Wonder Robin
It was a complete surprise if she was honest she would have never of thought that she, the Amazon princess, would have gotten pregnant. The other thing that she would of never have even thought of a few months ago was that the father is the one and only dark knight, the supposed unemotional Batman. She remembered back to the night between them a few weeks ago, when she had finally gotten to know Bruce without all of the mental walls, he had opened up fully to her. That had quickly become something more intimate and that being that had led to her taking a pregnancy test and discovering that she was indeed with child.
She remembered vividly the night of taking the pregnancy test… when it had come back positive it had fallen and clattered loudly to the ground. She was in shock, there were many thoughts running through her head about how her mother would react and how Bruce would. For once in her life she was terrified of the future and the many possibilities that could happen.
A league alert broke her out of her thoughts, the league! How will she explain this to them, will she have to take time off as a hero? She made her way to the mission, thoughts of her child and how to tell Bruce whirling through her head.
When she arrived the entire League was fighting a giant, towering robot designed by the one and only Lex Luthor. It seemed this was his latest plot to gain world domination and of course to destroy Superman. Throughout the mission she was extremely careful not to take any hits or to put too much stress on her body, to protect her child. Eventually, the robot was taken down and destroyed. The entire League made their way up to the Watchtower and gathered in the meeting room. They discussed the threat of Luthor and how they should dispose of the robot. Then, to her surprise, Hal Jordan commented about her lack of commitment in the fight.
"I noticed that too, Hal" Clark commented "Is there something wrong Diana? Are you hurt?"
"No Clark, I am fine" I replied.
"That is obviously a lie Princess" Batman replied coldly "Do you want to tell us what really the matter is?"
I started to sweat nervously of course I wouldn't have been able to fool Bruce, after all he is the Goddamn Batman. However, I hadn't planned on telling the founding members of the League this early. However, I thought that I am an Amazon, I am not afraid to tell one piece of information to some teammates.
I stood up and went to address the League, "I have found out some rather shocking information which will most certainly affect my abilities to perform in the league for the next nine months"
Murmurs broke out and they were all shouting questions at me. "Quiet" Batman yelled. Everyone quieted down immediately. Bruce looked at me then inquired "Nine months?"
This was it, the moment everything changes. "Bruce, I am pregnant"
There were several gasps around the room, Bruce looked shocked. He choked out "Th-The father?" however his face looked knowingly at me but he wanted confirmation from me.
"You are the father, Bruce"
At this point Barry had fainted on the floor almost immediately after hearing Bruce is the father, I chuckled at that. The rest of the league were just standing there mouths agape, looking from me to Bruce then back to me.
Clark looked like he was having an internal battle, but he eventually decided to voice his thoughts "Y-you and B-Bruce, how, when?"
"Do you really want to know Clark" Bruce asked sceptically. Clark pondered for a second then realised what he had been asking and shook his head quickly.
"What is going to happen now though" he asked instead.
"Diana will have to take a leave of absence until the child arrives and we will have to take shifts in covering her city. Now out I wish to talk to Diana privately" Bruce ordered.
Once everyone was out, he took off his cowl and let down his mental walls.
"How are we going to do this Diana?" he started off shakily "We can't raise a child in our line of work, we don't live together so where will the child stay"
"I-I don't know" I admitted "but we will figure this out Bruce, I promise"
**** Time skip 9 months into the future skipping all the arguments about the child, the patrolling of two cities, the changes of the relationship between Batman and Wonder Woman*****
Bruce paced outside the hospital room, hearing the painful grunts coming from the room only made him worry more. After what seemed a lifetime to Bruce a baby's cries could be heard coming from the room and an hour later he walked into the room to see Diana on the bed cradling a tiny child to her chest.
