So I'm not dead?

Neat

Oh and...

Just saying... if it wasn't for Courtz088 this would not be out yet.

A week later, Renegade found himself frowning as he sat on the green couches that resided in Mount Justice. All of the team was out living their lives and all today. Superboy and Miss Martian were on a date (M'gann invited him so he wouldn't he be left alone, but there was no way that he was going to third wheel), Aqualad left to Atlantis to visit friends, Wally was- well, doing whatever he did with his free time, and Artemis helping her mother move  or something. Renegade didn't really pay enough attention when she told him.

Recognized: Batman 02

Renegade frowned as he realized that the names had been changed back. Lame... but also, why was Batman coming in? Had he discovered that when Renegade said he would "go to the Mountain to train" he really meant to "raid the fridge", because that would not be good. Sure, Alfred was an amazing cook and the manor had tons of food, but the old man couldn't help but stress the importance of eating healthy.

Whatever the reason, the ebony jumped up from the couch to go converse with the Dark Knight. Hopefully the hero could help cure his boredom somehow,"Hey, Bats, what plans do we have today on the agenda? Arkham Breakout? Bomb threat? Army of Evil Hamsters?"

The said hero looked down at him,"No, as much as handling evil hamsters would be interesting, I have a mission with some League members today. Shazam and Green Arrow, I'm sure you know of them. I simply came to tell you that I will not be at the manor until tomorrow morning."

Renegade frowned. So much for curing his boredom,"Fine, but bring me back a space thing or you're cancelled."

"Alright, but are you sure you'll be okay on your own?"

"Uh, duh, I'm not four. Plus, Alfred will be there. He's a ninja, ya know. He denies it every time I ask, but I know how it is, a ninja has to keep their identify a secret. I'll crack him some day." The teen gave a toothy grin.

"Good, I'll see you tomorrow, and hopefully the manor in one piece."

"Of course, you should really be more worried about the cave anyway."

Batman glared.

"I'm kidding. I'm kidding... not really,"Renegade ushered the hero toward the zeta tubes,"Just don't die. I need my space souvenir. Bye." With that, the Bat-themed hero walked back into the zeta tube, which the boy was slightly grateful for.

Renegade had spoken with a slight serious tone, not at all noticed by the hero- or if it had been, the Dark Knight hid it well. To be honest, Batman wasn't completely healed from his encounter with Deathsfroke and Renegade was entirely against the hero going out- not that he would ever admit it. It just bugged him that the man was up and walking as if nothing had happened. The two didn't even speak about what had happened that night, and Bruce never found out that he had left to go see his old cohorts- meaning that Selina hasn't snitched on him.

Renegade was only partially thankful that Catwoman hadn't said anything, but at the same time, he wanted any kind of excuse to discuss exactly what happened that night.

Plus, Dick was still highly unsure of the entire hero or villain dilemma. While the hero life wasn't all that bad as he was discovering, he missed the simplicity of his old life. The boy just wanted to steal a box of pizza or shoot a rapist without his conscious making him feel like shit afterwards.

With a heavy sigh, Renegade walked into the zeta tube, not even checking his location, just wishing desperately that Alfred had a plate of warm cookies waiting for him.

And of course, things never went Renegades way.

When the teen looked around, he was highly confused as several adults in brightly colored outfits towered over him.

"Hey... This isn't the Batcave..."

Looking down at the young boy was not Alfred with a plate of cookies, but some Leaguers- who were quite tall if the boy must add.

"No, it is not." Superman stepped forward with a slight glare.

"Who's this kid?" Green Lantern appeared from behind Wonder Women, who was also in the room, along with the Flash.

Renegade immediately stood up straight, fixing his hair,"It's me, Batman. Long story short, the mission went wrong. I'm a teen now. Blah blah blah. My first act as a broody teenager is to make a few changes. First of all, YOU'RE ALL FIRED!" Renegade shouted, shooing them away with his finger,"Except for you Flash- you can be my personal secretary."

Wonder Woman stepped forward, shaking her head,"You must be Renegade, Batman's new protege."

The boy smiled,"You've heard of me? Wow, guess I've got fans everywhere. And I'm not his prototype or whatever you just said. We're not a thing, I kind of rejected him. Sorry, not sorry."

Green Lantern was not amused,"You're the kid who changed all the zeta names!"

"Yeah, that was me." The teen laughed.

"That was awful."

Renegade cackled,"Come on, it was funny!"

"You changed my name to Ring Pop Gone Wild. I don't see how that's funny."

Flash stepped in,"At least you weren't Whoosh Whoosh."

Wonder Woman cocked her head,"How strange, my name was not touched."

Renegade over dramatically shrugged,"Well, you guys are beginning to bore me. No wonder Batman hangs out with y'all, you're just as lame as he is."

Superman frowned,"You shouldn't even be in here-"

"That's besides the point! I'm just saying, if you're gonna risk your life saving people or whatever, you might as well have fun while doing it."

