Danni was getting used to the lighting when the scenes change. It seemed to be a few days after the last scene. Bruce and Alfred were climbing a ladder while the twins stood by watching.

After a few rough patrols, Gotham had calmed down enough for Bruce to get more than 3 hours sleep. The next time Danni was staying at the mansion, she practically dragged Bruce down to the cave while Dick got the equipment. They explained everything to Bruce and Alfred, who was cleaning the Cave when they got down, and it was decided that they would explore it. And by they, Bruce meant Alfred and him, because "it could be dangerous and unstable" so the twins had to stay on the ground.

Bruce looked around, it was a pretty spacious little cavity within the cave. Standing at his full height, he had about 8 inches (20cm) extra space above his head, Danni's estimations were correct. All in all, it looked to be about the same size as one of the bedrooms, only with a lower ceiling.

"Wwwwwooooooowwwww!"

Bruce could have face palmed if he hadn't expected them not to listen to the orders and just come up when they least expected him to say something about it.

The twins looked around in awe. It was bigger than they'd expected it to be. Little blue eyes were taking in every nook and cranny, already planning out what they would do. Bruce thanked the universe that they were quiet, but of course he spoke too soon because not a second later all hell broke loose.

"We could totally make this-"

Yeah! Just have to clean-"

"Then we have to-"

"Not to mention we have to-"

"Yeah but after that we should be able to-"

"Totally. We should start with sectioning off-"

"Probably should ask Bruce or Alfred first to-"

"Then we should immediately also ask for-"

"Well yeah, I was already planning-"

"Anyways, we should make this-"

"And over there would be-"

"Then this could be-"

As the two kept on discussing...whatever they were discussing, Bruce and Alfred tried to understand what they were saying. All they understood was that there was a lot of work ahead of them.

The time traveling Danni looked on, slightly amused by the look on Bruce's face. She clearly remembered everything they talked about doing to that little cavity. They ended up with a little room in the Batcave for when they felt like staying down there. The 'room' was complete with bathroom, queen sized bed, TV, game consoles, a desk and chairs, running water and electricity, lights shaped like the night sky on the ceiling (much like in her old room, Danni thought) and some other typical room stuff.

Danni looked on as time seemed to speed up and everything was getting placed. Once everything was done, Dick declared an initiation sleepover, and after much persuasion even Alfred joined in on the sleepover, though not after he took a sneak-pic from the relaxing family watching TV on the bed. Dick had jumped on Bruce's back the moment he laid down and Little Danni quickly claimed to be the queen of the family pile, sitting on top of Dick's back.

That weird feeling she got at the last scene was back, and Danni like it though she wouldn't be lying if she said it felt...nice.

Right as the scene started to fade, the picture of a girl flashed in front of her. It was really fuzzy but she could see the distinctive shape of a young girl with what appeared to be light colored hair, blond maybe, on one side with a darker color, probably black, on the other. The girl also had what appeared to be one glowing green eye on the same side as the blond hair, and the other was a beautiful blue on the black side. Her clothes were parted perfectly in the middle as well. While she had on a normal hoody, skinny jeans and convers, the colors were cut right in the middle. Black / white for the hoody, green / blue for the skinny jeans, green and black / white and blue convers, ever her skin tone was different.

Even though she only saw the girl for a second or two, she looked very familiar. But it wasn't her look that confused Danni, it was the sad yet happy smile on the girls face, the dried tears that seemed to have streamed down her face for a long time, but most importantly, the disgustingly hopeful and determent look in her eyes.

Mount Justice

The Team stood there like a group of statues. One by one dropping their defensive stance, though not their guard.

Robin was staring in shock at the intruder. She, it was a girl, had long raven black hair and her face was covered by a dark purple full-face mask. She was wearing, grey-ish black converse, a teared up black jeans that had clearly seen better days, and a hoodie that was in even worse shape. The sleeves were teared off and the only thing remaining of it below the chest is the pocket, the rest was ripped off as well. Her torso was covered in cuts and bruises, but her left arm was the worst, having a long gash running over her upper arm.

