It's been a tough time getting updates out, what with power issues and getting stuck on the heroes here in the DCU instead of focusing on the contracts part of the story so after this chapter I will be focusing more on Renegade instead of the heroes. That is until they have to cross paths again.

I had the idea that Jason might defect sometime in this story and seek out Renegade and the two might (and I stress the might here) start a sexual relationship before or after Renegade and Kid Flash. Also since I am a beast boy fan I thought about him maybe joining Renegade as an ally… thoughts?

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Chapter 7

Nightmares and Ghosts

To say that I was nervous would be an understatement, because all of us knew that tonight would be the night that it would happen, tonight would be the night that whatever assassin the Blue Ghost was they would show up and it will be our job to stop them from completing their own job of killing our charge. "Kid Flash, get your head out of the clouds and into gear. This Ghost will be here soon" Artemis said through our commlink and I looked up from where I was waiting and saw her on the roof looking at me. I shook my head and slapped my cheeks to shake off the nerves but it didn't work so I took a deep breath and looked at my watch and watched as it ticked from 10:59 to 11:00, but then it happened.

"They're here" Superboy's voice came through our mental link making me look in their direction, "We need…" then the silence followed and I looked up to see Artemis head towards their direction and ran to find out what had happened. What I saw as I came to a stop at the courtyard they were guarding will be giving me nightmares for weeks after this. Megan was on the ground unconscious with a weird little disk on her neck, while Conner was pushed into a pillar face first and held there like he wasn't any stronger then any other human on earth.

An arrow flew though the air towards the hooded figure but they caught it and used it to knock the rest of Artemis' shots away without even looking at her. "Kid Flash get him away from Superboy" Artemis yelled down at me which made the Ghost look in my direction and I froze as he broke the tip off of the arrow and tossed it at me hitting me in the arm. I heard Artemis yell again and saw more arrows being deflected before I heard a thud to my left, I turned to see Artemis laying on the ground out cold like Megan. "Kid Flash get the girls out of here, now!" Aqualad yelled at me and I jumped into action and ran to Megan first. As I got her over my good shoulder I looked up to see Conner on the ground and Aqualad being kicked across the face sending him flying, the ghost all but dancing around with a skill I had never seen, but I couldn't help them so I ran to the ship and got Megan safely inside before going back for Artemis only to find Aqualad out for the count with Robin and Superboy both trying and failing to take on the Ghost; I blinked a few times collect myself and went to Artemis and carried her to join Megan in the ship.

By the time I got back Superboy was face first into the floor again and Aqualad and Robin were both holding their stomachs while the Ghost just looked at them with their head cocked like they were amused by how easy it was to beat them. Deciding I had the element of surprise I ran towards him with the hopes of getting him off of Superboy and giving the other two an opening. But my nightmares were going to be much worse as I saw him turn his head just as I started and follow my movements in slow motion which freaked me out and made me falter just enough for him to sling Superboy at me like he weighed nothing making us both crash. By the time I got Superboy off of me I saw the Ghost dodge and deflect blows from both Robin and Aqualad with two sticks like they were nothing but amateurs and judging by how this fight was going we really were against this person, or rather this monster who moved like he knew every move we would make and who seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. As I stood up they tossed back two knifes without even looking in my direction or stopping their assault on my two team mates for longer then they had to, and if not for Superboy blocking the knifes they would have hit me in the chest and put me out for the fight.

"This guy isn't someone we can fight, we need to get out of here before he starts fighting for real… before he starts fighting to kill" my stomach dropped at Superboy's words as I now noticed that the Ghost really was just playing with us, it was almost like he was just… "He's distracting us!" I yelled and saw the Ghost quickly hit Robin on his leg and arm with one hand while he deflected and hit Aqualad on the side of his head before jumping back and then somersaulting backwards towards the nearest pillar while putting away his weapons. He looked at me and Conner before using two knifes to climb the pillar and disappear into the shadows, "Let him go, we don't stand a chance with so many of us barely standing as it is" Aqualad said getting up on shaky legs blinking like crazy as he tried to stay awake much less upright.

"That guy was far more skilled then the League said, and I think that you were right Superboy. The Ghost wasn't fighting us for real and if he had wanted to kill us then it would have been easy considering he used each of our weaknesses against us…" Batman walked out of the shadows from the second floor and jumped down interrupting Aqualad, "from what I saw just now I would say that whoever that was is going to be a match for anyone in the League. Your mission is over, Kid Flash was right about him distracting you; the diplomate is dead, it seems he was poisoned about the same time you left his side" that made all of us feel worse then we already were. "Get to the bio ship and head back to the mountain, I'll clean up here and see if I can track this Blue Ghost.

Back at the mountain we heard the extent of this Ghosts idea of holding back. "Robin has a broken arm, a concussion, a bruised leg from thigh to shin and several other bruises all over his body" Black Canary started, "Aqualad has a severe concussion and two broken ribs along with enough bruises to leave him bed ridden for a few weeks like Robin" Batman wasn't even fazed by any of this but I wanted to throw up. "Miss Martian had a small disk attached to her neck which put her to sleep and interfered with her powers, I looked it over and it's one of the new morphine injectors on the market but the sedative used was made from several plants that would be strong enough to explain why Superboy was feeling as sluggish as he was since he said he inhaled some kind of mist" so that was why Conner had been taken down so easily.

