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Dick and Gar both immediately turned their heads to hall, completely taken by surprise and trying to figure out what was going on when Dick's brain finally caught up to what was happening. Someone was breaking into the Tower. Then, whoever it was, started shooting.

"Run!" Dick shouted as he ducked down and started running towards the hall that led to the bedrooms, computer room, training room and the hidden room where they kept their suits.

Gar, being closer to the hallway than Dick, immediately went to do what he was told but then felt a sudden, burning pain in his shoulder and screamed, "AH!"

"Gar!" Dick shouted as he ran to the teenager's side. Gar had almost fallen to his knees by the time Dick got there, but he quickly wrapped his arms around him and pulled him back up. Before he could assess the injury Gar had clearly sustained, he turned his eyes back to source of the attack and saw Deathstroke emerge from the hall, handgun pointed in their direction.

"Sh*t." Dick couldn't stop the curse from slipping past his lips when he realized who it was that was attacking them.

"Conner! Head into the hallway!" Dick called out as he led Gar into said hall.

As soon as he saw Conner and the dog come in, he took off one of the paintings on the wall, revealing a small, black button. He pressed it, and immediately smoke began pouring out of the vents and a crisscrossed grid of red lasers covered the archway. When Bruce had first set up the Tower, he told Dick and the others about all the security measures he had set up in case the place was ever breached by an enemy. Back then, they all thought it was a little too much and a bit ridiculous, but now Dick was extremely grateful for Bruce's paranoia.

Once he had done that, he led Gar, Conner and the dog to the nearest door and ushered them in. Gar immediately slid to the ground in the room, which turned out to be one of the bedrooms though Dick didn't look long enough to see whose room it was. Conner and Krypto immediately followed and Dick came in after them. He peaked out the doorway but saw no sign of Deathstroke. However, the lasers blocking the hallway entrance were still up and the smoke was still in the air, hiding everything in the living room. Hopefully that would keep Slade busy for a while.

Turning his attention back to Gar, he asked in a hushed voice, "Are you okay?"

"I don't know." Gar said, gasping in pain. Dick pushed Gar's hand away from his injury so he could see how bad it was while Conner crouched down on Gar's other side.

"Who's that?" Conner asked.

"Bad guy." Dick answered, deciding that the simplest answer would be best for Conner right now since there wasn't really any time to explain the whole story. Plus, he wasn't sure how much Conner would be able to understand since he seemed to be having a hard time understanding a lot of things.

"I can take him." Conner said, moving to stand up but Dick immediately reached over and grabbed his arm to stop him.

"No. He's a lot more dangerous than he looks, and you're still healing." Dick told him.

"But," Conner started to protest but Dick quickly cut him off.

"No." While Conner may be a clone of Superman, he was also part human and Dick wasn't about to test just how human and how alien he was. After everything that had happened, there was no way he was going to risk these kids' lives.

"You can watch the door through, make sure he's not coming this way." Dick told him, seeing the upset look on Conner's face. Conner nodded and moved to sit by the door while Dick turned his attention back to Gar.

"It looks like it was just a through and through. You'll be okay." Dick said after examining it closely. He then slipped off his sweater and started wrapping it around Gar's shoulder and said, "Assuming Deathstroke doesn't kill us that is."

"You're bleeding too." Gar suddenly told him. Dick looked down and saw that he was bleeding on his bicep. Quickly glancing at it, he saw that it was just a graze and turned his focus back to the teenager in front of him.

"It's just a scrape." Dick replied, tying off the sweater/bandage.

As he did that, Gar asked, "What do we do?"

Dick looked at him, then looked over at Conner who was still be the door keeping watch. While that laser grid could cut through a limb, he knew that Deathstroke would eventually find a way to pass it. And when he did, they'd all be dead. Except maybe Conner, and Krypto. He knew from what happened with Jason that Slade didn't care if Gar or Conner were involved with what happened with Jericho. Simply being with him basically meant that they were free game to the assassin. He had to get them to safety. That's when he remembered another one of Bruce's security features.

"You two need to get to the bunker. You remember how to do that?" Dick questioned.

Another one of Bruce's security features in the Tower was the secret bunker underneath the building. He also had it built in case the place was ever attacked or in some kind of trouble. It had enough beds for up to ten people and a bathroom. It also had a small infirmary area with every kind of medical equipment they could ever need along with a little kitchen stocked with non-perishable food. They had never had to use it, but when Dick moved back in with Gar, Rachel and Jason, he made sure they knew about it, where it was and how to unlock and lock it so no one could get in. He also checked it every now and then to make sure everything was up to date and functional. He had actually checked it only two weeks ago. Gar, Conner and Krypto would be able to survive in there for up to three months easy. Hopefully, they wouldn't have to be there for that long though.

