Glendale, Arizona, December 21, 2016, 3:30 PM
"I just can't believe you did not like that movie." Tim said to Cas as they walked out of the theater. Cassie shrugged.
"I'm just not a fan of Star Wars." She said bluntly, Tim gasped. He put a hand to his chest and dropped his jaw.
"How dare you!?" He said. Cassie laughed. They walked down the street talking a bit more about her hate of the film.
*Nightwing to Robin* Robin's communicator went off.
*Yes Nightwing.* Tim said.
*There's a break in at a local prison, can you and Wonder Girl handle it?* Dick asked. Tim nodded.
"We sure can." Tim said, running into an alleyway. He took off his jacket and revealed his suit underneath, his rolled up cape unraveled and fell on his back. He took off his jeans and the rest of his suit appeared. Cass took off her coat and her Wonder Girl tee shirt was now exposed along with her lasso. The pair then ran off to the prison.
"So much for our date." Cassie said under her breath as the two went to their destination.
Cave Justice, December 21, 2016, 3:39 PM
"Okay, Gar give me your opinion." Bart said from the hallway.
"On what?" Garfield asked, not really paying attention to anything but his video game. Bart ran out with a box.
"What's that?" Gar asked, Bart opened it.
"I got this for Artemis, she's kinda still having a hard time with out Wally, and I thought she could use it." Bart said taking out a picture of Wally, Artemis and their families from last Christmas. It was a custom picture frame with a small lightning bolt on the bottom.
"Wow Bart." Gar said, inspecting the frame.
"You think it's not to soon?" Bart asked, Gar put a hand on his chin.
"No, not really." Gar said. Bart smiled and put it back in the box.
"Well it's time to wrap it." Bart said, Gar smirked.
"So did you get me anything?" Gar asked, Bart's face drained of all emotion.
"Uh yeah, but I can't tell you what it is, it's a surprise." Bart said, dashing out of the room. Gar smiled and returned to his game.
"Taste." M'gann said to Jaime, shoving a spoon at him. He grabbed it and licked it. He scrunched his face.
"Tastes good M'gann." He said, rubbing his neck. She rolled her eyes in disbelief.
"Nope, not good enough." She said, tossing out the bowl. The sixth one today.
"You need to take a break hermosa." Jaime said, closing the cook book shut.
"I can't, Roquell is getting married in a few days, literally the twenty seventh." M'gann said, reopening it, "And I promised I'd make her cake perfect." Jaime mumbled a swear in Spanish under his breath. He sat down in a chair and breathed loudly.
"M'gann, can I asked you something?" Jaime asked, M'gann stopped her ingredient gathering.
"Yeah sure Jaime." She said, Jaime smiled slightly.
"Well I like someone on the team, and I just don't know how to tell hi-them." Jaime said, M'gann raised an eyebrow, she sat next to him.
"Well, you should start by seeing if they feel the same way." M'gann said.
"How do I do that?" Jaime asked, "Well with out revealing it to them."
"I don't know, every relationship I've been in was straight forward." She said patting him on the back. Then the fire alarm went off.
"This is why I asked Zatanna to make the cookies!" She said flying over to the oven. Jaime slouched in his chair and groaned loudly.
1 Day later
Bart ran into the living room, "Is Gar in here!?" He asked.
"No." Virgil said, Bart turned around and saw Virgil putting a few gifts under the tree, Tim and Cass cuddling on the couch and Roy and Steph arm wrestling on the table.
"Good!" he sat sitting on the floor. Arsenal's arm hit the table.
"Fifth times a charm!" Steph said dancing on the table when Roy moved his hand.
"Why do you need to talk to him or something?" Cass asked Bart. Bart sighed.
"Nope, I said that I got him a really cool Christmas gift an-" Bart said, interrupted by Roy immediately.
"And you lied." Roy said, Bart nodded.
"So can someone help me?" Bart said.
"Tell him the truth." Virgil said, jumping on the recliner and turning on the TV.
*And in better news toy stores have finally got the shipment of Rouge One toys in time for Christmas.* A news reporter said on the TV. Bart jumped.
"That's it!" He said, running out of the room.
"What's it?" Tim asked, he reached in his pocket for his phone, but then.
"That little jerk took my wallet." Tim said.
"Okay, on August 7, The Gordanians Attack New York." Nightwing said in the conference room.
"A few days later on the 13, Trgon attacked Belgium. " Nightwing proceeding to the next slide.
"I've spent months looking for a connection ,Trigon was an isolated accident, but the event that gave us Starfire, was not." Dick said.
"What does this mean Nightwing?" Wonder Woman asked.
"Diana, the Gordanian attack was planed by Koriand'r's homicidal sister Komand'r." Dick said, "But Kori was not on Earth until she found out her sister's men were on Earth"
"I believe Komand'r is somehow in league with the light." Nightwing said, the room stayed silent.
"Nightwing, if you suspect this, why don't we have J'onn interrogate her?" Hal Jordan, Green Lantern, asked. Nightwing nodded.
"Hal, M'gann has been grinding her for days, she has a mental block that is impossible to breach." Flash said.
"Good work Nightwing." Batman said.
"Yes you have been doing a good job leading the team since Aqualad was deployed in Atlantis's war." Black Canary said.
"Thank you, and I think it will please you all that we finally got him." Dick said, "The Reverse FLash was taken in by Superboy and Kid Flash three days ago."
"Excellent." Wonder Woman said.
"Now I have one more thing to discuss." Nightwing said, pulling down a drop down image of The Red Hood.
"The Red Hood has surfaced in Gotham three months ago and now has complete control over the drug trade." Nightwing said, Batman stood up.
"Nightwing, Hood is my problem, and I alone will be handling him." Batman said.
"Very well." Dick said.
Gotham City, December 23, 2016, 12:30 AM
"What did I tell you about selling to kids?" A man in a leather jacket and red helmet asked a dealer.
"Not to." The dealer said backing away. The man kept walking up to him, he pulled out a dagger.
"And what did I say would happen if you did?" He asked again. The dealer pulled out a gun and pointed it at the man.
"Mr. Hood, i don't care anymore, I just needed more money!" He said, Hood grinned under his mask. He put the knife away, kicked the gun out of the man's hand and throat punched him. He grabbed the man by the collar and threw him up against a building.
"Sir it wont happen again I swear." The man said, squirming in Hood's grip.
"You already swore, not to sell to kids or teens, and you broke that promise." Hood said. "And if my name isn't the Red Hood you are taking that to the grave."
"No please!" You could hear the man's screams for a few miles, Batgirl and Robin most certainly did.
"Bruce, we found him." Barbra said into her earpiece, and she and Tim ran to the direction of the scream.
"Oh, you made it." Red Hood said as Batgirl and Robin landed behind him.
"This ends tonight." Tim said, extending his staff.
"No not nearly." Red said, drawing his pistols and firing at the duo. Batgirl and Robin jumped in opposite directions. Red threw a smoke pellet down. Robin ran to the smoke. Once it cleared he stared at the wall in disgust.
"What it is it Tim?" Barbra asked. She went to look at the same wall and gasped. In blood it read.
"I'm back."