"What makes you think our lives are boring." The Flash replied defensively.

"The fact that you even mentioned the name change means that that's the most interesting thing that has happened to you in a while..."

"Hey!" GL protested, crossing his arms.

"I must be off, I have a butler and cookies to get to. Sayonara suckers!"

"Recognized: Renegade B00"

———

"Alfred, please tell me there's a giant silver platter of cookies waiting for me." Dick announced as he made his way into the manor.

"They are in the oven as we speak. It will only be a couple of minutes now."

"Fine, but I'm only waiting because they're your cookies. Trust me, there is nothing I wouldn't do for those cookies."

"Even give up wi-fi?"

Dick froze,"Alfred... why would you say something like that. Jesus... the audacity of some people. You could have asked me if I would kill someone, but giving up wi-fi is way too far, even for me."

"Forgive me." The Butler responded nonchalantly.

After a moment of silence, Dick suddenly jumped up,"Alfred! How could I have forgotten!?" The boy rushed as he pulled an extremely crumpled piece of paper from his back pocket.

"What is it, Master Dick?"

The boy unfolded the paper to the best of his ability,"A petition. I need you to sign it, immediately. This is life or death."

"Oh, dear, how exactly."

"Pfft,"Dick handed Alfred a pen along with the several-pages petition,"No need to get into the details. You know what they say, the dogs in the details- No! Not dogs, this isn't about dogs! Devils!" The boy frantically attempted to fix the slip of his tongue.

A smile filled the old mans face,"You want a pet?"

"Not just any pet, a dog. Cats are cool, but that's all Selina. Turtles are just a bad fashion statement with those necks of theirs. Fish are.... fish. Snakes, well I know too many of those, if you know what I mean." He chuckled to himself.

"Then why do you not go get a dog. I could take you now if you wish."

"Well... According to the law, I'm not allowed to get one."

Alfred paused to ponder,"Not to be a bad influence, but Master Dick, the law never stopped you when you were an assassin."

"..."

"All you want is a simple dog. That shouldn't be too hard to retrieve."

The ebony was unsure how to respond. Why had he never thought of that? Surely there was a reason,"Um... You don't understand me! ....No one does! I'm going to my room." The boy cried out just as a small ding rang out from the kitchen.

"The cookies are done."

"... Never mind. I'm going after I get the cookies." The ebony stomped into kitchen like a five year old throwing a tantrum.

It took Alfred some convincing to get Dick to wait for the cookies to cool down before eating them. After a minute, the teenager threw the cookies in the freezer claiming "they will cool faster that way", much to the butlers dismay.

Albeit, the cookies eventually did cool down and Dick and Alfred were sitting at the dining table as Dick was working on finishing his fourth cookie while assisting Alfred in completing a crossword puzzle.

"Five letter word for unpredictable changes in feeling, associated with sadness and anger."

"Bruce!"

"I believe it is moody... but good guess."

"Dang it, I was sure I had gotten that one."

Alfred stared at the boy sitting across from him, a smile arising on his face for the second time. He simply could not believe such a boy had once been a ruthless murderer, had once been an enemy of Batman highly regarded as dangerous.

"Why are you staring at me? Are you astounded by my handsomeness, because many people are, some even blinded by it."

"Forgive me for staring, but to put it simply, you're different, Master Dick."

"Is this like a you're not like other girls thing? Cause, one- thats too cliché even for me. And two- of course I'm not. I've killed people."

"Not in that sense. I just cannot help but appreciate how much you have changed since I have come to know you."

The teens expression immediately dropped as he set the cookie on the platter in front of him. This was sounding all too familiar.

Alfred quickly took notice to this,"Do not fret. It is a good thing, Master Dick. You were able to overcome what Deathstroke had done to you, and have gained many new friends and acquaintances, who are not psychotic criminals."

Dick lowered his head, his fingers twiddling in his lap,"...They weren't all psychotic before ya know."

"Yes, but they certainly were not safe for a thirteen year old boy to be around."

Dick swallowed hard, unsure of how to continue,"Uh... yeah... Alfred.... I think I ate too many cookies. I'm gonna go take a nap. I'll probably go to the cave afterwards, I think the team wanted me over for some lame thing. I can't remember."

The older man nodded, now regretting his previous words at the boy's expression,"Okay, if you need anything, do not hesitate to notify me."

"Of course." Dick sat up from the wooden chair, it making a loud creak as he pushed it back.

Dick wanted nothing more than to disappear into oblivion, actually, no, because then he wouldn't know how his shows finished.

Perhaps I can just be invisible...

Ugh, shut up Grayson. You're losing it...

Maybe that's why I'm changing...

God Damnit.

———

After dreading life and having a brief existential crisis, Renegade made his way over to the cave, being quite shocked when no one was in the main room nor the kitchen.

Renegade half expected the team to jump out from the shadows yelling "Happy Birthday!", but then he remembered that it wasn't his birthday.

