Thanks to those who reviewed last chapter, please do so again. It helps a lot. Please excuse any mistake I may have made. You guys should know by now that italics is thought and bold italics is comlink or mindlink communication. The translation is actually Romanian, you'll see what I'm talking about. Thanks for reading and enjoy!

Renegade followed Canary out of the base and sat on a ledge near the top of the mountain.

"You can say whatever you want here. The only person who can hear is me and maybe the Supers given they have super hearing." The blonde woman said.

"I hate it here and I especially hate this damn collar." Renegade said, pulling at the collar.

"I know, but it has to stay on." She said. "Tell me about your parents. I'm sure they were wonderful people." She continued. The mention of Dick's parents brought a sad smile to his features.

"They were. Mary and John Grayson. They were great, loving, raised me right. We were circus performers, acrobats. The Flying Graysons. The circus was our family as well." He laughed a little. "Even the animals. There was an elephant, her name was Elinore. I would give her peanuts and other treats after every show and we would play together when I saw younger. She would know how I felt whenever and responded the most accurate way she could. She even hugged me after Mom and Dad... I had a stuffed animal version of her, but...she-it was taken away."

"Your family sounds great, do you have a family figure now?" Canary asked, quite curious since she heard about 'Selina' comforting the boy beside her.

"Yeah." He said, not going into detail.

"Can you tell me about them?" Black Canary asked gently.

"...Joker is father figure, Harley Quinn mother figure, Catwoman aunt-figure, Cheshire sister figure, Artemis was a sister figure." Renegade answered dryly.

"You say was. Why is that?" Canary questioned.

"I'm sure you know what business she was in before this and who her family is." Canary nodded. "Well, me and Artemis had some missions together. Cheshire, Artemis, and I also had some missions together. We formed a friendship and we got closer. So close that we didn't follow orders given by our masters. We even snuck out of duty so we could see each other. We only did that once though, the punishment from Master was too...extreme." Renegade said. "But Artemis disappeared, nothing came to either me or Cheshire. Then the Wayne Gala mission and I thought that maybe she was undercover in the Justice League. When you guys imprisoned me here, I finally realized that she was here to stay. She didn't even tell me or Cheshire. Not a quiet peep or hint about it. We thought that maybe Sportsmaster had killed her. She brought Cheshire to tears and betrayed me and Cheshire. Betrayal is one of the most terrible thing you can do to a person. To me, you might as well be dead. Artemis betrayed us and I can't forgive her. She didn't trust me enough to tell me or try to help me and Cheshire out." He paused. "Point is I'm angry." Renegade finished, not sure why he spilled his heart out to this woman.

"Understandable. You're angry that she didn't help you out and that she didn't tell you." Canary summed up.

"Basically." Renegade sighed, looking at her with a puzzled expression. Why am I telling you everything? Why do I trust Batman and you? What's so special about them?

"You're wondering why you trust me enough to tell me all this. Probably why you work so well with and trust Batman as well." Canary guessed from Richards puzzled expression.

"...Yeah." He admitted. Am I that easy to read?

"I have a masters in psychology, I know how to set a comfortable environment for people who need to talk, but don't want to. You and Batman are perfect examples." She said. "I think you're comfortable with Batman, because you have common ground." Canary said. Dick was about to object.

"When I told Batman that he objected." She smiled snarkily. Richard shut his mouth.

"You both required trust to be a two way street and it has to be strong. Both of you don't like to talk about your feelings. Also neither of you work well with others." She explained. Damn, she's right. He stayed silent and looked away from her.

"And both of you will never admit you are wrong, openly. You will in silence and by looking away." Canary smiled.

"That's turbing." He said dryly.

"Turbing?" Canary questioned.

"Turbing is the opposite of disturbing, dis means not. So if disturbing mean something is bad, turbing means something is good. It's just something I do with the English language. Chop it up…" Dick explained, slightly embarrassed. Slade always said to stop doing that.

"Romani. Isn't that your first language?" She asked.

"Yeah." He said.

"Do you still remember how to speak it?" She asked.

"Este numele meu, Richard Grayson?" He responded. Canary looked at him blankly.

"I said, is my name, Richard Grayson." He responded.

"So the answer is yes." Canary said, laughing at a bit.

"Da." Dick smiled, happy he could speak his native tongue.

"Yes?" Canary questions. Dick nodded.

"Ai dreptate. You are correct." He translated.

"That's impressive." She complimented.

"Slade nu ar lasa-ma sa vorbesc limba mea maternă , astfel se simte minunat să-l vorbească" Dick responded. "I-I mean, Slade wouldn't let me speak my native tongue so it feels awesome to speak it…" He trailed, embarrassed. Canary gave a sad laugh.

"You can speak it anytime here, I'm sure it will confuse most of the Leaguers and the team. It'll be amusing to watch." She said.

"Asterous, I'm going back inside. The sun is getting low." Dick got up and offered a hand to Canary. She took it and lead them back into the common room. Kid Flash, Artemis, Aqualad, and Superboy were sitting on the couch watching static. Miss Martian was in the kitchen setting cups of milk and a large plate out for the cookies.

"Yo, where have you guys been?" Kid Flash questioned.

"Pe o terasă, vorbind despre trecutul și problemele mele. Tu?" Richard responded, earning a smirk from Canary. (On the ledge, talking about my past and problems. You?)

"Uh..What?" Kid Flash said. Aqualad, Artemis, Miss Martian, and Superboy were looking at him in major confusion.

"Pe o terasă, vorbind despre trecutul și problemele mele. Tu?" He repeated.

"Uhh...ok." Kid Flash said.

"Romani?" Batman questioned.

