Ava awoke back on the bed that she first woke up in with sore jaw "owe what hit me?" she groaned rolling out of the bed. She was still dressed in her costume minus her mask. Dawn had crept over the city illuminating the lair but there was still only her and Barbra present, rubbing her sore jaw Ava made her way to Barbra's side "the boys still at that night club?" she asked.

"hey look whose awake" Barbra chuckled "sorry about that kick to the face Ava guess I'm used to more aggressive sparring partner" she apologized "but to answer your question yes the boys are still ou…"

Barbra's voice was drowned out by the thunderous roar of the night birds engine entering through the hidden door "will you let this go? Seriously it's getting sad at this point" Dick stated as he and Peter exited the car "ask me that again Peter and I swear I'm kicking your ass on the spot!" he shouted.

"I'll drop it when you actually answer the question instead of threatening to beat me!" Peter shot back.

"Must have been a bad night" Barbra sighed "Ava maybe we can defuse this by separating them talk to Peter will you?"

A lump formed in Avas throat, was Barbra implying she had a thing for Peter (which she did) or was it a means to end the childish fight down stairs?

"That's it get your damn suit we're going for 3!" Dick shouted

.. Apparently it was just a means to an end. "Parker! We need to talk" Ava shouted.

"Wait what was that?"

Ava flipped over the stair case and quickly dragged Peter off away from the tension between him and Dick. "Ok Ava what do we need to talk about?"

"What's going on with you two? You're picking fights with each other now"

Peter quickly raised his hand to silence Ava, which she took with a glare and growl but she crossed her arms and bit her tongue. Peter perched himself on the seat of his spider cycle "Ava it's been a long night everyone is tired and he's just being a dick about the car" Peter exasperated.

"The car? Parker let it go will you please, cars don't suit you at all you look so much better straddling a bike" Ava replied. She failed to catch her own slip of the tongue at first however Peter didn't.

("She said that right? you guys all caught that cause I'm not 100% sure here")

He stared at Ava completely at a loss for words and she looked back at him "Ava did you just…admit I look good?" he asked with a small hearty chuckle "Ava?"

Ava went wide eyed in awe, "nn-no why-why would I say that? Maybe you do look good but I'd never say it" she stammered.

"Ava you just said it again"

Peter was grinning from ear to ear at this point, Ava said he looked good twice. And now she was flustering herself trying to deny it "Ava…" he smirked.

"Get over yourself Parker so you look good doesn't mean I'm going to be throwing myself at you" she snapped quickly turning around so she wasn't facing him. Her cheeks were starting burn and Parker didn't need to see that.

Peter had never seen Ava act like this before it intrigued him, also amused him to. With a devilish grin stuck on his he decided to have some fun with it. "Hmm fair enough" Peter replied "just as well I guess Babs has been checking me out since I got here and I heard red heads are more fun"

Ava whipped around on the spot, her hair lightly slapped off Peters cheek, her eyes now narrowed, possibly with jealousy and her nostrils flared "is that so Parker!? Well let me tell you something bug breath even if you did ask me out you wouldn't be able to handle me red heads maybe more fun but tigers are wilder!"

No sooner did the last syllable escape her lips Ava quickly clasped her hand over her mouth just staring at Peter with frightened eyes but Peter was only trying his best to hold down a laugh as well as a triumphant smile. When he finally buried his grin and the slight discomfort had subsided Peter spoke.

"Ha-ha well as much as I would like to accept that challenge and god as my witness I think just about any guy would, I think asking you out for dinner is a better idea. How about it Ava, dinner when we get home?"

"Uhm…." Ava wanted to respond, more than anything she wanted to say yes but the words she wanted use couldn't be summoned. Her tongue was tied.

"YOU DID WHAT!?"

Peter quickly looked over to the car and saw Dick furious with Barbra "you need help Dick this isn't like taking out a few mobsters or black mask! This is Deathstroke you can't do this alone and none of us are even qualified to take him on!" Barbra shouted back.

"I don't need him coming down here thinking he's running the show! BludHaven is my territory not his! And I can handle Slade I've fought him before and I'm still here" Dick snapped.

