Dick felt like he was floating. He was surrounded by… water… and it felt amazing! He would have thought he was dreaming, except for the fact that his fingers were touching something that felt like rock.

He moved his fingers slightly and frowned when he realised that it was rock. The second realisation was that his eyes were closed and that he was underwater.

The final, and probably most concerning realisation, was that he was breathing. Underwater.

Dick opened his eyes and saw… clear water? That… was not what he was expecting from the Lazarus Pit. Wasn't it green?

He twisted around so that his stomach was facing the ground and looked around him. He knew he was underwater, and that there were rocks around him, but not much else. He took in a breath (?) and swam forwards, to investigate his surroundings. After looking at the rocks, he began to swim upwards. Was Jason looking for him? How long had he been… underwater? He broke the surface and looked around. He seemed to still be in the cavern, but the part of the wall had collapsed, along with making the Pit overflow from where it previously sat. The waters lapped at his feet as he walked towards the area they came in.

Dick cocked his head and looked at the waters. The breathing underwater was definitely new. He could also see clearly when he was under there; he wondered what else would be new about him.

He shook his head; he could think about that later, now he needed to get out of the cavern. Dick made his way towards the large pile of rocks surrounding the exit and began to pull and push them away. After about 30 minutes of work he growled in frustration; he was getting nowhere!

"Okay Grayson, think. How could I move them?"

As he thought, he remembered how green tendrils had curled off him earlier- could he use those to his advantage? There had to be a way to harness the power he had received form the Pit now, right? He took a step back and put his hands out; he imagined the power flowing through him like it did earlier…

He blocked out the rocks around him…

He blocked out the sound of the waters against his ankles…

He took in a breath…

And let the power in.

But when he opened his eyes, there wasn't anything surrounding him.

"What?" he murmured to himself, stretching out his arms. "What's different? Why is it not here?"

After trying to harness the power for nearly 15 minutes, he ground his teeth together in frustration and clenched his fists.

"What's wrong now?" he roared, sending his fists flying into the wall next to him. As he opened his eyes, he knew something was different. A green glow of his eyes had washed the dark wall, and Dick stumbled back.

He looked towards the rock and grinned; he stuck out his arms towards the rocks and green shadow-ribbons unravelled, spiralling towards the rock and lifting them effortlessly. The shadows tossed the rock across the room quicker and quicker as Dick got more controlled in his movements. He didn't feel himself being lifted away from the waters at his ankles, and he wasn't aware of the glow of his eyes getting brighter and brighter, until he heard a yell.

"Dick!"

He turned at the call, momentarily losing control of the Ribbons. The rocks in the air fell and Dick twisted to catch them before they hit anyone. He turned around and smiled gently at his boyfriend as he pushed through smaller rocks of the collapsed wall.

"Jay?"

Jason slowed down as he approached the floating figure; he looked slightly nervous, but his movements were confident.

"Dick… you okay? I can see you've figured somethings out?"

Dick smiled and dropped to the floor with a jolt. "Woah," Jason rushed to catch him, and the two men embraced, Jason sighing in relief.

"I thought you were gone forever Dickie, it didn't look good when you collapsed the walls." Dick smiled wider and slipped his hand into Jason's. He looked up as someone coughed.

Ra's al Ghul stood with one eyebrow raised, looking around. "You had some fun here then Grayson? Figure out your… power?"

Dick nodded slowly. "The Pit… is fuelled by anger, frustration. I got frustrated when I couldn't lift the rocks and… well you know what happened then."

"Hmmm, okay then. It seems like we need to move quicker than I anticipated. The Pit is accepting you. We will need to give you weekly injections to keep your connection with the Pit, and now we shall start training. You need to be able to use the Pit's power to your advantage. You got that?"

Dick squeezed Jason's hand and nodded at Ra's.

The Demon's Head looked at Jason and smirked. "You will be training with some of the League members here when Richard is training with me. We can't have your talents going to waste can we?"

Jason swallowed hard, he could hear the treat on Ra's' tone, and nodded hesitantly.

"Good! I suggest rest for the both of you. And boys, do not go anywhere for now. We have reason to believe that there are people watching the island." And with that he walked out; leaving Dick and Jason in the cavern.

Back in their suite, Dick sat down next to Jason and told him about breathing underwater.

"Woah Dick. That's… not what I was expecting to be honest."

"Me neither Jay! It was like taking a bath… before realising I was underwater and I was in the Lazarus Pit."

They sat in silence for a while.

Jason suddenly grinned at Dick. "You want to go exploring? I don't know about you, but I need to see the sky!"

Dick grinned back at him, and the two began to venture slowly from their room, avoiding prying eyes in the corridors. They ran from door frame to door frame, using the skills taught to them by the Bat to slip around undetected

They finally exited the cave mouth, and ran through the woods, crashing through the undergrowth as they raced to the edge of the island to see the sea.

After a few minutes of sprinting, they reached the edge of the island, in a small cove, giggling like school girls as they sat on the edge of the sea. They sat for hours on the beach, sitting in silence and talking about everything and nothing.

They sat until the sun began to rise, until their lips were swollen from bites and kisses, until they fell asleep on the beach in the cove. Until they couldn't hear the steps coming behind them.

They woke up when the sun began to shine on their eyes. Hearing footsteps, Jason span around to see a blurry figure approaching. He flicked his hands up, and he felt as dart embed into his neck.

He reached out to the figure as his eyesight blurred further. He fell hard against the sand.