Hehe. Had loads of fun with this one. Enjoy! :3
"SHE DID WHAT?!"
"Now calm down Master Bruce." Alfred sighed as he shifted the squirming bundle in his arms.
"It's one thing she drugs me into having a child with her, it's a second thing, to leave him with me, and he's barely 6 months old!" Bruce ranted.
"It's not like you haven't dealt with children before Master Bruce." Alfred was becoming frustrated with the small baby, for he kept groping for Bruce.
"Yes Alfred, but the youngest child I've ever taken care of was 8 years old! And I had you too help me!" Bruce ran his hair through his hair and sighed heavily.
"I'll only be gone for a week, I'm sure you'll manage." Alfred finally gave up and gently shoved the baby into Bruce's arms.
"We don't even have baby supplies. And on top of that, I have to be at the Watchtower all weekend!" Bruce sighed and finally looked at the baby that had stopped squirming.
He was actually kinda cute...What was he thinking? He was the Goddamn Batman! If he could cast fear into the hearts criminals, outsmart minds greater even than the Riddler and could go head to head with Darkside, He could take care of his own child couldn't he?
"Superman to Batcave. Batman do you read me?"
Or not. Even if he could survive without Alfred, and take care of his baby, he still wouldn't be able to! He had promised to be at the Watchtower! And there was no way he was taking a baby to the Watchtower.
"What do you want?" Batman snapped out of frustration.
"Your supposed to be at the Watchtower." Superman said in a, 'I don't want to tick him of more then he already is' voice.
Was it that late already? He was running out of options. He couldn't call a regular babysitter, one, he had trust issues. Two, nobody knew he had a child, and he didn't want that all over the news. Leslie was busy at the clinic and Batgirl was grounded.
"I'll be there in Ten minutes." Batman told him finally and shut off the connection.
"Are you sure you have to go?" Batman asked Alfred pleadingly.
"I suppose I could stay, and put this off again for the, third time was it?" Alfred crossed his arms.
"What am I gonna do Alfred? I would hunt Talia down and give him back, but I don't have time, and she's usually very hard to trace." He sighed for the umpteenth time that day.
"Perhaps you could consider-"
"There is no way I'm bring him to the Watchtower and,"
"Master Bruce."
"Babysitters are out of the question,"
"I have a suggestion."
"Leave it to Barbara to be grounded at a time like this-"
"MASTER BRUCE!" Alfred interrupted.
"What is it Alfred?" Bruce finally asked.
"Have you considered leaving Master Damian with Master Dick?" Alfred raised an eyebrow.
"What? No! He has no experience with children! That's almost just as bad as saying, let's just give Jason the baby!" Batman almost yelled.
"You know it's not. And Master Dick has taken care of Master Tim at times, and The Red Arrow's baby, Lian Harper."
"Well..." It wasn't that he didn't trust Dick...but...
"Do you really have any other choice? I will stay here until Master Dick gets here, so you may go." Alfred apparently finalized.
"But-"
"No buts about it! Master Dick will take care of him. Your son is in goods hands Master Bruce." Alfred laid a hand on his shoulder.
"Okay." Bruce finally agreed. "I'd better get going then." He stood up to give the child to Alfred, but Damian had a death grip on his cape.
"Come on Damian I don't have time for this." Bruce tried to pry him off.
"Are you sure you don't want to take him with you?" Alfred asked, only to receive a glare in return.
"Just call Nightwing." Bruce sighed as he pried Damian's fingers off one by one.
Alfred nodded and took the baby, who Bruce finally managed to get him to let go.
But the squirming started again.
"It's quite alright. Go, the league is waiting for you." Alfred shooed him away.
Finally, Alfred had gotten through to Nightwing as Batman started up the Batmoblie, took one last glance at Damian, and he was gone. But he couldn't shake the feeling that he had forgotten something...
There is going to be 3-4 chapters, at least.
