Mask
Summary: Ben Tennyson thinks Dick Grayson needs to grow a backbone, Dick doesn't want to. Ben thinks Robin is a sarcastic pain in the ass, Robin laughs in Ben's face. Basically Robin/Dick is trying to get along with his newfound older brother.
Author's Note:
Disclaimer: I own mentions and cameos of OC's. The rest of the characters belong to their respected owners. I own plot.
Middleton, Middleton High School, 3:30 pm….
Dick wandered into the school parking lot, already having called Alfred to come pick him up. The meeting for the Soccer Team only took twenty minutes. During those minutes, the coaches told them what was required uniform and equipment wise and what was needed in order to register. While the coaches spoke, Dick felt a lump in his throat, feeling nervous and very unsure. Even with Ben and Justin's reassurance, the acrobat still felt an uneasiness within him. He knew he wasn't going to make the team, even if he did use his "Robin Skills" a little bit. A honking made Dick look up and smile as Alfred had pulled up in front of school. Before he could get into the car, someone called out to him,
"Hey, Dick! Hold up!" Ben yelled, jogging up to the other. Dick held the door open and turned to the brunette. Ben caught up and was panting slightly. He was slightly bent as he caught his breath. Once calmed, the elder looked toward Dick,
"Are you doing anything later? Cause, me and my friends were going to hang out at my house and watch some horror movies and it would be so awesome if you joined us," Ben said with optimism. Dick looked toward Alfred pleadingly,
"Do not look at my like that, Master Dick. It is up to Master Bruce to decide if you shall go or not." Alfred simply replied. Dick bowed his head jokingly and looked back at Ben,
"Sorry, I have to wait until my dad gets home from work. What time should I be there by just in case?" Dick asked.
"Bout seven or eight. If you show up at all, that would be great." Ben explained.
Dick nodded. Ben flashed a smile and a "See you later" before heading back to his sister's car. The raven-haired boy watched Ben get into the car before getting into his own vehicle. Once he closed the door, he groaned in annoyance. Alfred raised a brow at him via rear-view mirror,
"Something the matter, Master Dick?" the butler asked as he drove out of the parking lot. Dick rubbed at his temples in an attempt to relieve his non-existant pain,
"Yes! Tonight is the night I go on patrol with Bruce and Uncle Clark! At eight! Which means I'll have to get everything together SO much earlier than usual!" Dick groaned as he slumped down into his seat more.
"I don't see what the problem is. Why not just tell your friend that you can't make it tonight?" Alfred asked, turning the corner that was nearly a block away from the Manor.
The acrobat huffed and blew a piece of hair away from his eyes. He could do that, but what would he say? What would his new friend think of him? Would he be letting Ben down? Would the brunette even want to be his friend if he said he couldn't go? So many questions, so many different scenarios to go with each unanswered question. Most of the scenarios ended with Dick disappointing Ben, which also resulted in the two not being friends anymore. And Dick certainly didn't want that to happen.
He stopped thinking about tonight when the car pulled into the drive way of Wayne Manor. The boy's hopes lifted when he saw Bruce's car in the drive way and wasted no time in leaping out and rushing to the door. Using his key, he quickly ran into the house and hunted down Bruce, who was in his Study. Dick calmed himself down and straightened himself out before knocking on the wooden door,
"Come in." Bruce's voice could be heard saying on the other side of the door. Dick took in a deep breath before opening the door. Bruce greeted him with a warm smile,
"Dick, how was your first day of school-what happened to your uniform?" Bruce asked with a hint of surprise.
Dick nodded, "School was good. My new friends decided that my uniform needed to be "Dorked Down" a little bit." Bruce gaved the boy a happy but confused look,
""Dorked Down"?" Bruce asked with confusion. Dick just shrugged.
Other than the "Dork Down", Bruce was intently listening to Dick describe his day at school. The elder smiled as Dick happily described everything that had happened. About how the acrobat was bullied but then rescued by a soccer star. How Dick had already made a couple of friends. He was also excited about being offered to play for the soccer team and telling Bruce of all the things he would need if he were to join. The playboy billionaire was already scribbling down a checklist for the younger. After he had finished, Bruce chuckled,
"You sure had one heck of a day, huh?" Bruce asked. Dick nodded again, smile on his face. Bruce gave a smile and dismissed the younger. The raven haired child practically ran to his room, feeling giddy. He couldn't wait for school tomorrow.
