A little while later found Dick and Bruce hovering over the computer going over files on the Madd Hatter as well as bank records. Conner and Alfred were chatting idly at a table not far away eating, Conner never felt so welcomed as he did at this moment. He felt like he belonged here, he knew if he had to he would return to the Mountain but he really hoped he could stay at Wayne Manor. He was growing so attached to Alfred, Bruce, and Dick. They made him feel useful and wanted.

Conner would often think about the Cadmus mission, he often wondered what life would have been like if Dick had not disobeyed orders that day and lead a team there. But he was grateful that Dick, Wally, Aqualad, and M'Gann came to his rescue.

His phone buzzed and he got it out of his pocket, it was M'Gann.

M'Gann: Hey, how's the trip going?

Smiling Conner could feel his face heating up as he text back.

Conner: Good, we found the guy, but I think Law Enforcement is going to help out now.

M'Gann: So when are you coming back? Or is Batman going to keep you around a little while?

Conner thought about the earlier conversation he overheard Bruce and Dick have… He didn't know if they were really serious or not about keeping him. All M'Gann and the rest of the team knew was he was on a mission with Batman and Robin out of the country. He hadn't told anyone they were back. He wasn't even sure how much information he should actually be sharing with the team.

Conner: Not sure, Batman is busy right now looking over some things.

M'Gann: What kind of mission are you on anyway?

Conner: I can't tell you that, Batman's orders. You know how strict he is about things like missions if he wanted the entire team to know he would have told all of us.

M'Gann: So what is your role in all of this anyway?

Conner: I have to play the part of Robin's brother. It's been fun actually.

Bruce noticed Conner typing away on his phone when he looked up. "So who are you talking to? That's quite a smile on your face."

Conner looked up and meet Bruce's eyes. "M'Gann text me, she wants to know when we will be back. I just told her I wasn't sure at this point."

Dick chuckled and tried hard to compose himself while he was typing away on the computer. He knew the crush Conner had on M'Gann was a strong one and he teased them regularly, but he felt it wasn't a good thing to do in front of Bruce.

His phone buzzed again, looking down he told them both. "The team says hi."

Dick looked up and told Conner. "Tell them I said hi back. I haven't heard from Wally since the other day when we were in Rome."

Bruce chuckled and looked back at the computer, he was aware of the growing closeness between Miss Martian and Conner. So it was no surprise that she contacted him.

"Is this the first time she has contacted you?" He asked curiously.

"No, she contacted me when we were still back at the Manor, I told her to wait about a week before contacting me again since I didn't know how busy we were going to be."

Dick looked at the calendar that was on the computer and then said quickly. "Very punctual isn't she. It's been a week since we left."

Alfred looked up from his paper and told them. "I say, it's not every day that a young person is actually on time for something. So does Master Conner plan on introducing the young lady anytime soon?"

Dick scoffed and told him. "Not if Batman has anything to say about it. M'Gann only knows us as Batman and Robin and you as Agent A. She doesn't know our identities."

Conner looked over at Bruce who was giving Dick a dirty look. "Can she come over some time Bruce? Can she learn your identities?"

Bruce softened his face and told him. "We will see. Didn't you say something in one of the team meetings about a mole among your team?"

Dick looked up at his father. "Yea we did, but we can't pinpoint who it would be. I don't think it's M'Gann though. Aqualad thinks it's Roy but I doubt that either. It's hard to tell who it is to be quite honest. It's going to be a while till we come up with an answer to that."

Bruce looked between the boys and told them. "Until we know for sure who the mole is on the team, no one else is to learn our identities. I'm sorry Conner but it's for everyone's own safety. There is a Zeta tube that runs in the Batcave if you want to use it to go visit her. I won't stop you, just tell me where you're going."

Nodding Conner told him. "Sounds fair, I can live with that."

"Good."

Dick jumped a little in his seat and said. "Bruce! I found something!"

Looking back at the computer screen he saw a map with a red dot to the far left of the screen. "That's weird… that's on the edge of the city by the docks?"

Conner got up and walked over and looked over their shoulders. "What did you find?"

"When Hatter wasn't looking I slipped a tracking bug on him," Dick told him easily.

Frowning Conner asked. "When did you have time to do that? You were never close enough to him?"

