Hello everyone

This time the team meets the bat bros. This is set after season two (and vaguely after Renegade) so tensions are still a bit high. This was suggested by TheChickenOfJustice, thanks.

Nightwing really isn't doing alright so WARNING for implied suicidal thoughts (it isn't said explicitly but it is implied)

Anyway as usual I own nothing, apologise for grammar, spelling and OCCness. Also sorry for any inaccuracies with characters.

Oh, and ShadowLifeHI I do requests, yes.

Hope you enjoy.

Robyn 

The trouble started with Batman. More specifically Batman being off world, leaving Nightwing to once again balance his civilian life, the team, and duties as Nightwing. It didn't help that it had been chaos in Gotham for the past week as there had been a breakout at Arkham which led to Nightwing almost collapsing until Agent A called in some help. He had been running himself thin again and Alfred had finally had enough off it and put his foot down.

That help meant his younger brothers and sisters. The siblings that tended to cause more chaos and disasters then half the villains they faced, though they were better than the Arkham break out, well just. However, when the Bat Cave received an emergency call from the team it wasn't really the best time. Nightwing was currently bleeding from a couple bullet wounds and stab marks, plus he was suffering from burns due to an explosion that he'd narrowly escaped from.

Grudgingly it was decided however, they couldn't avoid it and someone would have to go. Nightwing was pretty much out of the question due to his injuries and (Red) Robin was currently passed out from exhaustion on the floor (with Jason sniggering and prodding the sleepy bird with his foot every so often). Alfred was keeping an eye on the injured pair, having already drugged Nightwing unconscious so he wouldn't try and answer the call anyway. Cass and Steph were out of the question as they were currently chasing a lead about a former (and hopefully future) inmate of Arkham. Barbara couldn't even be sent as she was out of town with her dad.

So Jason and Damian grudgingly decided while the two birds were unconscious, that they would take their brother's places and see what the team wanted. Getting changed; Jason as Red Hood and Damian in his own version of the Robin costume, they glanced at the unconscious birds before nodding at each other and entering the zeta-tubes that would take them to the team. The team better be ready for the surprise coming their way.

The team on the other hand, were currently experiencing problems with a group of thugs in Happy Harbour. Not far from the site of the currently in-construction Mount Justice. Despite being far more skilled the group of tired heroes were outnumbered and had been caught unaware when they had been visiting Mount Justice to see the progress of the rebuilding effort. Fearing they were about to be taken out Beast Boy had pressed his emergency call button that would usually summon Batman but with him being off-world it would hopefully warn the closest person - Nightwing. Robin and Batgirl would also be appreciated but they knew they were busy either away or with the breakout in Gotham, which was why they weren't there with the team in the first place.

Unfortunately for them no help had come, leaving them to be overtaken and tied up, by thugs no less, how embarrassing. Any time they tried to even mouth a word to each other a thug would appear threateningly. The team was unlucky they didn't have any senior members with them, it was just the younger members - Beast Boy, Lagoon Boy, Wonder Girl, Blue Beetle, Impulse, Guardian, Bumblebee and Static. With no Miss Martian it meant there was no mind link to make communication easier.

Waiting for whatever the group of thugs were going to do to them, was the only thing they were able to do. As any plan the group thought of was immediately trashed by their capturers. They just had to hope someone appeared to help them when they didn't make it home when they were supposed to. In the mean time they could at least listen in to the group to see if they could determine a plan that would actually work.

It was at that moment that the lights went off, plunging the room they were being held in into darkness. The only light was a series of flashes that appeared with rapid gunfire that echoed across the room. Someone had arrived and were taking out the thugs, whether they were there to help them the team didn't know, but they were hopeful. The pattern of attacks, the operating out of the shadows was usually the Bat Clan's mode of attack.

It wasn't long before the screams of the thugs were cut off, alongside the gunfire and what sounded suspiciously like a sword swinging and hitting flesh stopped. There was a silent pause that seemed to last for hours until the lights flashed back on. Blinking as their eyes slowly adjusted back to the light they were faced with two figures standing above them, looking smugly. One seemed to be a young boy in a version of Robin's costume, the most prominent difference being a hood. The other was an older teen wearing hat looked like a red bucket as a mask.

The two boys swiftly got to work untying the younger heroes. The awkward silence lasted until the group were finally on their feet, rubbing their sore wrists. Warily the team took fighting stances despite knowing they wouldn't win and that their two rescuers wouldn't have freed them if they were going to attack. Then they relaxed, having finally recognised the pair from the fiasco with Nightwing an Deathstroke, several months ago.

