Life in the Batfamily

Chapter 8

The remaining robins and jays were gathering their gear. They would be leading the heroes to the villains hideout. Sam and Tim had memorized the path they took to get to the zeta tube. As luck would have it, they brought their suits with them to the watchtower. None of them said a word to each other. Eventually, Sam had decided to break the silence and ask a question. "Did any of you guys notice that their masks looked kind of like a bird?". "For once, Drake has said something useful." Emma replied. "She's not wrong. The guy's mask looked like an owl" Tim said. Jason and Rachel looked at each other, wondering if they were truly real. "What are you two doing?" Damian asked. "In Gotham there's an old legend. Some people like to believe that it's real. I think it's just an old rhyme to scare kids. It is said that Gotham is run by a secret organization called the court of owls." Rachel explained. "Is it possible that they're real?" Tim asked. "No way in hell. Aren't you the science kid? There has never been any evidence to prove that the court exists!" Jason argued. "We live in a world where Atlantis is a real place and our father and siblings fights villains with an Amazon warrior" Sam stated. "Couldn't there be a slight possibility that the court may be real?" She asked. "I don't know. But we're about to find out" Batman said.

Red robin and Red jay ran across the rooftops, looking at the hologram map on their glove. After running for a couple more minutes, they came to a stop. "We need to look around. See, where they lead us out from." Red jay explained. Red robin nodded in agreement. The partners hopped off of the roof and landed on the ground, looking for any clues of where their kidnappers went. The rest of the Batfamily and the titans appeared, trying to help find their friends. Raven was looking around until, out of nowhere she felt in pain. The empath clutched her head and shut her eyes tight trying to ignore the burning feeling coursing through her body. As quick as the pain started, it vanished. And, when she opened her eyes, she was no longer outside. She now stood inside what looked like a courtroom with a large number of people staring down at her. But they weren't staring at her. Raven turned around and saw her two friends fighting off some assassins. Anger seemed to be flowing off of Emily as she fought the assassins. The masked people watching Dick and Emily seemed delighted to watch these two defeat their soldiers. As Dick was taking down one of the talons, another one snuck up behind him and stabbed him in the side. "Dick!" Emily screamed. Dick kicked the talon away then pulled the dagger out from his side and threw it to the ground. The two siblings stood back to back looking at all the talons. No matter how many they fought, the talons would keep getting back up. "These things won't give up." Dick said. "Neither will we." Emily stated confidently. "Let's do this." the siblings said in unison. The Grayson twins continued the fight.

The room faded and Raven reopened her eyes once again to see that she was back with the group. Beast boy stood in front of her meaning that he had probably ran over to make sure that she was okay. "Raven, what happened? Are you okay?" he asked with worry in his voice. "Yes, I'm fine. And, I saw Richard and Jackie." Raven stated, still trying to catch her breath. "What about Dick and Emily?" Batman asked trying to keep the worry he was feeling out of his voice. "They were fighting these assassins. As they were fighting, these people in masks were watching them fight and they seemed happy watching it." Raven explained to the dark knight. "We need to hurry! Our friends may not last much longer." Star exclaimed. "I saw a way that could get us to them." Raven pointed out. "Then show us. We haven't got much time" Jay argued.