Jason and Tim played chess as they watched a bewildered Dick walked pass them.
"Ha! Checkmate." Tim exclaimed.
"I can't wait until you feel better, you are killing me at chess, checkers, and monopoly. When I teach you to spar next, I've been thinking and you're going to learn how to block a punch. It's a lot of E&E in fighting escape and evasion. Escape getting punched and evade losing. I came up with that." Jason told him.
Tim smiled back at him. "What is it like, being Robin?" he asked pensively.
"Mostly, it's awesome saving people and you know after you get off a scary roller coaster, how your all shaky, but happy. It's like that, but better." Jason explained.
Tim hadn't ridden a roller coaster before. He thought that it must be the adrenaline to make someone feel like that.
"It must be great, did you ever see me? I followed you and Batman to take pictures."
"You did what?" Jason asked bewildered.
"Come to Drake Manor, we can bring them over." Jason followed Tim to the kitchen where they told Alfred where they would be going.
The walk to Drake Manor was filled with questions from Jason. When they entered the Manor Tim stiffened slightly and walked directly to his room. Under his bed inside safe that held another safe, were all his pictures and newspaper clippings of Batman and Robin.
"I took pictures every night. I would follow from a safe distance and just watch." Jason looked at the hundreds of pictures that Tim had taken. They were really good, he had some that were blurry or just outlines, but not many.
"These are great! Most reporters are too scared to take pictures of Batman and Robin." Jason exclaimed. "Bruce and Dick will get a kick out of these. I can't believe Dick was that small as Robin." Jason laughed.
Tim loved taking pictures it was like capturing a moment so it could be treasured forever. Living at the manor he could enjoy moments were he was involved instead of stalking someone unaware. They didn't make him feel like he had to earn love. His parents always made him feel like he would never earn the right to be loved.
Jason and Tim carried the safes to the manor, it was awkward and heavy, but they somehow managed to do it. After supper they showed Bruce the pictures.
"You took all of these?" Bruce asked.
"Yes." Tim said quietly he couldn't tell if Bruce was pleased or not.
"That's amazing. I don't remember half these fights." Bruce was surprised by Tim again.
"Where is Dick? I thought he might want to look at these." Tim asked trying to avoid attention.
"I sent him on a mission. He'll be back tomorrow." Bruce replied Jason was grinning like a Cheshire cat.
After hours of pouring over the pictures it was time to patrol Tim went to bed, while Batman and Robin went to patrol. Patrol was hard the Joker had escaped for the hundredth time. Harley insisted that he hadn't seen him. He tried poison the water supply with joker gas. He was caught early in the morning. He was placed in the revolving door of Arkham, but not before giving Jason a deep cut on his forearm.
Jason involuntarily shuttered thinking back to what the clown had said, "Stick around, Birdy we can have some real fun." He didn't want to see that kind of "fun" the Joker was thinking of. Alfred stitched up his arm and gave him a mild sedative.
"If you have any nightmare you can come and talk to me. That clown is pretty nasty." Bruce told him as he was walking to his room.
Jason walked to his bed and collapsed into it asleep. His last thought was how he hated that clown, as sleep invited him to its welcoming arms.
Tim was woken up by Alfred. "Master Timothy, wake up. It's your birthday." Groggily, he pushed the covers back. It was his birthday. Usually, his parents forgot or got the date wrong. Alfred was speaking again "I have breakfast ready, your favorite banana chocolate chip pancakes." Tim hurried to get dressed.
Everyone was at breakfast Bruce, Alfred, Dick, and Jason. They said grace and ate, the pancakes were fantastic. Jason and Dick kept smug grins; it was a little unnerving. After breakfast Jason told him to meet them in the batcave.
Bruce and Dick were already there they gave him a domino mask similar to Robin's. They all were in costume. There was a platform that Batman was typing into.
"O.K. Tim, this is our surprise for you. No names just, our code names and we came up with "Shadow" for you, just for today." Bruce told him.
Tim was beaming with excitement he was going to meet other heroes. Nightwing went first, then Robin, Tim, and lastly Batman.
The Watchtower was decorated with streamers and most of the leaguers were there. Nightwing had succeeded in his mission. There was cake and ice cream for everyone.
