Chapter Thirteen

How in fucks sake did you get yourself into this mess, Mercy? You're better than that. She thought as she gazed around at her fellow teammates- all of which, were pointing weapons, or glaring viciously at her. Ah. Right. I can't kill them. What I'm best at. She began to look around, bored, and her eyes wandered about the briefing room as she began to whistle a familiar tune.

"Raindrops." Robin said from the far corner of the room. Her eyes turned to him slowly as she continued to whistle. Her eyes looked wide and curious, gray and delighted. She didn't look perturbed in the slightest to be captured by the Team. Her own file up on the screen for them all to see, along with her Mother's, but her name seemed to be missing. "Nice." He commented as he continued to watch Mercy with an unreadable expression. But she could still see the hint of the ever-playful Robin in there. He wasn't as difficult to read as everyone thought.

She stopped whistling, and sighed loudly, almost obnoxiously, which caused the team to tense slightly. She was too relaxed for their liking.

Mercy jiggled the sad excuse for restraints Robin had placed on her, and they clacked obnoxiously.

"Don't even try it." Artemis growled as she jerked her arrow at Mercy. Mercy glanced over at Artemis, and smirked. She obviously didn't remember her.

Mercy gave a curt laugh, and Artemis glared even harder.

"You don't remember me, Arty? I'm sure Mr.and Mrs. Crock would be disappointed." Mercy's tone conveyed playfulness, but the words she spoke were nothing less than a pure threat. Artemis's eyes widened slightly, and then narrowed again. Artemis suddenly charged forwards, and pointed the arrow directly at Mercy's forehead.

Her teammates protested with screams and shouts, but her aim did not waiver as she threatened Mercy's life. Mercy just smiled, and giggled at Artemis's short temper.

"Oh, dear. Have I hit a sore spot?" Mercy continued to hold her cheerful tone, and she smiled wider. Robin thought she would begin to look like the Joker if she smiled any wider. Mercy slowly began to lean forwards towards the arrow.

Soon enough, she was leaning her forehead against it, her smile intact, and her eyes still cheery.

"You can't fire at point blank now can you, Arty?" Mercy said in a sing song voice. Artemis growled, and then with a swift movement, she pulled her weapon away from Mercy's forehead, and stormed away from the scene, and towards the common area, away from Mercy.

Perfect. Mercy thought to herself as she smirked, and leaned back again, still obnoxiously relaxed. Robin narrowed his eyes at her from the corner of the room he was standing in, and watched her carefully.

"You know," Mercy was gazing around the Cave again. They all narrowed their eyes at her this time. "You guys should really consider redecorating, it's quite-"She stopped speaking when the Zeta tubes announced a new arrival.

"Authorizing, Batman A-0-2, Black Canary A-1-3." Before anyone could move a muscle to greet their superiors, Batman strode forwards with a presence that frightened them all, even Robin, who was used to Batman's fearsome nature. Everyone, except Mercy, cowered in his wake as he parted the group before them, and approached Mercy, who greeted him with a broad smile.

"Hey, Bats. Mind letting me out?" She chirped, as she shook her hands behind her, causing the restraints to clack repulsively again. Batman narrowed his eyes at her, and gave a soft growl.

"I told you to put your ring back on before the team returned." He snarled as he glared down at Mercy, who continued to smile at him like they were good friends. Robin's eyebrows shot up, and the rest of the team began to look unsettled.

"I was reading. Got caught up in all of the wonderful things Luthor had to say about my Mommy and me." She sighed as she began to stand. The Team rose up their weapons, and Black Canary held out a hand at them.

"Stand down." She ordered, her tone almost as stern as Batman's. The Team stared at her bewildered, but they did she ordered, but slowly, unsure of why their leaders were acting so strangely.

"Your identity?" Batman questioned Mercy, as she made her way up to a standing position, only keeping her hands behind her back to settle the nervous Team.

"Secure. For now. I managed to delete the names off of the files before they 'restrained' me." She made quotation marks with her fingers behind her back, which Robin caught, and glared at.