"H-h-ho-how did you get here, or even know to go here?" Robin asked, being the only one, other than the girl, able to move and talk. Don't get him wrong, he was still shocked to see her here, he just couldn't do anything in front of the Team. He did promise it, and he isn't going to break said promise.

The girl in reaction looked at the Team, evaluating their thread level by the looks of it, though you'd have to be a Bat to see it. By the looks of it, she deemed them safe. She looked down, not wanting to make any eye contact anymore. She sighed before replying. "Tiuj ŝipoj, ili trovis nin. Li provis kuri kaj kaŝi sed savis lin, ŝajne liaj goriloj ne lojala sufiĉas preni sukceson por ilia estro. Mi supozas ke nur ne vidis min. Kaj kie ajn ol la Kaverno vi iris? Mi vidis la defendo, tiel mi divenis vi ne estis en Gotham. Kaj antaux ol vi petas, vi devus scii la respondon. (Those ships, they found us. He tried to run and hide but they got him, apparently his goons aren't loyal enough to take a hit for their boss. I guess they just didn't see me. And where else than the Cave would you have gone? I saw the defense, so I guessed you weren't in Gotham. And before you ask, you should know the answer.)" She replied in Esperanto, a smirk ghosting (no pun intended) over her face at Robin's temporary confusion with the language switch, forgetting they weren't alone.

M'gann chose this moment to come out of her shock and rushed over to the girl. "Oh my gosh, your arm! How did that happen?" She asked worriedly.

The girl looked at her arm as if just noticing the wound. "Heh, guess that was that sting I felt." She replied nonchalantly to M'gann before turning back to Robin and switching languages again. "Scitis, non facile sine aedificio effugerent. De fugae Gotham exierit defendebat eam paulo post accepi sagittis cursus delapsum est. Dissimulare potui, tamen exstinguitur. (You know, it isn't easy escaping a building without anything. Speaking of escape, the defense in Gotham is gone, it was shot a little while after I got the detachable cycle off. I managed to hide, but it was destroyed.)" She told Robin in Latin this time.

Robin frowned a little. She used the cycle from the Batmobile to get here, saw it get destroyed so she must have been in Gotham, but where? "Waar was je al die tijd? We hebben heel Gotham doorzocht maar konden niets vinden. (Where were you all this time? We searched whole Gotham but couldn't find anything.)" He asked, choosing Dutch as language. He slowly stepped closer to her, a hand already ghosting over her wounded arm.

"Ein Lagerhaus am Außenwand von Arkham City. Wir zogen alle zwei Wochen um, um Dich zu vermeiden, immer nach Plautzen die entweder nicht verdacht aussahen oder die Du schon durchsucht hattest. Es ist echt in Wunder, dass Du uns noch nicht gefunden hast. (A warehouse just on the outskirts of Arkham City. We moved every 2 weeks to avoid you, always going to a place that either didn't look suspicious or you had already checked. It's pretty much a miracle that you didn't found us yet.)" She said in German.

Robin was not really happy with that answer. She was in Gotham all along! How could they have missed something like that? Who knows what the Joker did to her, and they just let it happen by not being thorough enough.

But before Robin could ask what happened all that time, the girl took his hand and looked his in the eye as good as the mask allowed her. "Nu-ți face griji, sunt bine. Sunt aici acum, nu-i așa? Nu există nimic care o să mă țină departe acum. Și uită-te la tine, ai făcut prieteni, au această bază secretă minunat, de lucru cu Justice League și ajunge pentru a lupta împotriva criminalilor. Doar- (Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm here now, aren't I? There's nothings that's going to keep me away now. And look at you, you made friends, have this awesome secret base, work with the Justice League and get to fight criminals. Just-)" She paused for a second to glance at the other heroes present. "Nu le spune cine sunt. Mulţumit? (Don't tell them who I am. Please?)" She asked in Romanian with a pleading look in her eyes.

Robin nodded and took a closer look at her arm. The wound was about 2 inches (5cm) long and a third of an inch (0,8cm) deep. The wound was still slightly bleeding and would get badly infected if not treated now. "Come on." He said and took her by her right hand. "You need to get that cleaned out and stitched up." And with that, Robin semi dragged the girl to the medical bay.

