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Miss Martian POV
Selina guided a cried out Richard to his bed and stayed with him until he fell asleep. She then walked out of the room and stood in front of Batman and Martian Manhunter.
"That was wrong." Selina said as she slowly turned back into Miss Martian.
"Tricking him like that… was unfair to him and wrong to his trust." Megan expressed.
"It had to be done." Batman excused and went to the mission room.
"You are going to be assigned a mission M'gann, go." Her uncle urged. M'gann felt terrible for tricking the vulnerable boy, but it did help him in the long run. She went towards the mission room and stood in front of Batman as the rest of team was coming in. Batman waited for the teens to line up.
"Your mission is to investigate a surge of energy from this location." Batman began. M'gann tuned him out that she had the main objective. She was...concerned, maybe, for the young, hurt boy in the room down the hall. What about him?
"Uh, Batman?" She started. He looked at her.
"What about Renegade?" She asked.
"He will be staying here for this mission. He still has to choose, while you are out on this mission, we will be dealing with him." He answered.
"Now go." Batman ordered.
Renegade POV
Richard bolted awake, clutching for the rings he usually had in his uniform, having the memory of his parents deaths fresh on his mind. Where's their rings?! ...Selina? Richard looked around looking for the woman. Where did she… How did she get here? He had a lot of questions to ask the Woman of Cats. He got out of bed and headed for the door. He hesitated. What time is it? He looked at the clock on the dresser, it included the date. Perfect, April 11, 12:49. Lunch time, already. He stepped out of the grey room and walked towards the kitchen. It was empty. He went to the common room, empty. He headed towards the mission room and heard typing. He stood in the doorway and watched Bats click away at the holographic keyboard.
"Have you come to a decision?" The Man of Bats questioned, not even looking at Richard.
"Where's the team?" Richard responded. Batman looked at him out of the corner of his eyes.
"Answer my question then I'll answer yours." He countered.
"Yes." RIchard replied. "Where's the team?" He asked again.
"On a mission. What's that answer?" Batman responded.
"...I'll join your stupid team, Belle Reve won't be nice to me, since I probably killed most of the prisoners bosses." He responded. This'll be interesting.
"That's interesting information. Considering you, Superboy, and Miss Martian are going undercover into Belle Reve in a couple of days." Batman responded with amusement lining his tone.
"I can not go to any kind of prison. Are you crazy?! They will rip me apart!" Richard argued.
"We're still working out the details." Batman responded. "For now, you stay here, in sight." Batman's tone was back to normal. Richard sighed.
"Fun." He replied sarcastically. He walked towards the kitchen and grabbed an apple from the fruit bowl on the counter of the middle island. He went back into the mission room and noticed how Batman was rapidly clicking away and pausing. Trying to figure something out? Richard stepped behind the man and looked at what he was doing. Codes were on the holo-screen. Trying to hack in are we? Too easy, I taught myself, basically.
"What?" Batman growled, frustrated.
"I can help with that hack." Richard offered.
"No." Batman immediately responded.
"Oh come on, I've got nothing to do." Richard complained. Batman looked at him and then the codes and back at him.
"Fine." Batman agreed and swiped the screen over to Richard and brought up another holo- keyboard. Richard set to work, typing in codes and getting past firewalls and the such. Soon he was in the Lexcorp data system.
"Lexcorp?" He questioned.
"I have a suspicion that Lex Luthor has something to do with Cadmus." Batman explained. "Do you know anything about that?" He interrogated.
"All I know is that Luthor does have something to do with something major in Project Kr and in other Cadmus projects." Richard informed. "Other than that no, but I can easily hack into Cadmus and copy the data from both Lexcorp and the research facility, if you let me of course." Richard offered once again. Batman was silent, deciding.
"Alright, but if I see anything suspicious, I'm taking you out. Understand?" Batman replied.
"Of course." RIchard responded, bringing up another screen and keyboard.
"I'll copy the data from Lexcorp and you handle Cadmus." Batman ordered. Neither of them noticed most of League step into the room.
