i don't know what wrong with me, i'm just going to write now and i'm not really good with fighting scenes xD
~1 Year later, Gotham~
"Anything happening Birdwatcher? Robin is starting to look like Dad right now" Red Hood smirked as he checked on his little brother hanging upside down where he was perched himself, they both heard the chuckle that made the moody Robin smile a little.
'Sorry Hood, nothing happening anywhere in Gotham or...oh yeah, never mind'
"Dude, the city might be ruins but you saved EVERYONE in Blüdhaven with that media hack! 3 days later...boom! Chemo hits the city but only killed rats and then JLA swoops in and tries to hog the glory but nope! you got it!" Hood grinned under the iconic helmet and Robin looked smug when he remembered the looks on their faces when the media talked about Nightwing saving every single living creature in Blüdhaven.
However that had only made the League and Wally more furious with him.
Dick called Superman to explain himself but earned another harsh scolding and almost a broken face had he not grabbed kryptonite before making the call, after that he and Bruce made another tinkering with the wheelchair so that a fragment of kryptonite was safe for Dick to be near and easy to grab should it happen again. But now Dick made sure never to come in contact with the JLA ever again if he wasn't forced to when they came to the Batcave, he would just plain out ignore them and keep working or get a heads up so he could take cover in the Manor.
'Is there anything out there to hit? My hands are shacking and Black Bat is for once not sitting like a statue'
'Sorry Spoiler, nothing that- seems...Hang on...'
The background was filled with tapping of keys and quiet mumbling before they heard and felt the devil's grin. Even Batman felt it where he was standing on top of the clocktower.
'How hard do you guys need to hit?'
*Hard* Was the reply from several points making Dick cackle that creepy (awesome) laugh.
'Well Bane stupidly arrived at the dock just now with drugs, weapons, ammunition...Same old and...Wayne Tech?! How the hell did he- *slapping noise* aaand Team just arrived'
Batman pinched between his eyes as the commlink became as silent as the eye of a raging storm before taking out his grappling hook and lightly shock Batgirl awake from her catnap, she had had several tests that day and not enough sleep so he had allowed it this time but he kinda wondered if he should send her back or have her operate the Batplane.
'Batman I'm sending the Batplane to your location now'
...That's it! His eldest boy is a psychic! "'Watcher? Is there one more power you're hiding beside making friends left and right?"
'Don't you mean enemies? But no, I don't... Why? Did I somehow guess what you were thinking?'
"Uh huh"
'Blue Beetle and Impulse are down, Wonder Girl is...Yep there she went and Superboy is charging in...5 bucks says he's going to know what a concussion is!'
Batman and Batgirl strapped in once the plane arrived and took off to the dock where the Team didn't fare so well as they might think, Black Bat and Spoiler was on a building to the right and Red Hood and Robin was still en-route. Red Robin was in the Batcave benched with a broken left wrist watching his brother work his magic on the computer.
"I'll take Bane, Red Hood and Robin stop the trucks that just left Birdwatcher has the number plates! Black Bat and Spoiler take out the henchmen" Batman started pairing everyone up before opening the dome "Circle around here and fire if needed, keep your eyes peeled! Birdwatcher needs to focus on the traffic cams and guide Red Hood and Robin" Batgirl nodded and jumped into the pilot seat as Batman swooped in classic Bat-style and sent a pretty hard fist right in Bane's face before he was grabbed by the ankle and tossed into a few crates.
The Team came to from their hits and found the bats had arrived and they knew they were screwed as they were all metas and they were not allowed in Gotham, they were about to run when their comms came on.
'Birdwatcher here, since you guys started this you might as well help Black Bat and Spoiler with the henchmen. Batman the trucks have been dealt with and GCPD is on their way here, there's a power box close to you that has enough volts to take down Bane should he go venom size. Right now the highest volt on the stun gun might weaken him'
Batman sent a fist skywards making the 2 crates fly off him as he got back up "Thanks Birdwatcher, is the ship..."
