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Chapter 13

The Plant
December 12, 1:48 EEST

"Why did you do it?" Robin asked. Just out of the blue. They were both in their room, he had been reading one of the comic books Rex had lent him, and Roy had been reading a book Holiday had let him borrow.

The red-head looked up. "Why did I do it...?" he asked, and then smirked. "Why did I do it with Cheshire?"

Robin face-palmed. "Okay, you know that's not what I mean. Why did you leave the League and join Deathstroke?"

His friends smirk disappeared in an instant. "I thought you would've already figured it out by hacking the Batcave or something-"

"Oh, I hacked the Batcave." Robin interrupted him. "That's how I found out about some of the League member's deaths. The only thing that wasn't was how the League fell apart. Please tell me you aren't the reason. If you are, I swear... I'll drop dead right here."

The smirk returned. "Don't get all dramatic on me, Bat Boy." he told him. "I wasn't the reason the League fell apart. They just kinda separated-"

"Tell me about the League later- tell me about why you became Arsenal!" Robin interrupted, wanting to hear about that first. "Telling about the League will probably take too long. You turning into a bad guy sounds shorter."

The archer rolled his eyes. "Fine. It was a couple years before the League really started breaking apart, about twenty five years after you and the team disappeared." he started. "Jade shows up, telling me that I have a daughter, Lian."

Robin smirked. "Sleeping with the enemy, huh?"

"Oh please- like you didn't already know who Lian's mother was?" Roy asked, giving him a look that says 'I know you better than you think'.

"Yeah, he knew." A voice said from their doorway. They looked over, and saw Artemis. "I couldn't sleep." she told them, sitting down at the end of Roy's bed. "Hope you don't mind- I'll be crashing here until I'm tired."

It was obvious Roy didn't like the idea of her hanging out in there, but he didn't say anything against it. "Anyways, Lian was killed. Jade and I teamed up to get revenge... or at least she thought we did. My real goal was to join Deathstroke, while she ended up in prison."

"Wait- where's Jade now?" Artemis asked. "Not that I really care, but I'm... curious." she added quickly.

The ginger shrugged. "Don't know. She could be in jail right now, or she could be off somewhere with the League of Shadows-"

"There's still a League of Shadows?" Robin interrupted, surprised. "I thought that now the Justice League's gone, they would be too."

Roy shook his head. "The bad guys are still out there- until a couple years back, there were some heroes still around too. The only reason they aren't around now is because Providence looks at meta-humans as 'EVO's. I know they have Carolyn Lance, the Black Canary after Dinah, and Impulse, Wally's cousin- but I don't know who else."

"You were in there with them." Artemis said. "Why didn't you try and release them? You were working with Providence!"

"Black Knight didn't trust me, neither did White Knight- they always had someone watching me. How do you suggest I could have released them?" Roy snapped at her.

Robin decided to steer away from that subject before the two started arguing, which he knew was very possible. "Well, at least you're on our side now."

"Who said I was on your side?" Roy asked, turning to the youngest and narrowing his eyes.. "I'm not on your side- we just have the same enemy. Being a hero? That was all kid stuff. I grew up. Now I know that good rarely wins. The only real heroes at the ones that manage to survive. We're the only heroes left." Silence followed his words.

"We aren't heroes, Roy." Robin finally said, with a frown on his face. "Heroes are people that make a difference- putting their lives on the line to help others, without powers or gadgets. We're just the ones the represent hope for people."

The ginger rolled his eyes. "You have your thoughts on what a hero is, I have mine." he said, turning back to his book.

Artemis pulled the book out of his hands. "Before you get lost in your book, why not tell us about the League? What happened to everyone? We only know about what's happened to some of the League members."

Roy glared at her. "You better give me my book back after I tell you." he warned her. "Okay. Six or seven years ago, the League started falling apart. Everyone was arguing, even while in combat. Civilians were starting to wonder what the League was fighting more; criminals, or themselves."

"Batman couldn't stop them?" Robin asked with a smirk. "Normally, all he would have to do is glare at someone, and they shut up- well, unless it's Flash or Raquel."

"No- heck, Batman joined in the arguing. The League just didn't get along as well as they used to. They still did what they were supposed to do, just not like they used too. Eventually, people just started leaving the League. Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman tried to hold it together, but in the end the three of them were the only ones left." Roy paused, before then saying, "I'm just going to remind you now, this is after I left the League. I don't know everything." He said, giving Robin a look.

The Boy Wonder put his hands up. "I wasn't saying anything!"

Roy raised an eyebrow. "We both know you were about to ask about a hundred questions I probably wouldn't be able to answer." he told him. "Moving on... most of the heroes just protected their own cities. Others retired.

"Then there was the Event. All the heroes came back, to reform the League, for about a month. With Batman in charge, no surprise there-"

"Who else would be in charge?" Robin interrupted with a grin. "Couldn't be Superman, or Flash." he said, and then his grin faded. "Oh yeah... it wouldn't be Flash." he said, shutting up again.

Artemis looked over at Robin. "He was a little busy getting blown up."

"Either give me my book back, or let me finish." Roy said before they could continue. "It looked like the League was finally back to help, and Batman had revealed that he was close to finding a cure. Unfortunately, he never got to finish."

"What's going on in here?" The familiar voice of Dr. Holiday asked, as she appeared in the doorway, looking very tired. "I thought you would all be asleep."

The two teens grinned at each other, before Robin looked at Holiday. "Doc, I'm a bat. I've been up even later than this. Artemis too- we're used to being up this late." he told her, before turning back to Roy. "Why couldn't Batman finish the cure?"

The archer frowned. "I thought you would know- about a month after the Event, he went EVO. Even worse, he was incurable. Right in the middle of a mission, too. It's a good thing Diana was there-"

"Stop." Robin said, cutting him off. "Rewind. Did you just say Batman went EVO?" he asked. Nobody said anything. "Tell me you're joking!" he then demanded, raising his voice.

"What's all the yelling about?" Rex asked, appearing next to Holiday. Six was right behind him.

The Boy Wonder turned to Dr. Holiday, completely ignoring the EVO-teens question. "You told me he was at Providence- you never told me he was there as an EVO. Why didn't you tell me!" he asked, his eyes narrowing to a glare.

She looked confused. "Robin, I wouldn't know if Batman was an EVO or not. I don't know his secret identity." she pointed out. "If you're talking about Bruce Wayne..."

"Bruce Wayne's your dad?" Artemis asked Robin curiously.

The 13-year-old face-palmed. "I'm going out." he said, walking out of the room, pulling out his utility belt along the way.

Rex started to go after him, but Six stopped him. "Let him go. He'll want time to think."

Artemis stood up, and walked out of the room into the corridor outside of it. "Even if he didn't go out- do you really think he would just go to sleep?" she asked, before disappearing into her own room.

Robin kept walking until he was outside, and then he went over to the bike from Providence that Roy had brought along with him. He jumped on, and sped off, towards the nearest boom tube*. He knew exactly where he wanted to go, and that was back to Gotham City.

*That is what they're called, right? Someone told me that was what they're called.*

Okay... this chapter was REALLY hard to write Dx That's why it took so long to update. So, sorry if this one is bad. I promise the next one will be better. btw- Cookies to whoever can guess who Robin will run into in Gotham. Hint: It isn't Barbara, or Alfred. (pretty sure he's up in that pretty manor in the sky ): )

Last weeks Riddle: Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Answer: There isn't an answer. (:

This weeks riddle will be an original poem... by me! xD

He wouldn't grow up, he refused to do so.
He and his friends, they lived down below.
When the pirates game, they took the treasure and ran.
The boy who could fly- his name was _.

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