Flashpoint Rebirth: Bats and Supers

Reaching the End

Dinner was quieter than usual. Tim was absent, he hasn't arrived back to the manor yet. Jason was also nowhere to be found.

The four finished dinner and waited for the older men. Jon was talking to Damian about the different levels and tiers in Cheese Viking as they sat in the sitting room. Raven, meditating, had engulfed herself in the shadows of the room. Cassandra was pacing back and forth. The clock struck nine and neither Tim nor Jason had made it back.

"Patrol," she said.

Raven watched as the dark-haired girl left the room. She stepped onto the floor and walked out of the darkness. Something wasn't right, she could feel it. There was uneasiness in Cassandra as she left. Stephanie would be in Burnside by now, so Tim wouldn't have any reason not to return.

"We should look for Timothy," said Raven. Although her emotionless voice was quiet, it gathered the attention of both boys.

"Are you saying Drake can't handle himself?" asked Damian.

"No, there's just something off about tonight. I have a feeling that something bad is going to happen," warned Raven.

Damian got up, followed by Jon. "Get in uniform and meet me in the cave."

Jon was the last to arrive since Raven used magic to change her outfit. Damian was furiously typing on the large computer.

"What did I miss?" asked Superboy, turning to his sister.

She glanced at him for a millisecond before returning her gaze to the wide screen. "Nothing. I believe your friend is trying to track down his brothers."

"Adoptive," corrected Robin. "And I found Red Hood, he's near Wayne Enterprises. Drake most likely left his suit here because the tracker reads that he is in his room."

"I don't sense any living soul in the second floor of the manor, besides your cat," Raven confirmed.

"I won't be able to find him, Batman only has trackers placed on each of our suits." Robin thought for a moment. "We'll search for him instead. The best place to search is the abandoned chemical plants."

"Why there?" asked Superboy.

"Remember how you overheard the men at the docks saying someone is going 'take care' of the heir of Wayne Enterprises? Well, Father had publicly announced that Drake will be the next owner of WE. Therefore they must've captured him as Tim Drake and possibly be holding him captive. And since the villains in Gotham have a thing for hiding in warehouses, we should start looking there," explained the Boy Wonder.

'"You're suspecting the Joker." It was not a question because Raven knew.

Robin didn't answer. He left and shortly returned with Goliath. Jon's face was a mixture of fear and awe.

"You two can fly. I'll take Goliath."

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"Guys, slow down," called Raven.

They had checked every empty warehouse and facility in Gotham. Nothing. This led them to exploring the operating facilities. Sure enough in a chemical plant, Raven sensed fifteen people inside the facility.

They crowded around a small window on the side of the building. Inside a group people, most of them are adults wearing business suits, were lined up hands and feet tied, mouths gagged. Four people dressed in black and red robes guarded the entrances. Above on a podium stood the one and only Timothy Drake. Below him, a large container of green liquid.

"How'd we get in?" asked Superboy.

"I can teleport us in," suggested Raven.

Robin assessed the situation. "Fine. Teleport us behind that mechanism, we should be able to reach the endangered citizens and Drake as well."