After the two left hearing range KF finally got out of his stupor. "Who was that? Why did Rob act like he knew her?! And what was with all that gibberish?! Just who is she?!" He exclaimed but kept his voice down enough just to be sure the girl and Robin wouldn't hear him.

Superboy got a clearly annoyed look on his face. "Oh I don't know, genius. That gibberish was some languages I don't know. And aren't you supposed to be his best friend or something?"

"I AM!" Kid Flash defended throwing his arms in the air.

"Then I guess you don't know him as much as you thought you did." Without a single word, Superboy left the room, opting to go watch some static to calm before the fight.

KF stood there watching him leave till he was out of sight. M'gann floated to him and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry Wally. I'm sure Conner didn't mean it that way. We're all just a little...troubled with all that's going on at the moment. If it helps in any way, she wasn't lying and Robin was more relaxed then he has been since I met him."

Kid Flash huffed and crossed his arms but nodded anyway. A comfortable silence filled the room, till Wally left to get something to eat and then check up on his little brother.

Med bay after they left

Robin was silently cleaning out the wound while the girl was looking around, not even fazed by the sting of the antiseptic.

"You made a good life for yourself here, though Kid Flash isn't like how you described him at all." She commented.

Robin snorted a little and almost, ALMOST, smiled. "Yeah, he changed a lot since the last time I saw you."

The girl frowned and made him stop. "Dick-" Robin, or better Dick because the girl took off his mask, looked up at her, frowning. "The only one I see that has changed is you."

Dick frowned. He hadn't changed, Wally and Roy did. They didn't ask to hang out as much as they used to, and were always looking at him like there was something totally, horribly wrong with him while he was A-OK.

As if reading his thoughts, the girl took his hands in her own, wincing slightly at the movement of her injured arm. "Dick, have you ever stopped to think about why they would act like that? That maybe they act different because you do? The whole time I've been here, I haven't heard you make one lame joke, laugh or seen you smile! I remember you telling me that the moment you put on that costume was like it was the best thing ever! That you always felt so happy, so untouchable by evil, that you even make the worst jokes while fighting with criminals and making everybody laugh because you were the one telling the joke! Where has that Robin gone to?!" At the end of her rant, you could almost hear the tears in her voice.

"Maybe it was because I missed you!"

The girl instantly quieted any sobbing and Dick starred at her for a second. He didn't mean to yell, he didn't mean to even say that. But, truth be told, it felt a little better. Like the carefully build walls all just broke down and he couldn't stop. He just kept on talking.

"I missed you so much! I thought you were dead! I saw the news and they said that you died, DIED, in the accident at FentonWorks! I thought I lost you. Robin died that day a little because I didn't have you to comfort me, to tell me it was the worst joke ever and that you were totally fine! I had to go through so many crap that I didn't know how to handle because you weren't there! You weren't there for me when I NEEDED you...Just like how I wasn't there for you."

Dick started crying half way through, but now it felt like something...bad broke in his heart that was holding everything back, something...changed.

The girl didn't hesitate to run over to Dick, who had stood up and began pacing during his rant, and engulfing him in an as tight hug as her wounded arm allowed her.

They stood here for a while, crying on each other's shoulder, finding comfort in hearing the other's heartbeat and breathing.

After a while the girl began to chuckle that eerily sounded a lot like what Robin used to do. "Remember that time you told me about your first meeting with Wally?" She murmured into his neck once they both sat down on the bed.

Dick chuckled at the memory. The first time he met Walls was 6 months after starting, but for Wally it was his first day. "Yeah. They arrived about 20 minutes too late at the rendezvous point. It was during the winter so Bruce wanted to be sure I was warm enough so I was next to him under his cape. When Flash asked where I was, I came out and Wally instantly got all fan boy and told me his secret ID right off the bat."

"Don't forget he was all "But you already knew that because you're a bat" and Barry almost fell off the roof because he was laughing so hard!" the girl added.

"Yeah, and like literally a second after we began to leave he fell on his face because he couldn't control his powers that well back then!"

"And that made you almost miss the next rooftop because of the look on their face when you did that chuckle!"

