Chapter Three

Ruins of Ķavaķtuķ, Alaska; Thirty Minutes Later

He hated coming to this place and seeing the strength that his father had been capable of, but he also missed his soul mate and was saddened by the fact that Orin never got to know her. The hometown to Kirima Anernerk was destroyed when Orin was just an infant by the original Black Manta. After being betrayed by Kaldur'ahm, Black Manta wanted revenge and he KNEW about Kirima. The Atlantean villain decimated the town and killed Kirima as she fought hard to protect it.

"I am sorry that I was not here to help you fight my father." Kaldur said as he stood at a beautiful grave marker. "Your grandsons are growing stronger every day, and I wish you could have met your daughter in law, but you would already know how she is as she embodies much of her mother, Reiena."

Just then, his comm activated. "Kaldur'ahm, this is Prince Mierco, Atlantis needs your help, or more so your son and grandsons need your help."

"What has happened Prince Mierco?" Kaldur asked, and the anger along with fear was present in his voice.

"Your brother attacked the city and his goal was to take them. He used me as leverage to get Orin'ahm to surrender."

"Orin would have either way if Jason and Bruce were already captured." Kaldur told the prince.

"Mother, Marina, and Garth are all unconscious and Garth's injuries are the worst, he may be in a coma." Mierco told Atlantis' champion.

"I will be there soon, I must tell Areina, I am sure that she will want to come with me." Kaldur said.

"Very well, I will see you soon." Mierco said, and with that the call was ended.

Kaldur'ahm sighed. "I had better tell her in person."

With that, Kaldur activated his mother box and headed for the Batcave.

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Batcave

Bruce Wayne was in front of the Batcomputer as usual and he was keeping an eye on the radiation levels as Batman, Batgirl and Robin were in a fight with Blight himself; and Red Bird was on her way there as she had finally gotten the fire contained. A familiar sound filled the cave and Bruce turned a bit to see a boom tube open up and Kaldur'ahm came walking through.

"Apologies for arriving unannounced, Bruce; but I must speak to Areina." Kaldur said.

"She's on a mission, but I've got her on the comm link now." Bruce said as he turned his full attention back to the computer.

"Areina, can you hear me?" Kaldur said as he walked over and stood beside Bruce.

"Kaldur, what are you doing in the Batcave?" Red Bird said back.

"I have some dreadful news, and I am sure that you will want to go on this mission with me." Kaldur started; then he let out a sigh. "I just heard from Prince Mierco in Atlantis…Orin and the twins have been captured by my brother."

"WHAT!" Red Bird shouted back.

"Red, if you have to leave then go." Batman said through the link.

"I'm right here, Ter, I'll help you guys take down Blight, then I'm going after Manta II." Red Bird said.

The microphone was turned off and Bruce looked at Kaldur. "This isn't going to be good."

"How so, Bruce?" Kaldur asked as he noticed Bruce let out a breath.

"The last time Areina was this upset was the night of her eighteenth birthday."

"Her eighteenth birthday….that was when Dick was captured and tortured by Drow." Kaldur said as he thought back to that time.

"Not only did she take down King from the Royal Flush Gang in three moves, but she also burned one half of Drow's head, scarring him." Bruce informed the original team leader.

"This will not end well for Blight then…will it?" Kaldur questioned.

"No." Bruce answered.

Out in Gotham

"I've had it with Bats and birds, I WILL destroy this area, and you will all die." Blight shouted as he fired off a ball of radioactive energy that almost hit Robin, but a fireball quickly evaporated it.

"So, the fire brat is here at last. Did you have fun taking care of my little appetizer of destruction?" Blight stated.

"You really don't want to piss me off today, Blight…I'm FAR beyond the threshold on that one." Red Bird said.

"Like you can even touch me." Blight said; then he let out his usual deranged laugh.

"I don't care how 'hot' you think you are, tonight you're going down." Red Bird retorted while giving a perfect Batglare.

