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Bruce lets Dick cling to him much longer than needed and once he no longer felt any form of a tremble in his son shoulders, he released him. Patting his shoulder once more and helping to wipe away his drying tears as they stain his face. 

Leading him the long way round to the new opened section to give his son a chance to fully calm down and hopefully for his eyes to no longer be as red. It works and they catch up to the rest of the family who had already split into two teams within the two cells. 

Tim and Jason would be sharing the first cell that held the single bunk bed. Both agreeing that neither wanted to share a room with Damian and decided being cell buddies together would stop them from killing their younger brother and for him to try killing them in their sleep. In the cell opposite sat the cell that the rest of the siblings would be sharing. Clark kept his promise over keeping them close together and purposely made them opposite to each other so they could see the rest of the siblings by looking across. 

The cell bars had spare sheets tied to the bars, forming a thin shield to help give everyone some privacy in their cells. Protecting their dignity when they change clothing and just want some peace in t heir cell without other's staring in. But of course if the cell gates are left open, anyone can look in. 

Dick walked over, checking out Jason and Tim shared cell before leaving them to unpack their single backpacks of belongings. Jason placing his crossbow onto of the top bed, claiming it at his own and resting his self carved arrows beside it, also showing that he wasn't planning to use it on anyone right now. Tim threw his crowbar down on his claimed bed, he swung with it rather well and was the best person to carry it when Jason had a slight fear of crowbars and clowns. But silent weapons were hard to come across and someone had to have the crowbar. 

Damian was given a couple of kitchen knifes to swing about and stab at the undead if they ever reached him. They might not have been fighting knifes but Damian made them work for him when it was time to fight. He also had the katana from the mansion but Dick had currently keot that from him after an incident and Damian wasn't getting it back until he behaved better and learnt his lesson. 

Cass was given a baseball bat to swing about and smash skulls with. Dick had found her with a cricket bat the first time he came across her and decided to keep her stuck with bats since she held the right power to crush a skull with them. They had to replace the cricket bat and she seemed happier with the baseball bat. 

Both of his youngest siblings had placed their weapons on the bed, showing they weren't going to carry them around and be on high alert all day long. Cass had taken the only single bed in their shared cell, it was pushed against the wall opposite to the bunk bed, the gate door being at the end of the single bed.

Damian had chosen top bunk, currently sitting on the edge and swinging his legs as he waited for his oldest brother to arrive. Demanding answers over his whereabouts but gaining nothing from Dick making him sulk more. 

"We might be able to built a sheet wall between our beds. We can tie some string against the top of the bars of the cell and tie the other end at the window. Gather some sheets and fling them over to gain our own wall. Give both halves privacy. Stop us from having to take turns in changing in our shared room" Dick mumbled out as he dumped his backpack beside his bed before sliding his fighting batons out and lightly throwing them on his bed. 

"I can gather some string and sheets. Leave the makeshift wall to me while you all go explore the grounds. We've got shared showers down the hall, towels are all washed and dried and left outside for people to take when they need one. Take a shower if you all fancy to clean up before exploring the camp on your own" Bruce spoke up as he hovered in the doorway, glancing around the room and knowing he can at least make the shared cell a little more comfortable for his children. 

"Thanks B" Dick smiles back and Bruce just nods back before walking towards the second cell that held the rest of his sons. 

Dick unpacks his belongings, keeping some bits shoved into his backpack for now and sliding it under the bed. He can hear Bruce faintly tell both Jason and Tim over the showers and towels, letting them know they were able to freely shower whenever they wanted too. 

"Is this really home?" 

Dick froze, slowly standing to his full height and staring at the child who asked such a question. Staring back at his youngest brother and noticing him finally look as much as his age. He wasn't trying to be serious or mature or grown up. He was just a young child full of nerves and hoping to finally have found somewhere to call home again. 

"This is home" Dick whispers, promising his brother as he steps closer and pulls him into a comforting hug. 

"All our home?" Damian was voiced muffled as he keeps his face buried in his brother neck. 

