Re uploading this chapter after changing the plot a bit.
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"How am I gonna tell Bruce?" Richard muttered. His eyes widened. "How am I gonna tell Alfred?" He said louder.
Flashback
Richard was driving away from the scene. Someone started a fist fight at a gas station and he and three other police officers had to go stop it. He was driving back when his old Teen Titans communicator started buzzing. He almost jumped.
He slowly picked it up. The screen was cracked and dusty. He could barely make out the image.
"Nightwing? Nightwing meet me at the abandoned alley next to the apartment complex in Jump." Someone who sounded just like Starfire said. It crackled and turned off. Richard put it back in one of the compartments and sighed.
"Nice to talk to you again after two years too, Kori." He said to himself. He pulled over at the police station and got out of the car with. He locked it and touched the comn on his ear.
"Hey, M'gann can you teleport me to the alley by the Garden View apartment complex in Jump City?" He quietly asked. He was instantly teleported.
Once he was there he saw a small spaceship. In front of it was Starfire holding what looked like a purple blanket. Starfire instantly hugged him. He hugged back.
"Kor'i, what's up?" He asked with a smile that made her smile.
"I am actually in a hurry." She replied. Richard nodded.
"Same. I just helped with a fight at a gas station in 'Haven and now I need to go do hero stuff." He said. They stopped hugging. "So, what do you need?" He asked.
"Tamaran is being attacked by the Gordanians and I do not know if we will win at this point." She said sadly. She unwrapped some of the blanket to reveal a baby girl. She was asleep. She had orange tinted skin that made her look alien but she still looked human. She had raven black hair that covered her forehead. She had a small smile on her face.
"Her name is Mar'iander. She is my daughter as well as yours." She said quickly, looking behind her at the sky. Richard's eyes almost popped out if his sockets.
"Um, M'gann, I might be a little late." He said into the comn.
"How much is 'a little late'?" She asked.
"Maybe an hour or more." He replied.
"We'll have to go without you, it's fine. The get together can happen can still happen later." She said.
Many of the original and newer members had left the team, leaving a measly 4 people left, who barely even came for covert missions, but still did. The original members planned a meet up, in which they all thwarted some petty crimes and hopefully some bigger villain's plans, but Artemis couldn't make it, and now Richard.
"Sorry." He said and put his hand back to his side. Starfire wanted to ask but didn't have time. She handed him a folded paper.
"This paper has all the information about her. Do not lose it." She said sternly. Richard nodded, unfazed by her tone and and folded it more so that he could put it in his pocket. Starfire pushed Mar'i closer to him.
"I must go. I am sorry that this is rushed. I will see you after the war." She said and handed him Mar'i. She quickly went to the ship and climbed in. She looked at him one more time then started the ship. The sound woke up Mar'i who immediately started crying. Richard held her closer to his chest and watched the ship fly away. He looked at his daughter.
"She'll come back. You are not going to lose anyone." He whispered to her. His voice soothed her a little bit. He touched his comn.
"Hey, I need to go back to Blüdhaven." He said quietly.
"Before I send you, Robin wanted to know what happened, so be prepared to be attacked by questions when you see him." Mal said. Richard sighed.
"Thanks for the heads up." He replied. He was transported back. He got in his car and put Mar'i on his lap.
"Hold on, kid." He said quietly as he pulled out of the parking spot. He started driving to his apartment.
Present
"Well, should I tell him yet?" He asked himself. "Maybe I can tell Alfred, seeing as I have never raised any kids." He replied to himself. He looked back down at Mar'i. She had stopped crying and was looking around. Her green eyes that she got from her mom made Richard soften.
"This can't be that hard, right? I need to tell the team that I'm gonna be coming later, though. And find a babysitter. And get another job in a safer city. Maybe Gotham. Bruce lives there. Jason lives there. And find out what time to do the big reveal. Maybe before she starts school?" He asked. He looked down at her again and looked up. "That sounds good." He said back to himself.
"I also need to read the paper. Take that other people, I got a manual." He said smirking. He pulled over to his usual parking spot. He unbuckled his seat belt and took out his key. He opened the door and took Mar'i off his lap. He got out and walked over to his door. He unlocked it and closed the door. He locked it and pressed the lock button on his car keys. He went straight to his closet and got out a Superman shirt and blue jeans. He put Mar'i down on the couch as comfortably as possible and quickly changed.
"Let's go to Walmart!" He exclaimed. He looked at Mar'i again and unwrapped the blanket. She was wearing a light pastel purple dress made out of cotton. Her hair ended at the bottom of her neck curving in a little. He smiled.
"Okay, let's go." He said.
25 minutes later at Walmart in the baby section
"So, you are going to pick out what you want so that you won't cry when I pick something out for you." He said. He went to where the sippy cups were and put Mar'i closer. The choices were Wonder Woman, Batman, Nightwing, plain green, and an elephant.
"Bah!" Mar'i exclaimed touching the Nightwing sippy cup. Richard grinned.
"You have great taste." He commented and put it it his cart. He went to the bibs. "Okay, do you want the Superman, lion, Green Lantern, or purple bib." He asked but he already knew the answer. Mar'i touched the purple one.
"Da!" She exclaimed. Richard put the purple one in the cart and continued down the aisle.
"So, do I get a rattle or not? Or any toy that makes a lot of noise for that matter?" He asked himself. "Maybe not. I mean, it's probably going to annoy me to no end." He said. He went past them. "Okay, pacifiers. Let's see, we have a green one, a blue one, a red one, a pink one, a black one, and finally a yellow one. You get two, which ones?" He asked. As if she understood she knocked down one black and one blue pacifier.
Richard quickly caught them and put them in the cart.
"We don't throw anything on the floor, okay?" He asked. Mar'i nodded. "You're like one year old and you can understand me. Cool." He said. He went to the baby clothes aisle. An employee was walking by.
"Excuse me! Can you help me find out the size?" Richard asked. The employee walked to him.
"Of course. Do you know her age?" She asked. Richard nodded.
"She's one year old." He replied. The lady nodded. She examined Mar'i a little longer and then looked through the clothes. (I'm just gonna skip the size 'cause when I asked what size my sister thinks she would be she got annoyed and no one else understands and I'm too lazy to get a chart online since that's a whole other tab.)
"So, pick out what clothes you want." Richard said awkwardly. Mar'i looked at all the clothes.
"Ah! Da!" (I don't know what sounds a baby makes! Wow. I made that sentence sound like she's an animal.) She exclaimed while pointing to a bunch of different dresses. Richard smiled.
"You must really love dresses." He commented. After he finished putting the dresses and night gowns in the cart he went to the toy section. "Pick up to four. No more than that." He said. Mar'i somehow understood and picked out four. One toy puppy, a tiger, a monkey, and an elephant. Richard went to the checkout area and payed for everything. He walked to his car and opened the back. He put in all the baby supplies and got out the black and purple baby car seat he bought. (Let's say that he got that, kay?) He set it up and put it in the back. He unbuckled Mar'i and put her in it. He quickly buckled her and put the cart back. He started the car and started driving to his apartment to pack his things up and then to quit working as a police officer.
"At least Bludhaven isn't that big of a trash dump and people feel safer. Now I need to research babysitters." He said to himself.