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The school bell rang and all the children of Gotham academy bolted for the doors. Except for Nathan, Melanie and Mark who were slowly making their way to the exit
"Ugh for once I wasn't ready for school to get out" Mark groaned
Melanie nodded "Me too, this dance class is going to be so boring" they both shot death glares at Nathan
"Guys I've been dreading this too. But look on the bright side at least you'll know how to ball room dance for galas"
Mark rose an eyebrow at him "When do we ever go to Galas?"
Nathan bit his lip nervously "Two weeks from now"
Melanie shot her head toward him "What do you mean?"
They pushed the doors to the school open and walked outside
Nathan shrugged "I figured your parents told you since they'll be there too, my grandpa is donating a lot of money to Gotham Children's hospital. So the more youth that are there the better it will look." He explained
Mark nodded then grinned "So since your part of the Wayne family that means they'll have to introduce you to the party right?"
Nathan nodded "Yeah, but I've done that before"
Mark shrugged "I thought you were supposed to be 'accompanied by a date' " Mark said in his best British accent
Nathan rolled his eyes "Not necessarily, I'm only 13."
Melanie nodded "You get so shy and dorky around girls, you'd probably be in trouble if you had to have a date"
They stood on the corner and waited to be picked up. Nathan rolled his eyes "Gee thanks" he grumbled sarcastically
Mark laughed "Dude I don't understand why you have such a hard time. I have no problem talking to girl" he said proudly
Nathan narrowed his eyes "Well let's see, I'm short, lanky, I wear glasses and I'm on the decathlon team. I'm not exactly a 13 year old girls dream"
Melanie tilted her head "You don't have a problem talking to me" she pointed out
Nathan shrugged "Well your, you"
She narrowed her eyes confused "What downs that mean?"
Nathan thought for a moment as to how to put it "I don't see you as a girl your just...Melanie" he said simply
Melanie rolled her eyes "Gee thanks" she sarcastically replied
A Rolls-Royce pulled up in front of them Nathan opened the back door allowing his friends to climb in then went to the passenger side and got in "Hey Gramppy" Nathan grinned looking toward the driver's side Bruce glared at him, Nathen gave a nervous laugh "I mean grandpa Bruce, how was your day?"
Bruce's face lightened up "It was good, your mothers dropped of clothes for all 3 of you to change into" he said pointing into the back. Nathan glanced back where his friends were seated and saw his tux along with another one that must have been Marks and a long navy blue dress that was obviously Melanie's hanging up against the windows.
They drove in silence for a few moments before Mark spoke up "Hey Nate I never asked, if you wear glasses. How do you see as Robin?"
Nathan looked at his grandfather and smiled "Grandpa Bruce put my prescription inside my mask" he explained
Mark nodded
"So Mr. Wayne you're taking us to the dance class?" Melanie asked leaning forward
Bruce nodded "Yes everyone else was busy so I was asked to bring you guys, Wally is picking you all up afterwards to take you to the cave afterwards." This was news to the three, they hadn't heard anything about when they would return to the cave "Yeah I was supposed to tell you that too, your father is ready to present the team so you'll be meeting some new people" Bruce explained looking toward Nathan
Nathan turned around and high fived his two friends.
Soon they arrived at the dance school. They grabbed their formal wear and exited the car "Bye Grampy!" Nathan teased Bruce, using the name he knew he hated
Bruce rolled his eyes "Good luck you three" he waved before driving off. They took a deep breath and entered the dance hall building, they went their separate ways to the dressing rooms and met back up when they were done.
"Okay, so it says here that room 253 is our class" Nathan said walking between Melanie and Mark.
They made their way down the hall looking at the door numbers until they came to theirs.
When they walked in there was a small group of 10 socializing, most of them where girls there were only 2 other guys? "Welcome who might you all be?" The teacher spoke
Mark cleared his throat "Melanie and Marcus West and Nathan Grayson." He told her
The teacher who was probably in her 50s grinned "Grayson as in the Wayne grandson? We have been anticipating his arrival at the Gotham Dance Hall"
At the teachers comment the girls in the class seemed to perk up, 5 of the girls rushed away from the group and circled around Mark with flirty smiles
"Bruce Wayne is your grandfather?"
"What is it like being a billionaire?"
"You're so cute"
"Here's my phone number"
Were the many things they all said to him at once, he took enjoyment from this and slung his arms over two of the girls' shoulders
"Ummm Girls" Melanie cut in they turned to look at her
"He's Nathan's Grayson" she told them pointing a thumb toward Nathan
They looked at Nathan then back at Mark, the girls shrugged and took a step away from him sliding to gather around Nathan
"Your eyes are so beautiful"
"I kinda see how you look like your dad"
"Will you be my dance partner?"
"No fair I was going to ask that"
The girls screamed at him a couple of them hugged him as they fought over who was going to be his partner
"See what I mean" Nathan gasped as the girls squeezed him tightly making it hard to talk, he looked toward Mark to help him and he gestured for him to do it himself
Nathan sighed "Ummm g-girls I ugh , I h-have a partner" he said shyly
The girls released him and stepped back "Who?" One girl asked placing her hands on her hips
"Me" Melanie told them stepped forward and standing by Nathan
The group of young girls let out a mixture of groans, sighs and eye rolls
"She probably is only with him for his money" the girl who had previously had her hands on her hips whispered to another girl.
"Yeah I mean look at her she's not that pretty" the other one whispered back
The previous girl nodded "Yeah well neither is he, he may be from a billionaire family but he looks like a total looser" the two girls giggled
Melanie overhearing the girls, clenched her fists and drew in a breath. Nathan reached up and rested a hand on her shoulder
She looked down at him since he was about 3 inches shorter then her "Not here" he whispered she nodded and let her breath out calming down.
