Alfred had greatly approved of the ' bonding day ' plan, as it had been dubbed. Each day had been a resounding success which always ended in his two charges returning with excited faces and great stories to tell.

The boys seemed to be settling in okay, and with six new children, Bruce Wayne was both excited and more busy than ever. Oh how the media had fell upon the story once they'd broke the news to a certain Metropolis reporter. They'd been in the tabloids for days with many claiming that it was just another sham Bruce was creating to look good for the public. However, Alfred knew better, because he had observed how much brighter Bruce had been in the days since their arrival than he had been in many, many years.

Bruce was at work again, and Alfred had left for the market, leaving Percy in charge.

The brothers were currently hanging out in the den. Nico had conned Percy in to playing a round of Mythomagic with him, while Will and Dick were watching a non PG movie with a totally enthralled Jason, who was eyeing the on screen gunfight with a creepy gleam in his small eyes. Hal was totally engrossed in a project made out of lego, a ship by the looks of it, not that Percy was surprised.

" I won!" Nico squeaked happily as he trumped a thoroughly bored Percy with his Hades card. 

Percy was very glad the game was over and yet congratulated Nico with as much enthusiasm as he could muster after spending half an hour at their game. Bored, he turned to look at the couch  where an argument had started amongst three of his brothers.

" Nice it back, Dick," Will whined in annoyance.

Dick laughed as he held Will's pillow away from him.Will lunged for it, and in an effort to stop him getting it, Dick threw the pillow across the room. It smacked hard in to a marble bust of some historical president or something. With a creaking shudder, the bust tipped back but instead of falling his stayed the way. Breathing a sigh of relief Percy stood to right it again when with another shuddering noise, the old grandfather clock next to it started to move!

All six pairs of eyes were staring at the clock with wide eyed stares as it slowly rolled upwards and stopped, a dark and ominous looking passageway behind it that led to a long flight of stairs.

For a moment no one spoke, before Jason made the most logical decision there was in this situation.

" Let's follow it!" He squeaked, and before Percy could stop him he took off down the passageway, only returning to grab Nico and pull him in too.

" Come on ghost king, you like the shadows, lead the way so I don't bump in to something in the dark," Jason ordered, making Nico scowl at him in a annoyance.

" Looks like we better go too," Will sighed, not anxious to lose the two of them in the dark tunnel and stairs.

Hal latched on to Will's hand and the two of them went in as well. Dick and Percy eyed each other cautiously before turning back to the tunnel.

" We're all idiots, aren't we!" Dick sighed as they went to enter the tunnel.

" Lets not forget it was you who started this," Percy grunted in reply as they followed their brothers down the seemingly endless stairs.

They bumped in to their brothers with a muffled, oof! But when they aw the reason why the boys had stopped in the middle of the stairs they too stopped and stared with slack jaws at the place they stood in.

" Is this..............?" Hal began breathlessly.

" The batcave," Jason finished with awe in his voice.

" So that means......" Dick began nervously.

" Our dad is the Batman," Percy finished in an awed whisper.