"Think they're gonna take down Dr Light?" Anya asked as she handed all the teens either coffee, tea or hot chocolate.

"Of course they will.' Sam nodded

"You've got that much trust in Dick?" Jason scoffed.

"Why wouldn't I trust him?" Sam crossed his arms.

"Because he has us trapped up here."

"I mean, nobody's stopping you from leaving. The elevator is right out there."

"I'd just get dragged back." Jason grumbled.

"Eh, it's worth a try."

"Well maybe-" Rachel began to talk as they heard the lift ping.

"They're home." Sam smiled and walked out.

But when they got out, Hank was walking away with a limp with Dawn... Dick standing himself.

"Where's Dr Light?" Jason asked.

"What happened?" Sam questioned.

"Dr Light got away." Dick shook his head.

"A little stealth job on a guy who shoots what- Head lamps? I mean, half the city is on fire and still no sign of Dr Light.' Jason continued.

"Jason." Dick warned him.

"Look, I don't take orders from you anymore man. I do what I want, when I want." Jason pushed Dick back as he began to walk off.

"Jason, wait." Dick grabbed his arm.

"Jason don't-" Anya began but it was too late, Jason lifted his fist to punch Dick.

Sam blinked and Jason was on the ground, Dick stood over him. He felt... Strange. He felt bad for Jason. But why? He was in the wrong.

Although Dick was quick to move, holding his hand out,"I'm sorry Jason, I didn't-"

Jason slapped Dick's hand away, panting before he stormed off.

"He'll... He'll get over it." Sam tried assuring Dick.

"Yeah... Yeah, hopefully." Dick sighed.

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Gar was sat in the control room, monitoring the screens.

"Found anything yet?" Anya spun in her chair.

"Not yet." Gar sighed.

"There has to be heat signatures somewhere.."

"That's what I've been looking for but nothing is coming up."

That's when Jason came in, arms crossed.

"Hey Jay, how... Are you feeling?'

"I'm fine." Jason shook his head.

"Look uh... Dick just reacted. He didn't mean anything by it." Gar nodded.

"Oh, he meant something by it."

"You'd react the same." Anya sighed.

Jason scoffed,"Found anything?"

Gar shook his head with a sigh.

"We've been looking for heat signatures. After Dr Light absorbed all that energy, he's gotta be radiation hot." Anya shrugged.

"Check the Bayliner train station. They have heat sensors in case of fires. Underground, so they'reimpossibleto read." Jason told tnem.

Gar tapped into it,"Good idea... Oh my god."

There was a massive heat signature, just like Jason had thought.

"Jason, you're a genius." Anya smiled.

"Heh, I know. Now lets go."

"I'll just go get Dick-" Gar got up.

"No." Jason stopped him.

"What?" Anya looked at him.

"Why can't we do this? Just us three?" Jason asked.

"Dick would kill us, look what he did to Hank." Anya sighed.

"Dick doesn't care, we can do this." Jason shook his head,"We're the screw-ups, let's show him what we can do."

Anya bit her cheek and looked over to Gar.

"Jason, we're not screw-ups and neither are you. Just let me tell Dick-" Gar went to walk.

"Gar, I need you." Jason sighed.

Gar hesitated and turned to Jason,"We check it out, then if we find anything we come straight back and tell Dick."

"Thank you!" Jason smiled.

"Well- I call leader!" Anya ran off.

"Hey- Wait up!" Jason ran after her.

"Children." Gar sighed.

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Gar looked at Jason as they walked in,"I though you said this was just reconnaissance."

"It is." Jason nodded, he was in his Robin costume meanwhile... Anya and Gar were in normal clothes.

"What's with the costume?" Gar asked as they went down the steps.

"You're very overdressed." Anya nodded.

"Exactly. Reconnaissance on a homicidal psychopath. Safety first." Jason gestured to his costume,"You won't get away with much." He nodded to Anya in a skirt.

"Y'know what? I'm calling Dick-" Anya turned to go upstairs.

"No, it'll be quick. Come on." Jason urged her,"Please?"

Anya closed her eyes, turning back slowly, pointing at Jason,"You fucking owe me."

"Yes, yes, now come on." Jason started walking.

"So what's the plan?" Gar asked.

"Plan? We find Dr Light." Jason shrugged.

"It's dark as shit down here." Gar turned on his flashlight.