I gingerly took the tiny child into my arms and the child seemed to stir after the change of holder. "Isn't he beautiful Bruce? What shall his name be?" she interrupted my thoughts. I looked down at the new-born in my arms and a sudden wave of sadness came across me as I realised something. "He is Diana, but you do realise that he cannot stay with us" he said gently stroking the child's face with his thumb. She looked distraught "I know Bruce and this will be the hardest thing that I will ever have to do" she cried out.
We were interrupted by some violent cries in the corridor, I handed the child back to Diana and went to check to see if everything was okay. As I looked out I could see a young couple talking to a doctor, he says "I'm sorry" and turns around and walked back into his office.
The couple look distraught, I approach them "Is everything alright". The man looks up, his face looked haggard and weary "Sorry if we have disturbed you, we have just heard some terrible news. My wife Mary is unable to carry". Mary burst into tears "I can't believe this is happening, John" she cries out.
I think of my child and how he needs a home and these people do seem nice. I make my decision. "My name is Bruce Wayne and I think that it was fate that we met" I say cryptically. The couple look at me confused. "Would you care to follow me?" I ask. They mumble a yes and follow me to Diana's room. I know and hear a faint "Come in". We enter the room and Diana looks at the couple confused, then she realises what I've asked them here for. I quickly explain their situation in a whisper, a look of understanding crosses her face.
Diana introduces herself to the couple, "Hello, my name is Diana Price and my boyfriend has explained to me that you are unable to carry" she says sympathetically.
"My name is John Grayson and this is my wife Mary. We found out today" John replies.
Diana looks at me and I nod sadly, "I and my boyfriend have just had a child but we are unable to take care of him and we were wondering whether you will be willing to take care of him, as we are reluctant to give him to an orphanage and you seem like nice people. Will you be willing to raise him in a safe, family environment?"
The couple looked at Diana in shock and then they ask to have a private discussion. We agree, several minutes they come back into the room and agree to take him in.
"What is his name?" Mary wondered.
Diana and I shared a look, then I reply "Richard, our little Robin". We look at each other and smile agreeing on the name.
After several weeks we said our goodbyes and the couple left with Haley's Circus. Diana and I stood watching them go, both deep in thought wondering whether they will see their little Robin again.
**** Wonder-ful time skip ;) six years into the future *****
"Come on Mum, Dad we need to go and train now" a young Richard Grayson whined to his parents, who in his eyes were being awfully slow, before rushing off towards the big top circus tent. "I'm telling you Mary a leash is the only answer for that kid" John Grayson chuckled. "Come on John lets go catch up with Dick" Mary Grayson laughed.
Dick had rushed towards the tent but slowed down when he realised Mr Haley was talking to some scary looking people. He crept further until he could hear them talking, taking care to stay out of the sight of the men. "Give me the money and we'll make sure that the circus is well protected" The man in black said. "No, we don't need protection from the likes of you" Mr Haley spat back. Dick took his phone, which his parent made sure he had at all times, out of his back pocket and dialled the police. The police assured him that they were on their way and told him to stay put. He thanked them and hung up, he went back to watching the interaction between the men. The man suddenly gesture to a smaller man, who began to throw pins at the equipment breaking it. Dick grew impatient and had enough, he yelled stop whilst somersaulting in front of the smaller man preventing him from throwing anymore pins. "Dick!" Haley cried out.
"Who do we have here" the man chuckled.
"Stop breaking things" Dick yelled
"Why would I do that when Mr Haley here hasn't paid for protection" the man shot back
"Because I called the police five minutes ago" Dick stated proudly.
The man looked shocked and slightly nervous, his eyes darted around to the shadows as if he were looking for something.
"Guess who intercepted that call Tony Zucco" a mysterious voice echoed out from seemingly nowhere. Tony as Dick now found out, had turned white and was shaking uncontrollably, he ordered two of his men to attack. A man dressed as a Bat swooped down and fought the two criminals.
"Zucco, we have to leave now" the strongman next to Tony Zucco urged.
