A/N: Just a little something I came up with during Math (which, even in College, is boring) because of the overflow of feels for Before the Dawn. Seriously. Eleven times. Black Beetle slammed Cassie into a door Eleven Times. My poor Baby Cassie! So this is what you get. A little Mal-Nightwing-Conner bromance, some Wonderbeetle, and Bart because he's adorable.
A Force of Nature
Nightwing cringed as a yelp of pain sounded from the MedBay. The team had temporarily relocated to an alternate base nowhere near as comfortable as Mount Justice, but habitable. Cassie's fight with Black Beetle had resulted in a dislocated, bruised ribs, and a minor concussion. He knew Babs felt guilty about that, but ten with Cassie's enhanced strength and partial invulnerability she'd been overtaken, so pitting oh so human Babs against Black Beetle- it wouldn't have needed well.
He entered the MedBay to find Mal putting Cassie's arm in a sling with Conner still on the cot behind her, having held her still while Mal relocated her shoulder. When Cassie noticed him, she beamed, waving in greeting. At his failure to return her greeting, she frowned, chirping, "Don't worry about me. A day or two and I'll be good as new."
Mal put a concerned hand on Cassie's good shoulder, "You're invulnerable, not invincible, Little Cass. Remember, it's okay to take a couple of days to heal."
"But I'm okay, really. Black Beetle just knocked me around a little."
"Better safe than sorry, right guera?" Jaime prodded as he and Bart entered the MedBay. Jaime, however, wasn't ready for the sudden armful of Cassie he received.
"I'm so glad you're okay! I heard you had to take on Black Beetle all by yourself," Bart was next, feet nearly off the ground as Cassie embraced him strongly, "And I heard you dragged me back to safety. Thanks Bart."
Both Jaime and Bart blushed from the attention and the snickers coming from their older teammates. After Cassies released them, they scrambled out of the MedBay quickly, pushing and whoving each other teasingly.
"Why are you three laughing?" Cassie asked suspiciously.
"Don't worry about it, Cass," Connor said, gripping her good shoulder and leading her out of the room, "Just try to remember that Bart and Jaime are boys. Teenage boys."
"But what does that mean?!" She exclaimed as they rounded the corner.
Nightwing and Mal glanced at each other and smiled. "You know it's Blue, right? She and Bart are too similar," Nightwing stated.
Mal shrugged, but his grin grew wider, "God help him when they finally figure it out. That girl is a force of nature.