Chapter 10

The timeline seemed less torrent and no wraiths were chasing after him, his phone was buzzing with Cisco calling and claiming it to be an emergency, he just wanted him to pick up a pizza while he was getting home.

Deadpool sat back sipping a glass of water with his mask up to cool off and Damian grimaced, he wouldn't even begin to imagine what he looked like under there.

"All this dialogue is making me thirsty"

"We asked you a question and you keep talking about a man who can't feel pain" Flash said.

"Oh yeah, he was a dick, I put a bullet through his head. Anyways...I come from a universe where the bad guys aren't very scarce and the Avengers are the top dogs, probably.

I'd like to think of myself as the top dog. Oh and I've had a collaboration with Hawkeye who's kind of the Arrow of this universe and he's deaf in that scenario. You have an Arrow on this earth, right?"

He pointed, Damian and Alfred exchanged looks.

In the comics but he wouldn't want them to know that now would he?

Batman grunted at his explanation but didn't fail to put it on record, he needed this much detail to figure him out and fill up his new research interest.

"Who's next?" Flash snapped his finger in deep thought, his mind tracked to a vision of Batman communicating with him.

"Dick"

Damian was already on it and called him.

Flash had to know if there were any slight changes and he appeared on the monitor.

"Well, you look like crap," Damian said obviously in a struggle with someone else. Metal clanged and they heard grunting in the confined training room.

"What're you up to?"

"Oh, I was... just picking up interest. I'm relaxing, Batman told me to stay in the tower with our folks, oh you're losing five points for missing out on our training sessions"

Robin sat up "I never miss training, what's this new crappy system?" His hand hit the arm of his chair forgetting he had a sprained shoulder.

"Starfire thought it would be a new motivator to stay on point...get it?"

Damian laughed because he got smacked on the face by a staff.

"Since when does Nightwing follow orders?"

Damian glanced at Batman who glared at him for putting his life on the line at Arkham and he gulped.

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Slade glanced at Brother Blood as he waited for the serum to do its work, how long was he going to stay here and stand like a fool? He couldn't believe their distraction didn't work.

"Relax Blood, I got rid of the brat and Batman's puppets"

"Indeed but not the Batman, he is doing a great job of cleaning the streets"

"I'll be expecting my severance package later"

He said as the soldiers were starting to act up in the next minute. Do we get any proper lighting around here? He thought about the lights blinking. The disciples of Sebastian Blood got their asses handed to them and there was a serious bloodbath going on.

Blood hid behind him raising a finger when a soldier with bloodshot eyes in ripped clothes leapt on a table in front of them.

"Can you save the blood for my next cleansing?"

"Again, severance package"

He stepped back when Batwoman kicked the soldier, he fell hard against the floor and his neck snapped. Her eyes narrowed on them and Batwing's thrusters got him to stay in the air strangling another soldier

"My my Batwoman, what has gotten into you lately?" Slade teased when he helped her down, the mind control worked and she was now fully under his control. Acting against her will and her so-called kill code, he didn't care to know who she was but as long as she was putting Sebastian's sheep in line, he wasn't complaining.

Blood stood outside apart from Slade who rolled his eyes at him. He pointed at her.

"You, Lady of the bat, find Batman and make him suffer!_"

"Not too shabby brother"

They turned to the Reverse-Flash holding down a soldier who dared to attack him and his hand vibrated digging into her chest, her eyes dilated when his hand stopped and he phased his hand out of her chest. He sensed that the flash might be tampering with the timeline again and he wanted to know why.

"Perhaps another one of the speedster's clones?" Blood said and he gasped when the Reverse Flash pinned him to the wall. He vibrated when the men started to shoot again

"Stop shooting you, idiots!" He screamed when the bullets penetrated the walls and screamed again when a bullet shot his thigh with blood flowing, he trembled and clutched it from the pain.

"Do not call me a clone! I am the original, I created the Flash!" His voice was intimidating and Blood looked away from his red eyes.

"Settle down Thawne" Slade said

"You are all players on this timeline although I commend you for redundancy on the bat's comrades"

Slade looked confused cupping the bridge of his masked nose.

"You mean, this has happened before?"

"Luckily, you have me to redeem you of your pathetic downfall, I can take you even thousands of steps ahead of the Flash all you have to do is follow my lead"

Slade folded his arms "Do I get paid?"

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