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The Chips Are Down (Shadow Of A Bluejay Chapter 12)

And with that we've come to the end of season 1.

I have plans to keep writing at least into season 3 but I'm gonna try and get a head start on writing that before I start posting it. I know some people have waited a very long time for this story and I do apologize for taking so long but I hope you enjoyed it in the end.

Wordcount: 5.1k

Warnings: somewhat in depth description of a panic attack

Series Masterpost

Washington D.C December 30th, 09:16 EST

Justice league induction day finally came and you and the team were at the Hall Of Justice, watching from inside.

Seeing everything was almost nostalgic. You watched the TV screen of the induction ceremony outside. You smiled widely. You got to see Red Arrow become a member of the justice league. Your brother achieved his goal and made his dream a reality. You couldn’t be prouder of him. The experience was emotional for a few of you. Zatana— who'd joined the team after her father, Zatara became Doctor Fate— saw her father join the league. Though it wasn't really him. He was possessed by the spirit of Nabu in the helmet of fate and Rocket, who would be joining the team, saw Icon, her mentor, join the league.

“You know, I was the one who convinced Icon to become a hero in the first place. I should be outside celebrating with him, not hidden away in here” Rocket said, hands on her hips. You floated beside her and Aqualad, still looking at the screen.

“Welcome to our world” Kaldur said and you chuckled.

“Think of it as an initiation into the team” You joked and looked at the screen with pride as they showed Ollie welcoming Roy into the league.

“I can’t believe he made it” You said almost cheekily.

“Yeah! Way to go Roy!” Wally called.

“At last he has his wish” Kaldur said and Robin joined as well.

“The first of us to make it. No one’ll call him a sidekick anymore” he said.

“Since when is being a sidekick a bad thing? You sidekicks were my inspiration” Rocket said.

Robin tried to explain, "Well, see, six months ago—" His watch beeped.

Facial recognition found Cheshire taking the case you lost in New Orleans onto a jet and soon all seven of you were off to finish unfinished business.

Smokey Mountains December 30th, 10:48 EST

The team all spread out, trying to find anything useful at the crash site of Cheshire’s jet.

“How come homeland security and the NTSB aren’t all over this?” Kid Flash asked and you turned your head slightly to listen.

“Cheshire’s ID was a League alert, authorities didn’t pick it up and her jet didn’t follow it’s flight plan. Flew under the radar, literally. But the Watchtower auto tracked the jet and recorded the crash” Robin answered and you smirked.

“Then why isn’t the League here?” Rocket asked.

“Because Wonder Bird over there hacked the Justice League computer systems… Again, so that we’d get the alert first” You explained. You weren’t mad and there wasn’t a trace of judgment in your voice. If anything there was a hint of pride.

“And because Cheshire and that case represent our unfinished business” Aqualad further explained and you nodded, going back to your investigation.

“Where are the bodies?” Superboy asked and another voice rang through the valley.

“Here’s one, and it is stunning” Cheshire said, coming out of hiding very much alive and holding the case, followed by many other unwelcome surprises.

“I am flora not fauna, I am foliage not trees, what am I?” The Riddler asked, walking out to the edge of one of the many cliff faces. Your face contorted in annoyance.

A force field appeared around the valley and what looked like shadow assassins with apocolyptin weapons appeared everywhere.

“Come on, you can get this. I am shrubbery not grass, what am I?” The Riddler continued and you quickly took out your batons.

“I…” You couldn’t take his stupid voice anymore but Robin finished the sentence.

“Am bush (ambush)”

“Didn’t you think we’d be tipped you were on Cheshire’s trail? We’re tired of your interference kiddies. This is the endgame. Ordered from above and executed by their master strategist moi.” While the Riddler went on.

“You know Wonder Bird, I’m starting to get really tired of your Gotham crazies” You said, taking a fighting stance, Miss M created a psychic link for everyone and on Aqualad’s word, the fight was on.

You took out mercenary after mercenary.

It wasn't particularly hard. It was the same as when your mother tested you in the Himalayas and as you thought back to that you remembered she was expecting you today.

The fight was over quicker than you expected though. Maybe it was the larger size of the team or maybe it was better teamwork, whatever it was. You weren’t expecting to win so fast.

Mount Justice December 30th, 15:45 EST

The entire team was standing before Batman in the cave.

