Normal POV

Batman came out of his shadow when the mystery assassin escaped. He hung his head as his plan back fired horribly.

When the power went out he was knew whoever was coming, was here. So he decided to jump into a shadow and attack him while he was distracted fighting the Young Justice Team.

But his quick thinking plan had gone horribly awfully wrong. The man was far better then the the young team, better then Batman expected for such a small person. He took all 5 teen heroes down in just a few minutes. Leaving the heroes on the floor, all near what appeared to be death.

For some reason he had left Batman. And the Dark Knight throughly quickly and grabbed a sleeping pellet. He threw it into the vent and hoped for the best.

"What have I done?" Batman breathed as he stared at the teens. Superboy had a knife in his shoulder, Aqualad had one in his thigh. Both bleeding heavily. Kid Flash was shot in both shoulders and had a broken leg, Artemis shot in her arm. And M'gann in her hip. It was awful.

"Batman what's the emergency. . . ." Flash said as he and other members of the Justice League came into the mountain. They weren't late, the assassin was just extremely fast.

"Oh my . . ." Superman breathed as he saw the sight. Each hero looking at their protégés shallow breathes.

Luckily Flash used his head and grabbed the kids. Putting them each on a medical table. When he came back the older heroes were still in shock.

"What happened Batman?" Black Canary whispered. Her voice was even, but wavered a little. She didn't have a protege, but still cared for them all.

"Clark." Batman said, his voice strong despite what he had just witnessed. "Check the vents for a heat signature." Superman nodded and did whatever he had to do to activate his x-ray vision.

"There's someone in there." Superman said surprised. Batman nodded.

"I'll get him." J'ohn said as he used his powers to levitate the unconscious assassin out. Everyone stared at the small boy.

"Did he do this?" Flash asked as he looked over the child.

"He did, and he was far better then anyone I've ever seen. He took all of the Young Justice team out in just a few minutes." Batman answered as he began to take the weapons away from the assassin's body.

"What are we supposed to do with him?" Wonder Woman asked.

"I say we wait until he wakes up." Batman started as he got the last knife. "Then interrogate him."

"Uhhh" Artemis groaned as she woke up on her medical bed. M'gann was better as she could heal herself and Connor's shoulder was wrapped. Kaldur had a crutch and his thigh was wrapped and both of Wally's shoulders were wrapped and his leg had a cast.

"Welcome back Artemis." Black Canary smiled from above the archer. "You got shot pretty bad, but it was an easy fix. Your right shoulder and left arm are wrapped and just need some rest." The older hero informed, Artemis nodded as she sat up.

"That dude was. . . He was fantastic." Wally said as he stared between his friends. "I mean he wasn't fantastic, because he was evil, but he was far better than us." The other teens nodded.

"He nearly killed us all and we didn't even get a hit in him." Artemis said with her head hung.

"From what Black Canary has told us, they caught him. He's under a sedative while the Justice League discusses what to do with him." Kaldur informed.

"Why don't we pay our friend a little visit than?" Wally smirked, as did Artemis.

"I feel deathly embarrassed that I got beaten by a nine year old." Wally pointed out when they got to the cell holding the assassin.

"He is ridiculously small." Artemis added.

"He was very powerful though. He could keep me out his mind, hardly anyone can do that." M'gann said. It was hard for the teens to see the person who nearly killed them. It was also hard to see that he was younger than all of them.

The medical doors opened and part of the Justice League walked in.

"Team." Batman said as a greeting.

"Hey Batman." Wally responded. "Are you guys about to talk to him?"

"We are, if you'd like you can stay behind the glass and watch." The team nodded and left the room.

"The sedative he's on should make him a little loopy. So if we play our cards right he'll tell us what we need to know." Flash said to Batman. The Caped Crusader nodded. Everyone left the room besides Flash and Batman.

"Ready?" Flash said as he was about to wake the boy up. Batman nodded.

After a minute the boy stirred.

Dick's POV

I woke up on a hard surface. My eyes still heavy and my head really foggy.