Thus leading Renegade this searching in the kitchen, the garage, just about anywhere the team might be hanging out, all to no avail. Therefore, he went to searching individual rooms.

Upon entering the nearest room, Renegade saw Wally sitting at his desk, typing away on a laptop.

"Where's the party at?"

The ginger jumped,"Ren, geez, warn a guy. And what party?"

"I thought you guys wanted to hang tonight?"

"... That was last night."

"Oh... Whoops?" The ebony shrugged,"Then what are you doing here?"

"I have homework to submit online and I get better internet here."

Renegade leaned in and whispered,"Be honest: are you watching porn?"

He was immediately shoved back,"Shut up!"

"I think that's a yes. What kind do you watch?"

"Get out of here. You're thirteen!"

"Your point?" The ebony rolled his eyes,"But I can't go back home now, I just got here. That would be really awkward. More awkward than the time that I thought Penguin was an actual penguin."

The speedster laughed,"Seriously?"

"Yes! It was such a let down! But hear me out, how much cooler would it be if there was an actual penguin crime boss?"Renegade squinted his eyes as he thought,"You think we could make that happen?"

"If you do, send video. That'll be hilarious. Imagine Batman's expression when he goes to take him down!"

"Priceless!" The two laughed in unison.

Ten minutes later, Renegade decided to let Wally finish his assignment and he moved onto to the next room, still in need of entertainment.

To say he was disappointed, when he walked in and saw Superboy, was a major understatement.

"What are you doing here?" Renegade barged in

"I live here. Now get out." Connor averted his attention from a show he had been watching.

"You do?! Geez we really need to put out some rat poison or something."

The clone rolled his eyes,"Do I even want to know why you're here?"

"I got bored. So bored that I had to come to you,"Renegades attention shifted to the television,"American Horror Story? Holy shit. What season is this?"

"Two, the one with the asylum."

Renegade gasped,"Connor!"

"What?"

"You don't have completely awful taste."

"... thank you? Now please leave."

Renegade blinked,"To think we were bonding,"He scoffed as he turned to leave,"Oh, and spoiler, Threadson's the killer." The boy ran out the door chuckling to himself.

"Renegade!!"

Truthfully, Renegade probably should have just went home after talking with Connor, but, not that he would ever admit it, he was beginning to have fun as he hopped from room to room, clueless as to what he would encounter inside.

He swung the door open to see M'gann and Artemis talking, with a large amount of assorted outfits laid across the bed.

"Renegade, I didn't know you were here." The Martian greeted.

"You should have knocked. We could have been changing." Artemis scolded.

"You should have locked the door,"The boy retorted,"I could have been blinded."

Artemis rolled her eyes.

"We're looking for a nice outfit for-"M'gann started.

"Artemis, I will only say this once. Just because you change your awful clothes, does not mean that it'll change your awful personality."

Artemis gaped as she picked up a discarded hanger, throwing it at Renegade, the said boy barley dodging it in time.

"It's not for me idiot. It's for M'ganns date with Connor."

"Oh,"The boys eyes scanned the dresses and outfits laid out on the bed,"Well, I recommend the white dress. It'll bring out your eyes."

Artemis smiled,"I agree. Great idea, Ren."

"Yeah, I'm kinda great. No need to tell me, actually my self-confidence can been low, you can continue."

"As if." The two girls laughed in unison.

Finally, to continue his pattern, and to not leave out his favorite gilled friend, Renegade visited Kaldur. The teen couldn't help but notice that everyone seemed to be as the mountain, yet there was no sort of "team bonding" occurring. While he found it strange, he made no comment, refusing to sit through anymore cheesy Disney movies.

With that in mind, he knocked on the Atlanteans door, pounding with all his might.

The Atlantean was quick to open the door,"What is it? Is there an emergency?"

"Other than the uninevitable end that is death, nope."

"... Oh....."The leader paused for a long moment, highly confused,"I am sorry?"

"Yeah, you should be," The young boy walked, pushing the old boy out of his way. He plopped on the bed, noticing how tidy

"So, tell me about Atlantis."

This took the Kaldur by surprise,"You truly wish to know of it?"

"Yeah, I like fish. And water. They both technically keep me alive in one way or another."

"Well, okay. As you know we have our king, who you may know as the Aquaman."

"The guy from Sponge bob?? Where's Barnacle Boy?! Is that you?!"

"No, Aquaman is a member of the League."

Renegade slumped down.

"And there is-"

"What about Ariel?"

Kaldur raised an eyebrow,"The character from the movie M'gann had us watch?"

"Si. What's she up to?" The teen lied back on the bed.

"She is not real, my friend. I am sorry."

"Pfft, no need to lie for her. I'm not gonna tell anyone."

And the two continued talking for a long while. Kaldur speaking of his friends Tula and Garth, and Renegade demanding that he be given the ability to breathe underwater. Renegade eventually left claiming a ninja would come for him if he didn't, agreeing to continue their conversation soon.

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