"'Restrained?'" Robin sneered from the corner of the room. This remark earned him a strong Bat-glare. Robin became slightly more subdued, but his glare remained intact. He cleared his throat and looked away from his mentor.

Mercy smirked, and suddenly, the restrained clattered to the floor. The Team's eyes all grew at once, and Robin's jaw dropped as he took a few steps forwards. She slowly rose up her hands, and made the quotation marks again.

"Restrained." She taunted as she smirked at him, and then turned to face Batman. "Now, what were you saying?" She sighed. Batman glared at her.

"You should have been more careful, Eternal." Batman groveled as he walked past her towards the computers. Mercy rolled her eyes. They could see her real face now, so why should she continue being Eternal?

Kid Flash was the first to speak.

"Eternal? What?" He shouted as his jaw fell open.

Mercy glanced back at him and smirked as she reached towards her utility belt, and pulled out the little bird ring. Kid Flash's eyes followed her hand, and his eyes grew wide at the sight of the ring as she slipped it onto her finger, and her appearance changed before their eyes. Before they could say a word, she slipped it off, and placed it back in her belt.

"Courtesy of Zatara." She chirped. She certainly felt more comfortable in her own appearance, rather than the red headed Eternal. "Even though I appreciate the gift, I don't feel as… comfortable, in someone else's skin, so to speak." She finished as she turned back towards the computer with Batman.

"So who are you?" Superboy shouted. Black Canary shot a glare at him, but his fury did not waiver as Mercy, and Batman turned to him.

Mercy stared at him for a moment, and the rest of the room waited in silence. She then looked up at Batman, and raised an eyebrow. He shook his head.

Not now.

Mercy looked back at Superboy, her expression now serious.

"I apologize. But I can't." Her voice sounded a bit regretful as she crossed her arms. Robin recognized her posture as a sign of defensiveness. "My safety apparently depends on it." She glanced up at Batman from the corner of her eye, and Batman glared at nothing in particular.

Black Canary stepped forward, and put a shoulder on Mercy's shoulder, causing her to look at her, but not move from her stance.

"Your safety relies on it, Eternal. You can't just depend on-"She stopped short, as if she was aware that what she would say could compromise Mercy. When she didn't finish her statement, the team all began to look suspicious once again.

Mercy ignored them though, and turned her back to them to look up at her file. Her crash code had caused the files to become corrupt, and random words all over the file were now blacked out, her name was permanently removed from the file, and all pictures had vanished. The file was now unreadable, even to her, and possibly even the Boy Wonder himself.

The fear and the ice began to creep back into Mercy's veins. Everything in that file could destroy her. Everything that file contained was key to her destruction; her weaknesses- although few, her fears as a child, now gone, but the knowledge of them were damaging.

She was grateful she had turned her back to the team, because if she hadn't, they would have seen her eyes fill with dread at the thought of who else might know her secrets. Her lips formed a thin line, and she closed her eyes as she felt Black Canary's gaze on her back.

"Eternal…" Canary began. Mercy didn't turn around, but she opened her eyes, and turned her head ever so slightly to the right. Canary did not continue with her sentence, but instead, sighed, and exchanged a look with Batman, silently telling him something the Team could not understand.

Batman then turned to the team, and they gazed at him with mixed expressions of confusion and agitation.

"You are all excused. Do not come back in here. Go home if you have to." He ordered as he narrowed his eyes at them all, daring them to protest against his orders. "None of this leaves the Team. Not a word. We will discuss this tomorrow."

They gazed at him for a moment longer, then exchanged looks at each other before slowly turning their backs on the three of them, and walking away. Robin, Wally, and Kaldur went towards the Zeta tubes, while Megan and Conner went to their rooms.

After the five of them cleared out, Mercy spoke.

"Artemis is in the common area, brooding. She knows my identity, but she hasn't put the pieces of the puzzle together yet. Red, on the other hand…" She stopped, and sighed loudly.

