"An assassin? Are you sure, Shay?" Asked Robin as he looked up the adult's arm and at his face, which read of worry and hostility, "I mean, I've met quite a few of their kind and he doesn't really seem like one. Much less a dangerous person."

The Irishman looked at the teen with surprise clear on his face, "You know of the Assassins? But... No one outside of The Creed should know of them..."

The last bit was whispered more towards Shay himself that the kids, but they still heard it. And they were confused by just what the man could have meant with 'The Creed'. But, even with their confusion about it, the kids instead decided to focus on the man that had appeared out of nowhere.

"What is your name?" Kaldur asked the man on the floor.

Even though he had wanted to help the man up, Shay seemed truly worried about their well being. And seeing how Shay had proved to be just a confused man out of his own time, the Team was more inclined to trust in him than in this new stranger that had somehow bypassed all security the Mountain held.

The man had been looking at them all with confusion and worry in his own brown eyes, but shook his head and smiled as warmly as he could in hopes that they would hear him out.

"I'm Desmond Miles. And I know you're most probably what I'm doing here, and I'll be more than happy to explain it to you as soon as I've finished talking with your friend over there." He told them, pointing at Shay.

Shay sneered at the man and shook his head, "Whatever you have to say to me, you can say in front of these kids, Assassin." He spit out the word as if it burned his mouth to even utter it, and the man supposedly named Desmond scrunched his face up in confusion.

"You're an assassin too, aren't you?" He asked, face reading of just how puzzled he was by Shay's demeanor. "I mean, you just have to be. Look at your clothes!"

Shay knew that the man's assumptions made complete sense, even though the kids beside him were completely lost by the turn the conversation had taken, and his lack of proper attire bothered him once more.

It pained Shay to admit this, but maybe it was the right thing to do to play into the man's assumption. He was clearly an assassin- the hidden blade strapped to his arm was a clear indication- and he seemed to already have some type of trust in him just from having seen his clothes. So Shay shook his head slightly and allowed a loose smile onto his lips, his whole demeanor changing.

"I'm sorry to inform you, but I'm not from this time period." Shay told him as he crossed his arms.

Desmond quirked an eyebrow at the sudden change, but instead smiled and didn't question it. "That makes sense! Of course you won't trust me just from seeing me!" A loose laugh escaped his lips and Shay actually started to feel bad for the guy. "I'm Desmond Miles, an assassin from the more modern times." He explained as he finally got up from the floor.

Shay eyed the hand that was then offered to him, but breathed in and took it. If he wanted the kid to believe he was an assassin, he'd have to act like one. An act he completely loathed.

"I see you two are now getting along." Noted Kaldur, giving Shay a curious look, but didn't question the man's sudden change of heart. "But I would thoroughly like to hear just how you managed to bypass all of our security, Mr. Miles."

Desmond glanced at the kid one second, looked at Shay with a smile, then seemed to notice what Kaldur had said and turned fully to him. "Oh, right! Sorry about that! Look, I know you'd like me to explain everything as soon as possible, but do you think you can give me a few minutes with- what's your name?"

Shay quirked an eyebrow as Desmond addressed him once more because it was just odd to him for a grown man to be so incredibly odd, but still answered, "Shay."

The younger man smiled at that because he thought that Shay was slowly starting to trust him, then turned back to the kids, "Just give me a few minutes with Shay to explain some things to him really quickly. I know why he's here and how he got here, but there are more like him and we need to get them all together so we can return to our own home."

This immediately caught Wally's attention, "More of you? You mean... Assassins?"

At this word, it seemed that Desmond immediately sobered up. "Yeah, but this whole business isn't for children. The matter is one that the less people know about it, the better."

This was the wrong thing to have said if how the teenagers all reacted was any indicator.

"Excuse you, Mr. Miles," Said the girl named Artemis respectfully, only to glare darkly after having been so nice, "We are not children. Get that straight right now if you don't want an arrow through your knee."

Desmond's demeanor actually sobered up at the threat, and he looked at the kids in all seriousness.

"Maybe you're not. But what I have to discuss with Shay over here is something that cannot be overheard by you. It cannot be overheard by anybody."

Conner, though, shook his head at this, "You're not going anywhere." He growled, glaring at Desmond, "You appeared out of nowhere and infiltrated our hideout. You are not credible and you have no rights here."

Desmond was clearly surprised by the harshness in the teenager's voice, but Wally stepped in before Conner could cause too much damage, "What Conner here means is that you have to slow your roll and calm down a bit, Desmond. Shay here is injured and we don't want to put much strain on him. And we would like to question you a bit before we allow you too many liberties."

The red head had smiled as kindly as he could and had hoped that Desmond would listen to him without too much resistance, but the man only shook his head with a defiant air about him.

"Listen, kids, right now there are too many things at stake for me to take anything slow. I don't have time to answer questions nor do I have time to play hostage to a bunch of tykes. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be taking Shay with me so we can discuss in private." Desmond told Wally, crossing his arms as he stared down at the children in front of him.

The kids did not take too kindly to those words.

"We are not the ones that will be doing the listening, sir, but instead you." Kaldur said as he took a step forwards, immediately taking on the leader role to take control of the situation. "Right now you are on private and restricted property and can be detained for trespassing. We have been nothing but understanding since you inexplicably arrived in our home but we shall not accept you insulting us by calling us kids."

And Robin stepped up beside the dark skinned Atlantean, "The last guy that called us kids ended up regretting it. Do you want to regret it, Desmond?"