"He is your mentor Dick he won't come by just to criticize…"

"Babs all he does is criticize and push everyone around him away"

Dick quickly turned away back towards the car only he walked by it moving farther into the back of the warehouse. High pitched engine fired up and a bike sped past the entrance.

"great he's in a mood" Barbara sighed, she turned back to the computer picking up where she left off earlier "you two might as well get comfy he'll be a while"

Peter returned to his spider cycle, the changes were subtle but they were noticeable Ava could see it. Peter was becoming shadowed he wasn't himself here BludHaven was corrupting him.

"Peter?"

"Sorry Ava it'll have to wait until I get back"

With that Peter roared out of the warehouse after Richard, into the vile streets of the Haven. The rain began to fall spraying the young riders as they raced across the slum of a city Richard called home, their lights were no more than mere black and silver blurs to any bystanders before rolling to a stop at Haven heights apartments.

"Mind telling me what all that was about?" Peter demanded. Dick pushed his way into the building ignoring Peter "such a dick"

Peter pursued after him, hungry for the answer to Grayson's sudden mood swing Dick climbed the staircase to the first floor, a doctor fosters room, a false name he used to stash his extra stuff, and pushed in. he ripped his shirt off and threw it on to a box. His blood was boiling under his skin "grrah!" he screamed kicking the same box clear across the room.

"Wow. Temper tantrum much Birdie boy?" came an arrogant sounding tone which Dick could pick out of sea of sounds.

"Roy, what the hell are you doing in my city?" Dick growled spinning to face a red haired man dressed in a red leather hood with a quiver full of arrows strapped to his back with a black eye mask pressed to his face.

"Heard you and lightning legs caught a case involving Slade couldn't pass the opportunity to put an arrow in his good eye"

"Why does everyone want in on my case?"

"Grayson! Don't ignore me…" "Who's the red Robin Hood?" Peter asked barging in on the two former team mates

"Robin Hood!? Kid you've just sealed your death warrant" Roy growled drawing his bow and an arrow in a split second "robin hood wishes he was as good as me"

"Arsenal! That's enough!" Dick ordered

"Bite me bird boy"

Arsenal drew on his bow string tightening the bow to its fullest, the arrow head lined with Peters chest "Arsenal! Lower your damn bow!" Dick growled

Arsenal fired the arrow, it soared across the room Dick rounded on Roy ready to strike when Peter snatched the arrow by the head at a full arm's length from his body, and he crushed the head in his hand. "Cute trick Robin Hood but I've gone up against archers before they don't land to many shots"

Arsenal snarled at Peter and went for another arrow only to be stopped by Dick grabbing his arm "reach for another arrow and I'll break this arm!" he growled.

"Let me go Grayson!" Arsenal hissed "this punk needs a lesson in respect!"

"Right now the only punk in here is the one shooting arrows in the apartment!"

Peter stood to the side of the room watching the other two heroes argue with each-other he could sense the tension between them yet neither threw a punch yet (aside from the arrow shot at him). That's when it hit him, these two used to be teammates.

Peter backed out across the hall to Dick's apartment and dropped onto the couch if these two wanted to argue he wasn't going to stick his nose in it. He was just going to sit here and channel surf "Ava actually admitted she was attracted to me and I asked her out" Peter reflected to himself out loud "AND SHE YES!" he yelped "she said yes! She said yes ahaha everybody mumbo!" Peter cheered dancing on the floor.

Ava and Barbra had left the lair with the night bird and were out getting a quick bite to eat at a local burger bar. The night birds powerful engine drew a lot of attention even in its less impressive camouflage mode a busted down taxi.

"Why is it when the boys take the car it's an old drag racer car but when we go for a bite it's a cheap taxi" Ava grunted

"It's Dicks default setting" Barbra explained "he likes to keep the car inconspicuous when it's not his police cruiser or super hero car"

They stopped at some local dive and went to get their food, they weren't long in line when Barbra's watch started beeping "awe man break in at queens consolidated" she sighed "come on Ava the boys are out in their moods we'll handle this"

Ava rolled her eyes and turned back to the busted taxi she really wanted to eat, since Peter took off before they made their dinner plans. "Fine let's go if I don't get my food I can at least feed my boots to a bad guy"

Barbra peeled away drawing lots of attention as to how a taxi could leave such long prints on the pavement.

