"Who are you!?" Robin asked pulling out his bo staff. Without a word Deathstroke swung at robin. He fought the masked assailant off with everything he had countering the swing of the sword with his staff. One wrong move and hed be hacked to death "Not bad kid" Deathstroke said backing off and sheathing his sword and forming a combat stance.
"I'll ask you again" Robin said swinging his staff at deathstroke. "Who are you!?" He yelled. Swiftly Slade grabbed the bo staff and swung robin into the pavement. He studied the staff before breaking it in half. "So you dont know who I am? heh...wonder what else Batman dosnt tell you"
Robin growled angrier than ever getting up from the ground and swinging at the him. Slade dodged his attacks with ease. As robins foot came up to kick slade in the face he grabbed robins foot and threw him through a window. He fell out through the broken glass to the floor below and got up realizing he was in a warehouse.
No sooner did Deathstroke come crashing down after him. Robin dodged out of the way into the shadows but was shocked to see this man had punched cracks in the concrete pavement. This was no ordinary man. "You know I came here to kill you Robin" Slade said. "But youre proving to be much more interesting than i thought"
Out from the shadows Robin attacked but slade was just too good dodging his attacks and punching him in the face sending him flying across the room. "Not bad...A few more years of training and you might actually pose a threat" Deathstroke snickered. Robin only smiled in return.
Deathstroke looked at him puzzled until he heard the beeping. He looked down his eye widened at the realization that Robin had pulled the trigger on one of the bombs on his belt. "Clever" Deathstroke said calmly as it exploded. As the smoke filled the room Robin grappled out and back to the city.
Deathstrokes words had gotten to him. Why hadnt batman told him about this guy? and what else was batman hiding? Robin tried to contact batman over the coms but had no success. "Alfred" Robin said contacting the only person he had any faith in left. "Yes" Alfred answered. "Wheres batman?"
Alfred felt his gut wrench. It was time to end this game master grayson deserved the truth. "He requested the batmobile at this location sir" Alfred responded sending the address to Robin. He opened up the gps map and was shocked at what he saw. Why was batman at barbaras place?
"Slade Wilson is a mercenary and assassin. He has enhanced physical powers and a long history with the military. Master of various weapons and stealth" Batman said driving. Batgirl looked over the files reading up on there new foe. "How do you know him?" batgirl asked. Batman took a deep breath "Let just say we go way back"
"How will we find him?" Batgirl asked. "Deathstoke will put innocent lives in danger to draw us out" Batman brooded. A news story aired over the batcomputer 'Reports of a heavily armed man holding patrons hostage at ace chemicals' "Speak of the devil" Batgirl said smugly.
Batman looked at her seriously and spoke "Dont fight him in a head to head battle hes too dangerous. Stick to the shadows and if he attacks you run...leave the fighting to me" Batgirl silently brooded. She wanted to fight too but batman was right this man meant business.
Robin approached the window and saw it was unlocked. He krept inside and looked around. She was gone. He picked up the ring he had given her up off the nightstand. As he stared he saw something shiny poking out from under her bed. Robin pulled it out and held it out "No way..." It was her old batgirl suit. He squeezed it tightly in his fist before jumping out the window in hot persuit of batman.
"Please dont kill me!" The woman cried tied up. "Dont worry" Deathstroke reassured her as he polished his gun. "I take no pleasure in meaningless killing." There were 4 workers tied up and laid out in front of him. The workers watched as the shadow of the bat appeared in the distance behind deathstroke "Besides im just waiting on an old friend" He shrugged.
In the blink of an eye he turned around and shot at the shadows. A batarang flew out and into the barrel of his weapon disabling it. "Come on batman" He hissed. "Let settle things like men" he assumed a jujitsu pose. Batman jumped out from the shadows facing slade and assuming his own combat pose.
"Tell me how is Talia?" deathstroke asked smugly. Batman growled and charged at him both men going back and forth exchanging kicks and punches both countering nearly evenly matched. Batgirl stuck to the shadows just as batman told her. She had the REC gun ready to electrocute Slade waiting for batman to give her the signal.
Batman landed a punch in deathstrokes gut. "Thought you were fast" Batman taunted. "Oh I am" Deathstroke said lifting up batman by his legs and slamming him to the ground. Deathstroke pulled out his sword and began slashing at him. Batman defended himself with his gauntlets then kicked deathstroke in the face cracking his mask.
Deathstroke chuckled then through some of his nano grenades at his feet. Batman pulled his cape out shielding himself from the explosions. Deathstroke cut through the smoke and went back to hacking away at the bat. Batman yelled out as he was sliced across the chest.
'Batman!' Barbara said to herself watching him bleed out onto the floor. She couldnt wait anymore she silently crept from the shadows and pointed the REC gun at deathstroke. "Its over bat" Deathstroke said raising his sword up to finish the bat. She went to pull the trigger and was shocked as Slade turned around and sliced the REC gun in half. She looked up at him in fear "Well what do we have here?"
Robin had found the car outside of ace chemicals and broke in through a air duct. He found his way to the hostages and untied them "Hes over there" the woman said as he untied her. He looked below. "Barbara.." Robin said to himself looking down at the situation. Batgirl cartwheeled backwards trying to get away from the bloodthirsty mercenary. She was able to kick him in the jaw but to her surprise he shook it off like it was nothing and kept at her. He cocked back his arm and elbowed her in the temple of her head.
She stammered backwards holding her head. If she hadnt been wearing the new suit she was almost sure the impact from that hit would have fractured her skull. Deathstroke raised his sword up. "NO!" Robin shouted jumping down. His sword cut open flesh sending specks of blood spraying across the floor.
"Robin!" batgirl shouted as he hugged her body taking the blow for her. "Its ok babs" He whispered in her ear. "Such wasted potential Robin. You had the element of surprise yet you wasted in on saving the girl" "You wont win slade" Robin said turning to face him as batgirl held him. Slade laughed "I will if they pay me enough"
Swiftly a lead pipe came across the mercenary's head shattering his helmet and knocking him out cold. Robin and batgirl looked up at there savior. The dark knight of course stood there and pulled out handcuffs subduing the failed assassin...
LATER
"Youre Batgirl, I still can't believe it..." Robin said looking at the beat up crusaders "How could you keep this from me?" He asked grabbing batgirls hand. "You weren't honest with me either." She said pulling her hand away. After everything that just happened he was shocked she was actually giving him attitude after he just took a sword for her "But you told him!" Robin yelled pointing at Batman. "He knew!" She retorted.
Robin turned to batman in awe. Batman ever so slightly lowered his head "It wasnt my place to tell you" Robin walked past batgirl and faced batman "But it was your place to put her in danger" Batgirl tried to intervene "Its not like that I volunteered" Robin turned and placed his hands on batgirls shoulders looking at her deeply hoping his words could get through to her "You think you don't know him like I manipulates, pulls to get what he wants."
She looked down unable to look him in the eyes. Robin knew what it meant. There was no changing her mind. There was no changing Richards mind either. "I thought we had the same goals" Batman said.
When Richard and bruce got together it was like finding his other half someone else who lost there parents to crime bent on serving justice but as time went on things had changed the contrast out weighed the similarities. It was over.
"The games over" Robin said removing his mask and turning to take his leave. "Robin wait-" Batman began placing his hand on Richards shoulder. Richard turned around and knocked Batman to the ground. Batgirl ran to his aid and thats when Richard knew everything was done there was no going back.
He pulled the ring out of his pocket and through it at barbaras feet. "Im done" He said grappling off into the night. Barbara picked up the ring and clenched it tight in her fist.
end!