"Master Dick will be okay, I've seen worse," Alfred said, "by someone in this room." He looked to Bruce.

"Thanks Alfred," Bruce gave him a slight smile, "Oh where is Wally?"

"Young Mr. Allen said he was hungry, I told him the way to the kitchen."

Bruce laughed, "looks like you will be going shopping tomorrow."

"I just went today to get everything you asked for, for the party on Friday sir."

Bruce laughed again, "Because of his speed Wally has a high metabolism, I would say about half your food is gone, and since Barry went in after him the other half is gone."

"Oh dear," Alfred said, "I shall go check on the pair," he said leaving Bruce still kneeling next to Dick.

Bruce felt terrible. He put Dick and Wally in this situation. If they had trained together would this have still happened? Was it wrong to leave them on the roof and expect them to find a criminal to take down? Dick is only eleven and Wally is about fourteen. Was he placing too much pressure on Dick? Was he expecting too much of him? He sighed and picked Dick in is muscular arms and carried his ward to the boy's bedroom. Bruce figured it would more comfortable for Dick to recover in. Now he was able to see Dick's injuries clearer. It appeared nothing was broken, just mostly scrapes and bruises except for the injury on his head, which worried Bruce, the most. Dick hadn't woken up since Wally brought him here. Alfred did not have the chance to question the young speedster on the mission. Bruce was going to do that, but he did not want to Dick to wake up alone.

"I knew I'd find you here," Barry said walking over to Wally who had wrappers and food around on the island counter of the kitchen.

"Uncle Barry! How's Robin? Well Dick…right?" Wally put down what he was eating.

"Yes his name is Dick," Barry confirming what Wally said.

"Hungry?" Wally asked handing Barry some food.

"Sure," Barry said taking a piece of fruit from his nephew.

"I see Mater Bruce was right," Alfred smiled seeing the two speedsters surrounded by food.

"Believe it or not this is all Wally." Barry said.

"How's Robin—Dick…" Wally asked.

"Master Bruce brought Master Dick to his room, if you come with me I will show you the way." Alfred led the two speedsters to Dick's room. They followed him up a large flight of stairs to the next level of the mansion. Once they arrived to the top of the landing they took a left and walked down a long hallway and ended at large oak door that was slightly open, you could see the dim light inside. Alfred pushed the door open and announced the guests.

Bruce rose from the chair he was sitting in, still in cape and cowl (though it was off his face) he walked over Barry and Wally.

Wally's eye's widened as he looked into the eyes of Batman. "Whoa…" was all Wally could manage.

"I trust you can keep a secret," Bruce said in an eerily dark way only Batman could use. "besides Alfred, Dick, and members of the League, only one other person know my true identify."

Wally just looked back at Bruce stunned. If he was given one hundred guessed he never would have picked Bruce Wayne as being the Batman.

"Wally?" Bruce asked, "are you okay?"

"You're Bruce Wayne…" Wally said, "and Batman."

"Yes and you cannot tell anyone," Bruce reaffirmed.

"Yes…and Dick….he's…your…"

"I'm his legal guardian," Bruce said, "as for his backstory I will leave that for him to tell you when he's ready. You are the first person he is revealing his secret to, beside the ones who I know. I trust you with our secret. Bruce locked eyes with Wally showing how deadly serious he was.

Dick started to moan from his bed. He was starting to wake up. He was thrashing around slightly, "Mom! Dad!" He screamed thrashing harder, his breathing became erratic.

Bruce ran over to him, "Dick it's okay. Wake up. It's just a nightmare." Bruce knew all to well what it was like to have a nightmare like the one Dick was having. It was tough enough seeing your parents die in front of you, but to relive it was tortuous.

All Barry and Wally could do was stand there and watch Bruce expertly tried to comfort Dick. It was clear that this was not the first time Dick experienced a nightmare like this.

"Does this happen often?" Wally asked looking to Alfred worried for his new friend.

"It does, but not as often as it used to," the butler said knowing too well of all the nightmares the young boy endured. Both Dick and Bruce for that matter.

Dick's eyes were now open, but glazed over it was as if he was dazed. His breathing was slowing down, and now Bruce was helping him into a sitting position. Rubbing his arm for comfort.

"Wally is here." Bruce said gently, "he got you here safe. He's also worried about you."

Dick smiled weakly avoiding eye contact, "Thanks Wally," he said. Then he turned to his mentor, "I'm sorry."

"Sorry?" Bruce said. Then he realized it, Dick was apologizing for reveling their secrets. Bruce put a strong hand on Dick's shoulder, "it's okay Dick. You were hurt this is the best place for you. Right now you should rest." He turned to Wally and Barry, "you as well Wally. Alfred can prepare a guest room for each of you. We can talk in the morning."

Alfred took Barry and Wally to the guest rooms on the other side of the level they were on, leaving Bruce and Dick alone.

"Do you want to talk about what happened tonight?" Bruce asked. He did want to put pressure on him. Bruce was worried about Dick's health, mental and physical.

"I don't feel good…maybe tomorrow." Dick said trying to avoid the truth. He knew he would eventually have to tell Bruce what happened, but right now he didn't want to talk about it.

Once the guests were settled in their rooms Alfred made his way to the kitchen to clean up after Wally, to find the kitchen already cleaned.

"Barry did it," Bruce said coming into the kitchen in his pajamas. He was coming to get water for Dick when he woke up. "I'm worried about Dick, he was being very evasive about what happened tonight."

"Sound like anyone you know," Alfred said looking at Bruce, "he learns from you."

Bruce smiled and then sighed, "you're right, like always Alfred."

