Robin stood outside of the hospital room, leaning against the wall and staring down at his feet. It's only been minutes since he and Batman arrived, and before he could enter Batman insisted he'd go first to 'check on something', whatever that meant. Probably means he's bugging the room so he could record whatever was said.

The door opened, and Robin pushed himself off the wall as Batman exited.

"He's handcuffed with my batcuffs. If he gets out of them somehow, call for me. I'll be right down the hall." With that Batman walked away, and Robin sighed.

'This better not be a waste of my time.' He thought, opening the door and entering the dark room.

"Robin, so nice to see you again. How long has it been?" Slade asked calmly as Robin closed the door.

"Eight months, two weeks, four days, 10 hours, 27 minutes, and 45 seconds." Robin accurately answered.

"There's my apprentice. Always accurate, always punctual."

"Enough with the small talk Slade. You wanted to talk to me, well, here I am. Start before I leave you in a worse state than your attacker did." A harsh, yet empty threat. That's all Robin knew how to communicate with Slade. That and fighting.

"Ah yes, that little bastard." Slade grumbled. "He was supposed to be my newest apprentice. Someone who would be able to not only defeat you, but your whole team."

"What happened?"

"He betrayed me and stole some tech. When I found out I confronted him and we fought...He somehow found a weakness in my suit and was able to de-arm me of it. I never stood a chance."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Because Robin, I need you to recruit him..."

"..."

"...Well? Nothing to say?"

"Is this some kind of joke? Why would I recruit a villain to my team?!"

"He's not a villain. More like a chaotic neutral, soon to be ally."

"I knew this was a waste of time." Robin turned to leave, gloved hand grabbing onto the doorknob.

"Something is coming. Something you haven't faced the likes of before." Slade stated, causing Robin to stop from exiting. He turned to face the villain.

"What?"

"The other villains, they're planning something big. An attack, the likes of which you and every other hero on this god forsaken planet have yet to see!" He sounded serious, even...worried. And that scared Robin beyond belief.

"I think the others and I can handle it."

"You can't. I know the plans, I've seen the weapons and predictions. Millions, perhaps even billions could die."

Robin was in the state of turmoil now. Millions? Billions? This had to be a joke, right? Some stupid joke to get him and his team out of Jump City so something bad could happen.

"Why are you telling me this?"

"How can I rule the world if it's already taken over? With me hospitalized, Brain or Brother Blood will take over my regime. They'll be far more ruthless than I." Of course, he wasn't doing this for the innocent people. He was doing it for himself.

"This 'ally'...you really think he could help?"

"I've seen his work. I've pit him against multiple villains and even simulations of every hero to test his strength. With him, you might have a shot." Robin sighed. What choice did he have?

"Fine. Who's this 'ally'? Who's involved in this attack? And, when and where will it begin?"

Before Slade could answer, a bullet entered through the window and planted itself right between Slades eyes. Blood painted the sheet of the bed, some even managed to get on Robin.

The hero ducked as another bullet flew into the room, just barley missing him. He ran to the window to look out, just to see a glider like object(think of the Goblin Glider) fly away from one of the skyscrapers with a figure standing on it.

The door flew opened, and Batman rushed into the room.

"Robin, what hap-" He stopped himself, staring at the scene before him. Two bullet holes in the window, Robin with blood on him, and blood around Slade.

"Sniper took Slade out. He's gone." Robin growled. Batman walked towards the window and scanned the rooftops, not seeing any sign of the killer. He would have to go out during nighttime and check the rooftops for anything he could use to track him, or her, down

"What did Slade tell you?"

"He-He wants me to recruit the person who did this to him...send him to the hospital, not killed him." Robin clarified.

"Why would he want you to do that?" Robin stared at the dead body of his nemesis, thinking over what he was told. Should he really believe the guy who made him fight his family?

"He...He said there was going to be an attack, and that the person who sent him here was the only one that could help."

"Hmm, an attack? By who?"

"Slade was able to unite others villains, he called it his regime. He said they have weapons that'll cause millions, maybe even billions of deaths."

Batman stared at the scene before him, contemplating his choices.

"Do you think we can trust him? This isn't the first time he's lied about something like this."

"He sounded scared Bats. How many villains do you know that get scared?"

"A few actually." Batman answered truthfully, ignoring how Robin's mask seem to widen. "But I get your point. I'll contact the league and tell them to keep watch."

Batman's communicator beeped, which drawed both of their attentions. He answered.

"Batman, you know how you said watching over Jump City would be easy because all the villains are pushovers?" Green Lantern questioned. In the back ground Batman could hear Wonder Woman yelling obscenities and explosions.

"And?"

"Yeah, so, we're kinda getting our asses kicked by like four teenagers, a giant caveman, and a baby in a jetpack."

"Come back here you snot muncher!"

"Aren't you a little young to be trying to kill me?!" Batman heard GL yell.

"Hang on Green Lantern. I'll collect the Titans and we'll be on our way."

"You better hurry up! The chick with the pink hair is causing streets to open!" GL informed, before cutting the communication.

"What do you know about a giant caveman, a baby in a jetpack, and a girl with pink hair?"

"That's the Hive Five! Our greatest enemy team."

"Wait. There are called the 'Hive Five' but there's six of them?"

"Jinx, the girl with the pink hair and the leader of the team, claims the name 'sounds too good' to change it." Robin informed.

"Teenagers." Batman grumbled. "C'mon, we need to collect your team and head back asap. From the sound of it, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman won't be able to last much longer." With that the two left the room, closing the door on the way.

"We can have Raven teleport us back. We can be in the center of the city in seconds."

"Good. In the meantime I'll have Commissioner Gordon lock off the room so I can come back and investigate."

"You're coming with us?" Robin asked.

"Room 110 is now a crime scene. No one but Commissioner Gordon is allowed in." Batman told one of the doctors, who was shaking from hearing the gunshots. "Of course. You may need help, and it's obvious Green Lantern and Wonder Woman need more training if this 'Hive Five' is giving them trouble."

"They're tougher than you think." Robin informed, hoping in the passenger seat of the Batmobile.

"Green Lantern and Wonder Woman are senior members of the Justice League, and have fought everything from aliens to demons. Either the Hive are godlike villains, or the two are just getting rusty."

"You'll see." Robin grumbled as Batman drove to the Justice League HQ, feeling angry that he didn't see the Hive intimidating. The Hive, the team that gave him and the Titans more trouble than anyone else. Hopefully he would see they were just as dangerous as any villain Batman has faced.