"I can walk into my own fu-"

"Language, Jason."

"-cking house, Bruce. Leave me alone." Jason snarled, whacking Bruce's hand away from him.

The team and the rest of the Bats looked up from their game of Monopoly, shocked to see Jason and Bruce back from the hospital so soon. Especially since Jason just woke up from his coma the same day.

Bruce must've seen the expressions on their faces because he straightened up, clearing his throat. He nodded at Jason with a slight scowl. "He got us kicked out of the hospital for 'unruly and violent behavior'. That is going to be one hell of a headline."

Stephanie snorted. "I can see it now, 'Jason Todd returns from the dead, instantly threatens to rip out throats of hospital staff'."

"It was actually a threat to dismember them and feed their limbs to Titus, but whatever." Jason called from the kitchen, entering the room a moment later with a mouthful of jelly beans. "Who is winning?"

He sat down on top of Tim, stretching across Dick and Damian's laps as well. When his brothers went to push him off, he grinned up at them toothily before reminding them that he was injured. The three brothers exchanged a look before shrugging, shoving him to the floor anyways.

"Assholes."

"Takes one to know one." Tim muttered. "Now, what're you doing here?"

"He's here for appearances. If he were to go to one of his safehouses right now then the press would be in an uproar. 'Bruce Wayne's dead son not welcome home?' A disaster."

"And he compromised, said if I came home I could go patrol." Jason spoke smugly from the floor, having not moved a muscle from when he was pushed there.

"If you don't kill." Bruce glared down at Jason. "Otherwise I keep you in the Batcave."

"Now what would those headlines look like? 'Jason Todd returns from dead only to go missing after being shot by Joker'." Conner gulped when Bruce shot him the famous Batglare. "Sorry, I'll shut up."

"I'm tired of this game." Cassandra stood up, walking out of the room with Stephanie following after her.

"Well, okay then. There goes our sore loser." Artemis muttered under her breath, looking over her shoulder in case Cassandra over heard.

One can never be too careful with the Bats.

Everyone's phones buzzed with a message and they pulled them out, rolling their eyes when they saw what it was and who it was from.

Bats and Bitches

Spoiled: gUyS mOvIe TiMe.

Bruce's Fav: Also, Jason is on the news.

Artemis: What's the headline?

Spoiled: wHo CaReS? MoViE tImE.

Impulsive: What's with your phone?

Bruce's Fav: She dropped it after making the massive group chat. Now it's stuck like that.

Hoodlum: Ha! Serves you right.

SB: But what's the headline?

Spoiled: 'bRuCe WaYnE's DeAd WaRd; ShOt By JoKeR, tHrEaTeNs StAfF wItH bOdIly HaRm, CuRsEs OuT rEpOrTeR'.

Hoodlum: Oh yeah, forgot I did that.

Timbers: Damn Jason, back at it again with the uncalled for violence.

Hoodlum: You know it.

BB: Soooo, are we watching a movie?

Batdad: I have work to do. Also, who changed my name?

Awkualad: Whatever do you mean, it wasn't always Batdad?

Batdad: Kaldur, run.

The OG: Now, B, he ain't wrong.

BG: Why are we texting? We are literally three feet from each other.

Spawn: Finally, someone else who sees the flawed logic in this.

BG: Don't ever put me in the same category as you again.

Everyone looked up from their phones when Alfred knocked on the door, letting himself into lounge room. "Master Bruce, you have visitors."

"Oh, shoot me now." Bruce muttered, turning to Jason with a glare. "Not literally this time."

SB: This time?

Artemis: Is there a story there?

BG: See that scar on Bruce's bicep? Jason shot him when he said 'shoot me' in a similar situation. He thought he was being funny.

Hoodlum: I was.

The OG: No one laughed.

Timbers: I chuckled a little...

Batdad: And you wonder why I replaced you with Damian.

Hoodlum: OOOOH SHIIIIIIIT!

BG: That was spicy, Bruce.

The OG: Muy caliente.

Batdad: Eh, it be like that.

Bruce's Fav: Who is at the door?

Batdad: You'll see.

Artemis: So effing ominous. Can't you Bats just be straight with us?

The OG: Are you being queerphobic, Arte? So sad.

Hoodlum: Boo!

Bruce's Fav: Hiss!

Artemis: What the hell? No, I was just...never mind.

Bruce interrupted the texting by entering the room with his guests, surprising the team when they saw it was Black Canary in her civvies.

"Hello everyone." Dinah smiled, sitting down next to Barbara on the couch. She turned to the red head, her brow furrowed. "Where are Steph and Cassandra?"

"Waiting for the slow pokes to come watch Frozen." Steph waggled her brow at Jason, who groaned and chucked a pillow at her. Stephanie snickered, turning back to Dinah. "What brings you here, Canary?"

Dinah's grin grew. "I am here, on behalf of Bruce, to offer spots on Young Justice to Robin, Spoiler, and Black Bat."

"What about me?" Jason complained. "Not that I'd join your lame team, but an invite to turn down would be nice."

"You're too violent." Bruce said simply.

"And Damian's not?" Jason shot back, leaping to his feet.

The two of them entered an arguement, causing the rest of the large group to exit the room and go into the kitchen, where Dinah looked expectantly at Steph, Cassandra, and Damian. "Well? What do you say?"

"Oh, please say yes." Cassie pleaded with Stephanie, causing the Bat to shrug, smiling with a nod. "Yay! Spoiler is in!"

"Black Bat? Robin?"

Cassandra paused for a moment before nodding silently, looking to Damian for his answer. The small child growled. "Father will be hearing about this manipulation. But I suppose I have no choice."

Tim made a face.

Dinah clapped her hands once, standing from her seat at the island. "Well, that settles it. Welcome to the team, Bats. We start training tomorrow."

As Dinah excused herself, letting in the sounds of the never ending arguement between Bruce and Jason, the team all glanced at each other as they thought about the future of Young Justice with the addition of three new Bats and their identities being blown. They all had the same thought, smirking in unison.

Bring. It. On.

fin.