A/N I'm sorry the last chapter may have seemed like pointless filler. To you guys it was supposed to seem like a short funny little family scene. I was supposed to know it's actually all setup for stuff that happens later in the story. I didn't realize that if you don't already know what happens later it doesn't appear to move the plot along that much.

Also this chapter is pretty long considering it's really one major scene. But I guess that kinda makes sense given I'm inside the head of two characters instead of one. For those of you hopelessly confused by that statement, just read the chapter it will make sense later.


Mina knew she wasn't there, it must be a vision. Perhaps she was asleep? She knew what she was seeing was real, though.

Batman and Robin made their way above, through, and beneath Gotham City to get to their destination, showing no fear for any danger they faced. Mina was unsure what to think of superheroes. She was supposed to be the next generation of a family that fought superpowered people to protect the world. These superheroes did the same quite often, but they also had powers themselves? It didn't make any sense.

The order protected the innocent and good people of the world from monsters, who abused more power than a human has a right to have. People with powers doing the same thing tore apart everything she believed. Or did it?

The bats and birds of Gotham City had always scared her the most. Mina wasn't quite sure what she was supposed to think of superheroes, and her family and the rest of the order never talked about the them. The only time Mina had ever brought them up to her family was when she asked her uncle Carlos if Batman was a vampire.

Uncle Carlos had said they didn't believe Batman or any of the other Gotham vigilantes were vampires. They actually had no evidence that they were even superpowered, but it didn't make sense for them not to be.

Now Mina saw visions of Batman and Robin. Something was definitely very wrong. Batman and Robin finally apprehended the villain they were chasing. Mina wasn't sure who it was but he looked familiar.

They began tying him up when Robin must've heard something. He looked at the fire escape of an apartment building. Batman did too. A man in Black slipped into one of the windows. At the same time some explosion went off behind them. "You get him", said Batman pointing to the building "I'll handle this". Batman spoke with a deep disguised voice that was likely created using a computer.

Mina realized her vision was following Robin, not Batman, as her sight followed Robin as though it was a camera following the main character in the movie. The apartment was old, run down, dangerous looking.

Was that dried blood?

They were definitely in one of the poorest and most dangerous parts of Gotham City. Robin slid into the apartment through the broken window with the grace and silence of a ninja. What Mina heard next took Mina by surprise.

I'm already too late

Mina could feel herself shaking in real life. The thought did not belong to her. If it was not her thought than it had to be...

I can hear Robin's thoughts! realized Mina. It did not appear he could hear her, this was likely a one way connection. Mina's attention was grabbed by a dead woman's corpse when Robin saw the victim lying on the floor.

Another life I failed to save,

This is a really compassionate person realized Mina. Robin continued examining the body. The woman was covered in blood and bruises, she appeared to be wearing a prostitute dress, and she was clearly beyond saving

She struggled. Gave it her best, but it wasn't enough. He dragged her in here. He pinned her down,

Despite Mina's fear and anger, she could feel something else too. Some other feeling that couldn't be explained by how appalled Mina was.

And beat her to death with his bare hands!

Mina finally realized that the feeling she felt that was not her own, was the building rage of the superhero in front of her. Sure Mina was just as horrified, but Robin's disgust at what had been done to the poor woman, as well as guilt for not saving her, transformed into anger at the man who did it which built up as though it was helium filling a balloon. Mina would've been afraid a balloon that full would burst, but Robin seemed like he had a mental system in place to ensure that that didn't happen.

Now I can feel Robin's most powerful emotions. Oh God what is going on? thought Mina.

Robin finished his deductions of the body looked into the other room. He must've heard something. He walked forward for a closer look. In a crib was a little baby boy, around 10 or 11 months old if Mina had to guess.

One small upside. The little one didn't see what happened to his mother. He was spared that at least.

Robin looked at the front doors. Mina didn't see anything strange about it but it appeared to make the superhero unhappy. Well, more so than he already was anyway.

It's triple locked. Whoever she was trying to keep out, it didn't work. He came in from the fire escape.

Robin looked over at the broken window he had come in through.

Wet newspaper to muffle the breaking glass.

Robin look back at the body.

There's bloody footprints on the floor.

He looked back at the window.

None on the windowsill

Wait, how did the killer dry his feet? wondered Mina. He'd have needed to go through either the door or the window to get out of the apartment.

Crap!

Although it took Mina longer to arrive at the realization, the word that went through her head was not as clean.

He's still here!

At that moment the sound of gunfire proved the killer had been made aware of Robin's presence. Fighting insued. Robin moved quick as he dogged the kicks, punches and bullets. He then threw a small weapon designed more to distract than to harm.

Mina admired how Robin didn't even flinch when he was being shot at. He simply focused on what he was doing and did it well. Mina's skills in that area were something she needed to develop. She doubted she could stay as calm as he did in situations like that.

The killer grabbed Robin's hood and pulled it down. Mina was taken aback by her surprise. Robin was about her age! She was thirteen years old, and this vigilante with his hood off looked around thirteen or fourteen.

Aw darn it!

The killer pushed Robin to the ground. He quickly got back up and pulled down his hood. Mina had never realized until then that when superheroes had masks and/or hoods on, you could usually still see their eyes. Robin had the eyes of someone who was startled but regaining focus.

