BIRDS OF PREY
RETURN OF THE BOY WONDERS
"HELENA I DON'T HAVE TIME TO ARGUE, GO WORK OUT IN THE TRAINING ROOM AND LET ME DEAL WITH TIM!" yells Barbara in response before Helena storms off, Barbara makes her way outside and finds Tim crouched in a corner sobbing "Timmy, what's wrong?" she asks, getting no response "Tim, please talk to me"
"I'm sorry, I am so, so sorry, please forgive me!" he sobs as Barbara wheels up to him and puts her arm around him, he moves closer to the wheelchair, sobbing, "I failed them all!"
"What do you mean Tim?"
"They're... dead, I... lead... them, I... failed... them; the... Titan's... are... dead!" he sobbed, Barbara realises what Tim is saying and wraps both arms around the young man what neither of them realise is that Alfred has walked outside to them
"Excuse me Miss Barbara, but Master Dick and I have prepared a light meal if either of you are hungry" whispers the elder
"Tim, come on, let's get something to eat" she whispers as Tim wipes his eyes
"Before I do, can you ask Helena to come out here, I wanna say something to her first!"
"Ok, but no arguments, I don't want to have Alfred getting blood out of the carpet!"
"I can only promise not to start an argument, I can't promise not to finish it!"
"Fair enough, Alfred, can you have Helena come out here, Tim wants to speak to her!"
"Of course" responds Alfred as he walks back inside
"I need your help" says Tim, quietly
"What with Timmy?"
"I want to fly again, but I need to learn why I should"
"You want me to help Robin soar again as he did when he was younger?"
"Yes, I need to soar, I have to, I need to live again!" responds Tim as Helena walks out
"What is it?" she says
"Helena, Tim has something he wants to say before we go in to eat!"
"What?"
"Helena, I'm sorry for what I said, I shouldn't have said it, I've just not been in a good way recently!"
"Barbara, did you have anything to do with this?"
"Nope, Tim did this all by himself!"
"Well Tim, I'll accept your apology, I shouldn't have referred to you as the kid, so I'll accept yours if you accept mine!"
"I will accept yours no question... all I ask is for the help of the family to soar again!"
"Let's get inside, we can talk about it!" responds Helena, wrapping her arm around Tim and they walk inside, which shocks everyone
"Who are you and what have you done with my sister?" asks Dick
"Tim asked for help, and he's gonna get it!"
"Did he ask you Babs?" wonders Nightwing
"He did, and we're all going to help him, including you Nightwing!"
"I said I would, but I brought him here because I can't do it alone, I need the help of my beautiful Oracle" responds the original Boy Wonder turned Nightwing to a blushing Barbara
"Good, now everyone, eat... we have a lot of work ahead of us!" orders Barbara as Tim plays with his meal, contemplating "Alright Tim, out with it, what's wrong?"
"I was just thinking!"
"What about?" asks Helena
"All we need are Bruce and your mom and the Commissioner and we've got a proper family gathering!"
"Speaking of the Commissioner, Barbara, how is your dad?" asks Dick
"He's coming over tomorrow!" responds Barbara