Looking up at his friend he told him. "On the contrary, I was, when he was at the door. Remember when I was texting Bruce? Well in the drawer I had stashed some tracking bugs that I had been keeping in my pocket earlier. I took one out when even you weren't looking and stuck it in Hatter's pocket when he tried to grab me before we ran out."

Bruce patted him on the back and told him. "Good work, so tonight he will get a little visit from Batman, Robin, and Superboy."

Frowning Dick looked up at him. "But we didn't bring our costumes..." Then looked at Alfred. "Did we?"

Alfred gave him a sly grin and told him. "Yes Master Dick, your costumes were packed in a special luggage bag that is in the closet."

"How are we going to get out of here without being seen?" Conner asked worriedly.

Bruce grinned at him. "We can do it, Dick and I have done this before. No one will see us."

Conner had to trust that they knew what they were doing, his phone buzzed again. Looking back at it he saw M'Gann had texted him again.

M'Gann: Hey did you get called away?

Conner: Yes, Batman needs me, sorry if you don't hear from me until tomorrow.

M'Gann: I understand, don't let him work you too hard.

Conner rolled his eyes at that and typed back.

Conner: Not any more than normal.

Bruce had caught a glimpse of the last part of the message. "So I work you too hard?"

Freezing in his spot Conner told him. "Well no but I… uh..."

Putting a hand on the boy's shoulder he said. "Relax Conner, I was only joking."

Dick chuckled and told Conner. "Yeah, welcome to Bruce Wayne's sense of humor, where it's as dry as the desert."

Bruce playfully swatted him and said. "Hey, I can be funny."

"Yeah, as the Joker!"

Bruce playfully ruffled Dick's hair making it stick up every which way.

"Oh yeah? Who's Mr. Funny man now?" Bruce joked back.

Conner gave a slight grin to the playful banter between father and son. He hoped one day, soon in fact, that he would be able to have playful conversations such as these with them too.

Later that evening the trio were getting ready for the takedown, Bruce had called ahead and told the NYPD what they were doing so there wouldn't be any surprise when they saw the three. He explained since Madd Hatter was a Gotham City villain that Batman and his boys should be the ones to get them and bring them to the station. They agreed and called ahead to Commissioner Gordon that they were going to transfer Hatter the following day to his department.

Once everything was set up they were ready to roll, Bruce used a remote control to call the Batmobile to their location and stay hidden in an alley about three blocks from the hotel. Once at the vehicle, Batman told his boys.

"Superboy, you will not use a grapple gun this time, I think you have gotten better at your landings so it should be alright for you to use your high jumping abilities. Robin, you will run a distraction once we are at the docks, Superboy you will go to the roof, a skylight is up there. I want you to watch Hatter and keep look out for any trouble. I will go straight in through the side entrance when I give you two the signal I want you both to attack."

"Roger that Batman," Conner told him firmly. Robin nodded in agreement.

They all climbed into the Batmobile and speed off into the dead of night towards the docks. The city may look like Gotham but it was set up differently, Batman moved through town with the GPS tracker to the docks. Once there they split up to their assignments. Conner made a perfectly silent landing on the roof of the warehouse. Dusting the snow off the window he looked threw the skylight he saw the Madd Hatter below talking to several men, using his ear piece he spoke softly.

"Batman, there are about ten people inside including Madd Hatter, they are all armed. They have several large bags filled with cash I can hear them talking about how they are going to build a bomb to take down Wayne Enterprise, one building in New York and the other in Gotham. They needed the money to buy a ticket out of the country and get new identities along with weapons and some other stuff."

"Roger that Superboy, I am moving in now, hold your position. Robin go around back and cause a distraction to get them away from the main room."

After a moment they both heard. "On it!" As Robin took off around back.

Robin crept behind the building quietly and looked through the window, unlike the last time Robin had to run distraction this would go easier since Madd Hatter wasn't known for arming doors or windows with bombs unless it was at the place he planned on planting them. He lifted the window silently and leaned inside, along one wall he saw numerous boxes and crates. Along the other wall was a lot of large shelves that held huge crates on them. He could hear Hatter talking in the next room and crept slowly towards the shelves, climbing up on the unevenly stacked crates he got to the top near the rafters.

Taking out a small smoke bomb he threw it at the half-closed door that leads to where Hatter and his goons were at. It let out a just enough noise that the talking stopped and footsteps came running in his direction. Looking up at the skylight he gave Superboy a thumbs up.

