I'm sorry for the delay, and if this seems melodramatic. We've recently suffered a tragic loss in the family, and I felt this urge to write. So write I did.

The bioship was under camouflage. But an army of Ra's acolytes were staring at them, with a variety of weapons.

-I'm on my way– commed Batman.

Inside the Cradle, Ra's was watching the confrontation on video screens. "See, young bird, your father doesn't even bother to come here to fetch you, he chooses to send his posse of second-rate sidekicks."

But Dick couldn't hear him.

"WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?" Wally yelled, vibrating in anger.

"Wally, please calm down," M'gann pleaded from the back.

Aqualad stoop up and faced Wally. "Kid Flash, if you don't calm down, I will force you to stay in the bioship. ALONE."

The bioship remained quiet for a few seconds while Wally managed to calm himself down, "Okay… okay. Why are we waiting?"

Aqualad turned away, looking back at the army of acolytes, "We're waiting. For Batman."

But they didn't give them the gift of time. One acolyte fired a shot, and so the volley of shots began.

"M'gann! Evasive manoeuvres! Now!" Aqualad shouted as they strapped themselves in.

"Superboy! Use your X-Ray vision, find another entrance!" Wally said.

"… There. 30 metres behind the army. Hidden by a dune, that's… not actually… a dune." Superboy replied.

"Figures," Artemis muttered.

"Why is everything always so deceptive," Superboy grumbled.

Wally stood up again, "Aqualad, let me out over there. Just let me into that… place. You know I can get in and out in twenty seconds. Just let me try. I can locate Di - Grayson."

Aqualad looked him in the eye," You are not going in there alone."

Wally felt his temper boiling over again –

"I will go with you."

"What?"

"You cannot do this alone."

"I can try. But the reason I'm choosing to go is because I'm fast enough-"

"You are NOT going alone – "

"YOU-ARE-NEEDED-HERE-I-CANT-EVEN-CARRY-YOU - "

"YOU ARE NOT GOING ALONE AND THAT IS FINAL– "

"Then let me go with him," Zatanna cut in softly.

Wally was vibrating again, "Look-the-longer-we-take-here-Dick's-life-is-in-danger-this-is-Ra's-al-GHUL-for-christ's-sake-we-are-wasting-time-just-"

"Fine, " Aqualad said, pinching the bridge of his nose, "Go. Don't make me regret this action, Kid Flash."

"I won't," said Kid Flash grimly, as he picked up Zatanna and jumped through the opening M'gann had opened up in the bioship floor.

There was silence in the ship, which was cut by Artemis, " Did anyone notice that he called him Dick, or was that just me? Seems more than just a camp friends to me."

"I heard that too. This Richard Grayson... You mentioned it earlier, but I didn't pay as much attention to the weight of your words then. Bruce Wayne has the entire Justice League looking for this boy… The Batman is… especially concerned, but Robin's just flamboyantly solving a case in Gotham… Kid Flash's close friend? I am of the opinion that Kid Flash knows more about this boy than he is letting on."

I'm sorry, I know I've extended it to one more chapter… but yeah.