AN: I apologize for the wait, been busy with school, work, etc. But I'm going to try and keep track with a daily schedule, though the next chapter may not be up for a few days, again sorry for that. Thanks for the support, please let me know how you're liking the story or even not liking it, both helps for a better story. The Arrow is coming soon I promise, but other than that, Enjoy ^_^

Familiar Faces

Batman takes a deep breath and bends his knees slightly, allowing his cape to fall over his shoulders and cover his body before unleashing several batarangs at the group of assassins. The assassins each swatted away the batarangs with their various arsenal of weapons before charging at Batman.

Batman throws down several smoke pellets before the assassins reach him and uses his grappling gun to propel himself upward to the second level of the warehouse. As he jumps over the railing to the second level he is met by a dual knife wielding assassin, the assassin throws himself at Batman, unleashing a flurry of slashes in which Batman parries with palm strikes.

Another assassin comes from behind and tries to catch Batman off guard but failed as Batman turns quickly and delivers a back-handed fist to the assassin's face and a front kick to his chest, pushing the assassin back as Batman went back to dual knife wielding assassin and delivers a vicious round house kick, making the assassin fall over the railing.

Batman looks around to survey the situation before using his gauntlet to block an incoming arrow. Batman turns to the assassin that had tried to sneak behind him to see he was charging at him again, Batman blocks the assassin's punches and kicks before delivering several palm strike to the assassins face, disorienting him before sending a final side-step kick to his jaw, knocking him out.

Another arrow goes flying at Bruce in which he leans to the right to avoid before gliding back down to the first level. As he rises, an assassin sends a kick to Batman's chest, sending Batman backwards toward a sword wielding assassin. Batman uses his backward momentum to duck under the assassin's swing and roll him him to the ground, breaking his arm before catching an arrow aimed at his head.

Batman sees the bow wielding assassin on top of some crates and before he could shoot another arrow, Batman uses his grappling gun on the assassin's bow and gives it a violent pull, causing the assassin to fall several feet and crashing on top of a wooden crate.

Batman then gets drop kicked in the back, causing him to lose balance for a moment before turning and using his cape to disorient the assassin and delivers a right uppercut to knock him out. Batman turns around to meet a nunchaku wielding assassin in which Batman uses his gauntlets to block the weapon.

As Batman blocks the flurry of attacks by the nunchaku wielding assassin, Batman turns and throws a batarang at the ground where a another group of assassins made their way toward him. The batarang beeped a couple of seconds before exploding, sending the group of assassins flying to the ground.

Batman leans backwards to evade the nunchaku before grabbing the assassin and headbutting him, the assassin falling to the ground from the force of the hit. Batman makes sure that more wasn't left before turning and catching another arrow, this one smaller than a regular arrow. He looks his assailant and sees a familiar face.

"Talia..." Batman says in shock.

Talia al Ghul stood before Batman with a smile while holding up her handheld crossbow.

"Hello Beloved, or should I be calling you "Detective" now?"

Construction Site...

Robin used his Escrima sticks to block the assassin's scimitar before barrel rolling out of harms way. Dick had bend badly wounded, full of cuts and blood while the assassins didn't have a scratch on them as if they were playing with him.

Robin connected his Escrima sticks to make a staff and charged at the tomahawk wielding assassin in which the assassin simply knocks the staff out of the vigilante's hands before delivering a slash to Robin's inner thigh, making him fall to the ground in pain.

Robin pushes himself backward to a set of crates, blood smearing on the floor. Before Robin could reach into his utility belt, a throwing knife goes into his hand and an assassin then kicks Robin across the face, blood spitting out of the Boy Wonder's mouth.

As Robin gasped for air, the three assassins looked down at the boy. The sword carrying assassin pulls an arrow from his fellow assassin's quiver and headed toward Robin before being stopped by his fellow assassin.

"Are you sure we should go against the Mistress' orders?" The bow wielding assassin asked.

"You know of our direct orders from the Heir, we are to sent a message. What is a better message than torture?" The sword wielding assassin said before plunging the arrow into Robin's leg, cause him to yell in pain.

Warehouse...

Batman hesitated for a moment before realizing right now, she is an enemy.

"I don't have time for this Talia, you sent your men after Robin, they're going to KILL him." Batman says his voice serious and raspy.

"I assure you Beloved, your ward is safe. Minor bruises at the most." Talia reassured.

"Then what do you want. Why go through this set up to split us apart?"

"My father requests your presence at Nanda Parbat."

"So you went by murdering innocent lives to grab my attention..." Batman said angrily.

"Would you have come otherwise Bruce?" Talia replies, her tone serious as well.

"Master Bruce!" Alfred yelled through Batman's comm, Batman turning his head slightly and holding his finger to his ear, "Master Dick's vitals are at critical! You must go NOW!"

Batman's eyes widened before looking at Talia with rage filled eyes.

"You lied!" Batman gritted, Talia looking taken aback at Batman's sudden rage.

Batman pressed a button his his gauntlet and the Batmobile busted through the warehouse's wall as Batman jumps inside of the vehicle while moving and speeds off.

Construction Site...

Robin was enduring several punches from the tomahawk and bow assassins as the sword wielding assassin watched. The sword wielding assassin gestured his fellow assassins to halt, Robin barely conscious after what he endured.