Jason looked around,"Let's split up."

Gar just blinked,"Huh?"

"To cover more ground, get this over faster for you." Jason nudged him and turned,"What do you think, Anya?"

Although when he turned, Anya wasn't there.

"We're splitting up." Jason nodded.

"Looks like she already decided." Gar sighed.

Anya summoned a dagger into her hand while she walked off, stumbling upon Dr Light working on something.

"Games over, Arthur."

"Oh, you found me." He chuckled,"Smart. But not smart enough."

"I'm not playing games, okay? Just get up." She sighed.

"Should I?" He smirked.

"Yes." Anya gripped the knife.

"No... Continue as you were." A voice spoke from the shadows.

"Whatever you say." Arthur hummed, turning from Anya.

Anya quickly turned around,"Deathstroke."

"Ah, so you know who I am... And think you can defeat me?"

"If I can't then I've got two idiots who might." Anya admitted.

"How about we out that to the test, hm?"

The lights flickered.

"Gladly." Anya quickly lunged for him.

Deathstroke didn't move but all of the light in the room disappeared which made Anya looked around quickly.

"C-Coward!" She spun,"Come out!"

"Oh, I'm not hiding. I'm right here." Deathstroke hummed,"Or am I over here?"

"Stop it!" Anya began throwing her knifes, she kept conjuring up more.

Anya never seemed to hit Deathstroke though. However, he managed to hit her legs.

"Shit." Anya cursed as she fell, quickly getting up and tried to listen for him.

She remembered what Dick had said, anything can be taken from you in a battle. You have to learn how to handle it... God why didn't she take more lessons?

Deathstroke raised his weapon and struck, aiming for her head. Anya moved to the left to turn away only for her head to meet the weapon, knocking her out.

"Too easy." Deathstroke sighed.

"It was the dark that got her." Dr Light shrugged.

"Fear is the enemy of everyone." Deathstroke took a gun out of his belt.

"Woah- We ain't killing her... Right? I thought we were just using her as bait for Grayson."

"Of course I'm not killing her." Deathstroke fired the gun at Dr Light,"I'm tying up loose ends."

"Did you hear that?" Jason turned to Gar.

"Hear what?" Gar turned to him quickly.

"That gunshot."

"That was a gunshot- We need to get Dick."

"You get Dick, I'm gonna go help." Jason shook his head and ran into the darkness.

"Jason!" Gar called after him.

Until Jason was gone... He couldn't see or hear him.

"Shit." Gar hissed, running off and grabbing his phone.

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"Dick?!" Gar ran in.

"Gar, what's wrong?" Dick sat up straight.

"Gar?" Sam raised a brow.

"You didn't get my calls or texts?" Gar panted.

"No, my phone died." Dick shook his head,"What happened?"

"Anya and Jason- They got taken. Or shot- I don't know. Jason convinced us to look for Dr Light so we went and Anya wandered off and we heard a gunshot so Jason ran off and now I can't find them." Gar rambled.

"What- Gar!" Sam ran up to him and gripped his shoulders.

"We were gonna look and then come back!"

"You could've gotten hurt!"

"Well, I'm fine but I don't know about them, they- Anya might be shot."

"Fuck." Sam cursed,"Dick-"

But he'd already ran out.

"Do you think he'd want us to stay or go?"

"We have to go!" Sam nodded,"I need to save Anya, she's my friend."

"Friend." Gar nodded before they ran.

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"Sam?" Gar knocked on the control room door.

"Hm?" He responded, eyes locked on the sceen.

"It's late, come to bed."

"No... I have to find them." Sam shook his head.

"We'll find them." Gar assured him.

"I know.." Sam sighed.

He was worried about Anya, he knew that but he was... He was worried about Jason. A lot.

"They're both fighters. You know that. Dick and the others are out looking for them just now."

"But I want to help. Anya is my friend and Jason is my brother!" Sam paused, what was he saying?

Gar sighed and sat beside Sam,"I know you want to save them, but you gotta sleep."

"No! I'm not gonna sleep." Sam shook his head.

"Then... I'll stay here with you."

Sam leaned against him,"Thanks."

"You gotta sleep eventually, Catboy." Gar looked at the screen.

"Nu-uh."

"Yes."

"Dont want to."

"Too bad. I'll give you a smooch."

