Red II (Silence):
It felt oppressive; the silence in the mountain. Superboy had the limp form of Dick within his strong embrace, almost unwilling to let his friend, his brother, go.
The rest of the members stared at the body hanging in his arms and most of them couldn't believe it.
Nightwing, their leader, one of the strongest if not the strongest hero on their team, dead, and by the hands of their ex-leader no less.
The blood that still stained his black uniform sickened many of the young heroes. They didn't want to see reality.
Robin, Tim, in particular, had stared, transfixed, at his brother for the longest time, face alternating between too many emotions to decipher.
Then silently, he stood up, matched towards the Zeta tubes and left. Batgirl followed soon after.
No one said anything for the rest of the night, even when Artemis took Nightwing out to be buried.
