Starling City, the Foundry

The next night Nightwing was the first one out he had to prove to Arrow he can handle Slade without help he'd done it before he can do it again at least that is what he told Oracle.

Flashback: Starling City earlier that day

Dick was at Big Belly Burger the one Dig's sister-in-law used to work at when a man walked in the door familiar, tall, dark brown hair, blue eyes, well-built aw shit its Bruce, Bruce sat in the same booth as Dick, Dick just started listening to music on his phone.

"Hello Dick." Bruce said, "It's been a long time, I know I showed up unexpectedly, I know I'm the last person you want to talk to, and I know you wish you could punch me in the face, I just need to clear somethings up just hear me out." There was a long silence Dick removed one earphone, "When you left you were right to leave I abused my authority as leader to put you guys in danger to many times, and I was treating one mistake like the end of the world but that's how I get with The Joker."Bruce said The Joker in disgust there was a slight pause and then Bruce started up again, "And Barbara she was right to leave as well I wish I could've been there I'd taken the bullet for her. Gotham is getting over run with chaos Robin and I can't do it alone." Dick's eyes widened when he heard the word Robin he had been replaced?! As he was about to speak Bruce continued, "I'm here to ask you will you come back to Gotham to help me?"

Dick laughed "You are something else you know that, we don't talk for three years, three years and now you tell me I was right, and Babs was right, then you drop the bombshell by the way I've replaced you yeah no, you and Robin and don't tell me his name can do it on your own you can talk to Babs later if she even finds out you're in Starling." Dick got up and started to leave he stopped when he was almost out the door turned around walked back in, "Babs and I are fine by the way we're even getting married...I think...it's complicated." He said then stormed out.

Starling City, present time

"Are you okay?" Oracle asked snapping Nightwing back to the present.

"Yeah I'm fine." Nightwing said standing on a gargoyle Arrow ran up behind him.

"Good we caught you." Arrow said, "What you were planning to do was stupid fighting Slade alone I get you're a former acrobat and are used to crazy shit but that is dumb."

"Who said I was doing it alone." Nightwing said looking up they saw a girl float down in a black extremely sparkly suit, she had black hair and silver wrist gauntlets, and silver boots Roy imminently recognized her.

"Donna?!" he said shocked and walked forward, "What are you doing…on Earth?"

"I'm here to help Dick fight Deathstroke." She said landing, "Hello Roy".

"You know her?" Speedy said.

"Listen love birds you can bicker later right now help Oliver stop a robbery or something Donna and I got Slade." Nightwing said and jumped off.

"You look nervous." Troia said.

"Yeah I am there was one time I was more nervous." Nightwing said.

"When was that?" Oracle chimed in scaring Nightwing, "It's hard to tell with you sometimes."

"When your dad randomly showed up after you woke up from your coma." Nightwing said.

Flashback: Blüdhaven General Hospital, two years seven months ago

"What will happen to Batgirl?" Barbara asked tears rolling down her face.

"I don't know." Dick said kneeling down wiping tears from her face, "But maybe you can make a new identity and help heroes or a hero in the cyber world."

Barbara looked at him and smiley affectionately, "You're adorable when you have no clue what you're talking about, and it's called the grid. You now that I—" she started but was cut off by her father

"Barbara thank god you're awake." Gotham Police Commissioner James Gordon, Barbara's father, said rushing in and hugging his daughter, "Or at least half awake."

"Dad!" She said angrily.

"Sorry my bad" he said noticing Dick, "oh hello Grayson."

"Hi Mr. Gordon." Dick says.

"Can we talk outside?" Gordon asked.

Starling City, Industrial district 10:59pm

Nightwing and Troia snuck into a warehouse Slade supposedly made his new base of operations after his old one was discovered

"Be careful Dick." Oracle said worried.

"Never." Nightwing said silently taking down a thug who isn't on Viper. "C'mon." he said to Troia.

"Can I ask you something?" Troia asked.

"Sure." Dick answered.

