Hey guys! It's been a long time but my vacation was kinda hectic. We went to London for sightseeing, India to see my relatives, and then to Disney World in Florida. So , I've been busy. But I going to try and update more, but we'll see.
Gotham- Red X's Apartment
4:00 AM
I hope you have enjoyed your time here at Haley's Traveling Circus. Tonight for our final act, we will make humans fly. Introducing, the Flying Graysons." A young woman with a mane of red hair approaches the trapeze bar.
"Marie Grayson, Mother of the youngest person in the world to do quadruple flip. As she grabs the bar, she instantly flies out and grabs another one, falling into a quadruple flip.
The crowd breaks the silence in chorus of oos and ahs.
On the other side of the trapeze, a tall man with messy jet black hair stepped up to the bars. In an instant, he joined Marie on the trapeze using her arms as a level to pull himself to the next bar. Marie, hanging from her legs on the bar, could feel the audience hold their breath as her husband grabbed her arms.
She smiles, 'They haven't even seen the best part'. She could hear Haley's voice "John Grayson, Father of our youngest acrobat performing tonight and wife of Marie. And our last performer, the youngest person to ever perform a quadruple flip, the eldest of the Flying Grayson children, Richard Grayson."
I stood on the platform, watching Mama and Tată but waiting for the cue from Jason. "Tonight, he will sadly not be joined by his younger siblings, but they are in the stands cheering their big brother on. May I introduce- Jason, Tim, Stephanie, Cassandra, Damian, and Barbra!"
The children stand proudly in the crowd, eager to see their parents and brother wow the crowd that night. Mama and Tată hadn't wanted them performing tonight since it was really advanced. But I had managed to learn it for the show.
They glided gracefully across the trapeze, but I watched Jason very so carefully, waiting for the cue. In an instant, Jason picked Barbra up from the stands and lifted her onto his shoulders. I smiled from my post in the sky, about to grab the oncoming bar.
Time slows down. My gaze drifts to the other end of the trapeze, the absence of certain bolts catch my eyes. My body reacted before my mind, screaming out to my părinți. Tată heard my cries over the crowd, glancing over his shoulder only to see the rings pop off the
Dick jolted awake. The first few hours of sleep were peaceful, but nightmares almost always followed. I t had been a while since he had been able to go to sleep peacefully.
'Nothing I can do about it now.' He thought as he headed to the kitchen. He set the coffee maker for black and rested his head and arms on the counter.
Jason's POV
I woke up to the smell of black coffee. I let out a large yawn as I pondered the smell. The only person in the house who drank black coffee was Dick, but he was supposed to be at work.
I quickly shot out of bed, raced down the hall to the kitchen, only to be confronted by my older brither half-asleep on the counter. I try to shake him back up.
"Dick, come on you have to get to work early today." No change in him. I let out a sigh and tried one last trick. "Come Dickie-bird. Time to wake up." I whispered close to his ear, like Mama used to. Dick shot up and turned around. When he saw it was me he let out his breath.
"Hey Jay-bird. What are you doing up so early?" he said, trying to hide a yawn.
"Did you forget or something? You switched with someone at the docks yesterday and you took their shift for today!" I told him, trying to keep an eye on the clock.
Dick's eyes shot open. He rushed to his closet of clothes and picked up his 'work clothing'. As he dashed around the house, I followed him, wanting to help him. He turned and faced me, "Jason, do think you can make breakfast today?" I raised my eyebrow, "Of course I can Dick-wad, just go take a shower."
Dick nodded and scrambled to the bathroom while I headed to the kitchen. I brought out a tray of eggs, a pan, and some bowls and got cooking.
*Twenty Minutes Later*
After finishing cooking, I wrapped Dick's egg sandwich in some foil and set the others down on the table- a double side fried egg for Tim, a sunny-side up for Damian, scrambled for Barbra, and cereal for me.
Dick bolted out of the bathroom. dropped his clothes in the hamper. He raced to the kitchen and I handed him the sandwich. Dick took the sandwich and gave me a hug. "Thanks Jay. Tell the others I said bye." And with that he bolted out the door.
I looked at the time, 6:05. Well, I thought. I better wake the rest of them up if we want to get to school on time.
I headed back to our room and slowly shook Barbra. Once she was up, we woke up Damian and Tim in the other room. Tim took Barbra to their bathroom, while Damian headed in our's to shower.
I went to the table to eat breakfast. Barbra soon joined me as she finished and Tim took a shower. I slipped into the shower and got ready.
When I came out, everyone was ready. We got our stuff and headed to our first stop- Gotham Elementary, where Damian and Barbra go to school.
After Tim and I dropped them off, we headed to the local middle school. Tim asked me why Dick wasn't home earlier and I relayed the whole morning fiasco to him.
Tim sighed, "This wouldn't happen if he didn't work so hard."
I nodded in agreement. Dick did work too hard, but there was nothing we could do to change his mind.
Well, sorry it's a filler, but what can you do? Thanks to those of you who are still reading this.
Reviews are welcomed, constructive criticism is welcomed and any ideas for the future plot would be very helpful because I have somewhat of an idea of where i want this to go, but your ideas would be a lot of help.
Thank you
~Darkseid