"Team, report to the main room for a mission briefing." It was six-o-clock in the morning when Renegades amazing dream about free food was interrupted by Batmans loud irritating voice over an intercom that just so happened to be in every room of the mountain.

Renegade rolled off of the bed, his body hitting the floor with a thud,"Ugh," He wanted nothing more than to remain asleep,"Intercom Batman, say nothing if you want me to still stay asleep...."

The teen waited for a moment,"Well I didn't hear a N-"

"Get up." Renegade." The said teen jumped up as the Dark Knight actually replied, hitting his head on the wood nightstand next to the bed.

"Shit!" He rubbed his now aching head. Normal people were not supposed to wake up at 6:00 a.m.," This is probably considered torture in some countries... I could sue for this..."

Renegade then reluctantly got up to complete his normal morning routine before trudging over to the main room. Once there, all eyes were on him.

"What took you so long?" Batman questioned almost immediately,"You have your first mission with the team today."

"Oh, you know, I just decided to travel to China before coming over. I was feeling eggrolls for breakfast."

"Should have stayed over there." Superboy muttered under his breathe.

"Excuse me? Say that to my face!" Things immediately got loud as the youngest of the teens jumped up at the Kryptonian.

"Can't- I might strain my neck from having to look that low."

Renegade swung his fist at the other, but before it could make contact, a hand grabbed his,"Renegade, Superboy, this is immature. Stop it." Aqualad cut in, his hand being the only thing preventing the young teen from hitting Superboy.

The two stopped as told, but not before sending one last glare to one another.

"As for the mission,"Batman began,"You will be sent to Mid-way city. I have received intel that the Venom serum has been recreated with the intention of being sold. I was able to retrieve an exact location of where this should be taking place- it's a factory on the edge of town that belongs to a Dr. Simon. Your mission is to go there, retrieve all and any information on the serum, and apprehend anyone involved."

"Why am I needed for that?" Renegade interrupted,"Am I just here to be the cheerleader? I refuse to wear a skirt... actually that's a lie. I'll do anything for money. Go team!"

"You are highly skilled and I have no doubt that you will prove to be a great asset to the team."

"I have no weapons, if you haven't noticed, other than my charming looks." He winked and clicked his tongue.

Batman pulled out Renegades utility belt and handed it to him.

Renegade dug through it, immediately noticing his weapons had been replaced. No guns, no poisons, no daggers, no packs of gum, no large bombs. Basically, if it was fun, it wasn't there. Instead he had bat-a-rangs, smoke bombs, a grappling hook, rope, and a bunch of other useless junk. Practically every lame tool ever,"What did you do to my stuff? Did I say you could touch my stuff?"

"..."

"That's what I thought! Now give me my toys back!"

"Too late for that, I disposed of it all, assuming that you won't be using it anytime soon."

Renegade grabbed a Bat-a-rang from his belt and pretended to slit his throat with it,"This.... or Juvie.... This or Juvie..."

"I would prefer if you picked Juvie." Superboy remarked.

"Connor!" M'gann lightly scolded him.

"There is also this,"Batman placed yet another thing on Renegades wrist causing the boy to pull his arm back.

"Bats, you gotta stop with this whole demanding accessorizing ordeal. It's getting a bit of out hand. Next you're going to want to cover the batmobile with sequins."Renegade covered his mouth with one hand in an attempt to cover his next words from the team and direct them to Batman,"But if you so decided to do that, totally invite me," He winked once more.

Batman ignored him,"This is a holo-computer. I will send you the location through this, and you may use this to hack into enemy databases."

Renegades eyes widened,"Nevermind, I don't care if you throw glitter all over me as long as I keep getting these gifts. Hell, I'll throw glitter on myself!"

"Should he even be trusted with that?" Superboy raised an eyebrow.

"Shut up, clone." Renegade remarked.

Batman seemed to find his remark interesting,"How did you know he was a clone,"He turned back to the team,"Did you tell him this?" The teenage heroes shook their heads.

Renegade chuckled,"You can't expect me to stay here and not hack into your system. Honestly, it was like stealing candy from a store, easiest thing in the world."

"Don't you mean from a baby?" Kid Flash spoke up.

"Have you ever tried stealing candy from a baby? It's anything but easy, and once you take it, they just won't shut up! Waah, waah, waah! It's more annoying than a piece of gum stuck to your shoe, or the constant threat of terrorism. At least I can hack into an alarm system. With a baby, I'm doomed. Trust me, a store is so much easier to steal from."

