City Shit Storm (Part 3)

To hell with quitting. Robin needed his help and he wasn't just going to let him be taken by some sewer gator. Beast Boy jumped down the hole in the stage and through the man hole. The sewer lead in two different directions. Beast Boy looked left and right looking for the crocodile.

Turning into a wolf, Beast Boy smelt for a trail. Damn, it smelt bad down here, but there was more than enough scent to track the gator. However, there was another scent along with the gator. It was… feminine? Whatever it was, he knew he was out numbered down here.

Beast Boy ran after the scent, chasing down the crocodile and unknown accomplice. Beast Boy ran around a corner just in time to see a crocodile tail drag around the next corner. He had the perfect animal to help. Jogging up to the corner, the wolf shifted into a rat. Known for their excellent hearing and being known to make the sewers their home: it was the perfect disguise.

The green rat silently scurried around the corner to find the gator. Except he knew this gator. It was Killer Croc. Robin had told him about this guy. He found where the feminine scent had come from as well. A shorter woman in a blue and white leotard. He had no idea who this was though.

On Killer Croc's shoulder was a limp Robin. For a moment Beast Boy panicked but he then noticed his wrists and ankles. They were frozen in blocks of ice. Which means they didn't kill him. He's just knocked out. No doubt under prepared for such a cowardly attack.

"Think we lost him?" Killer Frost asked.

Croc sniffed the air. "Nothing down here except shit and rats." Croc replied in a low tone.

Frost held a flashlight, lighting the way for the two of them. In her other hand she held a walkie talkie. "This is Frost. We have the kid. Harley, Boomer. Where you two at?"

"Hiya Frosty! We're on our way to 52nd street to help ol cowboy. Met us there wouldya?"

That voice. Beast could pick it out a mile away. Why was Harley Quinn in on this?

"Don't be long mates. We gotta get ready to book it the second Selina and Lawton are away… Seeya soon Elsa."

An Australian accent? Now Beast Boy was back to being clueless again.

"I AM NOT ELSA!" Frost screamed down the line.

Croc rested his arm on her shoulder. "Forgot about him Frost. He's not worth your time."

Oh, Frost! This had to be Killer Frost from Central City. But why's she working with these three weirdos?

"Since when did you get all passive?" Frost asked, smiling.

"I'm trying to get better." Croc replied.

"You're not doing such a bad job, handsome." Frost smiled at the tall crocodile.

"You shouldn't smile at a crocodile." Croc joked.

Beast Boy felt like throwing up at the sight of these two. They actually shared a kiss!

'Ughfh. What's with bad guys couples? They're always so gross…'

Beast Boy knew this was his chance while these two were distracting each other. He bolted at the pair in form of a tiger and jumped at Killer Croc. The crooks gasped at the sudden predator. Croc was forced to drop Robin who laid unconscious on the sewer floor while Croc reached at the jungle cat on his back.

Frost tried to get and angle on Beast Boy but the two animals kept spinning and rocking sideways. "Get it off!" Croc yelled.

"I'm trying!" Frost yelled back. Frost's ice powers were ready for action and seeing an opening, an ice blast shot from her palm right at Beast Boy. Lucky for Beast Boy, he was ready. Shifting into a monkey, Beast Boy hid behind Croc's back and Frost's attack. The shot hit Croc right in the face locking his jaw temporarily shut.

Beast Boy jumped from Croc's shoulder at Frost who had made her distance between the pair. Frost shot ice onto the floor of the sewer as Beast Boy landed on the floor slipping forward off balance. Frost smirked but that quickly changed when Beast Boy changed into an emperor penguin and slid tummy first down the ice and bowled Frost's legs out from under her.

Frost crashed hard on the ice and struggled to stand to her feet but a firm grasp from Croc helped. The pair groaned annoyed as the looked at the green polar bear that was snorting across the ice.

"This is the kid Deadshot wanted us to run from." Frost stated quietly.

"What should we do?" Croc asked in reply.

Beast Boy ran at the pair, his claw digging into the ice as he ran.

Frost looked up and noticed a large pipe running down the length of the sewer tunnel. "Smash that!" She yelled pointing at the pipe.

