A/N: This is like the final showdown! I'm going to make it extra long for you readers! Sorry it took me a while to get it out. I just wanted it to be perfect. I'm pleased with what it turned out to be. I hope you guys feel the same about it. Enjoy!

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Chapter 10 A Team

"This sucks!" Richard muttered while rocking back into his chair for the fifth time in the two minutes he had been trying to escape. He looked up at the clock while letting out a frustrated breath that he had held onto for a few seconds.

The kid had his hands behind the back of the chair and had to lean forward and onto his lose feet to move around the basement. The act of doing so was a lot tougher and complicated than what he thought it would be. But he knew he had to push through this small struggle if he wanted to get out before Alfred showed up once again.

With determination flashing into the boy's eyes, he rocked his chair so that he was now carrying it on his back. He grunted while moving as quickly as possible over to a table where one of his bird-a-rangs were out.

He was there in only a few second this time. He grabbed his gadget and swiftly cut all the ropes holding his body to the chair. Now for the handcuffs, he thought while jumping out of the chair and looking around the place.

After stumbling around the Bat cave, Richard found the hiding spot of the keys and he was free seconds later. The teen then sprinted around the basement while grabbing random things he thought he would need soon. In the estimated time of five minutes, the young teen was writing his butler a note and running off deeper into the cave to one of his escape routes.

While running into the dark woods behind his house, Richard changed into Robin. The metal bottom boots took a while to get pulled on, but the rest of the colorful costume was easy to pull on. The finishing touch was his mask that fit right over his bright, sparkling eyes. His cocky attitude dimmed away as the more serious side of him dropped over him.

The teen superhero paused as he landed on the roof of a building. He realized he had jumped into this thing with little thought of a plan. He bit his lower lip as he hesitated about what to do next. Batman was somewhere out in the city, so he had to avoid the Dark Knight at all costs. He never once regretted his decision or had a thought of going back, though.

His mind was set on finding his team and saving them, whatever the cost. He was still trying to get the thought of the serial killer out of his head, though. He could only hope that the kids were still alive even though they were in the hands of the psychopath.

Robin thought over where to start looking for them as he paced the roof. Batman would start by the docks and old warehouses close to there in search for the kids. But he knew that Susan was smarter than that. She would be in a place Batman wouldn't think about searching for at first.

"The bowling alley!" Robin thought out loud to himself as that inner light bulb had suddenly turned on inside his brain. Not even a second after he had the thought, the boy had taken off at top speed to the exact location.

-Alfred-

"I got you a soda, Master Dick," Alfred called down into the basement while slowly coming down the stairs. When no one answered the poor man, Alfred became alarmed. He flew down the stairs now and set the soda on a counter while running over to where a chair was sitting next to another counter. Rope, a set of handcuffs, and a bird-a-rang sat on the table with a small note next to the pile of things.

Alfred gave a small sigh because he knew the kid was long gone by now. He felt kind of used, but at least the boy was decent enough to write him a note before leaving. The butler picked up the note and read it. It was just like he suspected. He knew he shouldn't have left the basement. Bruce wouldn't be happy with him if the boy got himself into trouble.

The butler walked over to the computer and typed in a few things to bring up the Batman's picture as he drove in his car. By the look the Dark Knight gave the butler, the man already knew what happened. "He's gone, isn't he, Alfred?" he asked, annoyed and ticked off.

"Your guess is correct," Alfred said with another sigh. "I went to get him a drink and he left."

"How long were you gone?" Batman asked him.

"Five minutes!" Alfred defended himself.

"Jeez, that kid is fast!" Batman said with a sigh. "He's dead once I get my hands on him. I'm going to finish up looking at these warehouses before heading after him. He's most likely moving this way, anyways. Villains usually live around these places."

"Sorry, Master Bruce," Alfred said while hanging his head. "Please find him before the killer does."

"I will," Bruce said. Right before turning the connection between them, the man muttered, "Stupid boy!"

-Susan-

The kid was taking the bait just like she thought he would. She didn't like just taking her victims to her hideout against their will. She liked to use some kind of skill to make them come to her. In her mind that was her excuse for killing them. They came to her, so they wanted to die. Right now Robin wanted to die. It would be alright to kill the boy.

Susan Miller smiled slyly at the four kids tied up together in a corner of the dark basement of the bowling alley. She had sedated all of them except for Lilly, who would be the main bait. But in the pitch-black room, she hadn't seen Susan at all. She would randomly call out for help. The killer knew that girl was the only one with no powers strong enough to foil her over all plan for the Boy Wonder.

