Reminiscence - A Dick Grayson Fanfiction

Chapter 13 - Chance

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Contains parts from: Episode 2 (Fireworks) - Part 3

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Superboy stepped forward, showing off the famous 'S' symbol, getting a shocked look from Superman.

"Is that what I think it is?" Batman grumbled. Reaper just wished he could become one with the ground. He was seriously glad that Supey over there held the attention of everyone at the moment.

"He doesn't like being called an it," Kid Flash singsonged.

"I'm Superman's clone," Superboy stated. Reaper flinched and looked at him wearily. Yeah, that was going to help them a lot...

The heroes looked at each other as different set of expressions flashed across their faces. It was a Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, who spoke up from the background.

"Wait, then who's the other guy?"

Now all eyes turned to Reaper and he could see some of them change their posture, in a barely noticeable way, from neutral to offensive. "Great," he thought.

"Khm-" Reaper cleared his throat awkwardly as he glanced around at all the heroes. Attacking would have been absolute suicide, running away wasn't possible. He could suddenly hear his heartbeat in his ears, the abruptness of it's appearance dizzying him. Statistics flashed rapidly across his eyes, but the most unnerving part was the recurring thoughts of:

"Elevation in heart rate,"

"Error..."

"High blood pressure levels, seek medical assistance..."

"Error."

He could see a panic attack coming 'round the corner and it rendered him completely motionless as his aching muscles tensed up.

Out of the corner of his eye he could see Batman nodding at Flash, then could hear the click of handcuffs from behind him before he actually felt them on his wrists.

"Wha-, wait!" he shouted in wain. He struggled against the metal, but this only made Flash put firm hands on his upper arms, holding him in place. Reaper wasn't getting out of this one.

"What's the meaning of this?" Aqualad asked. Other leaguers, who weren't there when Reaper had been caught for the first time, also looked shocked.

Flash turned to him. "Hold on. So you don't know who this kid is? What he did?"

Kid Flash thought back to the moment they first met the boy. "Now that you mention it, we don't even know his name..."

"He-"

"Who he is is not of importance," came a gruff voice, cutting of anything Flash had to say. "Now is not the time," Batman came over and took Reaper from him. "We'll go back to HQ and discuss this there."

"Wait, wait!" Reaper shouted again to try and save himself from the situation. "I-I helped them! I helped them escape!"

Batman froze mid step. "Is that true?"

"Well, before that though-" Kid Flash started, but got interrupted by Aqualad, who turned to the adults.

"It's true. He helped us get out," he nodded to the form under the rocks. "His plan helped us defeat the mutated Dr. Desmond."

Batman roughly turned Reaper around and squinted, as if to ask what he was playing at. Reaper narrowed his eyes right back, his ego winning over any previous panic. Like hell was he going to look like a frightened baby in front of all these people. The Dark Knight took several seconds to consider his options.