Disobeyed orders

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Damian coughed, dust collecting into his lungs as he tried to cough out all the dirt that seemed stuck in his throat. His eyes slowly opened, and the first thing he noticed were the rubbles lying everywhere. The boy searched the room for his family but found no one.


"I can't lose them." Damian pleaded and tried to stand up. His left leg was stuck under a heavy piece of concrete, holding him to the ground. Robin tried to lift it up but he wasn't capable of it. A frustrated sight escaped his mouth as he tried to free himself for the last time. He pulled his leg out as forcefully as possible and it worked. The black suit was completely ripped and blood was flowing from his cuts but he didn't mind. Damian carelessly bandaged his leg so he wouldn't bleed out and rushed to find the rest of his family.


He found Tim first, lying unconscious on a pile of rubble. Thankfully, nothing serious  happened to him, only few scratches and bruises.


"Red Robin! Wake up!" Damian shook his brother who quickly shot up from his sleep and now he was looking puzzled.


"What happened?" Tim asked, still looking around.


"The portal blew up." Damian explained and helped his brother to stand up.


"Is everyone ok?" Red asked concerned, searching for his father figure and older brother.


"No, I haven't found them yet." Damian replied and clutched his hurting side. 'I'll need and ultrasound when we get home.'  The youngest thought to himself.


Bruce was second on the list. He was already awake, trying to get from under a fallen wall. The vigilante looked ok at first but then they noticed his right hand lying loosely on the ground. Damian and Tim helped their father to move the wall away. As soon as the man was standing, he put his shoulder back into its place and hugged his sons.


"I was worried." He said and soon let the boys go. "Have you found Nightwing?" Bruce asked, looking around.


"Not yet." The youngest relied and climbed the fallen wall. He had a better view on the destroyed room. Rubble was lying everywhere and the ceiling was cracked, threatening to fall down on everyone.


"I found wing!" Red Robin called out somewhere from the far end. Everyone ran towards the voice and found a leg with a black shoe, completely covered by pieces of concrete.


Bruce started frantically throwing away the stones, desperate to get to his son. He gasped at the sight of him, Dick was laying unconscious with a pole right through his abdomen.


"We can't move him like this, the pole is stuck in the ground too." Bruce growled as he examined the injury. Dick was barely breathing, something the rest of the family picked up immediately.


"He needs immediate help!" Damian shouted, being truly worried for his older brother.


"Batman to team, we need help!" He shouted into his comm. To their disappointment, there was only static in reply. Bruce cursed but soon returned his attention to his dying son.


A groan escaped the grounded vigilante and he soon opened his eyes. At first, he seemed confused but then his face fell into a pained frown. He looked at his abdomen and quickly looked away. Dick grabbed the pole as a desperate attempt to ease the growing pain. 


"Don't try to pull it out wing, you will bleed out." Tim informed his brother who retreated his hands.


"Swallow this." Tim said and put a pill into Dick mouth. "It should ease the pain." Dick gave his brother a weak smile and then he closed his eyes.


"Don't die Grayson!" Damian shouted and Dick's eyes shot open.


"I was just resting." He joked but no one laughed. It pained them to see the cheery person of the family being down.


"Don't move, I'll cut the pole so we can move you." Batman announced and took out one of his many tools. Nightwing flinched every time the pole was moved even a little bit but he managed to stay quiet. Bruce bandaged his abdomen so the pole wouldn't come out by itself and make the vigilante bleed out.


With joined forces, they managed to get to the plane safely, without any attacks. Batman laid his son on two seats and tied him so he wouldn't fall off.


"I'm sorry Dick but I don't have the right equipment to complete the surgery now. We are going home right now." He got a pained look from his son but he couldn't help him here.


"Back-up team, retreat. Head back to the HQ." Batman spoke through his comm but with no reply. He really didn't want to leave the team here alone but his son was dying. After all, they had Aqualad with them, he is responsible.


Bruce started the engines and at the top speed, he flew off to save Nightwing.


........


"Uhm..., who is this?" Bart asked confusedly since he was the first one to see the man. He wasn't anything special. Just a man in his forties with grey hair tied in a ponytail.


"That is Vladimir Masters, the man that died supposedly." Kaldur replied calmly. He pulled the young speedster back as the sleeping man stirred and his eyes fluttered.