"Someone, help us, dang it!" Lilly screamed out in frustration. She was a strong one that hadn't given up for a while now. She didn't mind the blackness that had been surrounding her for the past half an hour. But this time her yelling had a response.

"Lilly!" Robin's muffled voice sounded from the other side of the wooden door that led into the big storage room to the building where Lilly and the rest were being held.

"Robin!" Lilly yelled with joy flooding into her voice. "We're in here!"

From where Susan was hiding, she saw Robin bust down the door and run into the room while shinning his flashlight around before coming in deeper. He rounded a rack of supplies and spotted the girl and the rest of his team on the floor and ran up to them.

"Where is she, Lilly?" Robin asked the girl as he kneeled down to untie her quickly.

"Who?" Lilly asked him, now looking scared for once.

"Susan!" Robin yelled at her from his anxiety and frustration over the situation.

"I haven't seen anybody in forever, stupid," Lilly said while giving the teen an odd look. She then gasped while seeing Susan rush up to both of them from somewhere in the darkness.

"Good night, bird boy!" Susan said while laughing as she flung the old shovel over her head and brought it down over Robin's head before he could turn around to face her. The poor kid gave a small wince before blacking out and hitting the cement ground with a little thud. Lilly was now screaming as she watched Susan smiling over Robin's fallen body which was bleeding from his brutal wound inflicted to his head.

Susan then looked over to Lilly with that same wicked smile on her lips as she said sweetly, "Quiet, young one because you will lose your voice. We don't want that, now do we?"

Lilly stopped screaming as she watched petrified as the lady who used to be kind and buy them ice cream drug Robin's body somewhere deeper into the darkness. The girl shivered uncontrollably as fear overtook her body. She just couldn't get that evil smile out of her mind as she stared into the blackness consuming her.

-Robin-

His world spun in and out of focus as he slowly floated to consciousness. The first thing his brain was able to compute was that his head had done some damage lately as it pounded in extreme pain that made the boy wince and moan. Very quickly after this, he realized that he was once again tied to a chair in a cold, musty room. He fought for clear vision in the dim room as a feeling of dread was placed onto his heart.

"How are you, my little bird?" someone's voice came to the boy's ears. At the sound of the lady's voice, Robin remembered what had happened and his body tensed. His vision became normal as he searched for the owner of the voice in the room.

A cold shiver went down the boy's spine as he took in his surroundings. He guessed he was still in the basement of the bowling alley and in its supply room. Tall shelves lined the walls and the whole room was like a maze, very similar to a library. The stock was random with things from toilet paper to extra bowling shoes. A few small naked light bulbs hung from the ceiling and gave the place a dim glow that creeped the superhero out. Robin was placed all the way on the other side of the room that was the farthest away from the door, the kid noticed.

"I'm so glad you decided to come, Robin," Susan said coyly as she stepped out from the shadows of a corner. Robin's breathing became shallower as he saw her. He thought he could have somehow out smart her. He thought he could get his team back and save them. He thought he would live to see another day. He was now beginning to realize all those thoughts were rash and foolish. He had only been her puppet and fell straight into her set trap. He would now pay the price. It could be his life.

"Where are the kids, Susan?" Robin asked her. He tried to keep his voice steady, but he was having a difficult time doing so. She didn't answer him as she slowly slid toward him with an evil twinkle in her eyes that bore right into him. "Where is my team?" he repeated with some sternness this time in his voice.

"You're just trying to be all superhero, Robin," Susan said while stopping a yard or two away from him. She suddenly produced a long, sharp kitchen knife from behind her and looked at it with that gleam still in her eyes. She then looked back to him and said, "You don't have to care about them anymore. Don't you ever care about your own life?"

"I want to know where they are, Susan," Robin said. Even though his head was pounding, his brain had been kicked into overdrive and was thinking on how to get out his situation. Sooner than later, Batman would come to help him. He had to hang in there till then. Talking was the best way to stall time as he worked on the pathetic knots the lady had tied. But he had to keep the poker face for now.

Susan suddenly lunged forward with the tip of the knife aimed for the boy's chest. Robin shut his eyes and waited for the impact, but none came. He opened them to be staring into the killer's eyes. He tried to back up, but couldn't go far because he was stuck to the chair for the time being.

