Hey guys, I thought I would use this chapter to shed some light on Theo's past, so tell me if you liked his story or not.

Some time ago in the future

Theo was standing in a graveyard, his family's graveyard. Well, graveyard was a relative term as most of the city once known as Gotham was now nothing more than a barren wasteland which was the collateral results of Vigil's counter measure against Batman. But after vigil was defeated and all that was left of it was few remnants, he along with few surviving heroes created a new Justice league.

Theo remembered the first time he visited his parent's grave along with his kid sister, it was after he had established the league and turned down their offer to become their leader, a public figure. It was here he met a little boy almost the same age as his sister, a kid who had lost his parents in the attack. Maybe it was the guilt that came with the knowledge that his loss was due to the leagues action or maybe it was the look in his eyes or maybe it was in his blood, as for some reason he approached the kid, Terry McGinnis.

He remembered the last time he visited this place, he had buried his sister, Alena Wayne and left an empty grave beside his family's with his own name on it. It was the last day he had been the Batman. That was the day he stopped being what his parents wanted him to be and became the person he was meant to be, the monster he needed to be. He quit the league and disappeared, some people thought the grief of the incident leading to his sister's death had lead him to leave his cape and cowl behind and live in isolation.

In truth he had donned a new persona and went down the road that was once walked by his elder brother, Jason. But unlike Jason, Theo was smarter and had a purpose rather than be consumed completely by anger and vengeance like Jason. He realized that in this world someone somewhere had to get their hands dirty so that the heroes and the league can keep their hands clean and be a model for the people of the world. So he went in search of the one person who had been part of that dark world, the one who could be held responsible for what happened to him when he was young, Amanda Waller.

But unlike those times theo wasn't there to bury someone or pay his respects to the dead, he was there to remind himself of the future that awaited him should he fail. Theo sensed someone approaching him from behind as after all he was the one who taught him to do that in first place. During the recent times Shadow's action had grown too noticeable for the league and it didn't take Terry, who had become the Batman when he left, much to deduce that the man in the black armour was his Mentor.

Theo:" how did you find me?" he asked without turning around

Terry:" Waller told me that you visit here every now and then. So I was here for past few nights, waiting"

Theo:" Waller did rat me out after all" he said with a tone as if he expected her to turn on him.

Theo:" So you waited here patiently for past few days? … you have come a long way from when I found you"

Terry:" and that the only reason I am going to give you a chance, a chance to come with me willingly"

Theo:" and what if I refuse" Theo turned around to look at Terry.

Terry:" then we do this my way, your old way"

He said as he threw a couple of batarangs at Theo, Theo blocked the batarangs with his gauntlets as he sprung forward to punch Terry. Terry dodged Theo's punch aimed at his head and grabbed his arms, but before he could throw him over his shoulder, Theo moved forward and head butted him. The sudden blow to his head dazed Terry, Theo took advantage of the situation and followed his attack with another punch to his head. Terry pushed Theo away and staggered back but Theo caught up with him and used his fist to deliver a powerful to Terry's stomach and stepped when he bend over in pain, Theo stepped beside Terry a delivered a precision chop over his neck to render him unconscious.

Theo looked at his unconscious pupil and somewhere deep down he was proud of what Terry had become and he knew that should he fail, his father's legacy and the future of batman was in safe hands. Theo turned around and to look at the gravestones one last time before he leaves. But as he turned around he suddenly crouched over and fell on his knees and found that he couldn't move. All the controls and motors in his suit were shut down as if…..

Theo realized something as he heard Terry groan and stand up back on his feet. In the edge of Theo's vision he saw a circular blue device attached to his chest. A device that Theo had made was attached at the same place where Terry tried to push him away earlier. He realized that Terry had all along been planning to use this device on Theo to capture him as he took all his punches at acted helpless to keep Theo busy and to give the device time to charge. Theo heard Terry stand up and walked towards him. Terry saw that Theo was locked in position of kneeling in front of his parents graves like a knight paying his respects to the king.

Terry rubbed the back of his neck where Theo had performed his chop on him. He had managed to shift the blow to his neck's vital point towards a little lower as he moved a split second before Theo made his impact. Due to which Terry was hurt but wasn't knocked unconscious. He looked at his gloved hands and saw faint trace of his blood which was caused by a scratch from some part of Theo's gauntlet when he moved during the impact.

Theo:" My emp?"

Terry:" I told you before didn't I ? That if you resisted then we will do this your old way"

Theo:" Now what? The effects of this won't last long enough for you to drag me over to the league" he said as the emp was not designed to disrupts his suit for a long time.

