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10 minutes after defeating Deathstroke, Dick stood in front of the one-way mirror that allowed him to see Slade in the Watchtower's interrogation room. He was sitting in a chair, his hands chained to the table in front of him and his feet to the floor with specially made cuffs for criminals with abilities. Though Slade wasn't actually able to see him, he was staring right in Dick's direction, appearing way too calm for someone who was just arrested by superheroes. It was extremely unnerving.

The former Robin wished he could tell what was going on in Slade's head. He knew that the only reason why someone would be so calm when they were arrested would be if they had something planned. And Slade was definitely the kind of guy who would have a backup plan and Dick wanted to know what it was. Did he have a weapon hidden on him? Did he and Rose have something planned? Was she still working with him? Dick didn't know and it was filling him with anxiety.

Hearing voices, Dick looked over at his right and saw Kory, Rachel, Gar, Jason, Rose, Donna, Hank, Dawn, Wally, Roy, Conner and Krypto coming his way. While he and Batman brought Slade to the Watchtower's small 'detention' wing, they had all gone to clean up and change. Now, only Dick remained in his uniform. And probably Bruce as he hardly ever took off his Batman suit when at the Watchtower. There were still some members of the Justice League who had no idea that Bruce Wayne was Batman, despite how many years had passed since they formed the League.

"He still out?" Roy wondered, coming to stand by Dick.

"Nope. He's up and is just sitting quietly." Dick replied as the others all crowded around.

"That's not creepy at all." Wally commented sarcastically.

"No kidding." Dick agreed.

Donna glared through the window at Garth's killer before asking, "Where's Batman?"

"Looking into what prison we should lock Slade up in once we get Jericho out." Dick answered. "There's not many options due to his enhanced strength, endurance and all his other abilities but we want to make sure that he won't be able to escape."

"Not escaping would be great." Dawn said. Beside her, Hank scoffed slightly and muttered, "Dead would be better."

Dick, and everyone else, ignored him. There had been a few times where he and Hank discussed the morality and plain practicality of killing some of the criminals they went up against. It never really ended well though. While Dick did agree that it would be better if some criminals, like the Joker, were out of the picture, he definitely didn't think they had the right to make that decision. Of course, he didn't fully realize that until after Tony Zucco's death. Even though he wasn't the one who pulled the trigger, he still played a part in the man's death and that weighed on him more than he ever thought it would.

Suddenly, Dick felt a hand press against the shallow gash on his left side that he had been ignoring. Wincing, he tried to pull away and realized that it was Rachel who had touched his injury. She gave him a sheepish look but moved again to place her palm against the cut. This time, he let her. Within seconds, Dick felt the somewhat dull pain disappear as the injury completely vanished from his body.

"Thanks." Dick said with a small smile.

"You're welcome." Rachel responded, smiling back in return.

Dick then turned his attention over to Rose and asked, "You ready to do this?"

Rose glanced at the leader of the Titans, then looked through the window at Slade. Her father was staring back and though she knew he couldn't see them, it felt like his gaze was locked right on her. This would be the first time she actually met with him face to face since she ran from him and was found by Dick. He was restrained, but she knew his strength. Would he be so mad that he'd be able to break free and try and kill her or something?

"You okay?" Dick questioned with a worried tone. "You want one of us to come in with you?"

"No, no it's fine. I'll be fine." Rose told him, taking a deep breath to brace herself. She took a step towards the door and reached for the handle, then paused. Looking back at the group that she was really starting to consider her friends, her family, and said, "If something goes wrong,"

"We got your back." Dick responded. Behind him, the others nodded in agreement. With that knowledge in mind, Rose opened the door and walked into the room where Slade was waiting.

"This is going to work, right?" Jason couldn't help but ask, growing extremely uneasy at the sight of Rose all alone with the monster that was her father.

Dick was just as worried Jason, but instead of voicing that, he said, "I hope so."

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Slade turned his head to look at Rose as she closed the door behind her and she paused ever so slightly. She feel the hairs on her arms and the back of her neck stand up. It was like he was threatening her even though he was tied up and hadn't said a word. She was seriously wondering if Slade was actually furious enough to actually try and kill her. And if he was, would the others be able to get inside and stop him in time?

"Hello father." Rose said, forcing herself to walk over to the empty chair on the opposite side of the table where the assassin was sitting.

He said nothing though. He simply stared right at her; his expression completely poker-faced. Not for the first time, she tried to think of what was going on in his brain. There were hardly any times she knew what he was thinking, or feeling. During the last three years, he'd hardly talk about anything personal. At the beginning she tried to ask, but he would never really answer so she stopped. It wasn't until he found out that the Titans had returned that she truly started seeing the kind of man he was underneath his calm composure. Now, it was back and it was even more unnerving than before.

"I have nothing to say to you." Slade broke the silence after a few minutes.

"That's okay." Rose responded, a smirk coming upon her face. "It's not you I'm here for."

Rose could see the second her father understood the meaning of her words, but she ignored him and said in a gentle tone, "Jericho, I need you to jump into me."

She could see the fury cover her father's face and it looked like he was trying to move his head but didn't. No, he couldn't. Something, someone was forcing him to stay still.

All of a sudden, she felt a slight breeze and became aware of another presence in her head. Another voice. One that wasn't her own.

'Hi Rose.' The voice said. 'I'm Jericho. It's nice to finally meet you.'

The image of a teen boy with chocolate brown eyes, curly dark hair and a smile on his face appeared in her head. Smiling back, both outwardly and inwardly, Rose said, 'Nice to meet you too. Sorry it took so long.'