“Tell me if this sounds familiar. You hacked League systems, disobeyed protocol and endangered your lives… And your initiative resulted in the capture of three escaped felons, proving that warden Strange runs Belle Rev as a cover for criminal activity…Well done.” Batman said and you looked at your teammates confused but happy. You were fairly sure you’d be getting lectured about this but you were more than happy to be wrong.

“Then there’s this, biotechnology, integrated with some form of nano circuitry” Batman continued, examining one of the devices placed in the case you recovered from Cheshire.

Batman and Red Tornado took the case and zeta’d to the watchtower while Rocket ran to congratulate Icon.

Dinah came over to you and placed a hand on your shoulder.

“Even if Batman was happy with the outcome we will be having a discussion about this when we get home” She said and you sighed.

“Not like I can stop you” You mumbled and she squeezed your shoulder before going with Icon to the watchtower.

Once the adults were gone you all reconvened.

“You realize we were set up” Robin said and Aqualad Agreed.

“Cheshire and Riddler were tipped and ready for us” He said and Artemis held her head in her hand.

“Not the mole thing again” She said and that got Rocket’s attention.

“Mole thing? Again?” She asked. It was almost funny to see someone new to the fold find out about all the team’s drama… Almost.

“We had intel that there was a traitor on the team” You shared and Connor butt it.

“Namely Artemis, M’gann or me.” He said angrily and Aqualad placed a calming hand on his shoulder.

“It is more complicated than that. But your recent behavior does concern me. Your attack on Mammoth nearly got Artemis killed” Kaldur said but Connor was already walking away. “Superboy?” Kaldur once again called and Connor stopped and turned around, his voice much smaller than before.

“There’s something I need to do. Something I need to tell you” He said and you all stayed quiet and simply listened.

“Last month on thanksgiving, I went back to Cadmus, found a few things out. When I was cloned only half the DNA was Superman’s, the other half was human. That’s why I don’t have— will never have full Kryptonian powers.” He confessed but Robin stepped up.

“You sure? Cause you sure seemed to have them today” He said and you looked at Superboy, Robin was right. You had seen him fly and use heat vision in the fight today.

Connor explained further that his human father was Lex Luthor and that he had given him patches called shields that when used could suppress Connor’s human DNA. Not only that but he was ordering Connor to meet him at Santa Prisca tonight. Your eyes widened.

Before you could ponder what was going on Artemis spoke up.

“Listen, Superboy’s not the only one suffering from bad DNA” She said.

You looked at her and hoped your shock was perceived as coming from her words.

"Blue already knows but I think the rest of you should too" She said and went to the computer to bring up three files.

“My mother is Huntress. And ex con, the rest of my family aren’t even ex. My dad’s Sportsmaster and he’s sending my sister Cheshire to fly me to Santa Prisca too” Everyone was quiet and you tried to keep a sympathetic smile on your face. You knew about Sportsmaster's connections to the Shadows, it made some kind of sense for him to be there but why were they bringing her?

“I was so desperate to make sure none of you found out” She confessed and Robin stepped forward.

“I knew—" Robin said and Artemis's face contorted in shock.

"Hey I’m a detective, it’s what I do. But it never mattered. You aren’t your family, you’re one of us.” He said.

“So, who’s next?” Wally joked, only for M’gann to step up.

“I swear I was kidding” He defended but let M’gann talk.

She explained how ever since the mission to save President Harjavti Queen Bee has been blackmailing her with the knowledge of her true Martian form. When M’gann transformed into what looked like a hideous white beast you took a step back in shock and a bit of horror but you stopped. This was still M’gann. Hell this was more M’gann than she had ever agreed to show before and seeing the display of everyone coming forward… You looked down at your hands. They had started to shake with the stress.

"Blue, are you okay?" Robin whispered to you. You quickly grabbed your hands and squeezed.

"I— Um" Your breathe began to quicken.

Santa Prisca December 30th, 17:32 ECT

When you arrived you were met by a contact from the Shadows.

"Well well, look who's come crawling back to mommy" Sportsmaster said.

You squared your face.

"Why are you here?" You asked.

"Same reason you are kiddo. Dear old mom wanted me to keep an eye on you. Now suit up and let's go meet the gang" He said, smiling as he threw you a familiar black suit.

Almost every Shadow dressed the same. They were one in the same, not people agents, though not many were born into the organization.

You had turned away from him to change but he stopped you just as you were about to take off your mask and cover your face with the mask provided.

"The Lady asked that you keep your mask. So everyone knows exactly who you are." Sportsmaster said.

"What do you mean everyone?" You asked and he chuckled.

