of Nightwing but Nightwing, gave him a combination of hits to the body and head with his Eskrima sticks, then knocked him to the floor with a leg sweep, and slammed one of the sticks into the goons face, breaking his nose and causing him to scream and hold his face in agony. 2 more tried to get in the way, "GET OUT OF THE WAY YOU FOOLS! I CAN'T GET A CLEAR SHOT!" Joker screamed. The loyalty they had to a green haired, grinning maniac who would shoot their heads off right now just to get them out of the way was unbelievable, though I doubted any of them were mentally stable.

Nightwing got ready to inflict more pain, however Robin jumped over his head and with one swipe of his steel Bo-Staff they were both on the floor, Robin then swiftly grabbed one thugs arms and placed the staff against his elbow then pulled the arm towards him, making a loud snap sound, and the arm turned a way it never should, a loud scream briefly echoed throughout the warehouse before the thug passed out from the pain. Robin quickly turned as the second got up and quickly hit him in the clavicle with the staff, jabbed him in the stomach then held the staff horizontally and thrust it into his throat knocking the burly man to the floor. A scream of frustration came from Joker as the last of his men were knocked down. He fired more shots, alternating between aiming at Nightwing, then Robin, nevertheless before he could hit either of them he ran out of bullets. Panicking Joker harshly grabbed the woman by the arm and yanked her up, he then grabbed an over sized mallet that was leaning against the wall, thrust it into her hands and pushed her towards them "Harley, make yourself useful for a change!" he said practically hiding behind her. I kept wondering whether any of us should make an attempt to take Joker out but I obeyed Nightwing's orders and didn't risk messing up whatever plan they may have.

The woman now known as Harley was yelling a variation of curses and insults as she wildly swung the mallet around in Robin and Nightwing's general before she was knocked unconscious by a combination of attacks from the both of them. Finally Nightwing and Robin stood just a few feet away from The Joker, having cleared the vast distance between them. Joker pulled out two daggers from his pockets "Well come on then! Lets dance!" he taunted. However before anything could happen between them a van suddenly came charging through the entrance we'd made and a gloved hand threw a metal device out of the window that made a large boom sound as soon as it hit the floor, and Cyborg suddenly powered down and hit the floor with a loud clang. Then silver balls were thrown out of the other window as the van started to slow down. The balls rolled on the floor for a few seconds before they exploded and the room was then filled with a thick crimson smoke. I span my arms around in small circles rapidly, which created enough wind to clear the room. I was met with the sight of a man in a jet black costume that had a Red X across the chest. He also wore a mask with a skull on it with the same red x motif on the forehead. He was in a fight with The Joker, however if he was helping us then why did he take out Cyborg?

Joker was trying to slash this mystery attacker with his daggers, but the man promptly and effortlessly dodged them, he waited for Joker to make another attack and as he lunged forward to stab him, the mystery man dodged again but this time quickly grabbed Jokers wrist and twisted it painfully causing Joker to let go of one of the daggers. Joker then tried to slash the man again, but once again his wrist was caught and twisted dropping the other dagger. He then delivered a wild hay-maker to Jokers face, causing him to stagger back a few feet. You couldn't see the man's face, but it was quite clear he enjoyed causing The Joker great pain. "Remember me?" he said as Joker took a swing at him. "No. Should I?" he replied as the man simply sidestepped the punch. The man grunted in frustration "Yes." He said simply before Joker threw another punch but once again the man dodged and grabbed him by the wrist. However this time Joker had anticipated this and with his left hand being free he quickly delivered a punch to the face, a hard punch to the gut and a brutal uppercut. The mystery man's hold on Jokers right hand loosened and Joker pulled it free. He then swiftly delivered a right hook, a kick to the gut, a jumping knee to the face and another uppercut, knocking the man backwards. "Did I kick the snot out of you last time we met too?" Joker asked. I was surprised at how well Joker could fight, I'd expected him to be nothing more than a wild, unpredictable brawler yet he was holding his own against a guy who clearly had some intense martial arts training. Meanwhile the rest of the team were all trying to look for a way to get into the fight and help this guy. We'd been told not to intervene where Joker was concerned but now this man had appeared had that changed? As I thought this Nightwing decided to be the first to try and get involved but the mysterious attacker suddenly disappeared then reappeared behind Nightwing, as if he'd teleported. He then put Nightwing in a very tight headlock and after choking him for a few seconds threw him to the floor hard. He looked down at Nightwing who was coughing and spluttering trying to get some air back into his lungs. "Last thing I need is help from you!" he said. It was now obvious he wasn't an ally.

