Chapter 2: Future Revelations
Everyone were in seats with their favorite drinks and snacks, courtesy of BatMite.
"First, we are starting with Terry."
The screen turned on and every single person were surpised to see a teenager with black hair and blue eyes sitting at a desk holding some sort of disk. He got up and walked past a dog that watched him. He stuck the item in a slot that was attached to a computer.
"Computer, analyze the metal this thing's made of?" he asked.
He waits a few seconds before saying,"Computer?"
"Incorrect command," it says.
"Uh, do the thing where you figure out what it's made of," he replies.
"Request for spectrograph analysis."
"Uh, yeah. That's it, what you said."
After those words came out his mouth the scene changed to a look at a city they suspected to be Gotham. The camera moved towards a particular building then changed again to see the Batman Beyond costume underneath a bed. The owner of the bed had their hands dangling over the side. Then there was a knock on the door.
"Terry," said a woman," Honey?"
The dorr opened and they saw the teenager lift his head up and look towards the door. The group instantly recognised him; he was Batman Beyond.
"Wha-," stuttered the teen.
"Quick, get dressed. We have company," she said.
"Company?" he asked really not following.
"Mister Bruce Wayne. He's here to see you," she says.
When Terry got out they heard:
"I hope you don't mind milk. We're out of cream," she said.
"I prefer it," said an old man, "Ah, Terrence, sorry to get you up so early."
Nightwing snorted causing Batgirl, Robin, and Batman to glare at him. Damian couldn't help smirk and Terry, being right next to him, couldn't help but smile.
"S'okay," said Terry.
"You never told me you knew Bruce Wayne," said the woman,
Bruce sat his warm milk down on the coffee table and looked up at Terry.
"Well... actually... uh," said Terry.
"Why I owe this boy my life. He defended me against a bunch of hooligans once. I tried to reward him but he absolutely refused," he said.
"Mister Wayne wants to offer you a job," said the woman.
"A job?" asked Terry.
"It's not much, mind you. I find in my old age, I could use a part-time assistant. You know, a go for. Go for this, go for that. An ally as it were, would you be interested?" he asked.
"Of course he would," interjected the woman looking over at Terry," Wouldn't you honey? I mean to work with someone as famous as Mister Wayne."
"Sure," he replies.
"I warn you. I can be a difficult task master. I expect nothing short of excellence for all who work with me."
"I think I can handle it."
"Very good then Mr. McGinnis," he says as he stands up before extending his hand," Welcome to my world."
Terry extended his hand and he shakes Bruce's hand.
Suddenly the scene changed. They see a man strapped to a machine that was circular looking. They get a closer look at the man. The man starts to wake up and they see he has blue eyes. They also notice that he has black hair that was greying on the sides.
"You always were the perfect specimen detective," said what everyone thought was a male but Terry knew better.
"Wow," said Robin in his seat looking at Batman," That's you."
"And that's Ra's Al Ghul's voice," said everyone else.
Then they saw a woman come out from a hall.
"Mom?" asked Damian bewildered.
Everyone looked over at the boy when he began to speak.
"What has grandfather done to you?" asked Damian desperately.
"Even old age has not suffered you as much as I had feared," said the woman in Ra's voice.
"I should've known you'd cheat death again Ra's," said the man.
"I don't cheat death. I master it, though I assure you this time my long jepordy comes at a price most dear."
"Talia," said th man closing his eyes and bowed his head before opening his eyes to glare at Ra's in Talia's body.
The entire group looked over at the boy sitting next to Batman Beyond. The white filter that covered his eyes showed over most of the green fabric. Damian was shaking his head over and over again.
"I did indeed survive our last battle but my body was broken far beyond the pits powers to heal. In order to save my life, I called upon Talia to undertake the ultimate act of loyalty."
"You sacrified her. Your own daughter!" said the man.
"NO! I-i knew you were loyal, mother, but to give up your life to a pathetic piece of death worshipping garbage? What about your dream to settle down with Father and raise a family? Your dream to forget the Brotherhoos of Evil, to forget about the Light, to forget the League of Shadows and be happy protecting Gotham alongside Father, what about that?"
Larry popped up to float next to the boy and said," I'm surpised you'd feel that way. Didn't she force you to kill since you were four? Didn't she force you to eat raw vegetables like carrots when your teeth could only handle soft foods and liquids? Weren't you afraid to eat the plates of food you had for breakfast, lunch, and dinner because of he chane that they were poisoned when your mom would bring it out?"
Damian turned and socked Larry in the face.
"She never poisoned my food. My grandfather did. She made me eat raw vegetables because she knew that when she got her hands on them that they wouldn't be poisoned. My mother knew that I killed but she was never allowed to be there during the training my grandfather devised. I care for my mother because she risked her well being to have me. My grandfather wanted me dead from the day he found out that I would be born soon. My mother sufferd as she took my grandfather's wrath to keep me alive for the first eight years I was born! She even helped me escape and handed me over to my father because she knew I'd be safer with him. She loves me!" shouted Damian before burying his face in his costume as he curled up into a ball.
BatMite, who had paused the video after Damian's outburst, went to help Larry. Everyone who looked at Damian were surprised to hear him sobbing. They were even more surprised to see Batman Beyond reach over to grab the boy and pull him into a hug while holding the boy on his lap.
He started to speak in Arabic to Damian. The Bat Family and Blue Beetle understood what he was saying. When the boy started to calm down he got comfortable on Batman Beyond's or tried since everyone was staring at him.
Batman would never admit it but watching his son cry his eyes out made him feel horrible. He then took Damian out of Terry's arms and held the boy close while he spoke to him in Arabic and Terry smiled when Damian calmed down and clutched on to Batman like any scared child would when they're scared.
"I'm sorry for hitting you, Nosyarg."
Larry smiled and held his thumb out as a symbol of forgiveness.
"I guess this is why my family hates me. I overreact and do something stupid," Damian said trying to escape Batman's grasp but he refused to let the boy go.
"That's not true," said Larry, "They love you. All of them. When you died, they were miserable. Especially, your dad when he found the letter you wrote him."