Order on Its Own: War

Chapter 6:

An undercover Lady Order, posing as a maid, unlocked the hotel room of her target. She pushed her cart in and saw a man sitting at a table with a laptop.

"House keeping," she said.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," the man said, waving her off.

Lady Order reached into the towels and pulled out the rebreather. A knock out gas grenade rolled out from the cart and went off. Nightwing came out from the cart and stretched out.

"That was so cramped," he said "Next time, you hide in the cart,"

Lady Order rubbed his back until it cracked and she turned from a maid to her uniform. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and leaned her head over his shoulder.

"But that's why we get into all the places," she said "You hide away and I'm the cutie that gets us in,"

"Can't deny you're a cutie," said Nightwing, pulling her around and holding her in his arms.

"We agreed not to flirt when on mission," Lady Order said "Although," she lifted her helmet up just enough so she could kiss him "Let's get back to work," and she walked over to the nightstand to see if anything was inside.

Nightwing watched her with a smirk before tying up the man and looking for evidence. Lady Order walked over to him and purposaly bumped into him on her way to check the bathroom. They looked at each other and both laughed.

Dick opened his eyes and sat up in bed. He looked around and didn't see Zatanna curled up beside him like normal. He fell back and hid his face in his hands. There was a knocking and Dick pulled himself out of bed.


Dick answered the door and saw a general and lieutenant at his doorstep.

"What... the... heck?" he wondered.

"Richard Grayson?" the general asked.

"Yes?"

"Due to the war with the Joining, the army are enlisting more soldiers," said the general "I am General Wade Eiling and you are as of now no longer Officer Grayson but rather Private Grayson. Report to the Gotham City Training Camp at 10-hundred hours today, do you understand?"

"Y-Yes?" Dick stammered.

"Lieutenant Oscers, show this Private how we talk to our superiors," said General Eiling.

"Sir, yes, sir!" said Lieutenant Oscers.


Dick closed the door and walked into his living room. He sat on the sofa and looked over at a picture of Zatanna sitting on a beach towel during their honeymoon in Italy. She looked beautiful in a brown one-piece with a red-and-indigo scarf wrapped around her waist like a skirt. On her head was some circular sunglasses and her flipflops were kicked off by her feet. Dick picked up the picture frame and opened it. On the back, Dick had written:

Rome, 5th of July 2021, best day at the beach ever!

He ran his fingers across the picture of his wife's face and nearly cried. He needed to have her in his arms again and tell her he loved her with all his heart. Dick leaned back on the sofa and picked up his phone to call Wayne Manor and tell everyone he'd been enlisted. He glanced at the clock and figured Bruce would be at work by then. He hung up the phone and dialed Wayne Tower. As he waited to be patched through to his adoptive father, he thought of that day at the beach.

Zatanna flicked her hair after Dick snapped a picture of her on the beach. She laughed as Dick sat down beside her and took a picture of them both. Zatanna got to her feet and pulled her round sunglasses out of her hair and undid the scarf around her waist.

"C'mon, let's go swimming," she said "I'll race you to the water!"

She began running down the beach and Dick got to his feet and ran after her, pulling off the unbuttoned shirt he wore. They went splashing into the waves and Zatanna squealed from both the cold and the joy of it. She put her hands in the water and looked to see if anyone was watching.

"Hsalps ym dnabsuh," she said.

A small wave formed and crashed down on Dick. Dick laughed as Zatanna ran over to him. She reached down to give him a hand up but he pulled her down into the water. They both laughed as Zatanna lifted herself up and found herself looking down at her husband. Dick gave his wife a kiss before splashing her and she ran further into the ocean as they continued to splash one another.

There was a beep and Bruce's voice came through the phone.

"Hello? Dick?"

"Bruce, uh, hey, I'm just calling t-to tell you," Dick stammered "I've been enlisted into the army,"


I just love the honeymoon flashback! What can I say? I'm a romantic ;)