Both of them erupted in a fit of giggles.

Danni

Trying to shake off the weird feeling and the picture of the girl, Danni tried to focus on the next scene forming.

It was a rooftop, but not any that were in Gotham, no the air wasn't as hostile and polluted as Gotham, maybe it was Star or Metropolis. Looking down to the streets she saw a CCPD car drive by, criminal in the backseat.

So, Central City, that's the where figured out. Now the why. Looking around further she saw something on the roof across from her. Judging by the height and the shape, she'd say it's Batman. But what is he doing in Central?

Moving closer to him, she could distinctly see the shape of a little person on each side of his cape. Frowning bitterly she could already see how they looked like in their identical yet very different costume. Perched on top of a chimney she waited for the local hero to arrive. About 5 minutes later the Flash ran up the building they were on, quickly followed by a smaller speedster.

Flash walked over to Batman and greeted him. "Hiya Bats! This is my nephew, Kid Flash. Kid, this is Batman." He introduced.

Kid Flash sped over to where Batman was and waved excitedly. "Hi Batman, Mister, sir, Mr. Batman sir! Nice to meet you! I'm Kid Flash, third sidekick to ever exist! But my uncle just told you that..." He ended awkwardly. Batman just grunted in response.

Danni just rolled her eyes at his antics. He was so young and full of energy that it was exhausting just to look at.

Kid Flash wasn't going to leave it in an awkward silence though so he just started talking again. "I'm a big fan or yours! It's just so amazing how you do all that without any superpowers! Not that I'm doubting you can't do all that or then you have to have powers! Nope totallynot! Hehe. SowherealreRobinandPhoenix? IsPhoenixrealorisshejustamythcreatedbythecriminalsofGotham? I heardsomuchaboutthemandIwasreallyhopingIcouldmeetthem! Aretheywithyou? OraretheyouthuntingcriminalsinGotham?" Kid began to get so excited that he accidentally slipped into what the others have dubbed speed-talk.

Flash sped over to Kid and Batman and quickly out a hand on the kid's mouth before he said things even more stupid then he already had. "Say Bats, where are the little Birdies?" Flash asked once Kid stopped blabbing against his hand and silently thanked the universe that he was wearing gloves.

Kid jumped back a few feet as Batman's cape began to move, but the man in question didn't seem to do it himself. Kid was about to yell something when Robin and Phoenix gracefully jumped out from under the cape, flipped in the air, and landed right in front if the Flash.

"Hey uncle Flash!" They said in unison and they both hugged the scarlet speedster, who gladly returned it.

"Hey Birdies! I'd like you to meet my nephew-"

Flash was cut off by a gush of wind and Kid Flash standing in front of, no gaping at the far-famed twin wonder. "Oh. My. Gosh! It's really you! Well of course you are really you, there's nobody else like you, not that that's a bad thing or something! It's just, oh god, you guys are my heroes! Well except for my uncle, but you are the reason I became Kid Flash! If little kids could do it, so should I, right!? Not that you are little or anything, it's just that you are younger than me, or so my uncle said, but still! Oh yeah! I'm Kid Flash, nephew and sidekick of the Flash, third sidekick ever, but my friends call me Wally West! But...you already knew that because you guys are freaking bats! Oh crap! I just told you my secret ID! Oooohhhh no! UncleBarry, whatdoIdo!? Crap! NowIsaidyourstoo! Whatifsomebodyheardus!? MaybeCapitainColdheardus,orCamptainBoomerang! Ooohhhhh-"

Barry clamped his and back over Kid's mouth, trying to prevent the kid from giving himself a panic attack.

Robin and Phoenix were just about laughing their asses off at the scene. Of course they already knew who he was, he said it himself, they're bats. But seeing the kid freak out about telling something they already knew was just hilarious. And by the looks of it, Flash was thinking the same thing along with something along the lines of "What the hell did this kid eat before he went out tonight?!"

Batman however was not amused by it and was fast on letting everybody know by growling at the kid and his mentor. "We came here to do a job, not for playtime."

