"Yeah, how'd you know that?" The young boy cocked his head slightly. As Renegade, he was pretty well-known, if he had to say so himself, but as Richard Grayson, he was practically- oh wait, literally- dead to the world. That fact being due to Deathstroke, who had wanted to ensure that no one would come searching for his apprentice, not that anyone cared enough to do so anyway. Plus, Richard hadn't been much in his life before Deathstroke. He was just some ordinary kid who was beaten by his parents every other night.

"You just... look familiar. Are you sure everything you told me is the truth?"

"Uh... yeah, I think I would know my own past. It's not like I lived it or anything." The teen rolled his eyes,"Your old age is probably gettin' to ya. You would remember meeting someone with a unique face such as mine. Mediocre appearing civilians could never resemble me."

"You're probably right, it would be hard to recreate such a hideous thing." The Bat smirked under his mask.

"EXCUSE YOU?" Renegade yelled out with his blood now boiling,"How dare you attack me?! The audacity of it all...."

Batman began to stand up, but not before peering at Renegade once more,"Though on a serious note, I do believe we've met before. I may have to look into this to be sure. Thank you for the compliance. I'll be back soon."

"Hold up? You can't just leave me with an ending like it! I hate cliff hangers!"

"I'll return in a moment." The man began to open the door.

"No, awful ending! I give it 2/10 Rotten Tomatoes! BOO!"

The door then slammed shut, leaving Renegade alone to his thoughts.

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Half a boring hour later, Batman returned with a small strange mechanism within his palms.

Renegade immediately jumped up at the sight of another person after being left in the room to himself. He was quite tired of being left along to contemplate his life. His mind already did that enough when it was trying to avoid sleep at night.

"Let me just say, you are a liar. That was anything but soon. I could have run away, been taken in by some rich dude, crashed at his place for a while, then run away again, changed my name, joined a gang, and you still wouldn't be back here*," Renegade then peered at the small mechanism in Batmans hands. It didn't appear to be much, being small and somewhat cupped with a wide opening, but it immediately caught Renegades interest,"Ooh, new toy? Can I have it? I'll shut up if you give it to me!"

Batman approached, placing the mechanism over Renegades left wrist,"It's all yours."It immediately clasped its self onto his wrist, making an obvious locking noise.

"What did you do?! If you wanted friendship bracelets, you didn't have to go through all of this. Honestly, you don't even have a nice sense of fashion. This is never going to go with any of my outfits!" Renegade tugged at the electronic bracelet in an attempt to rip it off, but to no avail. Honestly, there was nothing to the bracelet. It just looked like a thick black loop around his wrist. Unless one paid close attention, it was hard to tell it was even a piece of technology.

"That... bracelet... has a variety of uses, such as tracking, and do understand that if you attempt to escape or try anything that we would not permit, things will definitely not go in your favor. And do note, that I will be immediately alerted if that bracelet is to be removed from your wrist."

"Seriously?" A loud obnoxious groan echoed throughout the room,"Now I can't even shower without feeling as if you're watching me. Geez..."

"Let's get going."Renegade stood from the chair as Batman did and was led through the door. Once through he saw a large room with all kinds of technology within in, and within the room was the team of teenage heroes who he had previously encountered.

"You ready to take him to Juvie?" The archer in green walked forward.

"Let's just get this over with,"Super-Toddler gripped Renegades arm causing the teen to writhe in his grasp.

"You do not have my consent!"

"Change of plans."  Batman informed the Kryptonian.

Renegade gasped as realization hit,"You were gonna take me to jail anyways?! What the hell? You motherfuc-"

"I still can if you want."

The assassin pouted,"Don't talk to me, Batman. I'm mad. We should take a break. No, you know what? I'm tired of the lies! We're breaking up!" Renegade tried to run away, but Batman held him back by the back of his shirt.

The boy let out a loud fake sob.

Fishy stepped up,"May I ask what you mean by change of plans?"

"Renegade is staying here, at the mountain. After hearing his story, I realized that he would make an excellent addition to the team."

"Excuse me?"

"Why?"

"What?!"

"Really?"

"No!"

Renegade nearly threw up,"Fuck no!" He tried to ran towards what he believed to be the exit, but collapsed as sudden electricity surged through out his entire body, the pain most prominent in his left wrist.

"You are staying here whether you agree to or not. By doing so, you can prove to us that

Renegade was quick to get up, attempting another escape but once again found himself on the floor writhing in pain.

"Stop it."

"Let him, if we're lucky, he'll kill himself." Renegade wasn't sure who had said that last part but he considered continuing. Death was probably a better fate than being stuck playing hero.

"Why? What could I possibly do here other than stress eat and cry?"

"Consider it as a rehabilitation. You'll train here and assist the team on missions. You have skill and I cannot trust you on the streets by yourself."

"Rehab? Hi, my names Renegade.... Hi Renegade." He murmured to himself as if he were in a rehab session,"I'm here because I have crippling depression. You wanna know why..." He pretended to sob,"Because people just won't leave me alone!"

"You have potential and were unwillingly forced to do these atrocious thing at a young age. Your current situation is not entirely your fault."

Renegade remained on the floor, not even bothering to lift his head as he spoke,"Just kill me," His voice came out muffled,"You don't even have to make it quick."

"Renegade, get up."

"Why should I?" The boy continued to pout on the ground,"This floor is much nicer than you have ever been to me. It doesn't call me ugly, dumb, or insult my eating habits!"

"I have never done any of those things." One could sense the growing annoyance on Batmans voice.

"Lies! You just called my marvelous face hideous not too long ago!"

