Okay I hope everyone re-reads this chapter there was a missing piece to the story I re-added and so I hope everyone is caught up and don't forget to review.

Batman didn't know if he wanted to reprimand the team for disobeying his orders or commend them. But they now stood before him and Superman, each looking sullen and preoccupied.

"You disobeyed a direct order to wait, why?", they all shared a glance and then Connor shrugged to Kaldur while Artemis rubbed her arm. "Im talking to you!", his voice raised and they all flinched.

"We have to show them", Kaldur tried to reason.

"Show us what?", Superman asked while taking a step forward.

"We found Robin's R-cycle at the Gotham Harbor…", Wally started catching the attention of the mentors, 'It was sunk in the water, someone disabled the locater and cameras and dumped it. Then we found his helmet…", he fell silent as he reached into his pocket.

"We did not find Robin", Kaldur answered the question before either Leaguer could ask.

"No, we didn't find Rob. But this was inside his helmet", Wally handed the playing card over to the dark knight who took it slowly. He took a step back as if Wally had given him a venomous snake.

"Team you are to stay here at the Mountain tonight, Black Canary and Red Tornado will be here as well. M'gann, Connor, show your team mates to the guest rooms. You are dismissed", Superman nodded his head and then turned to whisper something to Batman who nodded and turned for the Zeta beam tubes. Once the mentors were gone Connor looked to the ground.

"He said not to panic, that they should discuss matters at the watch tower…", the team exchanged glances except Wally who stood completely still and looked utterly lost.

"We will find him Wally", Artemis tried to comfort the speedster but he brushed her off and walked away from them.

"But will we find him in time…'was all he said before he disappeared down the hall.

"Give him time, he is grieving", Kaldur tried to reason.

"And the rest of us aren't?", Artemis snapped.

"Wally has known Robin since they were young, their bound is very strong", M'gann whispered as she hugged her self. Connor wrapped an arm around her in comfort and she smiled up at him. They all stood there for a few silent moments until Artemis shifted and yawned.

"So about those guest rooms?", M'gann stepped forward and placed her hand on her head.

"Oh hello Megan, come on they're this way"

…...

Wally growled and punched the wall beside one of the guest rooms, the door pad beeped and the door 'whished' open. He looked inside and sighed aloud as he entered, inside he paused as if stopped by a force. The room was simple, a bed, a dresser, and a work table littered with all sorts of components next to a cabinet, but at the same time it was complex. The room was the one Robin used when he needed to crash at the Mountain or to work on something.

Walking over to the bed Wally sat down at the foot and rested his elbows on his knees. When the news of Robin being missing reached them Wally hadn't been to alarmed, he knew when Rob didn't want to be found, you wouldn't find him. It was a rare occasion for him to just up and vanish, despite how many times he did it in battle.

Wally rubbed the back of his neck, Dick as he knew Robin outside the masks and capes was not as complex as his teacher. He didn't mind sharing his thoughts and concerns with someone he trusted, and Wally was someone he trusted. He trusted him so much that Dick had actually told him the one thing that scared him the most. And as he remembered the night he had told him Wally laid down on the bed, the voice of his best friend drifting into his mind.

"I cant believe that is your favorite movie-"

"Hey you tell anybody and ill end you boy wonder", Wally chucked a hand full of popcorn at the giggling nimrod he called his best friend. Dick tried to fend off the flying cornels and slowed his laughter as he shrugged.

"Okay secret is safe, just like I wont tell anybody how scared you are of being rejected by the ladies", he pulled his glasses down and wiggled his eyebrows.

"It's healthy to have fears', he looked at his friend and the conversation seemed to take a serious turn in his mind, 'Hey Dick?"

"Yeah?", he responded while eating a gummy worm.

"What are you scared of?", the question seemed to take Dick by surprise as he paused in his chewing.

"Well you know…", he seemed to try to shrug off the question, but Wally was not giving up.

"Oh come on, I aint gunna tell anybody man", he took a drink from a can of soda and offered it to the other boy who took it and stared at it in his hands.

"My biggest fear is…..it's being captured…", Wally sat up and set down his gaming remote.

"Like by a villain?", Dick nodded.

"We deal with some unstable characters Wally, and my biggest fear is to be taken hostage and be at the mercy of one of those disturbed beings…..", he looked over his blue eyes visible from the pulled down glasses.