So much for ever having a normal relationship. She thought to herself desolately as she closed her eyes again, and then reached up to pinch the bridge of her nose.

"Red… needs to know. Roy, needs to know." She sighed quietly. Black Canary's eyes nearly popped out her their sockets, and Batman narrowed his eyes, and glared.

"How did you-?" Canary began, and Mercy cut her off by pointing at the corrupted file on the screen.

"His name is in there. Identity and all. Every other hero I've encountered has just been filed by their alias, but Red, his identity was right there. Right next to 'Red Arrow- SEE FILE FOR FURTHER DETAILS.'" She began to feel sick to her stomach. She covered her eyes with the hand that she had pinching her nose with, and squeezed her eyes shut. "He'll be here soon…"

She couldn't remember the last time she had felt so… exposed.

"No. Red Arrow cannot know your true identity. He already suspects you to be a mole as it is. But I'm leaving it to you, and Black Canary, to reveal your identity to Artemis, and inform her that she is not to reveal your identity to the rest of the team or anyone else." Batman said as he walked over to the panel in front of the Zeta beam transporter, and punched in a code to slow Red Arrow's arrival.

Just as Mercy turned around on her heel to protest, Batman turned around, and raised a hand.

"No buts just do it. This is for your safety, Mercy. We can't risk anything." Batman seemed… off, to Mercy. It made her feel even worse. Even Black Canary caught the off tone in his voice, and frowned at him, a concerned look in his eyes.

"And what are you going to do?" Canary asked as she walked up to Mercy, and placed a hand on the girl's shoulder. Batman turned around, and walked towards the second Zeta tube, his midnight cape billowing behind him as he walked.

There was a moment where the three of them stood in a frigid silence as Batman stood in though, his eyes directed towards the two of them. And then, he spoke, his normal deep growl back.

"I'm going to find out whom, or what has been watching you." He growled before turning around, typing in his designation, a temporary override, and then leaving Black Canary and Mercy on their own.

After a moment, Canary removed her hand from Mercy's shoulder, and began walking towards the common area that Artemis was waiting in. Mercy didn't feel herself walking, but she was following Canary, her steps much louder than usual. She didn't care anymore. Nothing was right.

Mercy didn't realize that Black Canary was speaking until she finally noticed the dull droning noise in her ears. She was saying something about how Canary would do most of the talking and that Mercy should probably keep her distance because Artemis had things to hide as well, but none of it stuck.

When the door to the common area slid open, and Mercy's senses finally stood at attention. Her eyes were alert, now gazing about the room, and not at her feet, her ears pricked. Artemis's gaze lifted from her hands, and to the opened door. Megan and Conner were sitting with her, and both of them had looked up as well.

"M'gann, Connor, could you excuse us for a while?" Black Canary asked politely. Megan and Connor exchanged a look, and then looked towards Artemis, who continued to watch Mercy, her eyes narrowed as if daring her to come closer.

The couple slowly stood, and both of them glanced at Mercy as they left. Megan looked wary, while Connor shot her such a look of hatred and fury that she was tempted to wince, but did not give him the pleasure.

Once the two of them were gone, Black Canary motioned to Artemis.

"Come on." She said. Artemis finally looked away from Mercy, and glowered at Canary.

"Why can't we stay in here?" She snarled. Black Canary narrowed her eyes at Artemis, but then softened them. But before Canary could speak, Mercy stepped forward and spoke.

"Because there is a Kryptonian with super hearing and a Martian with the ability to read minds two rooms away, and the information we are about to disclose to you is too sensitive for others to know." She said sharply as she crossed her arms. Artemis sat up straight and glared harshly at Mercy.

"You have no right to-" Black Canary ended the argument before it escalated.

"Enough." Black Canary snarled as she held out her hands, one towards Mercy, and one towards Artemis. She then glanced at both of them, and then turned her head back at Artemis sharply, and pointed at her.

"You, come with us, now. That's an order." Artemis scowled, and took her sweet time getting off of the couch. She then turned to Mercy, whose arms were still crossed, and pointed at her.