"Why do you push Barbara's buttons?" Troia asked, "You always tell me how you were in love with her before you knew what love was, how does pushing her buttons fit in?"

Nightwing just looked at her, "I've known Babs since I was twelve she and I joked around a lot little banters and all that it's just part of our relationship." Nightwing said. Nightwing stopped and listened to a voice that sent chills down his spine one all too familiar Nightwing's eyes widened, "Bane." He said.

"Who?" Troia asked.

"Shush." He said.

"The shipment of Viper will be in tomorrow morning very early so you don't need to worry about the police besides I will be personally escorting it here where afterwards I will receive my payment señor Wilson." The extremely too muscular crime lord said.

"Of course but I have an assignment for you right now." Deathstroke said.

"I'm not your muscle gilipollas." Bane shouted angrily.

"No need for the name calling Bane" Deathstroke said as he put on his helmet, "but would you be so kind as to entertain our guest and I'll double your money." He said.

"¿Dónde están los pendejos?" Bane asked, "I will break them." Deathstroke gestured with his sword as Bane walked towards them Nightwing, and Troia heard glass shatter three times and saw Arsenal enter through a window.

"Slade Wilson…YOU HAVE FAILED THIS CITY!" (Author's note: I just had to add it) Oliver shouted Nightwing was relieved to see friendly faces, Troia and Nightwing charged out one of the thugs took off his mask. And Nightwing recognized him.

"Jericho!" Nightwing shouted shocked his friend who betrayed his father to save the Titans was now allied with his father to destroy the city, "Not today Joseph I'm sorry." Slade jumped down next to his son.

"You take the girl Nightwing is mine." Slade said and his son put his mask back on and tackled Troia he then used his meta-human power to take control of her body (Author's note: not in the perverted way).

"Uh oh." Nightwing and Arsenal said as they saw what happened.

"Uh oh why uh oh?" Felicity asked.

"Jericho, a former friend from the Titans has taken over Troia's body that's not the full uh oh the rest is she was Wonder Girl and is Amazonian." Arsenal said.

"Oh that is an uh oh should I contact Captain Lance?" Felicity asked.

"No we got this." Arrow struggled to say as he was being chocked by a thug on Viper and Speedy rescued him.

"Okay just don't die." Felicity said worried.

"You know how I feel every time Richard jumps out our apartment window." Oracle said rolling up she put a hand on Felicity's shoulder, "They'll be fine." Oracle continued trying to reassure Felicity, "Do you want to help me upgrade your computer systems? It's kind of out of date." Oracle finished smiling.

"Okay." Felicity said.

Back at the battle Speedy an Arsenal were trying to force Jericho out of Troia, "Arsenal it isn't working." Speedy said.

"I can see that Speedy." He said as they got on higher ground.

"That won't do any good." Troia said any flew up to equal level with them.

"Crap I forgot she could do that." Arsenal said.

"How do you forget someone can fly that's like a stereotypical superpower?" Speedy asked.

It's been a few years since I've seen her…um Speedy run!" Roy said as he charged Bow first towards the possessed woman didn't even flinch she grabbed the bow and threw Arsenal over her head and slammed him to the ground, then from a high vantage point Speedy shot an Arrow Troia caught it.

"Did you think that would work?" Jericho asked.

"Wait for it." Speedy replied and the Arrow exploded, "No I didn't think it would work…I knew it would."

"Anyone have a plan?" Roy asked.

"Yep" Nightwing said, "lookout below." He said and pushed Deathstroke who was tied upside down into Troia then Jericho jumped out and was incapacitated by Arrow.

"Guys." Speedy said worried, "Where's El Lucadoro?"

"Oracle hack into the security footage we need to see where Bane went." Nightwing said.

"On it Wingnut." A few taps of the keyboard later and she was transmitting the footage to everyone.

"Okay he escaped during the battle." Arrow said angrily, "But where's he headed?" He asked.

"I have an idea." Nightwing said with a smirk on his face.

Flashback: Blüdhaven General Hospital, two years seven months ago

Dick and Jim were outside Barbara's room no one spoke for a few seconds.

