Chapter 26

{Emily POV}


"No." I said very broken.


"No, no ,no ,no, NO!" I yelled but no one heard me.


"NO DAMIAN!" I yelled and opened my eyes and stood up. I looked around me and saw that I was in my room. Someone was hugging me and I pushed him off. He looked up and saw that it was Damian.


"DAMIAN!" I yelled and pulled him back into a hug. I started crying and he looked at him, he was crying too.


"I thought I'd lost you." I said and he smiled.


"I'm here sister and I'm going nowhere." He said and the door opened. I saw Dick and Jason standing at the door with Tim.


"Emily!" Tim said and ran to me and kissed me on the lips. He let's go of me and I stood up. Jason hugged me and was shaking a little bit.


"You're awake." He said and I looked at them confused.


"What happened!? The last thing I remember was saving Damian." I said and Tim sighed.


{Tim POV}


We walked down to the cave and saw that no one was home.


"Bruce, Dick anyone!" I yelled and looked over at the screen. Emily pressed the emergency button on her belt and it showed Emily running away from Ra's al Ghul.


"Why didn't they call us!?" Jason said clenching his fists and I sighed.


"Maybe they needed to get to her as quick as possible." I said, he walked over to my uniform and threw it at me.


"Get dressed we're going after Emily." He said and I put on my uniform.


"Wait! It'll be better if we go under water." I said, I handed him one of our diving suits and he put it on. We took one of the boats and raced to Emily's wave point. We arrived and I saw that Emily was getting thrown in the water by Mirror Master and Damian fell in too. I jumped off the boat and searched for Emily. She had a weight stuck on her foot and couldn't get it off. She managed to get Damian's off and gave her rebreather to him. She tried to swim again but couldn't.


"No Emily don't." I said but she did. She let's go of Damian and he floated up again.


"I'll get her." Jason said and I nodded. I swam to Damian and rescued him. I was swimming away when I saw Dick being thrown in the water too.


"I can only get one person!" I said and Jason sighed. Dick wasn't moving but he was pulled out of the water by a dark figure. We took Damian and Emily back and Alfred checked her impulse.


"I don't think she'll be waking up soon, or even will." He said and my eyes started watering.


"Don't say that!" I yelled at him and he sighed.


"She saved master Damian's life, it was either she or Damian." He said and I looked at Damian's unconscious body. He was slowly waking up and he sat up.


"What happened?" He asked and I hugged him.


"Damian you're awake!" I yelled, I didn't care that he hates me more than anything, I was just happy to see him awake.


"Unhand me Drake!" He said and almost punched me. I let go of him and he saw Emily.


"No." He said and walked over to Emily. I put my hand on his shoulder ad he didn't slap it away.


"This should've been me!" He said and I shook my head.


"Master Damian no one should've faced this faith. You have a bigger life in front of you than that she had." Alfred said and Damian was crying.


"No, I knew what I was getting in and I knew the consequences!" He said and I pulled my hand away. He looked around and Bruce walked in.


"Good you woke up." He said and Damian nodded.


"Where is Grayson?" He asked and we all sighed.


"He has been captured by Talia." He said and Damian started getting angry.


"WHAT HAPPENED!?" He yelled and Bruce sighed.


"When we were fighting off Talia and Dick was about to jump in the water to save you but he was hit in the head and they took him." Bruce said and Damian furrowed his eyes.


"And where were you father!?" He said.


"I was saving Flash. He got hit by a bullet and the speedsters were almost out of energy so I took them out of there." He said.


"So he's gone because of you!" Damian said and Bruce started getting pissed.


"That's not the point right now." He said and Damian walked out of the room.


"He needs some time alone." I said and he nodded. He opened a file on the computer and we saw that Nightwing was in Arabia.


"Wow, are they already back that fast!?" I said and he nodded.


"So how are we going to retrieve Dickie bird?" Jason asked and Bruce sighed.


"I don't know, let's just wait for Emily to wake up and then we'll make a plan." He said and we all nodded.


"Jason take her up to her room." Bruce said and he nodded. We took Emily to her room and closed her door. We were walking through the halls when we saw Damian with red puffy eyes coming out of his room, he entered Emily's and I looked at Jason. He shrugged and kept walking.


{Damian POV}


I didn't eat or leave Emily's side. I wanted to be there when she woke up, I wanted to see her brown eyes again, make sure she is still alive. 2 days have passed and she still hasn't woken up. I was too tired and was about to go and get some sleep, but first I hugged Emily.


"I love you." I whispered and suddenly her heart rate shot op and she opened her eyes. She pushed me away but then hugged me.


{Emily POV}


Tim has told me everything about what happened after I was out except for one thing.


"Where is Dick?" I asked and they all sighed.


"He'a been captured by the League of Assassins, I'm sorry Emily." Jason said and my eyes widened.


