Chapter 6: Wake Up Call
When Damian got downstairs, Bruce was waiting for him.
"Yes father"
"I know it wasn't Tim." Bruce looked right at his son.
"He told you didn't you?" Damian sounded calm.
"No. I just know."
"How?"
"One, I'm your father, I know when your guilty, two, I'm batman"
"Okay. You got me there. I'm sorry. I was..under pressure"
"I know. I didn't expect you to give up the search. I'm sorry. You get that from me and your mother. But, when it's family is when is matters. Trust me." Damian looked up at him. It was quiet for several minutes. Then Bruce placed his hand on Damian's shoulder.
"Don't think I'm mad. I'm not. Make sure you thank Tim. He does care. Dare I say, more then Dick. It make take a while to fix your bound with everyone else but your bound with Tim right now is pretty strong"
"Father, will Richard be okay? Will he wake up?"
"Yes. He's alive. He'll wake up. Soon. We just need to be patient." Damian nodded. He understands what his father is saying. He hope's he's right.
When they finished, Bruce called everyone downstairs. He had Damian standing next to him.
"I hope everyone understands that you can't hide anything from me." Everyone understood.
Damian slipped away long enough to check on Dick. He was still out cold. Damian sighed and left the room. Damian got a little bit of sleep but not much because another call came later that night. He sprang out of bed. The call was just downtown. Every changed fairly quickly. Damian jumped in the passenger. Normally Tim would argue with him but he just got in the backseat. Jason on the other hand did fight.
"He's ten! I need the leg room!" Batman gave him a dark stare.
"Back"He demanded. Jason got in the seat without questions.
Right after, they were off. The tires screeched to a stop in mid-downtown. They all emptied out and looked around. Damian saw someone on the rooftop right away/
"There!" Everyone gave that spot their full attention. A dark figure was staring right at them. Damian found this man somewhat similar to something he saw when he-but he was trying to forget what he saw .
No one attacked though. They just stood there staring. It was far to long after before anyone at all spoke. Damian swallowed.
"Who are you and why are you in our city?" After that, the man jumped to the ground. He was much taller then anyone. Even a little taller the batman.
"I've been anxious to meet you all." The man's voice was incredibly deep. He was broad and had orange and black mask. Robin knew who it was right away. He started to shake with fear. Memories started to flow back. Terrible memories.
"I know you. You're-" The man came incredibly close to Robin. Robin leaned back. His cold metal mask was almost touching his face. He seemed to just staring at him. The man leaned back away from Robin.
"You look much like an old friend of mine. Same name too. Well, nickname anyways." Robin turned around and looked at Red Robin and Red Hood. They both had no clue who this man was. Robin gasped.
"You must be talking about Richard aren't you? I know who you are. He told me many tales about you. You're Slade aren't you."
"Very good Robin. If you've heard of me then you know what I'm capable of."
"Yes. You tore his team apart many times. Lucky for you, he's safe at home."
"I know. For the past few months I've been watching your every move. I couldn't are less about identity of batman. I take a good interest in you." Damian gasped and backed away. He accidentally backed into Red Robin. Slade kept looking at Robin. Just after, he made his move. He jumped in the air and threw his foot at Red Robin. Red Robin fell back. Slade threw his fist at Red Hood. He fell back. Batman went to attack but HE got thrown off his feet. Robin was the only one standing. Slade didn't attack him at first. Robin was paralyzed by fear. He couldn't move anything. Slade came close once again.
"I know what you did." Robin knew he was going to die. Slade threw his fist right at Robins face. Robin landed on his feet. He tried to throw his sword, Slade caught it and sliced his arm open . The blood fell down his arm. He fell in the same spot. He heard his bone break. He stood up and fell down again. His legs were now scraped up and his suit with covered in his blood. Slade grabbed him be the scuff of his shirt and Robin's eyes were almost shut. Just before Slade could finish him off, Robin heard the most cheerful sound he could here.
"Put my baby brother down." Nightwing was standing only a few yards away. Robin tried to yell out his name, but Slade had a grip on his neck. His feet were dangling helplessly off the ground. Slade let go and let him fall and hit the ground. Robin closed his eyes. Nightwing attacked right away. He thew his feet and fists and took quite a toll on Slade. When he finally had is victory he smiled.
"I've always wanted to do that" He looked at everyone.
"You guys okay?" Everyone stood up and nodded. Nightwing went up to Damian.
"Let's go." He picked up Robin's broken body and walked away.
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