~6 months later~

~Dick's POV~

"Morning, babe!"

"It's six in the afternoon, Dick." Maeve grumbled, throwing herself onto the couch and rested her head on my lap.

"You slept all day." I pointed out and she groaned.

"I was hunting the Knight until the crack of dawn with Tim, Steph and Babs."

"Steph's getting the hang of it?"

"She's rough around the edges, but nothing I can't help out with."

Stephanie is the new Robin. After everything, Maeve got into an argument with Bruce after he started confusing Tim with Jason again.

Somehow, she convinced Tim to hang up the Robin mantle in fear that he was going to meet a fate similar to Jason's at the hands of the Knight and became the Red Robin.

Four months after that, Stephanie arrived and, after a month of arguments and Alfred acting as mediator, she became the new Robin.

"You have to eat something."

"I have to go out on patrol. The Knight isn't crossing over to my new turf." Maeve chuckled and sat up once her phone started ringing. "Hey, Tim! What's going... Uh, no. He's right here... Okay, slow down... SHE WAS WHAT AND BY WHO!?"

"What happened?" I asked alarmed but she waved me off and started pacing.

"Steph, calm down and give the phone back to Tim... Yes, Dick's with me... No, I don't have gun in my hand! You're out of your damn mind... Okay... No... I sold the body to Pyg... Of course he doesn't know and I plan on keeping it that way... The Knight's AWOL... Okay... Okay... We're on our way... I love you too, baby wing... Yes, you too, Steph."

"Babe, what's-"

"Pack an overnight bag for me and get our suits while I make a call. Call the Team and have Clark restrain Bruce when we get to the hospital."

"Hospital!? What the hell is-"

"Babs' been shot... by the fucking Joker."

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"She's lucky to be alive. The bullet missed by an inch."

"How did she take the news?" Tim asked, pointing inside the room where Maeve was talking with Barbara and holding her hand. "You guys came over pretty quick."

"She hit 120 once we were at the bridge and I feared for my life. Almost an hour drive and we made it in twenty five minutes, you tell me." I shrugged, handing him some coffee. "What the hell happened?"

"She was about to start suiting up for patrol when there was knock on the door. She opened it and there was the Joker. His... his face was sewn on and he looked absolutely horrifying when we arrived because she managed to hit the Batsignal under the coffee table when she fell. He shot her like it was nothing and said-"

"To prove a point." Maeve interrupted Stephanie and gestured for Bruce to walk inside. "She needs to talk to you... and after that, you and I are having a conversation."

"Maeve..." I whispered and wrapped an arm around her.

"She barely managed to crawl and use the Symbol... she was forced to come clean about being Batgirl, exposing us in the process. Jim swore to keep it a secret but he's not happy with the Bat."

"Mae, this isn't your fault." Tim said and she shrugged. "You didn't know he was brought back."

"Should've followed Connor's suggestion and burned the body."

"Damn right, you should've." Connor called out as the entire Team rushed to us. "You leave for six months and it all goes to hell."

"Is she okay?" M'gann asked.

"The bullet missed a major artery by an inch. She's gonna be fine." I assured and they all sighed in relief.

"It went straight through." Stephanie continued. "They did everything they could in surgery."

"So she's-"

"Paralyzed from the waist down. He knew exactly was he was doing." Maeve spat and her jaw clenched. "I fucking killed him! I saw him take his last breath and-"

"I don't think this is something you wanna say in the hospital." Bart grimaced and pointed at Jim who was walking towards us.

"Maeve, can I speak with you for a moment?"

"If you're gonna arrest me for admitting to first degree, can it wait? I have to go do it again."

"I'll pretend I didn't hear anything. Hell, I'll even look the other way." He assured and they both walked to the end of the hall.

"Dick, you're up." Bruce called out.

"What? She's summoning us through level of importance?" I teased and walked inside. "Hey, Babs..."

"I need a favor."

"I'm not giving you my legs. I trained hard for my acrobat calves, y'know?"

"I need you to go to the Clocktower and set me up with computers and everything. Same system as the Batcave. As soon as I'm out-"

"Woah, woah, woah. Slow down, Gordon." I said and sat on the edge of the bed. "You got shot by Mae's psychopathic father... I don't think this is a time for you to-"

"Maeve's gonna hunt him down." Barbara interrupted and I nodded. "And believe me or not, I want him dead as well."

"So do I, Babs. But right now, I think this is a perfect opportunity for you to live a life as normal as possible. Away from the cape and the frigging Bat."

"You guys need someone on the inside. You're all going in blind trying to hunt down the Knight and now the Joker. I can be that person."

"Barbara, I love you, but I'm not on board with this! And I don't think Maeve is as well."