Zucco seemed to get out of his shock and sent a withering glare towards Dick which Dick returned with all of his six year old attitude. He then disappeared into the shadows, when Dick turned around he saw Batman finish fighting the thugs and tie them up. He looks up at Dick and then his parents arrive in the tent. They look around in shock and then they see Batman. Batman looks at the two, shock defines his features and he looks towards Dick, analysing him under an unbelieving stare. This made Dick squirm a bit.
Thankfully Mr Haley thanked Batman and the cops turned up, Dick looked away to see the police cars turning up and when he looked back Batman had completely disappeared! 'Just like magic' Dick thought.
"What happened Jack" Mary asked horrified by what had occurred.
"Nothing the police can't handle Mary" he replied "I believe we have a show tonight, we need to get this mess cleared up, now come on"
Dick felt a funny tingling sensation up his spine and he looked up to a rooftop building where he could just about see the outline of a man dressed as a Bat. He waved at the figure but it disappeared so he turned away to prepare for that night's performance, completely unaware that that was what the Batman was doing as well.
***** Lovely time skip again ******
Showtime
Dick was walking backstage when he noticed someone familiar looking at him, he tried to place where he had seen them but the person had a large hat on covering some of his face. He didn't recognise them from the circus and the man was coming from the direction of the ladder up to the trapeze was.
"Mami Tati I saw a strange man near the trapeze wires" Dick told his parents desperately.
"Don't worry Dick, your father did a safety inspection on them earlier and they were fine. Come on lets go get ready, the shows about to start"
"Ladies and Gentleman, people of all ages I proudly present the highlight of Haley's Travelling Circus, please welcome the Flying Grayson's. First off taking to the sky is John Grayson, next joining her husband we have Mary Grayson and last but not least we have the youngest member of this family. Please welcome Dick Grayson who is six years old.
Please don't worry, while we have Richard on the trapeze the safety net stays on but after he does his bit the safety net comes off and the Grayson's do their world renounced move the quadruple somersault".
Dick went through his performance with ease, he could manage a quadruple flip, and however, his parents say he was too young to perform it on a show night. He begrudgingly exited the trapeze and sat and watched his parents perform the more difficult stunts while he watched on with awe. He was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard a creaking sound. Dick looked up to see the wires about to come of the hooks. He turned around and yelled "Mami".
Mary Grayson looked up at her name to see Dick looking distraught, she then saw the wires come off. "Dick" she cried out before they plummeted to the floor.
A sickening crack echoed throughout the tent, silencing the entire audience, until high pitched wailing could be heard from Dick as he ran towards the deformed remains of his parents. He leapt upon then, shaking them, crying for them to wake up.
A man in the audience abruptly stood up and made his way towards the young boy. He gently scooped the boy up and moved him away from the bodies. This man happened to be Bruce Wayne, billionaire, playboy and philanthropist but also just happened to be this young boy's biological father.
"It's okay Richard, shh" Bruce soothed the boy until he had fallen asleep with exhaustion. The commissioner Jim Gordon came up to Bruce and asked what had happened. Bruce recounted what had happened that night with grimace.
"Commissioner Gordon, what is going to happen to Richard?" Bruce asked
"Well, records have that he was adopted so he would probably go back to an orphanage" Gordon replied grimly.
"Jim, there's something I need to say" Bruce started warily, Gordon looked at Bruce confused. "Richard is my biological son, when he was a child his mother and I decided we couldn't look after him and give him the attention a child needs, we found Mary and John who had just recently discovered that they couldn't have children. We offered for them to adopt Richard and they accepted. I can provide all of the legal paperwork to prove this"
Gordon stared at Bruce in shock, then down at the sleeping boy "Taking on a child is a lot of responsibility Bruce, are you sure you can handle him"
"I've matured since then Gordon, I can cope with Richard" Bruce assures.