"Aw I was so hoping for playtime now that we have a new friend to play with!" Phoenix complained humorously, Robin pouting next to her. If anybody saw Batman's stare directed to the colorful Birds, they'd think he was mad, but if you're trained by the Bat himself you could clearly see he was smiling.

Kid just stared at them, nit believing what he just heard. "Wait. You, the super awesome Birds of Gotham, want to be friends with me, the guy that just started in this business today?"

The Birds looked at each other and then looked back to Kid. "Yeah. Being the only kids in the business is pretty boring when you have nobody to trade stories with or just hang out with somebody that understands when the grownups are off with a mission." Robin explained.

"Yeah, it's pretty boring spending all your time with thus guy over here." Phoenix added, jabbing a thumb in Robin's direction. Robin pouted while Kid laughed. This was exactly how Barry said they were, funny and awesome friend material.

Batman shook his head at their antics and cleared his throat to get everybody's attention again. "The mission."

Flash looked over to his longtime friend and nodded in agreement. Just as he was about to say something, a bomb went off a few blocks away. "It may take longer than we thought." He said as a second bomb went off.

Batman grunted and was thankful it was weekend, he couldn't have afforded to say out later than planned if he had to go to W-E the next day. The twins looked at each other and then to Batman, Flash and lastly Kid, a mischievous grin forming on their youthful and otherwise innocent faces. The look made Kid a little afraid, but not like he'd ever say that out loud. They're just little kids, right? It's not like they could beat him. Oh who was he kidding, they totally could! He heard the stories about these little Birdies sparring and winning with the Justice League from his uncle enough to know not to fight them.

"Sleepover!" They yelled in unison as they flipped in excitement and fist bumped the air.

Kid looked hopeful at his uncle. "Of course they can say over. You'd need somebody to keep you company. Because this is your first mission outside of the little ones, you are going home sooner than me. And the Birdies have to go home sooner too because the Big Bad Bat is overprotective and doesn't want them to be out too late." Barry said and caught the jumping speedster before they crashed through the roof.

"Now that's arranged-" The Birdies said.

"We have a mission to fulfill." Batman ended. At the words the carefree, happy-go-lucky attitude of Robin and Phoenix disappeared and they became almost as stoic as their mentor.

Flash's features darkened just a little as well, knowing to be serious now, Kid's following swiftly.

The speedsters watched Batman grappled onto another building while the Birds just smirked at each other before flipping off of the roof. Kid ran forward, wanting to catch them before they hit the ground, only to fall on his face tripping over his own feet. Meanwhile the Birds had grappled onto the same building as Batman but almost lost their grip when they saw their new friend face plant into the concrete roof.

"I thought you were supposed to be the fastest running boy alive, not the fastest boy falling!" Phoenix shouted from her perch on top of the roof's edge.

"Good going, Kid Clumsy!" Robin added before both ran after their mentor, their signature chuckle echoing through the streets.

Flash laid a hand on Kid's shoulder as he helped his nephew up. "Good going, Walls. Now keep it up!" The proud smile of his mentor flashed out of view as his uncle started running. Kid ran after him after one thought entered his mind.

"This may turn out to be the best day ever!"

Med bay

As their giggling died own a bit, the girl gasped and started laughing again. "Remember Speedy's first meeting? It was, what, 3 months after you met Wally that Ollie decided to join the club and take on a protege too. And then it took another 4 months before you even met him. Roy was all Mr. Grumpy pants in the beginning but you ended up using him as a pillow, while Ollie just sat on the sidelines and laughed his ass off!"

"Yeah! He really didn't like being used as a pillow, but it was revenge for calling me a little kid!"

"I think it was just because you were, and still are, his senior in the field while he is much older."

"Ugh. Roy and his ego all the time!" Robin groaned as he flopped back, staring at the white ceiling of the med bay.

"Not all the time though." The girl said with a playful smirk donning her voice.

"I was tired and he seemed like the best option! Get over it!"

"Never!"

Soon they erupted in another fit of laughs and giggles.