"And you, keep your mouth shut until I tell you to. Understand?" Black Canary barked. Mercy felt rage boil up inside of her chest, and she narrowed her eyes at Canary, her glare coming dangerously close to being as intense as Batman's. Canary just glared back, and then turned on her heel, and led the two girls out of the room.

"We only have about fifteen minutes before Red Arrow gets here, and we cannot by any means allow him to see Eternal like this, or tell him what we are about to tell you, do you understand?" Canary asked Artemis. Artemis just grunted in response as Canary opened the door to the secure room, and allowed the girls to enter before her.

Artemis filed in first, and then Mercy. Artemis flopped down onto one of the comfy chairs, and Mercy opted to stand, her arms still crossed, and her eyes still steely and cold.

Canary locked the door, and then turned to a thumbprint scanner beside the door, and the door made a sudden hissing sound, and then a loud shunk, as it sealed itself, making the sound absolutely soundproof, and impenetrable to telepathic abilities.

"Artemis, what is said-" Artemis interrupted Canary by raising her hand and speaking in a bored tone.

"Doesn't leave this room. Understood." She snapped as she placed her hand back in her lap and glared at Mercy.

Mercy took a step forwards, and Artemis visibly tensed- to Mercy, at least.

"You were six when we first met." Mercy began. Canary shot her a glare. She was not supposed to be talking. Artemis cocked an eyebrow. Mercy continued before Canary could intervene.

"We were next door neighbors. Your dad, Lawrence Crock, also known as Sportsmaster, and my mother worked together on an assignment given to them by Lex Luthor to assassinate the Mayor and Police Commissioner of Gotham." Mercy continued, and Artemis continued to grow more and more defensive in her posture, her arms now crossed, and her eyes watching Mercy carefully.

"Some nights, my Mom and your Dad would leave us with Jade, Cheshire, and she would watch us while they either worked, or-" She raised up her hands, and made a pair of weak air quotes. "Worked." She sighed. Artemis's eyes widened. She probably hadn't known that part.

"Your Mother, Paula Nguyen, came back, and your father left- and so did I." Mercy sounded a bit saddened by this, and Artemis did to as the memories started to come back to her. "We wrote each other for a little while. But, eventually, my Mother's lifestyle prevented any kind of outside communication for several years, and after those several years… I became… this… thing." She trailed off, thinking about the words she had read on the screen.

"Subject implanted with memory of Mother 'asking if she wished to become a hero, and happily accepting'", or something along those lines,and then further down it read, "Subject signed over by Mother to Cadmus, Mother granted 15,000$ compensation."

It broke her heart. She thought she had chosen this life.

But in truth, she had fought against becoming a hero with all of her might as the genomorphs dragged her down the hallway by her arms as she watched her mother accept a briefcase, and hand the man in the white lab coat a piece of paper. She even had the audacity to wave to her screaming, crying daughter before she left her to be force fed the skills of an assassin for a year and a half.

Artemis watched Mercy, her eyes on her face, which was facing her hands.

She did look a lot like the Mercy she had played with when she was little, but it had been so long that she couldn't be so sure. Her black hair was no longer cropped short and close to her head as it used to be when she was little, and the joyful look the two girls had shared had become steely, and grave.

After a few moments of silence, Artemis cleared her throat, but Mercy did not look up. She was too deep in thought.

"I- I remember you, Mercy, but… what happened to you?" Artemis asked gently, causing Mercy to slowly look up, and meet her gaze. The recognition was there, and so was the concern. Mercy shook her head.

"I'm not even sure, Artemis. I had to destroy the file once the team ambushed me." It was a partial lie, but that would have to do. Nobody needed to know the details of what her 'training' had entailed.

But Artemis accepted the answer, and Black Canary glanced at the clock on the wall.

"I'm sorry, Mercy. You shouldn't have been dragged into this life." Artemis said quietly as she stood. Mercy looked up at her, and swallowed hard. It was true.

