Flashpoint Rebirth: Bats and Supers

Raven's First Patrol

Robin grappled through the city and landed on top of Wayne Enterprises. There wasn't much crime in this area. He decided to move to another part of the city, making his way to the docks. That's when he heard a scream and a few grunts. The Boy Wonder jumped from roof to roof, trying to find the source of the sounds.
A particular alley was glowing purple.

Robin observed from the roof. He was surprised to see Black Bat there. He was even more surprised to see Raven there. The girls were taking down a group of people dressed like nuns in red and white.

"Looks like you could use a hand," he called as he jumped down from the roof and kicked a nun in the face.

Raven encased a group of nuns in a dark sphere. "They're members from the Church of Blood," she informed.

"Why are they here?" Robin punched one in the stomach and kicked another.

Raven had encased all of the cult members in a dark sphere. "I don't know, but I can predict something bad will happen."

"What do we do with them?" asked Cassandra, pointing at Raven's dark sphere.

Robin opened his mouth to speak, when the sound of a gunshot was heard and Raven crumbled to the ground. Her sphere broke and the cult members were released. Three small orbs dropped from the roof.

Raven let out a grunt, as she swept her hands in front of her. Robin blinked and found himself in the Batcave. Raven was trying to sit up on the ground a few feet away from him.

Cass ran to Raven and pushed back her hood. Her pale face was beaded with sweat. Robin searched for the wound. The bullet had hit her leg, slightly below her kneecap. Cassandra picked her up and placed her gently onto a bed. Damian retrieved the tools needed to remove the bullet and stitch the wound.

"Stop!" Rachel placed her hands over her wound. She closed her eyes in concentration. She began to mumble a spell, the first few words were hard to make out. Her eyes glowed white. "Azarath, metrion, zinthos," those words came out clearly. The bullet flew out of her leg, which immediately started to heal. Soon the only sign of her ever getting hurt was the hole in her tights and a scar on her knee.

Cass examined the wound. "It's healed," she concluded.

Rachel swung her legs over the bed. She slowly stood, testing her healed leg. She stumbled slightly, although no one would've noticed since her movements were so composed.

Unfortunately for her, Cassandra and Damian were assassins, so they noticed. Cass tried to get Rachel into a cast, or at least a crutch.

Rachel stubbornly refused. Damian understood that, it would make him look weak if he were to go around with a cast or crutch.

"I can levitate myself, I'll get around that way," Rachel suggested.

Cassandra gave in and gave her a simple nod.

"We need to get back to that alley," Damian brought up.

"It's not safe. Someone else was there. They clearly didn't seem to mind blowing up the cult members. They seemed fine with killing us too," Rachel concluded.

"They didn't kill us though. If they did they would've gone for all of us, but they only shot you, and in the leg, when they should've shot you in the head. Those bombs were also timed, they didn't go off until after about ten seconds. That was the time given for you to react and teleport us out of there." Damian began to document this case.

Cass nodded. "It doesn't make sense. Especially with the Church of Blood operating in Gotham. They've never been here before. Something's not right," she said.

"How did you find them?" asked Damian.

"We didn't," Rachel replied. "They've been following us ever since we passed by Wayne Enterprises. We were able to confront them at that deserted alley. There isn't anyone in that area so the only lives taken would be the cult members'."

We'll go and investigate later. Right now, we'll rest." Cassandra left for the changing room in the Batcave.

    Damian spun around in his chair and faced Rachel, who was levitating a few inches off the ground. "I see that you have managed to befriend Cassandra."

Rachel gave him a questioning nod. "She's easy to get along with."

He gave up on the small talk and cut straight to the point. "Have you met them before?" he asked.

"Who? Cassandra?" she asked.

"No. Have you met the Church of Blood?"

"No, I've never met them. I have studied them with John and Zatanna at the House of Mystery," she answered.

"They didn't let you join in on their missions?"

"Rarely. Dad didn't want me to get hurt, especially when we're dealing with the supernatural. I usually spend my time with some of the Sentinels, we would study and train together."

"That doesn't explain why you fight so well. Many of them aren't skilled in martial arts," the Boy Wonder pointed out.

There was a long silence. Both teens stared into each other's eyes. Cassandra left the changing room, giving both of them an odd look, before leaving. Rachel lifted her hood up, covering the top half of her face. The shadow cast by the hood was so dark, it served as some sort of mask. She turned around and flew after his adoptive sister, still in her uniform.

Damian let out a sigh. Getting information out of her seems to be harder than he thought. He knows she's hiding something.

Damian thought for a moment. Rachel was taken in by Kent after the incident at the League of Assassins, meaning she's been living with them for the past few years. The ex-assassin decided to talk to the only other Kent in the Manor, Jonathan Samuel Kent.

Before he left the Batcave, Damian looked up the files his father created on the Kents. Batman didn't have much information on Rachel's past. He let out a "TT" in disappointment. Jonathan has the perfect childhood like any other kid, something he secretly envied.

According to the files Jon has been fighting crime by his father's side for about a year. Rachel has only made a few appearances in Metropolis, spending most of her time with her two mentors. He was surprised that Rachel had helped the Teen Titans with a sorceress named Jinx. Damian had never considered the Teen Titans as anything more than a band of teenagers with nowhere else to go. Well, with the exception of his oldest adoptive brother Dick Grayson, who had actually put the team together.

Damian closed the files. He changed out of his uniform and left the cave to find Jon. He realized it was only four in the morning and decided to get some sleep before interrogating the young Kent. As he walked down the hall, he heard noises coming from Rachel's room. He knew it's rude to eavesdrop and way below him. Yet, the boy was curious and pressed an ear against the door.

"-fine," Rachel was saying.

Then he heard his sister's voice. "What did you see?"

"Nothing. It's nothing," Rachel murmured.

"Okay, get some sleep then," Cass replied softly.

Damian quickly rushed into his room, closing his door as quietly as possible. Cassandra left Rachel's room a few seconds after he closed his door. She walked down the hall to her own room.