"Okay." Richard responded and set to work. He was furiously typing. Cadmus upgraded it's security.
"I might need some help here. Cadmus did a security upgrade. I getting chased." Richard said.
"Got it, I just finished with Lexcorp." Batman said and linking up screens to look at what Richard was doing.
"Do you know how to co-hack?" Batman questioned.
"Of course I do." Richard said, a little disappointed at the question.
"Shall we?" Batman asked.
"Yes, we shall." Richard responded. Both hacker began to type and work in perfect sync to weave through the Cadmus security. They finally breached the tense security.
"Asterous." Richard declared.
"Asterous?" Batman looked at him.
"...It's just something I do with words...English isn't my first language...I like messing around with it." Richard tried to explain. Batman looked back at his screen and began copying the Cadmus data. Richard started helping.
"What's your first language?" Superman said, breaking the concentration of Batman and Richard.
"Romani." Richard responded. For some odd reason, Dick was more comfortable around the gloomy hero than the smiley one. Maybe that's because I'm used to Slade. Just than the hangar door opened and the red ship landed. The team filed out. Aqualad, Artemis, KId Flash, Superboy, then Miss Martian. Dick greeted them with a small smile. They lined up and debriefed. They were saying stuff about Dr. Fate and magic. I hate magic. Batman simply filled out a report and filed it away, then turned to the team.
"Renegade will be joining the team. No discussion or objections, that's what the League has decided. He's too dangerous to put in prison and he would be ripped apart at Belle Reve, here is safer and a more efficient way of keeping under control. He will also be living here with Miss Martian and Superboy." Batman stated, leaving no room for comments or complaints.
"Well, I guess we should get to know each other." Dick smiled, looking at the uncomfortable teens. Miss Martian perked up.
"How about some snack? I know it's one, but we did just get back from a crazy mission." She reasoned.
"That sounds great, Me- Miss Martian." Artemis said, quickly fixing her mistake.
"I already know Miss M's name, Superboy's, and yours, Artemis." Dick said, smiling though he was still angry at the blonde.
"Oh.." Artemis trailed, the room becoming tense at the short conversation between the two.
"Beautiful, why don't you go on ahead and start making a snack for us?" Kid Flash suggested.
"I was planning on making cookies, Renegade-" She started.
"Richard John Grayson, but you can call me Dick." Richard interrupted, smiling. I can have at least one 'friend'.
"Dick, would you like to help me?" Miss Martian questioned. Superboy was glaring at him and Richard smiled, this time it wasn't as forced as all the others.
"I would be delighted, I haven't made cookies in a long time." He said with a fond smile, remembering how he and his mother would make them together when they were still alive.
Megan lead the way to the kitchen and got out all the ingredients, checking them off in her head.
Eggs, butter, chocolate chips, flour, sugar, bowl, and a whisk. Chocolate chip cookies then.
"Rene- Richard, can you please crack the eggs into the bowl then whip them with sugar." She said as she got out all the measuring cups.
"Yeah." He responded, noticing Connor stand at the doorway watching his every move.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to do a thing with this thing on me." Richard relaxed. Connor just glared at him.
"Alright then…" Dick said and started with the eggs, he cracked two, pour the sugar in, and whisked the mixture.
Miss M put in the butter, flour, and chocolate chips. She telepathically stirred the ingredients together and laid the batter out on the aluminum foil covering a metal sheet. Then she floated the cookies in the oven and set the time and heat telepathically.
"Now that's cheating." Richard teased. M'gann just smiled at him and sat down at the island. She had already put everything away, also telepathically. She looked at him, like she wanted to say something.
"You can ask me anything, but I won't guarantee an answer." He said, not looking at her, but at the rest team, now sitting at the island or counter.
"Is there a way we can guarantee an answer?" Aqualad questioned.
"Yeah, a game called twenty questions. You ask I answer, I ask you answer. No matter what and you have to be truthful. Those are the rules. Don't worry I will follow them." Dick smirked. No way are they going to say yes. Aqualad was thinking.
"Alright. We will play this game." The leader said. What?! No! You were supposed to say no. Dick sighed then smirked again.
