okay, so I totally have Mala DIStraught. Maybe after this chapter, she will have gotten traught. If you get this reference to season one, then you get an awesome shoutout in the last chapter, which I am working on right now.
One Hour Ago
Robin was now staring down Lex Luthor after he had helped Reiena escape, and was ready to fight if he needed to.
"So, the Bat decided not to heed my warning and now you are in a difficult dilemma." Luthor said with a smirk on his face.
"I won't let you hurt the Wayne family anymore, Luthor." Robin said as he gave his best batglare.
"Well, I won't; since young Reiena has fled, I won't be able to get what I want, and now I have to take my anger about that loss out on you." Luthor said as his hand moved into the inner pocket of his jacket.
The boy wonder was prepared for anything, but not Mercy coming into the room ready to blast him again with her arm laser. Just as the Gotham protégé dodged the laser, he felt a sharp pain in his side. Luthor and Mercy didn't make any further attempts to attack, and that gave Robin time to realize what was causing the pain, a kryptonite dagger.
"What, you think I'm Superman?" Robin questioned through the pain.
"I know you're not Kryptonian my boy, but my recent research on kryptonite has shown that if the human body absorbs enough of it, then they can die from poisoning." Luthor said.
This left Robin at a crossroads: If he pulled the dagger out, then he would bleed to death, but leaving it in would cause the effects of the alien rock to poison him. Even though he had the options, he was too late to enforce them as Mercy came right up to him and restrained his arms. Using all the strength he could, Robin tried to break free, but from the slight blood loss and pain from the injury to his side, he didn't have enough strength to break free.
Robin looked at Luthor; who, to be honest, looked like he was enjoying seeing the boy wonder in pain, and just glared. Luthor walked up to the boy, and smiled.
"I hope you enjoy your stay, as it may be your last moments on earth." The Metropolis billionaire said as he grabbed the dagger and pulled it out a bit then pushed it back in.
Robin let out a scream of anguish at the movement and finally gave into the blackness that wanted to take him.
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One and a Half Hours Later
Reiena had told Bruce everything that happened to her while she was Luthor's prisoner, and with every new detail, the Gotham billionaire was growing more furious with Luthor.
"Before we go help your brother, I wanted to tell you that I know about the tracer on the bracelet." Bruce said as he noticed she had it back on.
"How did … or right, you're Batman, you know everything." Reiena said as she looked at the bracelet then to her father. "I'll go get ready."
Bruce didn't argue as he knew she would want to save her brother as soon as she returned. The Dark Knight then went and got ready himself.
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Same Time, Abandoned Warehouse
Robin was starting to come too after losing consciousness from the pain of the kryptonite dagger being pulled a little way out the pushed back in. The 13 year old hero soon realized that the pain in his side was excruciating and soon realized why: he was hanging by his arms with his feet off the floor (just barely). When he looked around, Mercy was spotted, and started walking over to him.
"Time for a little fun." Mercy said as she pulled out some brass knuckles.
"Are those what you used on Reiena Grayson?" Robin questioned.
"So, Wayne played the tape for Batman, nice; so you know how bad she was hurt. That's good, now you can experience the same pain." Mercy said as she reared back the hand with the brass knuckles and punched Robin right in the solar plexus.
The boy wonder didn't want to give Mercy the pleasure of hearing him scream, and soon enough she got bored and left him alone.
"They are so going to get it when Batman and Cardinal get here." Robin said as he hung his head to recover from the pain.
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Forty-Five Minutes Later
It didn't take long to get back to the old warehouse, and Cardinal led the way. Batman didn't have the software to trace the bracelet's trail, but he knew his daughter would remember the way she took to get home. Soon enough they were standing two rooftops away from an old warehouse, and Batman knew they were there as Cardinal just glared at the building.
"I want you to be careful, you still have those cuts and bruises." Batman said, showing his paternal instincts.
"Of course, but if they start something, I'm going to finish it." Cardinal said, reassuring her father/mentor that she was going to be alright.
