A/N: I know that this one only has Dick and Damian, but the next one shot will feature Tim and Jason.  Probably only them.

Nightwing flipped off the building and somersaulted off the next one.  He loved the feeling of wind in his hair.  He cartwheeled across the building and sighed as he jumped off the skyscraper.

"Grayson!" a voice snapped him back into reality as he hit the next building.

"Dami?" Nightwing touched his com, which was where the voice came from, "Where are you?"

"Well I'm...."

"Didn't I tell you to stay close to me at all times?  It's dangerous here in Bludhaven!"

"I know!  I know!  You left me on the last skyscraper!"

Nightwing blushed at his mistake.  Sometimes got so carried away with 'flying' that he left his partner on other buildings,"Sorry Dami..."

"I will only forgive you if you teach me the quadruple flip..."

"That's only for acrobats!"

"So?"

"I thought that everything I did was considered bad."  Nightwing smiled, imagining Damian's blushing face.

"I thought it might benefit my fighting!"

Weak defense Damian, weak defense,"Well fine Damian, tomorrow. Now will you come to me? We are almost at the location, and you know Bruce will be mad if we don't complete this mission.  Plus we need to put him in jail."

"Deathstroke?"  Damian's voice crackled across the com.

"Yeah."

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Robin realized that his brothers voice had gotten harsh when he said 'yeah'.  What was wrong with Deathstroke? He was just a villain right? Never mind that though.  He would ask later.

Robin looked across the top of the building, figuring out how to reach Nightwing's location, "How the hell am I going to get down?"

Robin rushed and jumped off the building onto the next, where Nightwing was waiting.

"Took you long enough!" the young man winked.

"It was your fault." Robin excused.

"Oh come on Little D!"  Nightwing said, while rushing to the next roof.

"I hate you Grayson."  Robin's mouth curled upward.

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Nightwing hit the next roof and immediately tumbled behind a few boxes.  He peaked his head out just in time to see Robin hit the ground next to him.

"Deathstroke."  Nightwing growled as he saw the orange and black suited man walk across the roof.  The mission was simple, stop Deathstroke from revealing the legendary Kobra Venom to Bane.  Kobra Venom was very rare, all thanks to his old team.  They had almost completely gotten rid of the Kobra Venom.  But still, Nightwing hated Deathstroke.  And boy did Nightwing look forward to kicking some Deathstroke butt.

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Robin stared at his brother in slight surprise. Nightwing had always been the happy one, and always made jokes to everyone, including Joker.

That took some guts, Robin would give him that.

Robin peaked out beside Nightwing, it looked like Deathstroke was talking to someone.

"What should we do?"  Robin asked his brother.

"We get a strategy."  Nightwing said, looking out at everything.

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Nightwing's mind worked quickly, a strategy, a strategy, a strategy.

Aha!

He could do this:

The layout of the building was simple.  There were these few boxes in which behind were Robin and himself.  The other side of the building had Deathstroke and the mystery buyer.

Nightwing could knock out Deathstroke.  It would be better that way.  Nightwing definitely knew what Deathstroke would do if he attacked him.

Robin could take the mystery buyer then help Nightwing.

"I'll take Deathstroke.  You take the mystery buyer."  Nightwing decided aloud.

"Are you sure?  Why do you want to get Deathstroke?"  Robin asked.

"We've had a history." growled Nightwing.

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Robin did not stop to ponder his older brother's words.

So he just jumped out as Nightwing knocked down Deathstroke.

The mystery buyer.

Robin started to chase him down and took a flying start.

Robin jumped on the man knocked him down and then turned him over.

"Grandfather?"

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"Deathstroke.." Nightwing growled.

"Renegade..." Deathstroke replied,"How pleasant to see you..."

"Don't call me that!"

"What, you were?  You were."

"Argh!"  Nightwing screamed, launching himself onto the enemy.

"Ooh... did I strike a nerve my little apprentice?"

"I'm not your apprentice!"

"You're right.  You were a traitor."

"I was not!"

"Am I still striking a nerve?  Same one?"

"I will not stop at killing you....."   red fire seemed to ignite in Nightwing's bright blue eyes, behind his mask.

"No you won't.  Remember what I taught you!"  Deathstroke teased.

Nightwing hit Deathstroke hard and placed his eskrima stick to the villain's chest,"Yes, yes I will."