While confused, Killer Croc followed orders. Croc gripped the pipe and tore it apart. Dirty water gushed out the pipe dividing the Suicide Squad and Beast Boy from each other. Before he could pass through it, Frost froze the water making an impressively thick ice wall. Beast Boy's eyes widen as he slammed into the wall.

"Come on. We'll re-group with the rest and try and take him out." Frost huffed before she ran down the tunnel. Croc followed behind her after picking up Robin and swung him over his shoulder.

Beast Boy turned back into human and punched at the glass. "GET BACK HERE!" He screamed. The ice beginning to crack as he punched.

'Let me take over. I'll get Robin back'

"No! I don't need you!" Beast Boy yelled at himself. Running back for a run up Beast Boy charged at the wall as a rhino in an attempted to break the glass. The mammal bulldozed the ice. It was effective. The ice won't last many more hits like that.

'You're gonna lose him'

"No I won't!"

Beast Boy tried again and managed to knock a few chunks lose but there was no opening yet.

'It's dumb decisions like this that make Raven hate you. You know that right?'

Beast Boy shut his eyes tightly and tried to block out his negative thoughts. The rhino hit the wall shattering the ice. He had a lot of catching up to do. He knew he'd be able to catch up no problem though. However, Frost and Croc knew that also.

The pair used the same trick multiple times down the tunnel. Multiple ice walls stood between the them and the Titan.

"That should do it." Croc thought.

Frost pulled out her Walkie talkie and radioed Harley. "Harley! Mayday! We're in trouble over here." Frost shouted.

"Frosty? What's tha matta? Are you alright?"

"The kid Floyd warned us about is after us. We need back up like two minutes ago!"

"Alright don'tcha worry." The sound of a map crinkled through the speaker. "Ah ha! Make a right then another right then a left then a right and then a straight and that'll take ya right to us."

"Alright. Get ready for a fight." Frost warned.

Croc and Frost jumped when they heard a loud thump against an ice wall not far away. "Time to go." Croc said.

"Thanks for stating the obvious."

The pair followed Harley's directions, looking for her and Boomer, but found someone else. Frost and Croc rounded a corner but were lucky to have kept their faces. Catwoman jumped at them only realising they were all on the same team right before she slashed at both of them.

The three cried out panicked before all sighing and chuckling at each other. Catwoman noticed that Robin was draped over Croc's shoulder bound but still breathing.

"Aww man… you're a dick Selina." Frost laughed nervously.

"Yeah sorry. Thought you were the kids for a second there." Catwoman explained.

"Are you being followed too?" Croc asked looking around smelling the air.

"Not that I know of. Who's following you?" Catwoman asked.

"The green kid so we gotta move." Frost said beginning to jog away.

Selina winced knowing Beast Boy was close by. "Like I wasn't jumpy before."

The three followed the rest of Harley's directions. The three found the end of the line but found no Harley or Boomer.

"Come on Harley we don't have time for this." Catwoman thought annoyed.

"Bet she had the map upside down." Frost thought.

"Oi! Over here!" Boomer called further down the tunnel. Harley and Boomer began walking over to the group. "Sorry bout that mates. Lawton needed a hand."

"Did he get away?" Catwoman asked.

"Looked like it ta me." Harley said.

Catwoman switched on her walkie talkie. "Floyd do you read me?"

"Loud and clear. You okay?" Deadshot asked.

"I'm fine. I'm with the others. Where are we heading?"

"Head toward the docks. I'll steal a boat and we can sneak out into sea. Does Harley still have the map?"

Catwoman looked back at Harley who was spinning the map around in different directions frustrated. "Ah uh. You really know how to get the best out of her…" Catwoman said dully.

"Harley's smarter than she thinks she is. She's a doctor after all. Just give her some time and she'll-"

"HEY!" Echoed a loud voice from the end of the tunnel.

Deadshot and co stopped and listened for the voice. Most already knew who it was but others had yet to confront Beast Boy.

"He's a bit scrawny isn't he?" Boomer chuckled.

Beast Boy was about to pop a vain. "You're going to give me my friend back!" He cried.

"Floyd, it's him. Beast Boy." Selina warned.

"Shit. All of you get out of there now." Deadshot ordered the group.

"Pffft! You gotta be kidding me aren't ya? Look at him! He's just an out of date bag of spinach, mate." Boomer couldn't believe he was being told to retreat from this kid.

