Ch. 1

The team huddled in the briefing room. Something big was going on. Superman was nervously talking to Black Canary and every once in awhile checking the clock. Batman was nowhere in sight, which was odd, because Batman was supposed to be the one assigning the missions. On top of that, Robin was nowhere in sight, and had not visited the cave in a few days. Nightwing, who was known to drop in for training or just to hang out, had not been seen in days either.

Superboy glanced at his mentor. Ever since Nightwing had called in Ma and Pa, Superman had been fulfilling his mentoring duties. On top of that, the Man of Steel had started to try to get to know him, which baffled Conner because never before did he have someone who took an interest in his schoolwork. He decided that he owed Nightwing a huge favor (Nightwing seemed to like collecting those), especially when Superman sent a smile his way.

Superboy thought about Nightwing then. M'gann had said that he was handsome with his thin but athletic figure, his tanned skin and his dark hair. But what Superboy noticed most about him was his confidence. Nightwing was somehow able to move in a way that suggested that he knew exactly what his body was capable of at any given time. The amount of training to get to that point must of been astounding, because he had only ever seen that same confidence in Batman. When he had tried to explain it to Superman he had said, "Those Bats are something else Con. Most heroes become heroes because they were blessed with some sort of power. But the Bat Clan became heroes long before they got the technology that allowed them to stay ahead of the rest. If I had to pick a member of the Justice League that could take down us down if we ever went rogue it would definitely be Batman and his Birdies." Superboy had not really understood at the time, but now seeing the League without Batman standing in their mix he thought that he grasped at least a part of it. Batman was better than the rest of the League because he had no real powers to rely on. The only thing he could rely on was himself and his sons. Because of that, Batman always looked calm, after all, he had dealt with worse with less.

Suddenly the monitor in the room turned on and Batman stood there with his four sons. The background of the image was kinda hazy and dark, but it looked like Tokyo?

Seeing Batman's face on the monitor, Superman breathed out a sigh of relief. Batman could explain the mission to the kids. Batman could explain how a psychopath was targeting a bunch of defenseless kids over money.

Taking in the scene, Batman said, "Team you have a new mission. Unfortunately Robin will have to sit this one out as he is needed in Tokyo with us. The mission is simple. Guard Bruce Wayne and his kids from a new villain named Dark Phantom. He's targeting the kids, so keep your primary focus on them."

Pushing past Batman, Nightwing turned to the team, "Do you guys remember how I said that Bruce Wayne and Batman kind of work together to keep Gotham from destroying itself? Well these kids, they are everything to him, so please protect them well. And remember, even in the brightest stars, there are hints of darkness." With that Nightwing walked away and out of camera view, with Batman following him.

When the team gave a confused look to Robin, he sighed. "Sorry guys, he discovered his new love for poetry. Right now, every other sentence is some sort of metaphor. What I think he means is that Bruce Wayne and his sons are considered a beacon of hope in Gotham. However, all of them have tragic pasts that led Bruce to adopt them. Just be careful of that, and don't push on subjects they don't wanna talk about." With that Robin walked away without saying goodbye.

Seeing that Blackbird had slipped away while they were talking to Robin, Red Hood sighed. "I can't believe I'm acting like the one with manners. Of all people, me!" Turning to the team, he said, "This should be obvious, but those boys like their privacy. So no taking photos without their permission, I really don't care how much the Daily Planet will pay you for the photo. Besides, I wouldn't recommend pissing off Bruce Wayne, as he's the guy that puts the money in to make the Justice League possible." Red Hood turns to someone off screen and nods before turning back. "Sorry kiddies, gotta go. Magical zombies to kill before they make the evening news." With that, Red Hood turns the screen off.

The room is completely silent before Wally bursts out, "Magical zombies, why can't we do that and not babysit the Wayne's?" Pausing for a second, Wally continued, "Wait, when do we start?"

Superman sighed before saying, "Go pack your bags for at least a week, include civvies because there might be visitors and that way you can pretend to be one of the boy's friends. You guys are scheduled to arrive at the Wayne Manor at three o'clock sharp."

