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She made the journey, although she probably shouldn't have. It had been a few days since Endora had made her fateful visit and it seemed the child knew how to make quite the mess. Yet, she didn't know how to clean up after herself. Furniture was broken, and knickknacks that were once valuable to the old woman were now shattered or damaged. It wasn't the same little house she had come so accustomed to. The warmth she normally felt when entered through that front door was gone now, stripped away as if this little house meant nothing to no one.

She would suppose by this time someone, whoever was remaining of her boys, had come to collect the body. She frowned at the thought of not being able to attend her funeral if there was going to be one, that is. Sariel knew she was the only remaining family the woman had. Or so she had led the woman to believe. Jillian was useful and a bit gullible. Miraculously her granddaughter had survived her son's family's murder at the hands of a mercenary, was then sold off into a nationless military, became an efficient soldier as a child, and then... well it wasn't too far off from the truth, she survived the terror of being a child soldier; she endured various programs set up specifically to train children. So it wasn't a complete lie. She had overcome so much in her short life. But this was the hardest. She knew all along Jillian had the Legacy, which was why she always kept close to the woman. Over time, she played her cards right, and she won this round, but it may have cost her something she cherished. She mentally noted the marker in the open space in the house's front yard but denied herself a look at it, knowing full well whose name was there. Her own. Did the woman care for her so much?

Yet somehow, some way, she still managed to get the woman to trust her enough to give her the Society's portion of the Legacy, the missing link some would call it. And in turn, she gave it to Robin. In the end, it all went as it should. Jillian was going to die. That part couldn't unfortunately be changed, but it was all so she could get the Legacy into Robin's hands. All of the weakest links had to be snipped away. And unfortunately, her "grandmother" was one of them.

She wondered if she knew all along. She must have. Jillian was too smart to fall for her tricks. But then why? Why give her a home? Give her comfort and warmth. She grimaced at the thought. She had little of that growing up. She had a home, but she was always on the move. Even after she left the nightmare of her childhood behind, when she joined him, even then there wasn't really a house to call home, just people she loved and cared for. The walls to grow up in? A place to call her own? It didn't exist. Her home was just military bases, outposts, and safe-houses. Her entire life has been one tumbleweed of travel, letting the wind take her from one area to the next. She sighed. It was her own fault really, she knew that was going to go down the moment she stepped into this damn house.

"I'm sorry it had to come to this," silence was the only answer she received. "I'm sorry I had to deceive you in such a way. It was nice, though, for a little while."

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They didn't return to the safe house that night. Instead, they directly went back to the base on the outskirts of town. That night he remembered asking Slade for any news on Jillian and when the mercenary had told him "nothing yet" he just went to his room and passed out, hoping for something better in the morning. It was unfortunate, however, that the good news he was hoping for was not what he received the next day. Jillian was dead. And Slade didn't take too kindly to the murder of his old friend.

Now, it had been a few days since their escape from Luthor's function. And all of them just seemed to be going in the same mundane loop every day. That was until Luthor called Slade asking for Robin.

"You want what?" Slade stood behind the boy as the two looked on at Luthor's image as it appeared on a screen before them. "You heard me kid. I need names." Robin crossed his arms knowing full well that he would have nothing to do with the Justice League in the future. But to come to him directly, when he had uploaded every piece of the Legacy to his systems. Surely there was information on there.

"This Legacy is more massive than you and your little friends got into. The Justice League is as you say, a pawn in one of their games. There are lists of government departments, and various weapon manufacturers such as Wayne Enterprises, Kord Industries, and Queen Consolidate, not to mention all the other illegal weapon trafficking. I think you've been the key all along, the specific names are not on the list but the subtle or rather massive hints are there. Your little friend said she left this to you right?"

Robin shrugged at the mention of Sariel. "Yeah."

"They knew who you were right?" The former hero nodded, "Yeah, she did. But what's that got to do with it?"

"I think they knew more of what's going on than you thought. I think they left the Legacy with you for a reason. We have the information on the Legacy to back up any kind of information you give us, but I need the names directly from you. You knew everyone there. You got names, and I got the intel."

"Are you trying to strike a deal with me?" the boy nearly scoffed and Slade gave him a nudge as a warning. "Alright, show me what you found first." He could almost see how Lex Luthor nearly rolled his eyes in annoyance, but the smirk on his lips didn't vanish either. "Alright fine, here." Instantly a massive catalog of various companies and government departments were listed. "Good enough for you?" Robin smirked, "Who do you want the dirt on first?"