'Locked down and not going anywhere, touching controls stuns them'
"Stay in contact" Good work son
'Will do' *Thanks Dad, but you knew I did that as soon as they arrived*
30 minuets later Bane and his goons were loaded up and the cargo was confiscated, Batman stayed behind as Gordon came up "I'm not going to ask about the shipment because I know your little whispering bird *The boys in the cave lost all control they possessed* had something to do with it! Like everything else"
"Little escapes Birdwatcher, sometimes even I can't keep track" Batman said short.
Gordon looked at him for a moment before sighing "Any idea where Nightwing has gone? It's been almost a year and there's no sights of him...I'm still trying to get over that he saved the people of Blüdhaven more times then the police did"
"He's paralyzed waist down, he's Birdwatcher now" Batman said and gave a communicator with a bird on the back holding a spyglass and a scroll in it's wings, Gordon took it without a word. When he turned around towards his car he knew Batman was gone.
~Batcave~
"You said you wanted hard! It's not my fault we're not really day people!" Dick laughed and kept laughing when he got Damian's cape over him. The boy himself climbed into Dick's lap and looked at the screens while Dick got the cape off him "Next time...don't listen to us" Jason muttered as he walked past his brothers.
Tim and Alfred had gone to be long ago and the family wasn't far behind, Dick turned back to the computer and was about touch the keys when he was hugged from behind.
"You've done enough for one night chum, get to bed" Bruce mumbled before kissing his son's temple and tighten his hug before letting go and head for the stairs to finish his paperwork "If you're going to your office don't bother, I already finished the paperwork" Dick voice rang out making Bruce's eyes wide before he practically ran to see for himself. Dick laughed before shutting the cave down for the night and wheeled to the elevator when he slowled the wheels a bit and looked at his legs.
It's been over a year since he got paralyzed and had to come up with a new hero ID which he later turned into a mission to keep his siblings in check, they spent days and hours trying to come up with something until Damian and Cass shouted 'Birdwatcher' at dinner. Bruce quirked a brow at then and Dick froze with his fork still in his mouth when he looked at them, he removed his fork and slowly chewed as he thought about it and then it clicked.
"This is about the 'watching you guys like a fricking hawk' right?"
Their cherry red faces was enough answer.
Next he gave them another task: Come up with an emblem or icon that would show up on the screens. By now he had explained to Alfred and Bruce who either shook his head fondly or raised his hands in a 'Don't drag me into it' gesture but at least they knew why the two most quiet sibling has shouted at dinner. Soon Damian ran in with a speed that made Dick shout at Jason not to use their little brothers as bullets, Jason was left on the floor roar laughing and Bruce was struggling behind his newspaper but once Tim and Steph lost it even he cracked.
The icon was a bird with the wings crossed at the front and in them was a scroll and spyglass, Damian explained that the scroll was knowledge since Dick was in front of a computer that was better then anything on Earth and the Spyglass was him watching over them. Dick spent a good minuet gaping at the drawing before pointing towards the grandfather clock and demanded they made a 3D version of it...He kinda emptied the whole room with just him, Bruce and Alfred left.
Apparently it took both the Wayne kids and Barbara to make it as awesome/creepy as possible so...It takes 6 batkids and 5 hours to make a 3D icon for their brother. When he put it to use the first time at the Watchtower he had scared half of them to death since they had masked his voice, he had to turn off the mic so he could get out his laugh and gets some air before his face changed color and he'd need to stitch his lower lip.
Since then he had been Birdwatcher for about 8 months but one day his name and Birdwatcher had slipped out in one sentence making all of them flip, which he quelled by warning that a certain Yellow Lantern with few loose screws and wanting to kill Jordan was coming. That kept them busy for a good while.
Dick bit his lip for about 5 seconds before wheeling to the gym and to a corner that had a pole on the wall and a foot-stall close by, placed there by Jason who just shrugged. Dick wheeled to the wall and locked the wheels so the chair wouldn't move as he grabbed the pole tightly and slowly stood up, keeping a grip on the pole as he concentrated on his legs only. He closed his eyes and tried to move his legs and feel a normal textile piece that served as the starting point of the pole, then came smoother tape so he knew how far he had gotten to the more rougher tape that was the end...10 meters away from the textile. Dick had been thorough thinking about this and so had Lucius remake his holo-watch so it both show time, act as a holo-screen when he was in bed and call the wheelchair should he fall.
