Chapter 11

Batman and the Team

"How long do we have to wait," whined Wally

"Would you just shut up already. We have heard your pathetic and your stupid complaints. We'll..." before Tim could finish what he was saying, the sound of a heart wrenching scream echoed throughout the cave. "Holy Crap!!"

"Batman, we need to get out of here!! Nightwing is getting tortured!! We must save him."shouted Artemis.

"I know."replied Batman quietly in a dark and merciless tone.

"Don't you even think about escaping. If you do, Master will make you pay," chuckled a guard, "Well looky here, it seems playtime is over."

Straining their eyes to try to see what the guard was talking about, Young Justice was able to see that Dick was being dragged through the dark hallway towards them.

"I think this garbage is yours."said the guard that was dragging Nightwing. Looking at him better, Batman and the team saw that Dick's face was bruised and there were a more than ten cuts that were bleeding out, and his ears had bits of dried blood on them. Moving on to his chest, they saw that Dick's chest was completely covered with blood, and the same goes with his back. There were also bits of pieces of glass and stones protruding out of his skin. From what they could see, there were no evidence of broken bones. Which was a good sign.

"Don't worry. We didn't damage any arteries. We still need him."from the looks of it, Wally could of sworn that he could see a smile behind the mask. "Oh and here, Master wants you to fix him up. He wants Nightwing be in the best shape for the real hell."handing the team a first aid kit.

"YOU BASTARD!!!"shouted Wally.

"Not my problem," was all that the assassin said before helping his friend throw Nightwing upon the hard, cold concrete floor.

Groaning, Nightwing lifted his eyelids to see everyone hovering over him, whispering things to each other, and handing each other different instrument. Suddenly, Dick felt his wound started to sting. "They gave you guys alcohol," he hissed trying to lighten the mood.

"Dude you're awake, it's been forever."exclaimed Wally quickly, at least at normal pace, ran over and hugged Dick. But suddenly let go when he heard Dick groan.

"How long was out for?" asked Dick while trying to get in a sitting position.

"You were out for two days," replied a concerned M'gann as she helped him get into a comfortable position.

"Two days?"

"Yep. And while you were out, we were able to patch you up the best we could." Connor added.

"Let's just say that it wasn't pleasant. You were screaming the entire time. It wasn't until the assassins gave you some morphine that you finally stopped." KF continued

"I'm sorry," replied Dick, who was looking down

"No need to be ashamed of it."comforted Robin.

"Anyway, now that we know that you are alright, we can start strategizing a plan to get out of here."

"We can't, Batman. When they were bringing me to the arena, I started to memorize everything I saw. And from what I could see, Ra's secured every hallway, guards are patrolling 24/7, and they change the passwords for the doors every hour."

"Dude, we can't just stay here. They will eventually come back and take you and put you through hell." KF then started to run circles around the room.

"Look all we can do is hope that the others will find us."replied Dick

"Fine, but now we have to put our trust in four inexperienced kids, not to mention trust that they haven't killed each other yet."replied Artemis in a skeptical tone.

"Look, I know that it's scary to think about, but we have to trust that they would do the right thing."said Dick in a firm tone

"So now we have to to trust that we won't get killed. Great!"retorted Wally sarcastically.

AN: Than you for reading. Please review. In the next few chapters, you will see what Red Hood and the team has been up to.