Present time Dick's Pov
"Ren! Come here!" dad called.
I paused my game and dragged my perfect ass away from my couch. I made my way into the kitchen where I found mom making pancakes and dad cleaning a gun. They both looked up when I entered.
"Hey, kid! Guess what day it is" dad said.
I was well aware but I played along anyway.
"No idea. What day could it possibly be?" I said, my voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Why it's your birthday, of course," dad laughed.
"Happy birthday, dear," mom said, placing a plate filled with pancakes in front of me.
"Thanks, mom" I thanked her.
Mom and dad got themselves some pancakes too.
"Do you want your gift now?" dad asked, hiding something behind his back.
I nodded excitedly, mouth full of pancakes.
Dad threw something in my direction and I caught it in one hand. It was the gun he'd just been cleaning. It was a black ALFA combat 9mm handgun with royal-blue details. When I turned the gun there was a small inscription in silver that read "Renegade" in cursive. I stared at the gun in awe. I couldn't believe dad knew exactly what I wanted. I'd been begging for my own gun for three years now and dad had always said 'when you get older'.
"Thank you so much, dad. I love it!" I exclaimed, literally hugging the gun.
"Glad you like it, kiddo," dad said.
I finished my food pretty fast since I wanted to get back to my game. I put my plate and stuff in the sink and started heading to my room, but dad called me back.
"Actually there's one more surprise for you. I'm giving you your first mission"
I almost fainted then and there. Sure, I'd helped mom and dad with simple stuff before, hiding in the shadows and taking out enemies silently, but now I was going on a real mission.
"Really? Oh my god! Tell me, tell me, tell me"
I was practically jumping up and down at this point.
"Geez! Calm down, Ren" dad laughed.
I stopped jumping around and leaned on the table. Dad started telling me about the mission.
"Bruce Wayne is hosting some rich-boy party and I think that's a perfect opportunity to introduce Renegade to the world. There will be a lot of money and jewelry so you're going to crash the party and steal as much as you can. I convinced Selina to distract Batsy so hopefully, he will be out of your way. When you're done Harley and I will be waiting for you two blocks away in the car. Got everything?" dad finished.
I nodded. I was thrilled to have such an important mission.
"When's the party," I asked.
"It starts around seven but most guests will probably arrive closer to eight" dad explained.
I looked at the time. It was now 1:23 pm. That meant I had a few hours to play overwatch before the mission.
I was currently sneaking around on the roof of the Wayne Manor. It was about 8:40 pm and the party was just starting to get real. Up til now, the guests had only sipped on their drinks but now they were starting to loosen up, drinking more, and acting like children. If I waited another 30 minutes they'd be drunk as fuck, which would make my mission so much easier. So that's what I did.
The roof didn't exactly offer any entertainment so I ended up doing the knife song with one of my daggers. I missed a few times, digging the dagger into my glove. Luckily the glove took most of the blow and the wound itself wasn't anything more than a scratch. It still stung a bit though.
By the time 30 minutes had passed I had switched to the knife flip song. While the song only did four flips I had to be a show-off (to who though? I was alone) and do seven flips. I managed to not cut my hand off.
My phone buzzed in my pocket, letting me know it was time. I slid the dagger back into its place in my belt and brought up a blueprint of the manor on my hologlove. It was almost too easy to hack the security systems. They were all very high-tech (latest Wayne enterprises tech), which was much easier to hack and corrupt than older stuff. It took me about a minute to get through all the firewalls, and another minute to shut down the security systems. I also turned off the lights while I was at it. Screams were heard from inside when the manor suddenly was enveloped in darkness. I smirked. Messing with people was so much fun. I made my way to the edge of the roof. There was a large window right underneath me, leading directly to the large room where the party was being held. I grabbed the downspout and swung myself into the window, successfully shattering it. The guests screamed, some covering their heads to protect themselves from glass shards. I grabbed one of the hilariously long curtains and slid down to the floor. I pressed a button on my hologlove, turning the lights back on. I walked towards the stairs, cartwheeling a few times along the way. The people were making way for me, probably scared of what might happen if they didn't. I climbed a few steps and turned to face the crowd. I cleared my throat.
"Hello, guys, gals, and nonbinary pals. Don't panic 'cause nobody's gonna die..., unless you panic. Then you will most definitely die" I yelled over the guests mumbling.
Never before had I seen a full room of at least two hundred people quiet down this fast. You could hear someone drop a needle.
"Who are you?" a middle-aged man asked.
Pretty brave of him to assume I wouldn't blow his brains out for asking annoying questions. On second thought that actually sounded like a pretty good idea.
