Batman found Robin by following the burn patterns Cardinal had left as a trail. When the Dark Knight saw the shape his son was in, a wave of anger washed over him. There was dark red covering parts of his tunic around the dagger, and bruises were starting becoming more visible than a bit ago when Cardinal had found him. Robin started to stir as Batman reached for the dagger.

"Do I have to tell everyone?" Robin weakly said.

"I have the antidote for the kryptonite poisoning; I always have it just in case." Batman said, hoping this would calm his son/protégé.

"Alright, but you'll have to stitch up the wound before you administer anything. It's worse than it looks; Luthor pulled the dagger out some and shoved it back in, that's why it looked like it was moved." Robin said as Batman examined the dagger, and noticed the angle was a bit off from the wound.

Batman wanted to strangle Luthor by this point, but he had to take care of his son first, so he readied the needle and thread, then pulled the dagger out, and quickly stitched the wound closed. Before wrapping the wound, Batman pulled two syringes from his utility belt and administered them both; a pain killer and the kryptonite antidote. Once Robin's torso was wrapped to protect the stitches and wound, Batman picked him up to get him back to the hotel.

"What about Reiena." Robin asked slowly as he realized they were going away from the warehouse.

"She's in 'death mode' right now; she'll be fine until I can get back." Batman said as he started along the rooftops.

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Fifteen Minutes Later

Cardinal was fighting with all her might, and Metallo's body was showing it as bit of it was literally melting off. Metallo was fighting very hard to try and defeat the fire controller, but she was able to land a fireball right at Metallo's heart, and the heat melted the metal that drew power from the chunk of kryptonite, causing the kryptonite to fall and thus Metallo was powered down. As Cardinal relaxed her body, the heat in the atmosphere changed, and two new heat signatures and turned to face them.

"Wow, if I had known you could get this mad, I would have tried to persuade you to work for me." Luthor said as he walked out of the shadows with Mercy right beside him.

"They Wayne family is nice, and care about the environment and keeping cities beautiful. You, well let's just say that you make Brainiac look like a hero." Cardinal said, trying to mentally restrain herself from attacking Luthor right then and there.

"You may think that little bird, but, if you ever fought Brainiac yourself, you would see that I am much kinder than he is." Luthor said. "If you insist on trying to bring me to justice, then you will have to go through Mercy."

With that, Mercy stepped forward and held her right arm up. Cardinal was ready for anything, and that's exactly what Mercy brought out, her arm laser and started blasting it at the fire controller. The young heroine was able to dodge every blast, but she knew she couldn't keep that up forever and needed to come up with a plan. After about five more blasts, Cardinal saw and heard a pattern to the arm's mechanism and knew the best way to backfire. Cardinal spotted some pipes and started heading over to them, dodging the laser blasts as she ran.

Mercy continued to fire shots but when the young fire controller turned around, she was revealed to have a pipe in her hand. With expert precision that came from 4 years of training with Batman, Cardinal threw the pipe and it slid into the barreling of Mercy's arm and soon enough another shot started to fire, and Mercy's arm blew up. The bodyguard, after recovering from the shock of losing her arm, went after Cardinal the old fashioned way.

Cardinal blocked Mercy's first kick and started into her own style of martial arts and was able to get some great hits in on her opponent. Things were going the heroine's way, well until shots were heard coming from behind her. Cardinal tried dodging, but it was too late as one bullet sunk itself into the skin of her upper right leg.

"AHHHHHHHH." Cardinal cried out as the pain from the bullet hit her and she fell to her knees.

"Did you really think I wouldn't join in the fight?" A familiar voice said, and with that voice, Cardinal turned around.

"Resorting to old school guns, Luthor?" Cardinal questioned as she glared at him.

"This is anything but old school, Cardinal." Luthor said, and Cardinal looked at her leg, realizing a greenish glow coming from the wound.

"Kryptonite bullets; you really do like using that, even when it's not Superman." Cardinal stated as she tried to stand back up, but Luthor didn't give her the chance as he shot at her lower right leg and that shot took her down to her knees.

The fire controller couldn't put weight on her right leg anymore without pain, so she resorted to using her fire powers to try and defend herself as Mercy came up to her. Luthor motioned for Mercy to stop, and she did. Cardinal was worried now, seeing as Luthor never got into fights unless he was going to get enjoyment out of his opponent suffering.

Cardinal only glared as Luthor came closer with his gun aimed right at her. The Metropolis villain only grinned as he aimed right at her chest, and then pulled the trigger. The Gotham heroine put up a fire shield, but that didn't help as the kryptonite was an alien substance and not metal. The bullet entered right her chest too close to her heart, and Luthor only smiled as Cardinal's shield went down and Cardinal herself landed on her back.

"Well, looks like the Dark Knight just lost one protégé." Luthor said, and as soon as 'protégé' left his mouth, the ceiling gave way and a shadow quickly took out Mercy. "So, you returned, I hope Robin is alright; which is more than I can say about your little girl here."

Batman saw Cardinal on the floor with three spots of green glow coming from her body. Gotham's hero was now beyond infuriated as he went after Luthor, but the villain was able to slip away. Batman turned around and was that Mercy was gone as well, and so turned his attention to his daughter/protégé and was by her side in an instant.

"Cardinal, you're going to be okay." Batman said as he examined the wounds.

"You can't get this kryptonite out, but a hospital can." Cardinal weakly said as she looked in her father's eyes. "Take me to a hospital as Reiena; I have some regular clothes on under my costume."

"Are you sure?" Batman questioned, he knew she was right that he couldn't get the kryptonite out by himself.

"It will make the whole 'me being kidnapped' thing look even more legit." Cardinal said, and with that said, Batman knew that his daughter was right, and so started to remove her armor and Cardinal costume to reveal an injured Reiena Grayson.