Sam smiled,"A smooch?"

"A big smooch on the cheek."

"Do it."

"Nope! Only when you sleep."

Sam huffed,"Come on."

"Sleep."

Sam sighed and wrapped his arms around Gar.

"We'll hear from Dick soon, at least take a nap... Please." Gar rubbed his arm.

Sam nodded slowly, his eyes already closing.

"Not in here big boy." He lifted him up.

"Can I have cuddles?" Sam asked.

"You can have plenty of cuddles." Gar kissed his cheek.

Sam smiled, letting Gar lift him.

"Up we go." Gar ran to Sam's room.

Sam chuckled, holding onto Gar tightly.

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"Are the blindfolds really necessary?" Anya spoke, a blindfold was placed over both her and Jason's eyes.

"Of course it is." Deathstroke hummed,"The less you know, the better."

"Well, you're not too smart." Jason shrugged.

"How so?"

"We saw shit earlier... You know before we knocked out Dr Light." Anya chuckled.

"Oh, I know."

"Yeah, then you caught us like an asshole." Jason sighed.

"Can't have you running from me, can I?" Deathstroke cooked his gun.

Anya looked to where she heard Slade, her ears were the only sense she had left.

"Slade." Dr Light walked in.

"Arthur, any sign of the Titans?" Deathstroke asked

"Yeah, actually. Fucking assholes are here." He pointed to the CCTV they had placed in the tunnel.

"You guys are so fucked." Jason chuckled.

"I wouldn't say that so soon, Mr Todd."

"Formalities." Anya hummed before the two felt ear defenders going over their heads, not letting them hear anything... All their senses were gone.

Deathstroke looked up at Dr Light and pointed his gun at him,"I would say I'm sorry Arthur... But I'm really not."

"What? Slade this doesn't-" He began to speak.

Before he could finish, Deastroke fired the gun. Arthur fell to the ground, in-between the two teenagers, not that they knew of course.

"Their trackers lead down to here, I don't see where else it could be." Deathstroke heard Dick speak through the camera.

"Trackers, huh? Those could be... Removed." His eyes glanced over to a dagger, "Looks like you're going to be useful, Arthur."

"Wait... Hold on." Hank walked over to the camera,"Fucking watching freak-"

He punched it and the feed cut off. Deathstroke took out a device from his pocket and grabbed his dagger.

"Alright kids, hold still."

Anya shifted, she had a bad feeling, god she just wanted home.

Deathstroke approached, using the device to find her tracker,"There."

"I can smell your breath, it's disgusting." Anya spoke.

"You'll have more to worry about soon enough."

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"You guys really need to do a food shop." Rose looked in the cupboards.

"I know." Sam sighed.

"You're making me fucking starve." She rolled her eyes.

"Not really my fault there." Sam shrugged,"You get used to it."

"I won't."

"You will."

"I can't be bothered with this shit here. It's boring without everyone."

"If Jason didn't run off without telling everyone, he wouldn't be there with Anya." Sam shook his head.

"He's a troubled boy." She hummed.

"We're all troubled here."

"Yeah, yeah." Rose rolled her eyes before grabbing the strawberries,"I am... Taking these. I don't care whos they are."

"Don't worry, they're not mine." Sam shrugged.

"Well, see ya." Rose waved and walked off.

Sam sighed an leaned against the counter. That's when Gar came in, rubbing his head.

"Babe!' Sam smiled.

Gar looked up at Sam and sighed,"Hey."

There was something wrong, his tone was different.

Sam looked up at Gar and stopped,"Gar? What's wrong?"

"Nothing I just... Rachel and I had an argument."

"Oh... About?"

"She cut me earlier. With her... Powers. When I brought it up it just got messy. I called the powers creepy then she said she could've handled Dr Light. She asked what did I do? Growl at him?" Gar shook his head as he sat down,"... I ran, Sam. I didn't save our friends."

Sam wrapped an arm around him,"Gar, there was nothing you could've done, that Rachel or I could've done. We would've all been taken. She's just... Upset and taking it out on you. You're not weak."

"She's right, I haven't been able to turn in ages."

"Gar, that doesn't matter. You've been so much help to all of us, to me."

"You promise?" Gar leaned his head on his shoulder.

"I promise." Sam kissed his forehead.

"Do you think Dick has had any luck?"

"I really hope so." Sam sighed.