"She isn't." She shrugged. "But it's not her decision, is it?"

"Babs..."

"Dick, I need to do this. I already had a taste of what it was like to do some good!"

"And your dad?"

"What he doesn't know won't hurt him."

"Yeah? And how'd that work out? You're in a hospital bed for crying out loud!" I protested and she sighed, gesturing for me to scoot closer.

"As one of my best friends since we were kids, I expected you to understand. You became Robin to get revenge and kill Zucco... let me be Oracle and help you guys. Let me do some good, even if it's behind the scenes." She begged and I sighed, letting out a small nod.

"Oracle, huh?"

"Mae suggested it."

"We can work with that."

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"Steph, take cover!"

Bruce and Maeve have been screaming at each other for the last three hours and it's resulted to her throwing everything in her vicinity when he doesn't answer.

This time was a knife.

We're such a happy and functioning family.

"I've never seen her throw so many sharp objects. Not even when I became Robin three months after Jason died." Tim shrugged, handing me a bowl of popcorn and sat in between me and Kate.

"Maeve, I know you're angry."

"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND MY ANGER, BRUCE!" Maeve yelled, throwing another knife which missed him by less than an inch. "FUCK YOU!"

"And this is normal?" Stephanie whispered and Kate nodded. "And don't you hate us?"

"I do. But Dickbird said that Mae's throwing stuff at Brucie's head and here I am." She grinned and propped her feet on the table. "Throw a chair next, Mae!"

"Maeve, one rule! All I asked was for you to-"

"I killed sixteen people in one day, not to mention the ones I killed before and the ones you don't know about, and you're concerned over Joker of all people! Do you have any idea what he's done to this town? To our family!?" She defended and I raised my eyebrows. "He's the last one. And let's be honest, I did the entire world a favor the first time."

"Maeve, if we start killing, we're not better than them." Bruce sighed, rubbing his temples and Kate scoffed. "Not a word from you."

"I don't want to be better than them! I want them to pay! I want him to pay for what he did to Babs, to Jay, to Dick, to you... to me!"

"Not a word, Miss Kane." Alfred warned when Kate opened her mouth.

"Just him, Bruce. I don't care about Penguin or Scarecrow or Pyg. Just him." Maeve pleaded.

"Dude, what the hell did Joker-"

"Shot me, tormented me, kidnapped Maeve a few times to mess with me. The list goes on." I waved Tim off, not tearing my gaze from the argument in front of us.

"Maeve..." Bruce whispered, placing his hands on her shoulders. "You never understood."

"You never understood, Bruce. As long as that asshole breathes, there's a constant threat that I won't live to see tomorrow."

"We'll protect you."

"I could have more security than the British Royals and the President combined and it won't be enough. Either I turn in the mask and leave this family for good or-"

"No!" Tim, Stephanie and I yelled.

"You're my idol!" Stephanie protested.

"You're my mom!" Tim continued and pointed at me. "And you're gonna be his wife!"

"Then it's settled. I kill the Joker and burn his body this time." Maeve nonchalantly shrugged and sat on my lap, grabbing the bowl of popcorn. "And when did you make popcorn?"

"Tim did when you threw the cleaver."

"Maeve, if you-"

"I'm already your biggest disappointment, Bruce. What's one more thing to add to the list?" She rolled her eyes and turned to Stephanie. "Don't you have a home to go to?"

"Mom's a prescription drug addict and going through withdrawal again... I think. So, I'm staying here for a few days!"

"Is there a Robin that isn't seriously fucked up? Jesus Christ..." Kate groaned and stood up. "Well, if Mae isn't gonna keep throwing knives, I'm going home... See ya, devil children."

"See ya, Katie!" The three of us called out.

"Maeve, I swear if you-"

"Master Bruce, a word?" Alfred said and we widened our eyes.

"Alfred, I don't-"

"A word, Master Bruce." He repeated.

"Ha! Dad's getting grounded!" Maeve taunted.

"I will have a chat with you later, Miss Maeve."

"You're the one who doesn't have a no killing rule, but sure."

"You're definitely gonna do it?" Tim asked once they left.

"Have you met me, Timothy? Have you learned nothing from me yet?"

"Naturally, you're gonna need some help." I pointed out and Maeve nodded.

"Hey, we did it once. Why not a second time?" She smirked. "I know Tim's in, but Steph, you have a choice. You don't have to-"

"A chance to see you clobber the Joker? Count me in!" She grinned and we all laughed.

"Oh, yeah. She's just like you, Mae." Tim snickered.

"It's about time! I'm tired of having all of you birds look up to Dick when I've been the one dragging his ass and making sure he doesn't get himself killed!"

"Hey!"