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Robin had Ra's Al Ghul in cuffs and was watching Nightwing's and Deathstrokes interesting conversation.

Usually Nightwing would play along with, 'how pleasant to see you'... he would probably respond with something like, 'pleasant to see you to, does your stomach hurt from the last time I hit it?'

But what was a Renegade?  And why did he call Nightwing one?

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"Deathstroke is down."  Nightwing said into his com.

"Nice," Batman could be heard through com,"Was revenge sweet?"

"He's in a body cast."

"Ouch, don't go that far next time, okay Dickie bird?"

"Yeah, but you know I have a reason Bruce."

"I'm sorry.  I really am."

"Meet you home?"

"Yeah.  Batman out."

"Okay, over and out."

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Revenge?  Robin felt the need to ask....

"Grayson?"  Robin tapped his older brother's back.

"Yeah?"  Nightwing's face was all smiles as he turned around,"Ready to go home Little D?"

"Umm... I actually have a question."

"Okay," a face of utter confusion,"Sounds whelming... what is it?"

"I.... well... uh... that is... what is it with you and Deathstroke?!"

"Ouch!  Not so loud!" Nightwing's face fell.

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Nightwing quickly jumped up building to building, going for the highest building in all of Bludhaven.

How was he going to answer Robin's question?

Finally reaching the top of the highest building Nightwing turned around,"Okay Damian, why do you need to know?"

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Robin pulled off his mask and walked up behind Grayson, who was sitting on the ledge,  also pulling his mask off.

"So Grayson, what is up with you and Deathstroke?"  Damian persisted.

"Nothing that should worry you."  Dick said, kind of harshly.

"I want to know..." Damian growled.

"Fine, but don't..." Dick's voice trailed off and Damian could practically feel him shaking, he saw his eyes watering, and heard his voice softening.

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Dick was slightly surprised when Damian came up and leaned against him.

What was even more surprising was what Damian said,"Hey it's okay, whatever it is, it's okay.  Look Grayson, it can't be that bad."

"Oh, it can be..." Dick trailed off before starting his story,"When you weren't Robin yet, I was Nightwing, obviously, and Tim was the newest Robin.  Batman wasn't feeling to well, he had been shot, and Jason had just come back from the... you know..."

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Jason was always a sore topic.

"Then what?"  Damian asked, wondering how this could be bad.

Dick started again,"Anyway, the point was, the Bat family was not as strong.  Oracle had just happened too.  But something bad was going to happen.  That was Deathstroke.  He had been constantly ruining us, hurting Tim, swaying Jason to his side, weakening Bruce, and he found Oracle and tried to run her over with a truck..."

Damian looked at his brother, who was grimacing at the memory.  But what surprised Damian more, was that his brother was shaking.  Hard.

"At this point, you'll fall off the roof."  Damian tugged him into the middle of the building

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"Acrobats don't fall..." Dick's eyes widened when he heard these words come out of his mouth and he remembered his parents, then suddenly took back his words, "I mean... we don't fall on purpose... and even if I fell, you wouldn't care.  No one would care."

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Damian's eyes widened, no one would care? 

"I would care."

The words surprised him.

Did he just say that?

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"Thanks Dami."  Dick said, then continued with his story,"Where was I?  Oh right, Oracle almost getting run over... Anyway, Deathstroke was out trying to get us.  Things were getting bad, really bad.  With Batman out of the picture, Oracle injured for life, Red Hood starting to near real villainy, little Robin, not you, Tim, without much experience, it looked like it was up to me."

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What was up to him?  Damian wondered.

"We needed an inside man.  Someone who knew what Deathstroke was going to do before he did it.  Like Robin and Batman.  Robin knew what Batman was going to do before he did it.  So Deathstroke needed an apprentice, and I offered to do it."

"What?!  You turned villain?"  Damian shouted harshly.

Maybe a little to harshly.

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Dick winced and let a tear slip.  On accident.

"Anyway, I was Deathstroke's apprentice and fed his information to Batman, I trained under him for a year, before Batman was better, Oracle found a way to help, Jason become a sorta hero, and Tim could fight."

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"So, you basically sacrificed your hero life to help your friends."  Damian was slightly surprised at the lengths his brother would go to.

"No I sacrificed my hero life for my family,"  Dick corrected,"Like I'm sure you would."

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Dick was surprised as Damian's arms surrounded his body,"Thanks Damian."

"Your welcome, I'm glad you told me."

"I am too."