Rise of Renegade

Chapter 2

Have to say that I am having fun with this story, but I'm also quite conflicted about some of the arch's I have planned. Should have chapter three up sooner rather then later, and it might have some flashbacks of Dick's training with Slade.

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Chapter 2

Back to Gotham

"Time to wake up boy, I think you've slept long enough don't you?" a somewhat familiar voice said, my body felt heavy but oddly enough as I began to wake up I felt no pain even though I knew I should as my memories come back to me. Blue eyes flew open as I remember dying next to the man I had killed but somehow I didn't feel panicked so I started to take in my surroundings as I calmly take in the white room I seemed to be in until my eyes found the source of the voice that had woken me up. "Easy boy, take your time and drink some water" the man said motioning towards a cup of water next to the hospital bed I found myself in, even though I somehow knew that I was nowhere near a hospital.

Slowly sitting up with a watchful gaze locked on the man whom I now noticed had an eye patch over one of his eyes, I slowly reach for the cup and bring it to my mouth taking a quick sniff just to be sure before tipping it back and drinking the cool liquid. "Smart boy, but it won't matter if it was poisoned. Not anymore at least" he said with an amused huff, his words made me even more distrustful of him then I already was.

"My name is Slade Wilson and I am the one who saved you after you took out my contract" I lowered the cup of water as I frowned at him, "c-contract?" I asked with a hoarse voice, it felt like I haven't spoke in days which made my eyes go wide with fear. "h-h-how long?" I asked my voice now betraying my fear, the man though didn't give anything away as he calmly met my wide eyes and said, "You've been unconscious for about 23 days, but that is mostly because of the procedure that I used to bring you back from the brink of death" his words hit me like a truck as I listen to them. Taking deep breaths to try and calm myself like my sisters had taught me, I did my best to try and wrap my mind around 23 days of missed time.

He reached out a hand and put it on my shoulder which brought me out of my shocked daze, "I have a lot to tell you, but before I do though there is something that I wanted to ask you if that would be okay?" his words were soft and his voice gentle as I listened, nodding my head when he finished, I waited for his question. "Why did you kill that man?" his question caught me off guard for only a moment before it was replaced with the anger I felt towards the man he was asking about, "He was mine to kill" I said without fail and watched as he looked into my eyes with his one grey eye as if searching for something.

Whatever he had been searching for he must have found it as he nodded and smirked, "Good answer boy, so now it's my turn to tell you some things" he pulled back and sat at the end of the bed looking at me. "As I told you my name is Slade Wilson, but the people who employ me know me as Deathstroke the mercenary and assassin" he began and kept his gaze locked on me to watch my reactions which flickered between surprise and fear as he continued. "I was contracted to kill Tony Zucco but you beat me to the punch which I took advantage of by saying I made the kill" he stopped again to let me take in what he was saying, though I found myself calmly nodding for him to continue I was beginning to worry about the reason why he chose to save me.