No one knew about this secret training but they knew that he sleeped in a lot more but thought it was from the hard work by the computers, so they never disturbed him until one of them got a text that he was up. Dick opened his eyes when he lost count of the tapes and looked behind him to make sure he counted right, the textile was green, tapes were white and the rough tape was blue. He was still between the first white tape and the staring point, he was breathing heavily and the sweat was dripping from his chin...That was enough...He taped his watch and released the brakes before locking them again when the chair was close enough.
Wheeling to the elevator and pressed the button he took a moment to catch his breath before he made it to his room, opened his drawers and picked a tank top, sweatpants and boxers and then wheeled to his room-connected-bathroom for a shower.
He really need it after that training.
~Wayne Manor, Morning~
Bruce was heading for the stairs while fixing his tie when he slowed down and glanced at his eldest son's door, wondering if he should check on him or let him be...
A crash from that very room decided for him and gave him a heart attack as he opened the door and found Dick on the floor, give the wheelchair a fully fledged batglare before looking at Bruce. "Now I see why one or two people come in here when I text that I'm awake" He muttered as Bruce effortlessly lifted him up and placed him in the chair before wheeling him out of the room and to the elevator.
"You had to find out your self?" The billionaire asked amused.
"Sometimes doing stupid things teaches you not to do them again and gives you knowledge for future generations trying it" Dick bent his head back so he could see Bruce, upside down but meh, he was always hanging like that when he was kid. Bruce ruffled his son's already sleep messy hair and pushed the wheelchair out and towards the dining room where the rest of the family was...Quite the sight!
Jason, Cass and Damian wasn't really morning people and was either trying to wake up, half asleep or face resting in the bowl while holding a silverware. Steph was zipping on her juice while checking her homework, Tim was on his 2nd cup of coffee and Alfred was placing their plates in front of them and then saw the three sleepers on the opposite side of the table, Dick quirked a brow before looking at Bruce, who nodded fondly at him.
"Every morning, still kinda fun to see"
"I bet, what are you doing about those three?" Dick said and nodded towards the sleeping bats "Letting them be till they hear Alfred place their breakfast in front of them" He said before wheeling the chair so that it was between Tim and Bruce on the right side of the table, Dick looked over Tim's shoulder to see what he did before giving a quick peek on the cheek that made Tim jump slightly to look at him.
"Dick! You're up already?" He checked his watch then looked at his brother, who had his toast in his mouth so he jabbed a thumb at Bruce who caught on "He tried to get into his wheelchair on his own, I was outside his door so I heard when he went down, giving me a heart attack I might add!" Dick blinked at him before his eyes went past Bruce and finally took the toast out of his mouth "Sorry, forgot that you get jumpy when you hear a crash or a crazy person in the house"
He turned to look at Jason who was leaning back in the chair, head hanging to the left, Cass who was resting her head on her forearms and lastly Damian, who had his face in the bowl still holding the silverware. He was the most adorable out the three. "Don't they have a free day at school?" Dick asked as he waited for Tim to fill his cup and Stephanie to fill his plate with some fruits while he put butter on his toasts and placed a slice of cheese and salami, Bruce lowered his paper looking at him and then the others as if he had been thinking about it too.
"They were going to fix something right? A water pipe or..." "Testing the fire alarm, all exits and set up security cameras EVERYWHERE...Well not the restrooms but you get the idea" Steph said and flickered a green grape in her mouth while turning a page in her text book and note book, Bruce's eyebrows nearly hit his hairline "I paid them to do that 3 months ago! What the hell have they been-"
"Tim reminded them by not warning his lab partner that he was mixing the wrong chemicals so their table caught fire" Dick snorted and Tim just shrugged "They didn't listen to Steph so we made a plan B...And the beakers exploded too"
That woke up Jason "Who blew up what?" He asked and then saw Dick, grabbing Bruce's watch wrist to look at the time and then back "The heck are you doing up now?" He asked, Dick just raised his cup and took a sip while Bruce got up "I'm not sure when I'll be back from the office but if you all are free today, I might need some help" Tim and Steph looked at each other, then their PJ's and back at Bruce "Ready in 10 minuets Dad" finished their plates, grabbed what they had been doing and ran to get changed.
