Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or the song,"fighter" by Christina Aguilera
Oh and i don't know they're real ages so
Nightwing 22
Red hood 19
Red robin(a.k.a. Tim drake) 16
Robin 12
It was 12:00 am, July 9th. The day that Tim Drake's terrible parents died. They had treated him horribly. And so he had grown to deeply resent them.
They had just finished beating the Penguin. While the rest of them went home, Tim said he would go on "patrol". What he really was doing was going to a part of Gotham that was under construction to be alone.
He should have known but actually Nightwing, Red hood, Robin, and Batgirl(a.k.a. Stephanie Brown) had followed him noticing that something was wrong.
He sat on one of the newly finished roofs. He looked at his Ipod. He liked to listen to songs that related to him and his parents relationship. And so he picked his favorite song and started to talk in a low voice.
After all you put me through,
You think I'd despise you,
But in the end I wanna thank you,
'Cause you've made me that much stronger
Silently all of the bat family excluding batman looked at him wondering who he was talking about.
Well I, I thought I knew you, thinkin' that you were true
Guess I, I couldn't trust called your bluff time is up
'Cause I've had enough
You were there by my side, always down for the ride
But your joy ride just came down in flames 'cause your greed sold me out in shame
Nightwing and Red hood opened their eyes behind their masks, realizing who he was singing about.
Tim looked up at the sky as he sang the next verse.
After all of the stealing and cheating you probably think that I hold resentment for you
But uh uh, oh no, you're wrong
'Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do, I wouldn't know
Just how capable I am to pull through
So I wanna say thank you
'Cause it
Damian whispered to Nightwing,"Dick who is drake talking about?" He could feel Tim's animosity from the distance, which was on the other side of the roof.
Dick whispered back,"His parents." and Dick's voice turned harsh as he said "parents".
Makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter
While the three bat bros looked at their brother with confusion, perplexed as to why he was thanking them, Stephanie looked at him pained. No one knew it but they had been dating for two weeks. And so in that time he had told her that he kinda glad that he went through it because at least he had gotten stronger and when someone called him weak he knew it was not true.
Never saw it coming, all of your backstabbing
Just so you could cash in on a good thing before I'd realize your game
I heard you're going round playing the victim now
But don't even begin feeling I'm the one to blame
'Cause you dug your own grave
With that Tim started to sing more heatedly.
After all of the fights and the lies 'cause you're wanting to haunt me
But that won't work anymore, no more,
It's over
'Cause if it wasn't for all of your torture
I wouldn't know how to be this way now and never back down
So I wanna say thank you
'Cause it
They all tried the fight to run to him and hug him.
And then his posture softened and he sang a little quieter.
How could this man I thought I knew
Turn out to be unjust so cruel
Could only see the good in you
Pretended not to see the truth
You tried to hide your lies, disguise yourself
Through living in denial
But in the end you'll see
He hesitated and then with much pain yet relish in his voice he sang.
YOU-WON'T-STOP-ME
His family and girlfriend flinched a the sudden harshness of his voice.
I am a fighter and I
I ain't gonna stop
There is no turning back
I've had enough
You thought I would forget
But I remembered
'Cause I remembered
I remembered
You thought I would forget
I remembered
'Cause I remembered
I remembered
And with that he stopped and took off his mask and they all saw from behind one tear fall. And with that she could not resist any further. Stephanie ran to Tim and hugged him.
Them realizing the gig was up. They all ran and joined in the hug.
Under all of it, Tim murmured,"Thank you." and discreetly kissed Steph. For once, Tim felt like all was right and forgot about his parents, remembering he had a new, better family now.