Batman took advantage of the momentary distraction to put his sword against Ra's' throat. He looked at Ra's, "Well, look at that. You've been working on your strength, now, haven't you?"

Ra's looked closer at the boy, "What…?" Although the sword had passed through Dick, no blood came. The boy had hardly even flinched. Then Ra's eyes widened as Dick disappeared altogether. Comprehension dawned on his face, as well as a hint of admiration, "Well played, Detective, well played."

Moments before, when Batman had helped Wally to his feet, he slipped him a note, which read, "Get him out of here. Ra's must not know."

Wally had pulled Zatanna out of the room, told her what she had to do, and shot back inside. While Batman kept Ra's distracted, Wally got Dick free and carried him out. The same moment, Zatanna finished her incantation, which created an exact image of how Dick looked moment before. All this happened in seconds; Ra's didn't suspect a thing.

Wally took Dick outside, where the fight was over. The intervention of the league had ended the battle within seconds. He headed for the bioship, where he met M'gann, who was being tended to by Martian Manhunter. Superboy was standing next to her. He nodded as Wally came in, taking in the sight of the unconscious boy in his arms.

Wally took Dick to a bed that had appeared at the back of the bioship, laying him down. Dick's eyes suddenly fluttered open, taking in his new surroundings. He saw Wally and mumbled, "Hey man… Long time… no see…" before drifting off again.

Superman and Zatara entered the bioship. Wally took a step back as Zatara began healing the worst of Dick's wounds.

"Where's Batman?" Superman asked.

"Inside. Are you going to help him?" Wally replied.

"What do you think he told me to do?" Superman muttered.

"Stay here," Wally growled in a bad impersonation of Batman's voice.

The two's soft laughter stopped abruptly as Batman himself walked into the bioship, heading straight for Dick. Zatanna ran up and stood beside Wally, gripping his arm tightly, "Is he going to be alright?" she whispered.

"Ow, Zee. Your dad didn't say anything, but he's Rob-uh… Dick Grayson, right? He'll pull through."

Superman nodded with a small, proud smile as he pushed Dick's hair off his forehead, "He'll always pull through."

It was dark when Dick opened his eyes.

"Ah, the prodigal son returns to earth. Good evening, Master Richard."

"Hey, Alfie," Dick mumbled, as he tried to sit up, but was pushed back down, "What year is it?"

A laugh emanated from the shadows, "It's 2032, mate. Say hello to the new Batman," A cowled figure stepped out, walking menacingly towards Dick until he suddenly tripped on the cape and fell flat,

"Crap. My nose!"

"Master Wallace, I really must object. If you insist on parading around wearing that, I suggest you do it elsewhere where there is little chance of falling into bottomless chasms."

Dick started laughing, but that quickly turned into a bout of coughs and ended in a groan.

"It seems laughing is out of the question, for the few days."

"Where's Bruce?"

"Here," came a voice, as another figure walked out from the shadows, and this time, the real Batman came a stood beside Dick, placing a hand on his forehead. The touch was so light, Dick could barely feel it through the bandages, "How are you feeling?"

"Lousy," Dick replied, giving a weak grin to his mentor, "But I'll manage."

Batman smiled, "I'm sure you will, son. Now Wally, did you know that what you're playing with has a timed self-destruct mechanism if it's taken by someone other than the usual hands?"

"Crap."

There's an epilogue that I'll put up in a few. :) Hope you like how it's ending.