Danni

Still laughing at the last scene, Danni didn't notice it changed till she heard the sound of grappling arrows attaching to the edge of the roof she was on. Looking up quickly she noticed they weren't on the same Central City roof as before. There a darker note in the air, not as bright and young like Central but not dark enough to be Gotham. And judging by the use of arrows, she'd guess she's in Star City now.

Batman sat once again perched on an elevated part of the roof, with Poltergeist calmly swinging her legs off of a chimney. Green Arrow and Speedy jumped over the edge, landing a few feet away from Batman.

"Hey Bats, where are the Birds?" Green Arrow asked, casually walking over to Batman while Speedy just stood by idle.

As Batman answered "Behind you.", the Birds in question came swinging down and latched onto Arrow's back yelling "Hhhhheeeeeeyyyyyy Uncle Arrow!" as he tumbled down from the force and the laughing.

"You guys just love to make a dramatic entrance, don't you?" Arrow said, helping the kids up and brushing off his clothes.

"Maybe." The Birds said in unison, laughing at the jokingly betrayed look on Green Arrow's face.

"Anyways, heh, how is training going, defeated the Big Bad Bat in a sparring match yet?" Green Arrow asked, trying to ease up the tension that seemed to grow. Robin and Phoenix happily began to tell him about their latest achievements all the while not revealing any secrets about their training.

"Oh, pe-lease! Can we just get this over and get on with what we came here for?" Speedy said, finally walking forward, joining the group of heroes.

"Speedy-" Green Arrow tried to warn but the younger archer cut him off.

"And you." He said, pointing at Phoenix who did a little 'Who? Me?'. "I never even heard from you, except from Arrowhead and Flash talking my head off about you and Robin! For all I know, you're just some little kid dressing up as a hero because she thinks it's cool!"

Saying something about not doing what we came her for? Yeah, not so bad, he'd let you pass. Go after his sister? You are done for. "Listen up here, Green Arrow wannabe. You may think that we are little kids, but we started all this. We have done this a lot longer than you have. Even though we are younger, don't forget we are your seniors in the field. Age doesn't matter, experience does, and so far all I've seen is a snobby kid that thinks he can say whatever he wants because he is a few years older. Well let me tell you, Roy Harper, you better suck up the attitude and deal with it, or you can already choose which color you want your casts to be!"

Before Robin could lash out on Speedy, Phoenix grabbed his arm. "Robin. Don't." Those two words seemed to have calmed down the angered Bird, though it didn't stop him from glaring holes in Speedy's face.

"So...What's the plan Batman?" Arrow awkwardly said, getting on topic again.

"Bane and Count Vertigo are having a meeting about making a new drug, you and me are going there to make sure there is no deal made." Batman said, saying to a basic explanation.

"And what about me?" Speedy asked, not liking where it's going.

Batman turned to him, Batglare in action. "You, Robin and Phoenix are going to patrol the city, give a report and go home."

The Birds shrugged, already having expected the outcome, and started preparing to leave. Speedy on the other hand wasn't taking it so well. "What?! I have to babysit while you get to go kick criminals ass?!"

Batman's glare intensified a little. "You aren't experienced enough to go after Bane and Vertigo. As for the 'babysitting', nobody is babysitting anybody, and if it would, it would be them babysitting you."

"Bats is right, Roy. Leave this up to us. Make sure you are home by midnight, I've asked Black Canary to check up on you and if you're not there she will hunt you down and drag your ass back and ground you for a month. That includes going on patrol." Green Arrow said before leaving with Batman.

Roy angrily grumbled to himself, cursing his luck and his mentor. Of course he has to do the little kids work while Oliver gets to work with the Batman. And not only that but he has to make sure these kids don't die and take them to the Mansion before midnight or Dinah will freak! Can his life get any worse?

About 2 hours, Speedy was back to cursing, this time he was cursing himself. Patrol had gone fairly normal, except for the two Birds terrifying every criminal they saw with their ninja skills and that echoing laugh thing they do. But then the crap began coming.

During a bank robbery, Robin and Phoenix had gone inside, saying they'd lure the would-be robbers outside for him to shoot. Speedy decided he would let the kids take this one all by themselves. If they wanted to be in his city, they'd better prove they're worth his time.