"There will be lots of legal paper work you will need to complete to get custody of the boy and you will need to provide the court with a DNA test to prove you are his real father, but I can allow you to take him home for the night. However, I need to see you both at the police station tomorrow morning at 8 o clock, understood?" Gordon says
"Understood Comish, well see you tomorrow"
Bruce looked down at the small child sitting on his lap, he called Alfred to bring the car around to pick him and a guest up. He gently picked the child up, careful not to disturb him from his slumber. When he reached the car Alfred looked at him in shock
"Master Bruce, what are you doing with that young child in your arms?" Alfred questioned.
"Richard will be staying with us for tonight, his parents were in an accident in the circus and have unfortunately died" Bruce replies grimly
"Oh dear, poor child"
"However, I need to explain some things to you at the manor, something which happened several years ago"
Alfred looked intrigued but didn't question it, he then set off to Wayne Manor occasionally glancing back in the mirror at Bruce and the small child in his arms. He smiled to himself at Bruce being so caring towards the child.
As they arrived at the manor Bruce realised that they didn't have a child's bedroom set up, so he takes Richard to his room and tucks him in. Bruce smiles at the sight of the small boy engulfed in the giant bed. He makes his way out of the bedroom silently and joins Alfred in the Batcave. He knew Alfred knew about his biological son, but he didn't know who adopted him or his name. Bruce took a deep breath before turning to Alfred.
"Remember my son Alfred?"
"I do indeed, sir"
"He was adopted by two trapeze artists" Alfred raised his eyebrow "Their names were Mary and John Grayson"
"Were? Sir" Alfred questioned
"They died tonight in a trapeze accident and left the young boy alone in the world…" he paused letting that information sink in "… that young boy is now upstairs sleeping in my room Alfred. His name is Richard"
"My word sir. Are you telling me that the young child is in fact your biological son?"
"Yes"
"Are you going to inform Miss Diana, sir?"
"That is what I am about to do"
Bruce calls Diana on the Batcave, it rings several times and he was worried that she wouldn't pick up. Eventually she answered, "What is it Bruce, it's very late here?"
"Diana, its Richard" She gasps and stares at him
"What do you mean, Bruce?"
"I think you had better come over immediately, this is something you will want to hear in person"
Bruce sighs and leans back in his chair. Alfred glances at him and decides to go and make preparations for Miss Diana's arrival. "Sir, I am going to make some tea and bring the some snack down here in preparation for Miss Diana's arrival"
"Okay Alfred, thank you"
Alfred leaves to go and make tea, while Bruce is investigating the death of the Grayson's, something didn't quite add up to him. The zeta tube announced Wonder Woman's arrival…
Meanwhile, young Richard had just woken up from a horrifying nightmare. The sounds of his parents hitting the floor replayed over and over in his mind. He looked around the room and noted that he was alone and in a strange room. He looked at the nightstand and saw a photograph of Mr Wayne and an elderly man and another one of a young Mr Wayne and two people. He deduced that the two people must be his parents and that he was in Mr Wayne's room, however, he was confused of who the man was, was he a friend of Mr Wayne's?
Richard realised that he was crying still and the room was very large and dark, he decided to go and try and find Mr Wayne. He got out of bed and crept downstairs, he recognised the elderly man from the photograph, and he was carrying a tray with a teapot and mugs on, with a plate of cookies. The man looked around before heading to a clock, he turned the clock handles to a certain time 10:47.
What happened next he nearly gasped out loud, there was a secret elevator in the clock! Why does Mr Wayne have a secret passageway? Where does it lead to? His six year old mind was thinking of all the possibilities at around 100 miles per hour, he was extremely hyper. Was Mr Wayne a spy, was he an alien? He debated what to do and he decided to see where the passage way leads to.
In the Batcave
"What do you mean our son is upstairs?! He is meant to be with John and Mary" Diana yelled.
"He was but several hours ago John and Mary were in an accident, the trapeze wire came loose and they fell and perished" Bruce replied
Diana gasped and looked miserable "They were such nice people, they didn't deserve to die. What are you doing about Richard, are you going to tell him he was adopted and you're his real father and I'm his mother. What -"
Bruce sat in silence listening to Diana when a small gasp interrupted her. They turned round to see Richard standing there tears gathering in his eyes.
