Hi guys!

I'm soooo sorry I haven't updated in awhile and I know that I keep saying life is a bitch and keeps getting in the way of my doing this story and yea... Life has really dumped on me and the hubs atm... so for the past two weeks... even though I had half of this done I just... couldn't do anything. Everything has been hectic and yea. Sorry guys. =(

But I'm gonna try and be positive and writing this story helps... so yea...

So ANYWHO I want to say a extra thank you to all my followers and and BIG HUGS to all my reviewers. You guys really really push me and even tho my grammar is horrible and whatnot just, yea thank you.

Asilla: I am and I will take you up on your offer for the next chapter. =) And thank you I do plan to finish this story eventually XD

Top Hat: Asif has got a lot of work ahead of him and Wintergreen showing up... I dunno, do you know? And yes Robin shot a gun! Like target practice...he shot a gun before to shoot the tires out... but now he's aiming to KILL Mwahahaha or not I dunno. DO I ever know? No... not really. XD

Anywho ON WITH THE STORY!

EDIT 03/29/2022: Fixing some typos and making it flow a bit better, also slowly starting to update this to A03

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It took awhile, but eventually they left Sariel's little house behind. Packed everything up and went to the nearest airport. And soon... desert turned into green. They were going to Europe. To Berlin. Or to be precise, the lions den.

Once back in civilization. It felt... weird. Like he almost didn't belong here. He was used to the sands and the dunes and that dreadful heat. Oh how he hated the heat in that vile place, but now as he stood here in Germany's capital he almost missed it. It was slightly chilly out, and he felt as if he was freezing. It was around midnight and they had just gotten off a plane.

"Grams has got a place we can use to set up shop." Sariel carried her luggage along as they exited the airport.

"Where exactly in Berlin?" Slade was mildly curious of the properties his old friend had acquired in her time, he knew she did have a thing for Berlin. Even though she wasn't quite the city person. But even he would admit, Berlin had a different atmosphere then say Paris or London. It wasn't so touristy, although the amount that came to the city was rather large, especially for Christmas. The markets always seem to draw a crowd.

"Spandau."

"Spandau?" Robin couldn't pronounce the word correctly but gave it his best shot regardless.

Sariel gave the former boy wonder a shrug and a smile. 'Yea. It's an old part of the city. It was originally just a village way back, but Berlin grew and now it's part it. Most of it hasn't changed since I'd say the early 1200's or so. The citadel is still there with an old fashioned drawbridge, towers and a fancy moat."

Asif yawned and looked on at his companions. "Can we please get to this place then?' He allowed another yawn and Sariel couldn't help but yawn herself. "Yes." she nodded. They were all tired, they could all use the rest.

"We'll have to get a taxi from here." the group started to head off to the so called Taxi area.

"Why don't we just rent a car?" Gus spoke up. His voice as loud as ever. Someone slept very well on the plane. Sariel hoped he wouldn't get any kind of jet lag later on.

"Yea, like I'm gonna let you rent a car after what you did to the last one." Gus shrugged. "That and a couple of other deposits I'll never get back because of you."

"Oh come on, it wasn't that bad."

"The first one you blew up on some bridge out in the middle of India of all places."

"I was in a bit of a snare, so I blew up the jeep and the guys who were shooting at me to smithereens."

"The second was a 4x4 we took out into Mexico and it to got blown up... again. We had to go on by foot from there, and the third you left out in the water after you nearly ran through Versailles."

"But I fly the helicopter good." He frowned.

"Apparently that is the only thing you can do well then." It was Asif that stepped up this time to take a jab at his friend. Gus slumped his shoulders in defeat and put his hands in his pockets.

"Fine then, don't look at all the other times I drove us away to safety."

Robin couldn't help but laugh as he walked through the airport, Slade ahead of him and Sariel and the others behind. He had is passport pulled out, since once you got off the plane the airports customs was right there ready to stamp your passport and the conveyor belt was just beyond that. It all seemed rather handy to say the least.

It was kind of odd that no one recognized him. He was a bit worried about that, but that was before looking at the name on the passport itself. Richard Wilson. Slades last name. He guessed it was the perfect cover. Someone normally of his age would be travelling around with his parental figure, and most would recognize him if it said Richard Grayson. And while he had a recognizable face they wouldn't question it if his passport told a different story.

If this had happened the first time around, Robin would of been furious. But he understood they had to smuggle themselves in and around between different countries. A different name was needed. Perhaps it was time for a change for everything.

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Spandau was indeed as Sariel had said it to be. Medieval. It was like he had stepped back in time. The little town of Spandau welcomed them with the lovely sight of the area all lit up. It was about two in the morning when they finally arrived. It took awhile to get a taxi and it was a bit of a drive out. Or in he should say. Spandau may seem like a separate entity from the city, but it was indeed just another area of Berlin as a whole. He was bagged and he should be sleeping, but here he was, in a nice cozy bedroom all to himself looking out onto the quiet streets below.

