Justice League: A New Chapter

Chapter 5: Happiness and Nightmares

Sadness was all Rob and Jared had known for a long time. Anger, sadness, pain, loss, suffering. All in a days work really. The pain they suffered was astronomical. It had been a long time, a very long time, since either of them had felt happy. The world around them simply wouldn't allow happiness into its webs of despair. But they happened across one hell of a sight when they went out for some air. As they walked down a deserted road, cars abandoned bumper to bumper around them, they heard laughter. There were kids, about six kids, playing in the rundown cars. Making driving noises with their lips, giggling and climbing on top. Playing pretend. Off to the side, was a group of teenagers, about as old as they were. From the looks of it, they were older brother and sisters. Watching the kids with proud smiles across Rob's face. He felt his chest fill up with something warm, a feeling he hadn't felt in a long while. He thought about Tabby and Jared and all his old friends, as he was smiling with a small amount of hope. Little kids enjoying life always made Rob feel happiness in his heart. It felt strange to smile to himself. He hadn't done that since him and his friends saved the world the first time. Seeing those kids playing without a care in the world let them have hope that it wasn't to late to make the world right again. But the happiness didn't last long, for he knew all too well of the hell that was going to break loose once more.

It had been a year and the thought of Tabby yelling at him like that still haunted him, her eyes filled with the guilt of yelling at him, and the anger of what Rob had to do to her brother. It hurt him so much it mortified him. He didn't really know how to go about it. He wondered if she even forgave him. So long as she was safe, he could continue on with what he set out to do...Confront his old master. Before he could continue he made a stop to an abandoned house, It wasn't actually abandoned though. Rob tried opening the door the polite way he even knocked but no answer, so he decided to open the door his way he took a step back and with most of his strength kicked the door open. "knock, Knock" Rob said. There was a man in the kitchen when he seen the door get kicked open he made a mad dash for the living room but Rob caught him before he could get there and threw the man across the room. "don't hurt me I swear I don't know anything man i swear to god" said the man, Rob picked the man up and threw him across the room again saying "SWEAR TO ME!! YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, AND YOU'RE GOING TO FUCKING TELL ME. WHERE IS DEATHSTROKE!!!" this time the man went through the wall. Rob had his fun he drew his pistol and lined up his shot "ALRIGHT!! ALRIGHT!! Deathstroke is in town he's at the old bar a few miles down the road, he wears an eye patch on his left eye you can't miss him. Please don't kill me man." the man said quivering. Rob stared at the man as if peering into his soul and pulled the trigger, BANG the mans body fell over on the floor, blood spilling out of the body onto the floor. Rob leaves the house but before he left he turned around around as if saying to the dead man " Sorry about the mess" he chuckles and walks away.

Rob gets to the bar and walks in there are three men inside none of them are Deathstroke. "I need to see Slade Wilson." Rob asks the Bar keep "You mean Deathstroke?" he asks and the three men all say in unison "all hail Deathstroke!" "he's in the back lad" says the bartender. As Rob starts walking to the back one of the other man stop him and say "where do you think your going the man never said you may see him." Rob replies with "Just move man I wouldn't want to embarrass you" the man didn't like that snide remark, he threw a punch but Rob was too fast he blocked the mans punch, grabbed him by his shirt and threw him across the bar. "Alright thats enough you useless thugs leave us...you Rob come on back we need to talk" said Deathstroke to Rob standing in the doorway to a back room, wearing a black clad formal dress suit with a cigar in his mouth. "Here" Deathstroke says sliding a folder across the table "what is this" Rob says but Deathstroke didn't say anything Rob started to look through it "This can't be true" Rob says " Came to me about a week ago, its yours if you want it" Deathstroke replies "YES!!" Rob answers. this folder held everything Rob needed at the moment a mentor that was supposed to be dead and a chance at revenge. "I can get you to the location but once you get inside you are on your own." Deathstroke said, Rob took in a deep breath and said "i'll do it" Within a few hours Rob had his gear put together, he had:

1 sword

1 bow

1 quiver

1 zombie serum

a pistol

and a couple of frags

Rob was on a plane in half an hour, he was excited to rescue his old mentor and bring him home safely he just wasn't sure what dangers were ahead but he didn't care. He opened the file and stared at the first page. It was a picture of Oliver Queen shackled the same way Rob was shackled years ago, battered and bruised but as Rob looked at this picture he noticed someone, it looked like Jared's older brother shackled in the jail cell next to Oliver's. "Interesting" Rob says to himself he knew he should have called Jared even though it was just a hunch but Rob decided against it.