"Have you heard of the bird turned owl-cat?"

— "No, it's not metaphorical...not all of it, at least."

"For this to make sense, let me tell you my story. Not one of the skewed perceptions made by Batman; which are always full of excuses and end with worthless apologies.

You should be familiar with the tragedy that started this mess—Tony Zucco sabotaged trapeze wires, Graysons fall to their death, Richard Grayson declared orphan after death of last remaining kin, and multi-billionaire Bruce Wayne adopts Richard Grayson.

Pfft, yeah right. Do you honestly think I would be telling you people how Wayne failed me if he had actually adopted me?

He promised five years ago that he would take me home. I would be given a nice, cozy bed and a roof to sleep under. And did any of that happen? No.

Instead, I got beaten up by the older kids in the Juvenile Detention Center because there was no room for a homeless circus freak in those stuck up orphanages. Either that, or I was too much to handle in foster care.

Soon after, my great-grandfather—William Cobb—found me and took me to the Court of Owls. I spent three years in the hellhole I once thought of as a paradise compared to the detention center. Until Selina and Talia saved me from Batman's capture; in addition to a possible freezing time-out from the Court.

And where were those heroes that everyone of those little rats looked up to?

They were living the good life; enjoying their own families and using their powers. Truth is, they don't care about us little people. No, they think beating up the bad guys, the crooks, will make due. A bunch of worthless sell-outs, and they call us scum because we were raised poorly.

They blame my family for mine and Tim's villainous raising. I just wish I had the power to show them what they did while my family raised me. And they would see that they just ran past and did nothing! One day, I'll show Batman what it felt like to have a promise broken. I'll break him worse than how he felt when his parents died in front of him. And then...

I'll kill him.

— "Eh? What's that? You expected me to tell you an actual story? I thought it would be pretty clear at this point that...wait a second. Ooohoho! I spy with my owl eye those kiddy sidekicks! Sayonara!"

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(— No, not my art at all. I wish I could draw like this. If I did, you would see all of my OCs.)
A/N: Sorry about the revision guys but I finally got tired of being stuck and on hiatus. Also, as many of you pointed out before, teenagers shouldn't be police officers (unless you're a junior detective like Sun and Neptune.) And be warned, The Benevolent Thief might be renamed, I haven't decided yet.

I will be keeping at least one of the Nightwing from YJ season 2 quotes.

Nightclaw is Dick's alias but he was a Talon before Catwoman and Talia Al Ghul saved him. As for Tim, well he's a new addition. Robin would never have been created if Dick hadn't been the first. So technically, Robin doesn't exist.

Which means Jason became Red Hood a different way. Also Damian is in this. The two eldest have been aged down, while Tim and Damian are roughly the same age. (I hope DC makes a movie where Jason and Tim work/argue with Damian; and Dick and Cassandra are just sitting around, watching them and waiting for a fight to break out.