"Yeah." Gar replied, looking at Dick a little suspiciously. He didn't like the expression that he saw on the man's face at all.

"You remember the codes?" Dick then checked, ignoring the look he was receiving.

"Yeah."

"Okay. You guys go there, and then put it in lock-down." Dick ordered. He was about to get up and make sure that Conner heard and that Deathstroke was still on the other end of the hall, but Gar grabbed his arm, pulled him back and asked worriedly, "But what about you?"

"I'm going to deal with Deathstroke." The former police detective told him. He tried to move towards the door again, but Gar tightened his hold on his arm.

"He'll kill you." Gar said, horrified by what was going on and the way the man he looked up to was acting.

Giving him a small but confident grin, Dick said, "I'm not that easy to kill."

"I'm not going without you." Gar told him, not loosening his hold of Dick's arm in the slightest.

Dick dropped the smile and with a desperate expression and tone of voice, he begged, "Gar, please. I can't let anyone else get hurt, or die, because of what I did."

He had already gotten Jericho killed. A friend of Dawn and Hank was killed by Dr. Light because of Slade and his plans to kill them all. Jason was captured and almost killed. He couldn't let anyone else pay for his mistake. He messed up, he knew that, everyone knew that. He deserved Slade's anger and hate, but Conner and Gar didn't. He had to keep them safe.

"Please, I need you to do this." Dick added when the teenager remained quiet, moving his free arm to grip Gar's uninjured one.

Knowing that he wasn't going to be able to convince him to come with them, Gar nodded and said, "Okay."

"Go." Dick told them and watched the door as he heard Conner helping Gar go down the hall with the dog, Gar giving the directions. He looked back at them just in time to see them disappear behind the hidden door. Once it was closed, Dick started moving.

Making his way to the computer room, Dick glanced over his shoulder to look at the entrance of the hall. The laser grid was still up which was good. Slade hadn't figured out a way to turn it off yet. The smoke was now finally starting to enter the hall but he could no longer see it coming from the vents. He didn't have much time.

As soon he was in the computer room, he went straight to the keyboard and started typing. First, he quickly checked that the bunker had been opened and was now locked. He needed to make sure that Gar and Conner were safe before he did anything else. Seeing that it was, he brought up the program to send out the distress signal. He had no idea if Donna, Dawn, Hank, Rachel or Jason would respond to it as they were probably still pretty mad at him but he hoped that they would remember how seriously he took distress signals. And that they would remember Gar and Conner were with him. But if they didn't come, there was one other person who would show up, no matter what. He sent out the signal, then put the room in lock-down and rushed out before he was locked inside.

Once he was outside, he took a minute to brace himself for what was going to happen next. Then, he walked back down the hall and turned off the laser grid. When it was gone, he took a step into the living room.

"I know you're there." Dick heard Slade say as he came back into the living room before ducking behind a couch so he'd be hidden. The longer that the assassin spent searching for him, the more time help had to arrive. If any help was coming at all that is.

"How'd you know how to find this place? You follow me?" Dick asked loudly so Slade could hear him, though he did his best to stay out of sight.

"Didn't need to. I got inside this place a while ago." Slade answered just as loudly so he could also be heard.

"From Rose?" Dick wondered though he knew the answer. However, Slade fell silent, apparently not expecting him to realize it. Feeling a tiny bit of pride that he had somewhat surprised the assassin, he said, "It didn't take a genius to figure it out."

"If you were so smart, you'd have figured it out a while ago, but you're so blinded by your need to 'help'," Slade said that last word extremely sarcastically, "kids who are in trouble that you didn't even look."

"In my defense, what kind of father actually cuts out his own daughter's eye?" Dick replied, moving from his spot behind the couch to one of the divider walls when he saw Slade getting too close.

"The kind of father who will stop at nothing to avenge his son." Slade answered, walking towards him.

Dick didn't really need to be told that. He was already fully aware that the assassin wasn't going to stop until he got his revenge. He also knew that Conner and Gar didn't deserve to die for his mistakes but he on the other hand did deserve it. So he stepped out into the open where Slade could see him and said, "You want vengeance? Then take it out on me. I'm the one who did it, not the others."

"Oh I will be taking vengeance out on you." Slade told him as he sauntered over to him. He then lifted his gun, put the barrel right up against his forehead and said, "You and everyone else."

Before Dick could respond in any way, Slade slammed the butt of his gun into his temple and everything went black.

AN – Yes, I'm aware Conner is bulletproof and probably could easily taken down Slade, but Dick, at this point, isn't aware of how strong Conner is, which powers he got from Superman as he is also part human, and at the moment, is feeling so guilty for Jericho's death and how Jason was almost killed because of the whole thing, that he's feeling extremely overprotective of the two kids in his care. Hope you all liked this chapter! See you next time!