"They must be so scared." Gar shook his head.

Sam's grip tightened around Gar as he pulled him closer.

"You still need sleep." Gar pointed as the lift pinged.

Sam didn't listen, quickly turning to the lift.

That's when a woman with pink hair walked out,"Hello?"

"O-oh, hi." Sam looked at Gar,"Babe, do you know her?"

"Kory!" Gar quickly ran to her and hugged her.

Sam nodded slowly. So this was Kory?

"You must be... Sam. Dick's brother." Kory waved to Sam.

"Yep, that's me." Sam nodded,"Kory?"

"Yeah." She hummed,"Where is everyone?"

"They're trying to find Jason and Anya, Deathstroke took them." Sam told her.

"Anya? That's a new name."

"She joined a bit after Sam." Gar explained.

"Do they need any help? I know I just got here but it looks like you got your hands full." Kory sighed.

"I'd say so, if they come back with nothing." Sam nodded, walking closer to her.

"Oh, I see the Dick in you now." Kory pointed.

"You do?" Sam asked.

"Mhm. It's the face." She hummed.

Sam smiled,"It's a very nice face, if I say so myself."

"Yeah." Kory laughed.

Sam smiled at her.

"Come on you two, let's go find Rachel." Kory nodded.

"Yeah!" Sam nodded, nobody made his boyfriend sad.

"The tracker leads to..about here." Dick sighed.

When he looked up however, they were met with the dead body of Dr Light. Shot. The trackers on his body.

"That bastard." Hank cursed.

"Well? Now what?" Donna turned to Dick.

"I honestly don't-" Dick began before they heard a ringing.

A phone? Dick furrowed his brow and picked up the phone.

"I see you found my gifts." Deathstroke spoke.

"Where are they?" Dick questioned.

"Oh, you mean your little sidekicks?" He asked as he took the earphones off the teens.

"Who the fuck you calling a sidekick, asshole?!" Jason shouted.

That's when the adults heard Deathstroke hitting Jason, grunting from the both of them, Anya shouting for him to stop only to hear her yelp a second later.

"What the fuck are you doing!?" Hank yelled, going to grab the phone.

"Just tell us what you want." Dick shook his head.

"As I was saying, if you want them back... Hand over Rose." Deathstroke spoke.

"Rose? We're not just going to hand her over." Dick sighed.

They heard one of the teens coughing..  Possibly they had been choked?

"How do we know you'll keep your promise?" Donna spoke.

"Tonight, 3.00am. Embarcadero Plaza, outside. Use this phone to confirm." He hung up.

"I say we do it." Hank shrugged.

"We can talk once we're at the Tower." Dawn sighed.

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Sam was tapping his foot, eagerly awaiting the Originals getting home. He wanted to know if they found anything.

"They'll be here soon." Kory assured him.

"I know." He sighed, perking up as the lift dinged.

That's when all four of them walked out, looking... Defeated

"You... Didn't find them?" Sam asked slowly.

Dick looked at Sam and shook his head,"I'm sorry, Sam."

Sam fiddled with his hands,"No, no, I know you will."

"We'll try." Dick assured him.

"Kid.' Hank nodded for him to come over.

Sam looked around before walking over to Hank.

Hank crossed his arms,"We... Got a call."

"A call?" Sam raised a brow.

"From Deathstroke."

"What did he say?" Sam asked quickly.

"He wants us to turn in Rose, we heard Jason and Anya... They're alive."

"I see." Sam nodded slowly, a hard decision.

"I say we hand her over." Hank shrugged.

"Well, I don't really want to... But if it saves Jason and Anya.." Sam trailed off

"We're gonna head to the control room to talk about it, I'll let you know what we come to." Hank nodded.

"As long as it gets them back safe."

"We'll try." Hank patted his back before he met with the others.

Sam sighed and walked off.

"We're going to go listen in, you coming?" Gar ran up to him.

"Obviously!"

"Come on." Gar took him through where Rachel and Rose already were in and listening.

Sam immediately climbed onto a counter and began listening in.

"So there's cameras in every room?" Rose asked.

"Blame Bruce Wayne, he built the place." Gar shrugged.

"It helps out when you wanna eavesdrop though." Sam reminded her.

"It's creepy." Rose scoffed.

"Shh, I want to listen."