Turning to Wally, Artemis mouthed the word "Manor." Then she realized what this job would entail. She would have to guard the creepy stalker freshman, Tim Drake. She hoped that at least one of his older brothers would be good looking so that she could have some eye-candy.

Nightwing turned to look at Robin. "I like poetry now huh? Robin in a moment you will be throbbin' because I will give you a good clobberin'." Nightwing suddenly looked excited. "Hey I'm pretty good at this! Maybe I should write these down..."

Batman immediately interrupted him. "I don't think so. Let's stick with the puns." Looking around he said, "Let's Zeta to the Batcave. We need to get ready for our guests. We also need to figure out how to access the Batcave if necessary without alerting the team."

As they entered the cave, the brothers were arguing loudly over how to best terrorize the team. Robin sighed and said, "I'm more worried about M'gann and Artemis. I mean M'gann is dating Connor, but both of them are constantly arguing over boys. And there's a reason both Dick and Bruce get all the girls. At school, the girls are always asking whether I can introduce them to you guys. It's so annoying!"

Smirking, Dick turned to Bruce, "We are pretty popular with the ladies."

Jason sighed, "I can't go anywhere with these two. Anywhere we go, girls use me to get closer to them."

Damian was the only one who seemed to remain focused on the real issue. "Father. We need to discuss the real issue here, what are we going to do when that idiot, Superman, calls in for a check in?"

"We could always send Agent A to give status reports. Nobody notices when the butler slips away." Nightwing suggested.

"Good idea Dick, we can always think of more solutions later. Now get changed. Dick, no Batman or Nightwing shirts, the team has seen those."

At Bruce's order, Nightwing saluted before joining his brothers in the changing station. Bruce smiled faintly at his son's antics before joining his four sons in the changing room.

The brother's lounged around the Den lazily. They were waiting for the Young Justice team to arrive at the manor. It was already three fifteen, which meant that the team was late. Bruce was very unhappy about that fact, and Alfred had to tell him to calm down and take a deep breath. Now Bruce sat in between his sons as Dick flipped through the TV channels looking for something that could spark some form of interest.

When the doorbell rang, Dick immediately took off running to the door, skidding through the corridors of the manor. In his excitement he knocked over a priceless vase from the Ming Dynasty. Tim dove for the vase and managed to save the priceless heirloom before it hit the ground and shattered.

Running past Alfred, Dick threw open the door and greeted the team. As he enthusiastically shook everyone's hands, Bruce, Tim, Jason, and Damian rounded the corner. Seeing Tim's normally pristine clothing rumpled, Artemis burst out, "What happened to you?"

Immediately, Jason, Damian, and Bruce snickered while Dick looked confused. "Ask Dickhead here. In his excitement to meet you guys, he knocked over a priceless heirloom."

Jason kept snickering as he said, "Tiny Tim here dove to save it. The vase managed to come out unscathed, but apparently Timmy's wardrobe didn't."

Dick looked shocked before yelling, "Oh my god! Timmy are you alright!" He immediately started looking Tim over for injuries. Tim's resigned look told the team that this was a standard practice in the Wayne household.

Artemis looked the brothers over. Damian was the youngest, and was staring right back at her with a scowl on his face. He was dressed in nice jeans and and a tight black turtleneck sweater.

She turned to look at Tim. He was trying to push his brother off of him, but she could see that he was faintly blushing. Tim was wearing jeans with a tucked-in red button down shirt with a loosened black tie. Artemis thought this was the most relaxed that she had ever seen him.

Jason definitely interested her. He was older than Tim and had definitely grown into his looks. He was standing with his arms crossed watching the team just as intently as she was observing them. He was wearing old jeans, a white shirt, and a black leather jacket. He had the whole 'bad-boy' vibe going on, and she could definitely imagine him smoking.