"Poți vorbi romani?" Richard responded. (Can you speak, Romani?)

"I can't speak Romani, if that's what you asked." Batman replied.

"Asta e exact ceea ce am spus." Dick responded. (That's exactly what I said.) Batman looked at him. Richard laughed and went towards his room.

"Noapte buna." He called back. (Good night.)

"What are you saying?!" Richard grinned when he hear the frustrated yell from Kid Flash.

"Well, tomorrow's Monday so-" Richard didn't hear the rest of whoever's sentence. Tomorrow's Monday. Most of the team will have school. Great, alone. All day. He changed out of his uniform and changed into the clothes that were in the dresser. He dressed into grey sweatpants and didn't put on a shirt. His scars on his torso visible. He looked at them in the mirror. So many… He sighed and laid down on the bed in the middle of the room. He closed his eyes and fell asleep much faster than he expected.


Renegade got up at 3:47 AM. Train. He went into autopilot and got the pants of his uniform on and a black tank top. He walked out and towards the gym. He first trained on the punching bags, then the weights, and was flipping around on aerial rings (Hoops that hang down from the ceiling). He felt someone watching him. He caught himself on the the rings and looked at Connor.

"Are humans usually up at this time?" He wondered. Richard checked the clock on the wall. 7:34 AM

"Uh..No, but I do, it's my routine…" Richard replied. Connor just nodded and left. Okay… Richard decided it was time for a break and went out of the gym and into the kitchen grabbing some ice and a cup of water. He greedily drank the cool liquid and noticed Connor was staring.

"Is there something-" He started, but was cut off by Connor.

"Your arms...They're covered in scars." He pointed out. Richard suddenly got extremely self conscious of his arms and crossed them.

"Yeah, they are." Richard said. M'gann walked into the room and was dressed in her bumblebee uniform.

"Are you ready to go?" She asked happily.

"Yeah." Connor said glumly.

"Oh! Dick you'll be alone all day!" M'gann stressed.

"Don't worry about me Miss M. I'll be fine. " Richard said. I'll probably ask Bats or RT if I can go into town and buy some clothes.

"Thanks for the concern, though." Dick was honestly flattered by her worry. M'gann sighed as she and Connor left for school. Alone. Again. Guess I should ask Bats if I can go into town. He went into the mission room and contacted Batman.

"What?" The man asked. It is eight in the morning.

"Can I go into town and get some clothes?" Dick requested.

"If you can get a Leaguer or someone from the team to go with you, yes." He responded. Dick opened his mouth. "No I cannot go with you." The man said and ended the call.

"Alright, not Batman. How about…Canary?" Dick concluded. He call Canary from her ear piece.

"Team?" Canary's voice came over the ear piece.

"Richard." Renegade told her.

"Oh, what is it?" The woman asked.

"Bats won't let me go into town and get some clothes without a babysitter." Dick told her.

"You're asking me to go with you." Canary laughed.

"Yes." Dick admitted.

"I'll meet you in the cave in ten." She told him.

"Thanks" He replied.

True to her word, the woman showed up via zeta tube and with her was a grumpy redhead.

"Umm, what's he doing here?" Dick questioned, a little angry from their last encounter.

"He's here because he has something to say." Canary nudged him.

"I'm sorry for accusing you of enjoying murder." Canary nudged him again. "And for accusing you of the murder of your parents." He gritted out, clearly forced.

Dick grinned and held his hand out.

"Hi, I'm Richard Grayson. You can call me Dick if not Richard." It's an unspoken I accept your apology, shake my hand.

"Roy Harper, nice to met you Dick...You do know how many jokes you're setting yourself up for, right." The redhead responded.

"Yep, but I hope they'll be good natured." Dick added.

"Now that you two have made up, lets get going into town." Canary said and exited the base.

"Wait, wouldn't the inhibitor collar raise some alarms?" Dick asked.

"No, just don't draw attention to it." Canary responded. They headed into town and into a small clothes store.

"I'll be quick." Richard said and went to the pants section. He found some black skinnyish pants, black high top converse, and a black button up with red outlines that came three quarters down his arms. I feel like someone's watching me.

"That's all?" Canary questioned.

"...Yeah. I said quick." Richard responded.

"Good luck, this one likes to pamper her 'baby birds'" Roy said, pointing at Canary.

"Were going to find you something that isn't black." The woman said.

"Ok...uh." Dick said, trying not to say Canary.

"Dinah." The blonde said.

Dinah left the boy to his shock and grabbed a blue t-shirt, Batman t-shirt, green hoodie, Gotham villain t-shirt, Superman S t-shirt, and a Black Canary t-shirt.

"Were the superhero t-shirts and villain t-shirt necessary?" Roy said.

"No, but I like them." Dinah responded.

"How about these pants?" She said and held up a pair of blue pants to Dicks legs.

"Sure." Roy agreed.

"Guys, I don't want to spend all your money." Dick tried.

"I have plenty of money to cover this, Richard. Don't worry." Dinah replied as they paid for the clothes.

"Thanks…" Dick said awkwardly.

"No problem." Dinah and Roy said at the same time and they headed back to the cave.

The trio stepped into the cave and Canary got a comlink call from Green Arrow.

"Well me and Roy have to go, Green Arrow is having a bit of trouble. I'll see you later. Oh, and don't tell anyone you know my name or Roy's and don't say them when other heroes are around."

"Bye, Dick." Roy said and the two disappeared into a golden light.

"...Bye, guys." He said after they had left, feeling a bit lonely.

"Found you." A voice hiss behind him. Dick was suddenly on the ground and his arms were pinned behind him. "Apprentice."

Dick eyes widened in fear.

"Master."