"You'll see, now come on" He said walking into the jungle and you obediently followed.

One of the things he gave you with the suit was a sword. The traditional weapon of a Shadow. It had been a long time since you used one and you testingly flexed your fingers around the hilt as you walked.

You walked in silence until you made to a clearing and Sportsmaster smiled.

"Here we are kiddo. Now you just wait back here until we call you." He said, you nodded, letting him walk into the clearing.

In the clearing stood Lex Luthor along with his robotic assistant Mercy, Queen Bee, Blockbuster and Superboy.

You faintly heard talking and you distinctly hear a helicopter landing and then the faint but familiar sound of the Bioship. Still you did as you were told and waited patiently to be called.

"There's one more arrival we're waiting for" Luthor said, turning to Sportsmaster. "Where are they?" He asked.

"You just have to call them" He said and Luthor turned over his shoulder.

"I believe it is time for you to join us Child" He said and you flew out to meet him only to stop midway.

"Blue?" Artemis asked and you looked away, flying the rest of the way to stand beside Luthor.

"This was not what I agreed to" You said and Luthor smiled condescendingly.

"Well I'm afraid mothers lie my dear" He said, "And besides, no one can keep a secret like yours for long".

"You're a Shadow?" M'gann asked, looking at your suit and you looked away.

"Well aren't you going to answer her kiddo?" Sportsmaster asked.

"It wasn't exactly my choice" You said and Artemis scoffed.

"This is what I mean, no trust" She said.

Mount Justice December 30th 16:07 (Half an hour ago)

"Blue, what's wrong?" Wally asked as you tried to swallow down your fear. If they were all going they would find out about your past whether you wanted them to or not. Your Mother lied, it wouldn't be the first time and you foolishly thought that you could escape her.

After a minute you got your breathing under control and you stood straight, though your voice wavered as you spoke, "I also need to tell you something" You said.

For a second a flash of realization passed through Robin's face but he hid it.

Of course he didn't really know.

You carefully brought your still shaking hands up to your face and carefully took off your mask, walking over to the computer display and bringing up your file. It was of course classified but after entering your password it allowed you to open an image.

You turned around to really face your friends without anything hiding your face for the first time.

"My mother has also requested I go to Santa Prisca" You said.

"Your mother?" Wally asked.

"My mother is a scientist for the League Of Shadows called Lady Lilith... " You said, trailing off.

"She created me for a project called Mother Of Shadows back when the Shadows wanted to create their own super powered agents. I was the only one that survived. The only one Child left." You explained. You couldn't look any of your teammates, no, your friends in the eyes as you spoke.

"So, you were a Shadow?" Conner asked and you nodded.

"I was trained on Infinity Island, taught everything from martial arts to swordsmanship to language studies." You said.

"When I was ten Black Canary and Green Arrow found the base I was at, they shut it down, most of the personnel escaped but they left me behind... Dinah took me in after that, she gave me a chance to use my skills for the better—" "But now the Shadows want you back" Robin said and you nodded.

"Why didn't you tell us? We could have helped you" Kaldur said and your eyes almost burst with tears as you finally met his gaze.

"At first it was for your protection. We didn't want the Shadows to go after any one to try and get information on me. Now I know they knew where I was the whole time. They let me stay with Dinah, become a hero, meet all of you, all to use it against me. By then I was so worried about how you'd react, what you'd think of me... I didn't want to lose you" You admitted.

"Your past does not define you my friend and I promise you will not lose us that easily" Kaldur said, taking a step towards you but you took a step back.

"It’s not that. I was a shadow. I’ve killed people. During the simulation we did— the train for failure one that went wrong— when I snapped I used those skills to take out as many enemies as I could! KF and Robin saw it. I have blood on my hands, I’m not like M'gann or Conner or Artemis. It’s not just where I was born or—or who I share blood with. I was an assassin! I killed people, so many people…” You trailed off at the end looking at your hands. They were no longer shaking but you could almost feel the sticky sensation of blood on them. “I was a horrible person.” You whispered and Zatana came and placed her hand on your shoulder.

“But you’re not anymore, I’ve seen it. You care about people, about their lives and their safety. You’re not who you used to be, whoever that was” She said and you looked around the room, the team— your team, nodded in agreement.

"You really don't hate me?" You asked, your voice cracked with just the single hopeful thought that maybe you would be okay.

"We could never hate you Blue" Artemis said, bringing you into a hug that soon everyone else joined as well.