"Everyone's home" Dick happily answers, tightening his hold on his brother a little more. 

Dick steps back once he knew Damian no longer needed the comfort or the need to cling on to him to make sure he wouldn't just disappear. He smiled at his youngest brother before tapping the top of his nose and quickly hopping back with a laugh as Damian tried to slap him away. Spinning around on the spot before scooping Cass up and pulling her into a tight hug, twirling her around before they both ended up landing on her bed.

He couldn't hear Cass laughs but he knew by how her shoulder's shake that she was laughing with him in her own special way. He soon started to tickle her sides before grinning in victory at the bright and joyful smile she gave him.

Getting back onto his feet he glanced towards the cell opposite, seeing his other brother's just hovering by their beds and chatting away. A sly smirk filled his lips before he glanced towards his two youngest siblings. 

"Why don't we take a shower. I think we all desperately need one after that pool incident" Dick spoke up as he spun round, keeping his back to the cell door as he looked to Damian and Cass. 

"May be one of your best ideas so far, Grayson. We all smell rather awful" Damian replies with as he hops down from his bed. Cass giving a quick nod from where she had sat up in her bed. 

"I'll go fetch our brother's" Dick grinned and was soon sprinting away before anyone had the chance to say another word. 

Jason body held much more bold muscle than Dick's did, making him the best shield to block anyone sights over anything behind him. And soon he had Dick jumping at his back before leaning his weight and making them full on top of Tim's bed. Jason roar was soon cut off by Dick bubbly laugh and Tim was soon pulled into the dog pile with them making the middle child yelp for a moment. 

Dick grinned down at his brother's trapped in his arms before yelping as the pair of them teamed up and when for his ribs at the same time. He soon got the hint and leaped away from them both, rubbing at his sore sides. 

"We're all hitting the showers, ready?" Dick mumbled back as he hovered in the cell's doorway. 

"You could have just asked that instead of attacking us" Jason sighed as he pushed himself to stand, grabbing his cleanest set of clothes. 

"Where's the fun that? Plus, I had to share my love before either one of you waste away" Dick smirked back as he started heading back to his own shared cell to grab some clothes. 

"What are you doing?" 

"Jesus" 

"Close but no" 

"Don't scare me like that B" 

"Where are you going?" 

"We're gonna hit the showers. We haven't really "washed" since the pool incident a couple days ago" Dick

"What happened at the pool?" Bruce 

"Jason jumped a fence and some kiddies pool was tucked on the other side of it. He fell straight into it with a large splash" Dick answered with a weak smile as he rubbed the back of his neck, feeling all his siblings stepping out from their cells and stepping over with a change of clothes in hand. 

"Let's just say the pool hadn't been cleaned since before the world went to shit and was filled by mother nature. Both rain, bugs and anything else that was gross. So, as the good brother I am, I simply told the other's that it was a mere puddle and I'd catch them as they go over" Jason tiredly grumbled back as he clutched his clothes a little tighter and shivering at the memory.  

"I ended up throwing Tim, Damian and Cass over the fence to help them over and they fell straight into the pool. And than I leaped onto the fence and sat at the edge after seeing the state of the pool and my siblings. Tim yanked on my leg and pulled me in" Dick guiltily added on as he wouldn't have thrown his siblings over the fence if he knew a nasty filled pool was waiting for them instead of a small puddle. 

"That don't sound hygienic" Bruce commented with a grimace. 

"It wasn't" Dick admitted in a small voice. 

"It was very disgusting" Diamine grumbled back as he glared towards Jason. 

"The slime got everywhere. EVERYWHERE!" Tim cried back in a whimper, his skin still feeling slimy sometimes. 

"I did feel rather guilty afterwards" Jason shamefully admits, truly regretting his actions over forcing his siblings to fall into such a pool with him. 

