Captivity
"...where?...who?..."
"Ah, jeez. You're up already? I figured I had another hour."
"Who are you? Why...wait, why am I tied up?"
"Before anything, I'd like to apologize. Involving kids in my work isn't my taste. Anyway, call me Slade, kiddo. You're tied up because I don't want you going anywhere."
"Yeah, but really? I can get out of here pretty easily, y'know!"
"Trust me, I do. I also know that you could probably drop this entire building on me if you wanted to."
"Well I---wait, you know I have powers?"
"Robin and Spoiler have a third member in their party. A metahuman with child-like proportions. Tim Drake and Stephanie Brown currently care for a young orphan named Jackson Ludwig. I'm not stupid, kiddo. I can put a square block in a square hole."
"Hold on, you know who Tim and Steph are? But how?"
"Tim is an associate of Dick Grayson, a previous Robin who's identity I found out. Wasn't hard for me to go down the line once I had him figured out."
"Okay...but why do you want me? I can't do anything for you!"
"Actually, you can do something for me. You're bait. To lure your big brother and Sister here. If they can just find the hinter I left them, we're golden."
"W-what do you want with them?"
"They're my targets. I'm an Assassin. And they're worth alot of money."
"Wait, an assassin named Slade?...Tim told me about you! You're that Deathstroke guy!"
"Huh, smarter than you look."
"Why? Why would you kill Tim and Steph?! They're good people!"
"They ticked off the wrong people. People who's money is green. I'm just doing what I'm hired to do."
"You kill people just for money? That's horrible!"
"Oh, don't feed me that. Compared to alot of the people I've taken out before, I'm a saint. It's a dark world, kiddo. Some of us gotta do what we gotta do."
"Tim's told me alot about you. You have all this skill this and is what you do?"
"You say that like it's a bad thing."
"It is! I can't let you do this to Tim and Steph! I'll stop you!"
"Not likely. I know those bindings won't hold you long, so I have something else. I'd like to apologize in advance again, kiddo. Seeing this is probably gonna open some old wounds. Sure it's not gonna be comfortable for you either, but it's for both of our safety."
"...I need an adult?"
"I am an adult."
"Wait, that's--"
"STAR Labs diluter helm. Used on Metahumans with psychic abilities to mellow them down and dilute their powers. I know you're familiar with this thing. Sorry you have to see it again."
"Get that thing away from me!!"
"Believe me kiddo, I take no pride in doing this..."
Captivity
"...where?...who?..."
"Ah, jeez. You're up already? I figured I had another hour."
"Who are you? Why...wait, why am I tied up?"
"Before anything, I'd like to apologize. Involving kids in my work isn't my taste. Anyway, call me Slade, kiddo. You're tied up because I don't want you going anywhere."
"Yeah, but really? I can get out of here pretty easily, y'know!"
"Trust me, I do. I also know that you could probably drop this entire building on me if you wanted to."
"Well I---wait, you know I have powers?"
"Robin and Spoiler have a third member in their party. A metahuman with child-like proportions. Tim Drake and Stephanie Brown currently care for a young orphan named Jackson Ludwig. I'm not stupid, kiddo. I can put a square block in a square hole."
"Hold on, you know who Tim and Steph are? But how?"
"Tim is an associate of Dick Grayson, a previous Robin who's identity I found out. Wasn't hard for me to go down the line once I had him figured out."
"Okay...but why do you want me? I can't do anything for you!"
"Actually, you can do something for me. You're bait. To lure your big brother and Sister here. If they can just find the hinter I left them, we're golden."
"W-what do you want with them?"
"They're my targets. I'm an Assassin. And they're worth alot of money."
"Wait, an assassin named Slade?...Tim told me about you! You're that Deathstroke guy!"
"Huh, smarter than you look."
"Why? Why would you kill Tim and Steph?! They're good people!"
"They ticked off the wrong people. People who's money is green. I'm just doing what I'm hired to do."
"You kill people just for money? That's horrible!"
"Oh, don't feed me that. Compared to alot of the people I've taken out before, I'm a saint. It's a dark world, kiddo. Some of us gotta do what we gotta do."
"Tim's told me alot about you. You have all this skill this and is what you do?"
"You say that like it's a bad thing."
"It is! I can't let you do this to Tim and Steph! I'll stop you!"
"Not likely. I know those bindings won't hold you long, so I have something else. I'd like to apologize in advance again, kiddo. Seeing this is probably gonna open some old wounds. Sure it's not gonna be comfortable for you either, but it's for both of our safety."
"...I need an adult?"
"I am an adult."
"Wait, that's--"
"STAR Labs diluter helm. Used on Metahumans with psychic abilities to mellow them down and dilute their powers. I know you're familiar with this thing. Sorry you have to see it again."
"Get that thing away from me!!"
"Believe me kiddo, I take no pride in doing this..."