"We will discuss you hacking into our databases later, as for now, you shall prepare for your mission. Correct me if I am wrong, but I assume your leg has healed and you will be able to perform properly."

"You wouldn't even believe me if I said no." Renegade kicked his leg up, searching for pain, fortunately, feeling none,"I could die right now, but you would just say "walk it off"."

"Renegade-"

"No! Honestly, does anyone even stop to ask about my mental health! I was kidnapped by a goddam mercenary for Petes sake!"

Artemis gave in,"Okay, Renegade, how is your mental health?"

Renegade made a face,"What's it to you? Geez, you're so nosy."

The archer face palmed.

"Don't blow this for yourself." And with the swoosh of a cape, Batman left through the zeta tubes.

"I'm gonna blow whatever I want.." Renegade groaned right after as he realized what he said. The two human members of the team snickered.

"Good job." Kid Flash chuckle.

"Whatever....,"The ebony perked up,"So, team, you ready to have an amazing time on our first mission together? Give me a Y-E-S!"

---

"Renegade and Artemis, you will sneak in through the air vents while M'gann and I will stand perimeter. Kid Flash and Superboy, enter though the back entrance once Renegade and Artemis give you the signal," Aqualad ordered. They had just exited the bio-ship (which Renegade found pretty cool and was contemplating ways to steal, thought it didn't seem to fit on a keychain...) and currently found themselves on the rooftop of the building that Batman had sent them the location of.

"Why do you get to boss us around? Did you win a bet or something?"

"I am the leader of this team." Aqualad replied calmly.

"I think I should be leader. I'm obviously more skilled and have more experience. I got it, let's fight to the death. Whoever lives get to be the leader."

"Renegade, this is a serious matter. For the time being, I am the current leader and I refuse to tolerate your childish antics. Do as I say before you get someone hurt."Aqualads tone grew serious.

"Fine... flip a coin? Heads I win, tails you lose?" He smirked.

"If you refuse to work with us in an orderly manner, I will report this to Batman instantly and I'm sure he'll find a nice cell for you within the Gotham Juvenile Detention Center."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever saltwater. Let me just say, your saltiness is up here,"He placed his hand up in the air.

"You need to bring it down here." He lowered his hand near the ground.

"Yes, because you, being a 13 year old would totally make an amazing leader." Kid Flash scoffed brushing dirt off of his stealth uniform.

"Listen here, bonfire, I'll let you be a fire and flourish or whatever, but don't burn down my dreams."

"Miss Martian, please set up the mind-link so we can communicate." Aqualad asked M'gann.

"Mind-link?" Suddenly Renegade felt a strong pain in his head.

"Yes, I am able to use my powers to help us communicate through our minds," M'gann explained.

"The voices are back!"

"Renegade, shut up!" Artemis' voice scolded him.

"Wow that was scary, but whatever, just don't even think about digging through my mind. I mean, you could, but why corrupt your innocent soul," He had read all about her powers in her file, but had pretty much scanned over it, seeing that she had a vast amount of talents.

"Lets get going, shorty," Artemis smirked before hopping right into the air vents. Renegade muttered something incoherent under his breathe before following close behind.

Once inside, Renegade pulled up the blueprints of the buildings, then zoning in on the air vents,"Take a left here."

Artemis did as she was told.

"Okay right here,"She turned right,"Just kidding, turn left, you sucker, you fell for that."

"Stop messing around, this is serious."

"About as serious as your need to get plastic surgery." He heard a laugh come from the mind link.

"Shut the fu-"

"Turn left."

They continued down the path and it wasn't long before Renegade found himself humming the mission impossible theme.

"Will you quit that?" Artemis scolded.

"Nag, nag, nag, I hadn't even gotten to the good part."

Renegade continued," Okay, you're going to want to take another right and soon enough you should see an exit," After taking a right, there was a vent cover just as he had mentioned.

Artemis looked down into the vent, taking in what was occurring below, gasping silently.

"What is it?" They made sure to keep their voices low.

Artemis moved to the other side of the vent cover so Renegade could peer through as well. Within the room were two people, one male, one female, both strapped to a metal table, the fear obvious on their faces.

"That's Simon." Artemis clarified. They had observed pictures earlier of the man, and it was an identical match.

"W-what are you going to do to us?" The dark skinned female cried out below.

An aged tall male approached, he wore dark clothing with a white lab coat over. He was cleanly shaved with peppered hair,"I need to perfect this serum before I sell it. Just imagine the chaos that would occur if it does not work properly. So, what better way to see if it works, then by testing it out first." The man pulled a syringe from his coat pocket, its contents practically glowing.