"And you kill people...Which is worse?"

".....I still don't like you." The pouting teen began to get up from the floor.

"I need to know the basis of your skills if you are to perform properly with the team."

Renegade slowly straightened himself out, annoyance written across his expression,"Deathstroke trained me. That should say enough. Can I lie back down now?"

"Well, you won't be allowed to use guns anymore, so I need to know what you can use,"Batman pulled a bat-a-rang from his utility belt,"Can you aim and use this properly?"

Renegade snatched the weapon throwing it across the room. It hit the wall next to Kid Flash, missing his head by an inch,"Of course I can use this properly."

Kid Flash let out a high pitched yelp,"What was that for?"

"Oops." Renegade muttered nonchalantly with an unenthusiastic shrug. He was anything but amused right now and was desperately waiting for a camera crew to pop out saying "You've been pranked! This is all a cruel and horrible joke! You can go home now. Catch up with us next week!"

"Maybe I can get used to him," The blonde female snickered.

Batman turned to leave,"I will get you a new utility belt before your first mission, equipped with new, safer, non-lethal, weapons. Black Canary should arrive soon and she looks shall evaluate you."

"Okay, just take all the fun out of it."

Recognized- Batman 02

"What was that?" The youngest of the teens looked around, referring to the automated voice,"The voices are back?!"

"It's the zeta tubes. They transport us to our preferred location." Gills answered.

"I want one."

Green girl walked up,"Since you'll be staying with us for a while, perhaps we should introduce ourselves. I'm M'gann, but in the field you can call me Miss Martian." She stuck out her arm in a mannerly way. He refused to shake it, but instead he lightly kissed it, earning a growl from across the room.

"As you know, 'names Renegade, madam, I may or may not be the coolest person you'll ever met. My money is on the fact that I will be." He smirked,"I have no money, but still trust me, I'm sure on this one."

The archer stepped forward,"I'm Artemis."

The buff one mumbled,"Superboy."

Renegade snickered,"So when I said 'Super-Toddler' I wasn't even off by much? Ha, go figure. I'm a genius! I knew it! Forget Albert Frankenstein! I'm the real smart one!" This earned him a few odd glances.

The leader stepped up,"I am Aqualad in the field. Outside of the field, you may address me as Kaldur. I am the leader of this team and protege of Aquaman." Fishy sounds 10x cooler.

"You're telling me that you're from Atlantis and you don't know Ariel, and that you're name isn't Flounder?"

"I beg your pardon, who?"

Renegade groaned,"Nevermind, Ariel wouldn't associate herself with losers like you anyways."

A figure speeded up to him,"As you know, I am Kid Flash, protege of The Flash and without a doubt, the coolest person you'll ever meet."

Renegade sent him a look.

M'gann broke the tension,"If you want, I could bake some cookies."

"Cookies? Man, you should have started with that! Of course I want some! You and I are going to get along very well."

Superboy sent him a glare.

Renegade then suddenly brought his head  up as he pulled something out of this pocket that Batman had failed to notice and take away from him.

"What may that be?" Aqualad tensed slightly as the ebony pulled out a piece of paper with many signatures on it. Along with the piece of paper came a ballpoint pen.

"Here,"Renegade shoved the paper in the face is Aqualad,"Sign it."

"Erm... What- Petition? Get Renegade a dog?"

This earned some laughs from the archer in clad green,"Seriously?"

[Okay, so in my "Randomness Book" or whatever, I promised that if 100 readers "sign" this, I will actually get Renegade a dog.]

"I'm very serious about this Artemis. Now sign the goddamn paper before I shove this pen up your-"

"Language." Aqualad interrupted.

"A---Mass... mass... this Sunday. Mhmm, that's totally what I was gonna say. Not a curse word... I sin not for I am a child of the Lord." He put his hands in a praying position. The small petition was passed around, the team members noticing that it had several signatures on it already.

"Why do you need a petition for this?" The speedster asked.

Renegade chuckled,"I don't even know. They refuse to give me a dog for some strange reason. All I did was set all the dogs in the pound free and everyone suddenly thinks I'm the maniac... crazy, right?"

Recognized- Black Canary 13

A blonde confident looking women wearing all black leather, with a few exceptions, stepped in,"So, where's this Renegade I've been hearing about?"

Renegade looked behind him and then back,"Who? Sorry, never heard of him before. He sounds amazing though."

The woman smirked and stepped up to him,"I'm Black Canary, nice to meet you," She stuck out her hand and Renegade stared at it as if it were a bomb. No, not a bomb. He would have preferred to grab a bomb more than grab her hand. Perhaps a math test, or homework. Not that he even went to school,"Come on, I won't bite."

He hesitantly returned the gesture and shook her hand. Though before he could pull away, she yanked at his arm, Judo flipping him on to the ground,"Aw, you have so much to learn."

Renegade glared before swiftly moving to knock her feet out from under her. Surprisingly, it worked and she too fell to the ground,"As do you. I'm available Friday's at 6:00 if you want."

Black Canary chuckled,"You're better than I thought. Deathstroke taught you, right?" She swung her fist at him, the boy easily dodging it.

"Yeah, he was kind of a douche, not gonna lie. At least what he showed me is going to help kick your sorry little butt."

"Challenge accepted."

*Anyone catch me trying to subtly talk about Robins actual story like....

Got taken in by some rich dude= Bruce Wayne

Left and changed my name= when he becomes Nightwing

Joined a gang= lol I'm thinking about the Teen Titans.

Yeah, I know, not original but I was bored so whatever.

Whelp, there's chapter 6. Hoped you liked it! Thanks for reading!