"Artemis was hit with some sort of taser in the back of her neck which would tell us that the Ghost had backup if the dead diplomate didn't already. And Kid Flash got lucky and only suffered some bruising and an arrowhead to the arm" she finished her report and Looked up from the tablet in her hands to look at Batman. "The team will be grounded for at least a month while two of them recover from their physical injuries, but it's the mental I am worried about here. They were toyed with Batman and they know it. I am going to have to talk to each of them during this period to make sure that when they face this Ghost or someone like him again that they won't freeze" I flinched when she mentioned freezing because I knew that she knew I did.

I had thought that we were ready, that I was ready to be a part of this team but I was wrong. This Ghost divided us and took us down easily while still completing their mission and that was enough to bring the fear from last night back to me. "Why didn't he kill them?" Batman asked and got me out of my thoughts only to make me swallow as I thought about how easily we could have died. "I can't tell you because he clearly could have, but I don't think it's for the reason your hoping it is Batman. If I had to guess it's because they weren't the objective or something along those lines and not because there is any good in this person" yeah no I agreed with her, this guy wasn't a good guy.

Batman narrowed his eyes at her, "From their reports he couldn't have been much older then them, and your saying that he is doing what he is because he wants to" he sounded mad, but then we all knew that kids on a bad path was Batman's weakness. "The League of Assassins only takes willing recruits and from how this guy fought I would say that he was very willing and most likely training to be a personal guard to the Demon himself. There isn't anything for you to save there Batman, because the ones chosen for that honour are loyal til death" yeah we stood no chance if this guy was anything like that.

After that the meeting turned into a shouting match between the grownups so I left to check on the team in the infirmary, "sounds like it's going well" Artemis joked the second I opened the door and the shouting could be heard, "Yeah Batman seems to think this Ghost could be saved and Black Canary is against him even trying it because she says this guy would be loyal to the League of Assassins until death" Aqualad frowned and Connor made his own rage quite clear by smashing his fist into the wall. "There is no way someone that skilled would ever switch sides, more so when they seemed to enjoy beating us like that" Robin chimed in which got him the attention of the room.

"Back in Gotham I fought someone like that, he was the reason that I joined the team, or rather the reason I had to join late" he touched his shoulder where we all knew he carried a scar, "This guy gave me the same feeling, and the red eyes I saw behind his mask makes me almost certain that he is the same person that turned Gotham into a war zone" yeah no this wasn't doing anything for my nerves at fighting this guy again someday. "Why not tell Batman?" Aqualad asked and it seemed the rest of the team wondered the same thing, "Because this guy, or kid like us didn't just frame Batman for killing the Joker but most likely burned Wayne manor and bombed Wayne enterprises. If he knew that the kid that impaled me to a wall was the Ghost we saw last night then he would never let us out there again" his words didn't leave any room for us to say anything against him, "I had thought that when I met him again that I could beat him but I was so wrong… we will need to get stronger as a team to beat this guy" he looked around the room with a calm that was very unlike him.

"We are part of the League and keeping something like this secret could hurt not just us but the League as well. This guy is going to become a bigger threat sooner or later and we all need to prepare for him" Aqualad said like the leader he is but it was Artemis who disagreed with him instead of Robin, "If this Ghost is the same one as the Gotham Ghost then telling the League or Batman about him would split their focus and it wouldn't help since they have been searching all this time and haven't found him yet. I say we look into it ourselves and if we get enough information then we can decide to tell the League about it" yeah she had a point, the League has enough on its plate, "I agree, we should investigate ourselves before we just tell the League about something we're not even sure about" I found myself saying without even thinking about it. We all thought about it in silence until our leader spoke, "Very well, we'll keep this to ourselves for now while we make sure the connection is real. But the second we can confirm that the two Ghosts are the same we are telling the League" we all nodded our agreement, though I could tell that we weren't going to be able to do much more then wait and see if we'll ever fight this person again; a part of me hoped we never did again just because they could decide not to hold back next time.

Renegade POV

"They were weaker then I would have thought, it's like the League didn't even train them as a team. They were tripping over themselves like idiots" I said to Nyssa who looked amused, "They really didn't even notice that I was just playing with them until the end, and I feel like they should have been so much better trained if they were given that type of mission" yeah I was venting because come on, how could I not when I had planned out a perfect plan thinking that they would have been a challenge and not whatever the hell that had been.

"Well it did put you on their radar and messed with our plans to train you here, so me and Slade have decided to get you out of here before Batman comes sniffing around again" Nyssa said stopping me from venting more, I huffed at her but didn't say anything. "Instead of two months of normal training we are going to give you two more months of personal training with me and two other guards at your mansion in France" it was news to him, but he could see why she wanted to get him away from here because he barely threw Batman off of his trail and he didn't want him catching up just yet.

"To France then, and hopefully some much needed rest and relaxation because I am ready to just kick back and take a break after everything you put me through since I started training with you" I said with a chuckle hoping that she wouldn't see it as an insult. "Then I had better make sure to put you through your paces for the rest of your training" yeah no she took it as an insult. Fuck.

I must say I was, or rather am worried about this fight scene and that maybe I am making Renegade too OP. Then I remember that that was the point of this story, to make a really kick ass Richard who doesn't need Batman or the Justice League to become an avenging angel who has a mild money kink lol. Hope you all enjoyed the new POV.

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