Chapter 13:
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After a restless sleep that night, Dick stood in the mission room alongside Aqualad, Artemis, Kid Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian and Robin. Batman was explaining the mission, but Dick was worrying about what Deathstroke would do when he caught him. He knew if his new teammates found out who he really was they would hand him over if it meant saving their own skins, it's just the way the human mind worked.
Red X knew the team didn't trust him yet, which was still fine, but it made him cautious around them. X knew many of the leaguers didn't trust him either, but they trusted Batman, so they let him in.
Aqualad wasn't sure about this Red X, something just didn't add up. He trusted Batman and Aquaman but there was something about this new comer that made him on edge.
Artemis hated Red X as soon as she first saw him with Batman and Robin. But sense the sparring and her anger getting the best of her, she realized he might not be as bad as she first thought.
Kid Flash was curious. He kind of liked this new kid, but he seemed to have just as many secrets as the bats, if not more. That scared him. Kid Flash knew something terrible must have happened to make Batman and Robin become who they are, but Red X too? As much as it may seem like it at times, Kid wasn't stupid, he knew not everyone has a happy and good life, but that's the reason he became Kid Flash, to help the world become a better place. Isn't that all hero's goal anyway?
Superboy didn't trust Red X. He wasn't sure why, but something wasn't right about him. Red X was always calm, too calm. Superboy couldn't even pick up a change in his heart beat when faced the founding members of the League. It was like he was dead to the world or something. What the heck had this kid gone through?
Miss Martian was shocked at all the emotions that hit her when Batman told them Red X was going along on their mission. Doubt, concern, mistrust, curiosity, caution all flooded through her mind from her friends. She couldn't feel anything from Robin or Batman, who had learned how to conceal their emotions. But she thought it was strange that she didn't feel anything form Red X either. It made her nervous that she felt absolutely nothing from him and he didn't show much emotion either, to the young Martian, it was unnerving.
"…so suit up and get going," Batman interrupted their thoughts.
The team all left to get dressed in their hero uniforms. Red X went to his room to refill his utility belt, with all the non-lethal weapons he had. He was trying to gain the hero's trust after all. They certainly wouldn't trust him if he almost killed someone on his first mission.
On the Bio Ship
Red X sat to the farthest to one side and had Robin on the only side of him. Miss Martian was piloting and everyone else was sitting around. No one said anything. Whether it was because he was there or if it was always like this, Red X didn't know.
"ETA ten minutes" the young Martian said breaking the silence.
Red X tensed slightly, seeing the tall skyscrapers in the distance. Deathstroke was more than likely waiting for him; he always seemed five steps ahead of everyone else. It was nerve wracking to know how good he was at reading people, which was the part that scared Dick the most—he always knew what he was going to do before he did.
Robin noticed X was stiff, more than normal anyway. Jason knew this was where Deathstroke's biggest base was, and where X was probably held all those years. Jason couldn't imagine what that madman did to his new friend and right after he watched his family be killed in front of his eyes. Robin was going to pay Deathstroke back for what he did.