As the two assassins stepped back, Robin started laughing faintly. The sword wielding assassin stood curious.

"What's so funny boy? Laughing at your coming death?"

"Heh...no...I'm laughing at...how hard you're about to get your asses kicked..." Robin said faintly.

The assassin was amused at Robin's words before hearing the sound of an engine. The assassin turns around to see the Batmobile crash through the wall. The sword wielding assassin rolls out of the vehicle's way as it speeds toward the tomahawk and bow wielding assassin and drifts into a stop in front of Robin, the tale end crashing into the bowman sending him flying into a stack of crates as the tomahawk assassin rolls out of the way.

The tomahawk gets back to his feet and slowly walks toward the Batmobile as the cockpit opens. He looks inside, about to strike when he sees no one was inside. Suddenly, a bat-shaped shadow casts upon the assassin, making him look up as he sees Batman gliding down and delivering a hard punch to the assassin's jaw, dislocating it.

Batman makes his way around to Robin, who was in bad shape as he saw an arrow and a throwing knife sticking out of him. Batman crouches in front of Robin as he inspects his injuries.

"Took you long enough..." Robin joked.

"Take a deep breath." Batman said, Robin doing so as he pulls the arrow out of his leg, Robin's yell echoing through the building.

Before Batman could take the knife out, another throwing knife flies toward Batman in which Batman uses his gauntlet to bat away as he sees the sword wielding assassin standing tall.

"Ah, your reputation precedes you, Al-Xu'ffasch. I'll be honored to take your lif-"

The assassin's words stops as he suddenly falls to the ground to reveal Talia, who had put an arrow in his back. Batman turned his attention back to Robin as he pulled the knife out. Batman reaches into his utility belt and pulls out a vile of liquid.

"Oh no...not that..." Robin complained

"It will stop the infection." Batman said as he poured the liquid on both wounds, Robin screaming again.

Talia walks toward Batman who now had Robin in his arms.

"I assure you, I knew not of their treachery." Talia says sympathetically before hearing sirens.

"Alfred, send the Batwing to retrieve Robin and get him to the paramedics. I'm going to use the Batmobile to distract GCPD." Batman says.

"And what about you sir?" Alfred asked on the comm.

Batman placed Robin down on a table and stood him up, giving him a beacon to use for the Batwing, Robin nodding his head and holding his ribs before Batman made his way back to the Batmobile and placed it on autopilot. As the Batmobile speeds off, Batman walks toward Talia.

"I want to see Ra's. NOW."

Nanda Parbat...

Several hours pass before Batman finally makes his way inside of a place that he had once called home. A place where he found a new family, even though it was full of lies. Batman made his way into a torch-lit room that was full of assassins, and in front of him was Ra's al Ghul, standing in front of his throne beside Talia.

An assassin walks in front of Batman from the crowd.

"Kneel before the Demon's Hea-"

His words stopped as Batman nonchalantly punches the assassin in the nose, causing him to kneel in pain as Batman keeps walking toward Ra's, Talia amused at what had happened. Batman was stopped by two more assassins as Ra's gestured the two to stand down.

Bruce pulls back his cowl as Ra's turned around. Ra's looked down at Bruce and Nyssa looked at his costume and saw it as amusing before Ra's walked down toward him.

"Welcome back Al-Xu'ffasch-"

"That's not my name." Bruce interrupts, Ra's amused at Bruce's authority.

"Well Bruce," Ra's corrected, "I'm sure my daughter told you why you are here. This is one last offer on the plans made a long time ago."

"You nearly killed Robin..."

"Yes, I assure you those weren't under my orders. They deserve to die for defying me, but the deaths of the people of Gotham are very much of my orders."

"I won't be apart of your schemes Ra's, and I won't let you keep killing the people of my city."

"That's unfortunate. Right now my plans are going accordingly."

"What!?"

"That's right Bruce, the world will be cleansed of it's evil. The world can no longer sustain the atrocities of man, therefore, man must be wiped clean for there to be balance. This is the duty of the League of Assassins."

"You're mad Ra's! You're talking about killing millions of innocent people!"

"You and I both no not all of these people are innocent Bruce."

"These people can change Ra's, given time-"

"Time is up, Bruce." Ra's interrupts, "You were like a son to me, I want you to be by my side and lead this world through my absence."

"What!?" Nyssa interrupts, "But Father, I am your heir! This outsider is not worthy of-"

"Hold your tongue Nyssa!" Ra's commanded, Nyssa defiantly doing so.

"Come back with us Bruce, this is your last offer."

Bruce stepped toward Ra's, but only inches from each other.

"I will stop you." Bruce simply says.

Ra's smirks at Bruce before walking back to his throne, Talia following with disappointment on her face. Bruce presses a button on his gauntlet before Ra's turns to look at Bruce and giving the command,

"Take him!"

Bruce pulls his cowl back over his face and throws down some flash pellets as the surrounding assassins charge him. As the light clears, the ceiling explodes to reveal a jet-like vehicle, known as the Batwing, shining a bright light down as Batman uses his grappling gun flies upward towards it.

The Batwing flies off at amazing speeds, it's engine roaring as Ra's and the rest of the League watch it disappear into the night.