POV | Wayne

"Alfred I have to help him something didn't feel right." I struggled to fight for the better and a click set off in my mind.

"I know who he is." I said and he looked at me.

"Who is he, Master Bruce?" he asked and I pulled him up on the computer.

"Richard John Grayson." I said and Alfred paused.

"Oh my." he said and I pulled up Shadow's picture from my eye camera, comparing the current pictures.

"I have to find him Alfred." I said and he shook his head.

"You need to eat." he said and I sighed.

"There's no sense in arguing is there." I said and he shook his head, I walked into the elevator with him. The elevator stopped and I walked towards the dinner table. I sat down along with Alfred because he needed food to. We both ate.

"I still can't believe it was him." I muttered to myself Alfred noticed.

"You're muttering." he said and I shook my head.

"I don't mutter." I said and he shook his head and we continued eating.

"Time for the Batman to appear." I said and walked downstairs and changed into my cape and cowl. I looked at the computer and jumped into the Bat-Mobile. I started the engine and drove towards Gotham City and I let my mind wander.

The Flying Grayson's did many flips and tricks for the crowd at the circus until I heard the wires break a bit and then they broke completely. We all stood up and people began moving out of the tent. I stood there and looked at their bodies, limp, bloody and broken. I looked at Richard and he was crying at the top of the ladder and his head was in his hands. The cops later swarmed the tents and I was forced out and I rushed to my car and drove to the manor. I parked the car and ran inside and was met by Alfred.

"How was the circus?" he asked and I looked at him.

"The Flying Grayson's fell." I said and I rushed downstairs to the Bat-Cave and I changed and rushed out to the circus.

"Gordon." I said and he turned around.

"Batman, what are you doing here?" he asked and I looked at him.

"I have a suspected that the wires were sabotaged can I check the scene." I asked and he nodded. I walked towards the wires and looked at then frayed, they were cut actually. These wouldn't be right if a metal cable snapped. I pulled out a piece of metal and put it in my belt and walked towards Richard.

"Richard." I stated and he turned around and looked at me and cried.

"Their gone." he said and hung his head in disappointment.

"I'm afraid so, but can you tell me who you think did this?" I asked and he looked at me with anger and rage in his eyes.

"Tony Zucco." he replied and I looked at my hologram glove and typed in that name.

"Thank You." he said and I was confused.

"For what?" I replied and he looked at his hands, they were shaking.

"For helping my dad with the thugs." he replied and a small smiled cornered my mouth.

"You're welcome." I said and walked back outside.

"Find anything?" Gordon asked.

"Yeah, the wires were cut because ordinarily wires don't snap with some kind of cutting or frying." I said and he nodded.

"Just like Bruce Wayne." he said and I nodded.

"Yeah, both of their parents died at age 8." I stated taking about me.

"Well you should get going and protect the city." he said and I walked to the Bat-Mobile and drove back to the manor. I put the price of metal I found in the wire in the scanner and it to a few seconds to find.

"Dagger." I said and looked at the dagger; I looked at anyone who owned one in Gotham. One came up which was one of Tony's Lackeys. I took off the cowl and continued typing.

"I feel every ounce of that boy's pain." I muttered and Alfred came in.

"Sir I have news." he said and I knew it was urgent.

"What is it?" I asked and turned around and he looked sad,

"Well when they took Richard to the Detention Center he was kidnapped with half the staff dead and a Talon knife in the wall." he said and my heart sank.

"We have to help him." I said and slipped my cowl on again, and walked towards the Bat-Mobile.

I jumped out of the Bat-Mobile still thinking why he was working with them. I walked to an empty lot and heard a noise on the stairwell.

"Shadow." I said firmly and he jumped down and approached me.

"Batman, detective of Gotham." he said and I looked at him, he body was shaking a bit.

"Why are you doing this?" I asked and he stared at me.

"You know the Owls. They're specific." he said and I looked at him.

"But why are you doing this Richard?" I asked and he stepped back/

He grabbed his head like there was pain and he looked at me, and he stumbled a bit.

"Richard." I said and he stepped back and stared at him and threw a smoke pellet on the ground but he fell to his knees.

"It usually doesn't have this affect unless." he said and looked down and saw his hands were shaking. His breathing began to hitch and he fell to his side.

"Richard." I yelled and he went unconscious. I grabbed his limp body and rushed to the Bat-Mobile. He needed help, I started driving to the manor and I rushed him up the Medical Bay.

"Face Time message." my computer said and I sat in front of it.

"Hello Batman." he said and I scowled.

"Owlman." I stated and he looked happy.

"We want to thank you for getting that disappointment out of our hands. He was a pain." he said and I was mad.

"How could you do that to a kid?!" I yelled and he laughed.

"He was a building block, we needed to test his limits." he said and I was infuriated.

"But still we have many more Talons, that one wasn't very cooperative so we have him to you." he said and I looked him dead in the eyes.

"Good bye, Batman." he said and he was gone. I rushed back to the medical bay and hooked him up to I.V and looked at him. What happened to you.....?