"Hand in all set's of clothing you have. Use this notepad to write down everyone's size. Put each other names down and than the sizes next to the name or underneath. We ransacked a clothes shop some months ago when some people in the camp arrived with blood stained clothing but didn't have a spare set. We wash some clothing with soapy water like the old days. So, see those baskets at the end of the corridor, put any and all dirty laundry inside. We've got a colour coded basket system to understand what hallways the clothes come from so we can return them after they've been washed. I'll ask one of the other's to grab you all a new set of clothes to wear after your shower. I'll make sure they're left in the changing rooms outside the showers. Okay?" Bruce mumbled out as he pulled out a notepad and pencil from his trousers pocket and handed them over to his third son knowing he had the best handwriting skills out of the family. 

The rest of his children all nodded dumbly before watching their father leave and soon got working on giving their clothes size towards Tim. All of them adding their underwear size and Dick had to awkwardly check his sister's spare clothes left in their room before writing them down under her name instead of Tim. Protecting a sibling's dignity was another job as a big brother after all. Once done they all started to head to the shower's, passing the notebook towards Bruce  who stood by the dirty laundry baskets, ordering them to collect their dirty and smelling clothes and dump them in. Once they did, they watched their father leave to find someone and headed to the showers themselves. 

Time Skip...

"Why are you following me?" Dick asked with a raised eyebrow, not trusting his brother very much. Both of their hair was still wet from their showers just twenty minutes ago. Bruce kept his word and clothing that was either their size or close enough was left on a bench for them to use. They had all agreed to just head out and explore straight after their showers as they had nothing else to do. Yet, Jason had stuck with Dick since he started walking away from the rest. 

"You normally nag us about the buddy system"Jason huffs out in annoyance as he reminds his brother of their buddy system. Even if both of them knew that none of their other siblings had stayed buddy together since separating. 

"That was outside. The camp is safe. Everyone is free to explore on their own. You don't need to stick with me" Dick replied with his lips in a straight line, knowing his brother was following him for a different reason but wasn't sure over it just yet. 

"Yeah, I kinda do" Jason smirked back. 

"Why?" Dick asked again, glancing around as if some nasty trap was laid out for him. 

"You're going to see this "pretty eyes" dude and that dude came with the red head who was arrested that one time. You're my bait into finding him" Jason calmly stated his reasoning on keeping close to his brother. 

"Who's after a booty call now?" Dick teased back as he shoved his brother playfully, Jason chuckling back and both enjoying how grown up they could be with their teasing now their siblings weren't close by. 

"Robin! Over here" Wally voice called out from their left and the siblings both slowed down before back stepping and peeping into one of the guards old break rooms. Finding Wally, Will and a handful of other's inside. 

"You've gotta tell him his name or I will. Where even did this Robin crap come from? And don't give that stupid grin and answer with "code names" because you've had a chance to correct him already" Jason frowned as he glanced to his brother who was giving a friendly wave to them all. 

"I never did correct him, did I?" Dick weakly smiled as he turned to his brother, lowering his hand as he realized he never did correct Wally over his name. 

"Nope" Jason answered, popping the P and stepping inside first. 

"No wonder Bruce kept giving me those looks" Dick commented under his breath. 

"Oh, hey Jason. I thought you'd be searching for an escape route or something by now" Wally smiled back, a little surprised to see the second oldest Wayne join them. 

"I already found one during the tour" Jason casually answered with a light shrug and sat himself down on one of the spare chairs tucked under the round table. 

"He's decided to join me in looking for some beautiful views. Believe me or not but our family enjoy star gazing and taking in the beauty around us when we can" Dick smiled as he tried giving a better reasoning over why his brother was joining him. Both knew he wouldn't just admit the fact on wanting to see Will again.

"Booty is god's gift" Jason muttered out, purposely making "booty" sound as if he was saying "beauty" with an accent and earning an amused look from his brother.

"Robin I want you to meet my-" Wally started to say with a bright smile as he hurried over to Dick, Will giving a friendly wave from where he sat on one of the armchairs. 

"Dick" Dick interrupted Wally, wanting to correct his name before he introduced him as his code name. 

"Excuse me?" Wally asked horrified and clearly wondering what's he done to be called out like that. 

