I Am Not Your Sidekick

It's been a rough couple of weeks

Percy POV

It didn't take me long to heal after I spent a day surrounded by water. Deathstroke was a tough man to please, so I just did what I could not to get choked again.

I know I should've iris messaged Kaldur to tell him where I was, but that's the problem. I didn't know where I was. So that probably wouldn't help at all. Besides, Deathstroke was watching me 24/7 and I had my hands pretty full whilst being beaten to unconsciousness and then healing again.

It seemed that I had to heal way too often. Day after day, I got punched in the gut and stabbed and slashed and electrocuted until I was practically unconcious, then Deathstroke would dump me in one of his fish tanks. But he never wore his mask when we fought.

Then the next day the same would happen again and again and again. My skin was pretty much decorated with scars all over.

That went on for two weeks until I finally got sick of it and I lifted him into the air with the water taken out of the tank and I pushed him under water.

Man, oh man, I wanted to kill him so bad!

But right before he could drown, I sighed and dragged him out. He coughed and sputtered when I let him fall on the ground.

I wasn't a killer, no matter how angry and frustrated I was.

Before Deathstroke could grab for his sword, I picked it up, balanced it on my knee and snapped it in half. The blade was thin, so it was pretty easy to do.

I threw it into the tank and watched it sink.

"From now on, there will be no more swords. There will be hand to hand combat and training. If you cross me, I won't hesitate in dragging you into the water with me and watching you drown. Got it? " I growled.

Deathstroke looked up at me and grinned. "Have I finally gotten to you, little sidekick?"

"I am nobody's sidekick." I spat.

"Oh, I think I have. You already feel that dread and loneliness. You feel the emptiness inside you like a demon eating you from the inside. You feel it. You know you do. That feeling is called being broken. " he stood up slowly.

I lunged for him with a battle cry and began punching him until his face bled.

At last, I came to my senses and aaw what I did. Deathstroke only laughed. I raised my fist again.

"What is to stop me from killing you right now?!" I yelled. Deathstroke kept on laughing.

"Do it then. Prove to me that you are worthy of being my apprentice. Prove to me that you are no better that all the other crinals out there. Prove it!" He yelled whilst laughing like a maniac.

I scampered away from him.

"I am not a killer. I never was and never will be. And no matter how much pain you cause me, I will never give in. Not to you, not to anybody. "

"Eventually you will give in. When you have nothing else to live for. And on that day, I will be there, looking at you and laughing. " he said.

"Whatever. That's not today." I spat. "Now get up. Fight me."

He got up and grinned. "I like your style kid. "

I huffed. "Yeah, I like my style too."

We bowed and got into a battle stance.

He was the first one to lunge.

--------------------------------------------------------------
Kaldur pov

Weeks had past since Percy's disappearance and everybody acted weird after I told them what Catwoman said. Especially Robin. I think he's been having arguments with Batman, because every now and then I would notice that he would avoid Batman's eyecontact.

Anxiety and anger seemed to be the only things clouding my thoughts.

I stared at the black television screen, deep in thought. I didn't even realise when Robin approached.

"We found Deathstroke's lair." He said.

I snapped out of my thoughts and lookedat him. "What?"

"We found out where Deathstroke might be. Sorry it too so long. He's a hard man to find." Robin shrugged. I grabbed him and pulled him into a grateful hug.

"Thank you, Robin."

"Kaldur, if he's there, we don't try to defeat Deathstroke. We only Get in, get Percy and get out. That's the plan." He said.

"Does the rest of the team know about this?" I asked him.

Robin shook his head. "Only Wally and Batman is going to join us. Deathstroke is not going to be easy to distract while you get him."

"I understand. When do we leave?"

"Later tonight. "