Geneva, Switzerland

December 25, 2010

It wasn't hard to figure out where Parasite had gone off to. He left an easy trail to follow. There were unconscious bodies of security guards everywhere and the science facility's door blown wide open. The team carefully, snuck inside the science center, each person taking a different spot around the room so that they could attack Parasite from different angles.

As they took their spot, the team watched as Parasite struggle to install the hardware into the computer system since Robin had stolen the flash drive that was programmed to help easy installation. Robin had told them beforehand that they needed to lower Parasite away so that they could shut down the controls to the black hole generate. Superboy, however, decided to ignore the plan and charge out at Parasite easily distracting the enemy.

"What is wrong him?" snarled Red Arrow as he grabbed a bow from his quiver and drew his bow back, ready to defend the superclone.

The generator started to glow as a whirring sound was emitted from it. The building began to shake as the black hole began to form. The team glanced over at Robin who gave a slight nodded of his head and the plan went into action.

M'gann stepped out from her hiding spot which caught Parasite's attention. He gave her a menacing smile before using telekinesis to pull the martian towards him. When M'gann was close enough that Parasite could touch her, she threw her body forward which took Parasite by surprise and let go of the Martian. M'gann rolled to the ground as Red Arrow shot out an arrow at the alien which encased him in red foam.

"Foam? You think foam can hold me?" snarled Parasite. His eye glowed green and Red Arrow's bow was taken away from him. Parasite kept his eyes on the red archer as he lifted him up into the air, slowly crushing the archer's insides. "I can crush you with just my thoughts."

While Red Arrow was risking his life for the mission, Robin was over in front of the control panels hacking away. Robin removed his own miniature flash drive from his glove and plugged it into the supercomputer when he realized that he wasn't hacking through the system fast enough. When the supercomputer recognized the device, the flash drive began to immediately recode the generator to shut down.

Robin didn't even glance away from the computer when he heard the crack of the foam breaking, free Parasite from his encasement. Parasite's eyes glowed red before two beams of laser shot out towards where Robin was.

"Robin!"

Robin glanced back behind him to where Parasite was and quickly jumped out of the way before he was hit with the lasers. Artemis quickly shot a couple of arrows filled with flammable gas towards the alien distracting him from the Boy Wonder. Parasite turned around aiming his lasers at the arrows that were headed straight for him. As Parasite shot down the arrows, the arrows fell to the floor in flames circling the alien. The sudden heat from the fire was enough to weaken Parasite's hold on Red Arrow who fell down beside Artemis.

"Oh, so clever, you guys," sneered Parasite. "Tricking me into lighting inflammable gas, but you forgot- Superboy's powers allow me to be invulnerable to fire."

M'gann flew up behind Parasite just far enough where the fire wouldn't affect her. "Unless you make a meal of my powers, and get my weaknesses too."

Realization dawned on Parasite just before he collapsed due to the heat of the fire.

Robin quickly moved back over to the computer once Parasite was down. He looked at the computer screen and saw that it was two percent from completely shutting down the generator. It wasn't long before a green robin popped up on screen, and Robin removed the flash drive from the computer, telling everyone that the black hole was officially stopped. The building stopped shaking, and men in black suits entered the building.

The man that was obviously in charge of the team that just entered walked over to where Parasite was and nodded at his men to distinguish the fire. Once the fire was out, he leaned over and put an inhibitor collar around the alien.

"Thanks for the tip," said the man, nodding his head towards Robin.

"Glad to help Interpol," responded Robin before turning around to face his team. "Let's go."

The team returned back to the train, each gender going to their designated cabins for the night. The immediately fell asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow, exhausted from all the action tonight.

It was five in the morning, and Robin had only slept for a solid two hours before he was woken up. Robin watched the digital clock that was right next to his pillow as he continued to lay in bed, unable to fall back asleep. He listened to the slow and steady breathing of his male teammates before he decided to get out of bed. He quietly changed out of his uniform that he had fallen asleep in and into Dan's outfit. Once his mask was tied securely around his face, Dick left the room.

Dick silently walked down the train in search of the cabin that he had come across a couple of days earlier. When he found the cabin he was looking for, Dick carefully opened the door, making sure that it wouldn't squeak. He walked inside and opened the trunk that contained all of the pictures. As he was distracted with looking at the pictures, Dick didn't hear someone else enter the cabin.

"I knew I would find you here sooner or later," spoke a voice from behind Dick which caused him to drop the picture frame that he was holding in his hand back into the trunk. "Dick."

Dick stared at Jack Haly in shock at being caught. He was trained by Batman for crying out loud, he shouldn't be able to be snuck up on.

"It's Dan. Dan Danger," insisted Dick.

"Come on, boy. We both know that isn't true," spoked Haly as he walked into the cabin, closing the door behind him to give the two some privacy. "It's the way you fly that gives it away. You've grown, boy, but you can't hide the grace of a Flying Grayson in the air."

Dick slumped his shoulders in defeat of being caught. Jack placed his hands on the teen's shoulder which caused Dick to look back up.

"I'm sorry about Faith," began Jack Haly as Dick took in a sharp breath. "I wish I could tell you more about where she went, but I don't."

"Jack-"

"Look, son. I'm going to give you the phone she left behind. I don't need to know what you'll do with it, but just let me know if she's safe. Will you do that for me, my boy?" asked Jack Haly as he placed Faith's phone into Dick's hand. "I'm guessing that the Daring Dangers will be leaving soon, too. Now that the circus's name's cleared, right?"

Dick cleared his throat, "Uh . . . yeah. Thanks, Jack."

Jack gave the boy a small smile before ruffling the teen's hair and turned around leaving Dick alone in the cabin. Dick stared at the phone that was now in his hands. He moved his thumb over the power button and the phone turned on, revealing her background. It was a picture of Dick, mid-somersault in the air.

A beeping in his air made Dick jump a bit before realizing that it was his com link. Dick reached up and pressed the button allowing the other person to speak.

"Hey Rob," began Wally. "So the night before Faith left, she was seen at a cafe with a guy."

"What guy?" asked Robin turning the phone off.

"Eric Needham, Black Spider."

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