AN: Here's the second half of the last chapter, it just seemed too long to make one chapter, so this chapter might seem a bit short as well. Please review for both chapters thank you.


Robin could not believe his luck! These guys at Future industries were extremely gullible. Robin let out his signature cackle as he dropped two smoke pellets to the floor blinding everyone in the room. Quickly picking them up, No need for any of these guys to reverse engineer any of Bat's tech, Robin hopped on the table and pulled himself into the ventilation system. Robin-sized for your convenience, he joked to himself and began to crawl in a random direction he thought back to his completely asterous acting back in the interrogation room.

Dick had agreed to show Brandwein how to work his belt and the fool had brought it right to him. The first thing he had done is opened the pouch containing his extra pair of sunglasses. This pouch had a simple latch that Brandwein had admitted to being able to open. He put on the sunglasses after explaining to the disappointed businessman that there was nothing special about these glasses. The next pouch he had opened contained his holo-gloves which he once again proclaimed were nothing special.

At this point Brandwein had demanded that Dick show him something more advanced. Dick had smiled slipping on his gloves and placing the belt over his shoulder. He simultaneously slipped completely into his Robin persona, and Robin only smiled as he performed his Gotham-famous disappearing act.

Now crawling through the vents, Robin was disappointed to find that there were no computer access terminals inside the shafts. Thinking back to his world, he wondered why villains even bothered with that in the first place. Luckily, no alarms had gone off, and Robin thanked whatever being had blessed him with this gift. Unfortunately, Robin still needed to know how to get out of this building, which meant he needed a computer. Thus, he was forced into stopping at every vent covering in hopes of spotting an unmanned computer or possibly the server room.

Coming up to the next vent, Robin placed his hand on the shaft which creaked as he did so. Crap, it's loose, I can't get across. The Boy-Wonder was calculating his options when a woman came through the vent from the other direction. Seeing him must have startled her, because she lurched upwards hitting her head on the vent's ceiling. In her pain, she failed to notice the loose tile in front of her and placed all her weight on the traitorous vent. The piece tore away from the rest of the vent, and the woman screamed as she fell. Instinctively, Robin reached out to catch her and pulled her onto the structurally sound portion of the vent.

"I'm fine. Just got a little startled." The woman said to no one in particular while sending Robin a thankful look.

So she has friends, Robin thought.

"No. I'm close to the server room. I just have to attach this little box right?" The woman continued. The sounds of people coming to the broken vent reached his ears. He quickly pulled the woman around the corner, and instinctively covered her mouth.

"Nothin'." A man's voice rang out after a moment. "He's probably long gone by now. Keep searchin'."

Robin waited a few moments to be certain the coast was clear before removing his hand from the woman's mouth.

"I'll meet you guys at the rendezvous." The woman whispered softly.

Robin moved out of the way to let her past, and the woman continued on at a much faster pace. Robin followed her. She must know the way out, and she was headed to the server room. It was a double win.

If the woman was uncomfortable with her new follower, she certainly didn't show it. She never increased her pace and paused only briefly at a few turns, most likely trying to remember the way. After a few minutes, the woman stopped at a vent and kicked it out, gracefully landing on the floor below. Robin was impressed as he quickly followed suit.

The woman held out a small black box, unsure of what to do with it. Robin immediately recognized the technology, and grabbed it from her had. She started to protest until Robin attached it to the server as it was supposed to be. He discreetly attached his own bug onto the box that would allow him to tap into the device later, just in case.

Robin again followed her out of the server room, into the hallways taking note of how she was following the same path she had taken in the vents. Turning into the room with the broken vent, they were met by a lone security guard, who was obviously unprepared for a fight of any kind. Robin vaulted over a desk using the woman in front of him as a makeshift springboard, flipping in the air and delivering a hard kick to the security guard's face, knocking the man out instantly. Old habits die hard. He proudly smiled at the woman who was frozen in awe at the move he had just demonstrated.

Shouts of more guards sent both of them running, Robin once again falling in step behind the woman. Glancing behind him he saw five guards hot on their tail, and pushed the pace faster. Another corner revealed an Exit, and a man blocking it. Although, Robin noticed, This man seemed to be edging them on and willing them to go faster.

A van pulled up behind the man and Robin's impromptu partner raced for it. Within seconds both she and the other man had jumped into the back of the van. Robin paused, skeptical about jumping into a van with strangers and not sure if he'd be welcome anyways. Looking back at the five guards racing towards them, Robin considered taking them on. He had no doubt he could take five men, but he didn't know how fast others would follow, and contrary to popular belief, Robin could not defeat a small army by himself.

Before Robin could make his decision, he was wrenched from his spot and into the van. The van skidded away to safety. Robin was impressed by the computer system that lined the walls of the van. Obviously these people had a skilled hacker on this team of theirs. Robin once again placed a bug on the console he was leaning against. He should have access to the system within minutes.

"That was almost a disaster." The woman said breaking the silence.

"Heave on the dis." Robin added out of habit.

"Parker, what's with the kid." The man from earlier pointed at Robin. Robin in turn raised his hands in a mock surrender; a not so innocent smirk plastered on his face.

"He saved me twice back there, and those men would have pulverized him." Robin gave a grunt in protest to her comment. "We couldn't just leave him behind."

"What is this I'm hearing about a kid in my van?" Another new voice called from the drivers seat. A young African man looked over the back of the drivers seat and sighed. "Aw man. Nate are you hearing this?" There was a quick pause, probably where this "Nate" person answered. "We're on our way." The driver spoke again.

Robin settled into a seated position in the corner of the van. Now that his adrenaline levels were slowly declining, Robin turned a more thoughtful eye to his new kidnappers. Robin was not naive, these people were obviously criminals no matter how nice they seemed and he doubted they were going to just let him walk away.

The woman, Parker, as she had been identified, strongly reminded him of Artemis, with her long blond hair and defiant attitude. Robin assumed that she was the thief and grease-man of the team based on the abilities she had demonstrated earlier. The man sitting opposite Robin reminded him of Conner. He had long brown hair and was extremely muscular. He was probably the hit-man of the team. Finally, the driver. He had claimed the van to be his, and from Robin's brief glance of him the man didn't seem overly muscular. He must be the hacker. Robin assumed that "Nate" was the leader from the way the hacker had talked to him, but he couldn't be sure until he met the man.

The hitter stared at Robin with clear distrust in his eyes. Robin smiled at him, knowing it would probably annoy the man, before staring out at nothing for the rest of the drive.