"I-is that tr-true, are you really my real parents?" he stuttered out.
"Yes Richa-" Bruce started "Dick" Richard interrupted.
"Pardon me" Alfred coughs
"My name is Dick, Richard is what my parents used to call me when I was in trouble" he smiled sheepishly.
"Dick, did you know you were adopted?" Diana asks cautiously.
"Yes, Mami explained to me that my real parents loved me very much but they couldn't take care of me, so they blessed Mami and Tati with me" He explained "So are you really my Mum?"
"I am Dick, I am so sorry we had to give you away but Mary was correct we both love you very much even if we haven't been in your life" Diana explained.
"That's okay, I forgive you" Dick replies with all his childish innocence. Suddenly, he seems to realise where he is and sees the large bat symbol on the computer.
"Wait, is this the Batcave?" he yells out.
Bruce chuckles "Yes it is Dick"
"Wait if this is the Batcave, that makes you Batman" he says with disbelief "That means my dad is batman!"
Bruce and Diana laugh at his outburst.
Dick turns to Diana, he studies her and she thinks it's quite adorable as he looks like a mini Bruce. "Your wonder woman" he exclaims excitedly, she looks at him in shock as she was here in her civilian outfit.
"Yes, son, how did you guess?" she asks impressed.
"Well" he starts excitedly "You are roughly the same height as wonder woman, you know Batman, and your features are similar to hers. That means my mum is Wonder Woman" he yells.
Bruce and Diana share a look before Alfred states "He has your intellect and skills of deduction Master Bruce. Master Dick, this might be exciting for you, but I do believe it is way past your bedtime" This earned a loud 'aww' from Dick but he went with Alfred upstairs to go back to bed.
"He took that better than I expected" Bruce admitted.
"There's something else isn't there Bruce, what is it" Diana asked gently
"The Grayson's didn't have an accident, they were murdered. I believe Tony Zucco murdered them" Bruce sighed rubbing his forehead "Another thing, is Dick likely to develop super powers?"
"Oh dear, I assume you will be looking for Zucco as Batman? I will make one thing clear, I do not want Dick going out at such a young age Bruce. Promise me that. Also, I believe that he will develop powers but understand my powers were gifted from the gods, so my best guess is that he will have to do something heroic to gain powers, like I did"
"I promise that Dick will not become a hero now, but WE will train him together. I will not stop looking for Zucco. I guess we will have to wait and see if he develops powers in the future" Bruce replies
Time skips, fast forward 2 years, Dick is now legally Richard Wayne but keeps Grayson in there in memory of his adopted parents, and he has been trained and is a very skilled combatant. Zucco has been in hiding for two years and Dick doesn't know that Zucco killed his parents.
"WHAT?!" Dick yelled in a tantrum "Why didn't you tell me Dad? My adopted parents were murdered!"
"Calm down Dick, your mother and I were going to tell you eventually but there hasn't been the right time to tell you" Bruce tries to calm the angry 8 year old.
"He hasn't been heard from in 2 years and I find out by hacking the bat computer that not only he has now popped up again, but also he is the killer of the Grayson's" Dick at this point was in tears.
"I am sorry son, I will bring Zucco to justice" Bruce promises.
"Dad, I want to help you please" Dick begs.
"No" Bruce states firmly, although he admits silently in his head that Dick is ready, he does not want him to be out in the streets of Gotham just yet. An alert on the Bat computer pings, Bruce opens the alert to find that Tony Zucco has been sighted at the circus tent where the Grayson murder happened. Bruce closed the alert before Dick could read it fully, he put on his cowl and said "I will be back shortly, Dick don't do anything stupid when I'm gone"
Dick grumbled in reply.
