DICK POV

My eyes widened in fear. The thought of facing these people again made me sick. Why did they come back in my life after I have moved on so nicely? I looked at Wally whose expressions almost mirrored mine. He was not worried about himself; he was worried about me. Barry, his mentor knew about this about everything and still supported us and gave us comfort more than our own mentors could have ever. The thought of meeting the team, meeting batman, it was simply terrifying to me. Wally stood up placing a hand on my shoulder.

"Hey, listen dickie please calm down, ok? We will find a way out of this we will deal with this like we have done before."

I shakily nodded in response.

"I need to go ahead and check on what on earth is batman planning but till then I need you to call Roy and tell him about this ok. And please dick we have made so much progress in our lives without them and we will not let them ruin it ok?" Wally continued.

I hugged him feeling a little better at his words. He is right I will not let them get a hold of my emotions.

Wally smiled and hugged me back ruffling my hair before running off to the nearest zeta beam to the mountain.

After Wally left, I took a deep breath in an attempt to calm myself down. I picked up my phone and clicked on Roy's caller ID. As expected, he picked up within a ring.

ON THE PHONE

"Hey kiddo is everything alright?" Roy answered

"No Roy. No nothing is fine. Batman is apparently convincing the JL and YJL to befriend the Titans, us... Walls is currently in the meeting that Bats held to discuss it. Roy, I don't know what to do please..."

"d@mnit! These stupid capes! OK listen I will be there as quickly as possible right? Till then you just stay calm Kay?" He finished with a frustrated sigh.

"Alright" I hung up.

I would really be lying if I said that I was not confused about my own feelings. One side of me was not ready to face Bruce again and the other wanted to show him how I am doing better even without him. That I am not a vulnerable kid who needs to cling at his side at all times.

I was honestly considering running away, but that certainly was not an option. I was not the only one who has suffered from the neglect of my mentor. Donna, Garth, Roy, Wally, each one of us titan has gone through this at some point or the other. And it would be an act of cowardice and immaturity if I just turn my back on them whenever I feel convenient. If in any under circumstance I do so there won't be any difference between me and batman...

So, I did what I was the best at. I thought, of every best-case scenario, of every person who can help me, of every way I can confront the heroes. And as I did so an idea particularly stood out to me. Once again, I was glad that Wally was still in proper contact with the league. This plan is perfect. All thanks to one man Slade Wilson...

As much as I hate to admit Slade is indeed a respectable and determined mentor, during my time under his mentorship I learned a lots of things. Things that Batman could have never taught me. Batman was a hypocrite yet a man of principles and morals, Slade on the other hand was a practical and sharp man. Batman taught me numerous fighting skills, but I never really realized that they were almost useless unless you are either fighting as violently as batman or you are fighting some random bugler. It took me long enough to realize that it was my acrobatics skills that flourished the so-called teachings otherwise I wouldn't have been able to survive Gotham for so many years.

Batman's morals and teachings sounded nice but were not practical. Slade however taught me actual skills, from learning more languages than I already knew to fighting in various methods both modern and traditional, he taught me to use weapons, and he taught me to be agile.

I was abruptly interrupted by Roy bursting through the metallic doors. I couldn't help but smile as he bombarded me with questions and then soothing words.

Donna raised an amused eyebrow at my smile and so did Garth. They knew me too well for their own good and as expected it didn't take them too long to figure out the exact thing I was planning.

"I must admit baby bird, that's a pretty good plan you've got there." Roy smiled at me.

"I don't know about you, but this is my father we are talking about, and I don't think I can see the hurt on his face." Garth protested.

"Hey Gar, its fine if you don't want to do all this." Donna assured him as I passed down a supporting nod in his direction.

"Hey hey hey I said that this would be hard. I never said I didn't want to do this" Garth smirked and the broke into fits of laughter.

"Of course you find all of this amusing..." I deadpanned but otherwise joined in the laughter.

"Hey guys you all wait for me, I've got to meet someone" I declared.

"Sure dickie. Just be careful darling" Donna ruffled my hair before I exited the tower.

I pulled the black hood of my civil cloths over my face and hopped on my bike.

I sure am nervous about my decisions on how to confront the Justice league but for now I have more important things to do and someone important to meet.

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