Robin tried to come to Nightwing's aid but the man simply raised a hand and fired a small X-shaped projectile at Robin which suddenly expanded and wrapped around Robins arms and chest, it then crackled with red lightning which stunned Robin and caused him to fall to the floor. The rest of us then tried to attack this mystery man too, but he seemed to have been prepared for all of us, as if he'd studied the team. He threw a number of Red X-shaped shurikens at Raven and I which embedded themselves in the floor a few inches in front of us and then exploded causing me to have to quickly jump back and Raven having to form a protective dome around herself to avoid getting hurt, he then fired another X-shaped projectile at Starfire this one also expanded and wrapped around her but it had to shock Starfire with the red lightning a number of times before it caused her to pass out and fall to the ground. Beast boy had morphed into a Lion and was running at the man when he was simply shot with a bright red energy beam knocking him out cold. Which was when Wonder Girl had gotten behind him and thrown a punch, but the mystery man somehow knew she was there, and back flipped over her punch, she turned throwing more punches yet he avoided each one and then returned the favour but each punch that he threw connected, hitting her with a left right combination, two left jabs, an uppercut and finally a point blank blast to the face with the same energy beam that hit beast boy, sending her flying across the warehouse and knocking her out too. Starfire was the first to regain consciousness and she was now groggily struggling to get free. Raven and I took our chance, Raven flew towards him and fired spheres of dark magic at him, but he disappeared and re-appeared in front of her in the middle of a jumping kick, which connected, he then threw another red x-shaped shuriken at her but this one instead shot out the same red lightning that had hit Starfire and Robin and being stunned from the kick, Raven had no way to stop it and upon coming into to contact with the lightning I heard Raven scream loudly as if she was in excruciating pain before falling to the floor. Enraged I screamed out of pure anger before running at him, I grabbed him by his neck and lifted him up but he grabbed me by the wrists and the red lighting was this time simply sent from his gloves and it sent a shock all throughout my body, then I felt him punch me in the face twice and kick me in the stomach before hitting me with another kick to the face. I then felt a hard blow to my ribs and heard a cracking sound. I knew from the sound my rib was broken. I was about to fight through the pain and open my eyes when as I went to move I felt a sharp stabbing pain that caused me to squeeze them shut again, I tried to move but it ached like my entire side had one big bruise. I involuntarily let out a strange pained groan.