She turned to Dick. He was done fussing over Tim and was standing with an arm wrapped around Damian shoulder. Surprisingly the boy did not push him away, but instead leaned into him. Dick was wearing jeans and a blue button down shirt, with the top three buttons undone and the sleeves rolled up. Dick could not be described as anything other than a Greek god, and Artemis hoped that there would be a reason for him to walk around shirtless. Dick cocked his head at her and smirked. She had a feeling that he knew she was checking him out.

When she turned to look at Bruce Wayne, she was shocked. Gotham's billionaire playboy was glaring at her. She could only assume that he had noticed her blatantly checking Dick out and was not happy about it. He was surprisingly also very casually dressed, wearing jeans and a button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up. What surprised her the most, though was when he turned to his sons. He face visibly softened and he leaned down and whispered something in Dick's ear that had Dick bursting out with laughter and Superboy snickering.

Turning back to the team, Bruce Wayne said, "I'm assuming that you guys are the Young Justice team that Robin and Nightwing assured me could protect my sons. If you guys are not too busy checking out my sons, you can come in." Artemis flushed, hating the smile that Bruce sent her way.

Kaldur stepped forward once they were in the foyer. "My name is Aqualad, but you may call me Kaldur."

Gesturing to the rest of the team to step forward, Wally stepped forward and said, "Nice to meet you. I'm Kid Flash but you guys can call me Wally."

M'gann levitated gently. "My name is Miss Martian but you can call me M'gann sweetheart."

M'gann was facing Damian as she said that and was surprised when Damian looked her once over and scoffed. "You cannot win me over that easily harlot. If you wish to find a bed mate, Grayson sleeps with any female with a pulse, especially redheads."

The room was deadly silent as they took in what Damian had said. Artemis expected Dick to look embarrassed but instead he just burst out laughing. Bruce sighed before saying, "Damian, that's not how you talk to a lady. Especially one that was just trying to be nice." Turning to the team he said, "I apologize in advance for him. His mother did not feel the need to teach him appropriate manners before she decided that he should live with me."

Seeing that the team was still trying to process the information, Artemis stepped forward and said, "Artemis, just Artemis."

Connor, for once, did not get angry on M'gann's behalf and said, "I'm Superboy. You can call me Connor."

The brother's seemed satisfied and started to walk away. Dick pulled them back and said, "You guys probably know who we are but I'm Richard, but you can call me Dick. And this is
Jason, Tim, Damian, and Bruce." Looking around Dick exclaimed, "And this is the master of the household, Alfred."

The team turned to look at Alfred with a bit of confusion. As far as they knew, Bruce Wayne was in charge of the manor and all of the Wayne fortunes. They had never heard of Alfred before.

Alfred turned to them in his pristine tuxedo. "I'm afraid that Master Dick exaggerates. I am merely the butler."

Dick sent the team a wink, "Don't let him fool you, he is the best chef you will ever meet. And nothing gets by him. You need anything or can't find one of us, just ask him. He always knows."

With that the brother's dispersed and after a few seconds of silence, the brother's heard a loud crash. Sighing, Bruce turned to Alfred and said, "Do you think it is possible to remove the priceless valuables from the main living quarters. You know what Dick's like when he's excited." Hearing another crash, Bruce sighed even deeper. "Scratch that, all the boys get like this when they are excited."

The butler turned to Bruce and said, "I believe that when you came to me with the prospect of adopting Master Jason, I told you that Master Dick has the energy and destructive powers of five boys and you did not listen. Now you have four boys Sir. I will try and remove all valuables but be prepared for the worst."

Bruce turned to the butler and said, "Why Alfred, are you telling me 'I told you so?'"

Alfred's face remained impassive as another loud crash was heard and the team could make out Jason yelling, "Get the devil's spawn Timmy!"

Alfred turned back to Bruce before saying, "It appears that way Sir." With that Alfred walked away, and Bruce ushered the team farther into the manor.

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A/N: I really appreciate all the reviews on the first chapter and on the last story. I don't know if the team and the Justice League will figure out who the Wayne's really are, but I defiantly want the Batbros and Bruce to troll the team! Please review!