Clearly, Desmond was surprised at the ferocity the kids had mustered up, then exhaled in exasperation and threw his hands up in the air.

"Okay, you guys want to know what's going on? I'll tell you!" He huffed, then pointed at Shay, "That man is not from this time period."

M'gann softly cut in, "I thought we had already established this."

But Desmond only ignored her and continued speaking, "But that's the simplest thing to explain. Actually, no, it's not because I'm not even sure how he managed to get here, but... He and I are from the same world. And we do not belong here."

There was a pause in Desmond's words as he waited for the kids to internalize the information, then Zatanna spoke up, "Of course you guys don't belong here. You're on private property."

Shay smirked slightly at the dark haired girl, but turned his attention back on Desmond when the other man huffed in annoyance.

"That's not what I mean! Listen, I can't explain it right now because I don't know how! But I can tell you that if I don't complete my mission as soon as possible, both our worlds will be in huge danger!"

Shay was immediately rocked by worry at those words, but the kids took all of it in stride.

"And he's one of those!" Yelled out Robin, shaking his head, "Should I call Arkham up? I'm sure if I tell them he's a special case picked up by Batman, they'll admit him without too many questions."

"Arkham?" Asked both Shay and Desmond, but the kids continued speaking to each other.

"Maybe we should listen to him, Rob." Zatanna told him softly, "It's not like this would be the first time we've had visitors from another time or another dimension."

Wally rolled his eyes, though, at Zatanna's thought, "Zee, we already trust Shay because he was injured and hurt and he's proved to be nice to all of us. Desmond, on the other hand, has only been a trespassing jerk since he got here and is already trying to kidnap our new friend!"

"Kidnap?" Shay and Desmond gasped out together once more, Shay because he was surprised at the idea, and Desmond because he could not believe how dense the kids seemed at the moment.

"Guys, have we forgotten we have a mind reader in our midst?"

All of the teenagers stopped talking at that moment- they had begun to speak over one another to try and convince each other of their own point of view- and looked at Artemis with different emotions shining on their face. But M'gann only smiled at her friends and took a step forward.

"I can confirm Desmond's story in no time if you guys agree to it." She told them, then Wally smacked his head, "Hello, Wally!" with a smile.

M'gann rolled her eyes at him mocking her, but still walked towards Desmond. He eyed her with uncertainty, but didn't say much as he kept his arms crossed.

"If you would allow me, Desmond, I would like to probe a bit at your mind." She informed the man, smiling as sweetly and comfortingly as she could.

Desmond, though, quirked an eyebrow down at her, "This girl is green." He said as he pointed at her. "Is no one going to question that?"

Shay had at first questioned this as well, but only in his mind and not out loud. He had just guessed it was a future thing he would not need to understand.

"Do you give me permission?" She asked again, growing slightly annoyed with the man's denseness.

"Are we seriously going to ignore the fact that this girl is green?" He asked, looking around the room. When he saw that all the kids were unimpressed with him and noticed Shay shrug, he shook his head and tried, "You do know that mind reading is not possible, right?"

"That's enough of permission for me, Megs!" Called Wally with a sigh, "Let 'er rip."

Much to the man's surprise, the girl's eyes began to glow a bright green and in no time he felt something inside of his mind. But it was nothing like with the Animus, it was a whole 'nother sensation, one he did not like. Memory's of his last minutes in his own world were pulled into the forefront of his mind and he was made to relive the last moments in which Rebecca and Shaun explained his mission to him and just how serious it was. Then, as if that memory garnered some questions, he soon found himself reliving the last few months with the assassins and everything he had experienced in from the beginning until only a few hours ago.

Luckily for him, the unpleasant feeling of another presence in his mind lasted for what felt like only a few seconds and in almost no time he was back where he had once stood, with the green girl standing in front of him, a frown on her face.

"Guys, he's telling the truth." She told her friends, voice having taken a much more serious turn after finding out the truth about the seriousness of the situation. Then she turned to them, "The mind link is going up."

Once more her eyes glowed green, but this time Desmond didn't feel anything in his mind. Instead, he saw all of the kids go still for a second, then maintain silence as the girl's eyes glowed green. Both Shay and Desmond stood in silence as they watched the teens have what looked like a quiet conversation with each other, then the girl's eyes returned to normal and all the teens seemed to be in a much more somber mood.

"We believe you." Kaldur told Desmond, looking the man straight in the eyes. "But we cannot allow a killer like you to run loose. Unfortunately, Shay," Kaldur said, looking at Shay with darkened gray eyes. "Now that we know what you really are, I am saddened to say we cannot allow you too many liberties either."

"And why is that, Kaldur?" Asked Shay as he crossed his arms.

And at this Kaldur's eyes narrowed, "Because we are heroes, Shay. And nobody has the right to take the life of another away."

Shay quirked an eyebrow at this, but didn't try to defy the kids wishes. They had been nothing but nice to him since they had met and he was not about to bite the hand that fed him.

"We shall help you recover whatever it is you have lost, Desmond," Kaldur continued, turning to the man once more. "But you shall not be allowed to leave this Mountain without one of us with you."

"Does that mean I'm basically stuck with you guys as my babysitters?" He asked with a smile, but that faded as soon as Robin answered.

"It'll be fun to mess with you, Desmond." The teenager smirked, "I'm not allowed to screw too much with my friends' minds, but I'm sure Kaldur would not object to me playing with a killer."

So this might be confusing to you right now, but all shall be explained later on!

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