As I looked up, my vision bleary he was now running towards Joker, his sights firmly set on him, but Nightwing was now in his way again, the man disappeared and re-appeared behind Nightwing, kicking him in the back of the leg, but Nightwing didn't go down and turned throwing a punch, however the mystery attacker seemed to expect this and caught his arm, and flipped Nightwing over his shoulder and he landed on his back hard, before Nightwing could get up the man swiftly jumped on top of him and delivered 5 punches to the face, Nightwing's head bouncing off the floor each time the mans fists connected and it unsurprisingly had knocked him out. I didn't know what to do, I felt helpless, and this guy had just effortlessly taken out our entire team in mere minutes and slowed me down considerably. I was supposed to heal quickly but I didn't exactly know what the hell he'd done to my rib, if it was simply broken it should have healed already. Joker had taken this time to grab a shotgun but it was knocked from his hand before he could use it by a red shuriken. He was then knocked to the floor by a dropkick from the man, but grabbed an iron bar that was lying next to him. Joker got up and started taking wild swings at the man who again, dodged every attack, ducking and weaving as the bar missed its target each time. The mystery man then back flipped a fair distance away and got ready to throw some more Shurikens but Joker was enraged and simply threw the bar at him before he could use the Shurikens, but again the man ducked, Joker however had bought himself enough time to close the gap and managed to land a punch on the guy, who dropped the shurikens but threw another punch in return only for Joker to block it and land another blow. They then briefly traded blows with each other before Joker caught one of the mystery attackers punches and used the same hand he used to block it with to land quick punch to the man's face, then hit him with a hard left hook. He then went for a kick but the mystery man grabbed his leg and swung him around throwing Joker into a wall. As Joker lay stunned I was about to try go for another round with this mysterious guy but was again stopped by the sharp pain. I took a deep breath and pressed my hand on the area and the pain intensified, I bit my lip and powered on through, trying to feel around. A few seconds of feeling the area and I soon realised what he'd done, he had not only broken my rib but he'd displaced it too. This was obviously a deliberate move on his part as he knew I'd have to snap it to move it back in place. He clearly knew if you can't stop a speedster you can certainly find a way to slow one down and having to snap your own rib back into place will definitely slow anyone down. I was about to ready myself for the pain of snapping my own rib when suddenly I heard Starfire break free of her restraints. But she didn't attack. She had a look of horror on her face. As I turned I saw Robin who had also recovered and gotten out of the restraints but was just standing there in shock too, watching as this random man, who had taken out the other Titans and I, brutally pummeled Joker, punching him over and over. Joker lay on the ground grunting in pain each time he was hit, but not being able to fight back. His face was becoming almost unrecognizable. It was swollen, bruised and bloodied. There was a considerable amount of blood splattered on the floor all around his face and all over the man's gloved hands. The man then got up and looked down at Joker. It seemed to be over but suddenly he started kicking him repeatedly in the stomach. Harder and harder each time. He then pulled Joker up and in a sickeningly casual way broke his arm, causing Joker to cry out loudly in pain. Robin ran towards them "Stop! That's enough! You're going to kill him! He's had enough!" he screamed. Suddenly a Red X-Shaped blade appeared on top of the man's glove and he turned and took a swipe at Robin slashing him across the stomach. "Don't you DARE try to stop me!" the man shouted, clearly very enraged by Robin telling him to stop. Robin clutched his wounded stomach but didn't show he was in pain "I won't try, I will stop you. He's had enough. Let. Him. Go." Robin said sternly. The man simply chuckled in a very creepy way "Yeah right. You even try to stop me and I promise you, you'll end up like the last Robin. Dead. Then we'll see how long it takes for you to be replaced." He said in a scornful tone. He then turned deadly serious as he turned back towards Joker, who he held above the floor by the throat. He raised the hand with the X-shaped blade on and pulled it back "That is why this needs to be done, Robins death needs to be avenged. And since no one else will do it, I will." He said. But just as he was about to end The Jokers life, the man was sent flying into the wall by a bright blue energy beam. We turned to see Cyborg standing there his sonic cannon glowing the same bright blue. He smiled "I just needed some time to re-boot. Next time, make sure I stay down Skull face!" The mystery man moaned in pain, holding his side as he got up. He looked at Cyborg "It's Red X for your information. Next time, I'll make sure you all stay down!" and with that Red X disappeared.