"You were right too," Alfred said, "Young Mr. West did consume half of the food we had.

The next morning Wally woke up to the smell of breakfast being cooked. He was hungry, but before he went down for breakfast he went to check on Dick. He walked down the long hallway to Dick's room. The door was closed so he knocked.

"Come in," came Dick's voice.

Wally turned the doorknob and opened the door. Dick was sitting on the edge of his bed. He was in pajamas; Alfred or Bruce must have changed him after they left.

"Are you okay? Last night you froze…I mean I know we never fought together before, but that didn't seem like you."

Dick rubbed his head, not only for the fact it still hurt, but because he wasn't ready to tell his backstory to Wally yet he sighed, "okay…let's start over…" Dick thought it was the best idea. He slowly stood up and walked over to Wally and put his hand out to shake hands. "Hi, I'm Richard Greyson, but my friends call me Dick."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Wallace West, my friends call me Wally. But I'm sure you know that." He laughed as the two boys shook hands.

"Come one let's go get breakfast," Dick said.

"Can you walk okay?" Wally asked.

"I'll be okay," Dick said, "I just need to take it slow." The two left the room "And I know Bruce will want to know what happened last night too… I only want to say it once…that's why I did say anything yet." He led the way to the kitchen not knowing that Wally already knew the way. "Alfred makes the best food."

"Yeah I know, I raided your fridge last night. Needed fuel after last night."

Dick laughed, "good thing we keep everything well stocked."

When the two boys arrived in the kitchen Barry was already there, but Bruce wasn't.

"Good Morning Master Dick, Young Mr. West," Alfred said setting plates down for them

"Morning boys," Barry said, "how are you feeling?"

"Morning," Wally yawned.

"Good morning," Dick said, "better…I guess. My head hurts…and so does everything else for that matter."

"Then I would suggest taking a seat. You are still recovering," Alfred said filling the plates with food. Alfred then turned to Wally, "and please do not eat out of house and home." The butler smiled before giving Wally an extra stack of pancakes.

Everyone finished breakfast and Bruce still hadn't come. Wally looked over to Dick, but he didn't seem worried about where his guardian was.

"Where's Bruce anyway?" Dick asked after breakfast was done.

"Right here," Bruce said entering the room suddenly, "how are you feeling Dick?"

"At least I can stand up on my own," Dick replied, "but sitting still is better…"

"Good," Bruce said. He was happy to know his young ward was okay.

"Sorry we ran off…my idea…" Dick said getting to the point before Bruce could ask. "okay great talk." Dick said despite having no conversation with Bruce. "I've got training. My mentor is real tough…can't go skipping out."

"Dick." Bruce said, "I don't just want to talk about what happened at the bank. I have some things I want to tell you something as well."

Between Bruce and Barry they explained the plan on meeting up and having the two of them find their own mission and work together. It seemed like logical plan, weird but logical. It was Bruce's idea after all and he wasn't very conventional when it came to missions or training.

"Well guess it's time for me say what happened…why I froze…" Dick said looking down. He sighed, "Guess Wally's going to hear my backstory too."

That's when it all clicked for Bruce. Something happened to trigger the memory of his parent's deaths. That could also lead to the nightmare he had.

"Dude you don't have to tell me," Wally said seeing Dick's reaction "not if it's that bad."

"No, you have to know…I want you to know. If we are going to be training together and to be friends…you should know. Beside my backstory is pretty general knowledge here. They just don't know I'm Robin. Ever hear of the flying Greysons? Well you're looking at the youngest member. We were trapeze performers for Haly's Circus. Flying high about the crowd. No net… Well two years ago…" Dick looked down trying to fight back tears.

"Dick…" Wally said, he didn't know what to say or do.

"During one performance…I watched…them…the wires…" Dick said not able to form full sentences. He was fighting back the memories coming back. But Wally got the idea of what happened. "so…so…when they called me a…"

"Circus monkey," Wally finished, he remembered hearing that comment before he ran off.

Dick nodded signifying that Wally was correct. The rest was left unsaid. Everyone could guess what happened, why he froze.

"I just froze…" Dick said embarrassed.

"It was a trigger memory," Bruce explained.

"Yeah I know…I've had them before…just never in battle. So yeah…that's what happened. Can Wally and me play some video games?" Dick asked anxious to get off the subject.

"Go have fun and play you two," Bruce said letting Dick go. He knew all to well that it was best not to dwell on what cannot be changed.

"Race ya!" Wally joked.

"How is that fair?" Dick laughed as he and Wally went to the living room to play some games. "What do you want to play? I have a ton of games. Some I'm even beta testing."

"Lucky!" Wally said, "guess is pays to live with a billionaire."

"Yeah I get all the best stuff. Great for a tech nerd like me." Dick smiled.

The two boys played video games for a couple of hours. Alfred brought the boys snacks while they were playing. The room soon was covered in popcorn. They had a contest to see who could catch popcorn by tossing it in the air and catching it in their mouths.

When Bruce came in to check on the boys, Wally was playing while upside down while Dick was sitting in an armchair sideways. Both boys were laughing and smiling. It was good to see him having fun with someone close to his age. Dick didn't have many friends. The plan may not have worked out the way they expected, but in the end Dick gained a friend who he could trust, and Bruce hoped that could help Dick. Not just in his personal life, but in his life as a vigilante as well.


A/N: Hope you enjoyed this. I'm not sure if I will make more chapters, I will except suggestions.

once again. Even when I read this over three times I still miss mistakes (no hate please)

well let me know what you think! Thanks everyone!