"Look, those two kids are hurt, alone and scared. And I- We all know what that feels like. Bottom line is, they're one of us and she isn't. So handing her over, saving their lives? I don't know about you but I can sleep a little better at night knowing I did the right thing." Hank spoke.

Sam looked down, he couldn't look at Rose. He was willing to hand her over.

"Hank- He doesn't mean that, Rose. He's just angry." Rachel shook her head.

"Quiet, I wanna hear." Rose ordered.

"She's just a kid." Dawn sighed.

"Deathstroke's kid." Donna spoke up,"Let's be honest, the further away she is from us she gets, the safer she's gonna be."

Sam glanced over at Rose. She was listening in, studying them.

"If we leave her out there alone, Deathstroke will hunt her down." Dawn pointed.

"Or worse. We lose leverage over Deathstroke once he finds out she's in the wind." Dick shook his head.

"We've all went down this road and we won't go down it again. We're not using Deathstroke's kid to get to him again." Dawn sighed.

"Again?" Sam whispered.

"Fuck it. I'll take her there myself. Good luck trying to stop me." Hank began to walk out when Kory began to rant at him.

"Thank god for Kory." Rachel hummed.

"And she doesn't even know Rose." Gar nodded.

"Speaking of... Someone's done a runner." Sam pointed, Rose was no longer there.

"What?" Gar and Rachel turned around before they all quickly ran after her.

"Sam?" Dick pointed as they saw the trio running.

"Rose heard what you guys said about her and now she's trying to leave." He explained.

"Shit." Dick quickly ran to a button, putting his fingerprint on it and began a lock down.

Sam shook his head and began trying to find Rose. When he found her, she was laying on the floor... Her bones were... Broken into positions that couldn't be possible.

He'd seen something like this. before... Like a death by falling. Sam let out a shaky breath as he looked up to see... Rachel... She'd done this. Rachel shook her head before she ran off.

"What are we supposed to do now?" Gar asked.

"I don't..." Sam shook his head quietly, he couldn't take his eyes off Rose.

Dawn slowly walked over, crouching down and felt Rose's pulse only to turn around,"She's alive."

"W-what?"

That's when Rose's body began to twitch, her bones cracking back into place. Sam stumbled back, what the hell..?

"This is too creepy, man." Gar covered Sam's eyes.

Sam grabbed onto Gar's arm and just held it, trying to stop himself from shaking.

"We gotta get her to the infirmary." Dick quickly picked her up.

Sam nodded slowly but he wasn't listening, his mind was running.

"Come on, let's go." Gar lead Sam away.

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Slade walked around the room, his footsteps echoing as he brandished his gun again.

"You really are a pathetic piece of shit, you know that? Rose deserves better than you for a father... Yeah, some freak in a ski mask whose name sounds like a bad case of VD. My friends will never give her up, you know that." Anya looked at him, the blindfold off her eyes now.

"You have high expectations of those people, don't you?" Slade sighed,"They're frauds, they aren't heroes."

"It doesn't matter, they'd come for one of their own."

"I doubt that." Slade scoffed.

"So whats your plans, huh? Because guess what? I'm not scared of you." Anya whispered.

"I will make you scared of me, I know what frightens you."

Anya looked to the floor, her breathing quickening slightly,"Go fuck yourself."

"I think I'll pass."

"I think you shouldn't, you're getting lonely. Having to kidnap kids and torturing them? You sadistic freak." She spat.

"A little birdie told me you're afraid of the dark, should we go test that?c

Anya looked away from him, she couldn't go back in the dark.

"Looks like I hit the nail on the head." He smirked

"Go to hell." Anya closed her eyes.

"Already been there."

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Dick left Kory's room and he began to walk to the lift.

"Where are you going?" Sam asked, he'd been sat in the kitchen.

Dick jumped,"Fuck Sam, you scared me."

"Its a bad habit." He got up,"Now, where are you going?"

Dick sighed,"I gotta go get them, Sam."

"Take me with you."

"Sam, it's too dangerous."

"Dick, my brother and friend are in danger. I am going to save them." Sam crossed his arms.

"I gotta do this alone." Dick shook his head.

"No, you're not doing this without me."

Dick bit his cheek before he pressed the button for the lift,"Grab your jacket."

"Yes, I won't let you down!" Sam ran off.

"Oh Sammy." Dick chuckled.