Santa Prisca December 30th, 16:28 ECT

Conner looked between Artemis, you and M'gann and finally gave Luthor his answer.

"Give me more shields and I'm in too" He said.

Luthor approached him, "My boy, you're a terrible liar" He said. Conner sneered and you thought he might start a fight but Luthor stopped him with one word. "Red sun."

Luthor nodded to Sportsmaster who pointed at Artemis, you and M'gann.

"You three, follow me" He said but M'gann turned to Queen bee.

"What about Superboy?" She asked.

"He'll be fine" Replied the villainess, "He simply requires a few adjustments".

You and M'gann went to follow Sportsmaster but Artemis was still, watching as Blockbuster came to take Superboy away.

She turned to look at you for a split second over her shoulder before springing into action, shooting Blockbuster with a foam arrow and stopping him in his tracks, at least for now.

Step one in the Santa Prisca Sting Operation.

She turned to her father and nocked an explosive arrow, pulling the string. "Sorry dad, wanted to play you like you tried to play me but I can't let 'em mess with Superboy's head" She exclaimed and with only a look from Luthor you ran at her, sword at the ready.

You flipped into the air to avoid her arrow and just as you landed you threw your sword, with a little help from M'gann the hilt hit Queen Bee in the head with enough force to knock her out While Artemis fired her arrow at Sportsmaster and Cheshire— who had flown Artemis out to Santa Prisca while Sportsmaster met you.

Quickly a full fight broke out as Luthor asked for help from the island's owner, Bane and his goons and the rest of the team came out of hiding to help.

The plan was to use the opportunity as the catalyst for a sting operation to both catch as many of the involved parties as possible and to end all attempts to blackmail the team.

In the end you caught everyone with the exception of Lex Luthor, Queen Bee and Cheshire who managed to escape in the chaos.

Robin came over to join you as you looked out at the sea from a nearby cliff.

"You feeling okay Blue?" He asked.

"My Mother's still out there." You said.

"Yeah but now she can't control you anymore. You're free of her" He replied.

"So long as she's alive I won't be free of her" You told him, gripping your batons tightly. "Those aren't from GA are they?" Robin asked and you shook your head.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" He asked. You looked down. You'd come to the cliff to try and think. Now that your secret was out, a lot could change.

"My mother is vile controlling, slime who believes she owns me. That no matter how far away I go she has some sort of a claim to me. As if she raised me, or cared for me, as if she ever saw me as more than an experiment." You said. You turned to Robin.

"Did you know she never even gave me a name? I was nothing to her." You said, anger seeping into your voice.

"Well you know what? From now on she's nothing to me. I refuse to live in fear of her anymore" You said, throwing your batons into the water as hard as you could.

You'd been sure they had trackers in them since your mother gave them to you, well now she could go and find you at the bottom of the ocean. You weren't her child anymore.

"Hey, I'm proud of you Blue" Robin said.

"Y/N" You corrected and he looked at you slightly confused.

"My name, my real name is Y/N".

Star City December 31st, 00:15 PST

Your phone rang on the nightstands beside your bed. You'd barely managed to change out of your suit before you crashed on your bed in exhaustion so while you heard the noise you were slow to pick it up, not even checking who it was.

"Hello?" You asked, though you wanted to ask why the hell someone was calling you at such a time.

"Code Black. Zeta to DC now!" Roy's voice said over the phone right before he hung up.

You blinked your eyes open, mulling over the words in your mind.

Code Black was for a compromised Justice League. technically you weren't even supposed to know about it but it but you knew a lot of things about the league you technically weren't supposed to. It was Ollie's fault really but that was neither here nor there.

"There were so many questions racing around your head but the only person who could answer them was in DC.

"I guess I'm going to DC" You mumbled to yourself.

You didn't know what to expect so while you left Dinah's apartment in civvies you had your suit tucked away in your backpack and headed to the Star City zeta tube.

Washington D.C December 31st, 03:46 EST

You walked into a rundown apartment. Roy had a few of these equipment stores/safehouses around the country and when he said D.C you knew exactly where to go.

“So, what called for the code black?” You asked and Roy knocked an arrow and pointed it at you.

“Tell me something you’ve never told anyone else.” He said and you raised your hands in a surrender motion.

“Well for starters I know what a code black is even though I'm very much not supposed to.” You said and he raised a brow.

“Something besides that. What was the first time you called Dinah mom?” He questioned and you sighed, putting your hands down.