"Digger I'm not fucking around right now. You need to run. That kids more dangerous than you realise. Just make it out to see and I'll find you. Now go!" That was the go ahead for the two parties. Beast Boy ran at the squad as a leopard.

"OOH I know what ta do!" Harley exclaimed. She'd faced the Boy wonder enough in her years to know what tricks he had up his sleeve. The jester opened up Robin's utility belt and found his freeze disks.

Harley hurled two of the disks but they only skipped across the floor weakly. Beast skidded to a halt cautious of the disks but the cat smirked seeing how Harley didn't seem to know how to use them properly.

"Aww shucks…"

"Don't give up your day job honey." Selina said annoyed.

"Croc!" Frost yelled looking up at the pipes in the roof of the tunnel.

The pair pulled off the same routine with breaking the pipe and freezing the water that erupted out the pipe.

"Time to go people!"

Everyone knew that wouldn't hold Beast Boy for long. The Suicide Squad made a mad dash toward the sea. All of them praying for Harley to get the directions right. Including Harley herself.

"Harley where the hell are we going?" Boomer yelled as they aimlessly ran through the sewers looking for a way out.

"Auhhh… Just keep headin forward. We'll hit tha sea in no time!" Harley replied nervously.

The criminals ran through the tunnels for their lives. Frost thought she was seeing things when she saw X's on the side of each passage way. "You guys seeing these too?" She asked pointing at the X's.

"Might mean they're all dead ends." Croc thought.

The squad kept running but Boomer stopped by the tunnel without any X's next to it. "Oi. This one don't got no X. This could be our ticket out to tha ocean." Boomer explained.

"We have no way of knowing if that's what those X's even mean Digger." Catwoman reminded.

From where the squad had ran from, they could hear the roar of a very pissed off sounding lion.

"Well if that ain't a sign to get the hell outta here I don't know what is." Before anyone had a chance to stop him, Boomer ran down the passage way ahead of the others. "Damn it Boomer!" Frost yelled as they followed him.

They watched as Boomer turned a corner. There was a brief moment after he turned the corner where he continued to run but the squad heard him gasp and stop his sprint.

The rest of the squad caught up behind him and were all met with the same bone chilling sight.

Slade was stood in front of the Suicide Squad holding a very large sword. This was the first time Boomer and Harley had seen Slade since their mission in Mexico. Save to say they hadn't ended their partnership on good terms back then.

While the whole squad were stood there scared stiff, Boomer and Harley were scared sick.

"Hello Harley. George. It's been a while." Slade's cold voice echoed through the tunnel. The scrapping of Slade's steel sword against the sewer wall scared the Squad's spines' stiff.

"Y-yes Mr Deathstroke sir! I sure hope that whole Mexico thing is just water under the bridge now!" Harley said nervously.

"Y-yeah mate. I assume you're still a tad mad about that, aren't ya? You know it wasn't up to us to leave you to die there right?" Boomer added stupidly.

Slade didn't even look at the pair when he replied. He just kept his eye locked on each of them, all at once. It was obvious that Slade was learning how a head on fight would go down of he were to attack at that very moment.

"Assumptions, Digger, is the mother of all failures. I have no ill intent toward you or Harley." Slade replied, his tone not changing in the slightest. "However. The day you three left me for dead I made Floyd a promise that If I ever made it out of Mexico alive, I would make him pay for what he did to me, along with anyone that stands alongside him. So I'm going to make you a deal. Hand over the boy and I'll let you leave with your lives."

The squad gulped, each looking back and forth at one another. They all knew Beast Boy was following close behind and needed to make a decision quick.

Frost stood forward ahead of the group. "Look. I don't know what happened to you in Mexico but we're gonna need a better deal. If we don't complete this job then Waller will-"

"Blow your head off your shoulders I'm aware. I'll sweeten the deal. I'll make it quick." Death by sword or death by detonation… tough choice.

Frost looked back at Boomer. The two had yet to get along this whole mission but right now she was desperate for his help.