But what he hadn't expected for it to be so many, armed with laser guns no less. The kids kept taking out as many as they could but it didn't do much. The robbers tried to shoot them, occasionally hitting one of their own, but prevented them from taking out more. Phoenix tried to hack the guns while Robin gave cover but it didn't take long for them to figure out there was a failsafe on the guns that prevented easy hacking. Phoenix got hit on her glove after having given up on hacking, rendering it useless, and got back into helping Robin.

Deciding he had enough of the guns, Speedy fired an arrow with a low scaled EMP. Upon impact with one of the laser guns, the EMP was activated, shortcutting every electronic device in a 2 block radius. Problem solved right?

Wrong!

The EMP did cause the guns to shortcut, but also almost every weapon in the Bat protege's arsenal. Speedy was shooting as many arrows as he could, trying to help out the younger heroes as much as possible. While taking out thugs, he didn't notice one of them had found him and was sneaking up on him. Phoenix looked up just in time to throw a Bat-a-rang and KO-ed the guy just as he was about to hit Speedy. The archer nodded his head in gratitude and continued to shoot.

Just as he was down to his last 5 arrows, his line snapped and hit him on the arm leaving a 6 inch (15cm) gash bleeding heavily. He took cover behind the ledge to assess the amount of damage. Luckily for his, the wound was easily treatable and should make a full recovery. Poring some cleaning detergent over it and wrapping it in bandages, he looked back over the ledge only to see all the thugs unconscious and the Birds gone.

Swiftly grabbing the little tablet he had with him, he broke his own wrist computer after having punched a guy too hard for the delicate tech to handle, he tried to trace where they have gone to. After a minute of fiddling with the tablet, he could have hit himself for forgetting the EMP pretty much killed it as well as the tracers on the Birds and their comms.

Looking over at a billboard several blocks away, he could see that it was almost 11:30 PM (23:30), he had only half an hour left to find the Birds and get to the Mansion to avoid Dinah's wrath.

Danni once again silently looked on at the first meeting one of her 'brothers' . Not caring all that much. She lazily followed Speedy throughout the city till he suddenly stopped, cursed the time, and flat out sprinted to the Mansion. They were already 20 minutes late, Dinah was going to have their heads.

Arriving at the doorstep of the Mansion half an hour later, Speedy gulped at he saw the furious face of none other than Dinah Lance.

"ROY WILLIAM HARPER JUNIOR! Where have you been?! And where are Robin and Phoenix?!" She screeched just below her Canary Cry. Roy's hands instantly shot to his ears, hoping to protect them from the woman's voice.

Already having prepared an explanation about how it was all their fault, Roy got ready when he heard 2 little thumps from behind him.

"Hi auntie Dinah!" The Birds yelled and ran over to hug her.

"Sorry we were late, we ran into a little trouble."

Roy was ready to give up on everything. They were going to tell the truth, how he was careless and almost got them all killed. How he left them to fend for themselves while he just stood there watching. He was sure once Oliver got word of it he'd get thrown out immediately, you know, after facing Batman's wrath. Sighing, Roy uncovered his ears and began to walk forward with his head drooping in shame.

Until Phoenix grabbed his hand and made him stop. Roy looked up to the girl with confused eyes, but Phoenix shook them off and explained further.

"We were out on patrol like Bats and Ollie told us to when there was a big bank robbery. We tried to stop them all without telling Roy because we wanted to show him that we can take care of ourselves and that he doesn't need to babysit us, but there were too many. Roy stepped in but he didn't have another choice then to use an EMP arrow, our comms and traces were dead so we had a few problems communicating. After we took out the thugs, we asked Roy if we could go to a playground because we almost had to go home. We ended up losing track of time because we didn't have anything to tell us what the time was. On our way home we ran into a kidnapping, Roy shot the would-be kidnapper but his line broke and hit him. Robin and I tied up the criminal but we told Roy to go ahead so you could treat his arm, and that we would follow him. But we ended up getting a little distracted by a kitten so it took us a little longer to get here. I saw a little pool of blood at the gate so I'm guessing Roy was waiting for us but it took too long so he decided to get your help to find us."