"We need to wrap this up. Red Arrow will be here any second." She turned to Mercy, who looked up at her, her face still facing downwards. "Mercy, get into character." Canary turned around, and began to open the door as Mercy pulled out the little bird ring, and slipped it onto her finger. Artemis watched in awe as the girl's hair lightened, and turned its dark shade of red, her skin tanned, and her eyes turned sea blue.

Artemis smirked, and gave a small chuckle, causing Mercy, now Eternal, to look directly at her with her eyebrows raised.

"Cool trick." She smirked as she turned, and walked out of the room. Eternal reached out, and stopped her by placing a hand on her shoulder, her expression still stoic, and Artemis turned back around to look at her.

"You still need to act as if you cannot stand my presence because of my… lie. Alright?" Eternal said softly. Artemis frowned, but begrudgingly agreed, and then Eternal let her go.

Artemis immediately went into character, and stormed out of the room- just in time for Red Arrow's arrival to be announced. Artemis was tailed by Eternal and Black Canary shortly after, and the two caught the tail end of her performance as she stabbed the keys at the Zeta tube panel, and left with a vicious huff.

In a flash of light, Artemis was gone, and Red Arrow was left to turn around with his eyes wide, and terribly confused as his eyes finally set on Black Canary and Eternal.

"A… minor disagreement." Eternal spoke nonchalantly, as if she wasn't internally squirming at the sight of Red. Of Roy. Her eyes met his, but they were easily masked by years and years of experience.

Roy motioned to the empty space around him, and his eyes searched the room.

"Where's the girl?" He asked, sounding slightly frustrated. Black Canary spoke quickly, and efficiently.

"She escaped. The Team was sent home." Canary said smoothly. Eternal wondered if Red Arrow would accept the lie, and watched him carefully. She watched as he gazed at Black Canary for a while, and then slowly turns his gaze to Eternal, whose arms were still crossed, and her eyes unreadable.

"Where were you when this happened?" He shot. Eternal narrowed her eyes slightly as Red Arrow continued. "I thought you were some 'Master' of whatever it is you do?" He seethed. Eternal uncrossed her arms, and glared. The giant bruise on her face made her look even more menacing than usual, and Red Arrow noted that maybe that shot wasn't such a good idea.

"She wasn't here, Red. She was myself and Batman." Canary defended, taking a few steps forwards to put herself between the two at odds heroes. Red Arrow scoffed.

"So how did she get in here in the first place? I thought this place was Zeta tube entry only!" Eternal grimaced at his lack of knowledge of his surroundings, and huffed as she turned on her heel. Black Canary and Red Arrow looked towards her, and watched with perplexed expressions as she began to stalk away.

"Where are you going?" Canary asked loudly. Eternal didn't stop, but replied.

"Out." Was all she said before she disappeared in the dark hallway, and made her way towards the hanger. Canary was yelling something at her, but she couldn't hear her.

Eternal pulled on the sleeves to her uniform, and zipped it up over her tank top, all while briskly walking towards the black bike that had been assigned to her, and slamming her helmet over her head. She imminently regretted it when her bruise throbbed, but she ignored it, and threw her leg over the bike just as Black Canary and Red Arrow burst into the hanger.

Eternal quickly reached underneath the tail of the bike, and pulled of the tracer that was installed on all of them, and discreetly dropped it onto the floor.

"Eternal!" Canary barked, but Eternal couldn't hear her over the revving of the motorcycle's powerful engine, and as soon as the bay doors opened, Eternal was gone in a cloud of dirt and smoke.

Red Arrow and Black Canary coughed and spat as the smoke cleared, and then both gazed at the bay doors. Red Arrow was the first to notice the tracer, and walked over, and gazed down at it as Canary watched him, still coughing and hacking.

He then crouched down, and picked it up off of the ground, and looked up to gaze at the bay doors with a thoughtful look on his face.

-0-

By the time Eternal had stopped, it was nearly midnight, and the moon was hidden behind the smog, and dark clouds hanging over Gotham.