"What is goin' on?" I thought slowly. When I had enough energy to open my eyes I saw a bright light on the ceiling. I was on a hard yet soft surface, and I was handcuffed to it too.

"Hello." A man in red smiled above me. I looked towards him sluggishly.

"Hi." I smiled back, my head was really foggy for some reason. But I had no intention to figure out why.

"So buddy, why are you here?" Flash said in a cheery tone. I looked off to the side in thought.

"I . . . I don't remember." I slurred. Why was I here? Was it a test from Ra's or something?

"Well why don't you try and remember for us, it'd be very helpful." Dick looked at the red man and thought hard. Still nothing came up.

"I think, I think I was on a-a mission." I got out. It was all I had.

"That's good, do you remember who sent you on your mission?" The red man said. But my head was getting less foggy and my thoughts were becoming clear.

"I don't think. . . I don't think I'm supposed to tell you." I squinted at the red man.

"Well your boss said it was ok." A new man in all black spoke.

"N-No, he wouldn't like that." I said, my mind was clearer and my memory was coming back. These were Justice League members. Flash and that Batdude I wasn't supposed to do research on.

"C'mon kid, just tell us who your boss is and we'll give you a treat or reward or something." The red man tried again. I began to squirm under my restraints, aware I shouldn't be here.

"Stop thrashing and tell us who sent you." The Batguy said in a sterner tone. I didn't stop moving. I did everything I could to get out of the cuffs. Then I found a small opening and got my hands in the right position. I stop thrashing and laid completely still.

"Good. Now, are you gonna tell us who sent you?" Flash smiled. I looked over to him and stuck my tongue out. I readied my wrist, then slowly dragged them out a little further. I felt the cold metal of my secret knife press against my side, apparently Batdude had missed that one. Sweet.

"C'mon Bud, you don't want an angry bat on you do ya?" Flash said, I slid my wrist out a little further. I decided to play along them, it would be fun.

"I don't thinks so. ." I let my facial expression soften as if I was being "persuaded" by the speedster.

"That's right," Flash smirked, thinking he had gotten to the boy. "So are you gonna answer our questions?" I let my expression soften even more so I looked more like a young child.

"I- I, I'm not supposed to, but. . . But" I made a tear fall from under my mask.

"Hey it's ok kid." Flash said as he got closer to me. "Perfect." I think, smirking in my head.

I used the opportunity to fully pull my wrists out of the cuffs and grab my spare knife. I jump over to the door, which was locked. I expertly pointed my knife back at them.

"Kid! We don't wanna hurt you!" Flash said quickly with his hands up.

"You couldn't even if you tried!" I shouted back. Then I remembered something Slade told me.

"If your ever captured and the people want information. End yourself, we need to keep our secrets to ourselves at all costs." My mentor had said. I never really thought I'd need to because most people couldn't even touch me. But now, now I had to.

I slowly turned the knife back on myself and took a deep breathe.

"NO!" Flash shouted, then the door behind me opened, and Superman grabbed my small frame. He made me drop the knife.

I kicked and squirmed in his arms, but it was futile. I didn't stop though.

"Flash get the sedative!" Superman yelled, the speedster was off and back in a second. I continued to squirm away from his needle. "I can't stay here I have to get back to Slade and Ra's!" I think. Then he shot me in the neck. My kicking and squirming only got faster, then my legs felt like lead and my head began to droop.

Normal POV

"Did he just try and kill himself Batman?" Flash said after the boy went limp in the kryptonian's arms.

"I've seen it before. Some organizations teach there people to kill themselves if they are ever captured. So no information can be leaked." Flash nodded, disgusted by what he had just heard.

"Can you set him back down Clark?" Batman said. Clark nodded and put him back in the bed/table thing.

"We need more restraints." Flash sped off, and came back with more then enough restraints.

"I guess we'll try again tomorrow." Flash said and he quickly buckled the boy's upper arms, thighs, ankles, wrists, and torso to the table.

Clark sighed, "he's gonna be a tough case."

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