Silence. Everything was still. No one dared to break it. Tim was holding the pliers, the red wire cut in half. "Tim," Stephanie smiled warmly, "You did it. I knew you could," Tim started to cry as he leaned up to Stephanie's beaten and bruised face and kissed her split lips. "I love you, Steph," Tim told her as he broke away from their kiss.
"I know you idiot," Stephanie told him, "Now untie me!" Tim blushed and went to work to take the bomb off of her. Once the bomb was detached he began to untie the ropes that bound her to the chair. It took barely thirty seconds and Stephanie was free. She stood quickly, but began to fall. She let out a groan as Tim swiftly caught her, wincing at his own injuries.
"Not to interrupt, but I think we should probably get back to the cave," Dick told them. The couple blushed as they noticed that there was around twenty heroes watching them.
"Yeah, yeah. We should do that," Tim said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Come on," Dick said, gesturing for the team to follow him. He helped Tim and Stephanie out of the crowded room into the main part of the warehouse.
The were just about to leave when a dark shadow leaped down from the rafters, landing on Impulse. He crumpled to the ground, unconscious.
"Bart!" Jaime cried. He immediately flew into the air and used his energy manipulation to fire blue blasts at the figure, but it was too fast. It zipped around the confused heroes and leaped up to kick Jaime in the face. Jaime fell to the ground with a groan, but he quickly got back up. Now every hero was in a fighting stance. Then, more black figures flooded into the warehouse, surrounding the heroes.
"It's the ninjas!" Wally yelled.
"It's the League of Assassins you insolent!" Damian grumbled, rolling his eyes.
"Less talky, more fighty!" Artemis yelled, firing arrows at the ninjas.
"Guys, get whelmed. We're fighting ninjas," Dick told them, using his escrima sticks to smack an assassin across the face.
"League of Assassins," Damian grumbled again.
"I'll get Tim, Stephanie, and Bart out of here," Bruce yelled over the fighting, "You guys stay here. Consider it training. Cass follow me." He lifted the unconscious Bart onto his shoulder and helped up, with many protests, Tim and Stephanie. Bruce lead them out of the warehouse and lead them to the Batmobile. "Stay. Here," He ordered. Then he ran back inside the warehouse to finish the battle.
When Bruce came back in, the rest of the heroes had already taken out half of the ninjas, but there were still about a hundred left. "Come to join the party?" Dick chuckled, kicking multiple ninjas in the face at the same time.
"Tim, Bart, and Stephanie are safe. Let's just focus on defeating these ninjas for now," Bruce punched a ninja in the face and it crumpled to the ground at his feet.
A little while later, all the ninjas were down. Then, clapping. Someone was clapping. "Well done. Well done indeed," Ra's al Ghul came out of the shadows. He walked towards the group of heroes, stopping only to move an unconscious ninja out of the way with his foot.
"What are you doing here, Grandfather?" Damian spat, fury reflecting in his eyes.
Dick stepped protectively in front of his younger brother, "Damian's already told you that he wasn't going to join the League, not again," He glared at Ra's al Ghul.
"Oh, I wasn't wanting him to join the League. I was wanting a distraction," Ra's al Ghul smiled. Then, the realization set in over the heroes. All that they had been through was a distraction. Bruce stepped forward he was giving Ra's al Ghul a murderous look. He looked at the young justice team, "Leave, this is a family matter, Alfred you too," Batman told them, not taking his eyes off of Ra's. The team looked at Dick, who gave him a quick nod. Ra's al Ghul watched as the team filed out of the room. Jason and Roy quickly fist bumped and Roy gave him a worried look, "Don't get hurt you big idiot," To which Jason smiled and nodded. They all glanced at Bruce, Dick, Jason, Barbara, and Damian worriedly one more time before they left.
Alfred was the last to leave, "Stay safe," he told them before he too left the room.