"Alright mate. You've made your point. We can all agree on a deal right lads?" Boomer looked around at the squad who weakly nodded their head. "So how about this for a deal. We book it the fuck outta here and you can SUCK MY COCK DICKSTROKE!" Boomer pulled out a bangarang and tossed it at the ceiling between Slade and them. Slade ran at the squad but rubble from the ceiling showered down leaving unpassable boulders in his way. Slade grunted and ran back down his tunnel in an attempt to cut the squad off.

"Jesus Boomer you're something else!" Frost yelled as they ran.

"Well what did ya want me to do luv?" Boomer yelled back.

"Enough! We need to talk to Floyd." Selina shouted over the pair. Speaking into the walkie talkie, Catwoman spoke. "Floyd. We have a problem!"

"What's going on? Is it Beast Boy?"

"Worse. It's Deathstroke. We got away for now but he's not far behind us."

"SLADE'S IN THERE? God damn it!" Deadshot screamed.

"He wanted us to hand Robin over."

"As much as I'd love to take him down we gotta deliver the kid to Penguin first."

"We've been doing all this for Penguin!" Frost yelled.

"What's bird brain want with tha kid?" Harley asked.

"Petty revenge. That's pretty much it." Selina said rounding a corner.

"It doesn't matter who it is or why they want him. Our job is to do it. I got us a boat so just get out to sea and we can worry about Slade later."

"If you say so. Harley. Where the hell is the ocean?" Catwoman turned to the jester.

"Just around tha corner!" Harley said.

The squad rounded one final corner and the team could see light at the end of the tunnel. The closer the squad reached the end of the tunnel but were trapped by a locked circular door made up of iron beams. They were so close to the sea they could see it below the rocks under the pipe.

Croc must have had experience ripping apart these sewer doors however. With just one hand the animal grabbed the door above the hinge and ripped that thing right out of the wall following up with a swift kick to the other hinge. The door tipped over crashing into the rocks before falling into the sea.

"Alright Crocie!" Harley exclaimed.

"Now's not the time to celebrate, MOVE!" Frost jumped out of the tunnel onto the rocks upon seeing Slade sprinting up behind them.

Boomer practically shoved past Killer Croc to be the next one out. Upon escaping the sewer, Boomer pulled out his walkie talkie along with a boomerang. "LAWTON HURRY THE HELL UP!" He screamed as the rest of the Squad jumped out of the tunnel onto the rocks.

In the rush of escaping the tunnel, Boomer made a critical error in judgment. While he may have left the tunnel early he ran in the opposite way to the rest. He was now on his own on top of the rocks.

Slade jumped out of the tunnel and grinned behind his mask seeing Boomer without the support of his friends.

"Holy smokes." Boomer thought as Slade ran toward him. The Australian ran for his life away from the assassin. He tried his best to jump over the rocks but Slade was a natural. This was nothing for Slade but Boomer was struggling and he knew he wasn't going to escape Slade this way.

Boomer looked at Slade then back to the cliff next to him. "…Screw it…" Boomer jumped off the edge of the cliff with Slade just narrowly missing out on his target. Boomer hit the water with a wet thump.

Slade was about to jump after him but luck was on Boomer's side. A bullet hit Slade in the hip. His armor protected him but he knew who fired the bullet and knew the next one wouldn't be so poorly placed.

Deadshot drove toward the crew sitting in the driver's seat of the stolen boat. His hands were holding his rifle while his knees steered the boat. The waters were far from smooth which meant Deadshot had to deal with choppy waters, the wind in his face and driving at high speeds to hit his target. The fact that he hit Slade in the first place was incredible.

Slade grimaced at seeing Deadshot. If he jumped after Boomer now he'd be a dead man. Slade was forced to run. He had no way of competing with Deadshot at a distance. Slade ran back the way he came. Flipping and rolling over each rock to avoid being tagged by Deadshot.

Deadshot was good but Slade knew what he was doing. Deadshot drove up beside Boomer and pulled him out of the water. "Take the wheel." He ordered.

"Just call me Captain, Captain Boomerang." Boomer replied sitting down in the front seat.

"Shut up and drive."

Slade had a pretty big headstart and wasn't far off the rest of the Squad. Boomer took off toward the others gaining on Slade. Deadshot took aim on the back of the boat resting his rifle on the railing. Deadshot lined up his shot but Slade got the better of him. Right as they past Slade he rose his sword up onto his shoulder angling the blade to reflect the sun light toward Deadshot's scope.