"Superboy, Kidflash, get in here now."

Artemis jumped down from the vent,"Leave them alone!" She shot an arrow, knocking the syringe from Dr. Simons hand. The glass shattering upon impact.

Renegade took this as his cue to jump down as well,"Hey, bro, using people as lab rats, so not cool. Like, I'll buy some of that off of you, I see potential in it, sounds like a good investment, but just don't hurt these people."

"Renegade!" Artemis scolded. Just then Kid Flash and Superboy burst into the room.

Though the scientist pulled another syringe from his pocket, quickly injecting its contents into the innocent man beside him.

The man let out a scream as the upgraded Venom took its effects. As he grew, the bonds holding him snapped, setting him free.

"Attack them!" The mad scientist shouted out to his new creation. Though the poor victim seemed to do the exact opposite as he turned to attack the scientist. Dr. Simon pulled out a gun from his lab coat and began shooting it, it doing nothing to the enlarged male who was determined to harm the man who had hurt him.

"We need to stop him!" Aqualad yelled out at the team ran to subdue the enlarged creature-man thing.

Though Renegade didn't move forward as he watched the scene play out. It was quite entertaining it he had to be honest. He watched as the the enlarged man simply picked up Simon, throwing him across the room, the gun flying from his grasp and landing coincidentally right in from of Renegades feet.

Renegade turned to the team, currently trying to calm the man who had been a victim of the serums effects. Aqualad, Superboy, Kid Flash, and M'gann were holding the creature off, while Artemis helped free the lady who had been previously strapped to the table.

They were all distracted. No one seemed to be paying any sort of attention to him...

The assassin turned to see that Simon was down, obviously weak from the previous attack.

"The gods have spoken; lets end this."The assassin bent down to pick up the gun, turning off the safety with a small click. He pulled the gun up to the scientist, quickly aiming. Though just before he could pull the trigger, a body slammed into his.

"Drop the gun!" Superboy had pushed him away, causing the gun to fall to the floor once again.

"He's a criminal! He'll escape prison in no time!"

"We don't kill." Superboy glared daggers,"And you're also a criminal."

Despite his words, he lunged for the gun anyways, quickly grabbing it. He pulled the trigger, aiming it to where the man previously was.

A loud bang signaled that the job has been done, but once Renegade looked over, the man was no longer there.

"You let him get away!"

"I'm not the one that tried to kill him. Had you not tried to attack him he wouldn't have ran away," Superboy yelled back.

"Yes, because you guys totally weren't distracted trying to get acquainted with  mutant over there! At least tell me you got his number? Maybe plan a date?"

"We were tying to help an innocent person, unlike you."

"Oh, shut up, if you really wanted to help him, you would have killed that man. I'm tired of you,"Renegade put his hand up before walking away.

"And where do you think you're going,"

"Don't know, don't care. As long as you aren't there," Renegade was so upset he didn't even laugh at his rhyming. Though after a few steps he instantly fell to the floor as the bracelet sent an electric surge through his bones,"Screw you, Batman! Screw you!"

---

"You let a dangerous man free into the streets simply because you two were bickering," Batman scolded the team, mainly Renegade and Superboy.

"Had Superboy not attacked me, the man would not be free!"

"Because he would be dead."

"Was I talking to you?" Renegade rolled his eyes,"Speak when you're spoken to, clone. At least I'm my own person."

"You little-" Superboy stuck his arms out to attack the young boy.

Renegade let out a cackle as he easily dodged the Kryptonian,"I don't even need Kryptonite to take you down."

"Superboy, stand down." Kaldur called out.

"Yeah, chill Supey." Renegade cackled once more. The ebony leaned on Kid Flash for support,"Some people, so immature."

Kid Flash scoffed and pushed him off.

"That goes to you too, Renegade," Batman ordered,"Plus, we need to discuss you hacking into our systems. That will not be tolerated."

"Yeah, yeah, you'll put me Juvie and make me wear orange. I get it, I really do, but I have other things to deal with. Just throw it in the complaint box and I'll return the message when I can. Au Revoir!" With that, he turned and walked to his room, too tired to deal with being scolded. He missed being on his own, without these heroes.

Oh, the things he would do to be free again...

I've decided to try to update every 11 days. Yeah 11 is a weird number, but whatever. Y'all need to remind me Bc I'm so bad about schedules.

4/24/2017

^looks like I'm actually being serious.

Wonder how long until I lose motivation.

So, what do y'all want to see next on Renegade book of Adventures and Dogs.

Wait... wrong story. Whoops :)