The streets were old, the buildings were old. He'd been to Europe before, although Berlin wasn't a place he had stayed at for very long in the past. He much liked the charm of the setting around him, it would seem he never gave the German city much credit in the past. The city itself was calm and he felt strange having gone from cities where the people have next to nothing, their homes were bombed all the time, to some place like Berlin that had the same thing happen to it over 70 years ago. Apparently by the end of the war there was nothing left of capital. They had to rebuild everything, and still are from what he had seen. Especially some of the older parts of the old East Berlin. When the Russians were in charge nothing was taken care of. The city and it's people were left to rot. And even back then the people had to do the work themselves. No Superman to the rescue.

They themselves took that wall down, and in time the east flourished. It was a lesson. You cannot restrain people. They will revolt.

A wall was never the answer.

Robin frowned at the idea of so many families being torn from one another. The US, UK and Russia were so afraid that Germany would start another world war. But what they didn't understand that tyrants can come from anywhere.

Robin sighed. Sariels grandmother had a lovely little apartment right in the middle of town. The building was old. He didn't question how old however. Everything in Europe was older then you thought it was. The whole apartment was rather large, like she had just taken half of a whole floor and remodeled it, making it into one large apartment. The place literally had everything. Weapons room, training rooms, two kitchens, multiply bathrooms and bedrooms, a tactical room, and one very large living room. Very modern but all the while keep that old look. Actually if he had to guess he would say the building was from the 17th century. So it was "newer" compared to the rest of the little so called medieval town.

"Wow I thought you'd be out like a light."

Robin turned and found Gus standing in the door. "Not much of a sleeper are you?" Robin chuckled a bit before shaking his head. "No, I'm really not."

Gus shrugged. "I know that, I never sleep. Up all night, usually clicking away at the laptop or ya know just goofing around. Sleep doesn't seem to be an option open to me so you know, I just roll with it. Helps get a lot of work done at least."

"I suppose"

"Sooo... what do you think?"

"On?"

"The soft and fluffy sheets, no the plan dumby." Gus took a seat in one of the vacant chairs and nonchalantly crossed his legs.

"It is risky, but I can see it working."

"Yea... Sariel always goes for the big bang way of doing things. I think she likes the attention."

Robin chuckled. "Yea she does seem to go to some extremes."

"I'm a little worried though." For someone that seemed so upbeat, to hear worry in his tone. It in return worried him.

"Why?" Robin looked over to his friend. "I'm sure she's got it covered."

Gus smirked. 'Yea she usually does, I just got this bad feeling you know. She went to deep last time. How far is she willing to go now? She gets this idea stuck in her head and she doesn't easily let it go you know. Taking down the ben Elohim won't be easy. Sometimes I wonder why we even bother?"

"Because if you don't no one else will."

Robin looked at Gus with a serious dark gleam in his eyes. "No one is going to come save the day for you or us rather. We have to do it ourselves."

Gus only smiled at his shorter companion. "You're right. We got a job to do and it's time to get it done. Buuut... I still worry about her." Robin nodded. "I'm going in with her, that was already decided. I'll help her out. All you gotta do is pull the trigger on us..."

"Yea, I suppose over the next few days I'm gonna have to smuggle myself into their little gang. That's going to be fun." He let out a sigh and rolled his eyes. "Sooo much fun."

"Gotta be the tough guy for once huh?"

"Heeeeyyyy I can be tough to you know. I've been in a few fisticuffs in my time."

"A few?"

"Used to get into scraps all the time as a kid, then I got myself into the business hacking into shit, nearly got arrested a couple of times. But I fought them off, punched a few of the cops and ran away. As bloody far as I could."

"Really?"

"Yea! Bastards were gonna pepper spray me, that shit stings you know."

"I wouldn't know." he smiled.

"Well maybe one day I'll surprise you with one, then you'll know what true pain is." Gus gave out a rather loud laugh. Then suddenly there was a pounding on the wall beside them, and a faint and muffled, "Will you keep it down in there some people are trying to sleep." The two laughed. Apparently they had been keeping Sariel up.

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It was rather ironic that they were in Berlin of all places. Slade used to do a lot of work here. Lots of contracts were fulfilled in this city. Lots of euro had filled his pockets. It seemed like a lifetime ago now.

But never had Jillian ever shown him this little gem in the city. He had been allies with her for years, and he always found her in that damn cabin in the woods. Although he knew she owned property other then the woodland area in France, since she had talked about it before. But to this extent... well he was going to have a few questions for her about it once he saw her again.

Slade looked out onto the city. Berlin was massive and it held many secrets, and although he hadn't been here in awhile he did have various small bases all over the world, including Germany's capital. Tomorrow, while his apprentice and his friends plotted and schemed, he would go and retain a few of his own supplies for the attack to come. As well as his uniform and Robins new one as well. He had already spoken to Will ahead of time and had some of his men drop off some supplies to the city.

It would be interesting in the days to come, for Robin to wear Slades colors so willingly. Everyone would know who he was, who he stood with now, and they would all know who he had betrayed and they would all fear him. And Slade would delight in that tiny little fact.

They would fear Robin. As soon as reports filtered in to the Justice League, and they would, and they saw him there in Deathstroke's colors... Oh he would love to be a fly on a wall in that room.

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