A Knight's Tale I Chapter 9, a batman the animated series fanfic

digi-gal-rox: it's nearly complete! and shortly afterwards, I will post up part 2 of the story, which I will now say that it takes place after this chapter. But that is all I will say for now. Anyways, Happy readings! -V- Peace out!

CHAPTER 9

"You're his son. The son of the bat." she whispered. He looked at her, shocked.
"Wh...wait a minute..." he said confused, "That would mean...-"
"Yeah." she nodded slowly, looking out the window.
"And that would make you-"
"Yeah." she nodded.
"Woah, woah, woah, this is way too much to handle." Ben Walker backed away from her. 'I...I-" shaking his head slightly he took off. Barbara Gordon lay her head back down, as a single tear fell from her eye.
"Dick..."

"This is as far as you'll go." the villian known as The Shadow greeted them.
"Get outta the way," Flash stepped forward.
"I'm afraid I can't do that." Nightwing glanced at Raven and nodded, "Tell me, are you afraid of the dark?"
"Are you?" Raven aske, as black energy emerged from her.
"Go, go, go!" Nightwing bellowed as the group took off, leaving the hooded hero with the villian.
"Will she be O.K?" Starfire asked worriedly, turning back slightly.
"This is Raven we're talking about." Cyborg responded. "She's a big girl."
"Wait!" Robin exclaimed, pulling to a stop.
"What?!" everyone looked at him, surprised. Narrowing his eyes slightly, the boy wonder silenced the group. "Don't you hear that?" Nightwing stepped forward slightly.
"They're here."

"Daddy," Barbara murmured, "Where are they?"
"Honey, you're in no condition-"
"Mary's out there somewhere... I have to be there."
"What can you do, honey? Let them handle it."
"Daddy, you don't understand!" she cried out, "Their out there! Dick and Tim are out there!" James looked at his daughter surprised.
"What are you talking about?! Are you saying their-"
"Daddy, Bruce is Batman." tears fell from her eyes, regretting on sharing the news, "Bruce has always been Batman."

Annabelle sighed heavily, as her son stared at her, angrily.
"Why did you keep this from me?!"
"To protect you." she responded, "I didn't want you growing up in that world. Why do you think the Grayson's left?
To protect their child."
"You should've told me, mother." the teenager narrowed his eyes. "There's a reason she saw me." he added quietly.
"You have school. I won't allow you to go there. I won't-"
"You can't protect me anymore, mother." the teenager narrowed his eyes. "It's my destiny."

"Get out of the way, Clark." Nightwing narrowed his eyes.
"I'm not moving, Nightwing." Superman said calmly. "This is a fight you shouldn't be fighting.
"The hell it is." he growled, "My daughter is missing, and this guy is the one that has her. And you're telling me to let him have his way with her?!"
"Look-"
"No, you look. You don't know what it's like. Loosing the people you love, Kent." he spat. "My parents. Bruce. My wife and daughter..."
"I lost my father, Nightwing. Don't tell me that I don't understand. I do."
"But at least you didn't loose everything." the hero clenched his fist. "Get out of my way, or I'll be forced to hurt you." Robin stepped forward, slowly revealing the kryptonite in his belt.
"Than you'll have to pass through us." the rest of the League revealed themselves.

"Just as I thought." the villian smirked, tieing up the young girl. "It's a pity, that you'll be dieing with them."
"DADDY!" the child cried, screaming in the masked man's ears. "DADDY!"
"Shuudp!" the man snapped, before switching the bomb on. He smirked. "Bye bye, birdy." the man walked out, leaving her to squirm.
"DADDY! HELP ME!" she cried, "PLEASE HELP ME! I PROMISE TO BE GOOD! HELP ME!"

Superman stopped, looking up slightly.
"Clark?"
"Someone's calling for help." he murmured.
"Mary!" Nightwing cried out, pushing his way past them.
"Hey!" John called out.
"I don't think so." Starfire growled, her eyes glowing.
"To get to him, you have to go past us." Robin said smugly, crossing his arms.
"This is no time for games, Robin." Shayera lifted her mace.
"And I ain't playing." the boy wonder shot back. "This is a fight that doesn't involve you. It's a fight that involves the family."
"He'll kill that bastard." Shayera snapped.
"You don't know him." Flash cried out. "The only reason you think so, was because of the rift you heard about, between him and Batman."
"He's a good man." Raven said appearing, dragging The Shadow behind her. "He knew his limits. And his rules, he will never go beyond his rules. Even for someone he hates."

"Are you sure?" James faced his daughter worriedly, as the tied up villians were taken away.
"I'm sure dad." she nodded slowly, as he helped her out of the car. "They're here. They're proof enough." she gestured to the Gotham villians. "One of them is missing."
"What?"
"Deathstroke."
"Secure the area!" James bellowed as the Gotham Police started to block the main gate. The only way in and out. He glanced at his daughter who looked up worriedly at the building. "Barbara? Honey, you don't have to be here."
"I want to. I have to." she stated. "They're all here."
"Barbara?"
"The Justice League. The Titans. Tim. Dick. Mary. They're all in there."

"It's my destiny."
"What destiny?" his mother demanded, "You lead your own life! This is why I kept it from you! He would want you to wear the mantle!" Ben's eyes fell.
"I'm not just his son, mother. In part, in a way... I'm him as well."
"You're not him." Annabelle cried, falling to her knees. "He's just a man. Just like any other man. But a man with a deep secret." Ben looked at him mother.
"The world needs him. But he's not here. And they're not going back to the mantle." he said, looking out the window,
"That's why."

"Team one, head in!" James ordered. But before anyone movements could be made, the building blew up, throwing every- one back. Barbara looked up in horror, tears falling from her face.
"No..." she breathed. "Dick! Mary!" she cried out, trying to make her way to the debris.
"Barbara!" James cried out, pulling his daughter back, holding onto her tightly.
"No!" she cried. James could feel tears falling from his face as he rocked his daughter side to side. "No... Daddy, they... he... they can't be gone. They just can't be!"
"Everything will be alright," he said softly, not believing his own words. "God, I hope everything will be alright."
"I never got to tell him." she fell to her knees, "I never got to tell him... No... No..."

digi-gal-rox: that's it for now! next chapter will be posted up soon!