"No I should've been the one leading the team, they'll never let him go." I said and Damian put his hand on my shoulder.


"We will get him back." Damian said and my eyes started watering.


"They'll better give him back or things are going to get bloody." I said while clenching my fists.


"Ooh I haven't seen this side of her." Jason said smirking, I stood up and walked over to my closet. I took out my uniform and put it on.


"Woah there where are you going?" Tim asked.


"Out." I said and opened my window.


"Ho there! You're unstable, you need to rest." Jason said and was about to put his hand on my shoulder but I slapped it away.


"I don't need to rest! I'm the daughter of Batman!" I said and he blocked my exit.


"Listen Emi-" Jason said but I cut him off.


"No you listen to me! I am going out and search for the slightest hint of Dick, if you don't like it I don't care! So get on board or get out of the way." I said and he sighed. He stepped away from the window and I shot my grappling hook out of my window. I swung to the garage and took one of the bikes. I was racing towards Gotham and Robin appeared next to me.


"I'm on board." He said and I gave him a smirk. We arrived at the city and looked around for some thugs or any clue. We were at the old ware house and saw two thugs loading out some stuff left behind by mother.


"Have you heard? They have Nightwing." One of them said and I clenched my fists.


"Seriously? What are they going to do to him?" The other guy asked and I looked at Robin, I could see that he was planning something. I needed to stay calm or he would also get mad and things will get out of hand then.


"They are probably going to brainwash him or something." The first one said.


"How he doesn't even have brains, all he does is go after woman." The other said and they both started laughing. I opened the window and was about to jump inside but Robin pulled me back.


"You're unstable, let me do it." He said and I rolled my eyes. I moved out of the way and waited for a minute.


"You can come now." I heard Robin yell and I dropped myself. The thugs were tied up to a pole and I smirked.


"So now, where are Talia and Ra's staying?" I asked and one of them started laughing.


"Did you really think I would tell you princess." He said and I clenched my fists. I was about to throw a punch at him but Robin stopped me.


"Not yet." He said and I nodded.


"Talk." Robin said and he spat at him.


"Go ahead." He said and I smiled.


"Today is your lucky day!" I said and started punching him. It really calmed me down but I also felt a little bad for the one I was punching. I was pulled away by Robin and I looked at him.


"What?" I said and he pointed at the man I beat up.


"He already said that he would talk, you kind of drifted off." Robin said and I looked at the man, he was really beaten up. I took a towards the man and he started shaking.


"Now talk." I said clenching my fists and he nodded.


"They are staying at the temple in the mountains in Arabia, they are planning on brainwashing Nightwing and make him the new leader, that's all I know I swear!" He said and I nodded.


"We're leaving." I said and he nodded. Robin left first.


"Hey aren't you Black Mistress?" He said and I rolled my eyes.


"I was, I'm Finch right now." I said and he chuckled.


"You working for the Bat now?" He said and I smirked.


"Always have been." I said and he looked at me confused. I grappled my way out of there and stood on the roof with Damian.


"Uh where did we park our bikes again?" I said and he chuckled. He pressed the button the his utility belt and mine and our bikes arrived.


"Are you seriously telling me this right now!?" I said and he smirked. He stepped onto our bikes and raced back to the cave. We arrived at the cave and saw father sitting behind the computer.


"Good evening father." Damian and I said and sync. He turned around and smiled.


"Good evening to you two too." He said and hugged me.


"We have some information about Grayson." Robin said and told him about the hide out of mother.


"Weird, I didn't expected her to be at the temple." He said and I shrugged. He called Tim, Jason and Barbara and another girl I didn't know. Tim, Jason and the blond girl arrived but Barbara didn't.


"Where is Barbara?" I asked and father sighed.


"I'm here." I heard her say and looked at the screen, I gave her a smile but it quickly dropped when I saw that she was sitting in a wheelchair. She noticed and looked at father.


"You haven't told her did you?" She said and father shook his head.


"No I was about to tell her." He said and she sighed.


"Who did this to you!?" I said and Damian nudged me. He mouthed the word 'Joker' and I clenched my fists.


"Back to the mission." Father said and he turned back to the computer.


"So who's the new girl?" I asked and pointed at the blonde girl.


"I'm Stephanie Brown, the new Batgirl." She said and I shook her hand.


"Nice to meet you, I'm Emily Wayne." I said and gave me a smile. I looked back at the screen and smirked at Barbara.


"So what's your new name?" I asked and he smirked back.


"Oracle." She said.


"Nice." I said and she chuckled.


"So how are we going to get Dick back?" Tim asked and he showed us a map of the temple.


"Batgirl, Red Hood, Red Robin, Robin and I will go to Arabia and save Dick while you take out all the security camera's and more." Father said and my eyes widened.


"What about me father!?" I said and he sighed.


