Simple (Nightwing Fanfic)

Chapter Five

Damian exited the elevator and saw his brothers peering over Bruce's shoulders as they discussed something. He continued down the stone steps and cleared his throat, making his presence known.

"I demand answers."

Jason turned towards the current Robin and looked down at him,

"Listen, Demon Spawn. Grayson hasn't been found yet, but he's with Deathstroke. That's all we know."

"That's impossible. I killed Wilson."

Bruce turned his head and acknowledged his son, "I'm sure you know how it's possible he could return, then."

"Why would he go after Grayson instead of me?"

"They have a past."

Damian was quite intrigued by this and subtly inched forward.

"What does this past entail?"

"That's what we are looking into."

As Tim continued his research, his head finally snapped up, giving himself a silent good job.

"I found something... Apparently, Slade was seen with a guy who called himself Renegade. They were stationed in Blüdhaven around the time Dick started to be Nightwing around there."

"What does that have to do with Dickie?"

"Not sure.., but I assume they knew each other. The suits aren't that far off from each other? Not something to go by, but maybe Dick worked with this Renegade..."

"Why would he ever work with a criminal?"

"Didn't he have that inside mission? Maybe Renegade found him out."

"You know what, look into that mission... He has to have files somewhere."

"I'll try my best... Might take me a while to get past his coding."

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Dick stretched his body as he stood up. He rubbed at his sore wrists.

"I'd say sorry for the bindings, but I wasn't taking chances."

Dick looked up at Slade and nodded his head. He just wanted to get this over with and leave Renegade behind.

"I no longer have the Renegade suit."

"That's not a problem. I got you a suit."

"Alright."

Slade handed Dick a case,

"It's in there. I'll give you five minutes."

With that, Slade left Dick to himself. He took the suit out of the case and examined the vibrant orange that stuck out from the black.

"Of course he would..."

He could tell how similar it was to Slade's but was also different. He knew there was no room for complaining, so he quickly put it on. There was a small mirror placed in the room and Dick gazed at himself, meeting his own blue eyes. Lifting the domino mask to his face, a wave of nausea took him over as he saw the blue of his eyes get replaced with the white material. He never hesitated when putting his mask on, but for some reason, the situation he was in took a toll. Dick hoped he wouldn't be discovered. He wouldn't have a clue on how to explain himself. Yes, he was kidnapped, but that wouldn't be enough for Bruce. Bruce would want to know the situation, detail to detail. And of course, Dick gave in without that much trouble. Maybe, deep down, he wanted to cause some havoc. Dick shook his head. No way was he going down that path. He was one of the first sidekicks, the youngest one at that. He was the Golden Boy. And the golden boy doesn't get tainted, or at least never showed it. Dick prefers his troubles sticking to him. He's always helped those around him but didn't feel the need to express his problems to others. Only because he didn't want to trouble others. Yeah, they'd all say he isn't a bother, but Dick wouldn't agree. Slade suddenly entered and knocked on the door,

"I know the suit is really nice, but I didn't expect you to like it that much."

Dick snapped out of his thoughts and looked at the mercenary,

"No no... I was just thinking."

"Not about backstabbing me, I hope."

Chuckling in response, Dick shook his head.
"No need to cause trouble."

Slade gave a small smirk and started to walk away, motioning for Dick to follow.

"Come. I have to debrief you about the mission."

He quickly followed, staying a could foot or two away from the villain. Studying his body language and the building around him since he's been cooped up in a single room. The place was huge, so it obviously wasn't a typical warehouse. He couldn't think of a possible location he could be in. That made things difficult. Dick didn't forget to note the fact that it seemed to be only them in the whole building. Once entering a more open area, Dick reached for the escrima sticks that were attached to his shins. He noted that they had the signature electricity to them. Of course, Slade gave him something he's used too. As he pressed a button, the sticks crackled with electricity and he swung towards the back of Slade's head. The mercenary heard the electricity and managed to move away in time, grabbing Dick's arm, pulling him. The anger in his eyes was evident. He didn't care though, he wanted to get out of there. Using his free arm, he freed his arm with a strike to Slade's gut. With a bullet wound, Dick knew he was at a disadvantage. The real question, if he had the chance, would he kill Slade? Arrest him? Leave him there? Even so, that wasn't his main concern as Slade went for a frontal attack. The two fell to the ground and wrestled around before Slade had a blade to Dick's throat.

"How dare you? You listen to whatever I say. And remember this. I wouldn't hesitate to kill you, Grayson. Unlike your hesitation to kill me."

Dick struggled against his hold. He gripped Slade's arm and glared into the older man's eyes. He knew what Slade said was the truth, but that was his nature, he doesn't kill. Suddenly, Slade got off of Dick and kicked his side with the end of the combat boot. Dick grunted at the impact as he was pushed over by the force. He slowly got to his knees before getting up. There was no way out of this. By the time he would have defeated Slade, he would be too weak to escape and get help. Especially since he had no idea where he was.

"Good, Renegade. Glad you came to your senses."

Before Dick could reject, a shackle was placed on his wrist,

"If you disobey, I won't hesitate to shock you. The voltage will increase each time."

Nodding in response, Dick stayed where he was, allowing Slade to debrief him.
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Literally, I'm bad at writing "fight" scenes, so owu. Anyway. Not much to say! I'll be writing chap. 6 soon... And I honestly don't know how many chapters this book will be. We'll see. ^^
-MD