"You called?"

There was a moment of silence as everyone took in the sight of the new comer. Then the silence was broken.

"Nightwing!" M'gann threw her arms around him "It's so good to see you. You look well"

"Thanks Miss M, so do you" he turned to face the others and smiled "Hey guys"

The others soon got up to greet him, most were happy to see their old friend by Wally hung back, a frown on his face.

"Dude when did you get so tall?" asked Nightwing speaking to Changeling, the hero was now at least a head taller than the other.

"Had a growth spurt around 16" he shrugged "Where have you been?"

Nightwing frown "Around" he said, this ticked off Wally.

"Around? You've been missing for 10 years and that's the best you can come up with?"

"Wally!" said Artemis glaring at him but Dicks stopped her

"No it's alright. I'm sorry Wally, you weren't the reason I left so I should have stayed in contact with you. But if you knew where I was…then so would he" everyone knew who he was. Wally sighed, after everything his friend had been through before he left how could he stay made at him?

"It's cool Bro" he shook his hand and then pulled him in for a hug. Finally Dick turned to Batman.

"It's been a long time" said Batman, no emotion showing in his voice. Robin frowned, there was too much of a lack of emotion, this man was effecting him a lot. But Damien couldn't understand why.

"Where are you staying?"

"New York"

"Will you be coming back to Gotham during your stay?" Everyone saw the ex Nightwing wince at the mention of Gotham and were surprised when he did in fact nod.

"At some point. I promised someone I would" the batman frowned, had his son brought someone here with him?

M'gann being the hopless romantic she was, jumped to a conclution pretty fast. Shame it was the wrong one.

"Oh have you brought someone with you?" He nodded "Is it a girl?" a nod again the woman squealed in delight and Wally slapped him on the back.

"Can we meet her? Are you married. Of course not, Hello Megan no wedding ring. But are you getting married" the questions kept coming until Nightwing broke her off.

"Miss M. No we are not getting married as that would be very wronging seeing as she's 7 years old" now there were hushed whispers going around. Sighing Nightwing pulled out his wallet showing her the picture inside it.

M'gann looked at the picture; it was of a little girl sat on a very cold looking beach with an ice cream in her hand. Her long black hair in braids either side of her face, she was smiling a big toothy grin and her blue eyes shining brightly.

"She's adorable. But who is she?" Nightwing cleared his voice not looking at anyone and scratch the back of his neck.

"Her name is Amber Hope. She's my daughter."

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The uncomfortable pause that followed his statement was…well…uncomfortable. They all stared at him. It was true there was always wonder whether Nightwing had had a family after moving away. But he was still only 28, and this child was 7.

"You're kidding?" said Artemis finally blinking at him but he shook his head "Nope, speaking of which I better be getting back before either she kills me for leaving her for so long or he kills me for her being there at all" he indicated behind him where it was clear the Batman was far from happy.

"When will you be back?" asked M'gann looking sad that their long lost friend was leaving again.

"Tomorrow, you did call me here for a reason. A reason I'm pretty sure I know about. I just wanted to break the ice again before getting down to business. Cya" he went to walk back to the beams when Batman spoke.

"Nightwing" the man turned "Agent A would like to see you again. So make sure you drop by"

"Got it" and then he was gone. Robin let out a low whistle

"Well that was awkward" he said "The tension between you too was stifling" the Bat ignored him.

"You get that all that Oracle?" on the other end of the comm Barbra Gordon was staring at the security camera with wide eyes. Before Dick had left they had been close, not officially together but getting there.

Now Dick was back, but he had moved on. He had someone other woman now and they had a daughter.

"Yeh Bats, I got it" she whispered trying not to let that disappointment show in her voice.

10 years she had waited for Dick Grayson.

And for nothing.

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Amber's eyes followed her father as he paced around the room muttering in Romani.

"Tati" he didn't hear her and continued his way around, he was now running a hand through his hair getting more stressed as he went over things in his mind.

"Tati" she said louder getting up from the table she was sat at walking over to him and taking his hands in hers and pulling him back to where she was sat.

He sat down and she crawled up onto his lap.

"Where did you go Tati?" she said resting her head on his chest as his arms wrapped around her instinctively.
"To see some old friends"

"Then why are you sad?"

"Because I haven't seen them in a long time. And it's hard to see them after so long"

"Like your daddy?" Dick paused and looked down at her as her big blue eyes looked up expectantly up at him, he raised an eyebrow in question at her. "A while ago I heard mummy telling you, you should go and see your daddy…you said you would think about it" Dick remembered that conversation. He had just seen the news about Bruce Wayne taking in another son. She had told him to get his ass back to Gotham and make it up with Bruce. He had seriously been considering it.

Then there was the accident.

Dick held Amber closer, his finger tracing across the thin scar on the back of her shoulder where she had had some of the wreckage embedded in her skin. He placed a lingering kiss on the top of her head as he tried to contain his emotions. He held her there, taking everything she was in, the weight of her in his arms, the smell of her, and the sound of her breathing.

He had almost lost everything again that day.

And he knew deep down who was to blame.

Slade.

A/N Its a little short and pointless i know, this is just a fill in chapter to get old Nightwing back with the team and batman mad at him for getting a girl pregnant. more of that too come ;) Daddybats! but whose a worse daddybats bruce or Dick? please review KM xxx