Deadshot winced at the light and was forced to put down his rifle. He wasn't out of guns however. Deadshot drew aim with his wrist mounted machine guns and sprayed. No amount of flips would help Slade for this. Deadshot emptied two whole clips into Slade, who shielded himself as best he could from the spray. His body armor did well but multiple rounds pierced the weaker parts of it. Slade grunted and grasped his side as he ran.

Frost and company were stood on the edge of the cliff looking down at the water.

"No easy ways down." Croc thought.

"Maybe there's some stairs furtha down?" Harley added.

"Never did like water." Catwoman groaned.

"Wusses. Follow my lead. I have an idea." Frost said walking out to the edge of the rock the group stood on. Without warning from her, Frost jumped off the ledge close to the rocks. Using her powers she turned the wall behind her into ice and began angling the ice down toward the ocean. The result was a gigantic ice slide that would must definitely not pass a safety inspection.

Frost skidding across her ice slide a hundred or so meters out to sea. Boomer understood what their plan was and pulled up beside Frost's ice slide.

"Nice job Vanilla Ice." Boomer commented.

"Do you ever shut up?"

The remaining three weren't convinced in Frost's slide but they didn't have a choice. Catwoman jumped first shortly followed by Croc and finally Harley followed.

Slade could only watch as the three yelled, cried and WEEEEEEEEEEEEd their way down the slide. If Slade went down now he'd be shredded by Deadshot. He wasn't save in the open as it is. Deadshot had since picked his rifle back up and Slade decided to retreat. Just because he lost the battle doesn't mean that the war is over.

Catwoman, Croc and Harley carefully stood up off the ice and climbed inside the boat. With the Squad inside Boomer sped off out toward the sea.

"SUCK ON THAT YA ONE EYED WANKA!" Boomer screamed while wagging his middle finger in the air toward Slade.

"We did it!" Harley cheered wrapping Frost and Catwoman in a hug. Frost rolled her eyes but couldn't help but pull a small smirk at the fact they pulled it off and had kept their heads.

"Nice work Harley. Just like the old days huh?" Catwoman grinned giving the jester a light punch on the shoulder.

"You said it Selly." Harley replied jabbing Catwoman in return.

Croc, who had now dropped Robin down in the corner of the boat, had walked over to Deadshot who seemed to be staring back at the shore aimlessly without a hint of joy in his expression. "You good Lawton?"

Deadshot looked at Croc before looking back out to sea. "This isn't over. Far from it. We got lucky."

"Better to be lucky than good I say."

"I don't. It's going to take more than luck to beat Slade next time."

"What makes you think we're even gonna see him again?"

"Because there's no end to Slade Wilson. No matter how bad you beat him or how far you run. He will get back up. He will find you. And he will kill you. One way or another."

Croc didn't have anything more to say on the subject. "What do we do about him?" He asked gesturing toward Robin who's ice cuffs were slowly melting from the sun.

"Oh I got something good for that twerp." Deadshot grinned and pulled out the set of handcuffs Robin had used on him the day prior. He stamped the remaining ice shattering it to pieces. Clamping the handcuffs onto Robin's wrists. Deadshot grinned and grabbed some rope laying in the floor and tied the rope around Robin's ankles.

Croc watched puzzled before noticing the large winch and fishing line used for shark fishing next to Robin. "Nice." Croc simply said.

Deadshot hooked the rope around Robin's ankles to the line and pulled the Titan off the boat and high into the air.

"Catch of the day right there." Frost joked admiring the helpless Titan.

Catwoman didn't look nearly as impressed and Harley couldn't help but feel at least a little sorry for the kid.

Boomer who was also grinning at the kid did have an important question to ask. "Hey Lawton?"

"What?"

"Where are we going exactly?"

"Gotham."

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Walking back toward the tunnel defeated, Slade knew what he had to do but he had no idea where the Suicide Squad were headed. Slade was maybe a few meters from the tunnel when he heard footsteps. Fast ones. Jumping up above some rocks Slade hid and watched who emerged.

Beast Boy jumped out of tunnel looking around desperately. "No… nonono no NO!" Beast Boy cried. The boy fell to his knees and started shaking. "It's all my fault..."