"She's going to come home to Gotham no arguments." Jim said, "And you two will no longer be a couple and never will again, whenever she is with you she gets hurt either physically or emotionally."

"Okay hold on first off your daughter said she wanted to move in with me in the worst city in America, Blüdhaven, New Jersey and you said okay as long as I try to fix the city the day she got shot I took the first step, I'm trying to fix the police corruption I was nowhere near her when it happened."

"Yeah I did give my blessing… now I'M TAKING IT BACK! SHE IS TO BE PACKED BY THE END OF THE WEEK!" Jim ended up shouting.

' "No." Dick said, "Commish I love your daughter if I were there believe me it'd be me in that hospital bed right now and you arguing with Babs about her going back to Gotham I don't care what you say SHE STAYS HERE!" Dick shouted Barbara then grabbed the nearest thing which happened to be a wheelchair she sat herself in it and rolled to the door.

"Don't I get a say?" she asked in between them, "How about I roll to the side of the person I agree with?"

"Fine." Each man said and backed up a few spaces to give her room.

Starling City, the Quiver (Author's note: New name for the Arrowcave) 1:03am

"So he's headed toward the Docks." Oliver said, "And he'll be guarded."

"I'm sure of it." Dick said as Barbara pulled up a layout of the Docks.

"As you can see and know the Docks are really big." Oracle started, "There is no way you can cover it together you'll have to split up I'd suggest Dig and Canary, Roy and Dick, and Thea and Oliver." Oracle wheeled around handing everyone on Team Arrow comm-links.

"Where's Felicity?" Oliver asked.

"Sorry Oliver, that's my bad." Diggle said, "She's visiting her mom in Vegas I forgot to tell you."

"Um…okay." Oliver said putting the comm-link in his ear.

"We need to get moving." Dick said putting on his mask, "Bane said the shipment will arrive early this morning." He jumped on his motorbike and drove off."

"He right let's move." Oliver said as Team Arrow ran to their bikes and Diggle to his van.

Flashback: Blüdhaven General Hospital, two years seven months ago

Barbara looked at the two men, the two most important in her life. Her father Gotham City Police Commissioner, and her boyfriend the man she's sacrificed everything for…even her legs this was the toughest decision she'd have to make in her life so far.

"Take your time." Gordon said.

"I'm in no hurry." Dick said pulling up a chair and sitting down, "You can take as long as you need." Barbara needed to make a choice and soon it was getting late she looked at each of them thought for a few seconds and repeated the process a few times until she had decided.

"Hey I've made my decision." She said calmly as both men stood up Barbara wheeled around to Dick, "Sorry daddy." She said.

"Why him? Why Blüdhaven? I deserve an explanation." He said.

"Dad" Barbara said, "I'm not a baby, I'm not a little girl, I need to move on from Gotham."

"To live in a Clock Tower." Gordon said looking from over his glasses.

"It's a place we can make all our own." Barbara said looking at Dick.

"Yep all our own." Dick said and kissed her on the head.

Starling City, Highway on the way to the docks 2:30am

"I hate Starling traffic." Dick said, "How does the traffic here not drive you mad?"

"We don't know." Roy said.

"Boys focus on the mission." Oracle snapped.

"What? It's called multitasking." Arsenal and Nightwing said in unison. They all arrived at their location and started scanning through the area.

"I found something." Speedy said sounding scared, "More like someone." She said.

"Can you describe the man?" Nightwing asked.

"Big like REALLY big, tattoos, he's Mexican or South American, a tube going from something on his wrist to what looks like the back of his head, and a Luchador mask." Speedy said sounding frightened, "I'm shaking in my boots."

"Speedy listen to me very carefully." Nightwing said calmly, "He's called Bane. DO NOT let him get near you." He said,"Do you understand?" he asked then heard a scream, "Speedy…SPEEDY!" Nightwing looked at Arsenal and they ran to Arrow and Speedy's area to scan when The Arrow saw them he ran to them Speedy's bow over his shoulder.

"They have her." He said.