Dick woke slowly head pounding with the beat of his heart and groaned when a light turned on above him. Blue eyes opened taking in the fact that he was alone in a rundown room ties to a chair so tightly that he could barely feel his hands. Fear and dread bubbled up in his throat as he looked around slowly trying to figure out where he was or at least hoping to see Roy and Ann. The only thing that the room told him was that wherever he was was probably one of the many rundown buildings that sat slowlt decomposing from neglect. He jumped in his chair when the door opened and Roy was thrown into the room at his feet.

"Roy?" he called out as the door was slammed shut.

The teen groaned rolling onto his side, body shaking as he began to cough to the point where he couldn't breath. Dick looked between the door and his fallen friend wanting to know where his sister was in this strange place.

"Roy?" Dick asked again when Roy could catch his breath. "You alright?"

"Yeah... yeah I'm good." Roy answered voice hoarse. "You alright?"

"My head.. Do you know where Ann is?"

"She's not with you?"

Dick shook his head closing his eyes for a moment against the pain that suddenly wreaked havoc on his mind. Roy shifted so that he was sitting up looking around the room and testing his bounds to see if he could loosen them. The younger of the two looked to his friend his suit was ripped as was the shirt beneath though the thing that Dick really noticed was the red angry cut that bled freely on his forehead.

"This is bad." Roy muttered to himself looking around once more.

They were silent for a moment listening to the sounds around them when the silence was broken. A scream filled the room that was suddenly cut short leaving the two boys in a shocking silence. Seconds later the door flew open and one of the men came in dragging a small body behind him by the arm.

"Ann!" Dick shouted as his sister laid on the floor unmoving.

"You'll pay for that." Roy growled glaring at the man.

Laughing the guy grinned at Roy before grabbing Dick, "Yeah right kid."

"Put him down."

"One more word kid and your little friend will be worse off than the girl."

Roy growled holding back hos words, locking eyes with Dick whose blue eyes stared back at him. The fear reflecting in those sky blue orbs had Roy wishing that he could do more than just sit there bound on the floor. With a smile the guy dragged Dick out of the room closing the door behind him leaving Roy with an unconscious little girl. Looking around, the teenager dragged himself over to the girl who laid on the floor unmoving still which concerned him.

"Ann?" he asked once he was close. "Ann?"

There was no response from her as he looked her over noting that her left arm was dislocated and that there was a cut on her forehead above her right eye.

"What the hell did they do to you?" Roy asked the anger rising within.

"Who would take the kids like that?" Oliver Queen asked of Bruce as they entered Wayne Manor after their interview with the Commissioner.

"I don't know but I'm going to find out." Bruce said striding over to the grandfather clock.

"The Batman going after someone for the sake of someone else." Oliver smirked following after the Bat quickly.

"Some things do change, Oliver. Or should I say Green Arrow."

"Either or I'm both really. And you know that the others want to meet those two."

Bruce nodded ignoring that last statement, "I'll start tracking them but there's one thing I'd like to know."

"What's that?"

"When did Roy become your partner, Speedy?"

Oliver froze at that having thought that no one even the Bat had known about Roy since they had only just started working as a team. Even though the kid would sometimes go off on his own without telling him anything about his private missions. Looking over to Bruce he was met with those piercing blue eyes that seemed to see through everyone and everything.

Roy sat in a corner of the room farthest from the door with both twins shivering on either side; each roughed up from strange encounters with whatever these people wanted. All the times he had been kidnapped before all they wanted was money but the Green Arrow always came for him in a timely manner. And now being in Gotham he wondered if Oliver would be able to come get them with Dark Knight or if he had to get them out of this himself.

"Think it's time move them kids yet?" he heard a voice as k from the other side of the door.

"Not yet da Boss is workin' on getting' our money." another answered loudly. "Now's all we gotta do is sit back and wait."

"Wha' bout the Bat?"

"What's da Bat gonna do? He don't even know where we're at."