"Stop talking to me…"

There was no one else here apart from himself. Who was Beast Boy talking to, Slade thought.

"I know I should have listened to you!"

Beast Boy was sniffing away tears that ran down his face.

"If I let you do this. You'll save Robin?"

"Okay… ARGGHHH!" Beast Boy's back straightened out and the boy yelled in agony. His skin faded into grey and his body shifted. Slade watched intrigued at what was unfolding in front of him. He had seen what Beast Boy had down yesterday on the news but in person was something else.

Beast Boy had become something that looked like it belonged in the Jurassic period. Slade could best describe this creature as a half human half crocodile like mix. There was obviously other bits and pieces of animals in this as well but it mainly consisted of crocodile like features which included thick scaly skin with a multitude of spikes up his back and down a long sturdy tail. His mouth was long like an alligators but had teeth like a great white. Large claws extended from his finger nails. Under his arms were a pair of gills that were mildly protected by the thick scales. His eyes were very dark. Not completely faded out but there was a hint of red in there. Whatever this thing was. Slade didn't like it.

For a creature that had scales as thick as Hybrid it moved as fluid as water. Hybrid climbed down the rocks like a living slinky. Each scale moved in sequence like a well oiled machine and Hybrid showed an excellent sense of balance.

Upon reaching the water Hybrid dipped his webbed clawed hands into the water. Slade didn't know what it was doing but this creature sure did. Hybrids eyes seemed to go completely blank as he felt the water. Slade could only guess that Hybrid was reading the water in some way. It was the only explanations for what came next.

Hybrids head seemed to snap out toward the horizon. His stare didn't break from the spot he had locked on to. Hybrid dove into the water and Slade briefly observed it dart through the water at an unreal speed. So much muscle propelling itself yet didn't struggle to the carry what came with such power. Fascinating. He'd have to research this creature further when he had some time and right now he didn't have any more to waste.

With Hybrid out of sight, Slade travelled back through the tunnel. He felt his back pocket vibrate and nonchalantly pulled out his cellphone.

"Speak." Slade ordered.

"I'm afraid I held the Titan's away as long as I could Slade. They're here to see Franklin." A voice spoke on the other line.

Slade knew what this meant and he didn't like it one bit. "It doesn't change our situation. I'll be paying them a visit shortly."

"There's something else you need to know. The microphones inside the tunnels captured some audio that might help."

"Play it back."

There was silence for a moment before the audio played through the speaker.

"Jesus Boomer you're something else!"

"Well what did ya want me to do luv?"

"Enough! We need to talk Floyd. Floyd! We have a problem!"

"Worse. It's Deathstroke. We got away for now but he's not far behind us."

"He wanted us to hand Robin over."

"We've been doing all this for Penguin!"

"What's bird brain want with tha kid?"

"Petty revenge. That's pretty much it."

Slade hummed delighted at the discovery of who was behind this. "Interesting. You know what I have to do now, don't you?"

"You're headed to Gotham. I figured as much. Do you need a patch up before you leave?"

"No. I can heal myself. Take care of yourself Will."

"As should you Slade." *Click*

The line between Slade and Will disconnected. He knew he was being pushed to close to the light but he couldn't stop now. Slade knew things were going to change drastically around here. Whether he would flee the city or use a fake identity, one thing was for certain. Deathstroke was going to have to make a return for what came next.

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Jinx and the Titans walked through the hospital toward Wood's room. Many smiled at the group but some didn't look impressed in the slightest.

The group turned the corner to find a familiar face in front of the door to Wood's room. "Wintergreen." Jinx growled.

"You know this guy?" Cyborg asked.

"No, but he knows me. He's basically blackmailing me to make me keep Wood's from leaving. Guy's a real asshole…"

Wintergreen saw the group coming and groaned. "Titans." He greeted with a stale tone. "I see you weren't so successful in containing a master cat burglar in your lock up. Perhaps you should just leave them here next time and they wouldn't escape as quickly as you bring them in."

Cyborg frowned and walked up to the older man. "Maybe you shouldn't go around blackmailing young girls. It's not only illegal. It's creepy."

Wintergreen barely looked up from his clip board to respond. "Me. Creepy? You're walking around with an alien, a demon and a cat freak and I'm the creepy one out of us five?"

