The next chapter! And the last of the intro chapters! Thank you to everyone who reviewed and is now following me! You guys ROCK! *atomic hugs*

word to the wise- this is my first fight scene and i apologise if it goes a bit fast... oh well

Don't own.

Kaldur meets Dick

Everyone had agreed to walk to Artemis' house after school. Her parents wouldn't be home (you can guess why) so she had the place to herself for the night. After putting up with two more classes, history and math, Kaldur and Conner and Wally were now waiting outside for the girls, who, as Wally out it, were taking forever.

"Seriously how long does it take to put some books in a bag!?"

"Megan said she would be out in five minutes. It's only been three. Relax Wally."

"I bet Artemis is holding them up. Every time we hang out she's always the last one ready. I bet she does it just to annoy me."

"You sure seem to think a lot about Artemis."

"I do not!"

Kaldur had know these people for less than a day and already he felt like he had heard this a hundred times over. "Here they are." He said.

Artemis and Megan walked up to the boys, Megan looping her arm through Conners and holding his hand.

"Ready to go?"

Everyone nodded and Artemis took the lead. It was her house they were going to. They walked for a few minutes before Wally noticed something.

"Hey. Isn't this like, near the worst part of Gotham?"

"I didn't choose to live here."

"I know but this is probably the worst place to be. We have no idea what is going on here."

"Gotham is the same all over. It doesn't matter where you are. Besides, everyone around here knows not to mess with my family."

Megan only held on to Conner tighter, neither liking how some of the men they passes were looking at her.

"I had no idea that by just walking a few blocks, how much a city could change." Kaldur said anxiously. Already the buildings, cars, streets and even people looked much more different than how the schools neighborhood looked. It even smelled different, like stale beer and smoke.

"Yeah. You get used to it. Sadly." Artemis said softly, looking at the pavement. Maybe it had been a bad idea to go to her house. Megan and her uncle had an apartment on the north end of town, away from all this shi-

"Hey there princess." A voice said. The teens stopped and looked around, Conner holding Megan as he looked around for the jerk who had the guts to call his girlfriend 'princess' but saw no one that stood out.

"What do you want Jordon?" Another voice. This one sounded much younger but defiantly male. Artemis poked her head around the up coming corner.

"Oh no." Kaldur heard the worry in her voice. The other must have too since all five of them were looking around the corner. And Kaldur did NOT like what he saw.

A boy, ten or twelve Kaldur guessed, with black hair dark sunglasses and black hoodie was being surrounded by six men each twice his size. The boy seemed somewhat familiar too. The leader (Kaldur assumed he was the leader since the others kept looking at him obediently), Jordon, was approaching the boy until his back was against the wall. Artemis hissed in distaste.

"I know these guys. A bunch of steroid addicted bullies that like to pick on women and kids. Mike Jordon works for some drug lord in his spare time," Kaldurs anger rose, as did everyone elses, when Jordon grabbed the boy by his collar and sent a well aimed punch to his gut, earning a loud gasp from the child.

Wally was practically fuming, "I know that kid. He's in my calculus class. Skipped a grade because he's a genius or something."

Megan gasped when the boy was slapped across the face after making a crude comment, "Who is he?"

"Richard Grayson, but everyone calls him Dick. He's the adopted ward of Bruce Wayne who practically owns half of Gotham. Plus he used to be in the circus."

Artemis nodded. "I heard about Haley's Circus. About four years ago there was an accident-"

She stopped when she heard Jordon say, "So what do ya think, circus brat? Me and my friends just wanna introduce you to someone. It'll be fun. I promise."

Conner let go of Megan and looked at Kaldur, both thinking the same thing. And so they stepped out and faced the men, two holding Richard Grayson while Jordon held a knife to his cheek.

"Leave he boy alone." Kaldur said, his voice dripping with calm anger.

Jordon looked at the two teens, as did the other men and Richard. Kaldurs new friends stared at him in shock.

"Who the hell are you blondie?"

"Leave the boy alone." Kaldur repeated.

"Or what? Why do you care?" Jordon sneered.

Conner growled, "Or else I will break your face."

Jordon laughed, his friends joining in. "Very funny junior. But you must be pretty bad at math since there's six of us and two of you-" He stopped suddenly as an arrow flew past his ear and impaled its self into the brick wall behind him. Everyone was silent, except for Artemis who stood behind the teens, her bow drawn and already knotting another arrow. Where she got the arrows Kaldur did not know, but the look on Artemis' face told him she wasn't putting with Jordon or his goons.

Jordons eyes were wide, before turning angry. "You know what? I don't give a damn about you brats." He turned to the men holding Richard. "Get the freak out of here. Boss wants him alive."

"Hey!" Richard yelled as the other men began dragging him down the alley, not without a small fight from the boy. They didn't get very far though, as Wally appeared on the other side other the alley, his arms crossed over his chest. Everyone was so startled, even then men holding Richard nearly dropped him.

"You don't want to go there." Wally said, his voice deadly serious. His eyes widened though, when the two men took out guns, one aimed at Wally, the other at Richard. Jordon laughed,

"I don't know how you got there, speedy. But your still out matched and out gunned. Now leave before one of you gets a bullet in the brain."