When Batman drove out of the cave, Dick hacked the computer and found out where Zucco was. 'Hmmm' he thought 'I am going to make Zucco pay, but I will need a suit'. After sometime making a rough suit complete with a mask to protect his secret identity, he set off to the old circus tent. When he arrived he could see his Dad tied up on a target, Zucco was throwing knives at him. He then realised Zucco was going to throw next one to kill so he jumped down and stopped the knife.
Zucco looked at him in shock then smirked "So the Bat has a family too, cute"
Dick scowled at him and attacked, successfully distracting him whilst his Dad escaped from his bonds. Zucco got a luck shot and dazed him. He lied there on the ground preparing for the worst when Batman came and punched Zucco. Zucco looked around in a panic, looking for a way of escape, he spotted the ladder up to the fixed trapeze. He started climbing with Batman following him closely. Dick started to climb the other tower and looked over and realised that Zucco was about to fall. He had a debate with himself, Zucco could pay with his life because what he did to the Grayson's but Dick made up his mind and swung gracefully on the trapeze catching Zucco as he fell. He made it to the other pillar where he deposited Zucco and flipped onto the tower himself. His father tied up Zucco and Dick suddenly felt a surge of power flow through him.
"I am proud of you…?" Batman trails off
"Robin" Dick replies with a smile.
"Well done for saving him, son"
"Thanks Dad" he replied with a smile forgetting about the energy surge that had flown through him.
Dicks POV
Commissioner Gordon arrived shortly and took Zucco into custody, he looked questionably at Robin. "Who is this Batman?" he asked.
"This is my son and partner Robin" Batman replied coldly.
"You can't bring a child into your line of work" the commissioner yelled at him.
"Excuse me sir" I interrupt "I am perfectly capable of handling myself, thank you, and I am not a child, I am the son of the bat"
With that the two used their grappling hooks to leave the crime scene, leaving a stunned Commissioner and a shocked police force staring at where the two vigilantes had stood.
The next day it was all over the news, how Robin, the boy wonder as Gotham was calling him, had appeared and saved Tony Zucco's life.
Not an hour later, his mom came crashing through the front door. "Bruce" she yelled "Dick, where are you?"
I slowly walked up to her, "Hi mum" I said quietly.
"What in Heras name do you think you were doing, you could have been hurt! Are you okay?" She scolded me.
"I am fine mum, I saved Dads life and helped him bring Zucco to justice. I am ready for this" I say
"No you are not Dick go upstairs to your room while I talk to your father" She ordered, I was not happy I could take care of myself, I was not a kid anymore.
"No" I yell stomping my foot, surprisingly, my foot created a large crater in the floor. I looked at my foot shocked, my mum also looked shocked. Dad came running in at the crack, he stared at the floor then at me then at Mum. "What happened" he asked in his strict tone.
"I-I am not sure Dad. I got angry and stomped my foot and that happened" I said gesturing to the crater.
"Is it possible that he developed powers" Dad asked Mum quickly. Mum still looked at the crater in shock "I think he must of, the gods must of deemed him worthy when he saved Zucco's life" Mum admitted.
I thought back to last night "So that was the weird energy surge I felt" I said out loud.
"What?" My parents said together. I laughed nervously and explained that when I saved his life I felt an energy surge through my body. Dad sighs and mum scolded me for not telling dad. They go and have a discussion in Dads office, leaving me with Alfred.
"Would you care for a cookie, Master Dick? You seem distracted" Alfred asks
"Yes please Alfie" I reply cheerily
"What is on your mind, sir?"
I explain to Alfred everything that happened last night and this morning. I tell him how I'm scared about my powers, what happens if I hurt someone. He calms me down and reassures me that everything will work out okay in the end. Mum and Dad walk back in.