"The hell is your problem?!" Jinx yelled, alarming the rest of the staff.

"If I were you girl. I wouldn't shout like that again unless you want to be removed from the premises. Make your decision." Wintergreen taunted.

Jinx's powers began crackling in her hands but the two were separated by Raven and Cyborg. "We don't have time for this. Just leave it alone this once Jinx." Raven said.

"…Whatever." Jinx moaned annoyed before walking inside Wood's room. She was followed by Raven and Starfire who both glared at Wintergreen who promptly glared back.

He went to walk off but Cyborg grabbed his arm and pulled him in close. "You threaten or insult my friends like that again. I'll make sure you end up in one of these beds."

"You can try. Robot." Both males spoke with such venom. Cyborg let Wintergreen go and walked inside.

"Bout time you showed up." Woods yelled across the room.

"We've been busy dealing with a certain sharpshooter. Thought you knew that." Cyborg replied.

"No. I just forgot about the six holes in my chest huh kid?"

"How are you feeling?" Raven asked.

"Don't worry about me right now. Where's you leader?" Woods asked looking toward the door for Robin.

The four teens looked at each other with grim looks on their faces. "We don't know. Most likely kidnapped by Deadshot."

"Damn it. I knew this was bad. Was there anyone else that's been helping him?"

"The Catwoman has been working with the Deadshot for a period of time now." Starfire explained.

"Hmm...no that's not right. There's got to have been more with them."

"More of them. What do you mean?" Jinx asked.

"You really think two guys could take down your leader? Look I don't know for sure but I know this guy and I've heard a lot of shady shit about him and a lot of it all sounds true. Deadshot has been said to run a secret strike force known as Task Force X."

"Task Force X?" Raven questioned.

"A highly secretive illegal program said to force criminals to fight other bad guys. It sounds crazy I know but I've heard to much from too many people for all of it to be bullshit."

"So what. Deadshot is working with more people. That doesn't help us right now."

"Well I've got something that does. I didn't realise who Deadshot was till he put a clip in me but Deadshot is Floyd Lawton. He was part of my Black ops squadron back in the army."

Eyes went wide when Woods revealed he had use to be partners with Deadshot.

"You're going to hate me for this. I can't help you anymore but I know someone who can."

"Who?" They all asked.

"…Slade."

The room went quite. "You've got to be kidding." Raven thought.

"I got a hunch that the only reason I'm alive right now was to send Slade a message. That Deadshot was here for him. I can't be certain that your Slade is the same Slade I fought along side with but Slade always had a never said die attitude. The things you said about this guy match the man I knew."

"Wait, I thought he wanted Robin? Why would Deadshot want to find Slade? What history do they have?" Cyborg thought aloud.

Woods look Cyborg right in the eye and spoke as clear as crystal. "Victor. Floyd Lawton and Slade Wilson are brothers."

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Ooh shiiiit Slade and Floyd are related. I've been planning this for a little while now. It was wasn't in the original story but it's a change I really like.

I'm aware the two aren't actually related but Floyd had a brother in the comics who he accidentally murdered. What if in another universe Floyd's brother wasn't killed and grew up to be one of the worlds greatest hitmen?

The next chapter is going to focus on the background of these two to help tie down any loose ends regarding their now new back stories. Specifically how the pair grew up and how they joined the army.

Hybrid's got a new form now. First we had the Werewolf like form, second was the Dragon form and now we have a crocodile form. But what do all these forms mean?

I'd like to give a big shout out too Yungjon888 who made an account for the sole reason of telling me how much they're enjoying the story. I did try and reply to you Yungjon888 but apparently your Inbox if full and I can't send you my reply so hopefully this makes up for it.

Lilspaceboi – I'm glad I was able to keep you engaged for the whole time man. I'm sure we're all expecting BB to beat this but will he come out the same as he went in? That remains to be seen.

The Re-reader – They are indeed showing their Evil clones but how is that going to help BB? We'll find out soon.

One last shout out needs to be made and it's too my friend Rose for going through and pre reading this chapter for any mistakes I missed.

Really looking forward to seeing what everyone has go say about this chapter because I'm sure there's a lot of questions going through your heads.

As always let me know what you'd like to see and where I could improve and I'll see you in the next chapter.

Dansacharm.