"Ladies I still don't have a partner" Mark grinned waving for them to come back over to him. Two of them went and talked to Mark the others went back to talking to eachother
2 hours later
Wally picked them up from their class.
"So how was class?" Wally asked as he began driving
Melanie shrugged "Not as bad as I thought"
Mark nodded "Yeah I had two girls wanting to be my partner"
Wally chuckled "That's my boy, what about you Nate?"
"I decided to have Melanie be my partner" he explained
Wally smiled "I like that! Keep her away from any creeps who have any ideas"
Nathan nodded "That's right Uncle Wally, you can't ever be too careful"
Wally chuckled "Your very right, that's why you and Mark have to chase them away. Especially as you get older" he pointed
Melanie rolled her eyes "So I can never have a boyfriend?" She asked
Wally shook his head "Nope not on my watch, I'll have these 2 boys as my eyes and ears when I'm not around." He pulled into an alleyway "Alright we should be good here, get changed and we'll take the Zeta tube to the mountain."
They arrived at the mountain dressed in their suits. Nightwing, Oracle and Artemis were already there.
They watched as other members who they only recognized from news stories began to arrive, once everyone was there Nightwing stepped forward
"Alright I'm glad everyone is here to see the forming of the new team. In case you have not heard. This team is not going to be exactly like the previous one. You will train together after school, then you will return to your respective cities for your normal patrol with your mentor. After a year or so when I feel the team has a good enough formation you will begin aiding the Justice League on missions, depending on how that goes I might eventually graduate you to your own missions but that might be years down the road." He explained pacing back and forth
Nightwing looked around the room "Okay I have already put everyone in the computer, I'm aware that most of you all don't know each other so at this time I'd like the team to introduce themselves. We will start with the first 4 official members of the team." He explained pointing a finger at Nathan
"Please state your super hero name, age, your super hero parents name and your abilities" he told them.
Nathan stepped forward and he nervously played with his cape "I'm Robin, I am 13 my parents are Batgirl or Oracle and Nightwing and my abilities include Acrobatics, hacking skill and hand to hand combat skills. Plus I'm a Bat so I have some pretty cool gadgets" he said patting his utility belt and earning a chuckle from the older heroes
Next Melanie stepped forward "Bullet, I'm 13 my parents are The Flash and Artemis and I have speedster abilities like my Uncle and father"
Mark grinned and stepped up "What's up guys the name is Bullseye, I'm 13 as well I'm her twin" he said pointing to Melanie." So obviously like her I'm the product of Flash and Artemis. And like my beautiful mother I and an archer but don't get me confused with all the other Arrows I prefer a crossbow as my weapon of choice unlike them who have mostly used standard bows" he explained
"He's so much like your husband it's scary" Barbara whispered to Artemis she looked toward her and chuckled while nodding her head
Leo was next "Hi I didn't have a name before this week but I came up with the name Martian Jr, I'm 9 but I'll be 10 in 2 months. My mom and dad are, the first Superboy and . I got my mom's abilities so I have Martian powers" he told them in his giddy childlike tone
Next was a girl who was a little taller than the others who had already spoken "Beena, I'm 14 my parents are Bumblebee and Guardian and I have my mother's abilities" she explained
Nightwing nodded then pointed to a kid the West's already kind of knew. He was a distant cousin of sorts but they didn't see each other very often. The boy with dark red hair and blue eyes stepped up "My name is Zarro, I'm 10 and I'm basically a super magician" he said nervously
Nightwing smiled "Would you tell us who your parents are please" he asked
Zarro gulped "Oh yeah sorry, my parents are Zatanna and Impulse"
Nightwing clapped his hands together "So I know you are a small group for now but you will be surprised how fast it will grow. Also as you can see you're a lot younger then the first team so I hope you understand the firmness of our choice of training. Tonight you all will be having a sleep
over of sorts to get to know one another. Flash, Miss. Martian and myself will be staying here to supervise you. At this time I will introduce to you your leader"
"Leader? " Mark asked raising an eyebrow
Nightwing nodded "Yes leader, I won't always be able to be here for you so therefore you will have a leader and that leader is. The current Superboy"
At that time John Kent stepped forward "What's up guys, I'm Superboy I'm 17 and obviously my father is Superman. I have to keep my mother's identity a secret but I possess all of Superman's abilities and I look forward to working with you all" he grinned
Nightwing patted him on the back "This week we updated and renovated this whole cave. I would say I'd show you around and pick out your rooms, but I know my son and I know he has probably hacked into the caves blueprints and downloaded them so I will leave it to him. Think of it as your first team building exercise" he grinned at his son who flashed him an identical grin back
"Okay but I call the third room to the left on second floor" Robin said quickly
"Is that okay with everyone?" Nightwing asked
The rest of the team nodded shrugged indicated that they didn't mind.
The team members gathered around Robin as he pulled up a 3D image of the caves blueprint on his wrist computer.
The older heroes members split into groups and began chatting
"So Zatanna ended up with Bart!" Mgann said in shock
Barbara nodded "I know right, you should have seen Nightwings reaction when he found out"
Artemis smiled "It shouldn't be that much of a surprise, she's always had a thing for younger guys. Nightwing was 13 and she was 15 when they dated back when he was Robin" she pointed out
"Yeah I know, I was as shocked as you guys are when I first realized I was attracted to him" Zatanna said from behind them
The three women smiled at her and welcomed her to their conversation "He was 18 and I was 23, then when I unexpectedly got pregnant a year later I felt terrible and worried how he would react. But here we are 11 years later with a son who's a good mixture of the two of us...but more like me" she added
Artemis laughed "Trust me that is probably a better thing our son is so much like Wally it's undeniable that he's his son" she said as she watched Mark who was attempting to unsuccessfully flirt with Beena.