Middleton, Central City, 9:45 pm...
"I'm so bored!" Ben practically whined into his comm. link. He currently sat on the building West of City Hall, keeping a look out for any suspicious activity. His sister had said that the Mayor had received an Assassination threat via the sterotypically voice changer used on a payphone, thus making the user of said phone untraceble. The attempt was supposed to happen tonight when the Mayor gave his "Anti-Gang Violence" Speech to the public and media.
The Speech was almost done by now and nothing was happening. Ben rose off of his seat for a few suspicious looking people, but sat back down when he realized it was really nothing. Just people getting simple objects out of their vehicles/ bags. The brunette huffed and continued to glare down at the boring crowd,
"C'mon, somebody do something so I can go home and play video games." Ben said impatiently.
His green eyes lit up when a guy in the back pulled out a black barrel looking thing and began to connect it to something else. Ben stood up and readied the web-shooter, ready to jump down and take down the assassin. Before he could fully ready himself, a cry of pain made him look down at his target. The guy had dropped the barrel and was holding his hand in pain. Ben gave an annoyed grunt and pressed a finger to his comm.,
"I had him, Sami!" he whispered angerily.
"Ben, that wasn't me." Sami reported.
Ben looked back down at the fleeing crowd in confusion. If his sister didn't do it, who did? He heard the sound of a grappling hook whiz passed his head and a flash of red, black, and yellow. Ben whipped his head around to look at the passing form of another boy smaller than himself. Who the fu-wait? Is that Robin? As in Batman and Robin? The damned Dynamic Duo? What the hell was he doing here? Ben shot a web and swung down after the other,
"There's no way in hell I'm letting him take my target." Ben muttered.
"Ben, wait!" Sami exclaimed.
Ben ignored her. Once on the ground, both boys touched cement and charged at the assassin. Ben switched the Omnitrix to XLR8 and slammed down on the face plate. In a flash of green light, Diamond Head appeared in his place. The Petrosapian looked down at himself and gave a groan,
"Hey, Omnitrix, does this look like XLR8?" the crystal being complained.
With a pissed intake of air, he transformed his arms into sharpened points before shooting off crystal shards at the assassin's comrades. Some of the crystals hit their targets while others deflected off of the "Boy Dounderhead's" birdarangs. The shape changer gave an aggrevated growl. Diamond Head slammed his fists on the ground and created a wall of crystal to block off the fleeing assailants. They stopped and took out their weapons. They fired off round after round at the two heroes.
Ben created another wall of crystal in front of them, much to the Boy Wonder's annoyance. The younger raven looked up at him,
"What are you doing?! They could be getting away!" he exclaimed before throwing himself over the wall.
"You're welcome! You know, cause I didn't just save your life or anything!" Diamond Head exclaimed. The Bird Boy ignored him and went back to crime fighting. The Petrosapian groaned and pursued the younger, having now choosen to cover the younger's back.
The wind whipped passed his ears as Robin flipped and twirled through the air, defeating various foes. He was kind of upset to have to ignore the person who was kind to him at school, but this was buisness. He didn't have time for friends when it was Dynamic Duo time. He looked back at the brunette-turned-alien and smiled, watching the elder beat up the baddies,
"You're not looking too whelmed over there Rock Head!" Robin hollered over.
"That's...Diamond Head to you, Bird Brain!" Ben hollered back, throwing another criminal away from himself. The police finally intervened and had captured the majority of the fiends. Ben and Robin looked around at the crowd. Ben looked back at his "comrade" only to find a cloud of smoke in his place and a creepy chuckle flying away from him. Ben changed back to normal and growled, slinging off a web and swinging away from the crime.
"Stupid Bird." the brunette muttered angerily.
Sorry for the crappy fight scene but that's all I got. Next chapter will be up soon.