Vlad fully opened his eyes and looked around. He seemed shocked when his gaze landed on the team of young heroes gathered around his pod.


"May I ask you Mister Masters, what are you doing here?" The protege of Aquaman asked politely, giving the man time to explain himself.


There was a long pause but Vlad soon broke it. "I remember my mansion falling. Then I was rescued by the big evil ghost and he put me here."


There was something fishy about this guy but the team couldn't put their finger on it. He was supposed to be dead, that was for sure.


"Where were you when your mansion fell down?" The small interrogation continued.


"I was on the balcony." The adult replied calmly. "And before you ask, I truly don't know why the ghost brought me here." Miss Martian helped the man to get out of the pod and offered him her cloak to warm up. He gladly took it and sat on a nearby chair. Vlad rubbed his face to make him look as a victim. The truth was that he asked one of his ghost friends to bring him here to recover.


"Do you know what happened with the Fentons? They were with me the unfortunate day." His expectant look made the team uncomfortable.


"We can't tell his that they died. It would ruin him." The sensitive Martian looked at her friends and then at the man.


"He deserves to know the truth." Artemis said through the mind link and her friends nodded.


"They were found dead." The archer informed. What surprised everyone was the hint of sadistic happiness in the mans eyes.


"He seemed happy." Wally said dumbfounded. The mad saw their reaction and quickly changed his expression. He was truly happy for Jack's death but Maddie and Jazz pained him. They were so sweet and intelligent, a perfect example of him imaginative family.


"What about their son Daniel, he was the closest to me. Is he OK?"


"The youngest Fenton found a new family," Kaldur saw the upcoming question in Vlad's eyes and cut in, "I'm sorry, it is classified information."


"But if you look hard enough, I can assure you that you'll find him." Wally joined the conversation and his words seemed to calm the man down. Vlad stood up from his place with a newfound strength and headed for the exit.


"How do you know it is the right way?" Blue Beetle asked as he followed him.


"I was conscious when Phantom brought me here." The former halfa lied and walked further into the darkness. Vlad didn't like being followed by the team of heroes, so he hid into a secret tunnel which he has built for this purpose. He crept as quietly as possible down the hall, trying to get as far away as possible. The team would definitely look for him so he had to be quick.


The group of heroes noticed the absence of the rescued man after few minutes when the daylight lightened their path.


"Where is he?" Megan asked distressed.


"Maybe he fell into a hole?" Bart said jokingly.


"But I didn't hear him slip, fall, scream or land." Superboy informed as worry crept into his voice.


"Maybe he fell silently." No one laughed ad Bart's attempt of a joke. Now they had to explain to batman why they didn't listen to his orders, plus how they lost the rescued man. They didn't want the man to die again so the whole team went on a search party.


After long hours of endless search, they gave up and returned to their flying ship. Everyone was annoyed and angry.


6 hours ago, You have two new messages from Batman.


The ship announced and everybody inside tensed up. "Show me the massages." Megan ordered and they appeared.


"Batman to team, we need help!"


"Back-up team, retreat. Head back to the HQ."


Batman's deep voice rang through their heads. "We missed it didn't we." Wally sighed and hung his head in shame. Why didn't they listen to Batman? what if something bad happened to them and they heeded their help?


"We should head back to the mountain, it's Batman's order." the older speedster said and soon, they flew off.


.......


"God help us! What has happened Master Bruce?" The British butler asked worriedly as the vigilante stepped out with Dick lying in his hands.


"His abdomen was pierced by a pole, I need you to get it out." Bruce pleaded. He rushed into the medical wing. They put Nightwing on a operating table and put him under sedatives. The whole family had an experience with wounded vigilantes and they were pretty dangerous when in pain.


The operation went smoothly until Dick flat-lined. Alfred didn't loose hope and he managed to bring the man back to life. Tim had to drag their youngest member away because he wouldn't stop crying and he wouldn't let his brother go. Damian protested a lot so Tim had no other choice but to knock out the kid.


When he returned, his brother was finally stabilized. A breath he didn't know he was holding escaped and his whole body visibly relaxed.


A shorter chapter again. 😩 I feel like I'm letting you guys down. I'm so sorry. I'm now seriously going to take 2 weeks off to collect my strength and then I hope I will post now a longer chapter.


Love you guys all


~TheWhiteKnights

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