Dick just looked at the still sleeping duo before finishing himself and wheeled so he could pick up Damian and secure him so he could be taken to his room while Jason lifted up Cass bridal style, Bruce didn't object the actions. Dick wheeled to the elevator and pressed the button for the second floor when Damian stirred, Dick could see an eye lid open before he pressed his nose closer into Dick's neck. Soon they were in Damian's room and Dick moved his brother to the bed the best he could while in wheelchair when Jason arrived.
"Here, let me do it"
"Thanks, I'm going to wheel away from this far to brightly lit house and down to the dark cave" Dick grinned and Jason chuckled.
"You really are a son of the bat!"
"So are you two"
"Touché big bro"
~Batcave~
4 hours, a slight lunch and cracking fingers at least 7 times Dick finally pulled up the video feed for the Manor, checking where his family was when the gate camera caught his eye. He zoomed in and groaned.
Gotham's most noisiest reporter herself was looking at the camera and ringing on the intercom, knowing Alfred had a ear-piece himself Dick decided to warn the family.
"Vicki Vale at the gate intercom, wanna hide? You have 6 minuets before I let her in to torment us" He made a face as he waited until he had heard Jason and Alfred answer that they would face her with him whether he'd like it or not, shrugging he opened the gates and closed down everything else before he grabbed the wheels to make a fast turning and moved to the elevator. He just exited it on the main floor when the knocking on the door was heard and Alfred opened them.
Quirking a brow at her expression he heard Dick's wheelchair come towards them so he just moved aside and opened the door wider "Mr. Grayson I-" Vicki began.
"It's Wayne now, have been for...6 years? Alfred?" Dick said looking at the butler, who nodded. Vicki narrowed her eyes "Very well, is Bruce here? And why are you in wheelchair?" That got both their attention, even Jason's who was spying from the living room door.
Dick blinked at least 3 times before his brain could think of a polite answer "I've been paralyzed waist down for almost a year now! Have you been hiding in a cave or something?"
"I've had more important things to do"
"Oh?"
"Finding out who Nightwing is"
"..." Dick and Alfred were stunned.
*This is going to be fun* Jason facepalmed...Hard.
~Wayne Enterprises~
Bruce was working though his pile of paper work while 2 of his 6 kids sat in the couch looking over blueprints, employers lists and work ect. when his desk com buzzed to life getting their attention.
"Mr. Wayne, did I forget to schedule Mr. Queen's meeting with you? He says you have agreed to a time today"
Bruce was mildly surprised and looked at Tim and Steph who shrugged "Of course, Stephanie found the note about it just now...She was just going to tell you, no harm done send him in" A few seconds later Oliver walked in and closed the door behind him before running a hand through his hair, looking like he had been through hell.
"You okay Ollie? You look like you haven't been sleeping in a while" Tim asked but Oliver waved it off before turning to the man behind the desk "Bruce, I know about the tensity with the JLA, the Team and Richard...But Holy Mary do we need him! That coding is making us nuts!" He said straight to the point. Bruce knew he wasn't kidding with the way the blond man looked at the moment.
"Steph, there're no meetings today right?"
"Not that I could see"
"Get you jackets"
~Wayne Manor~
Vicki was sitting in the couch looking at Dick who sat in his wheelchair with Jason sitting beside him on the couch and Titus sleeping on the floor between them. Alfred was pouring some coffee for them and a some strawberry juice for Jason, who only drank coffee in the morning to wake up other wise he drank juice, water or soda...Or beer, Dick didn't really mind when he noticed some of his beers were missing.
"Nightwing? Isn't he Blüdhaven's hero?" Richard started but she interrupted (of course) "Don't play dumb, the moment he disappear you show up in a wheelchair...So Richard, anything you wanna tell me?" Dick was to busy sending a prayer in his mind to listen.
*Where's Dad when you need him to keep this vulture in check?*
again! written in the middle of the night! when i should be sleeping but nix pix nope! Ideas slam you in the head demanding you write it!
exactly 04:00...G'Night! -.- ^-^