"You are going to be spending more time at your mothers to understand your powers now, Dick" Dad tells me. "We have also agreed that you can patrol with me but you will have to train with your mum before you can help her patrol. I will also train you harder now that you are patrolling with me"
I take a moment to take in what he says…. They are finally letting me patrol. I give a loud whoop and start running around cheering. I close my eyes and a feeling of pure joy crept through me, suddenly, I feel as though I'm being lifted and I open my eyes. I scream.
"What's wrong Dick" My mum yells running into the room.
"Help me Mum" I yell, I was floating a few inches off the ceiling.
Instead she starts to laugh, "Bruce I think I know what to teach him first" she laughs as Dad enters the room.
He looks at me in shock and begins to laugh too. Eventually, I try to figure out how to lower myself, but I end up falling hard on the floor.
"Dick" My dad starts "When you are patrolling with me you can't use your powers, do you understand. People will try to hurt you more, so when you patrol with your mother you will have a different persona. Do you understand?"
I nod in response and give both parents a large hug, whilst Alfred had sneakily got his camera out and took a photograph.
3rd person POV another fun time skip 2 years into the future
A supervillain attack alert went off when Diana was training Dick. He had heard and requested to go and help her take down the villain. "Mum" Dick whined at his Mother Wonder Woman, "Please can I go and help you, I am ready to help you, pleaseeee" He begged blinking his crystal baby blue eyes at his mother. Diana sighed and mumbled profanities under her breath. One thing that she and Bruce had yet been able to overcome where Dick's puppy dog eyes, she looked at him and sighed. "Okay Dick" she reluctantly agreed "However, you will need a name and costume"
"Hmmmm" Dick hummed thinking of names "How about Tempest, Mum"
Wonder Woman looked at her young son, he was so innocent and full of joy, and even after all of the horrors he has seen in his short life he was still full of hope. "I love it Dick" She says handing him a suit. It consisted of Red trousers, black combat boots, with a blue t-shirt which had a white Wonder Woman emblem on. There was a silver utility belt and he had two silver wrist braces on and a silver head band on with a blue star in the middle of it. He also had a Blue domino mask on in order to protect his identity as he was quite famous because of his father, so it was more likely that somebody would recognise him without a mask.
He got changed quickly and she handed him a smaller version of her lasso which he attached to his belt. "Are you ready my son" Wonder Woman asked Dick. "Yes Mum, let's go"
They both flew off towards the attack. When they arrived Cheetah was attempting to rob a weapons transport.
"Halt Cheetah" Wonder Woman ordered.
Cheetah turned around and glared at WW before noticing the young boy by her side. "Who's this young one, WW" she purred out.
Dick flew slightly forward "I am Tempest" he announced. "This is my partner" WW confirmed.
"He's your son then" Cheetah stated "Does your mother know of this WW, I though Amazons swore of men"
"He may be my son but he is my partner" WW repeated firmly.
Cheetah laughed and went to attack, she knocked WW back and lunged at Tempest. He dodged and kicked her back. She growled and went to attack again, it was clear that he had been well trained but wasn't completely confident in his strength yet. She used this to her advantage and attacked with fury. After a long and exhausted battle which ended with WW launching Tempest at Cheetah to knock her down, both super heroes returned home to rest. "I am proud of you Dick, you did very well" WW praised her son. "Thank you Mum" He replied cheerfully.
"Tomorrow I hear you are going to visit the Hall of Justice as Robin" Diana states
"Yeah, Dad wants me to see the Hall I think" he replies
"Dick can you promise me that you will wear your bracelets all the time for protection, even under your gloves as Robin" Diana made her son promise.
"I promise Mum"
With that they both drifted off to a peaceful sleep, with Dick anticipating the visit to the Hall the next day. What he didn't realise is that he wouldn't be the only sidekick attending.
Dick zeta'd to the Batcave in the morning after saying goodbye to his mother, he greeted his Dad and an alarm alerted there was a supervillain attack happening. "Are you ready Dick" Bruce asked as he suited up. A cheery, If slight sleepy, yes was what he got in response. Batman and Robin left to Gotham City Green where the report of Mr Freeze attacking came from. Robin went on ahead, he threw a shuriken at his freeze ray successfully knocking it out of his hands. Freeze turned around to find him, but robin had jumped and landed on Freezes containment suit cracking the glass helmet.
