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Tim POV
"You're still pissed I beat up your brother, aren't you?" I asked as I dodged a punch.
"Depends. Are you still pissed I called you Robin?" She asked with a smirk as I narrowed my eyes at her and kicked her in the face before flipping away.
"I told you, I am nothing like Robin!" I snapped at her, noting the way Nightwing's eyes widen slightly from the corner of my eye. He was pushing Superboy off of him.
A sharp crack was made from the landing platform inside one of the walls of the Mountain, and I saw Impulse had taken down Icicle Jr. "Hey Impulse, if you done up there, you want to help out down here?" I asked as I dodged another attack from Tuppence.
"Sure!" He said with a grin, running down to the debriefing room running down the wall, but passed me. Instead, he ran straight for Tommy, obviously trying to run him down like he probably did with Icicle Jr.
"Impulse, don't!" I shouted as I kneed Tuppence in the stomach. But, it was too late. Tommy had grabbed him and put some sort of collar around his neck. In fact, it looked like the one Superboy had around his neck.
"Nice try! But I'll just vibrate out of this and... oh, no speed. I'm moded aren't I?" He asked with slight fear in his eyes.
Tommy smirked before knocking Impulse out. I focused on my own fight with Tuppence then, knowing Blue Beetle was taking care of her brother with a sonic cannon.
"Will you stop flipping out of the way?" Tuppence growled as I dodged another attack.
"No, I think I'll keep doing this as long as it pisses you off." I said with a smirk.
"Shut up with your stupid puns. They're as annoying as Robin's." Tuppence said with her own smirk as mine turned into a scowl.
Next to me, I heard a scream. I turned my head enough to see Nightwing being shocked by a collar, and a remote in the masked girl's hand. "Stand down!" A familiar voice ordered. Of course, when your in the middle of a flip to kick your enemy in the head to knock them out, you kind of can't stop. So, Tuppence's head made a loud bang on the floor when my foot met her face.
"Give me one reason to." I said, glaring at him.
"Because, this battle is over." He said confidently, and I just saw the bag in his arms. Whatever was in it, it made him believe he would win this fight. That much I knew. Now if he did win or not, that I wasn't sure of.
"I don't think so, traitor!" Blue Beetle said, pointing his sonic cannons at him. Hearing Blue Beetle call him a traitor, it reminded me that soon, I too would be called that. But, for some reason, it didn't make me feel good. But it should, right?
"Than re-think, Beetle." Kaldur said as he set down his bag, and I narrowed my eyes as he unzipped the bag.
"This is the same type of bomb that blew up Melina Island. I'm holding down the dead man switch. If my thumb comes off this button for any reason, Mount Justice falls." Kaldur said, ignoring me in favor of Blue. Which was good for me, because I didn't want him to see my gaze of pure anger.
The Light never said anything about Kaldur blowing up the Mountain, no warning of any kind. Yet, obviously, this was a Light plan. I was definitely going to have to mention that at the next meeting.
Blue flew down, his hands up in a surrender. "You can't be serious, Blue. This guy is lying." I hissed at him, glaring at him while fisting my hands at my side.
"Will you really put the other's lives at risk when you aren't sure?" Blue Beetle asked as Tommy clipped a collar on him.
I sweeped my eyes over the bodies, mentally think yes, since I knew Kaldur was bluffing from training from Ra's. Besides, I could get them out in time with Blue's help since the last bomb gave us 4 minutes, if he wasn't. But, this was a Light plan, when Kaldur wasn't officially in the Light. That meant that this was his was in, and I couldn't interfere with that. Plus, I had to look like I care for the team.
"Fine." I said, putting my hands up with a scowl.
Tommy clamped the collar around my neck, and I smirked at him as he glared at me. I don't know why, but ticking off these guys was just too much fun. "I'm fine by the way." Icicle Jr. said as he slid down next to Kaldur.
"Good. Escort Blue Beetle, Impulse, and Beast Boy to the flyer." Kaldur ordered.
"What about these three?" The assassin that shocked Nightwing asked, and I felt a strange feeling hatred against her for taking out Nightwing.
"As hostages here, they have value. But Nightwing and Osprey are fully human, and Superboy is a half human half kryptionain hybrid. Neither of which our partner wants." Kaldur said just as Nightwing stood up.
"Aqualad! You'll regret this!" Nightwing said, too much anger in his voice for it to be real. He was acting.
