OK, people, this is it; the last chapter of the main storyline. From here on out, it'll be non-sequential epilogue-y things, of varying length depicting various events. I'm open to requests, but on my list so far are:

1) Damian meeting Bruce. Duh. It has to happen. I can't end this and not show that.

2) Dick rejoining the Titans. See above comments.

3) Something with Dick and Slade meeting up again after Slade escapes/ breaks out.

4) Dick telling Slade his ID. May or may not be combined with the above.

Um... those are my only definites right now, but I'm definitely open to adding some more.

I just want to respond to a review here. Fanficfantasies, wow I should have done an in-chapter reply before. It completely escaped my mind, sorry. Anyway, thanks for the help, and thanks for reviewing, like, every chapter :) Hope you think the chapter came out ok. And thanks for reminding me of Wintergreen. I, kinda, um, forgot about him for a while. Oops. Remedied that here though.

Anyway, enjoy the chapter! Fight scene totally sucks, I don't even know what it is, and I totally gloss over pretty much the whole thing. Oh well. I know it sucks.

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Slade whirled around. His eye widened, momentarily caught off guard. He caught himself quickly.

"Hello, Batman." He replied smoothly. Inside, he was swearing. How had Batman found him so quickly? And how hadn't he known about it?

He couldn't let his thoughts show though. He knew this was probably going to be the final battle, and he couldn't let any weakness show.

The two stared at each other for a few moments. Neither wanted to make the first move, but eventually Batman's desire to get back his son outweighed his inclination to let Slade make the first move.

"What did you do to Nightwing?" Batman asked lowly. The way the two of them had been interacting… he almost wanted to believe that it was brainwashing, but based on everything he'd heard he wasn't sure.

Slade raised an eyebrow. "Nothing." He smirked. "True, I brought him here, but he's stayed of his own accord." Slade was starting to enjoy this. He held all the cards, after all.

Batman narrowed his eyes. "Be that as it may, he's coming home now." He didn't care what he had to do, Dick was coming home.

Slade disagreed. "I believe that he's where he belongs now. Your little bird's flown the coop, Batman. He's mine now."

Batman growled. "We'll see about that." The tension broke as he made the first move.

The fight had begun- or rather continued. After all, hadn't they been fighting over Nightwing the entire time?

Dick-Renegade-Nightwing let out a breath as he watched his two mentors fight. They were both master fighters, exchanging blows and dodging and attacking each other mercilessly. They were giving this fight their all, and he couldn't- wouldn't- help either of them. To be honest, he was still uncertain as to who he wanted to win.

He'd known that there would be a fight as soon as he sensed Batman's presence. That was why he'd left the training room immediately, cutting their sparring short. He didn't want to be anywhere near Slade and Batman as they fought. He couldn't resist not knowing, though, so he went straight to the observational room and brought up the security camera in the training room. This way, he- and the others in the room- could watch without endangering themselves, as he had no doubt that their fight would be destructive.

Speaking of the others in the room….

"You all might as well come out." He said. "All of you. This is a peace zone. Nothing's going to happen until they're done fighting."

There was a pause. He raised an eyebrow and waited patiently.

Wintergreen was the first one to approach him, probably because he actually was supposed to be there. Wintergreen nodded at him before concentrating on the fight. Dick waited a few more moments before he sighed.

"Seriously, I know you're there. Come out here before I make you." He rolled his eyes. Really, did they think he wouldn't notice them?

Miss Martian was the first to emerge from where she had been hiding.

"Sorry." She said sheepishly. "Batman's orders- keep an eye on you while he fights Slade without being seen." The rest of the Team and the Titans surfaced from various hidey-holes and shadows. Dick and Wintergreen rolled their eyes.

"Fat chance of that." Wintergreen muttered. Dick nodded, agreeing. "You guys aren't very subtle. I'm surprised you managed to get in here without alerting us all."

Artemis scowled. "We're not totally incompetent." She muttered. Wally shushed her.

Raven drifted closer to Dick and Wintergreen. "What's going to happen now?" She asked, getting right to the heart of the matter. Dick hesitated, then shrugged. "If Batman wins, I go with you. If Slade wins, you're going to have to fight me if you want to bring me back."

Beast Boy blinked. "Huh?"

Dick sighed. "This is the final fight. It's going to decide who I'm going to go with. I made a deal with Slade- the heroes beat him in a fair fight, I can leave. Slade beats the heroes in a fair fight- I stay with him."

Raven cut the others off from saying anything. "And you?" she asked Wintergreen. The man looked at her. "Slade told me not to interfere. I won't. I'll help him if he wins, disappear if he doesn't- at least, until Slade gets away from you."

Dick rolled his eyes and shushed everyone, turning back to the screen. Everyone took his cue and shut up to watch the fight.

Punch. Dodge. Kick. Lunge. Dodge. Throw some Batarangs. Kick. Punch.

It was like a dance. Batman could tell why Dick enjoyed fighting against Slade so much; he was an excellent fighter. Batman was giving this fight his all, but he wasn't sure if it would be enough.

Kick. Punch. Duck.

He did have one thing on his side though- he was desperate. He needed to get Dick back. So he would give this fight his all, and more. He wasn't going to give up. And if he did lose this fight, he would find them again. He would keep fighting for Dick.

Attack. Defend.

An opening.

A tiny one, but an opening nonetheless. Slade was just a hint off balance after defending from that last attack. A tiny bit- but a tiny bit Batman could exploit.

He tossed a handful of Batarangs at him, and followed it up with a roundhouse kick. Slade, still off balance from before, couldn't quite manage to regain it in time to dodge the batarangs, putting himself even more off balance. He didn't even see the kick coming.

Batman's boot collided with his face with a crack. Slade's eye widened as Batman's kick sent him flying across the room into the wall. Batman waited for a few moments to make sure he wasn't getting back up, before he moved to secure him. As Batman cuffed him, he noticed that the man's mask was cracked in half.

Batman stood up and turned around when he heard footsteps approaching. He found the Team, the Titans, and Superman at the doorway. Superman came into the room to help with Slade, while the two teams hovered near the doorway. Dick took a single step into the room. His eyes were glued to the unconscious villain.

He swallowed. "So it's over then."

Bruce turned to look at him, and the crossed to room to envelop him in a hug.

"It's over." He confirmed. He let Dick go and turned to the teams. "Was anyone else here?"

"One man." Aqualad answered. "He got away."

"I asked them to let him leave." Dick interjected. "He's not a danger- he's a friend."

Batman eyed him skeptically but didn't say anything. He'd just gotten Dick back, he didn't want to start another argument. If Dick said he wasn't a threat, he wasn't a threat.

That didn't mean he wouldn't research this guy when he got back to the Batcave.

For now, though, he was going to focus on his son.

He put an arm around his son and led him out of the building. The two teams walked ahead of them and Clark followed behind with Slade. It was time to leave.

No one noticed the regretful glance that Dick threw towards the hideout while they were leaving. He was glad to be back with his family, yes, but at the same time he couldn't help but mourn what he had just lost.

But right now, he turned around and forced a smile back on his face. He was with his family again. That was all that mattered, even if there was that dark little corner of his heart that regretted how everything turned out.

Yup. So, Dick's rescued. And he's still kinda conflicted. Poor Dick.

Anyway, epilogue-y things will be posted soon. I'll probably go through the ones on my list first, then go to requests, so if anyone has any requests, you've got some time to ask.

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