She knew that coming to this city probably wasn't the best choice, but it was a change of scenery, and if anyone found her, it would more than likely be Robin- since Bats would probably be busy for the next few months trying to figure out who has been keeping tabs on Eternal. And Robin certainly wasn't that difficult to get away from.

All it would take for Eternal was a few skips, jumps, and dives off some roofs and a freefall off of Wayne Towers, and Robin would be off of her tail in no time if she wanted.

But for now, she chose to eye the city from the safety of a stone gargoyle, and simply watch as the traffic never ceased, sirens blared, and questionable characters the size of ants made their way through the streets and alleys.

The wind blew several strands of hair that had come loose from her braid into her face, but she didn't bother to push them aside as her eyes scanned the city before her.

Even after so many years, and all of the terrors Gotham held within its walls, Eternal still found it to be the closest thing to home she had ever known. Luthor Manor had been nice, but she had been on her own most of the time, and no one at the Manor had ever really taken the time to spare of minute of time with her within the house.

And she didn't even want to think about her old home in Star City.

The wind whistled in her ears, and she briefly caught the scent of perfume, and her eyes narrowed as she realized that she was being watched.

"Well, now." A voice purred from behind, and above her. Eternal didn't bother to look up. She recognized Selena's voice from her days of watching her Mother review video of the Catwoman thieve and fight. Eternal never knew until today that those tapes were meant to be used as references for Mercy's training.

"I don't think I've ever seen you around here before." Catwoman purred as she propped her elbow up and placed her chin in the palm of her hand on the stone corner of the building above Eternal, who continued to ignore Catwoman with a look of annoyance on her face underneath her mask.

Catwoman gazed down at Eternal with a mischievous smirk, that soon faded when she realized that Eternal was not going to answer her.

"Well, excuse me for bothering you, dear. Just thought a pretty face like yours was a little… lost." Catwoman bit as Eternal imagined Catwoman with a tail flicking behind her as she spoke. It was a plausible thought seeing as though if Catwoman did have a tail, she would certainly be swaying it back and forth as often as she could just to enjoy it.

Eternal finally turned her head slightly, and her eyes landed on Catwoman in her peripherals. She could see Selena smirk, and cock her head to the side a little when Eternal turned around.

"Flattery must go a long way with you, sweetheart." Catwoman said with the smallest chuckle. Eternal glared slightly from her position, and Catwoman frowned. Her other hand lowered slightly towards her whip, and Eternal smirked, and turned back around.

"No, actually. Flattery doesn't get anyone anywhere." Eternal finally spoke. She realized that her tone was stonier than usual, but ignored it. Catwoman narrowed her eyes underneath her goggles, and secured her hand around her whip. Eternal grinned, and allowed a leg to hang over the edge of the gargoyle. "And if you pull that whip on me, Selena, you'll regret it for the next ten seconds you're alive."

Eternal was in no mood to fight tonight, and the first person that crossed her would be guaranteed a death sentence, no matter what she had promised Batman, Canary, and Green Arrow.

Catwoman's eyes widened for moment, and she narrowed when she watched Eternal stand, and walk towards the head of the gargoyle.

"Do you really think you're in any position to be threatening anyone?" Catwoman hissed her voice still smooth as silk.

Eternal smirked, but before she could make any kind of retort, Catwoman pulled out her whip, and aimed for Eternal's face, planning to stun her, and then pull her feet out from underneath her with another shot of her whip.

But what Catwoman did not expect was for Eternal's hand to dart out of nowhere, and catch the end of the whip, and then shoot a deathly glare at Catwoman, whose eyes widened in shock.

Eternal then gave the whip a sudden jerk, and it came flying out of Catwoman's hands; Eternal then swung it about, and threw the whip so that she could catch the handle in her hand. Catwoman watched in fury as Eternal began to inspect the whip, eyeing it as if she had just bought it from a specialty store.