"Great." He said. "You go ahead."
"...How many people have you killed?" Kid Flash cautioned.
"Well over fifty." Dick responded. He acted like it didn't bother him, but it did. It really tore him up inside.
"What's your first and last name, KF?" Dick questioned. Kid Flash swallowed.
"Wally West." He responded reluctantly. Dick grinned.
"Those rings that were in your uniform, whose are they?" M'gann asked.
"You guys looked through my uniform. While I was unconscious no doubt." He sighed, knowing he had to answer.
"...My parents wedding rings. Where are they?" Dick growled.
"You'll have to ask Batman. Can you tell us about yourself? Talents? Abilities?" Aqualad said.
"Name's Richard John 'Dick' Grayson. I'm a fast learner, get bored easily. I am extremely talented in acrobatics, close hand to hand combat, hacking, and stealth. Oh, and I can play the piano a little." Richard said. He looked at Artemis. "I'm going to assume that they don't know, but I have to ask. Why?" Artemis froze as the team all looked at her in question.
"I had too, I couldn't do what was expected of me, I didn't want to." She said, looking away from everyone.
"But you did. You wanted too." A new voice said, Red Arrow had arrived followed by Green Arrow, Black Canary, Batman, and Superman. Dick focused on Batman.
"You like to kill, don't you?" Red Arrow stepped up and accused. Richard completely ignored him and stalked towards Batman.
"Rings. Now. This isn't a question." He growled. Batman looked at him. Superman, Black Canary, and Green Arrow looked at the boy in complete shock. He just ordered Batman. Batman held up two gold rings with engravings on the inside connected to a gold chain. Richard glared at the man and snatched the chain from him, then slipped it around his neck. The Leaguers were dumbfounded. Renegade had growled at Batman and Batman had obliged to Renegades order too. Renegade must've thought he was going to have to fight for the rings more.
"Thanks." He said awkwardly, but was jerked back.
Red Arrow had grabbed the boy by the back of the inhibitor collar and forced him to stumble back.
"You don't belong here." The redhead growled. "You're a murderer. Those rings are probably trophies of your first kills. You're parents." Red Arrow said, pointing an accusing finger in Renegade's face.
"Don't speak of thing you know nothing about, sidekick." Renegade growled.
"There's nothing more than that. You enjoy killing, you've always enjoyed it. Even when you had all of the League fooled, even Batman, you are still a murderer, a monster." He accused.
"Listen up, Speedy," Renegade grabbed the taller teen by the collar, "I may be a monster, murderer, thief, or some other true insult, but I have never enjoyed it. I enjoyed two, one was the murder of the man who ruined my life and murdered my parents, the other I was having a mental break down." Renegade growled and shoved Red Arrow back.
"You had a part in killing your parents. You probably helped." He said as he stepped to loom over Renegade.
"I loved my parents, I would never hurt them!" Renegade said as he punched Red Arrow in the jaw. "Don't talk about things you don't know about."
Red Arrow steadied and tackled Renegade, then punched him in the face. Renegade rolled them over and was punching Redd Arrow repeatedly. An electric shock rippled down Renegades body causing him to slightly flinch, but. He didn't let up and glared at Batman, who had the collar remote.
"You honestly think a small electric shock will make me stop? That's whelming." He grinned and wrapped his hands around Red Arrows neck, causing the shock to affect him as well. The redhead cried out and gritted his teeth.
"It seems your boy, here, can't handle it!" He bragged and Batman switched it off. Renegade got off of Red Arrow and stood, then helped the redhead up and shoved him towards Green Arrow.
"If you know what's good for him, you'll keep him in line." He said, glaring at the green clad hero. He stalked down to his room and walked inside, locking the door behind him. He went into the bathroom and looked at the collar, it had burned the skin on his neck a little. Nothing new. He went back out and was startled by Canary leaning on the door.
"How did you-" Renegade questioned.
"I have a master key and can bypass locks." She said.
"Now, let's talk." Canary said and motioned for Renegade to follow as she left the room.
Great, a therapy lesson.