Queens consolidated, Oliver Queens Branch Company stationed in BludHaven for the Junkie withdraw treatments. A charity event held by Mr. Queen Top of the line security (after Wayne Tech industries) was now being robbed by two females in skin tight black suits and masks. The first one was dressed like an actual cat with a belt and whip on her hips, the other was slightly taller with thick wavy silver hair and a ballroom mask and high heels. "Perfectly clean get away" the one in the cat mask grinned

"Say that like you're surprised" the second one grinned.

"as you should be Selina!" came a bravado toned yell across the rooftops the two thieves turned across the streets to see a young red head in a blue and yellow bat suit with a utility belt around her waist and a cape draped down her shoulders and another woman with black hair in a ponytail dressed in a white cat suit "I think you know the routine here"

"Hey bat-girl finally out on your own? With some cute albino chipmunk? Or is the big bad Bat switching from little robins and giving in to his kitty cat fetish?" the first thief yelled back.

Bat-girl drew a batarang from her belt with a quick throw sent it sailing towards the thieves "Felicia if you would be so kind" Selina smirked

"You have to ask?" Felicia smiled "misthrow" she muttered.

Bat-girls batarang suddenly veered off its course striking the hydro pole besides the building leaving Bat-girl in awe "I…I missed…I couldn't have missed!"

"This is why I prefer my claws" White Tiger stated as she leapt across the gap "I'm not one for games so let's just get this over with" Tiger growled.

"Cute, sprain your ankle" Felicia stated,

White Tiger jumped at her prey but as her right foot lifted from the roof she felt a sharp pain shoot through her ankle "aargh! My ankle!"

"Told you" Felicia chuckled "next"

Bat-girls boots struck her Felicia in the side of the face kicking her across the roof shattering the glass skylight under her weight triggering the alarm from the building. She tossed two more batarangs at Selina who reacted by flinging her bolas back at the batarangs twisting them out of their spin.

"come on kiddie I can give the big man a run for his money don't think some trick in his knock off attire will be much of a threat" Selina taunted as she pulled her whip off her waist "but let see how well your four play is"

Bat-girl swung with a swift kick aimed at Selina's head which she easily blocked with her forearm and countered with a crack of her whip around Batgirls ankle and a hard pull brought her down to one knee. "Oh a proposal" Selina tautly gasped then kicked Batgirl in the side of the head launching her into the A/C generator.

"Oh this is getting really annoying!" White Tiger hissed before she bolted at Selina, tackling her to the ground "a sprained ankle is nothing if it means putting a low life behind bars!" her claws dug into Selina's skin in an attempt to restrain her long enough for batgirl to detain her. Selina kicked and writhed trying to break Tigers grip, she had to admit for a white rip off of her costume the knock off cat had some talent.

"Sorry for this kitten but this dance is done and for the record Catwoman doesn't like cheap imitations" she elbowed Tiger in the jaw which loosened her grip enough for Catwoman to pull free "Black Cat lets go we have the emerald!"

The two feline thieves returned to the upper balcony and sprung over the edge. The two heroines quickly chased after them when a small black object flew from the shadows striking the ledge at their feet.

The girls stopped dead, Batgirl stopped and dragged Tiger back, the object was stuck in the concreate on a point. It was black and bat shaped "oh god he's early…Dicks going to be very upset now" Batgirl groaned as they turned to the building beside them. A shadow daunted over them, a 7 foot tall monstrous shadow with wide wings slowly approaching from the sky.

A chill shot down Tigers spine, her feet couldn't move and her voice couldn't vocalize, only watch as this terrifying shadow spread out around her "Batgirl what is that?" she whimpered.

"The world's greatest detective and mine and Dicks mentor…." A man in a black body suit with a cape draped down his shoulders and pointed horn like ears on his head dropped down before them, Tigers eyes couldn't help but be drawn to the large black bat on his chest "… White Tiger this Batman!" Batgirls announced.