Just a note, the Italic words are flashbacks. I skipped a few parts of each scene to make this story evolve around the two sisters. It's hard to keep track of both of them.

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Chapter 5:

Delphinium strolled around the underground of the Gotham Coliseum. Deathstroke's men bowed as she passed them. She rolled her eyes at them. She soon reached the professor's room. Her communicator which she wore on her left ear started beeping, signing an incoming call. She tapped it once with her finger.

"Hello? Yes…I sent her there already. The boys should be taking her back. No, not my room. Put her in the same room as Talia," Delphinium said to the caller.

After hanging up, she pulled up her mask and entered the room. Dr. Langstrom was a bit shocked to see her. She smiled at him, walking around the room and observing it.

"The first batch looks good, professor," she started.

"H-How's my family?" Dr. Langstrom asked.

"Don't worry. I make sure they're comfortable…" the girl sneered.

"P-Please…let them-" he didn't get to finish his words.

Delphinium shot a death glare towards the door. She muttered, "He's coming for you…"

She backed away and faded into the darkness. Batman and Robin entered the room, startling Dr. Langstrom. Batman told him that he needed to come with them, but he refused. Delphinium stood at her hiding spot, listening.

"Deathstroke has my family. He says he'll kill them if I don't do what he wants," the professor explained, scared.

"Where is Deathstroke?" Batman asked.

"I-I don't know… You have to believe me," he muttered.

Robin charged at him. "I'll make you talk!" he shouted.

"Robin, no!" Batman shouted as the boy flipped Dr. Langstrom and threw him onto a table.

The professor hit some lab equipment on the table and crashed into the door. The door was destroyed, causing the professor to crash hard into the wall outside. Delphinium shook her head at Damian's actions. Some guards saw him collapsed and rushed into the room. Damian kicked both of the guards charging towards him. Batman hit one with a chair. Damian took the sword that was sticking on the table, smirking.

"No swords!" Batman said sternly.

"Fine!" Damian replied, kicking another guard.

Delphinium stepped into the dimmed light. She was smirking.

"Miss!" one of the guards called her before getting a clean kick in the stomach from Damian.

"Miss?" the wonder boy muttered.

During the commotion, Langstrom made his escape. Most of the men in the room were already knocked out, which was why Delphinium made an appearance. She knew it was safe to speak to them. She stood in front of Batman and Robin. They were both ready to attack her. She flipped her hair once and the two watched as it laid back on her shoulders.

"Hello, Batman, Robin…or should I say, Bruce Wayne, Damian, Ra's grandson…" she said confidently.

"How did you?!" Damian demanded, but Batman restrained him from doing anything rash.

Delphinium scoffed, "I'll let you escape. Deathstroke wanted to deal with you personally. I'd figured… He has a complex over you. Oh, and I already blocked the cameras, so it's not taping our conversation."

"What are you?" Batman muttered.

"I'm just a girl…just like little Phoenix," Delphinium said.

She ran out of the room after that. Some more men charged into the room a few seconds after she left. They were ready to attack.

"Time to retreat!" Batman stated.

"I'm no coward," Damian said.

"Don't be stupid," his father replied before throwing some tear bombs to create camouflage.

Meanwhile, Daphne opened her eyes to find herself in a dark room. Well, she was used to that. However, the room was not so familiar to her. It wasn't her bedroom and it wasn't the room she would use to train with Dick either. She looked around, there was not much light. She tried to stand up but her whole body ached.

"Urgh…what happened? The last thing I remember was…entering my room to go to sleep…" she muttered, holding her head.

Daphne shook her head to reduce her dizziness. She could make a figure of a brown haired woman on a bed, held up by shackles around her wrists. She looked wounded, far more than Daphne. The door suddenly creaked opened. Daphne dragged herself to go and hide somewhere.

"I know where you took the boy," a familiar voice said.

Daphne peeped from her hiding spot. She could see Deathstroke, holding out a tab for the woman to look at.

"He fights like an assassin, like you. Your romance with the Dark Knight wasn't merely rumored. Who is he? Who is Batman?" the man demanded.

"Do what you must, I won't talk," the woman glared at Deathstroke.

"I believe you," the man turned his back to her.

"Besides, you won't need to look for them. They'll find you first," the woman said.

"Works for me," Deathstroke muttered, "I have my own plan up my sleeves." He glanced up towards Daphne's hiding spot, giving her the chill.

When he closed the door behind him, Daphne pulled all of her strength together and rushed to the woman's side. She looked at both of the shackles holding her and fished for something inside her pocket. She tried fidgeting it with a hairpin but failed.

"Child, are you alright?" the woman asked.

"I guess… You're more wounded than me. I must help you!" Daphne replied, gazing into the woman's eyes.

The woman shook her head, saying, "No need. They will come for me." There was a pause before she continued, "You look exactly like her, orange hair, brown eyes, but, you're smaller…"

Daphne looked away for mere seconds. "Are you…really…Damian's mother?"

"Yes… My name is Talia. How do you know my son?" she asked.

"I was assigned to be his maid, by Batman… I'm Daphne," Daphne replied, smiling ever so sweetly.

Talia nodded to her. "You really look like Deathstroke's child. I don't know if they are related, but she always hesitates to hurt me."

"She…?" Daphne muttered. Suddenly, the memories of what happened before she was brought into the very room flashed in front of her.

Daphne stepped into her bedroom. "Hello, sister," she was surprised by the voice.

"D-Delphinium?" Daphne stared at the girl on her bed.

"Lucky you, taken in by Batman," Delphinium said, jumping off the bed and standing up on her two feet.

"How did you know I was here?" she asked.