Tim turned around to look at it all, he was so overwhelmed he couldn't speak.
Along the wall Wonder Woman and Superman were discussing the party they had been invited to by Nightwing, they stared at the small child beside Robin and Batman.
"Clark, is he dying? Batman doesn't invite children to the Watchtower." Wonder Woman asked. Superman scanned the boy with his X ray vision. They couldn't count how many children the had visited in hospitals, they may be dying, but seeing there favorite hero cheered there spirit.
"I don't think so. He has two broken ribs and some bruises. No cancer or anything I can see." Clark replied.
"Odd, has Batman been seen with another fighter?" Wonder Woman asked.
"Bruce is a sucker for orphans, but I haven't seen any tabloids that he adopted another black haired blue eyed boy."
Superman flew over to the boy, "Hi, I am Superman."
"I know, do you like writing about yourself? I have been dying to ask." Tim asked as he stared at the Kryptonian.
"What do you mean?" he chuckled awkwardly.
"I mean does Clark Kent like writing about his adventures?"
"Is this one really your's, Batman?." Superman asked.
Bruce laughed even as Batman, "No, but he figured out all of our identities." Superman gave the boy another look sizing him up.
"I swear I won't tell anyone, I get bored and figure out secret identities." Tim explained, "Whenever you write about Superman it's almost like you were there. I did more checking and it fit."
"Who else do you know?" Superman asked, Batman thought he only knew his Nightwing and Robin's IDs.
Tim looked out at the superheroes walking around talking. "Nightwing is talking to Kid Flash aka Wallace West, nephew to the Flash aka Berry Allen. Green Arrow or in a business suit better known as Oliver Queen is talking to Black Canary aka Dinah Lance. Do you want me to go on?"
"Wow, kid you convinced me. Are they that flimsy a disguise or are you just that good?"
"He's that good. " Robin piped up. "I had no idea on some, he really knows most of them."
Flash walked, ran over to talk to him next. "So Shadow, Happy Birthday." He bent down and gave him a hug.
Green Arrow ruffled his hair and told him happy birthday, he blushed crimson when Black Canary gave him a kiss on the cheek.
Wonder Woman sized him up with a glance. She walked over "Happy birthday, child may you have many more." He practically was over the moon with excitement. Every hero there wished him a happy birthday.
"It was my idea, I thought since you knew about them, and loved heroes it made sense you'd want to meet them." Robin whispered to him as they their second slice of ate cake.
"Thanks, Robin you're the best out of them all." Tim hugged him. Jason blushed it wasn't very tough being hugged, but he hugged him back gently.
The party went on as heroes one by one left, both flashes took care of leftovers and took down the decorations.
Tim really like Wally, not Wallace, he made him smile. Dick introduced him they talked about chemistry, Wally knew a lot about it.
"Tell you what kid, I'll come over one day with Nightwing and we can do some experiments if it's cool with the Bat." Wally told him.
"Really? That would be so cool!" Tim was happy, beyond all expectations, they liked him.
"Sure will, me and Nightwing need to hang out more, plus Robin would probably like it too." Wally told him.
When they left Tim was a very happy ten year old. At Wayne Manor he peeled of the domino mask. "I'm going to tell Alfred all about today. Thank you, It was so fantastic. I was so surprised, you are all my favorite, still."
Alfred listened as Tim told him all about it. The old Englishman was glad he had a good birthday. Jason had suggested the idea, he was very pleased with himself for that.
Alfred prepared his birthday supper as he talked to him Jason came in and talked to him also. Dinner was great, after it was over Alfred checked Jason cut.
They played bored games and stayed up late watching Star Trek. It was the best birthday ever.
AN
I have no clue what Tim's favorite breakfast is. I think pancakes with bananas and chocolate chips would be awesome . Now I want to make them. I will tell the results next chapter update.
Review it makes me very happy! Plus, if you don't I may send ninjas after you. Joking, but they do need the exercise.
I made this chapter extra fluffy, because sometimes life is hard and fluff makes it better.
It looks like I might get a summer internship, as much I like writing FF it may not be updated as fast. Plus, I just started another chapter story. Red Robin is in earth 11, it's a little different.
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