“Never, but on patrol once I got so sick of hearing Ollie flirt with Dinah that I told him to shut up and accidentally called him dad.” You confessed and Roy threw his bow aside and captured you in a hug.

“I’m so glad it’s you” He said and you returned the affection with confusion.

“This answers absolutely none of my questions. What’s with the code black? Why that test and why call me from a burner phone at midnight Roy?” You questioned and he let you go.

“You should sit down” He said and you did.

He explained everything. Him being a clone, having betrayed the Justice League to Vandal Savage with the so called "Starro tech" as he called it that the team confiscated from Cheshire at her jet's crash site, running away from the league and Savage, being the mole. By the end of the story you saw he was exhausted, both emotionally and physically.

“I just— I just didn’t know who else to turn to” He confessed. You took his hand in yours, “Roy, I have two things to say. The first is that I don’t care if you’re a clone, you’re still my brother, you’re still my best friend and I still love you because that’s what friends do." You said, smiling at him. He looked bad. There was a band aid badly covering a cut on his cheek, his hair was messy and his eyes were red and puffy. You'd never seen Roy cry before but you pretty sure he had been before you got there. "And the second is that you need sleep. Rest for a bit. I’ll stay up and keep watch. We’ll figure this out when you’re well rested." You told him, putting a comforting hand over one of his and you were very surprised to see him actually comply, setting his head down on the table and taking a deep breath as he closed his eyes.

Roy was one of the most important people in your life, and you really couldn't care less if he was the "real" Roy Harper. He was your brother so you let him sleep and raided the cupboards for something to make him eat when he woke up.

When he did eventually wake up the two of you had tea and coffee and you told him again how you didn't care, how he was still your brother but you saw it was going in one ear and coming out the other.

In the end none of it mattered because you both jumped when you heard footsteps approaching and someone fiddling with the door handle.

Roy reached for his mask and bow while you put on your sun glasses and took a pocket knife out of your bag, hiding under the table.

Seconds later Kaldur kicked in the door. Roy knocked another arrow, pointing at him.

“I have not come to harm or apprehend you, but the team requires answers.” He said and you tried searching for any sign in his voice that he was being controlled. Any sign that this wasn’t the Kaldur you’ve known for years and fought beside for months.

“Me first.” Roy said, still aiming the arrow. “Tell me something you haven’t told anyone else, tell me who broke your heart.” Roy ordered and you sucked in a deep breath.

“Tula.” Kaldur said. “The girl I loved chose my best friend Garth over me, while my best friend on the surface world aims an arrow at my chest.” Kaldur said and you could hear the disappointment radiating off of him. That’s when you stepped out from under the table. “It’s him. No one can fake that Kaldur disappointment” you said and you noticed how you caught Kaldur off guard.

"Bluejay, what are you—?" "He woke me up" You simply said, pointing at Roy and Kaldur nodded. He must have tried to reach you. You all said you'd meet up at the cave after some rest but you never made it.

Kaldur led you and Roy to the building's roof where M'gann was waiting with the bioship.

"Blue! Where were you? We all said we'd meet at the cave" Artemis said once you, Kaldur and Roy were on board.

"I got a mysterious call at midnight" You said, tilting your head towards Roy as you sat down.

Kaldur started talking once you were once again in flight. "We were told you were the mole, but we have reason to doubt" He said.

"Forget doubt. I was the mole." Roy told him and he explained to them what he explained to you.

Taking what Batman told the team and what Roy knew you learned that Roy, like Conner was made by Cadmus and as Roy's mind cleared he remember more. He remembered Sportsmaster was his handler and how he had a secret phrase to get Roy into a hypnotic state and how it was his subconscious programing to focus suspicion on Conner, M'gann and Artemis.

"I'm sorry but, how is it that you are no longer enslaved" M'gann asked nervously.

"No Starro tech for starters, just my Cadmus programing and once I had satisfied it's last parameter my mind began to clear." Roy said.

"I'm sure Savage planned to Starro tech me too but he paused to bask and I escaped" He finished and M'gann promised to help clean any of the remaining Cadmus programming from his mind.

A couple minutes later you joined up with the rest of the team and began planning.

The Watchtower December 31st, 23:16 EST

In the end with the help of Red Tornado, Queen Mera of Atlantis, Dr. Roquette and a few others, the team created a cure and vaccine that could disable the Starro tech that Savage used to control the League and make them unable to be reinfected. The plan was to send Red Tornado, Black Canary and Red Arrow into the Watchtower pretending to have been reinfected. While they distract Savage, Red Tornado was to disable the Watchtower’s security allowing the team to sneak in and one by one infect the League with the vaccine and cure they created. So far the plan worked perfectly. The team was in and Robin confirmed that he had in fact disabled all of the Watchtower’s security measures.

