Hello, all! I'm back with a brand new story that I have extremely high hopes for. This is an AU where the Bat-Siblings are part of the Gotham City Police Department (the GCPD). I won't say much more than that because it will give things away. Obviously, because this is an AU the character back-stories will be a little different but I have tried to keep their personalities as similar as possible. Most character back-stories will be clarified as the story progresses, so if you want to know something about one of the characters give it some time and it should come up at some point.

I think that's everything I need to say. I will try and update as regularly as possible, but I have school and stuff so I won't make any promises.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy reading this and I would love it if you left a review because I'd love to know what you thought about it.

Thank you.

Chapter One

Monday mornings at the GCPD were always quiet. The usual perpetrators were too busy nursing their hangovers from their weekends to cause any trouble and all the street kids were, reluctantly, back in school. The officers that were on patrol usually left earlier than necessary to soak up as much of peaceful Gotham as possible, while the officers unlucky enough to be on desk duty took advantage of the quiet to catch up on all their paperwork.

On an average Monday morning, Sergeant Cassandra Cain would be buzzing for some action. As a transfer officer from Hong Kong (and the only liaison officer for eastern allies in the GCPD) Cass wasn't used to the dull moments of the job and often found herself with nothing to do. Even after three years working in Gotham, she was still too used to long hours, endless paperwork and a crowded station. But today she was surprisingly thankful for the empty corridors as she walked the GCPD's latest employee and now Rookie cop, Stephanie Brown, through the station.

"Are you excited about becoming a cop?" Cass asked as they walked past the main desk. Her thick Hong Kong accent mixed with the light Gotham tone that she had picked up.

"Hell, yeah!" Stephanie replied, grinning madly. "It's taken me almost a whole year to get a place here. There's no way I couldn't be excited!"

Cass smiled. Having a partner was something new to her. The Commissioner had called her to his office three weeks prior to ask if she was willing to take on a partner and although she had never considered it before – having worked just fine by herself in Hong Kong and in Gotham – Cass had agreed on one condition: that her partner must be enthusiastic about the job. Gotham already had enough gloom in her streets and she refused to work with anyone who was just going to add to that. The Commissioner had sighed, knowing that it would be difficult to find someone that fit those parameters in Gotham, but agreed and, as far as Cass was concerned, he had picked the best officer for the job.

"I'm glad you are happy," Cass said, resting her hand on Steph's shoulder and bringing them to a stop, "but you must be aware that Gotham is not a forgiving place. Life here will not be easy for you and there will be situation where…"

"Don't worry about it, Boss." Steph cut in. Cass raised her eyebrows. "I've had this conversation with every teacher in the Academy. I can be a bit bubbly at times, but trust me; I know how to be serious when the time comes."

Cass nodded. "I read their reports on you." She had spent an entire night reading through Steph's report sheets. The teachers at the Academy had very high hopes for her. Each one had noted her high-spirited persona, but none of them had listed it as a fault. Instead they said that it was something that wasn't seen often in Gotham and that, even though she was chatty and responded almost too well to others in class, she always kept a level head and serious expression when completing scenario training. "But Gotham is not a…great place to be in; especially for an officer of the law. You will have to careful."

"It'll be okay. I grew up in Gotham so I'm expecting nothing but the worst from this job." Steph's eyes widened. "Um, that came out wrong."

"It's okay. I understand what you are trying to say." Cass smiled. She tugged Steph's arm lightly to get her to begin walking again. "Are you ready to meet the team?"

"Team?" Steph asked.

"Yes. Last year the Captain placed a special request to form a small team within the GCPD to tackle specific cases. The Commissioner was reluctant at first, but he gave the Captain the benefit of the doubt and has not regretted it. The Captain hand picks every member himself." Cass explained.

"Then why am I meeting them?"

"Because he hand picked you." Cass stopped in front of an officer door. A frosted glass window prevented them from seeing what was inside, but painted upon it in large blue letters was 'Captain Grayson: Specialist Division'.

Steph was suddenly nervous. No-one had told her anything about joining a specialist unit. "I, um, I don't understand."

"I will let the Captain explain everything to you. It will be easier that way." She opened the office door and stood aside to let Steph walk through first.

