The Talk
Wayne Tower...
Alfred had just got through stitching Bruce up when the elevator opened up to the suite of Wayne Tower. Out of it came Felicity, Oliver, Roy and Dick who had another set of crutches now.
"Ollie, Roy," Bruce said as he walked up to them and shakes their hands, "Ms. Smoak." He says, taking her hand and shooting her a smile.
"I thank you for coming on short notice. This place has almost everything that the manor had and it should suffice until this passes. I apologize for having you come out of Starling."
"We have Diggle there running things while we're away." Oliver says, "Besides, anything to help a friend. Especially with the League."
"What does the League want here anyways?" Roy asked.
Dick and Alfred looked at Bruce as he walks over to the glass door overlooking the balcony and Gotham.
"You were in the League, weren't you?" Oliver asked, Felicity and Roy looking at Oliver shocked at his question before looking toward Bruce.
"Yes. I was." Bruce simply says, Felicity and Roy shocked.
"That was where you went for 10 years? Where you learned to fight?" Oliver asked.
"No. It was my last destination before I returned to Gotham." Bruce said, still peering out into the city.
"So, you've killed people?" Felicity asked.
"No! God no." Bruce said, turning around to address her, "I left before I took my first life."
"Is that why they're after you now?" Oliver asked.
"No. It's much more complicated than that-"
"Did you know Sara?" Felicity interrupted.
Bruce paused before answering the question, " I did. She was a good friend and a great warrior. She was my first battle upon entering the League. I visited her grave on my way out of Starling last year."
"Wait, how did you know she was..." Felicity started.
"Sara and I kept up with each other. She would visit Gotham and I would run into her on patrol from time-to-time." Bruce answered, "It was hard to imagine her life being taken. She always seemed-"
"Invincible." Oliver finished.
"She spoke of you a lot, both in the League and out. Her love for you was undeniable." Bruce announced, a small smile hovering over Oliver's face.
"So that means you know Merlyn too." Roy added.
"That's correct." Bruce said, not going into detail about his connection with Merlyn.
"The brunette in the catsuit, the one you saved from my arrow," Oliver said, breaking the silence, Bruce shooting him a look, "who is she?"
Bruce looked at Alfred, who gave him an approving nod, "Her name is Talia al Ghul."
"Al Ghul? As in a relative of Ra's al Ghul?" Felicity asked.
"His daughter. Nyssa's sister. And once the love of my life." Bruce answered.
The confession had everyone short for breath, Bruce not surprised at their reactions.
"Did you know about all of this?" Roy asked Dick.
"Hey, I'm surprised the man can love at all, let alone him being an ex part-time assassin." Dick answered.
"It was something I only told Alfred, a past that I did not want to bring up. But that's not the point, Ra's has a plan that involves mass murder and I must stop it." Bruce said, as he pressed a button under the nearby office desk.
A glass case rises from the center of the room to reveal a batsuit. As Bruce starts to walk toward it before being stopped by Felicity.
"What do you think you're doing? You're injured and not fit to fight the League in your condition."
"We must bring the fight to the League. As we speak, Ra's is arming almost a dozen nuclear missles and is aiming them at various cities around the planet. That's his plan, to wipe out humanity and start anew, he sees humanity unfit for this world."
As Bruce turns, he is met by Oliver, blocking the way of his suit.
"You should listen to her and sit this out Bruce. We'll handle the League." Oliver says.
"If memory serves, the last time you met Ra's head on you were stabbed in the chest and kicked off a cliff. The only unfit person I see here is you Olliver." Bruce says, Oliver glaring at Bruce who returned the look.
"Uh oh." Dick said to the side.
Alfred and Felicity broke the two up before fists started flying.
"Sir, may I speak with you for a moment?" Alfred asked, Bruce following him away from the group.
"Master Bruce, if the League is every bit as dangerous as you have told me they were, you would be in good mind to do as Master Queen says."
"You know I can't sit this out Alfred. Not with so many people's lives are at stake."
"Then at least come up with a plan Master Bruce, going in on such short notice won't do anyone any good. Not even the World's Greatest Detective."
Bruce took a moment to think about it, "You're right."
Bruce and Alfred walked back to the others as they get out of what looked like a group huddle of their own as Oliver walks up to Bruce.
"We thought about what you said, and if what you've said is true then we are going to need much more than a plan."
"Then what do you suggest Mr. Queen." Bruce asks.
Oliver looks at Felicity and Roy for a moment before answering his question.
"We're going to need a League of our own."