"Ah boy wonder, the bat sent you to drag me off to prison. Frankly, I'm underwhelmed" Freeze sneers at Robin.
"That's cool and all" Robin says not really paying attention "but I'm kinda in a hurry here"
"Kids always in a rush" Freeze mocks.
Robin replies in a sing song voice "Not talking to you" he smirks as batman leaps up and punches Freeze breaking his containment helmet and successfully knocking him out.
"Come on Dad" Robin says impatiently "Todays the day!"
They head off to the nearest zeta beam to get to DC where the Hall of Justice is.
As they arrive Robin spots Speedy and Aqualad, he looks up at Batman confused "What are they doing here Dad?"
Batman looks down at his son "Today you are going to take the first step to become an official member of the Justice League". He has to refrain from chuckling as Robin's eyes go wide and he starts to hop up and down with excitement. "Come on, Robin, let's go"
"Dad, will we tell them about Tempest?" Robin asks.
"No, not at the moment. Keep your abilities a secret Robin" Batman orders.
They meet up with the group and Speedy and Aqualad greet Robin hello, Aqualad is 16 and Speedy is 17. Speedy ruffles Robin's hair ignoring his cries of protest.
A familiar "Aw man" met Robin's ears, he looked behind him and saw Kid Flash and Flash running towards them, "I told you we would be the last ones here" Kid Flash whined.
Kid Flash looked towards the group and said "Todays the day" and they all nodded in agreement. Robin looked at the group, he was by far the youngest at 11 years old with KF at 14 years old then Aqualad at 16 years and Speedy at 17 years. Wally and Roy both knew Dicks secret ID as they had both either babysat or come round for a playdate. They walked into the Hall of Justice and Kid Flashed said he was overwhelmed, he had a side thought "Freeze was underwhelmed you were overwhelmed why isn't anyone ever just whelmed" he looked up into the hall and saw the towering figures of the Justice league. He squealed in excitement and cried out "Look Dad it's you and look it's WW" which cause the others to chuckle at his childishness.
They entered the lounge area and they four kids took a seat. The four league members went to head off to have debrief when Speedy stopped them. He argued about them not showing them the real League base, Robin wondered if the other sidekicks, sorry 'partners', didn't know about the Watchtower. Robin glanced at Batman who shook his head. Robin had been up to the watchtower whilst his parents had been on missions and needed a babysitter but it seems the others hadn't even heard about it. Speedy stormed out after quitting leaving everyone shocked.
A league alert came up and Superman explained that there was a fire at a place called Cadmus. Batman murmured that he had his suspicions about Cadmus, but then another League alert came up and Zatara requested full league back up to fight against a powerful sorcerer who was attempting to blot out the sun. "We will be back soon, stay put" Batman ordered.
"We can help" Robin protested.
"You aren't trained" Flash started "Since when" KF interrupted "I meant you aren't trained to work as part of this team"
"Stay put" Batman ordered.
As soon as they left KF burst out "Gah they're treating us like sidekicks, they don't even trust us with the basics"
"My king, I thought he trusted me. What is this project Cadmus" Aqualad pondered.
"I don't know but I can find out" Robin grinned cheekily as he made his way over to the league computer, he started to hack the computer. "Wow dude how are you doing that?" KF asked in awe. Robin pulled up the files on Project Cadmus.
"I think we should go and do some investigating" Robin states.
"Our mentors told us to stay put" Aqualad says nervously.
"For the blotting out of the sun mission not for this" Robin points out.
"Dude! Are you going because if you're going then I'm going" KF spits out
They both turn to Aqualad deep grins on their face. He sighs and mutters something under his breath. "Fine" he eventually says "but if we get in too deep we call for back up from the league"