'That's okay.' Jericho replied. Before Rose could respond, she heard a loud clanging noise and was brought back to what was going on around her.

Slade had brought his fists down on the table hard, creating the noise and was now pulling against the chains, trying to get free. Rose instinctively backed away slightly, but Slade didn't move again. He simply stared at her with his one eye and said, "You think you'll be safe with Grayson and his little team? You won't be. They'll simply use you both until you two die. Then they'll move on as if you never existed."

"Maybe." Rose said, then leaned closer and added, "But Jericho and I would both rather be with them than you."

Without another word, she stood up and walked towards the door. Slade didn't try to stop her.

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Dick and the others watched everything in complete silence. They could see and hear everything going on in the room in front of them and their entire focus was on that. Waiting for Rose to get Jericho. Watching any and every move Slade made. While the cuffs restraining him should be strong enough to hold him, there was always a chance that he might break free and attack. And Dick wasn't going to let anything happen to Rose. Not if he could help it.

The police detective knew immediately when Jericho had jumped into Rose. He had only seen Jericho do it twice five years ago, but if you were looking for it, it wasn't an easy thing to miss. The almost invisible breeze, the stiffening up of the person the young man was jumping in to. What gave it away the most though was the way Slade reacted. How he immediately started struggling, trying to get at Rose. Thankfully though, the chains held him firm and he stopped to spout out insults. Rose seemed to ignore them though and stood up to make her way out of the room.

"I'm going to go change, and inform Batman that we got Jericho so we can start prepping to move Slade to a secure prison." Dick told the others before Rose even reached the door and started walking away.

"Dick." Dawn said, reaching out a hand to grab his arm but he sidestepped a little out of the way and kept walking. He could feel the others' gaze on him as he walked but no one else tried to stop him and he didn't turn around.

He walked straight to his room, leaning his back against the door as he closed it, feeling a wave of relief and shock. They did it. They got Slade, got Jericho and no one was hurt or killed. It was over. It was all over.

Now though, Dick didn't really know what to do. Because he had been doing his best to avoid his former teammates, he wasn't sure what their plans were once Slade was arrested. If they even had plans. He assumed that Dawn and Hank would be going back to Wyoming and that Donna and Rachel would head back to Chicago and Jason would go back to Gotham with Bruce, but he didn't know for sure. And he had absolutely had no clue what would happen with Rose. He also had no idea what to do with Gar and Conner. They couldn't go back to the Tower, not with it being compromised. Maybe they should just stay here for now and figure the rest out later.

Dick lifted a hand to wipe his forehead, suddenly realizing he was sweating, and started to head over to the dresser where his clothes were. He only took a step forward before he stopped and winced. His left side was throbbing, even though Rachel had healed it. Looking down, he saw that his skin was completely smooth. He couldn't even tell that he had been injured at all. Maybe the pain was just because it wasn't healed all the way on the inside or something.

Deciding to ignore it, he continued heading to the dresser. This time, he could only take three steps before the pain came back with a vengeance. Suddenly the room started to spin. Dick hardly ever lost his balance, but he did this time almost immediately. His legs crumbled under him and he fell to the floor. He was unconscious before he landed.

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The group of heroes watched as Dick walked away, each of them wondering if they should go after him, but their attention was pulled back to the door when they heard it open. Rose came out slowly, looking a little unsure and unsteady. It was possible that she was just a little shaken up from what Slade had said, but there was something strange in her eyes.

"Jericho?" Donna hesitantly asked.

Rose looked up with a smirk and, with both her hands and mouth, said, "What's up a**holes?" Immediately, everyone started laughing. Even Rachel, Gar, Jason, Wally and Roy despite not knowing Jericho. Conner however just looked a little confused and stayed silent, though he did smile, sensing everyone was happy.

"It's so good to see you." Dawn said, giving Rose/Jericho a hug, unable to help herself. Rose tensed slightly but almost immediately returned the embrace.

"We're so sorry, about everything." Donna apologized, putting a hand on their shoulder.

"It's okay. I know why you did it, and I don't blame you. Any of you. It's not your fault." Rose/Jericho told them, pulling away from Dawn's arms.

"That's creepy." Hank suddenly commented.

"Well, it's not like we have a spare body around to put Jericho in." Dawn told him with a slight eye-roll.

"No, not that. Slade." Hank responded, gesturing with his head towards the window. "Even though he's arrested and Jericho's no longer in his head, he still kinda looks like he won."

"That is a little weird." Roy agreed, seeing the calm yet satisfied expression on the assassin's face. It made no sense that he would look like that. They just arrested him and got his son away from him. What was there to be happy about?

"Rose?" Jason voice draw the archer's, and everyone else's, attention back to Slade's daughter/son. She was looking down at the ground but it was clear she wasn't actually focusing on that. She was completely lost in her head. Was she talking to Jericho?

"Rose?" Jason tried again, taking a step forward. When she still didn't respond, he said, "Jericho?" At that, her eye looked up at them.

"Where's Dick?" She asked, looking up at them with a panicked tone, confusing everyone.

"Um, he went to go change and then report to Batman." Wally answered, now starting to get a little worried about why she was asking about his best friend. Before he could ask why, Rose took off running down the hall.

"Rose!" Jason called out as he ran after her, the others right on his heel. Wally however, being a speedster, ran right past them to Dick's room, now completely freaking out.

By the time they reached the room, they found the door wide open and looked inside. There, on the floor in the middle of the room, was Dick. He was still in his Nightwing uniform and seemed to be completely unconscious. Wally was down on his knees beside him, shaking his arm, but Dick wasn't responding in any way.

Lifting his head to look at them, a terrified expression on his face, Wally said, "He won't wake up."