"You know what," Eternal sighed after a moment. She turned around, her masked face now facing Catwoman, who was now crouched on the corner of the building. Eternal suddenly tossed the whip back at Catwoman, and Selena caught it without a second thought. "I'd rather not have Bats on my ass for killing one of his criminals." She knew that that would be like authorizing her own arrest warrant. Not like she would get caught, but it would make her life much more difficult than it already was. Eternal raised her hand and gave Catwoman a two finger salute as she began to fall backwards off of the high rise. Catwoman's eyes widened, and she moved to catch Eternal with her whip, but it was too late.

Eternal was freefalling for a moment, and just as she was about to pull her glider, she felt a shift in the air; but before she could look and see who it was, an arm snatched her from around her waist, and stopped her sudden freefall.

Eternal growled, and pulled out a knife to stab whomever felt the need to 'save' her when she was planning on pulling her glider anyway, and then noticed the ever infamous yellow letter 'R' emblazoned on her captor's chest.

"You know Robin," Eternal snarled as they flew through the air. Robin didn't look down at her, but she felt him glance at her through his domino mask. "I have a glider." She crossed her arms, and Robin frowned as he finally dropped them both gracefully onto a rooftop, and retracted his grappling hook.

"I know." Robin replied, his voice more serious than usual as he placed his grappling hook back in his utility belt, and turn around to walk towards Eternal, who had moved several feet away. Eternal raised an eyebrow at him as she dusted off some imaginary dirt from her arms and shoulders.

"Then may I ask why you decided it would be best to intervene?" Eternal had to resist the urge to snap at the boy standing before her. Robin was a good head shorter than her, but she knew better than to under estimate his abilities just because he was smaller than the average foe.

Robin shrugged, and then began waving his hand about as if to reiterate his upcoming statement.

"Because if I didn't catch you when I had the chance then I would be chasing you all over Gotham." He replied, his tone still off. Eternal crossed her arms, discreetly placing her hand over the hilt over a hidden knife.

Robin didn't notice the movement, and continued to speak.

"When I got back to the Batcave, I noticed a new file on the computer and…well… I hacked it, and read it." He was starting to sound like the normal Robin again, but now he was wearing a smirk, that Eternal couldn't help narrow her eyes at. So he knew. She figured he would of found out sooner, but she suspected she might have given him too much credit since the kid had been growing on her as of late.

"So you know." She said bluntly, seeing as though now she had no reason to care who knew or not. Robin nodded, and she walked towards the edge of the building.

There were a few moments of silence before Eternal turned her head to glance at the sound of police sirens coming towards them from down the street.

"You do realize you can't tell the team. Or anyone for that matter?" Eternal spoke as coolly as she had been for the past ten minutes. Robin suddenly looked up from the frenzy of police cars nearing below them, and looked up at Eternal as if he were surprised.

"Why? They'll understand, M-" Eternal shot a deathly glare at him before he could finish his sentence, and he swallowed hard. "Eternal. Sorry. I won't. It's your identity to share, not mine." Robin finally admitted as Eternal slowly looked away, and back down at the police and SWAT cars as they sped by underneath them, and continued heading North.

Robin pulled out his grappling hook, and then paused to look up at Eternal, who was gazing off into the distance, her mind somewhere far away.

"Batman told me that you're supposed to be patrolling with Black Canary and me soon." He treaded softly, not wanting to irritate Eternal any more than he had. Eternal turned to look at him, her face a little more relaxed than it had been a minute ago. She nodded, her eyes wide and doe-like.

"Wanna start tonight?" He asked as he jerked his head slightly towards the police cars a ways off. Eternal smirked, and then gave a small chuckle as she walked towards him, and pulled out a grappling hook she had found in the Cave.

"Lead the way, Boy Wonder."

-0-

Is it bad that I already have the sequel to this story already planned out in my head?

And booooy is it good… if I do say so myself.

But! I hope you guys liked this chapter. Not sure if I do. But the plot is thickening!

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AND, just a question for you guys. Have any of you been receiving story alerts for stories you haven't even thought of looking at before? I keep getting alerts from stories from Percy Jackson and the Olympians and I don't even read/watch that stuff.