"My name isn't speedy!"

"Whatever." Jordon and the other men each pulled out their own guns. Jordon walked over to Richard, grabbed him by the hood and held him in a head lock, holding the gun to the poor boys temple. The sudden movement knocked the sunglasses off of Richards face, revealing stunning baby blue eyes. Eyes that seemed terrified. Kaldur stiffened, even with his training he was not sure he would be able to help without Richard getting hurt, also there were the other men, three backing Jordon and the two behind. There was also the matter that Wally, Conner, Artemis and Megan could get hurt. Speaking of Mean, where was she?

"Let the kid go Jordon." Artemis demanded, pointing the arrow at Jordons head.

"Is that you Aremis? Never thought I'd see you standing up for some orphan brat. Hey! How's that hot sister of yours?" Jordon laughed.

Artemis' scowl deepened, Jordon must have struck a nerve.

Can everyone hear me?

Kaldur's eyes widened. Where did Megans voice come from? He did not see her anywhere, and from the looks of the older men, they had not hear her voice. Kaldur looked at Conner, who did not seem fazed at all.

Loud and clear Megan. Conners voice in his mind now.

Kaldur, she was talking directly at him. I know this may be shocking, but please do not panic. I have the power of telepathy so I have linked our minds so we can talk in private about the situation. Wally and Artemis know too.

I understand, Kaldur replied in his own mind. The guy was from an underwater utopia, could talk to fish and conduct electricity from his hands. Understanding that Megan had the power to talk with her mind was only a surprise.

Anybody got any ideas? Jordon could blow the kids head at any second! Wallys voice. Kaldur thought for only a second.

I have training experience for situations like this. Prehaps I can be of some help.

Artemis, Lead away Captain.

Wally, you seem to have the meta-human ability of super speed. Use that to round up the two in the back while Conner and Artemis distract the other three. I will take down Jordon.

How the heck did you know about my speed ability?

It's the only solution for how you got to the other end of the alley so fast. Now go!

Wally was off like a rocket, creating a whirlwind surrounding the two goons in the back, taking the others by surprise. Jordon however, recovered from his shock too fast. He dodged the arrow fired by Artemis and fired his gun at her. Kaldurs heart stopped as it impaled its self into Conners chest.

Kaldur nearly screamed, until he noticed that Conner wasn't dead, not even dazed by the impact it must have had on him. There was no blood, no wound, not even a tiny scratch. Jordon screamed though. His grip on Richard tightening to a point where the boy couldn't breath and started to choke. Kaldur took the opening and ran at an inhuman speed, knocking his elbow into Jordon's temple. The man fell to the ground unconscious, letting go of Richard in the process. Kaldur helped the coughing boy up, both hands on his shoulders, and watched as Artemis fired two arrows, both pinning a man to the wall, and Conner ripping up a street sign, bending it as though it were a balloon, and wrapping it around the third man. In a matter of seconds, the teens had all six men unconscious and tied up in the alley. Megan had reappeared from where ever she had been and was tending to the small cut and bruise on Richards cheek.

Richard was fine. A bit traumatized but fine. Kaldur had asked him what had happened before they had shown up. Apparently, Richard was supposed to meet up with his brother but Jordon and his gang had caught him after school, wanting to kiddnapp him, while being complete pedophiales as well as jerks.

"It's fine. Really I'm used to the whole 'kiddnapping for ransom' thing. Being the ward to the richest man in Gotham comes with a price."

Kaldur had recognized him after a minute. He had been the boy in the hallway he and Artemis had passed. Richard had told them (after being pestured about by Artemis and Wally) that the football team like to pick on him. He didn't look at Conner when he said his, since Conner was on the team. Thankfully though, Conner had told Richard that he would talk to the guys about it. "If they don't stop I'll punch them into next week." Were his exact words. Richard smiled and made a joke causing everyone to laugh. Dispite the event they had just gone through, Kaldur had never felt so normal. As if he was made to do this...

"Thanks for saving me today." Richard said putting his sunglasses back on.

"No sweat dude. Just remember to keep the whole 'we have super powers' thing on the down low." Wally replied putting his arm around Richards shoulder.

Megan smiled warmly, "It was nothing Richard. We were glad to help."

"Don't call me Richard. Way to formal. My friends call me Dick."

Kaldur agreed, "It was nice meeting you Dick. If you ever need help again, please tell us. We do go to the same school after all."

"Plus I'm only allowed at Gotham Academy because of Bruce Wayne giving me a scholarship. Consider this me just paying back." Artemis said, but she was still smiling at the thirteen year old (Kaldur had asked and yes. He was thirteen).

Megan smacked her forehead, "Hello Megan! You can hang out with us at school too! We'll all have lunch together!" Conner nodded in agreement.

Dick smiled up at Kaldur (remember that he is short and 13), "Great. Totally feeling the aster."

BA-BAM! AND DONE! YES! AND IT WAS LONGER THEN THE OTHERS! YEEEEESSSSSS! btw in this story Wally, Artemis, Conner and Megan have all been friends for a while which is why they know about eachothers powers. Yes, Megan is still a martian, Conner is still half kryptonian (but I changed it up a bit you will see). well it's 1:30 am so I'm going to bed now. GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY!

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