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Gotham City
WMPA; 15:42 EST
Sunday
The Frisbee flew through the air as it made its arc from point A to point B. A single, small bark sounded somewhere beneath it and before it had the chance to finish its journey, a set of teeth latched on to its rim. After the small dog claimed its prize, he landed on all fours and retreated back to its owner. Upon its victorious trot back, the small crowd in the stands gave way a series of soft claps.
A female announcer spoke through her microphone, stating the dog's name and its owner, as well as a few comments and judging scores. It was the Charity Show at Gotham's WMPA for the Humane Society, one of Wayne Industries' sponsorships. Bruce Wayne himself was happily sitting amongst the crowd along with his young ward, Dick Grayson.
"Oooh, oooh, oooh! That's a cute little dog!" Dick exclaimed as he pointed his fingered at the small pooch licking the heck out of its owner's face. "Can we get one like that?" he asked, immediately looking over at his father figure.
"Dick, we didn't come here to shop for dogs. This a charity event for one of Wayne Industries' sponsorships. Our presence here will be great for them." Bruce replied, clapping his hands softly as he smiled upon the next contestant, a german shepherd. "And besides, I love dogs."
"Then why don't we get one?" Dick questioned. He had been bugging Bruce all day about the subject.
"You know why. If we get a dog, Alfred would be the one to have to take care of it; we'd be too busy." Bruce liked the idea of getting a family dog, for one, it'd make the large space of the manor seem a tad bit smaller. But the idea of foisting the responsibility onto Alfred he didn't like. It was true, if they were to get a pet, dog or not, Alfred would be the only one who was home enough to take care of it. And the old friend already had a lot to do.
"But Bruce, you said when I turn 14, which I am already, I could have a dog." Dick continued, not yet giving up on subject. His focus let the center floor of the large gym and instead rested intently on Bruce.
Bruce sighed, "We'll look into it in the near future."
"Which translates into: never." Dick pouted as he rested his chin on his left hand. His eyes left his guardian and stared out at the group of mutts lined up for final judging, however, his mind was wandering. The air fell silent between them.
"Superboy has a dog." Dick mumbled.
"Superboy has a wolf that has been genetically altered by Cobra-venom." Bruce retorted.
"It's still a dog." Bruce gave Dick a glare, and Dick received it loud and clear. He sighed. "Fine. Could you at least buy me a volley ball." He stated in a downed tone.
"Why?" Bruce asked, furrowing his eyebrows and glancing over at Dick.
"So I can paint a face on it and name it Wilson."
YOUNG JUSTICE: SEEING RED
BY POTATO CATS
Gotham City
Batcave; 16:30 EST
Sunday
"Does Dick seem… lonely to you?" Bruce's voice echoed immensely across the cave walls. He was sitting in his chair in front of the Batcomputer watching one of the security tapes he had around the manor. The date on it read "Wednesday, January 09" and showed Bruce a clip of Dick eating dinner all by himself with Alfred bringing him some drinks on a platter. The large table made him look so small.
"Why do you ask?" Alfred replied. He was dusting some of Bruce's artifacts (or in Wally standards, his souvenirs), not bothering to turn away as the two of them spoke.
"He kept asking if he could get a dog today." Bruce informed him, pausing the tape and folding his hands together over the desktop.
"And your answer?" Alfred asked.
"No. You know what would happen, Alfred. It'd be left up to you to take care of it. With me being Batman and him being Robin and our own personal lives, we wouldn't be around enough for it." Bruce explained.
"Understandable, sir, but remember you did promise Master Dick that you'd get him a puppy when he got older." Alfred reminded.
"When he was 10. I figured he'd forget about it by now."
Alfred chuckled, "Master Bruce, a child doesn't just forget about something like that. It's equivalent to a teenager, who just got their license, being promised a new car." Alfred stated. "And besides, having a little someone around the manor while you two are away would be nice. I could sure use the company."
"Company? What are you talking about, Alfred, you have all the company you need down here." Bruce joked with a small grin as he pointed upwards. Alfred paused in his work and turned to look at Bruce. He followed his gaze upwards into the ceiling where no doubt a large colony of bats nestled.
"Yes, sir, housemates that sleep upside down 24/7 is all the company I need." Alfred retorted before getting back to his cleaning. Bruce started typing on the keyboard, bringing up files he was going to present to the Team for their mission brief today.
"But yes, I agree with you." Alfred's sudden answer caused Bruce to glance over at him.
"Master Dick does seem lonely as of late. It might be a phase he's going through, but seeing how having an addition to the family is out of the question, perhaps it would be beneficiary for you to spend more personal time with him." Alfred suggested. Bruce looked back at the computer and opened up the video file from days earlier again. He played it back and rested his head on his hands as he watched on.
