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December 16th:
Damian:
Damian and Atlas had woken up completely fine the next day. They ate breakfast, checked on their prisoners, and then went to the Captain's area to face their new problem. Their problem was that neither one of them knew how to stir a cargo ship, so they were doing the only "logical" thing about it, arguing.
"Atlas, figure out how to work this thing," Damian demanded.
"Yes, sir, I'll get right on that," Atlas said sarcastically.
Damian glared at her and said,"Was that attitude, Atlas, the last time I checked you were my babysitter meaning you have to serve me."
"Oh, I see you're attitude comes right back once I can actually comprehend your words. By the way I'm am not you maid, I mean slave, I'm your babysitter and I out rank you, Young Prince of Gotham," Atlas shot back.
Damian's glared and said,"Figure it out, Atlas."
"I'm going to college to be a Scientist not a Ship Pilot, or sailor, or what ever the hell it is called," Atlas said throwing her hands into the air.
She then paused for a movement and looked at him and asked,"How about you? Why don't you drive this thing. I mean you are all high and mighty and skilled, after all, Mr. Doom and Gloom!"
"This is not in my skill set, Atlas, and if you call me that again I will hurt you," Damian snapped, Atlas was getting on his nerves.
"What? Doom and Gloom?" Atlas asked then smirked once she got a rise from him. She then started to taunt him with the annoying nickname, and he was reaching his breaking point.
"Stop it!" Damian growled.
Atlas faced him with a dead serious look and crossed her arms and said,"Doom and Gloom," and smirked. That when Damian lunged at her and tackled her and she landed on the control board and the boat lurched forward with a start. Both stopped what they were doing, surprised that the boat was moving again.
Damian then got off Atlas who also got up and had a satisfied look on his face and said,"-Tt-, it seems even in your almost constant stupidity, Atlas, you can be useful," and walked out the door.
Atlas rubbed her back in pain as she stood there from being tackled and glared after him and said,"I don't know if that was an insult or an complement," and walked after him.
Flashback:
"Hey, Jason, it's Dick," Dick said from over the phone.
"What took you so damn long to call after hearing about Tim's wreck," Jason said irritated.
"It took me a while to stop panicking," Dick said quietly.
"You raised by Batman, Dick, you're trained not to panic. Besides you shouldn't be panicking you should be focused on finding Tim," Jason snapped over the phone.
Dick was silent for a moment then asked,"Where are you?"
"On a flight to South Africa like you should be on," Jason said still angry.
"Jason?...," Dick asked and sort of trailed off.
"What?" Jason asked and Dick knew he was still angry and that his anger was from worrying about Tim.
"I just can't wrap my head around as to why Tim would run off and do something so reckless and stupid, without telling anyone what was up," Dick said.
Jason chuckled and scoffed before saying,"Of course you don't."
"What is that suppose to mean?...What do you know what I don't know, Jason?" Dick asked.
"That's your problem, Dickhead, none of you bats know what his problems are," Jason said annoyed.
"Tim's problems?...What do you mean Tim has problems and if you don't recall, Jason, you're a bat too," Dick said getting frustrated.
"I may spend the holidays with you guys since Alfred insists on including the Twins and I may have a bat symbol on my suit, but I'm no bat. I kill, I break the rules, and I'm not blind to something that has a clear light shined on it. You see that's the problem with bats, they can see perfectly in the dark and use sonar, but in the light their pretty blind," Jason said seeming to be calm,but Dick knew he wasn't.
"Then shed some light on as to why Tim would do this!" Dick practically demanded.
"It's simple, Dickhead, to prove himself," Jason said bluntly.
"Why would he do that, he knows he has nothing to prove," Dick said completely confused.
"Figure it out yourself...Also one more thing, I expect to see you and Barbara when I arrive in South Africa," Jason said and hung up.
End of Flashback:
Jason:
Jason was already in South Africa and was riding with a police officer to the plane seen for a search and rescue party for Tim. It had been easy to get into after telling police he had flown from Gotham upon hearing about his brother's wreck and disappearance. He was currently alone seeing her Rose had left him as soon as he had landed and gotten off the plane.
Flashback:
"What do you mean, you're not coming, you said you would help!" Jason said looking at Rose after he had gotten off the plane. She was standing on the stair case smirking at him after telling him she was going back to the Titans.
"Oh, I never said that. I said my father is involved with a plan to undertake the Justice League and that it may have something to do with your brothers. I never actually said I was going after him nor did I say I would help you. Also all you said was that you needed a ride and I said fine, so I gave you a ride and now I'm leaving," Rose said bluntly.
"Then why ask for the Demon and after I told you he was MIA I would do just as well?" Jason asked.
"Oh, I was calling to ask him to go find Red Robin and well you were already on it, so now if you will excuse me I have to get back to the Titans and find whoever my father is working for. Also I trust you Bat boys will be able handle my father fairly well all together," Rose said and walked back into the plane and had then shut the door.
Jason sighed and went to go get a cab to go to the nearest hotel and then the nearest police station.
End of Flashback:
Once there Jason spotted Dick was already there, so he got out of the car and walked over to his older brother. Dick glanced at him, clearly not wanting to talk about their conversation from the night before, at the moment; though something in eyes said there would be a conversation about it later.
Jason sighed and looked at him and said,"We'll come back later tonight to get better clues, but for now let's see what we can get."
"Fine, but we will talk about yesterday, later as well," Dick said staring at the wreckage.
