Wally, Artemis, Kaldur, Conner, and M'gann, who was in human form, all stood in front of a little house that looked like it's seen better days. They all looked at each other like they weren't sure if this was such a good idea.

"What if they're already in bed?" M'gann asked.

"Come on, no one goes to bed at eight at night unless they were a baby," Artemis said.

"Or if they had to get up real early the next morning," Wally added.

"Shut up, Baywatch," Artemis snapped.

"Let us see if Robin is available to talk," Kaldur suggested.

They all nodded then walked up to the front door. Kaldur hesitated then knocked on the door. They all heard someone yelling then the door swung open to reveal a man with dark hair and brown eyes. "Mr. Savage?" Kaldur asked.

"Yeah, what do you want?" Steve replied rudely.

"We were wondering if Dick is here?"

"Yeah, he's here, but he's busy."

"Please, we just wish to speak with him."

"I said he's busy," Steve said raising his voice. "Now get outta here before I call the cops."

Before any of them could protest, Steve slammed the door in their faces. "Well, he's nice," Artemis said sarcastically as they walked back to the sidewalk.

They stopped and Kaldur turned to M'gann. "M'gann, can you contact Robin?"

"I can try." She then closed her eyes and concentrated. "Robin? Can you hear me?"

"M'gann?" Robin asked.

M'gann smiled. "I reached him," she said excitedly.

"Link us up," Kaldur ordered.

"Robin, we're all here," M'gann said.

"Rob, are you alright?" Wally asked.

"No, KF, I'm far from alright."

"What do you mean?" Kaldur asked.

The link was silent for a few seconds. "Come to the window on the back side of the house," Robin said.

They all quickly, but quietly, walked behind the house and found the window with Dick looking out. "Robin," M'gann said excitedly as she went up to him and hugged him.

Dick smiled and M'gann backed up to the others. "Well, I take it you know my real name if you're here, so call me Dick."

"Yeah, you can thank Kid Mouth for that," Artemis said.

Dick laughed. "Well, I'm glad he told you. I've missed you guys so much."

"And we have missed you," Kaldur said.

They all heard a click and then some yelling and looked to the closed door in the room that Dick was in. Dick then looked back to the team. "Listen, you shouldn't stay long. Steve doesn't like me talking with anyone."

"Dude, we have to get you out of here," Wally said.

"I would love that, Wally, but I can't leave unless there's a way to keep me away from Steve."

"Why?" Conner asked.

Dick looked at the door then back at his friends. "Steve said that if I ever try to run away that he'd punish me, and he will too," he said holding up his arm.

Everyone gasped. "Dude, what happened?"

Dick sat his arm back down carefully. "Steve broke it when I ran away today to try and talk to Bruce. I think it's broke in at least two places."

They all looked at him sadly. "Why do you not go to the police?" Kaldur asked.

"Because, if Steve found out I did that, he would find a way to convince them that everything was fine, and then beat me again."

"He beats you?" Artemis asked.

"Yeah, everyday. He always finds some reason to, whether it's because I put something in the wrong box, or didn't do what he said fast enough. Sometimes he just beats me for no reason at all," Dick said sadly and close to tears. He then looked over to a small table, limped over to it, picked up a folded piece of paper, and limped back to the window. "Can you give this to Bruce?" Dick asked handing the paper to Wally."

"Why would you have to put things in boxes?" Wally asked as he took the paper and put it in his pocket.

"We're moving to North Carolina," Dick answered sadly.

"What?!" Wally said a bit too loudly.

"Shhhhh. Do you want Steve to come in here and punish me?" Dick said a little angrily but calmed down. "Steve got a new job at some plant there, and we're leaving in two days."

"So why did they adopt you in the first place if they don't even want you?" Artemis asked.

"Well, they wanted me so I could help them pack, or rather pack for them. I've been doing most of the packing."

"So are they planning on sending you back to the orphanage afterwards?" Wally asked. "'Cause if they are, Bruce can just readopt you when you get back there."

"No, they're gonna take me with them and probably make me unpack everything. After that who knows."

Everyone was silent as they thought about that. "Dick, why were you limping?" Wally finally asked.

Dick sighed. "About two weeks ago, I finally decided that I didn't want to be hit or yelled at anymore, so I ran away. Well, Steve found out and came after me. When he finally got me, he messed up my leg. Now if I try to run away, I can't get as far 'cause it hurts every time I walk on it. After that he said if I ever try it again, he'd make it a lot worse. That's why he broke my arm today."

"He was keeping his promise," Artemis said.

"Yeah." There was more yelling coming from behind the door and they all looked toward the door. "Listen," Dick said looking back at them, "you guys should probably leave before Steve finds out I've been talking to you."

M'gann gave him another hug. "We'll try to help you get away from here," she said then pulled away.

Dick smiled again. "I know. Now go."

Everyone but Wally turned and left. "Dick, hold on, ok?"

"I will, now get out of here." And just as he said that, Steve burst through the door. Wally just ducked down underneath the window.

"Where did you put the TV and VCR remotes?!"

"I put them right where you told me to put them."

"Well, they're not there!" Steve then grabbed Dick's broken arm which caused Dick to yell out in pain. "Shut up! Now find the remotes!"

Wally then heard the door slam shut. He pushed a button on the small recorder he had then ran off to the others.

"Where were you?" Artemis asked.

"Just getting a little more evidence," Wally said holding up the recorder.

"Where did you get that?" Artemis asked as she grabbed the recorder from his hand.

"You remember when I left for a while and came back just before we came here?" Everyone nodded. "Well, Bruce called me up and changed his mind about letting us help. When I told him that we were already planning to go see Dick, he got mad, but then handed me that recorder and told me to try and find evidence to get Dick away from here."

"Then let us get this to him to see if it is enough to help our friend," Kaldur said.

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