“Move out” Aqualad ordered through the mind link and the team (in groups of two) moved through the Watchtower, infecting Leaguers with the Starro tech cure.

It took a while and you weren't involved in the truly hard hitting fights but by midnight you all made it to the Watchtower's observation deck. The entire League was free of Savage's control and he and Klarion the witch boy who was helping control the League were gone.

Red Tornado— now missing his limbs and laying on the ground—moved his head to look at the newcomers. “Congratulations team, you have won the day” He said in his flat Robotic voice and you all looked at each other… You did it.

The computer projected a calendar.

“Happy new year, Justice League” it said and you the calendar showed the date. January 1st. The start of a new year.

Everyone paired off, Wally picked Artemis up bridal style and they kissed, M’gann and Connor turned to each other as well and Zatana pulled Robin into a surprise kiss. You laughed seeing them all with their partners(ish) and sat down beside Red Tornado.

"Human customs still elude me" He said and you smiled, "Happy New Year Tornado".

It took a while but everyone recovered and that meant you could attend to the next thing on your priority list, Roy.

You, Roy, Dinah, Oliver, Aquaman, Kaldur, Captain Marvel, Red Tornado (whose body had been repaired), Batman and Robin all sat around the League’s U shaped table in the Watch Tower's meeting room.

“Everything I thought I knew about myself was a lie. I’m not a hero or a sidekick, I’m a traitor, a pawn.” Roy said dejectedly and all you could do was look at him sympathetically. In a matter of hours his world, his life, had fallen apart before his eyes.

“If you’re a traitor, so am I. I kept you informed about everything with the team, I was as much a mole as you” You said.

“Bluejay, Roy-” Dinah tried to say but he stopped her.

“I’m not Roy, I don’t know what I am. All I know is that I need to find the real Roy. I need to rescue Speedy.” He said and Ollie looked away at the mention of his former sidekick. “Guardian is already searching Cadmus.” Batman explained and you stood up and placed a hand on Roy’s shoulder.

"I'll help in whatever way I can" You promised and Ollie and Dinah nodded in agreement.

the three of you escorted Roy away after that. The tables had turned and now instead of him doing anything he could to help you you were desperately trying to think how best to help him. He agreed to come back to Star City and stay with Ollie, even if only for a short time and you were more than happy to stay with him.

He would have a long journey ahead of him but just like he helped you when Dinah first took yo in you would help him now.

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Performance (Shadow Of A Bluejay Ch.11)

Almost there! Next Chapter the finale!

Wordcount: 1.8k

Series masterpost

It's a short one but it's a sweet one. Those of you who've read Shadow Of A Bluebird know that Dick and Blue end up together and I wanted to lay the groundwork this time. little Dickey's got a bit of schoolboy crush.

Bruges December 22nd, 20:08CET

The lights were hot and you could feel the sweat pooling uncomfortably under your leotard.

The crowd around you roared as Robin and M'gann waved at them from the trapeze towers. You stood on Connor's shoulders, ready to make the first jump of your routine as Haly announced you all.

The Daring Dangers.

Dan Danger AKA Robin started you off strong, flying into the air on his trapeze.

Dawn Danger AKA Miss Martian was slightly less confident in her abilities but she hid it well.

Dane and Diane Danger AKA Red Arrow and Artemis didn't need to do much acting. They were both impressive archers.

Dean Danger AKA Superboy was mostly busy making sure not to let you fall while you flipped yourself into the air as Haly introduced you as the final sibling, Dee Danger.

After a few low flips Conner threw you up into the air high enough to flip over Robin and M'gann dramatically accompanied by Roy and Artemis's flaming arrows. The crowd was loving it. The flare, the drama but mostly the stunts.

Everything was going great, it was your first show with the traveling circus but you had rehearsed quite a few times. You all knew your routine well. That was until Robin missed his mark and fell in front of the crowd.

You heard M'gann call out his name through her link as Robin reminded you all not to break cover.

"Send me as high as you can" You told Conner out loud but as quietly as you could and he did, taking your ankles and flinging you into the air. You grabbed Robin on the way, helping you both keep your momentum a bit with your flight as you each grabbed onto one of M'gann's hands.