"Why don't you just call me dad?" Stephanie said and my heart broke a little.


"Do you really want to talk about that right now?" I said and she shut her mouth.


"Emily you have only had a few weeks of training, these men were almost trained their whole life. They are stronger and will kill you if you lose concentration for the slightest second. I'm sorry but you can't go." Father said and my heart broke a little.


"Make me." I said and he looked angry.


"Emily this isn't a simple thug." He said and I crossed my arms.


"I don't care I'm going to get Dick back, with or without you." I said and he stood up.


"EMILY MELISSA WAYNE YOU ARE NOT GOING AND THAT'S IT!" He yelled at me and I gulped.


"Yes father." I said and left the cave. I went to my room and changed into my normal clothes. I laid on my bed and looked at the ceiling as I heard the rain drops falling on the roof. I then sat forward smirking.


"Emily Wayne maybe can't go but Finch can." I said and looked at my suit. I saw an airplane leaving and I quickly went to the training room. I started punching the bangs and the dummies. I did all sorts of things, swinging from the rings and improving my free running. Alfred came with a plate full of fruit.


"Would you like some fruit miss Emily." He said and I took off my punching gloves and gave him a smile.


"Yes please thank you, but one thing please just call me Emily." I said and he nodded. I ate some pieces of fruit and sat down. He sat down next to me.


"You know you have been in the training room for almost 4 hours?" He said and I looked at the time. It was almost, 3 o'clock.


"I don't need sleep Alfred." I said and he sighed.


"Did master Tim tell you everything about what happened to Master Dick?" Alfred said and I looked at him.


"He only told me that Dick was fighting mother and lost." I said and sighed.


"Master Richard made a deal, he'll let himself get captured in exchange for your mother who will be leaving you alone forever." He said and I shot up.


"HE DID WHAT!?" I yelled and he nodded. I started punching the bags again and Alfred stopped me by putting a hand on my shoulder.


"Emily there will be a plane leaving in about an hour to Arabia." He said and I gave him a smile.


"You don't mean." I said and he nodded.


"He can stop Emily Wayne but not the Finch." He said and I gave him a hug.


"You're the best Alfred." I said and looked at the posters on the wall.


"Take the posters, get every little thing you can get to get master Richard back." He said and I nodded. I took off the posters on the wall and downloaded all my pictures and the one from Dick's old gloves on my gloves and packed a bunch of weapons that are going to go with me. I gave back down with a backpack and Alfred smiled.


"How am I going to get through security without being noticed?" I asked and he smiled.


"You are Emily Wayne, they won't question you, they just will let you through even if the alarm goes off." He said and I nodded. He handed me my passport and a hat.


"Put it on to be less noticeable." He said and I nodded. He dropped me off at the airport but before I walked out of the car he gave me a hug.


"Please be careful, I don't want to lose you again." He said and I nodded.


"I will, I promise." I said and stepped out of the car. The security staff recognised me and let me through. I bought a ticket to Arabia and boarded. I sat in first class and a man on the left side of the plane recognised and dialled a number.


"I found someone that might be worth a lot." He said and I closed my eyes to pretend I was asleep. The phone was on speaker mode which I thought was really dumb of him.


"We already have Nightwing, Batman is onto us, I really don't need another problem right now." Mother said and my heart skipped a beat. Mother. I opened my eyes and he hung up, I looked confused at him and he didn't bat an eye lid. I shrugged and pretended to sleep again. I was afternoon as I arrived and I followed the man. He took me to the temple but I didn't get near it. I didn't wanted to get spotted. I took off my backpack and made sure that no one was there. I changed into my Finch uniform and looked around. I opened the map on my glove and looked at the wave point of Dick. He was inside the temple and I smirked.


"Do you still think I'm unable of handling those men alone?" I said smirking and looked at the time, it was 6 o'clock.


"Assassins unite now!" I heard one of them yell and they all left. I smirked and looked at the sky, it wasn't dark but it wasn't light either. I just took my chance and entered the temple. I looked around and saw a few assassins at the doors. I threw one of my sleeping gas bombs and they all passed out. I waited for the smoke to clear and tied them all up. I walked down the halls but when I turned to another hallway I saw another group of assassins. This would only slow me down! I looked up and the ceiling and saw air grate leading into a ventilation shaft. I opened the roaster and went inside. I crawled around making sure not to make any sounds and ended at what looked like the room of mother and grandfather.


"It has finally been finished." Mother said and I furrowed my eyes.


"Is our new leader ready?" Grandfather asked and she nodded. Someone walked in and I saw that it was Nightwing, but he was in totally other uniform.


"No." I said and held back my tears. He walked to grandfather and bowed to him, he smirked and I clenched my fists.


"Good." Grandfather said and he looked up to him again.


"You know beloved will come and get him back." Mother said and he started laughing, that laugh sent shivers down my spine.

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