"Well, dear sir. I'm Renegade, ruler of the nine realms, high warlock, peacekeeper, bringer of death, king of Asgard, high functioning sociopath, timelord, god of mischief, genius. But you can call me Ren" I said with a wink.
The man looked dissatisfied. I wonder why.
Someone snickered before quickly being silenced by his friends. I turned to them. A guy around my age with red hair was being glared at by two girls and two guys. The redhead was pretty cute, and damn the black haired guy was ripped af. I would let him pound me any day. To be honest I would let any of them pound me. All three of them were extremely attractive. The girls were okay, but if you haven't figured it out already, I'm as straight as a ramen noodle.
"Oh, would you look at that. Ron Weasley enjoys my jokes" I said.
Weasley, as I had named him in my mind, tried to say something, probably about the nickname, but was stopped by the blonde girl.
"Not now, Wally" she hissed.
Wally, huh. A cute name for a cute face. Though I bet it was just a nickname for Wallace or something.
I turned back to the crowd. I heard Wally's friend sigh in relief. She probably thought I was going to shoot them.
"As much as I love hanging with all of you I need you to put all your money and jewelry in the bag," I said and threw an IKEA-bag onto the floor.
Nobody moved until I fired my gun in the air. People immediately started filling the bag with wallets, earrings, necklaces, etc.
Wally and his friends didn't. They were still standing awkwardly in the same spot. I didn't think much of it though. They probably weren't rich anyway and lived off their parent's reputation. I bet the most valuable thing they had on them was the blond girl's earrings, and I recognized them from Amazon where they were 12 bucks.
When the bag was full I swung it over my shoulder and walked back to the smashed window. I took out my grappling hook and shot it towards the ceiling right by the window where it got stuck. I was about to press the button that would pull me up when a hand was placed on my shoulder. I spun around, gun ready, and came face to face with one of Wally's friends.
"Let go" I demanded, cocking the gun.
He didn't even flinch like this was something he did on a regular basis. Instead, he looked me dead in the eyes and said.
"You don't have to do this. We can help you"
I stared at him in disbelief. How stupid was he? Was he even aware that I could literally shoot him any second? His friends seemed to think he was stupid too because they had rushed over, concern on their faces.
"Stay where you are, please," I told them.
They stopped in their tracks.
"Kaldur! Get your ass back here" blondie hissed.
That's when it clicked. Kaldur was Aqualad. Because honestly, who else was called Kaldur. It was such a stupid name.
Now that I had this information it was easy to recognize the rest of the team. Honestly, I was disappointed in myself for not recognizing Superboy sooner. I mean, the guy literally didn't do anything to hide his identity. Then I realized I basically admitted to wanting to fuck half the team. Finally, I realized they couldn't do anything since they weren't in their suits, and that gave me an advantage.
"Get. Your. Hand. Off. Of. Me. Aqualad" I hissed, low enough so that he was the only one who heard.
His eyes went wide and he opened his mouth in shock. Strangely enough, his friends had the same reaction. Then it hit me that they probably had a mind link. The Martian could do that stuff, right? Anyway. Aqualad still didn't remove his hand.
Yes, I know I could've just slapped his hand away but I wanted him to move his hand. I wanted to be in control. Is that weird? Maybe. Okay, now I'm questioning my sanity.
"We can help you. We don't want to fight you. I know there's good in you. You can trust us" Aqualad pleaded.
I almost laughed. He wanted me, a killing, crazy teen, to trust him, a super cliche good guy who, mind you, was against killing.
"Bitch, please. I killed eight people just this week. Besides. I gotta bring the loot to dad and I can't be late" I scoffed.
Kaldur started saying something that sounded an awful lot like an apology. Why was he sorry? I didn't need his pity.
"I don't want the pity of a bunch if righteous sidekicks, so piss off before I actually kill someone"(got autocorrected to kiss lol)
Suddenly there was a flash and I was on the ground. Wally was standing on top of me. He was wearing a hoodie and sunglasses in an attempt to hide his identity. The rest of the team gathered around me. I looked up at Wally and saw him holding my gun... WAIT!! When the hell did he get my gun??
"EVERYONE EVACUATE" Aqualad yelled.
The whole room was empty in about a minute thanks to the multiple exits in the manor. Now it was only me and the team. I was fucked. Now they could fight me freely. I decided to pretend to surrender. I threw my hands up.
"Okay, I surrender! You got me" I said.
The team looked at me confused. I sighed.
"You won! It's not like I can fight all of you," I said with a cheeky grin.
Wally leaned closer, keeping eye contact. He was probably trying to see if I was lying.
An idea, a very stupid one, was starting to take form. But to be fair, all my ideas were stupid. I grabbed Wally's collar and before he could react I pulled him closer and kissed him right on those perfect lips.
Cliffhanger lol
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