At three in the morning at the Wayne house was quiet, all the occupants fast asleep when they heard a crash in the kitchen. Bruce and Talia were the first to wake up each reaching for something in their nightstands.
"It came from the kitchen" Talia confirmed.
"You check on the kids while I go check the kitchen" Bruce instructed.
Talia and Bruce left their room and they walked past Artemis and Roy's doors to have them both open them and Dick as well.
"Someone's in the kitchen" Roy confirmed.
"We know now go into Dick's room and wait for us to get you" Talia instructed and the kids obeyed.
Bruce and Talia went down stairs and she saw an open window and closed it looking around.
"Check the alarm" Bruce whispered and she nodded.
Bruce walked into the kitchen to see a big dark figure leaning on the counter he walked slowly towards it. Talia walked over to the alarm system to see if off with no sign of it having power. She then heard a noise from the kitchen and went walking towards it to see if her husband was okay. She walked in to see Bruce on the ground with a huge black dog on top of him.
"Bruce" Talia said running over to her husband.
"No, stay where you are" Bruce instructed.
The dogs ears then went up and it ran off of Bruce and out of the kitchen, Talia helped Bruce up.
"The kids" Bruce realized and they went running after the dog.
The dog went up the stairs and they followed it towards Dick's room where the kids were. They then heard a yell as the dog went in and saw a man with a gun on the ground with dog on top of him.
"Are you all okay?" Talia asked running over to them as Bruce knocked the guy out cold with gas.
"The dog saved us from him" Artemis informed as the dog walked over to them.
"The dog saved you?" Bruce asked looking at the huge dog.
"Yeah it was kind of cool the man came in with his gun pointed at us and then the door came in knocking him to the floor" Roy explained petting the dog's head.
"Mommy, daddy; can we keep him?" Dick asked hugging the dog's neck.
"Can we?" Artemis and Roy asked hopefully.
"I don't know-" Bruce said.
"Of course you can" Talia smiled.
"What?" Bruce turned to his wife.
"The dog saved our kids plus he has no home and deserves one" Talia informed.
"Fine" Bruce sighed.
"Can we call him Ace" Dick asked.
"Yeah" Artemis and Roy agreed.
"Why Ace?" Bruce asked.
"We like the name" Dick shrugged.
"Well, have fun while I deal with this guy" Bruce said dragging the guy out of the room.
"What are you going to do?" Roy asked.
"He's being delivered to the police by Batman" Bruce smiled and was out of the room.
"No one messes with Batman or Bruce's family" Talia smiled. "Now off to bed"
"Can we all sleep in here with Ace?" Artemis asked.
"Fine" Talia said and kissed all the kids good night as they got onto Dick's bed.
"Welcome to the family Bathound" Roy said closing his eyes.
