Changing

Breaking

Richard put his clothes in the washer.

He then took a short shower.

When he got out, he looked down at the cut on his chest.

It wasn't very big or deep, but it did bleed through his suit, and when combined with Alfred's blood, it looked like a lot for one person.

Richard started stitching up the cut.

Too bad Alfred had to fight him.

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Alfred woke up on an uncomfortable cot.

The cot had a pillow and a blanket on it, but that was all.

When Alfred looked around, he saw that he was in a cell.

"Hey there." a familiar voice popped up.

Alfred looked around to see Jason sitting in a cell too.

"Jason? Where are we? And for what reason are we here?" Alfred was so confused.

"Renegade. You're in the Watch Tower. And we're not sure what Renegade wants from us. Or you." Jason said.

"Hey Alfie!" Tim waved. 

"How many people are here?" Alfred asked.

"The whole Justice League, Young Justice League, and we think Renegade is collecting the Bat-family now." Kid Flash, a.k.a Wally West, said.

"Do you know who Renegade is?" Alfred asked.

"Batman said something before Renegade took him away with Wonder Woman and Superman." Green Lantern, John Stewart, said. 

"But.... Alfred, it's...we're not sure if he's right. You might want to sit down." Flash said.

"He's Nightwing, isn't he?" Alfred asked.

"How'd you know?" Flash asked.

"I may not of seen him for a while, but I'll never forget one of my grand-kids." Alfred smiled sadly. 

"What are we going to do now? I don't want to hurt him." Flash said.

"You may not want to, but he's hurt us. He's hurting innocent people. We have to stop him." Supergirl said.

"How can you say that?" Artemis yelled.

"Because Nightwing is a villain now." said John Stewart.

"And like every villain, we have to stop him." Supergirl said.

"Oh really?" a dark voice chilled everyone to their cores.

"And how do you expect to do that in a cage?" Renegade asked Wonder Woman.

"Nightwing." Alfred said.

Renegade tensed up.

"Shut up!" Renegade shot the ground next to Alfred, "You say that again, and the next one goes in your head." 

Renegade's hand that was holding the gun was shaking badly.

"Nightwing, this isn't you." Alfred said, he moved closer to the bars of the cage.

"I'm not Nightwing." Renegade said.

"Then who are you? What happened to Nightwing?" Alfred asked.

"I'm Renegade. And I killed him." Renegade's hand steadied. 

He shot Alfred. 

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Richard stumbled into his bathroom in his apartment and vomited into the toilet. 

He shot Alfred!

He shot his family!

Richard looked at his shaking hands.

What was he becoming?