"I know that you're scared, Robin," Susan said with some sympathy in her voice. "But screaming always makes you feel better." Robin felt the tip of the cool blade against his stomach and it made his gut twist. He had to stay strong through, so he didn't allow himself to show any fear as he glared up at the killer as if angry.

"You've always been a serious one," she said while casually lifting the blade higher till it rested at the boy's throat. She saw that she wasn't getting through to him and frowned. As quick as a striking snake, the lady slashed Robin's right arm from the shoulder to half way down the elbow. She smiled as a loud yell of pain sounded into the air.

Robin winced through the pain now in his arm as he felt the trickle of blood go down. "Why are you doing this?" he finally asked her as pain and confusion racked his body.

Susan actually looked somewhat hurt from his question as she backed away a few steps. "I thought you wanted this," she said sadly. "You came willingly."

Robin looked at her with confusion and said, "I came for my team! I only came for them!"

"But you knew that you could get caught!" Susan jumped in to prove she was right. "You knew this would happen if you went to go save those brats. But you still came out, so that means you came willingly. Don't you see? It's so clear."

Robin made himself replace his fear and confusion with anger, which was a much stronger emotion than the others. He narrowed his eyes while yelling back at her, "But I didn't want to get chopped into a million pieces by a friend of mine!"

"Oh, but coming freely means you do want it, Robin, you're just a bit confused at the moment because of that little bump on your head," she said with a small laugh. "You can be so cute when you're angry. Now calm down. I can make it all better pretty soon."

"Little bump?" Robin asked her. "To me it seemed like you intended to knock my brains out! And lady, I defiantly DON'T want to get killed! You are one messed up fruit loop if you still think of it that way."

"Don't you raise your voice to me, young man," Susan said with a frown.

"You're not my mother," Robin said coldly. "So stop acting like you are, lady." He was done calling her Susan. She wasn't going to be talked out of killing him, so keeping her as a friend in his head would only make his job harder.

What Robin said made the killer angry as she lunged at him again. This time Robin was all too ready. He had untied his hands and was able to fling himself to the side to avoid getting a knife lodged in his stomach. He rolled to his feet and took off down a hallway of shelves, on his way to the door.

The sound of a knife flying by his head whizzed into the boy's ears as he stopped short. He looked to a shelf at his side and saw a knife sticking out of it. This caught all his attention, so the attack of the killer made him give a short yell of surprise. His back hit the rusty shelf and his head slammed into the box with the knife in it. The world spun for a second, but the boy ignored the impairment as he brought his feet up and kicked Susan in the chest as she tried to pin him there.

The whole self came tumbling down from the momentum and Robin felt his shoulder's go free from the grip the killer had on them. He went down with the shelf as well and swore profusely in his head over and over again when he felt his ankle being crushed under the side of the thing.

He quickly pushed boxes off him with a wince. He used the adrenaline pumping in his body now to act like Superman and lift the whole shelf off his ankle to get free. He then stood up and searched for the killer. But she was no where to be seen. Robin knew that wasn't a good thing.

"Oh, Robin!" a sing song voice echoed out into the room from a few shelves over. "I have something for you, my little bird. Come and see!"

Then he heard a scream of fear from the same place and his blood ran cold. The superhero ignored the pain in his ankle as he jumped over the fallen boxes to where he had heard the scream. He rounded the last shelf and stopped dead in his tracks. Susan knew she wouldn't get what she wanted from the teen the way she had been doing it before. But now she had his real weakness in her hands.

"Robin!" Amelia screamed as she spotted him. She was kneeling down on the ground tied up with Susan right behind her with another knife in her hands. The others were behind her on the floor and tied up with wide eyes of fear. Even Alex looked scared out of his wits.

"Don't hurt her!" Robin yelled while running toward the lady. He stopped as Susan placed the blade by Amelia's throat and smiled wickedly when seeing the Boy Wonder stop. She knew she had so much power over him now.

Susan let out a giggle as she saw the power she was producing. She loved the power! She lived for the power! "I haven't had a good chase like that since my first kill," she told Robin. The boy knew a gruesome and sick minded story was about to be told and the kids were going to be freaked out from hearing it, but it would stall a whole bunch of time. That was the only reason why Robin let her continue talking.

The weakened sidekick stayed in a fighting stance as Susan told her story. "He was such a good boy when he was little," she said with her eyes clouding over as if remembering it from such a long time ago even though it had been just been a half a year. "But once he turned into a teen, he wanted to stay with his friends more than his mother. I couldn't take it! So one Saturday before he went out with his friends I locked the doors and didn't let him leave. Well, he got mad at me and said I was being this way because of my disease. He said I was insane! But I'm not insane! To make him shut up I had to kill him. The power to do so was so exciting that I had to do it again! And I found out that I could, so I did."