With that said, the two members of the Dynamic Trio headed out to save the last member of the trio. Soon enough they were inside the building, and Cardinal picked up on her brother's heat signature, since everyone's was different. Just as she located it, a green beam of energy came their way. The two Gotham heroes dodged it but on either side, so as the beam kept fireing, they were separated.
"Go find Robin.!" Batman shouted, and with that, his daughter/protégé started to follow the heat signature she got a lock on.
"I'll get your little fire brat soon enough, I owe her for the loss of my arm." A voice said, and then the figure it belonged to walked out.
"Metallo. So, Luthor brought you in to stop me, well even you can't do that." Batman said as he glared at the metal man.
"Well, he is giving me a second chance since you and Cardinal blow my job of catching Wayne's circus brats." Metallo said. "See, he deactivated me after I showed up here empty handed, but when Robin rescued the girl, Luthor knew that you would come."
Batman didn't say anything, just started toward the Metropolis Rouge, batarangs at the ready.
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Cardinal followed her instincts and the trail of Robin's heat signature and finally found him. When she opened the door to the room and saw her brother, she was about ready to burn the place down around Luthor.
"Bro, I'm here." Cardinal said as she ran up to her other half and started heating the chain from a distance to get Robin's feet on the floor.
When the chain finally snapped the fire controller caught her brother so he didn't hit the floor. That's when Cardinal found the knife, and anger burned throughout her whole body. She was just about to grab the weapon and pull it out, when her wrist was quickly grabbed.
"Kryptonite blade, Luthor said studies show that it will poison even an ordinary human. He also pulled it out a bit and then shoved it back in." Robin said, letting his sister know the extent of the damage.
"I recognize these bruises, brass knuckles?" Cardinal said as she lifted up her sleeve to show one.
"You aren't a protégé to the world's greatest detective for nothing." Robin said and a weak laugh followed.
"Again, I can't believe that we are twins at times." Cardinal said as she smiled at the joke.
"I can't fight." Robin informed his sister.
"I know, but let's get you somewhere safe so Batman and I can take down Luthor." Cardinal said as she grabbed the arm on Robin's good side and put it around her neck.
Taking care not to aggravate the knife and the wound it was in, she grabbed her brother's side and helped him out of the room, and created an exit with her fire power. The twins headed out to find a safe place for the boy wonder to wait for his father and sister to take care of the man that did this to him.
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Ten Minutes Later
Back inside the warehouse, Batman was really giving Metallo a fight, but the Dark Knight had taken a few hit from the kryptonite ray that shot from Metallo's heart, and had a few cuts from the villain's many weapons that he created with his body. The fight was even, as Batman couldn't get close enough for hand to hand combat.
Metallo was about to go for the finishing blow when he had the Dark Knight backed up against a wall, but that all changed when fire started to break through the wall and when it fell, Metallo looked shocked. When Batman turned around, he could tell that the figure meant business.
"Is Robin safe?" Batman asked as the figure, now revealed to be Cardinal, started walking up beside him.
"He needs you, there's a kryptonite dagger in his side, he didn't want me to remove it. Also said that humans can get kryptonite poisoning if exposed to it long enough." Cardinal informed her mentor.
Batman was about ready to go after Luthor, but knew his daughter was right, as the Dark Knight was the only one with a special formula antidote that could handle kryptonite poisoning, as he was always prepared. Cardinal turned her attention to Metallo and took off toward him.
"You really think you're in my league, BRAT." Metallo said as he dodged a kick from the 13 year old heroine.
Cardinal became even more infuriated and summoned a fireball and turned it into two eskrima sticks. The young fire dancer (in her circus days) started into a series of kicks and hits with the sticks, and this stunned Metallo as he had to back away from her.
"If you're fighting for that brat boy, then you're wasting your energy, that dagger gives off enough radiation to have poisoned him severely and he won't survive it." Metallo said as Cardinal stopped for a second to catch her breath.
Upon hearing that, something snapped inside the fire controller and her eskrima sticks started to destabilize and the fire moved around her.
