"What?" I asked rudely as I picked up the phone. I didn't care how rude it sounded.

"Daniel Wilson? This is Amanda Waller, director of ARGUS."

"Oh good," I said sarcastically, "Exactly the person I wanted to talk to right now."

"You're going to want to talk to me after I tell you what I have to say."

"Speak."

"My team, Task Force X, aka 'the Suicide Squad,' has reason to believe that you and your team are at risk. One of the members of Task Force X is Helena Bertinelli, so I would take this advice seriously. How many of your team members are at Bay View High School currently?"

"Six of us. Including me." I answered, switching to my Dayhound voice without noticing.

"Ok, good. You need to get out of there now. I can't explain in the amount of time we have, but I promise I will explain once you're out. Waller, over and out."

Zatanna came back right as Waller hung up.

"We need to get the rest of the Titans and get out here now." I growled out.

"Are you ok Danny? What's going on?"

"No time to explain. Find Donna and Meg. I'll find Kara and Kori."

I walked quickly through the crowd. Kori was easy to find, because she was tall and had hair like flames. I quickly explained to her that we needed to leave, then she helped me find Kara. We met the others by the door and walked out of the gym. Alex, Mark, and Justin were all there. Mark, for some reason, was not in his sling.

"Hey you guys." Justin greeted us menacingly. "Where you going?"

"We need to leave." I growled out. Why was he being so hostile?

"Are you sure? They're about to crown homecoming king and queen. I think you'll probably be king, Danny, and Kori will be the Queen."

"Don't care. We need to leave, Justin."

He pulled out a pistol and aimed it at me. The other two pulled out pistols too. Kara stepped in front of me.

"I think you don't. The Teen Titans need to walk back into the gym." Mark said, waving his gun back toward the gym. Kara took a step forward, but Alex pulled a glowing green rock out of his pocket and tossed it to Justin. Almost as soon as it was pulled out, Kara started to fall over. I caught her.

"A little Kryptonite goes a long way." Justin said, checking out the Kryptonite. "Now, I'm sure the rest of you aren't bulletproof. Get back in that gym."

We did as he said. I carried Kara back in the gym, and put her down on a chair until she had recovered.

"So what do we do?" Meg asked. "I can go through the wall and get help."

"There's no way they don't have others posted outside." I observed. "Anyone have their communicator?"

No one answered.

"Alright, someone take my phone and call for backup. I'm going to investigate."

I didn't investigate for long. One of the teachers got up on stage and announced that it was time to crown homecoming royalty.

"Alright, first our homecoming king is..." She pulled a card out of an envelope, "Daniel Wilson."

People clapped and cheered as I was shoved onto the stage. As "predicted" by Justin, Kori was queen. We were both standing on the stage, confused and worried. Then, our worries came true when the stage exploded.

I woke up laying face down in a small pool of what felt like my own blood. I pushed slowly off the ground. Everyone in the room was panicking. I felt someone grab my sides. No, this isn't how I was going to go out. I threw an elbow at whoever it was, but it felt like I just hit a brick wall.

"Danny, calm down, it's just me." Kara said, helping me up. "Come on, we have to get you out of here."

I limped towards the door. My knee really hurt, but it wasn't broken. I stopped when I saw someone. I was face to face with Kameron.

He was wearing his costume, but everything was right about him. He was even the right height.

"Kameron!" I yelled at him. He started to walk towards me, sword drawn. I limped towards him. Kara charged him.

He surprised her by stepping quickly out of her way. He was still affected by the super serum given to him by Deathstroke. He pulled out a steel brace and put it on her. She fell to the ground. It was some sort of Kryptonite device.

"Kameron!" I yelled again. I was thinking a lot slower than usual. I probably had a minor concussion.

He walked towards me again. When he got close, he swiped at me with his sword, but I dodged backwards. he bashed me in the face with the back of the katana on the way back. I fell backwards, stunned. He picked me up my neck. The wall behind me exploded, sending both of us sprawling through the brick and wood.

"Somebody need a suicide squad?" I heard Deadshot yell. I looked up from the ground and saw him shooting at assassins who were charging him. Great White, Harley Quinn, and Captain Cold all rushed to Deadshot's side. Everything started to get all hazy, but I soon saw the Huntress kneeling over me. She pried off her mask.

"Danny, oh my god, are you ok?" She said, grabbing my hand. It was all bloody, but I don't think that was the source of my blood.

"I am." I coughed out. "It's great to see you. How did you know I was in trouble?"

"I didn't. Waller called in a League of Shadows attack on this high school. I saw you just now."

I looked into her eyes and smiled. Then I remembered Kam.

"Oh my god, Kameron!" I yelled, jumping to my feet. He was rolled over on his side, so his back was turned to us. His mask was in pieces behind him. I raced over and turned him to his back.

"What the hell?" I asked, shocked. It wasn't Kam. Quinlan Kay was wearing his costume. Helena soon joined me at my side.

"Who is she?"

"A friend. What the hell?"

