Rick sat in a seat in the Bioship, his chin resting in the palm of his hand. He was aware that everyone else in the ship was staring at him curiously. He could only guess why, but it may have been his lack of explanation earlier…

XxXx Flashback XxXx

"So, where are we going, anyways?" Beast Boy asked as they approached the Bioship. "I mean, where is CRINE, anyways. And how are we going to get in?" Nightwing turned to him, holding up what looked like an ID card.

"With these. We're going to a place near Byers Lake in Alaska. There, we'll split into two groups. One goes through the back door, and a group will go in the front."

"Alright, so who is in each group and where are they going?" Wally asked, munching on a candy bar. He said that just for show, since he knew what the answer would be.

"Kid Flash, Red Arrow, Robin, Miss Martian, Artemis, Superboy, Zatana and I will go through the front door. Aqualad will take the others the back way. Each group gets a keycard, but we will need to be psychically for you guys to get in the back way."

"What do you mean? Why can't you get us in the back way?" Blue Beetle questioned, his eyes narrowing into a look of suspicion.

"Because the front door needs a retina scan. The back door is just a quiz of personal questions. Anything I need to clarify?" The others shook their heads in response.

XxXx End Flashback xXxX

Now Nightwing was sitting in the Bioship, with the others staring him down uncomfortably. Well, it wasn't because of hiding something from two of them, but because the ones who knew were worried for him. Once, since he had transferred his consciousness into the clone body, he had completely lost it. Someone had badly injured Tim, and Rick had gotten angry. Really angry. He had cut the person open and pushed him off the roof that they had been fighting on. It had terrified his little brother, but they had made up eventually. The others had heard about it, and were a bit frightened of him. Even still, they accepted him. Now, however, he was relying on the others to follow his orders and trust him completely. Rick was hoping that the others would listen no matter what they found there.

"Nightwing, we're approaching the first drop point. B team is getting ready to go." Miss Martian stated, breaking Nightwing out of his thoughts.

"Hm? Oh, yeah, good. Link us up." He replied, still distracted.

Everybody here? Miss Martian's voice echoed in Rick's head.

Yes, we're here. Dropping now. Aqualad's voice responded.

See you all inside, good luck. Nightwing stated, smiling to himself. This mission was going to be interesting, to say the least. Rick just hoped the intruder wasn't after… them. Then the entire team would be royally screwed.

"Nightwing, it's going to be fine." Wally said, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"I hope so…"

"Nightwing, we're at the drop point. Let's go." Megan interrupted.

"Ok." He stood up, looking at the tiny stone building they were approaching. It had been so long since Rick had seen that small building and what lay below it. He stopped himself from reminiscing, though, since he did not want the others hearing his thoughts.

Not long after they arrived at the stone building, Aqualad contacted them about the back door. We are here. The first question is up. Aqualad said telepathically.

Good. You'll have to read me the questions, I can't remember what they are.

The first one is, what is Nightwing's full name? Aqualad asked. Nightwing smiled, this was going to be fun.

Richard John Grayson. Next? Rick waited for them to put the answer in. Some of the questions he knew would be fun to answer for the others' reactions.

The next one is what was your favorite Halloween costume as a kid?

My batman one. Rick could hear the others laughing through the link.

First case you and Red Arrow worked?

That was… Nightwing couldn't remember what it was. There had been a lot.

It was the Lady in White by Star City. I drove the car through the wall, remember? Roy chimed in.

I thought it was the whole Werewolf incident in Gotham… Nightwing heard Red Arrow sigh mentally.

That was an accident that started us hunting.

Ah. So, what Roy said. The Lady in White. Next?

Uh, Aqualad said, most likely unsure about what had just been discussed. Favorite color?

Blue! Rick smiled, thoroughly enjoying answering the questions.

And we're in. See you inside.