"Fine, let's get this search on," Jason said and the search party started.
Dick:
After searching for a while Dick he managed to convince Jason to come back to his hotel room, after stopping by Jason's place. Jason was currently sitting on the couch with Barbara's laptop skyping with Selina so he could see his children. Dick was looking over his shoulder and waiting patiently to see Mar'i. Barbara was watching them intently while she thought the situation through.
When they were done talking to their kids Jason gave the laptop to Barbara and said,"It's nighttime we should get back to the wreckage and see what we can really find."
Dick looked at Jason and frowned and said,"Jason, we need to talk about Tim."
"No we don't, we need to find him not talk about him," Jason snapped.
"I need to know why he would do this," Dick said and Jason glared and was about to snap.
"Guys," Barbara snapped and they looked at her.
Jason took a deep breath and calmed himself and said,"Look, lets find the kid and you can ask him yourself," and Dick sighed in defeat.
Barbara looked at them and asked,"Do you have everything you'll need?"
"Yeah, Babs, I'm just glad we subconsciously pack our gear every time we go somewhere," Dick said, him and Jason were in their gear.
"Alright, I'll be tapping into your com, Jason, so if you need anything I'll be able to contact Dick and vice versa," Barbara said.
"Fine, do you hear that, Alfred, Babs, will be in on our conversations," Jason said after putting his helmet on.
"Splendid, Sir," Alfred said over their com link.
"Hey, Al. Anyway let's go," Dick said and they left.
Damian:
Damian was on the deck of the ship, it was dark and every star in the sky could be seen. He had just came from the cargo area of the ship and had given their prisoners water. Damian had then went through their cargo and saw they had been smuggling weapons and drugs. In the process he had found to bo staves and another katana, so he brought them to the deck.
Atlas walked onto the deck and spotted him, she must have been looking for him since he noticed her relief upon finding him. She walked over to him and he stood up from where he sat and tossed one of the bo staves to her. "What is this for?" she asked.
"You're weak and nearly defenseless. Sure you can fight hand to hand, but that wont always be enough in combat. So I might as well do Drake and Todd a favor and teach you something useful," Damian said bluntly and grabbed the other bo staff.
He then took a stance and Atlas copied him and he struck at her with the staff and she managed to block him once, before he swept her off her feet. "Pathetic, you can only block me once. You're weak, Atlas, getting beat by a child," Damian said as she got to her feet. He then went at her again and she tried to defend herself, but he got her every time. They continued on like this for a long while, until they both needed a break.
"You know, I'm not as dumb as everyone think I am...I notice things and I figure them out...And what I notice about you Damian, is that you are an actor, you are brave, you have an superior complex, but also an hero complex. Then there's what I know, you are skilled, your family is rich, and you fight and know things that a normal kid your age wouldn't know or know how to do," Atlas said.
Damian frowned and asked,"Where are you going with this, Atlas."
Atlas hesitated for a moment before stating,"You're Robin...It makes perfect since like Clark Kent is Superman and Dinah Lance, Oliver Queen's lover is Black Canary, meaning Oliver Queen is Green Arrow and Roy Harper was once Speedy and that Mia girl is now Speedy..."
"How did you know that?" Damian asked as Atlas avoided his gaze.
"I've seen news pictures of superheroes and well I went to Dick and Barbara's wedding and Clark Kent and Dinah Lance were there...And well Black Canary and Superman don't where mask or change their hair color...The only difference between Clark Kent and Superman is glasses...Then you know as I stated Dinah and Black Canary have the same hair color and she does wear a mask, and I saw Dinah kiss Oliver Queen and Black Canary kiss Green Arrow...Oliver and the Arrow have the same goatee and blonde hair...The rest was a wild guess," Atlas said still avoiding his gaze.
"And me being Robin?" Damian asked.
"The way you fight and the katana gave it away, that living in Gotham. Now that I think about it makes perfect since, Batman has all those expensive looking gadgets it would make since that the only Billionaire without a criminal record would be the Dark Knight...Which means Bruce is Batman...Tim is that Red Robin guy on the Teen Titans since he always out of town when that guy ends on the news, Helena is that Huntress girl since they both have brown hair, Cass is that Black Bat character, Dick is Nightwing, and Selina is Catwoman since she calls us all Kitten," Atlas said.
"I guess your not as dumb as I thought, Atlas, maybe you should be a detective instead of an scientist," Damian commented.
"What about Jason?...," Atlas asked and trailed off seemingly to be hurt by the fact she had to figure things out this way.
"Jason isn't with the bats, he's not a hero, Atlas, not anymore, he quit a while back. He just works on late night shifts," Damian said bending the truth, he figured Jason should tell Atlas his job and not have her find out he murders and controls drug lords.
"Find...Let's go to bed, it's late and we'll pick up my training in the morning," Atlas said standing up and Damian grabbed the weapons and got up and followed her to the Captain's room.
"Atlas, one more thing," Damian said as they locked the door and climbed onto the bed.
"Yes?" she asked.
"You can't tell anyone what you found out, not even my family," Damian stated bluntly.
"I wasn't planning to and it would never even cross my mind...Consider this conversation nonexistent," Atlas said and they went to bed for the night.
To be continued:
Another chapter done, I hope you enjoyed it. I am behind schedule so expect three chapters a day and then a Christmas Special in Unexpected changer. Thank you for commenting, favoriting, and following and please continue to do so. I would say kudos and all, but I have two more chapters to right today.