"37, what's your status?" Barbara's voice asked.
"Kinda losing right now, Love." Dick answered, trying to shield Queen Perdita.
"Just hold on for five minutes, K?" Barbara was speeding towards his coordinates on her batcycle.
"I'll try, but- " He was cut off my a nauseating pain. "Vertigo." He croaked, falling to his knees.
"Count Vertigo to you, peasant." The bleach blonde man taunted, outlining Dick's lip with a long sword. "Now I will finish you for your meddling, then finish the young queen once and for all." Dick spat a mixture of blood and saliva into the counts' face. "Prepare to die-" A batarang knocked the sword out  of the Count's hand.
"Prepare to get your ass kicked, more like it." Barbara smirked, kicking Vertigo to the floor and knock him out quickly. She put her hands on her hips and smiled down at Dick. "What would you do without me?"
"Speaking of which, and since I'm on my knees anyway." He pulled out a small box, and a confused expression crossed Barbara's face. "I can't live without you, Babe. Literally." He smiled, opening the box to reveal a ring. "Will you marry me?" Barbara stared at him.
"Say yes." A small voice said from behind Dick. The pair looked at Perdita. "After all, every Queen needs a consort." Barbara smiled at the girl.
"She's right." Dick grinned. "Every queen does."
"Yes." She looked back at the raven haired man and suddenly had. A glimpse of the nine-year-old she had befriended. It seemed like a lifetime ago, but it had only been a few years.
Dick slipped on the ring, kissing her hand before wrapping his hand around her waist and kissing her lips.

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"John Thomas Grayson!" Barbara yelled. "Put your sister down this instant!" The two dark haired children guiltily separated.
"He started it!" The youngest, Dinah, said in her soft, whispery voice.
"She stole my belt!" John pointed at her.
"I don't care who stole what. We've had enough death in this family, we don't want anymore, do we?" The two siblings shook their heads.
"Hey Babe! I got the new suit-what is going on?" Dick walked in to see his wife and kids bat-glaring at each other.
"Dinah stole my belt, then she punched me, so naturally I retaliated." John explained.
"Sometimes I regret that you inherited your mother's brains." Dick muttered.
"John, you're twelve. Dinah's only eight." Barbara started.
"I'm almost nine!" The girl piped up.
"Only nine. You have to be a good example! Otherwise, we might suspend you from patrol." John blew his fringe out of the way.
"Whatever. I'm gonna go play COD." Both parents had learnt that meant he was going to go back into Google.
"I wanna go stay with Grandpa Bruce! He lets me attack things!" Dinah whined.
"We've been over this." Dick sighed. "Bruce is very busy as Batman, and can only-" Suddenly, Bruce, Jason, Tim, Damian, Stephanie, Cassandra, Kate, Beth, Rose, Lillian, Hunter, and Thomas all burst in, dressed in all their suits.  Dick threw his hand in the air. "What're you all doing here?!"
"Family emergency." Tim explained, and watched Rose and John out of the corner of his eye. They were both the oldest of the batkids, and recently they had been acting a little too close for either father's liking.
"Dinah, John, suits now." Barbara ordered, throwing the black and purple 'WingDing' suit at Dinah, and the black, grey and blue 'Vengeance' suit at John.
"When do I get to be Batgirl, mom?" Dinah asked, pulling on her purple skirt.
"When I'm too old for this gig." Barbara glanced and Dick.
"Dad, I'm getting sick of being surrounded by you guys all the time. When do I get my own patrol?" John complained.
"When I'm too old for this gig."

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The entire family stood on the Wayne Enterprises building.
Batman (Bruce), NightWing (Dick), Batgirl (Babs), Red Hood (Jay), Red Robin (Tim), Robin (Damian, 'I am twenty and still where this? At least it is gray now.'), Spoiler (Steph), Black Bat (Cass), BatWoman (Kate), WingDing (Dinah, age 8, Babs and Dick's daughter), Vengeance (James, age 12, Babs and Dick's son), Bunny (Beth, age nine, Kate and Maggie's daughter), Sparrow (Thomas, age three, Damian is still unclear on the mother. He appeared on the doorstep. He and Pixie try to raise him together. Try.), RedBird (Hunter, age eleven, Jay and Blair's son.), Aviatrix (Rose, age twelve, Tim and Steph's daughter), and finally BlackBird (Lillian, age 10 Cassandra's daughter. Still not sure who her father is.).

"From here on out." Bruce started. "It's only family."