"It'd never happen", Wally tried to reassure him.

"If it did….I would end my life before they could take me alive….."

Dick's voice faded from Wally's head and he took a deep breath as he sat up slowly and looked around the room one last time before slipping under the bed sheets.

"Hold tight Rob…..we'll find you….I promise…".

…...

Red Arrow stepped out of the fire escape window of a brick apartment building in downtown Gotham slowly. After a quick survey of the area he turned back and smirked at the sight of his compressed bow being offered to him. He had come to Gotham to aid in the search for the missing protégé but a run in with a familiar face had him side tracked for a few hours.

"Wouldn't want to forget this Hero", a sultry voice whispered. Reaching out he took hold of the bow and pulled quick and hard. A petite figure was pulled from the shadows and collided with his chest as he hooked his arm around his prize.

"Surprised you wouldn't shoot me in the back with my own arrow Cheshire", he growled as she looked up at him through her lashes a mischievous smile on her full lips.

"If I did that I wouldn't have anyone to play with..", she released his bow and brought her hand up to trace his domino mask before she gripped the back of his neck her nails sinking into his skin. Red hissed at the sudden feeling and captured her lips in a rough and dominating kiss. He tightened his hold on her when she took his bottom lip between her teeth and bit down firmly. Before he could respond she was gone from his arms, looking around he spotted her on the building's roof ledge above him.

"I'll be in touch", his stone mask was on again as she pulled her mask from the back of her kimono.

"Till the next time you need that itch scratched then Hero", she winked at him before pulling on her mask and vanishing from sight.

Red returned his attention to his surroundings as he jumped down into the alley below, adjusting as his quiver straps as he stood up. Moving down the alley he rotated his shoulders, the usual tenseness no longer there. His meetings with Cheshire had started a few months ago when one of their encounters had taken a strange turn. As he walked the echoing sounds of his foot steps brought back that night.

"As I have said in the past, you sure are persistent Hero", Cheshire ducked down a hall way of the abandoned building Red Arrow hot on her heels. Dropping a fog pellet she slipped into a side room and looked around. Her situation was quickly apparent, no windows, "Damn it", she whispered.

"No way out", Red growled as he kicked the door shut behind him and squared off. He watched as she assessed the room, a quick glance around on his part told him this building was once a home of some sort. The bed in the corner with assorted pillows and blankets, a desk and dresser made it clear, but his attention quickly returned to Cheshire as she started to move.

"Don't you know never to corner an aggressive animal", she almost spat at him. Red Arrow lifted his hand and taunted her as she had done to him on many other occasions. They threw punches and kicks but a complete miss judge on Cheshire's half caused them to fall in a heap on the bed. Taking advantage of the situation Red over powered Cheshire by trapping her hands above her head in one of his hands his thighs now nestled between hers kept her from kicking him. Reaching up he quickly ripped off her mask so he could see her face, her piercing eyes and full lips.

"Game over", he smirked down at her as they both panted from their scuffle. She struggled briefly, her lithe body rose up to meet his and Red growled deep in his throat at the contact. He was putting himself in a worse position then Cheshire was in at the moment.

"You say game over but I think your body is saying game on Hero", she purred as he looked down at her. His grip on her wrists loosened briefly but before he could correct himself she pulled one of her hands free. Surprise crossed his face when she placed it on the back of his neck and pulled him down, their lips crashing together.

Red Arrow's mind shut down completely as his body took over, he used both his hands this time and trapped her hands down against the bed as he deepened their kiss aggressively. Pulling back for air he swallowed hard and looked down at Cheshire, her lips were wet and swollen, her eyes hazed. He felt his brain trying to sort through the situation but Cheshire suddenly bucked off the mattress, flipping them over till he was on his back.

"Don't think Hero…..do", the trigger in his brain flipped at her roaming hands and commanding voice. Sitting up he grabbed the front of her kimono and pulled it open, the sudden shock and lust in her eyes drove him forward as he made up his mind. His body turned primal as he looked at her, his need out waned the consequences of this action, villain or not she was his.

The memory of that night faded from his mind as he continued down the alley's of Gotham, his meeting with Cheshire tonight had done him good, not only was his body responsive once again and his mind lax but he had confirmed information. Joker had taken the young protégé, but he had help from Ivy and now Red Arrow was on his way to shake a couple of trees.