Once she was completely out of her costume, Batman picked up Reiena and headed toward a hospital he knew of.

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Hotel Suite, Right As Battle Ended

Dick woke up on the bed he was using during the family's stay in Geneva, and jerked up, but found that was a bad idea; then he remembered the injury Luthor gave him. He slowly sat up and found that his tunic was off and his stomach was wrapped. As he carefully stood up, he realized that his hero pants were stained with blood, so he decided to change into something clean. The only thing going through the boy wonder/acrobat's mind was his sister and how she was doing.

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Hospital, Thirty Minutes Later

Batman entered the hospital with the now unconscious Reiena and the nurse at the desk summoned the doctors and a gurney as soon as she saw the girl bleeding. When the gurney arrived and the Dark Knight put the girl on it, she was taken away to surgery, and the head doctor stayed behind to get some information.

"What happened to her?" The doctor asked.

"She was kidnapped a couple of days ago, and I'm assuming this was the end of the torture she had to endure." Batman answered.

"Why the greenish tint from the wounds?" The doctor questioned, curious about it.

"Kryptonite bullets; they can cause fatal poisoning in normal humans." Batman said as he pulled a syringe out of his belt. "This is an antidote to the poisoning if it has gotten into her body. The bullets have to be removed first, so no more poison leaks in."

"Alright, we will do all we can, do you know of who to contact since she is a minor." The doctor stated.

"She is Reiena Grayson, Bruce Wayne's adopted daughter. I'm sure the police have the information on how to contact him." Batman said, and with that he turned and hurried out of the hospital.

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Twenty Minutes Later

Dick was getting worried, but that was soon put aside when he heard the window opening and saw his father/mentor and rushed as fast as he could.

"Where's Cardinal?" Dick asked, seeing as his sister was not with him.

"She got shot with Kryptonite bullets and one was extremely close to her heart, I took her to a nearby hospital so she could be operated on." Batman informed his son.

"How can you be so sure that the doctors and nurses won't remove her mask?" Dick excitedly asked

"She told me to take her as Reiena, don't worry, they think it was torture from her being kidnapped." Batman, well now Bruce, said, and just as he was about to pull his tunic off, his cell phone rang. "Hello…. Where is she?! ….. alright thank you Dick and I will get there as soon as we can."

"What are we waiting for?" Dick asked, then he noticed his father was still dressed as the Dark Knight. "Oh right."

With that said, Bruce headed to his room in the hotel suite, and Dick went to get some 'going out' clothes on.

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Forty Minutes Later

Bruce and Dick walked through the doors of the emergency room and right up to the desk.

"I'm Bruce Wayne; I received a call that my daughter was brought in with severe injuries." The billionaire informed the nurse behind the desk.

"Yes, she is still in surgery, but you can wait in the surgery waiting room and a doctor will let you know when they are done." The nurse said and she led them to the waiting room.

Three Hours Later

Dick was about to literally climb the walls as there has been no news about his twin, and Bruce was pacing back and forth, when suddenly, the double doors opened, and a doctor came walking out.

"Are you the father to Reiena Grayson?" The doctor questioned

"Yes, and this is her twin brother." Bruce answered as he motioned to Dick.

"Reiena was brought in by Batman, and he told us that she was kidnapped a couple of days ago. She had three bullet wounds, two on her leg and one very close to her heart. From what her savior said, they were poisoning her as they were made of kryptonite and he gave us something to help destroy the poison, if any that had entered her blood stream." The doctor stated.

"Is she going to be alright, doctor?" Dick questioned.

"She is in recovery right now, all three bullets were removed, and there was no damage to any vital organs or arteries, they did cause her extreme pain, but she will be just fine once the wounds heal." The doctor said. "I'd like her to stay in recovery for one hour, then she will be moved to a room."

Both Bruce and Dick gave sighs of relief and the doctor said he would let them know when Reiena was in a room.

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One and a Half Hours Later

The hospital room was quiet, and its occupant was resting after a horrible ordeal. Soon there was a creak of the door hinges and that sound woke her up. When she looked at the door, a soft smile came to her lips.

"Dick, you're alright." The girl said.

"Can't use the gymnastic rings for a while, but yea, I'll be okay." Dick said as he walked up to the girls bed and carefully sat on the edge beside the girl. "You really need to stop getting hit with bullets, Reiena."

"The doctors said you'd be fine, just have to take it easy for a while." Bruce said as he walked up to the other side of the bed and looked at his daughter.

"Yea, right Bruce, like that's going to happen." Dick said as he laughed.

"You know that goes for you too, bro." Reiena said as she looked from her father to her brother and just grinned.

Dick knew she was right, there was no way he'd be out in the field with that knife wound, so he carefully leaned over and gave his sister a hug. Before the twins left their embrace, Reiena looked over Dick's should at Bruce and he got the message. The billionaire also leaned in carefully and hugged his children, grateful that they were still with him. Soon enough visiting hours were over, and the two men had to leave Reiena there until morning.

"You can't get rid of us that easily Bruce." Reiena said as she watched her family head for the door.

Bruce only shook his head with a smirk and turned back toward the door.

"See you tomorrow, sis." Dick said as he grinned.

"Hey, take care of those bandages." Reiena said and her brother nodded.

Dick and Bruce headed out for the night, since Reiena just had major surgery to save her life.

"Once Superman hears about this, Luthor is so going to get it." Reiena said to herself and with that, she fell asleep to get some well-deserved rest.


Okay, so I finally finished this, but I hope Mala isn't too mad at me, especially when I start my next story. It was her idea, and well, I did such a good job with getting one of my characters to meet some of her. This next story is going to be super ASTEROUS.