Dick was lying on the couch in Wayne manor, he'd practically moved back in since he and Bruce had made up. He frowned as he heard the shouting almost immediately he sat straight up and walked to the hidden room getting in by his fingerprint. "Jason throw it better you aren't an amateur, you've been doing this since you were ten." Bruce had his cold voice so Dick knew the Batman was on the surface. "I HATE YOU! God I'm not Dick I can't throw a triple somersault in midair as easily as he can Bruce." Dick winced and cleared his throat letting his presence be known; he'd been helping Jason on his aerial acrobatics for the past year and though the kid had a talent for it his style was different then Dick's, and yet Bruce still pushed him to be more like him. Even Dick had to admit he was getting as sick of it as Jason was. "C'mon Bruce I'll take this over, why don't you just go back to watching for any signs of the Joker okay?" Bruce simply nodded and walked out without another word Dick sighed he was doing it again though he and Jason had gotten better now that Bruce wasn't pushing him in every other aspect of his life. "Alright Jay let's see that triple Bruce was so upset about." Dick smiled warmly and ruffled his younger brothers hair affectionately as he leaned against the wall watching as Jason grabbed onto the uneven bars and built up his momentum until he let go and flipped into the air three times but when he landed his balance was completely unstable and he nearly fell onto his face until Dick caught him. "Woah there little brother the flips themselves are excellent I mean they're truly terrific but your landing." he though for a minute and bit at his lip gently "hmm maybe we should keep practicing the triple and just throw doubles because I'm sure you can land those perfectly I just think it's your extra flip that's throwing you off." Jason looked at him absorbing everything the elder was telling him though he'd never truly admit it to anyone. Jason did want to be just like Dick not only to make Bruce happy but because Dick was perfect he even died his hair black to match Dick's.
"Whatever you say Dick," Jason said rolling his eyes just for show he stretched and went to the punching bags working on his combination moves. "Swifter punches Jason you need to work on your agility it'll be easier to punch and dodge unless your absolutely sure you've got the drop on them." Jason stuck his nose in the air shaking his head being the typical teenager "yeah, yeah Dick I know how to hit I've been doing this since I was 9 and now I'm 14" Dick just laughed lightly and shook his head. "Oh yeah well so have I and now I'm 19 about to be 20, I think I win." Jason rolls his eyes but nonetheless started delivering faster punches and practiced dodging out of the way, hoping to make Dick happy by showing the he was actually listening to him. Dick smiled affectionately and once again ruffled the boys hair, "c'mon Alfie will have you dinner ready and I have to go meet the titans." Dick said casually walking out with Jason behind him "I don't see why Bruce doesn't let me join the titans." Jason said bitterly. "Jay it's because I'm the leader of the titans and he doesn't want it to cause troubles, besides he's let you join the young justice team for your birthday." Jay shakes his head as they walked into the dining room where Alfred was making the table. "Master Dick will you be staying with us for dinner?"
"I would love to Alfie but I have a titans meeting to go to." Dick said smiling as he embraced the older man. "Hey do you have some extra desserts you know Wally loves your cookies and he's going to be there with Bart." Alfred smiles and walks to the kitchen bringing out two huge plates with cookies on them. "Here you are young sir one for master Wallace and young master Bart and the rest for everyone else." Dick grinned taking the plates he winked at Jason. "Thanks Alfie and I'm sure everyone else will be thrilled to also get some food for once." Dick laughed as he walked to the batcave. "Bruce just wanted to say bye and I'll see you sometime tomorrow I'm staying the night at the tower." Bruce looked up when he heard Dick seeing him he smiles lightly, "Alright Dick we'll call you if we need anything." Bruce walked upstairs and gently embraced his son walking him to the door. Dick smiles and waved a last farewell to everyone walking out to his motorcycle. Carefully he put the cookies in the compartment behind his seat knowing they'd be safe. He then took off at top speed to Blüdhaven so he could change into his Nightwing gear.
When Dick got t his apartment he was whistling happily as he smiled walking up the stairs to his apartment. He hit the hidden button the opened a secret door to the other room and he walked in it was his home base though he was in the middle of moving it to a more secure location. His training base was located in an underground boxcar but it had high ceilings he had everything he could ever need including a trapeze. That was where he was going to move his gear but until then he was thankful to have this other room. He grabbed his suit the armor clinging and moving with his body when he had it all the way on he messed up his hair and attached the domino mask finally loading his belt with his accessories and gadgets hitting his computer for the portable zeta tube. He grabbed the cookies and immediately was transported to the Teen Titans tower the female voice stating that he wasn't an intruder.