Kaldur walked right in front of him, punching him in the solar plexus without mercy. I clenched my fists to keep myself from attacking him while glaring at him with a raging anger I could only compare to the hatred I felt when my parents were killed.
"I believe I have outgrown the name Aqualad. And anything resembling regret." Kaldur said as he walked out of the cave with everyone else.
"I'll leave the bomb with you as a souvaneir. Oh, and the dead man switch has a 5 mile range. Do not follow." Kaldur said.
Only once he left the Mountain did I throw a knife at where his back had been a second before. "Cool down, Osprey. We need to follow them, once they're out of the 5 mile radius." Nightwing said, nodding to Superboy who was signaling for Sphere.
We all got in, and just made it out of the entrance when the Mountain exploded, making me shield my eyes from the harsh light. The force of the blast pushed us into the water of the bay next to the Mountain, debris flying everywhere. "Osprey, watch out!" Nightwing said, pulling me back from a piece of metal that was flying at my head. Unfortunately, because of him helping me, he didn't have enough time to dodge the metal flying at his own head.
It hit him straight in the forehead, and he passed out, along with Superboy who was knocked out by the blast. I was the only one still awake.
But we were stuck. The S-cycle was sinking, and I couldn't get Superboy, Wolf, and Nightwing to the land.
I coughed, the smoke making it's way into my lungs. I heard the roar of a motorcycle coming towards the Mountain's remains, and saw... Mal? "Mal! Over here!" I yelled waving my hands at him to get his attention.
He noticed me, and started running towards us while taking off his jacket. I let out a breath of relief, then regretted it when Nightwing started to slip of the S-cycle into the water.
Without even thinking about what I was doing, I dove into the cold water and came back up with my broth- Nightwing to see Mal next to me. Damn, he was a fast swimmer. Though, that was probably the adrenaline rush. "Superboy, wake up!" Mal said, splashing water into his face.
"What-"
"Questions later. Grab Wolf before the S-cycle sinks." I said.
"Right, right." Superboy said, grabbing Wolf just as the S-cycle sunk completely.
"Will Sphere be okay?" Mal asked.
"Yeah, she should be fine. Osprey, do you need help with Nightwing?" Superboy asked.
"Yes. He's heavy. Whatever the hell he's eating, he needs to stop eating it." I grumbled.
Mal put Nightwing's other arm around his shoulder, and we all swam to shore. "I just got a call from the Justice League. Since we're right where the zeta beam was, they said they'll be able to zeta beam us to the Hall of Justice, since it's the only HQ we can get medical supplies. The Watch Tower is low." Mal said, just before we were hit with the transportation beam.
"Ow." Nightwing said, waking up when we all dropped to the floor of the Hall of Justice.
"Yeah, no shit." I muttered.
Nightwing looked around, confused. "How did we get to the Hall of Justice? And why is Mal here?" Nightwing asked as he stood up. Held out a hand to me, and I stared at it for a little bit before getting up by myself.
"I was driving to the Mountain when it exploded. You should thank Osprey, though. If he hadn't gotten my attention, I'm not sure he would have been able to get everyone off when the S-cycle sunk." Mal said with a nod towards me.
"You did good, for a rookie." Superboy said, smiling with a little bit of gratitude before ruffling my hair.
"Well gee, thanks." I muttered sarcastically, fixing my hair.
Tim POV
There must be something wrong with me. Something, very, wrong with me.
Why did I care when Kaldur punched Nightwing like that? Why? He left me, abandoned me, and only paid attention to me when I was on his team. So why do I feel like I want to drop kick Kaldur right now for hurting Nightwing? Why do I feel like I want to punch that bitch that shocked Nightwing with the collar in the throat? Why was Nightwing making it so hard for me to hate him?
I sighed at my reflection in the mirror that belonged to the bathroom I was changing in. Right now, I was just Tim, but I was dealing with all of Osprey's emotions. After everything Nightwing's done, or hasn't done, I should want to kill him. But now... now I didn't. And it was driving me crazy not knowing why. "I hate emotions." I muttered.
I walked out of the bathroom to the main room, only to stop at the entrance. Wally was yelling at Nightwing, obviously pissed off. "Isn't possible Aqualad might be a triple agent? A traitor? He's supposed to be playing them, but are you absolutely sure he isn't playing you?" Wally asked. Nightwing didn't answer.