Quinlan jumped up, hitting me in the face as she did. Helena fired a small crossbow bolt into her shoulder. She was about to shoot her again, but Talia came out of nowhere grabbed both of Helena's crossbows. They fought for a while, but Talia was much, much better, and soon Helena was on the ground next to me.

"I suppose I owe you an answer, Dayhound." Talia said as she was joined by Quinlan still wearing Kam's costume. I stumbled back up to my feet, and Quinlan aimed a large revolver, Kam's gun, at me. I put my hands up.

"You see, Daniel," Talia explained, "My full name is Talia Al-Ghūl, my father is Rā's Al-Ghūl, Head of the Demon."

I gasped, louder than I wanted to. It sounded kind of dramatic. Helena looked at me funny.

"Good, so you know who that is. Long ago, before I was born, a magician sought refuge in my father's home. He told my father that he was a seer, a man who could see the future. He told my father that he would be killed by a magical being called the Arbiter of Death."

Shit. So that was why they were after me. Goddammit, they blew up the school just for that? All around us, fighting was going on the titans and the suicide squad, verses the League of Shadows. I hoped to God that they wouldn't be killed, but there was nothing I could do in my current state.

"So my father and the League of Shadows have hunted down the Arbiter of Death and killed him for as long as any current member of the League has known."

"So what does that have to do with me?" I asked, playing dumb and hoping it would work.

"I very much doubt that you don't know, but I will tell you anyway. You, Daniel Wilson, are the present incarnation of the Arbiter of Death."

She drew her sword, then started walking towards me. I felt like I was gonna fall over, but I took a fighting stance anyways. I couldn't give up. I had to survive.

She swiped at me, but I slipped the strike. I threw a high kick at her head. She blocked it with her left hand and tried to swing at me again with her blade. I jumped back, but it cut across my chest. I fell backwards and landed hard on the ground. She raised the blade above her head to finish me, but Batman flew down and caught the blade.

"Talia, you will let him survive." He ordered angrily. He yanked the blade from her hands, bent it, and tossed it aside.

"I am sorry, Batman, but I cannot do that." She told him, taking a fighting stance. He did the same, then they started fighting. She punched him a few times, but he grappled away. She followed, leaving me, Quinlan, and Helena.

"So what now?" Quinlan asked, her voice shaking. She was still pointing the gun at me, but her hand was shaking now.

"Now you walk away, Quinlan." I said coldly as I stood back up.

"Danny, I can't." She said as tears started streaming down her face.

"Why are you crying?"

"Because I have to kill you, but I don't want to."

"What?"

"I am a member of the League of Shadows. My loyalty is to the Head of the Demon. But... You've been such a good friend to me..."

"Quinlan, you need to walk away." I said calmly.

Justin limped over, covered in blood. He collapsed right by the wall next to Quinlan.

"What are you waiting for?" He coughed out, "Kill him already, Quinlan!"

Harley Quinn and Deadshot ran over. They both aimed their guns at Quinlan.

"You must be the boyfriend." Deadshot said to me, not taking his eyes off of Quinlan. She was sobbing now.

"Good to meet ya!" Harley Quinn told me. "Wish it was under different circumstances. You and Choir Girl here are so cute."

Helena was up and by my side, holding me up from collapsing.

"Do it Quinlan! Now!" Justin screamed. I heard a gunshot. I squeezed my eyes shut and winced. I expected to fall over. I expected to die. But no pain came. I heard gasping and coughing on the ground in front of me.

"Helena!" I cried out, falling to my knees. I covered her bleeding wound. She was breathing quickly gasping, and coughing.

"Danny, I... It hurts..." She coughed out. Harley was holding Quinlan on the ground, beating her up, and Deadshot was strangling Justin.

"I know Helena. Stay with me!" I sobbed.

"It hurts..." She coughed more. A lot of blood came out of her mouth this time. The bullet was definitely in a lung.

"Helena, stay right here! You and me, we're in love, right? We gotta get married, and have beautiful kids and live somewhere remote. Somewhere where I won't have to be the Dayhound and you don't have to be the Huntress. We'll live in a two story house that has an amazing yard. We'll get a dog and name him Spot, even though he doesn't have spots." I said, trying to comfort her, trying to get her to hold on. She started breathing faster, and I could tell it wouldn't be long. I started sobbing. "Goddammit Helena, stay with me! Please don't leave me! I love you! Please stay alive!"

"Danny..." She gasped out, then her eyes shut. She took her last breath, then stopped living. I felt the life go out of her. I put my head on her chest and started sobbing.

"Now, that he's done, what to do with the little bitch that fired the shots?" I heard Harley ask Deadshot. I stood up, filled with rage.

"Hold it right there, Quinn!" I roared at her.

"Oh hell no! You don't want to save this bitch, do you?"

"No. I want to kill her. I want her to die a horrible painful death. But I want to be the one to do it."

"I like your style kid." Deadshot said to me, "Let's you, me, and Harley get out of here."