Tim watched as all of the Young Justice team and Alfred came out of the warehouse. Stephanie was sleeping on his shoulder and Bart was laying in the backseat, only stirring every once in a while. Bruce had put them in the car around thirty minutes ago, but it had felt like forever. A few minutes after Bruce had left them in the car Cass had found a first aid kit and started to bandage Stephanie, but the majority of her wounds would have to be treated at the Batcave.
Tim watched the team approach the sleek black car and he moved Stephanie's head off of his shoulder. She groaned but fell asleep again against the window. He quickly opened the door and stepped out to see the teens waiting for him. "Where's Bart?" Wally, Kaldur, and Jaime questioned at the same time.
Tim laughed at the their worry and responded, "He's out cold in the car with Steph. Where's my family?" Tim asked, other heroes' worry now evident in his voice.
Artemis was the one to speak up this time, "They are still inside," she paused waiting to see his reaction before continuing, "With Ra's al Ghul."
Tim's worry turned to panic, the memories of the last week rushing back. Tim's masked eyes widened. Ra's al Ghul was still here. He had to keep his girlfriend safe. He had to keep his family safe. Tim started to run, "Watch Steph!" he asked at his Alfred. "Artemis and Kaldur watch Roy and Wally," He added at the sight of Roy and Wally beginning to run after him.
"What do you want Ra's al Ghul?" Batman asked as Ra's al Ghul stepped farther out of the shadows.
"Figure it out, Detective," Ra's al Ghul smirked evilly earning many glares from the heroes in front of him. Jason's knuckles were white from him clenching them so hard.
"Why did you team with the Joker again?" Jason spat, you could almost feel his glare through the red hood covering his face. He had two guns pointed at Ra's al Ghul even though he knew that Ra's al Ghul could dodge them easily.
Ra's al Ghul's smirk grew into a sneer, "If anyone can figure that out it's you, Jason. We both know that last time was a mistake. It won't happen again." he said in a monotone voice. Dick was still standing protectively in front of Damian, both of which were giving Ra's al Ghul the full on batglare. Ra's al Ghul looked from Jason to Dick to Damian. "I see you now need your family to keep you safe, Damian. They have turned you soft. I can see from our last duel that much." He told Damian giving him a very disappointed look. Dick started to shake with anger and looked like he was about to yell at Ra's when the door slammed open and Tim came running in. "You!" Ra's said with surprise written all over his face.
"Surprised to see me?" Tim smirked, pain hiding in his masked eye.
"How are you- I looked everywhere for you!" Ra's al Ghul snarled.
"Not everywhere," Tim said matter-of-factly. He joined the rest of his family in front of Ra's al Ghul.
"I told you to stay in the car," Bruce whispered angrily.
"Did you really expect me to listen to you?" Tim laughed a little, then winced.
"Enough!" Ra's al Ghul shouted, interrupting the heroes, "This ends now!" He unsheathed his blade and moved into a fighting stance.
Damian unsheathed a katana from who-knows-where and charged, but Ra's al Ghul dodged his initial attack. "I think not, Grandfather," Damian spat.
"Hey, Lil D, save some of the fight for the rest of us!" Dick joked as he blocked an attack with his escrima sticks.
Jason and Bruce followed them into the battle, both fighting with full-on rage. "You can't beat us all Ra's," Bruce growled.
A voice called out from the other side of the room, "That was never his plan though, right? This was still apart of the distraction," All eyes went to Tim, who was leaning against a wall with a confused look on his face.
"Well done detective," Ra's al Ghul praised, "You weren't supposed to be here though. I knew you would figure it out,"
"That's why you tried to take me out," Tim stated.
Ra's al Ghul nodded, "Batman wasn't able to see past his rage and look at the big picture once you were taken,"
Bruce's face flashed with realization, "What are you trying to do?"
Tim's once confused face was cold as he limped forward and looked Ra's right in the face, "Isn't it obvious? He's trying to tear us apart. He's trying to get us become so emotional that we can't do out jobs. The first part of the plan was to weaken us,"
Dick laughed grimmly, "Then his plan's failing,"
All eyes turned to Dick, who was clenching his escrima sticks tightly to prevent himself from throwing them at Ra's al Ghul's face. Damian was standing next to Dick, his katana dripping with blood from a wound on Ra's al Ghul's side. "I agree, this family is stronger than you think, Grandfather. They don't make me weak." Damian added, venom dripping from his words.
Jason looked at Damian and smirked, "As much as I hate to admit it, I agree with Golden Boy and Demon."
The others were shocked at Damian and Jason's words, and glanced over at them. Pride could be seen through Bruce's mask as he looked at his two more problematic sons. "That was a very sweet speech," Ra's interrupted, "but unfortunately I have to take my leave."
Ra's al Ghul turned to leave. Bruce growled at him, "Where do you think you're going?"
"I am leaving. There is nothing left to do here." Ra's al Ghul boredly stated.
Damian started toward his grandfather, but was stopped when twenty more assassins appeared and blocked his path. "It's the ninjas again!" Dick yelled.
Damian scoffed and rolled his eyes as he mumbled under his breath, "League of Assassins, is it that hard?"
Jason nodded his head in agreement as he shot two assassins in their legs. They quickly disposed of the League members, but Ra's al Ghul was already gone. Bruce scowled this and turned back to his children, "I guess we should go back home."
From behind them they heard a crash. They turned around to find Tim on the ground, his face twisted in pain. "Tim!" They all exclaimed as they ran to check on him.
Jason got there first and started to look for why he had collapsed. "Dang it Replacement!" He yelled as he found what was wrong.
The rest of the family saw the reason for Tim's collapse and gasped. The stitches in his leg had torn, leaving the bullet hole in his leg open. Blood started to pour from the wound. Jason reaches into his jacket and pulled out a roll of bandages. Dick and Damian were trying to wake Tim up, and failing. Bruce called Leslie and Alfred, telling them to get ready for them to bring Tim in. "Why did you have to go play hero, Timbo?" Dick asked Tim's unconscious body.
Once Jason had stopped the bleeding they carried him to the batmobile. They were shocked to find Young Justice waiting for them, "What happened in there?" A now conscious Bart asked once he saw Tim being carried by Dick.
"You need to leave now. We have to get Red Robin to a doctor." Bruce growled.
Jason rolled his eyes, "That means thank you in 'Batspeak'"
Kaldur gave the team a nod and the Bioship appeared. They quickly boarded the ship and flew off.
"Is that Tim?" A new voice asked, panicked.
The family turned to find Cass stepping out of the Batmoblie. "Unfortunately, yes," Damian replied.
Cass quickly ran over to check on him herself, "Let's get him in the car. Then, you will tell me what happened."
Dick sat him in the backseat where Stephanie was still asleep. They all piled in the car, and set off to get Tim to the Batcave. Tim's face was pale and his breathing was uneven, but it was better than it had been. The family looked somberly at Tim and Stephanie. They both were ten shades paler than they had been a week ago. "This shouldn't be happening to them," Jason whispered.
Everyone was silent.