Finishing her story, Phoenix and Robin turned to Roy. He looked at them with confusion but just went with it when Phoenix winked. "We're sorry for worrying you, Roy, we won't do it again." They said like a little kid that apologized for taking cookies from the cookie jar.

Roy played along, mildly glaring at the two. "You better. Now come on, I'm sure you're hungry 'cause I'm starving!"

The 3 of them laughed and ran inside, going straight for the kitchen. Dinah cleared her throat and Roy cringed a little as she dragged him away to properly treat his arm.

After having his arm stitched up and having eaten something, Robin and Phoenix convinced Dinah to let them watch a movie. After a long time of searching for a good movie, that wasn't on Batman's no watch list which he had given to Dinah when he got in Star, they settled for Lilo And Stich. After the 3 of them, Dinah had to go back home, settled down on the big couch, Roy pressed play.

Roy was silently watching the movie, surprised he actually like the movie, when he felt Phoenix crawling over to him. "It's cold." She said as she wiggled her way under a blanked she brought and curled up next to him. Roy rolled his eyes, he was sure it wasn't cold, and put his uninjured arm around her to make sure she wouldn't fall off. And surprise surprise, Robin join in on the cuddling a few minutes later.

Halfway through the movie Roy noticed that the little Birds had fallen asleep on his chest. If he had to be completely honest, they looked kinda cute. Soon Roy laid down in a more comfortable position, careful not to wake the sleeping Birds, and put an arm around each of them. He silently thanked Dinah for telling them to change into their PJ's, and for the younger ones their sunglasses too, as he too began to drift off with one thought drifting through his mind.

"These kids aren't that bad."

A few hours later Batman and Green Arrow arrived to see the sleeping kids on the couch. It took both of them to carefully carry them upstairs to Roy's bedroom because Phoenix had a death grip on Roy's shirt and hand.

"Bruce, I gotta tell you. I think those kids of yours have a new brother." Oliver said as the kids curled up closer and Roy's arms tightening around the younger in a protective way as the adults laid them down.

"I know. Somebody's got to tell Wally that there is an older kid taking his spot." The Dark Knight lightly joked before going to his own guest room in the Queen Masnion.

Oliver smiled and took a picture of the sleeping youth, making sure he had the best photo to send to Alfred.

Waking up, Roy noticed a few things.

One, he wasn't alone.

Two, they weren't on the couch anymore.

Three, somebody changed his bandage while he was sleeping.

Four, he was completely covered with the bodies of Phoenix and Robin.

Cursing his luck again, Roy began to lazily play with Phoenix's hair as the girl leaned in on the touch.

Half an hour later, both birds began to groan awake, slightly creeping Roy out, not like he'd ever admit to it.

All three of them headed downstairs where Oliver and Batman were eating breakfast while watching the news.

They stopped as soon as they heard what the news lady was talking about.

The bank robbery of last night.

Crap.

"Roy?" Phoenix asked wide eyed.

Roy hummed as he was too afraid to make a sound.

"Run?" Robin asked.

A big smirk grew on each of their faces as they saw Oliver's features change from 'just woke up and haven't had coffee yet' to 'I am so going to kill them'.

"Run, definably RUN!" Roy laughed out as Oliver turned around.

"ROY!" Oliver yelled as he chased the 3 laughing proteges through the mansion for the rest of the day all the while Batman was still in the kitchen, calmly sipping his coffee while reading the newspaper.

Med bay

A few minutes later Wally walked in with some food. "Dude, I brought you some food, thought you might be hungry."

"Thanks." Robin said as he finished tying up the girls arm. He grabbed two sandwiches and gave one to the girl who disconnected the lower piece of her mask so she could eat.

Wally was still a bit suspicious, but left them again after making sure everything was okay.

Robin may be looking impartial, but to anybody that was paying very close attention, you could have seen the smile on his face. For he might be in the middle of an alien invasion, he finally has his sister back.

As they were sure they were alone again, both Robin and the girl removed their masked, watery blue eyes looking into each other, smiling.

"At least one good thing came out of this hell." Robin thought as he got ready to head back out to the mission room and get this alien scum off their planet.

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