We collectively breathed a sigh of relief. As I did so I was reminded of the broken rib by the same sharp pain and something like an ache and throb at the same time shooting all up one side. I once again took a deep breath, grabbed hold of my rib and yanked hard, snapping it. I yelled out in pain loudly, the whole team turning towards me. I then held in grunts as I moved the rib back to where it should have been and held it there for a few moments. Soon the intense pain subsided and I felt around the area again and was glad to see my body had healed it correctly. I relished the feeling of being able to move and breathe properly again. Sirens could be heard and soon Commissioner Gordon and his men had arrived. All of the goons were handcuffed and thrown into an assortment of GCPD vehicles, all to be transported to where they were originally going before Joker broke them out. Joker and Harley were going straight back to Arkham, where Joker was going to be seen to in the infirmary before being locked away in another cell with more heightened security than the last. It didn't matter, he always found some way to break out. Raven and I stood together as we watched Gordon, Nightwing and Robin talk. We couldn't hear what they were saying but we assumed it was about what had happened and about the complete mystery surrounding Red X. "Any idea who that guy was?" I asked Raven. "None." She replied stoically. I turned to face her properly and looked deep into her violet eyes. "You ok?" I asked, knowing she was probably as shaken up as the rest of us. Raven hesitated "I'm fine now, the pain from the electric shock is gone and I've got a few bumps and bruises but that's fairly normal in this line of work."She replied matter of factly. I gave her a 'you know what I meant look' "Rae this guy just took out our entire team effortlessly and almost murdered The Joker. He even took down our big guns as if it was nothing. I'm asking if you're ok mentally. Cause I know I'm a little shaken up." I said seriously. Raven looked back at me "I'm fine. Honest. You were the one who had to snap his own rib back into place." She said shifting the subject back to me. "Yeah it sucked I'm not gonna lie, and I hated it, but there was no other way to correct it." I said, Raven place a hand on my shoulder "But it must have been so painful." She said with just the slightest hint of compassion in her voice, but I knew she really was concerned about me "Yeah it was almost excruciating. But if you're going to be a hero, you got to start getting used to pain. I can take it. Plus I heal fast." Raven didn't say anymore, but she looked unconvinced. I really could take the pain though. I'd been through much worse in the past. Or future. My past, the others future. To be honest it's still weird to wrap my head around.

As the two of us walked towards the rest of the team who were also nursing their various injuries as best they could and were about to try and make sense of what just happened Robin spoke up "Kid Flash, Commissioner Gordon would like a word with you." He said gesturing towards the Commissioner who was outside where the doors used to be smoking a cigarette. I walked over, not feeling like running for once and wondered what the hell I'd done wrong. "Robin said you'd like a word with me sir?"I said as I stood next to him. He blew out a cloud of smoke from his mouth before turning to me and extending his hand. "Indeed I do Kid Flash." He said as I shook his hand. "I don't believe we've met before have we?" he asked as he looked down at me, I was surprised by his height he seemed shorter than both Batman and Nightwing yet he was still taller than me. "You may have met the old Kid Flash Sir, but no, I don't believe we've met before." He placed a hand on my shoulder "Yes I heard about your predecessor. It was a terrible tragedy. I'm sure you'll make him very proud." He said with a smile. Somehow he was making me feel better, but I also felt a little emotional remembering Wally was gone "You think so?" I asked my voice cracking a little. Gordon took a drag from his cigarette and exhaled another plume of smoke "I know so." He said. I looked at him quizzically "I asked Robin to get you to see me because I wanted to congratulate you. That officer you rushed to the hospital was operated on and although he has been put into an induced coma he has a fighting chance at survival. I'm sure he would have died alongside his partner had you not taken the initiative to take him there right away. You did well son, and it's pretty clear to me you have what it takes to be a hero." Gordon looked towards the sky, as did I "I'm sure he's up there watching you son, and I'm sure he's even more proud of you than I am, and I've only just met you." He said smiling as he looked back at me. I wiped a tear from my eye "Thank you Sir." I replied and he simply nodded and took another drag. I walked back towards the team. "What did he want?" Wonder Girl asked "He wanted to congratulate me on taking that officer to Hospital, he might survive." Nightwing turned to me "You did good Kid." He said, "I know." I said. I was glad that it seemed everyone, Raven the team, Nightwing and even a man I'd only just met believed in me. I didn't feel as if I had as much pressure on me anymore. I was happy as we all made our way back to the tower. But I knew it wouldn't last, as we had serious things to discuss as soon as we got back.