Terry:" I am not going to take you to the league" he said as he placed a hand over his ear piece

Terry:" I am going to bring the league to you"

Terry contacted the league and told them that he had apprehended the criminal vigilante but he withheld the fact Shadow was their former teammate, the one who had been the driving force behind the creation of the new league. He asked the league to come as fast as possible as they would need some heavy hitters if Shadow got free of his restraints.

Terry remembered when being surprised when a distraught Big Barda told him about the apparent destruction of her planet Apokolips. She said that she had met with granny goodness, who was barely alive when she escaped from the planet. Granny goodness told her that the most of the gods on the planet were hunted and killed one by one for some time. The new gods of apokolips were feared by even the gods of Olympus. Some of them believed that maybe Darkseid, the king of new gods was strong enough to destroy them all.

The existence of a being capable of hunting down such gods was troubling thought. It was only just few hours before the destruction of the planet did Darkseid and the rest of the inhabitants of the planet actually met their assailant, a man in black.

According to Big Barda granny told her that the man in black easily defeated all the furies and the parademons before he fought with Darkseid. Their battle which itself was on the verge of destroying the planet ended which ended with the defeat of Darkseid as he was destroyed along with his planet. The details of how the Man in Black had apparently destroyed the planet triggered Terry's memories of similarity between what had once happened before, which made him realize who the Man in Black actually was.

And here he was now in front of his mentor who had once saved him and had been like and elder brother to him like he was to Alena. Theo was the one who had though him to value life, every life and to see his former mentor gone so far that he became what he once fought against truly disturbed him. He wondered if Theo left his role as Batman because he wanted to remain anonymous or was it to protect the legacy of batman from being tainted. He hoped if the latter was true then there was still so hope of redemption left inside of Theo. As if sensing his thoughts Theo spoke.

Theo:" I am sorry"

Terry:" sorry doesn't cut it, you killed people Theo. KILLED THEM, how could you?"

Theo:" I wasn't apologizing for my actions against them. I was apologizing for what I did to you" Terry was taken aback buy what Theo had said

Terry:" Don't " he almost pleaded for Theo to stop talking as he felt his anger seep through

Theo:" I am sorry for leaving you behind. But … "

Terry:" But WHAT ?! you weren't the only one who lost someone you loved that day. I lost her too and the one person who could understand me, the only other family I had, left me. YOU ABANDONED ME" he said as he clenched his fist

Theo:" yes I did. But I had no choice. I was far gone for anyone to do anything about. I destroyed a planet, Terry and I didn't feel even a hint of remorse or guilt on what I did"

Terry:" you lost your sister. You were consumed by anger, the very anger you thought me to control." He said as he looked at his fallen mentor

Terry:" but It's not too late. This isn't you. You are the batman. Come with me back to the league, we can help you. They are your friends too. You can redeem yourself" Terry had a stranger feeling rising in side him but couldn't point his finger on exactly what it was

Theo:" you see that's where you are wrong. This is exactly me. I was headed towards this path long before I met became the batman. That's why I left you, to protect you from this darkness. To protect you …. from me. My fate was sealed the day I was born and I spent my whole life fighting against it. But no more, I am now what I am meant to be, what I was always destined to be. I am the destroyer of worlds"

Terry was surprised to see the Theo stand back up on his feet and looked at him. Terry realized that somewhere something had gone wrong as the league was supposed to be here by now. Terry was further confused by the lack of his own moment. His body refused to listen to him, he was paralysed.

Theo:" I never expected for you to use that emp on me. It seems I did indeed train you quite well" Terry collapsed to the ground as his body further shutdown

Terry:" wh.. wh..at .. h.. ? Terry struggled to speak as he tried to lift himself of the ground

Theo:" I knew you were on to me …. Even before you came her."

Terry:" Wa .. ller?!" he said as he realized that this whole thing was a setup by Theo to lure him. but why?

Theo:" Yes. She works with me now. Well atleast for the moment we have same goal. And you being you , I knew you would interrupt my plans. So I had to make sure that neither you nor the league would interfere with me"

Theo:" thanks to waller I knew that you would be here, but then I had to deal with the league too and I had to do it fast. I was going to call the league for assistance after I 'found' you knocked out. But that part of plan didn't turn out as expected, but instead of me you told them to come here and as fast as possible too. The only way they could ever make it here from the watchtower in time would be to use a jet" Terry suddenly realized what Theo was saying and was desperately trying to gain the control of his body back

Theo:" relax. They are not dead, just knocked out … like you" he said as he lifted his gauntlet and pulled out a small needle.