"I'm leaving for Gotham, Nightwing." I said, walking in after a few minutes to type in the cordinates for a zeta beam to Gotham.
"Alright, Osprey." Nightwing said, staring at my back while I left the Hall of Justice.
Dick POV
"You know something about Osprey the others don't know, don't you?" Wally asked.
"Maybe." I muttered.
"Maybe?" Wally asked, raising an eyebrow at me.
"I'm 99.9 sure." I said, leaning back in my chair.
"So what is it? It's bothering you obviously." Wally asked, sitting in his own chair.
I chuckled. "Aren't you mad at me still?" I asked with a small smile.
"Yes, but your also my best friend. It's mixed emotions." Wally said with a shrug.
I sighed, then said, "I think Osprey is Timmy."
His eyes widened in shock. "You mean your little brother from the circus you got upset over when the people who adopted him said he didn't want to talk to you?" Wally asked.
"Yeah. And that part about Tim not wanting to see me might not have been true. The Drake's were always bad people, they could have easily lied." I said with a frown as I remembered that Tim might have been hurt there.
"Does he know who you are?" Wally asked after a while.
"I think so. He has little signs that shows he knows who I am, or a hunch at least. He looked like he wanted to rip Kaldur a new one when he saw him punch me in the gut at the Mountain." I said, laughing a little.
"Great, so you have an overprotective little brother with assassin training. That's a wonderful thought to have." Wally mumbled.
"What do you mean, assassin training?" I asked confused.
"Artemis pointed it out once that Osprey's fighting style was assassin based. Therefore, assassin training." Wally said with a shrug.
That made me freeze, and the thought of Timmy being an assassin appeared in my head. "So it seems." I said to myself.
Tim POV
"You know, I would appreciate it if you could tell me when you plan to blow up buildings that might have me in there." I said once I started the Light meeting on my laptop at the theater.
"I thought the Young Justice team was having a few days off?" Lex asked.
"They were, but Impulse found me. He insisted that he wanted to 'hang out' with me and pulled Blue Beetle with us, too. To get gain more of their trust, I went with them. Kaldur's group found us, and attacked. Impulse grabbed the tracker and dragged me back all the way to the Mountain with Blue Beetle where Kaldur tracked us. You know the rest. I assume this was a test for Kaldur to join the Light?" I asked, looking at Black Manta, but found said person answered himself.
"Yes, it was. I wasn't aware there was an agent on the team, though." Kaldur said as his face appeared on the screen.
"Yes, Timothy is our spy on the team. He is the only one we could trust to not turn on us since he has been in the Light since he was 9 years old." Ra's said with a smirk.
"That is a very young age to join the Light." Kaldur commented.
"It is. But I had a purpose to train for then. I still do. The Light only helps with that purpose." I said, looking at him calmly, even though I was panicking about how he might tell Nightwing after this.
"I see." Kaldur said with a curt nod.
"Anything else to report, Timothy?" Savage asked.
"Yes. Our HQ's will be varied from now on. Because of Mount Justice being destroyed, Nightwing will have to find a new HQ. He has not said where that may be. Other than that, nothing else is new besides the 3 meta's being kidnapped. But you already knew about them." I said, looking at Ra's.
"Very well. Our partner will be able to have visual communication with us on your next meeting, Timothy. You and Kaldur will both be able to meet them then." Ra's said before the meeting ended.
I walked out of the theater, only to bump into someone's chest. "Watch out where your going, kid." A rough, deep voice said.
"Right, sorry." I said as I looked up at the guy I ran into.
He had teal eyes, red hair with a white streak in his bangs, and a frown etched into his face. "What are you doing at an abandoned theater at night, anyways?" He asked.
"I used to come here a lot as a kid and wanted to see how it was holding it up." I said with a shrug, which, it wasn't exactly a lie.
I did come here a lot as a kid when I got hurt and an old lady would help me wrap my cuts. After that she would always give me a free packet of candy and let me watch a movie of my choice. That woman died a few years ago of a heart attack, but I still remembered how heart broken she was that the theater was closing. "Why not come during the day on a weekend?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Simple, no one would let me in. If this was Crime Alley, maybe they would if there wasn't a mobster meeting there, but this isn't Crime Alley." I said.
His upper lip quirked a little, and he said, "Fair enough, kid." Then ruffled my hair as he walked away. Why did everyone want to do that?
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