"What are you doing?" Robin questioned through the link and you smiled.

"Saving your life and try to stick the landing this time wonder bird" You told him as Miss M let you both go on the platform above and maneuvered herself into her own landing.

As the three of you waved down at the crowd you got a glance in at Robin. He was pale and sweating. "You don't look so good" You whispered.

"I think I caught that 24 hour bug that's been going around, help me down?" He asked and you nodded, carefully helping him down the ladder back to the ground.

Batman sent you on to find out what connection the Haley circus may have had to a series of high tech thefts across Europe.

Or at least that's what Robin said. Unlike usual he explained the mission, though he did say Batman asked him to. Still, this was far from usual procedure. Even when Batman couldn't give you the mission briefing himself he always found someone else to do it. Still you went. Batman given mission or no it was obvious that this was important to Robin.

You helped Robin backstage and tried to get him to sit down but he refused.

"Can you check on Dawn? I don't think she's feeling great either" He asked, making sure to use your cover names. You nodded. You couldn't force him to take a break but you would make sure to talk to him later. Besides both he and Roy seemed like they were trying to listen in to what the other performers and Haley himself were talking about nearby.

Out of the corner of your eye you saw a tall man with white hair go up to Haly and while you couldn't hear what they were saying you could see it was upsetting the ringleader. Right before he walked off you could hear the white haired man saying, "If I prove you're responsible, I will shut you down".

It looked like you weren't the only one wary of this circus.

After Haly pushed past him the white haired man turned his attention to you.

He walked over, pulled out a badge and introduced himself. "Faraday, Interpol. New act?" He asked.

"Yeah, just joined the tour" Robin said.

"Probably clears you, but don't get too comfortable. Haley's going down for this." He said, walking away.

"If Interpol is looking into this why are we here?" Conner asked through the telepathic link.

"Because batman said so" Robin answered.

You looked at Robin wearily. This was in no way a batman sanctioned mission.

Later that night, you all went out to investigate. Robin had looked over the previously stolen tech and found the location of what was most likely to be stolen next. It didn't go well.

A thief that appeared to be a part of the circus did show up and he did steal something though he also almost killed M'gann with a fire breathing trick and in the end between that and the fact that Robin was still sick the six of you retreated back to the circus.

The next day, Faraday came back right before morning rehearsals.

"Another weapons plant was hit and once again the circus is in town. I don't believe in coincidences Haly" He said.

The six of you, did your best to listen in while not appearing to do so as you got ready for rehearsal.

"I don't care what you believe. My people are not responsible." Haly argued. "I did a bed check last night, every single member of my troop was asleep in their bunks." He said and you held back the need to scoff.

"Except we weren't" you said through Miss M's link.

"And if he's lying about us..." Artemis said, trailing off slightly.

You could see Robin's eyes lower in disappointment. There was something about this mission he wasn't telling you.

After rehearsal the six of you sat down in an empty train car.

"So there's two thieves right?" Artemis asked. "The firebreather and one of the acrobats."

"Dressed in identical clothes." M'gann added.

"Maybe not just two, the Madrid security footage showed someone forcing metal bars apart and Paris's showed the thief tightrope walking on a powerline" Robin added.

"So the strongman and the clown too. If the entire circus is involved Haly himself might be the master mind" Roy said.

"We don't know that" Robin tried to defend.

"It would explain his lies" M'gann said.

"I told you to keep an open mind!" Robin said, bringing the conversation from mind link to out loud and then storming off.

"I'll go after him" You said, also out loud and followed the leotard clad sidekick.

The snow slowly fell around you and you were glad you took a coat on your way out. You wrapped it tight around you.

"Dan!" You called out but he didn't answer.

You sped up a bit to catch up to him.

"Robin!" You whisper yelled and he finally turned around. the edges of his mask were wet from tears.

"Do you wanna tell me why this mission is so important?" You asked quietly.

"I told you, Batman said—" "Cut the crap Wonder bird. Batman didn't assign this mission. So why's this circus so important?" You asked.

"I— I can't tell you" He said, traying to wipe his tears without taking off his mask.

"Batman would" You interrupted him again. "Batman's not here." You stopped for a second, not sure if what you wanted to say was a good idea.

"If you tell me, I'll tell you" You said.

Robin knew more about you than the rest of the team but that didn't mean he knew anything. He knew the reason your file and therefore your identity was classified was for security reasons. Yours and others. He just didn't know why.

After thinking it over he untied the costume mask from behind his head.