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"What are we gonna do Rae? He's up and gone again." Cyborg shook his head. "All this time and effort. And for what? For him to just up and walk out of our lives again. We looked for him, we fought for him... and now." The Team hadn't left Metropolis. Instead, they were kind of stuck in the city until Batman had his talk with Superman and the rest of the League. And right now Cyborg felt pretty useless just sitting around waiting.

"I know how you feel about it. I've had to do a few extra meditation exercises the last few days." Raven placed a hand on his shoulder in an attempt to comfort her friend. "But we do need to find him again." Cyborg looked up at his co-leader. "Do we really?"

"What are you talking about?"

Cyborg shrugged and looked over to Starfire and Beast Boy who were chatting with one another. "Are we going to keep putting them through this?"

Raven looked at the remaining team members and then back to Cyborg. "We've been through this before."

"Not like this we haven't." Cyborg shook his head and looked at his feet. "Terra doesn't count, she wasn't our leader, she didn't spend a few years with us. Don't tell BB I said that." Raven could only nod. "I won't, you know that."

"How much more of ourselves are we going to sacrifice just to find him again?' Raven sighed. "That answer I cannot give you, but you already gave them the choice to back out, we're all still here Cyborg, we all want this to end as much as you do. I think perhaps we are at the toughest part. But we have to pull through. We can't give up remember?"

Victor chuckled. "Look at you, giving reassuring speeches," he smirked. "Robin would be proud."

The young woman frowned. "Shut up."

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It was later that evening when Master and Apprentice bumped into one another in one of the windowed hallways overlooking a hanger. Robin had placed himself on one of the black leather unused seats that were positioned along the way and caught himself in his own thoughts as he looked on at the people and the planes below.

"You shouldn't dwell on it too much." The boy shrugged at the man's entrance.

"I should have been able to get to you earlier, then you would have been able to tell her or at least given her a heads up." his gaze was still fixed on the activities below.

Slade took a deep breath and put his hand on his young apprentice's shoulder. "I don't think there was anything either of us could do." Robin looked at the man and slowly nodded realizing that the man was correct. Jillian was on the other side of the planet. What exactly could they have done?

"When her boys found her, she was lying outside in her garden. They didn't know how she died, there were no bruises or cuts. It was as if the damage was done internally."

"That kid..."

"Unless they have someone else."

"But how did she get there? So fast?"

"When you were trapped in that room I ran into Superman, he recognized you and questioned me about your whereabouts. Ironically at that time I actually had no clue where you were. I couldn't access the room, but Superman opened the doors with ease. I'm not exactly sure what kind of powers that girl possesses, but I can imagine that if she trapped you in that small pocket of another dimension, then traveling across the world within minutes would be nothing to her." Robin nodded, he knew what needed to be done now. "We need to tear apart the Justice League and I need a team to do it."

Slade could almost chuckle. "Wanting to be a team lead again, missing the Titans?" Robin could only shake his head. "No, but leading a team, that I do kind of miss."

The mastermind's gaze strays from his apprentices as he too begins to follow along with the ongoings of the hanger below. "Then you'll need to find some candidates, there are some that may join you, but most right now-"

"I know, but I can build a reputation by leading a team, I just need a few to start with."

The man looked down at his younger counterpart. "Then you better start with the interviews. Most of my men are very good and would be an excellent addition to any unit, especially if you're going to go after the ben Elohim. But many are only loyal to their unit, or myself alone. You will have to show them that you are deserving of being my apprentice. Show them why I picked you in the first place. Right now you have Asif, and you may have the possibility to have Ksenia at your side as well, which would be a good place to start since she has a pull on many of the men already. Get her on your team first, then work on the others."

"So you're really letting me build a team?"

"An elite unit, it would be wise to have one."

"Don't you already have elite units?"

"I do."

"But then-"

"But none to fight off someone such as Aurora, whatever she is, she's not your typical meta-human." Robin could only nod in agreement. "Have you thought of a name yet?"

"For the team?"

"For yourself."

Robin crossed his arms, catching the sight of a young man trying to fix something as he grasped for wires. "I have. But I'm not so sure about any of them. All seem kind of cheesy. Robin just kind of fit for the longest of times. I think in some way it's still me. But I know I need a new alias."

"Care to take a recommendation?"

Robin shrugged as his attention turned towards his master. "I'm down." Slade still faced the window but his singular eye at found Robins. "What about Renegade? Seems fitting."

The boy blinked a couple of times. "You know that's not half bad."

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