A young boy with jet black hair and the brightest blue eyes and was wearing a colorful costume. His top was red with a yellow "R" above his heart, green pixie boots, and skin tight pants. Ran around the center ring of the big top in Haly's international traveling circus with a big smile on his face.

   "Come on it's time to go eat, Dick." Called his father chasing him around the ring. His father had black hair, brown eyes and his costume were similar to the boy's. "Then can I play on the trapeze?" Dick asked eagerly and his father nodded his head.

   Dick continued to run around the ring to head to the exit, where the performers go to exit, and ran back to the trailer they stay in when they travel. His father was not far behind him as they continued their little game of tag.

   Once Dick was in the trailer, he saw his mother was in the kitchen part of the trailer, making spaghetti for dinner. Dick sat down at the kitchen table waiting for the spaghetti to be done.

   After Dick and his parents finished eating, they headed to the big top to let Dick practice; he ran ahead of them and ran into a tall and lean man with black hair and brown eyes talking to the ring master, Jack Haly, about how they needed their protection.

   "Can I help you?" Jack asked noticing that Dick had entered the big top. "Tony Zucco and I'd like to think I can you, Jack. For a fee" The man said. "My brothers and I 'we'll provide your circus with protection'." His brothers walk into view of Jack as Zucco stood in front of Jack Haly. "I don't see why we would need your protection?" Jack stated crossing his arms.

   Zucco explains how he and his brothers came from circus folk as well and how if he didn't pay the protection then the circus would badly suffer.  "We do not need your protection, so now leave, you aren't welcome here," Jack told him trying to push Zucco out of the big top.

   Eventually, Zucco gave in and left the circus, but not without saying "Your loss, Mr. Haly!" Haly just ignored what Zucco told him.

   Later that night Zucco had returned to Haly's circus, only to tinker with the wire of the trapeze and watch the performers fall to their deaths.

   "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN BOYS AND GIRLS, NOW FOR THE MOMENT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR! THE FLYING GRAYSONS!" Haly's voice boom throughout the big top. The crowd directed their attention to the trapeze where a man, a woman, and a young boy no more than 5 years old.

  "I know you want to perform with us, Dick, but you have to wait until you're 8." His mother told him. Dick nodded and stay backstage, but where he could still see them perform. His mother and father headed up the ladder and to the trapeze.

   Dick's parents started their routine; they moved gracefully through the air. I can't wait til I can be out there with them. Dick thought as he watched them. He noticed that the wires of trapeze were starting to give out from their weight.

   Eventually, the wire gave out just before they were supposed to do their quadruple flip. Dick watched as they fall and hit the ground below; to Dick, everything was happening in slow motion. "MAMI, TATI!" Dick screamed as he ran to their lifeless bodies and cried.

   When Bruce Wayne saw the little boy run to the bodies on the ground he felt his heart break. What can I do to help him? Bruce thought. I could adopt him, but what about my night job and Hailey? Bruce was so lost in thought that he never saw Zucco walk over to Dick and pull him away from the bodies and out of the big top.

   Zucco dragged Dick by his arm out of the big top to his car, Dick screamed and kicked the time. "Lasa-ma sa plec!" (Let me go!) Dick yelled while he cried. Zucco turned to Dick and slapped him across the face. "Shut it and speak English, kid." Zucco scolds continuing his way to his car.

   Bruce had finally come to a decision to adopt Dick, but when he looked back at where the Grayson's were laying, the boy was gone. Where did he go? Bruce had a confused look on his face. "Dick? Dick! Dick, where did you go?!?" Yelled one of the tightrope walkers running out from backstage.

   After the tightrope walker yelled, Bruce heard a yell come from outside the big top. He stood up with Hailey in his arms and darted out of the big top to where the yell originated. When Bruce made it outside, he saw nothing really suspicious. All he saw was a tall and lean man with black hair with a little boy around 4 or 5 years of age walking right beside the man. The little boy seemed to be trying to get out of the man's grip.

   Bruce ran up to the man and the little boy and stopped the man from reaching his car. The little boy looked up at Bruce with tears streaming down his face. " Te rog ajută-mă, domnule." (Please help me, sir.) The boy pleaded to Bruce. Bruce looked at the man in confusion. "He can speak Romanian?" Bruce questions the man. "Yes, he can. Why does that matter?" The man shot back. "E tatăl tău?" (Is he your father?) Bruce asks the boy and he shook his head. "Nu, d-le că nu e tatăl meu." (No, sir he's not my dad.) The boy answers looking at the ground. "Sir, are you his father?" The man shook his head. "Not biologically, but I adopted him a few months back." He explains rubbing the boy's head. "Can he speak English?" Bruce asks looking at the boy and he shook his head. "Not yet, but we have been working on it." He told Bruce. "Well, I must be going home now. Goodbye, sir and goodbye little one." Bruce says walking away.

   Once Bruce was out of sight and hearing range, Zucco turned to Dick and grabbed his arm before he could run after Bruce. "Trying anything like that again and it won't end well. Understand?" Zucco told Dick, who just nods quickly.

   When Zucco and Dick reached the car, Zucco opened the back door and threw Dick into the back seat. "Stay there!" Zucco ordered closing the door and walking to the driver side door. Once Zucco was all situated he drove off to his house.

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Word count 1133

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I will try to have each chapter at least 1000 words