"I grew up here" He said. His eyes glistening with unshed tears.

"Before I met Batman. They— They were acrobats in this circus"

"And you wanted to prove the owner of the circus where you grew up is innocent" You surmised. He nodded.

"I'm sorry for lying to you all" he said.

"Hey, it's not like you could have told us the truth" You said comfortingly and then he looked at you somewhat expectantly.

"You have to promise not to tell anyone a word of what I'm about to tell you" You said.

He nodded, "I know why your file is classified Blue, I'm not gonna tell a soul".

So you told him how you were an experiment created by your mother to make a superpowered assassin, making sure to keep out the important tidbit about your mother's employers being the League Of Shadows.

"When I was ten Dinah and Ollie found me, I've been with them ever since" You explained.

Robin stayed quiet for a moment and then said, "That actually explains a lot" He said and you laughed, one uncontrollable laugh.

"I tell you I was an experiment secretly raised to be an assassin and you say it makes sense?" You asked.

"Well, it does. It kind of explains your behavior in the Bialiya mission, when you couldn't remember and outburst in the train for failure simulation... I'm kinda surprised I didn't figure it out" He said.

"Well, most people don't jump to the conclusion that their friends are assassins" You told him.

"You mean were, right?" He asked. You didn't even realized you'd said are.

"Yeah, of course." You said, "A slip of the tongue but we should get back to the others" You told him and he nodded, bringing his mask up to tie around his head again but he stopped.

"You've seen my face, any chance I could get a peak before we head back?" He asked cheekily and you chuckled.

"These masks don't hide anything, use your imagination for Wonder bird"

Mount Justice December 24th, 11:36 EDT

The mission went well. In the end it really wasn't Haly who was stealing the tech. You'd won the day again, M'gann, Artemis and Conner even managed to finally convince Roy there was no mole. You'd gotten back to the cave and changed back into civvies and were about to zeta back to Star City when Robin called out to you.

"Hey Blue!" He called and you turned around to meet him.

"Yeah?"

"I just wanted to say thanks, for going after me back in Bruges" He said. He was in civvies too and the two of you each looked at each other through your dark tinted sunglasses.

"Of course. It's what friends do" You told him and he nodded.

You almost caught him mumble something that kind of sounded like "Yeah, friends" under his breath before he switched topic.

"So, back to Star City?" He asked and you nodded.

"You got any plans? You know, for the holidays?" He asked.

"Well, I finally convinced Roy to stop by the house tomorrow so we'll probably order something in. D's always busy around the holidays and Ollie is a terrible cook" You joked and Robin chuckled.

"You?"

"Um, yeah" He said.

"Is it with the Bat?" You asked. "Sorta of, secret identity stuff" He answered.

"Isn't Bruce Wayne hosting a holiday gala tonight?" You asked.

"Um, yeah"

"Have fun Wonder bird" You said, punching your destination into the zeta beam and waving as you disappeared.

Star City December 25th, 20:28 PDT

Texting wasn't your preferred form of communication but since you made up with Artemis the two of you had been talking a lot more. It almost made up for Ollie giving her you number.

You were writing out a message about how lousy a cook Ollie is but there was a tap at your window.

That couldn't b e good.

It was too dark out for birds and too high up for almost anything else.

You carefully approached the window and slowly opened it, looking around. No one was there. Just your usual view.

Dinah's apartment was near the top of the building so there were quite a few rooftops at or around eye level of your window.

Then out of the corner of your eyes you saw something move on a nearby rooftop.

You looked around to make sure no one was looking, grabbed your batons and climbed out.

At this point you had a hunch as to who it was or at least who sent them so as you jumped from roof to roof you readied the batons in front of you.

"Careful Child, If you hurt me with those Lady Lilith may just take them and you back to teach you a lesson" Talia Al Ghul said, long silky brown hair flowing in the night's breeze behind her. You kept your batons ready.

"It's a defensive position Talia, I would have thought you knew that" You replied.

"Your mother has asked me to relay a message" She said.

"Oh yeah? and she got the great Talia Al Ghul to be her messenger?" You taunted. It probably wasn't the best idea. Talia was the only child of the Demon head. She was about ten years your senior and incredibly deadly.

"It was at my father's request. You are to meet our representatives on Santa Prisca, 17:30 local time."

"And if I don't?" You asked.

"Then your secret is out and you wouldn't want that." She said plainly.

You didn't stop her as she left, walking past you and jumping over rooftops.

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