Delphinium smiled and replied, "It wasn't easy, but it was to be expected that Batman would arrive at our home by the time he heard of our parents' death. I've known Batman's identity since I was eight…"

"Why are you here now? Where were you? You left me all alone…" Daphne muttered, her voice shaky.

"I have my own agenda. I'm gonna need you to cooperate," Delphinium said, charging in at her sister.

Daphne jumped out of the way. Delphinium smirked, impressed at her sister's reaction time. She turned to look at the younger girl.

"You've been training?" she asked, charging in with a kick.

Daphne blocked it with her arm, gasping. "I had to…in order to find you…and Deathstroke…"

Delphinium punched the girl in the face. Daphne held the punch with her hand. Her sister was strong, far stronger than Daphne thought the girl could ever be.

"I know one thing you won't do," her sister said.

"What?" Daphne demanded.

"Killing me," Delphinium said, disappearing from Daphne's sight. Daphne didn't react on time. Her sister was right behind her. With one chop on the neck, she blacked out.

Batman, Robin, and Nightwing stood in front of Langstrom who was brought to the Batcave. He told them everything about what Ra's wanted, the fact that he would provide volunteers for Langstrom to work on which was to Langstrom's delight.

"He wanted you to make the ultimate warrior…" Nightwing muttered.

"Yes. Ra's called it Operation Air Strike. No military could withstand an army of flying super-powered ninjas," Langstrom continued.

"But, Deathstroke took over," Nightwing interrupted.

He told them that he only spoke to his family once. Batman asked him to make the antidote while he and Robin went to rescue his family.

"Where's Phoenix?" Batman asked Nightwing.

"Haven't seen her. I supposed it's her bedtime by now…" the young man shrugged.

Batman pondered for a while. He wouldn't want to bother her bedtime. He and Robin boarded the Batwing and took off to Interlaken, where Robin was sure Langstrom's family was held as hostages.

Batman glanced up at his son. "I hope you're right about this."

Damian looked out through the window, saying, "I know these mountains well. I've been climbing them since I was four. It was a part of my training"

"That's some training for a four-year-old," the father muttered.

"The first time I climbed, I fell, broke a wrist, but I made it to the top anyway. It was to be expected. I was Ra's al Ghul's grandson…" Robin said.

Batman was a bit surprised, so he asked, "Was it all like that, Damian?"

"I was being groomed to lead humanity, by my grandfather. We were going to create a whole new world," he explained.

"By killing?" Batman asked.

"If that's what it took…" Robin replied short.

"How do you hope to lead humanity when you've never been a part of it?" Batman talked some senses into him.

Robin didn't say anything. He changed the topic, "What about you? From what I've heard, your childhood wasn't a lot of fun either."

"I had my traumas, but I also had people around me to help: Alfred, Dick, others…and then, Daphne. I've had friends. As far as I can tell, all you had are trainers. There's a difference, Damian," Batman explained to him.

"What about her? My servant?" the boy suddenly asked.

"She came a month before you came. She is a great gymnast and she was willing to help me. Her parents were killed…by Deathstroke," he sighed.

"And she never felt vengeful?" Robin asked.

"All she did was cry, but she was traumatized. Remember the time you accidentally cut her arm?"

"Yeah, she was chanting some words."

"Her parents were killed with a sword, almost similar to the one you used. She has been scared of it ever since."

"That girl we saw at the coliseum… She looks just like my servant…" Robin muttered.

"Yeah. I bet Phoenix knew something, but it's hard to make her talk. We have to wait until she's ready," Batman replied, understanding Daphne's feelings more than ever.

Robin didn't say anything after that. He really wanted to ask Daphne, but still hadn't got the chance to. He caught a glimpse of the peaks that looked like cat ears.

Forming a small smile, he said, "There's the stronghold, beyond those peaks."

Once they landed, they began their search for Langstrom's family and clues of Deathstroke's whereabouts.

"If Phoenix were here, it might have been easier..." Batman mumbled to himself.

As the two were searching for clues and the missing family members, Daphne and Talia were being dragged to a new whole place. Daphne wasn't sure if she was going to like the new prison. It was above the sea and boy does she hate the sea. Daphne helped Talia up her feet as they got down from the airplane they boarded.

"Well, we're gonna have to separate you," Delphinium said to the two prisoners.

"Don't hurt her! Please, sister!" Daphne screamed as she watched Deathstroke scooped Talia up.

"Don't call me that!" Delphinium shouted, hitting Daphne's back.

"Daphne! Do not hurt her, you!" Talia gasped.

Delphinium pulled Daphne to follow her. Talia took one last look at the girl before she was pulled by Deathstroke to follow him. Daphne was taken to an underground cave. She was pushed into a small opening Delphinium had created for the two of them to hide until Damian would show up. They knew Damian would be coming. Daphne saw the Lazarus Pit not far from her. Delphinium stabbed her sister's right leg. She screamed in pain and broke into tears again.

"W-Why…?" she asked her sister.

"Because you would try to help him when he comes. Deathstroke is planning to kill Damian and Talia to take over the League of Assassin. I'm going to help," Delphinium said with a smirk.

"Why?" she asked again.

"I have my reasons. You don't need to know, you're going to die either way," the older girl replied.

Daphne looked away, gasping as she was in pain. "I'm of no importance to Master Damian. I won't serve as a benefit to the two of you," she sobbed.

"Oh…you will," Delphinium replied, standing up from her squatting position, "You see…Batman cares for you so much. I'm sure he will hesitate to stop us when he knows his precious Phoenix has been captured. Not so invincible anymore, are you?"

Daphne's vision was getting blurry because of all the blood loss. She still had a lot of questions in her mind. Delphinium stabbed her other leg. She screamed again, before falling unconscious. Confirming that the girl had fainted, Delphinium contacted Deathstroke.

"The bait will soon be here," she muttered, "I want my end of the deal."