The murderer walked into the child's room. Mina heard the sound of someone reloading a gun.

Robin kicked the killer in the face and knocked his gun out of his hand. Then he went over to the crib and picked up the crying baby. Mina felt Robin's great feeling of sympathy overcome him. "It's okay, I got you" he whispered to the child.

Robin looked at the killer who was getting up. He must've known he needed to get out there fast, because a few moments later Robin had fired an odd grappling hook thing that pulled him out the window. And him and the child were on the street below.

Come on, come on! Where is my father when I need him?

Batman! He's looking for Batman! realized Mina. Batman is Robin's father?

Mina felt stupid. Of course Robin was the son of Batman. Who else would Batman have as a teenage sidekick for a partner in crime fighting other than family? Despite that being a combination of words no one ever expected to say or think together, it made her realize something she realized she'd never thought about before.

Superheroes having families? Perhaps she had spent much more time thinking about superheroes than she had believed, but she'd certainly never wondered if they had family and friends. They just seemed so much larger and more powerful than the average human that the idea of them coming back to a home with a regular family seemed downright bizarre. Yet here was living proof that it could and did happen.

Oh thank God! There's the Batmobile!

Robin jumped in the passenger's seat and gestured for Batman to drive. "Robin wh-" Batman began to ask.

"No time to explain. He's chasing us and is after the kid. Just go!" Yelled Robin. Robin felt bad about shouting because it upset the baby still in his arms. Batman stepped on the gas pedal and turned the Batmobile around.

"Believe it or not a group of villians is chasing me too!" said Batman. He looked over at his son. "Damian put your seatbelt on!"

Robin realized he forgot to do his seatbelt so he shifted the baby into one arm and buckled himself with the other.

No, not Robin. Damian. So that was his real name. She'd heard it mentioned once or twice on the news, but she'd never really thought about the idea that superheroes had civilian identities. It seemed so obvious now that she thought about it, but she'd never really considered Batman and Robin anyone other than Batman and Robin.

So Robin is actually a human middleschooler who beats up criminals at night with his dad? Well...that's interesting! thought Mina.

Damian. The first time she heard the name was in a 3DS game she used to have. He was a side character that the player had to go meet up with. The heroes had to go to a desert kingdom and meet the young new ruler Damian. The characters feared that the rumors were true and he was an evil tyrant whom they'd have to battle.

However it turned out young Damian was really nice, a decent ruler, and he helped the main characters try to save the world without hesitation. He was by all accounts a pretty swell guy. Once Mina had been telling her mother about the story of the game and mentioned that one of the good characters was named Damian. Her mother thought that was odd, she'd apparently seen too many horror movies where Damian was always the spawn of Satan.

Eh, my name is Mina and that doesn't mean anything. My parents just liked the way it sounded. Mina had to admit she liked the way the name Damian sounded.

Although Mina could still here his thoughts, only the clearest ones could she understand properly. However she could hear some words and general topics of his less organized thoughts.

Why does he keep thinking about garlic? she wondered.

The Batmobile stopped at the GCPD and Robin got out. He climbed to the roof where the famous Gotham Bat Signal was turned on. Some guy with glasses and a mustache appeared to be waiting for Batman and Robin.

"Robin wh-" said the man. Robin cut him off.

"Man in black with a white mask murdered the mother tried to kill him too" he said as he handed the baby to the man. "Is it another emergency?" he asked pointing to the Bat Signal.

"No" said the man.

"We'll be back in a minute" said Robin. He then quickly climbed down off of the roof and got back in the Batmobile.

"You ready Robin?" asked Batman.

"I'm ready Batman" said Robin "Let's go get some bad guys".

Geez, that sounded a tiny but cheesy. I'm turning into my brother. That's something Dick would totally say.


Mina woke up breathing heavily. She was correct, she was in her room seeing it as she slept. She glanced out her window. Still those same beautiful blue waves crashing on the beach. They calmed her down a bit.

Why? Why was anyone seeing visions of a superhero up in Gotham City? But, why her specifically? Mina layed back down. She tried to push her feelings of concern away and fall back asleep but could not. Even with the gentle rolling of the waves her mind was in no state of peace.

Mina had no idea what to make of it. Any of it. She had no clue what to do with all the information that she had just learned or how to explain why she'd just seen the vision. She did know that if she had to guess, this probably wouldn't be the last time this happened.

Whatever she was supposed to think of it, seeing this vision wasn't a good thing. Not a good thing at all. Certainly not when you're from a family of monster hunters.


A/N A bit of Outside POV in this chapter. I hope it was interesting.

BTW, most of the action in this chapter was based on the beginning of Batman:Endgame. That's why Damian's thoughts might've seemed over dramatic and more like something Batman would say. That's because it was mostly from Batman's thought bubbles in that scene. Also the mother's death was a little more violent than I usually write. That was, again, because I was referencing a scene from the comic.

I just realized that now there's an Avengers movie called endgame and a Batman comic.

As always thanks so much to those of you who followed, favorited, and reviewed!

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Zatanngurl: Thanks a lot! I'm glad you like my OC. And Bruce was actually saying that you'd expect their conversations to be so strange that when they do have normal ones it's incredibly ironic. But whatever this family talks about, if anyone can make it interesting they can.