The second generation fire controller heated the air around her, and she was dodging all of Blight's attacks. As she got close, she was able to create a fire shield around herself and start swinging at Blight. By the time Blight knew what hit him; Red Bird had broken his jaw and right arm.

"Red Bird, enough." Robin said as he ran over and pulled Red Bird off of Blight before she did any more damage.

Batman checked on Blight, and he was unconscious. Batgirl got the special netting to contain Blight as well has his radioactivity and she flew off to take him to the commissioner.

Red Bird was still fighting to get out of Robin's grip, but soon enough she calmed down. "Alright, Damian; I'm calm."

"Head back to the cave, we'll handle things here. You and Kaldur need to get to Atlantis." Batman said as he walked over to the two other heroes with him.

"Save the boys and your husband; we'll handle Gotham till you get back." Robin said said; knowing what the boys and Orin meant to Areina.

"Tell Batgirl to be careful with Blight. I can't believe I did that." Red Bird said as she thought back to what happened.

"I will, now go save your family." Batman said.

Red Bird only nodded and with that she took off flying back to the Batcave.

"Good luck." Batman and Robin said at the same time.

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Black Manta II's Underwater Vessel

Orin was chained up very well and the twins were allowed to walk around in a small cell not far from him. The captive 23 year old year old Atlantean struggled to get free, but every move only seemed to tighten the chains.

"Don't worry boys; we'll get out of here before dad ever gets here." Orin told his sons.

"What does Manta want with us, and will Mera, Marina and Garth be okay; they were hurt really bad." Bruce stated.

"Isn't this grandpa's brother?" Jason asked, having heard the stories.

"You are correct….I hope I do not mess up which twin you are….Jason." Manta said as he came into the room.

"Oh my, they are even cuter than I thought." The woman at his side said as she walked over to the cell.

"Back off lady." Jason said; a batglare in his eyes.

"But you're so cute, I don't want to hurt you." The woman remarked.

"Dymond, let Psimon do what he has to, and I'm sure he can accommodate your need to dote on them as well." Manta said.

"You will NOT touch them." Orin shouted as he tried once more to get out of the chains.

"Dear nephew; you are in no position to stop me, Dymond or Psimon. Take him to his quarters." Manta said.

A couple of troopers arrived and drug Orin off to another part of the ship.

"DADDY." The boys shouted.

"So…these are Aqualad's grandsons…well not for long. Psimon says you will act the opposite of how you feel in your heart." A figure said as he came closer to the cell.

"We'll never…" Bruce said as he started to say, but his mind was stopped as he felt funny. The same thing was happening to Jason, and as soon as the hazy look in their eyes left; they smiled at Dymond.

"Can we have some pizza or something?" Jason asked in a sweet voice, but he soon changed his expression from one of happiness to one of anger. "What am I saying….you'd probably poison it?!"

"You're too sweet for me to want to kill." Dymond said as she got to into Jason's face.

"What are you saying Jay, she wouldn't do that. She seems nice." Bruce said in shock that Jason would think this nice looking lady would do anything like poison a couple of two year olds.

"Aren't you sweet…..I'm sorry I don't think I know your name." Dymond said.

"Bruce, and this is Jason; but what's your name?" Bruce asked.

"I'm Dymond; are you hungry Bruce?" She asked.

"YES." Bruce said with excitement.

"You take Bruce; I need some more time with Jason." Psimon said as he realized that between twins, there is always a troublemaker when the twins are the same gender.

"Yay, food." Bruce sang as Dymond carried him to another part of the ship.

"You really think you can change my mind?" Jason asked as he held his batglare.

"I can do anything to your mind I want to, but my orders are clear." Psimon said as he looked Jason right in his defiant eyes. "Simon says…lose the defiant attitude."

Jason seemed to go into another trance, but there was still a hint of defiance in him, so Psimon knew he had his work cut out for him.