"That's my name, Dick. I'm Richard Grayson but I go by as Dick" Dick quickly explained, an smile playing at his lips as he tried holding back at his laugh. He was use to most reacting like this. 

"Purposely? Ow" Conner asked before groaning in pain as a sharp elbow made it's way into his stomach. 

"Don't be mean" Megan hissed back at her boyfriend from where they sat on one of the sofa's. 

"Not to be rude but why would you chose to go by Dick" Artemis asked from where she sat at the end of the sofa with the couple beside her. 

"It's an old name. Plus, saying Richard is so stuffy and rich. Dick suits him best" Jason answered as he stretched his arms back, flexing ever so slightly before cupping his hands behind his head. 

"Dick, meet my friends. Of course, you know Will already. But that's his twin brother Roy-" Wally started to introduce his friends with a nervous smile before frowning as he was spoken over by Roy. 

"Don't call us like that. I'm the oldest son. Will is just a clone that was made as my replacement parts if I'm ever in a serious accident. Our mother was smart enough to grow me some spare parts while pregnant with me" Roy snapped back as he glared towards his younger twin. Dick took notice over the man missing his right arm, old scars left at the stump that could be seen due to the short sleeve polo top he wore. 

"I'm not your spare anything. We're twins and I sometimes wonder how you were born three minutes before me when I'm clearly the more mature one between us" Will sighed as he glanced to his brother, frowning deeply as he was sick of the same argument they've had since they've been old enough to talk. 

"The blonde is Artemis, she's mostly snappy all the time. Than we have Megan who is the sweetheart of our group. Beside her is her boyfriend, Conner, he's mostly grumpy. We also have kaldur'ahm who goes by Kaldur but he's out on his pre-lunch jog right now" Wally quickly carried on with a friendly smile, pointing out to all his friends before sheepishly rubbing the back of his head as he couldn't introduce kaldur to him directly right now. 

"Hello" Will greeted with a huge grin, sending another wave to Dick and Jason. 

"Nice to meet you" Megan smiled sweetly from where she sat cuddled up to Conner side. 

"Hi" Conner forcefully spat out to keep his girlfriend happy. 

"Guess we're stuck with a newbie again" Artemis grumbled back as she crossed her left leg over her right, seeming fed up already. 

"Don't forget you were the last newbie we had. You can't say much" Roy snorted back as he glanced to the young women who happily sent him a death glare. 

"It's a pleasure to meet you all. I'm Dick and this is my brother Jason, he looks scarier than he actually is. A huge softy underneath his murderous air" Dick smiled sweetly back as he gave a quick wave to them all before nodding towards his brother who gave a lazy two finger salute to them. 

"How did the two of you meet?" Megan curiously asked as they've all taken notice over Wally excitedly waiting for new's over a large family arriving into their camp. He shoots off running as soon as he hear rumours over a large group arriving and so far been coming back looking defeated. This was the first time he's cheered and raced back in victory. 

"A holding cell" Will mindlessly answered.  

"Hiding from zombies" Dick admitted with a small frown as he remembered being held up in the cd store within the mall. 

"He landed right into my arms" Wally proudly answered, a smug shine in his eyes as he remembered Dick hopping over the railings on the floor above and awkwardly landed on him. Wally barely catching him from the sudden weight added to him but he held the guy up. He felt perfect in his hold before they both had jumped away from the other completely spooked. 

"You were in a holding cell? And Ma thought I had the issues between us" Roy blurted out in surprise as he glanced to his twin, not believing he was the one to get arrested between them both when he was meant to be the twin with anger issues. 

"We're coming back to the bar fight talk later" Jason perked up with a smirk, winking towards Will as Dick held back his snicker at the startled look on the older mans face. 

"Wait.. all three of you know each other?" Artemis slowly asked as she turned her head towards Will before turning back to look at the other two who was still standing rather closely together. 

"Seems Will met Dick before I ever did. I met Dick three weeks ago while Will met him before the end of the world" Wally quickly explained as he scratched at his cheek knowing it was all a bit confusing.