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Avengers Tower, New York, night
“Come on. Not even a hint?” Tim asked for the third time, wearing his Red Robin suit while Rose wore her Ravager costume, walking alongside Batman, Green Arrow, Red Hood and Black Canary.
“Nope.” Jason replied, popping the ‘P’. They all got on to the elevator.
“Listen, your part of the club so we thought you deserve a proper initiating.” Oliver said honestly, Tim and Rose looking even more curious before it clicked in Tim’s head, smiling widely.
“No. No! For real!?” Tim said in shock, Jason and Sara nodding in agreement while looking deeply amused. Bruce simply smiled, pressing the red button on the Elevator.
“It’s something we do to blow off steam.” Bruce said ominously.
“Wait, we?” Rose asked, still confused.
“Just remember. This club has only one rule.” Oliver said seriously.
The elevator dinged, the doors opening and they all stepped out.
“There are no rules.” Jason and Sara exclaimed jovially.
Madness by King Tuff plays
The lights turn, revealing a gladiatorial like arena. A bunch of heroes, both from this earth and others were there.
“About time.” Roy said simply.
“Let’s get ready to rumble!!” Peter voiced boomed from the speakers.
Arsenal and Speedy entered the ring weapons at the ready. Scorpion dropped in an overly dramatic fashion with backflip.
He blocked Speedy’s strike with her sword and Arsenal with his Kali sticks. He ducked under the Kali stick, hitting Speedy in the gut. He spun around, hitting Arsenal with the blunt end of his sword.
He then fronts flipped, avoiding Speedy’s sword. He turned around, blocking Arsenal’s stick. He used it block Speedy’s sword before hitting Arsenal in the gut with the blunt end of his sword. He then blocked Speedy’s sword and landed a devastating kick in the gut.
Scorpion blocked all of Arsenal’s attacks but he didn’t the last one, the last punch make him fly back a bit.
He got up, removing his mask, revealing his face, smiling at the two.
The bell dinged, Owlman dropping in, Noob Saibot with his black Ice sword at the ready. Owlman threw some Owlrangs, all which Noob parried with his sword. He stopped throwing them, dropping his belt on the ground. Noob did the same with the sword, which shattered into a million pieces once it hit the floor.
Owlman ducked under a punch but Noob grabbed him by the cowl ears and slammed him to his knee.
“Oh.” Johnny said with a wince, remembering all the times he did. A few others did wince as well.
Owlman slammed Bi-Han to ground, having grabbed him the vest. Noob managed to put him an arm lock but Owlman rolled out of it. Noob punched him square in the jaw, making him draw blood.
Logan simply sighed, removing the sign that ‘2’, above saying ‘Days since last injury’.
Noob punched Owlman in the face again.
Soon after, Red Robin and Ravager were in the arena, the former showing off to Red Arrow and Wild Dog. He then suddenly fell to the ground, face first.
He got up, Nightwing standing above.
“Pick on someone with your skill.” Nightwing snarked, a bit of a dark smirk from Red Robin.
“Oh, this should be good.” Ironhide said with a grin, rubbing his hands in excitement, Chromia rolling his eyes at him.
Bruce, Oliver, Jason, and the other bats and Arrows winced as did Peter, Matt, Elektra, Clark, Diana and Kori. Even Rose looked worried.
Red Robin ducked under a punch from Nightwing. He then went again, this time the punch landing but Nightwing retaliated with a brutal uppercut. Then two kept going at it, Bruce looking genuinely worried.
Nightwing delivered a series of blows to the gut but no one of them seemed to affect Red Robin. He smirked at the acrobat before a brutal series of punches, making Nightwing fall back.
All the Bats, Arrows and close friends all held back a flinch, seeing some Tim’s resentment towards Dick bleed through.
It kept going. Geralt of Rivia winning against Slade in a sword duel, T’Challa defeating Captain America in an endurance match, Dante and Anakin deciding if the force or Sparda’s power was stronger (Dante one thought not without his fair shares of injuries) and finally Vergil and Spawn with the elder twin going full Sin Devil Trigger causing a small explosion that send some of the others flying back before beating Spawn’s to the ground.
“Awesome.” Ben Reilly bellowed, earning shouts of agreements
“That’s how it’s” His voiced echoed in his SDT.
“And I thought you eight had anger management issues.” Johnny quipped, referring to Batman, Green Arrow, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Dante, and Anakin giving him dirty looks.
“Alright guys, that’s it for today. Same Bat time, bat channel.” Tony said through the mic, earning a sour look from Bruce and a few sniggers from his family (*cough* Dick, Jason, Tim, Helena, Barbara, and Cass, the dam traitors *cough*).
Bruce, despite some hiccups, smiled, seeing Tim practically bouncing while chatting up with Outlaws along with Rose. His thoughts however turned to his and Dick’s fight. Despite being a match similar to boxing or MMA, there was clear animosity throughout.
God, he needed to have a conversation with both of his sons. He just hoped they’d listen to him. Who was he kidding? His children are some of the stubborn and driven people to ever walk this Earth and while he loves for it, it can be seriously annoying.
‘The joys of superhero parenting. Said no one ever.’