"Dude! It'saboutitmeyougothere!" Wally grinned running up to him talking at a speed of five words per second only the way the speedsters did. Dick grinned and handed him a plate of chocolate chip and frosted sugar cookies. "Those are from Alfred for you and Bart if he ended up coming I know he's trying to spend time with Barry." Wally nodded taking the cookies "yeah he's still with my uncle I swear it's like he's dead and not retiring." Dick shook his head and smiled "you ready to take on the mantle of the Flash?" Wally laughed and shook his head slightly walking into the meeting room with him "I guess I don't know it's crazy to just have my powers back without experiencing excruciating pain, I swear that lightning just adores my family or something." He laughs slightly. Dick met his eyes and smiles softly glad that Wally wasn't overly freaking out it wasn't that much of a surprise when Barry decided to retire after almost dying Iris had all but forced his hand for their twins. So Bart was trying his best to absorb working with his grandfather before he had to be under Wally's guidance. "Nightwing geez what took you so long?" asked a very impatient Roy Harper. Dick laughed at his very irritated best friend and shook his head, "I had to help train the mini-bat him and the big bat had this huge fallout again."
"I swear those two butt heads so much Jason should just be your partner Nightwing I mean he stays with you enough." Wally said through a mouthful of cookies. Roy stood up drawing an arrow aimed at Wally glaring "God dammit Wallace if those cookies are from Alfred I swear to God I will knock you out." Dick looked between his best friends sliding the other plate to Roy "Calm down bro seriously I have a whole other plate for the rest of us I'm not an idiot." Roy smiled taking a cookie and sitting down. "What was all the yelling geez, hey Nightwing your pretty early especially considering you usually are the last one to arrive." Cyborg teased grins when he sees the cookies taking three and sitting by Roy. "Yeah well I guess I'm anxious to get back home." Dick said shrugging nonchalantly. Starfire walked in stretching and squeals when she sees Dick almost tackling him as she gives him a hug that would make a lesser man wince but Dick just returned the hug tightly. "Hey star!" When Starfire finally let him down he grinned at her and then the rest of the team laughs softly. "so is this all of us then I know Beast boy is on recon and Wonder girl said she wouldn't be able to come same with Superboy." Roy shrugged and nodded "Yep I'm pretty sure this is all of us except aqualad anyone heard from him?" Dick nodded "Yeah I did he's training intensely for a little bit had a kind of close call I think." The heroes all knew what that was like they knew you trained at your hardest for months on end after something like that so you feel a little bit safer in the next battle it was just part of their life. "So let's get this meeting started." Dick said softly.
The meeting when on like it normally did they did recon on all things happening in their cities and the impending graduation where they would welcome the new members and they themselves if they chose would go on to be permanent leaguers or help the young justice team out more. Dick smiled as the meeting closed he looked around the table at his closest friends and had never been more happy. "Alright guys I think we're done, no one had any news of an impending catastrophe that will destroy the earth so why don't we all catch some sleep." The whole table stared at him for a minute Wally and Roy had their mouths hanging open. "Oh my God the son of the Batman actually sleeps no way in hell is that true he's just messing with us!" Wally laughed as Dick pushed him playfully. "Shut up lead feet even us night creatures have to get some shut eye at some point and it's five in the morning." Wally just grinned and shot off to his room as fast as he could the rest went at a more leisurely pace. Dick stood there for a minute watching his team and thinking; 'Do I really want to leave the team? I mean Clark has already told me that I'm going to be offered a position into the justice league as soon as the teen titans graduation is over I'm not a boy wonder anymore after all, but…' he sighed softly looking out the windows of the tower 'Bruce I don't want him to get mad at me or have him think I'm overstepping my territory or something.' Dick shook his head walking to his room and locking the door stripping down to his boxers and taking off his mask with alcohol.
Dick fells asleep with no trouble but awoke when his radio was going off grabbing it he stretched seeing he'd had 3 hours of sleep sighs. "Nightwing here" he heard the sigh of relief from Alfred and frowned sitting up "Master Dick it…it's Master Jason he…He was he's no longer with us." Alfred's voice was shaking and Dick stood up almost yelling into his communicator easily putting spirit gum on his mask and sliding it into place then his costume. "No! What do you mean he can't be Alfred that's not possible." His voice was on the edge of hysteria Alfred had to be playing some cruel joke on him Jason couldn't be gone he must've meant that he ran away again and is at Dick's apartment yeah that's it. Alfred's voice came back over and it sounded as if the elder man was crying "Master Dick he.. just please come to the manr I'll tell you everything but for the moment I'm afraid that he is truly gone." Dick dropped his radio as tears were running down slipping out of his mask he let out a scream of rage hitting his wall so hard he punched right through it. "NO! " He knew Wally was in his room the minute he felt something shift in the air he looked up to see his bestfriend peering at him worried. "Dick.. what's wrong tell me please" Wally's voice cracked and Dick hurled himself at the man clutching at him he needed comfort he needed reassurance. "h..he's gone my baby brother dead and I couldn't have stopped it!" he screamed again getting up and unlocking his door leaving a shocked looking Wally in his wake as he stalked to the Zeta tube everyone looking at him worriedly he pressed in the tube and in an instant he was beamed to the batcave. "