"Right. Right."

"If ya want somethin' to do then go ready dem kids for da Boss."

Hearing laughter and shuffling of feet Roy gently moved the twins so as to place himself between them and the door. Even tied up there was no way that he was letting these guys near them again not after how they had been returned the last time. The door opened slowly revealing the men that had been tormenting them for the last four or so hours of their unwanted stay.

"What'sa matter kid?" the lead one who was bald asked him. "Ya scared?"

"Of a couple of low lives who kidnap kids no." Roy answered watching them closely.

The one to the left of Baldy laughed, "Ya think yer real funny don't cha kid?"

"Funnier than you."

Each man shared a look between them inching forward, Roy glanced around testing the rope on his wrists once more.

"Ya think yer better than us kid." the third with the bad eye said. "Yer nothing but a street rat taken in by Queen like them two brats were taken in by Wayne."

Roy was silent as the men laughed a smirk on his face as he glanced back at the twins who were now awake and alert. Those blue eyes of theirs were wide yet there was something in their gaze that was more than fear like they were calculating something.

"Now let's have some fun kiddies." Baldy told them advancing forward.

Roy moved without thinking, throwing himself at the man tugging the rope from his wrists until it snapped freeing him. Tackling Baldy to the ground, the teenager found himself resorting to the street fighting style he had grown up using all his life until Oliver took him in. Dick and Ann sat back in the corner watching Roy fight before Dick darted forward to help his new friend quietly. The boy hit the man in the side as he grabbed Roy around the throat meaning to choke the boy.

"Damn kid." Baldy yelled as his friend threw Dick aside only to be attacked by Ann.

The little girl fought like her brother but was held back by the injuries she had suffered before and after their kidnapping. The men threw her off Baldy, who then grabbed Roy throwing him down laughing as the boy's head bounced off the floor. Blood dripped down from his hairline to the floor, his eyes became unfocused as he looked around.

"Had enough now kiddo?" Baldy asked.

"What do you people want?" Dick asked huddled beside Ann once more.

"Oh nothin' except a few thousand dollars kid."

"Boss won't be happy about this." Bad Eye told Baldy looking at the three kids.

"Like I care. They deserve it."

Baldy laughed grabbing Roy by the hair laughing at the boy as he bled with no remorse or any kind emotion. Throwing Roy down again the man began to laugh harder at his work though it was cut short as the window shattered beside him. There were grunts and the sound of a fight going on on the other side of the door as Bad Eye hit the floor.

"What the?" Baldy asked stupidly looking around.

A black glove caught the man offguard knocking the man flat just as an arrow struck the third man in the gut. From the doorway, a man appeared in a green outfit holing a bow in his hand as another man melted out of the shadows.

"Roy?" the man in green asked quietly.

"The police are on their way." a gruff voice said. "Arrow, how's the boy?"

"Beat up but alive. How about your two?"

"They'll be alright."

Dick looked up at the Batman with a smile, sirens blared in the distance signaling the approach of the police. The twins just smiled knowing that the ordeal was almost over and that they would hopefully be going home very soon.

"Will Roy be alright?" Dick asked looking over to his friend.

"He'll be fine, kid." Green Arrow answered with a grin. "He's strong."

"He protected us." Ann spoke softly.

"I know."

Green Arrow could only smile proudly at the boy cradled in his arms before he gently picking him up in order to carry him out. The twins stood on shaking legs with Batman close by as they made their way out of the building slowly. Unlike Roy they could walk and they didn't think that Batman would carry them anyway when they were at least somewhat fine. Outside there was a flurry of movement and people who watched the police and emergency personnel move toward the apartment. Green Arrow gave Roy over to the EMTs while Dick and Ann went off with another pair as the two heroes disappeared. Knowing that soon they'd get to go home, the twins just smiled relaxing slightly despite their injuries during the time they had spent with the men. But now they were going home and they had a new friend. One they knew they could trust like an older brother.