Happy Harbor
Mount Justice; 16:35 EST
Sunday
"Recognized: Robin B01" The automated female voice sounded throughout the mountain, notifying its occupants of the arrival of a certain bird.
Wally, Zatanna, Kaldur, Artemis, M'gann, Conner, and Wolf were all hanging out in the lounge watching a movie picked out by Wally. Said speedster was sitting on the couch beside Artemis eating away at the numerous snacks that littered the coffee table. When the computer announced his friend's arrival, everyone perked their head up, but Wally was the only one to react.
He jumped up out of his seat and lightly punched Artemis on the arm before dashing off towards the zeta tubes.
"Pause the movie for me, thanks!" he yelled back before disappearing down the corridor; all eyes watching him leave. Artemis returned her attention towards the movie as she grabbed the remote and held it in her hand.
"Aren't you going to pause it?" Zatanna questioned, seeing as Artemis made no move to stop the movie. Said archer smiled and chuckled before shaking her head.
"No."
Wally came to a halt in the mission room as he found Robin in uniform making his way over to him. He smiled at his friend, it being returned, and propped his hand up so that the two could high five. Robin gladly accepted it.
"Yo Rob! Long time no see. Whatcha' been up to today? Busy with the "big man"?" Wally stated, expressing the quotations with his fingers. Robin folded his arms across his chest and gave his friend a lopsided glare. Wally was the only person who knew Robin's secret ID, aside from the family and some League members, so that meant Wally could tease him about it every now and then. He was careful enough around the rest of the Team, but he made sure as to not say anything around Batman. Give that guy a reason to suspect you and he'll be on you like a hound. The cool thing was, Robin and Wally were the only ones who knew of Wally's little in-the-know.
"We may have a mission today." Robin stated, elbowing Wally in the gut for his little add-on before continuing. "Batman's been working on something big for a while now and I think today is the day we get it."
"A big mission? Really?" Wally exclaimed. Robin just smiled at him. Just then the zeta tubes went off again, announcing the arrival of the Batman. He walked up to the center and tapped his finger on an invisible surface in the air. A blue screen popped up along with a keyboard and Batman began inputting his data onto the large screen for the debriefing. As soon as he was done, he activated the telecom.
"Team, report to the mission room for debriefing." Batman turned around to look at Robin and Wally.
"I assume you've already informed him." It wasn't a question. Robin looked off to the side, showing all the body language Batman needed for an answer. It scared Wally sometimes on how that guy just knew.
Soon the rest of the Team came walking into the mission room, with Wolf following. As they all gathered, Batman began.
"I have reason to suspect Cadmus is conducting more experiments as it had been a year ago. Since your last encounter, they have been able to slip away from the public's eye again and work without worry of interference."
"No offense, but how do you know that?" Superboy spoke up. As soon as the place was mentioned, he began listening intently. Wolf lifted his head up and whined at him, Conner patted his head in response.
"I've been keeping my eye on Cadmus ever since you were found there." Batman replied indifferently. "There have been recent reports of strange activity with the workers."
"Strange… how?" Zatanna questioned. She didn't know anything about this Cadmus, only what Robin had told her.
"They aren't acting like themselves." Batman replied.
"Genomorphs." Kid concluded, his eyes going wide a bit. Superboy growled, everyone glancing his way.
"We're not certain. But that's where you come in. Given your success with Cadmus before, I'm entrusting you to find out what's going on." Batman concluded. "Observe and report. Noting more, nothing less." He stated firmly. "Coordinates have been sent to Robin's com. You head out immediately."
Hey guys, MarshmellowCat here. I just wanted to clarify a few things about my story, and because I don't like putting author notes before the story, its down here where if any one doesn't care to read them, they can just skip it. But its always good to read them, just in case there is something important.
Getting on with the message, my stories are mainly going to involve the Team when Zatanna joined. I'm not including Rocket solely because there wasn't enough of her character development for me to get her even somewhat down. Its safe to say all of the stories will be focusing on Robin one way or another, he's my favorite character and the main reason why I started watching Young Justice. So expect a lot of him. But that doesn't mean I'm going to leave out the others. They are a team for a reason and they are included.
Special note, I'm not a new writer. I've been writing fanfiction for a little over two years now. I'm just a returning writer with a new name and new interest in category. Its been so long since I've watched Young Justice and frankly, I miss it. So without further ado, enjoy the story, leave a review if you'd like, but over all, let me know how I'm doing.
Thanks!