"Wait ,you're Red Hood and the new Robin. Nightwing and our Robin's brothers." Wonder Girl exclaimed pointing at the pair in realisation, they had definitely not been the Bat Family members they expected to rescue them.

"Eh, no offence but ah, what are you doing here?" Guardian asked awkwardly. They really didn't know much about the pair, but they were definitely on the darker side of the law, even for the Bat Family.

"Unfortunately, Goldie and the Replacement are a bit preoccupied. So we decided to be nice and help-" (Red Hood ignored Robin's mutter of "that's a first") "- you out. You should be grateful these thugs work for Luthor and had orders to capture heroes and bring them to him. I think that's something you would rather avoid." Red Hood's crossed armed glare was met with a few gulps and nods, Luthor could be dangerous.

"What do you mean about Nightwing and Robin being preoccupied?" Bumblebee narrowed her eyes suspiciously at the two more dangerous members of the Bat family (admittedly they were all very dangerous but these two were more prone to caring less about people).

"Chill, we've done nothing to them. Replacement is simply passed out from exhaustion and Goldie is recovering from some wounds. There was a breakout at Arkham and the week has been pretty chaotic, Nightwing was looking after it but eventually called us all in after Agent A pressured him. Hadn't you wondered why you hadn't seen any of them for a while?" Red Hood scoffed.

"What great friends you are." Robin muttered sarcastically. It was no secret, at least amongst the Bat family, that Damian disliked the team. Not that any member particularly liked them apart from Nightwing, Red Robin and Batgirl (who admittedly disliked some of them), and Jason (also only some of them) but that was mainly due to everything that had occurred during the invasion.

"Em, I don't want to interrupt but we've been missing for a few more hours than we intended to be gone. People will be worried, so we may want to get back to the Watch Tower." Beast Boy pointed out hesitantly. Quickly agreeing (apart from the two Bats, who took a bit longer to convince before grudgingly agreeing to go back with them) the group made their way back to the Watch Tower.

When they arrived they had just collapsed in the main room after having finished facing the Leaguers on duty (and how much fun explaining everything that had happened had been - there had been lots of shouting) when the zeta-beams lit up announcing the arrival of Nightwing, Red Robin, Black Bat and Spoiler.

Nightwing limped in with the rest of his younger siblings following exasperated. It had obviously taken some convincing for them to allow him to come and they still didn't appear to like the fact that he was here. Despite what most people thought about Nightwing he was surprisingly good at manipulating people and he often had to use this talent on his family, allowing him to practise those skills and improve them.

Entering he immediately set off shouting worriedly. "Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash have you seen Red Hood and Robin? They vanished and they're not in Gotham or any of their usual hide outs-." He stopped suddenly upon seeing not only his missing younger brothers but the rest of the new team as well. He'd woken up after Alfred's drugs wore off and immediately noticed his siblings missing. He'd argued the rest of his sibling's into submission, pulling the older brother card and convinced them to help him find them. Cas and Steph had finished with their clue hunt and put the missing Arkham prisoner back where they belonged so they'd reluctantly been dragged along. Protesting Nightwing moving as he was still badly injured, but he was worried. Damian was still young and both he and Jason could cause all sorts of trouble if left unattended for too long.

Turning to start shouting at them he promptly collapsed to the floor groaning. Red Robin rushed forward to grab his eldest brother. Mumbling something incoherent Nightwing rubbed his chest where the majority of his injuries were. Red Robin started berating him for moving as he should have still been relaxing in bed (this delighted their other brothers' as he wasn't often told off).

"Hey Goldie what you doing out of bed? And really Replacement? What did he bribe you with to let him come?" Red Hood sneered as he watched Red Robin help Nightwing to a nearby seat, while Black Bat and Spoiler followed watching the pair in case they were needed.

"Be nice to your brother Jay Bird." Nightwing mumbled as he waved off Wonder Women when she tried to look over his injuries, worried.

The new team stood to the side watching the exchange confused, especially regarding the two girls who had followed the known Bat Clan members. Stepping forward Static paused as if he was having a mental debate with himself before seemingly gathering his nerves and asking his question. "Em, who are you? I mean, erm I known Nightwing and Robin, eh our Robin. I also vaguely know Red Hood and the smaller Robin but eh, yeah eh-" He trailed off awkwardly. Blushing he retreated to hide behind Lagoon Boy.

"Well done." The smaller Robin snarled mockingly.

"Be nice Robin. Ignore them Static." Nightwing stood up trying to hide the pain but failing. Ignoring the concern looks from his siblings (even the hidden ones from Red Hood and Robin) he moved towards the three boys. "You've met Red Hood, he was the second Robin, and your Robin is more commonly known as Red Robin in Gotham. Robin, or the smaller Robin as you call him, is still in training but allowed out with supervision. Stop glaring little Wing." Despite being told not to glare the youngest member continued to do so.