Inside, the office looked less like a police station office and more like a home office. A large desk sat in the middle of the room, scattered with bits of loose paper and empty coffee mugs. A sleek, flat screen computer sat amongst them; the keyboard lying in front of it and the mouse hanging off the edge. Two soft, leather sofas had been positioned either side of the room and behind one was a bookcase full of books and folders. A plain blue carpet adorned the wooden floor and three floor to ceiling windows gave a beautiful view of Gotham Park. Steph was so astounded by the office that it wasn't until a loud cough made her jump that she realised there were other people already in the room.

Sat in the desk chair, with his feet propped on top of the desk – threateningly close to a stack of papers – was a black haired man, with lightly tanned skin and warm, ocean coloured eyes. He smiled kindly and waved his arms in the air like a child showing off all their toys.

"Welcome to the club house. You must be Steph. I'm Captain Grayson, but you can call me Dick." He grinned as Steph did a double take.

"Dick?" She asked cautiously.

"It's short for Richard. Don't worry; everyone has that reaction to my name." He pulled his feet off the desk smoothly and stood up. He reached his arm across to Steph and shook her hand. "Let me introduce everyone and we can get down to business."

"Just get on with it, Grayson." One of the others said from the sofa. He wasn't wearing a police uniform like Dick, Steph and Cass were. Instead, he was wearing a dark leather jacket with a t-shirt that was so thin his muscles could be easily seen through the material. He had sharp, blue-grey eyes and hair that was even blacker than Dick's. But what held Steph's attention was the streak of white hair that fell across the right side of his forehead. It stood out like a white beacon in the middle of a black sea.

"Don't stare. I'll explain later." Cass whispered in her ear and Steph immediately snapped her gaze back to Dick. Luckily, Jason and Dick seemed to be glaring at each other and neither noticed.

"This is Jason Todd." Dick said, waving a hand in his direction. "He's an ex-private detective that the Commissioner hired in order to help with a few of our cases a while back. He hasn't left since." Jason gave a grunt in response. The smaller man, who was sitting next to him on the sofa whacked him on the arm.

"Be nice." He said and smiled shyly at Steph. Like Jason, he wasn't wearing a police uniform, but unlike Jason he was wearing a simple hoody and jeans combo. He also had black hair and blue eyes, but his eyes were like bright sapphires that shone no matter where he looked.

"Fine, hi, whatever." Jason said, finally looking at Steph. He smirked at her, which Steph presumed was his way of smiling and smiled back.

"And this is Tim." Dick continued, gesturing to the smaller man. "He's one of our best technical specialists. Our best technical specialist isn't part of this team. She's the GCPD's head technician, so she looks after everyone else. I'll introduce you to her at some point."

"Dickie's got a crush on her, but her Dad's the Commissioner so he knows he can't bang that. OW!" Jason yelled as Tim pinched him and Dick kicked his shin. "Fucking bullies."

"Okay, well," Dick continued as if he hadn't just attacked his team mate, "you already know Cass and Damian's at school, so I can't introduce you to him." At Steph's confused look he elaborated. "Oh, he's my little brother. He works here sometimes as our coffee boy."

"Coffee boy?" Steph asked.

"Yeah, he goes and gets us coffee when we want it." Dick smiled sheepishly and shrugged. "I work a lot and he doesn't like being left at home alone for long periods of time so I got him a part-time job here. You'll meet him eventually."

"Can we get down to business now? Don't know about you but I've got other things to be working on." Jason leant back in the couch and wrapped his arm around Tim, pulling the younger man back with him. Although Steph was slightly startled at the intimacy that the two men obviously shared, she pushed the thought aside and turned to face Dick.

"Look, um, this is going a little fast for me. Up until about five minutes ago I thought I was here for a quick look around before I started patrol as a Rookie officer tomorrow morning. Now you're telling me I've got even more work to do?"

Dick raised his eyebrows. "The Commissioner didn't tell you anything?"

"The Commissioner," Cass said helpfully as Steph still struggled to process what was going on, "said that it was your team so you had to explain everything."

Dick sighed and rubbed a hand down his face. His friendly appearance had disappeared and was replaced with a serious one. He rested his palms against the desk, pressing down with his upper body weight, and stared straight at Steph. "Have you ever heard of the Batman?"