Theo:" I injected you with a slow acting poison which causes temporary paralysis. The same was introduced in to your Friends system the second they started the Jet, the jet that I built. A sleeping gas would be introduced into the cabin just as the paralysis sets in and the jets auto pilot mode takes over."

Theo bends down and lifted Terry and carried him over his shoulders. He laid him on a bench and carefully tucked his hands over his chest. Theo removed his visor for the first time since they met. Terry looked at Theo as he had not seemed to age a day, but his eyes were that of an old man filled with anger and regret.

Theo:" you see Terry. You were right. I do need help , the help of the league, but not the help of my league. The only way I can redeem myself and protect the ones I care about are with the help of The League. I had my doubts until now, but seeing you I know that despite whatever happens to me, whether I fail or succeed, the future is in safe hand, your hands." Theo checked the time and realized that he only had few hours before J'ohn asked him to meet him so that he can block his memoires. Theo walked away from Terry. Terry was desperately trying to move as he wanted to stop Theo.

Theo:" But for what's it worth, I want you to know that you were and will always be like my younger brother .…. you remind me of our father" he said and whispered the last part to himself before leaving his brother and flying off to meet J'ohn.

Present Day

Family reunion …. That's what it looked like to Theo when he glanced around the batcave to see perplexed faces of his foster siblings. Theo noticed that Alfred was already aware of who he was so he naturally assumed that Alfred knew about the rest of his story, after all there is no one Batman and Bruce Wayne trust more than him and the same could be said about Theo and the rest of the family. He looked at the current youngest member of the group soon to be the next robin, Damian Wayne, his big brother. Apart from Jason and mother the only people missing were yet to be born.

Theo came here fully expecting it to be a trap, he knew that as batman was looking for him and sooner or later he will find him, that's why he wanted to meet him on his terms rather than be caught off guard by him. He smiled at himself as he realized he is just as paranoid and control freak as his father. Theo knew that it was only matter of time before his mother is told that he is here. He didn't want to meet her, not yet. He had to fix some interference he sensed whenever he saw her as they were getting pretty desperate to erase his existence. It seems that they know about his future or maybe the future that awaits him here is just as worse, maybe it was both He knew that either way they needed to be dealt with before they cause too much damage. But maybe not the way he dealt with gods from his future. Or maybe it's easier that way. He signed internally as he knew he may end up needing their help and plus he didn't want to incur his mother's wrath. "Everyone thinks they're the hero of their own story" that was what Alfred had told him once, but he never considered himself to be a hero but more like the monster who threatens to destroy the city.

Alfred:" would you like some tea, master Theo?" his voice sounding too loud compared to the silence that enveloped the cave after his appearance

Theo:" thank you Alfred, that would be perfect" he replied as Alfred went upstairs to prepare tea for his guest

Damian:" how do I know that you are really who you say you are"

Theo:" of course you shouldn't trust me, you were one of people who trained me. What was it that you say? Theatricality and deception are powerful weapons" he repeated one of the league of Assassins foremost methods.

Dick:" sounds like you have more in common with Ra's al Ghul" he said looking at his militarized suit

Tim:" Really? He looks all Bat to me" noticing the similarities between Bat suit and his suit

Theo touched a place on his shoulder and everyone watched in awe as Theo literally stepped out of his armour when the armour's front part started to recede. He was wearing his skinsuit minus his mask under the armor. Barbara was busy tying to download the data from the minion while at same time trying to not shudder under the overwhelming force exerted by everyone in this room as if they are one step away from full on fight

Batman:" We need to talk" Theo walked towards Batman. For a moment Batman thought that Theo might approach Barbara or Minion but he walked past them.

Theo:" yes I know we need to. That's why I am here. But just one thing" Theo moved his right hand over his left wrist and everyone noticed strange blue display show on his wrist and shadow's visor started to light up too. And the next second the room was filled with white light

When the light faded everyone expected Theo to have puled the same trick he did before to distract them. But they saw that Theo was standing right where he was, in fact nobody had moved an inch and yet Tim frowned as something fell off.

Barbara:" WHAT ?! what the hell just happened? Where is the robot and his Armour"

Tim realized that both the robot and Theo's suit both had vanished in that white light.

AND That's another chapter. And yes Theo was result of Amanda Waller's Cadmus project. So I hope you liked part of Theo's god slayer history and portrayed Terry well. So tell me .. did you like Terry and Theo's interaction? Was this Chapter interesting?