He moved closer to the unknown pair of girls. The first wore a purple skin tight costume with a matching cape and hood. The gloves, boots and belt were all black alongside the mask which had a lighter area for the mask and white slits for eyes. "This is Spoiler, she was the fourth Robin and third Batgirl. Said girl nodded to them and the team got the feeling she was smiling despite not being able to see through her mask.

He moved to the other girl who wore a skin tight black costume and cape similar to Batman's. She had her hood down revealing choppy shore black hair and a mask covering her eyes that went into sharp points upwards on either side. "This is Black Bat, she was the second Batgirl. She's also on the rota for Titans East." The girl waved awkwardly with her lips tilting up in a vague smile.

"It's nice to meet the both of you." Impulse bounced forward with a mysterious grin on his face that left Nightwing with the feeling that he knew something about them, seeing as he came from the future that was probably true.

"Oh, so these are more members of the mysterious Bat Family. Are they as trust worthy as Nightwing? Going to stab us in the backs after putting our lives in danger?" Lagoon Boy sneered.

"Why you -!"

"Don't you dare-"

"You little-"

"I'll kill-"

"Lagoon Boy-"

The Bats all cried out in protest (apart from Black Bat who just stepped closer and glared). Even some of the team protested or at least turned to glare at the offender.

"Quiet." Nightwing's voice echoed and no one could deny the resigned tone. He had moved closer to the team and grimaced in a mixture of physical and mental pain.

"You may be hurt by what I did La'gaan but don't bring my siblings into it. They have nothing to do with any of this. I don't know what to say for you to accept that I never meant to hurt any of you and I regret the plan but it was the only option available. What more can I say or do to prove that to you?"

"You can actually mean it! You don't let it affect you and are constantly having others fight your battle. I looked up to you! Then you betrayed us! You could have trusted us with your plan. Or did you not think we could handle it? You never trusted us!" Lagoon Boy seemed to be close to breaking down as he screamed, pointing as he shook. He'd never actually voiced his thoughts and everything was suddenly coming out, a lot more emotionally charged than he though.

"Of course I trusted you La'gaan. The idea wasn't mine originally. We thought the more people involved would lead to disaster, it was never the case of trust. I'm sorry, really sorry if it appeared as if I didn't trust you. Aqualad, Kid Flash, Artemis and I are more used to villains and torture. We feared that if they discovered something was wrong they would torture you, the less people that knew the less people pulling their punches for them to see. I've already left the team and I'm only here for my brothers. I'm sorry." At this point even Nightwing was fighting tears as he backed away from the distressed Atlantian before dashing back to the Zeta-beam and vanishing.

"Really Fish Boy! 'Wing has had enough problems with dealing with the invasion without you adding to his guilt. We've told you before how much he was juggling beside the team. He left the team, the team he helped start, because of the guilt you have forced on to him. Stop being a jerk, fishy." Red Hood glared at Lagoon Boy before glaring at the team as well. Turning to his siblings he continued "We're leaving." With that the team was left standing with a few Leaguers equally confused and ashamed.

With Nightwing

Flipping over the tops of the familiar buildings of Bludhaven (ignoring the pain that it caused him), Nightwing allowed his thoughts to wander. Was it worth it? Had he made the right choice? Was Lagoon Boy right? Sighing he balanced on the edge of a particularly tall building ignoring the rain as it drizzled down. The team had finally met more of the Bat Family, and hadn't that gone well? He thought cynically. Sometimes he wondered what would have happened if he had never become Robin. The world probably would have been better off.

His thoughts swirled deeper as the rain came down heavier soaking him through. If he didn't find cover soon he'd probably get sick, yet he still didn't move allowing himself to balanced precariously on the edge. In the distance he could see figures that appeared to dance over the buildings, his brothers and sisters. That was another point they thought he was weak because of how much he cared and how he acted at home, like a child. They didn't see the truth and they cared, he knew they did but sometimes-.

Turning from the figures in the distance he made his way back to his dark apartment, pulling off his costume and throwing it into the back of the broken wardrobe he stood in the shower letting the cold water pour over his face and clear his clouded mind. He'd deal with everything tomorrow but for now he could hear his bed and sleep calling him.

And finished.

I don't know where that ended up going by the way.

I don't think there's going to be many more chapters definitely a Renegade part 2 and something with the circus but I'm open to suggestions.

Anyway hope you enjoyed and for those who get one have a great holiday.

Robyn out.