"But why me, lady?" Robin asked her while hiding a smirk in his anger. He had formed a plan and was buying all the time he could now.

"I found you by accident, really," the killer said with a laugh at the thought. "I have been looking for someone who looked like my son, and the only person I could think of was Robin, the Boy Wonder. But when I saw you as Richard, I was blown away on how you looked like my son and Robin. So I tested you as a common thief. The only hint I could get that night was that you both had colds. Then when I watched you battle your father with this little team of yours that one afternoon, I knew you both were one and the same."

"Interesting," Robin said slyly. "So I guess you know this move." Susan gave him a confused look before he shouted, "Shadow Demon!" Alex closed his eyes to focus on his fire energy. He burned away his ropes quickly and then threw a small flame at the killer. Lilly pulled herself together while hearing the command. She kept her eyes on the small spark and it quickly grew into monster size.

Susan turned around and fear washed over her face when seeing the fireball. She dropped her knife and threw herself to the side while Amelia rolled the other direction. The fireball exploded on the impact on the ground and the fire producing kid quickly put it out. He then burned the ropes binding his friends. Robin ran over to them with relief on his face.

"Go find Batman!" Robin told them. "I'll take care of her!"

The kids looked up at him like he was an idiot and it was actually Alex to spoke up for them. "No!" said boldly. "You risked your life for us, why can't we return the favor? We're not going anywhere. You're going to have to deal with us for a long time." The others all agreed with him.

Robin had a surprised look on his face at first. He then smiled slyly and the others smiled as well. "Fine," he said. "But you guys have to do 100 pushups in training tomorrow for disobeying me like this. Now let's go kick some bad guy butt!"

They all cheered while running past him toward Susan, who was searching for knife with a dazed look on her face. She looked up when hearing the cheering and backed up when seeing the kids advance towards her. Robin smiled wickedly at her before throwing himself into the battle.

The confidence won the fight and also the numbers. Josh did exactly what he did in the battle between them and Batman. Amelia wasn't able to use any of her water bending skills, but she made up for it with her cheerleading jumps and flips. Lilly and Alex were relentless with their fire attacks while Robin made some pretty powerful kicks and punches till they finally brought the girl down to the ground.

"You're killing days are over, lady," Robin said down to Susan as his team surrounded her on the floor. "You messed with the wrong team. You hurt one of us, we all fight back!"

-Batman-

"He turned on his tracking device only five minutes ago," Alfred's voice from the communicator told Batman as the superhero forced his way into the Bowling Alley. "Why didn't you go search for him an hour ago?"

"I thought he would head for the docks and warehouses there," Batman responded. "But I'm at the Bowling Alley now, Alfred." He then put his communicator away and ran to the door that led down into the basement. He flung the door open and raced down the stairs two at a time. He had to run down a hallway to the right closet where the signal was coming from.

The door was already open. He rushed into the room and stopped in his tracks with shock. There his son was, sitting on the concrete floor with Amelia trying her hardest to dress a long cut on his arm. Alex was leaning against a shelf and playing with a fireball with a bored expression on his face. Lilly and Josh had the same expression as they stared at the tied up and gagged serial killer next to Robin and glaring daggers at him.

"You made it!" Robin said while looking up to his father. He winced as Amelia finished with wrapping a cloth around the wound and tightened it with a smug smile on her lips.

"Finally!" Lilly said when seeing the Dark Knight. "It took you forever!"

Robin started to stand up and his team quickly yelled at him while rushing to his side to support him. He gave a small chuckle while saying, "You guys I'm fine. I've hurt my ankle millions of times. I know by now how to walk with it being sprained." He looked up to Batman and said smugly, "You were looking in the wrong places, so I decided to take the killer down with my team. I think we did a pretty good job, but I hurt my ankle and they said I should get a ride back to the house."

Batman looked back from his son to the kids and then to the tied up killer on the floor with complete surprise on his masked face. He then composed himself and said with a small hint of a proud smile, "Good work."

A/N: The ending is the next chapter! And anyone who reviews this chapter I'm going to ask you about a new fic I want to start. I would like to know what the public likes before I start that one up! But thanks for reading and please finish it with a review! Thanks! You readers are awesome!