Seeing his cue Superboy told Batman that Robin was all set and the distraction was in check. Superboy watched from above as Batman rushed into the building. He was glad that the skylight extended to both rooms so he could keep an eye on both Batman and Robin. Once Batman was inside he gave the all clear for Superboy to enter, opening the skylight window he slipped in quietly and landed beside Batman.

"Good work Superboy."

"Hey! Who invited you!" A large, over-muscled man shouted as he came from the back room. Turning he shouted. "Hey, Boss! Bats is here! And he brought Sups Junior with him!"

Madd Hatter raced into the room and saw Batman and Superboy. "Well, what's this? Decide to leave Bird Boy at home this time?"

A smile spread across Robin's face as he leaped from his perch on the crate he was on and landed on one of the goons. "Guess again!"

The large man threw Robin off of him only for the young boy to flip in the air and land next to Batman.

"Ready when you are."

Madd Hatter looked at the three and shouted. "Alright boys, Get em!"

10 against 3 weren't very good odds but they were when you had Superboy on your team. It didn't take the three long to take the men down. Just as Batman and his boys were tying up Madd Hatter and getting all the evidence gathered up the NYPD showed up.

Batman had the two teens stand off to the side while he was speaking to the Police Chief, Robin was used to this routine. Superboy whispered to him.

"What about all that evidence you dug up from bank accounts? Can't they use that?"

Robin smiled at him and replied. "Already done, I e-mailed all of that to Commissioner Gordon earlier. He has all the paper evidence, the physical evidence is the money and other materials here in the warehouse."

One of the officers on duty stopped by the boys and said. "You know, if I didn't know any better I swear you twos was related."

Robin laughed and told him. "Nah, we are just good friends, thanks for helping us out."

The young man told him kindly. "I think it's us who should be thanking you, I wonder if Bruce Wayne knows these guys have been captured?"

Superboy looked worriedly at Robin before the younger boy said easily. "Batman will contact him."

A gruff voice could be heard over top all the noise in the warehouse. "Robin. Superboy. Come on let's go."

The officer frowned for a minute and asked. "Say… you any relation to Superman?"

Superboy shrugged and followed Robin out of the building and to the waiting Batmobile. Robin hopped in the front seat while Superboy took the back.

"That was awesome! I hope we can do this more often!"

Batman chuckled and looked at the time on the dash, with as much energy that Robin was showing, he knew the boy wasn't going to sleep anytime soon. "Tell you what boys, how about we take a drive around the city and look at the Christmas lights. Robin you have been here before but Superboy hasn't."

"Sounds like a plan to me! You're gonna love it!"

Batman got a lot of looks and waves as he drove through downtown New York, after almost an hour of driving Robin's energy left him and he fell asleep in his seat. Driving to the secluded place where he had the Batmobile hidden before he woke Robin and they changed clothes again.

Climbing the fire escape Bruce used the remote again to send the Batmobile back to Gotham on autopilot. They could hear the roar of the engine from three blocks away as it started back up. Conner opened the door to the room and saw a dim light by a chair where Alfred was sitting reading.

Alfred smiled when he saw the three return. "Ah welcome back sir, I trust that everything is in order?"

Bruce walked past a half awake Dick and Conner who was pleased with how the evening went. "Yes, Madd Hatter will be transferred to Arkham tomorrow morning."

"Very good sir, would you young gentlemen wish to have a snack before retiring for the night? I had a batch of cookies and some milk delivered just a short while ago." Alfred told them.

Dick smiled and told him. "Of course!"

Conner shook his head. "No thank you, I think I might just drink some milk and then go to bed."

"Very well young sir, Master Bruce, can I get you anything?"

"I could use a cookie or two, but first I am going to shower then I will join the boys."

Bowing slightly Alfred told him. "Very well sir."

Dick and Conner changed into pajamas and met back at the small table with a silver platter of cookies and a pitcher of milk sitting on top of ice in a bucket. Dick picked up three cookies and put them on a plate, he munched happily away on it while Conner looked thoughtfully out the window.

"What's on your mind?"

Conner shrugged and kept looking out the window remaining silent.

"You mad about something?"

Again Conner didn't speak only body movements, this time he shook his head. The dim light that sat at the end of the table gave an eerie glow around the young superhero.

"You worried about something?"

Sighing Conner finally spoke. "You don't think I have to go back now do you? To the Mountain?"

"I wouldn't think so, but Bruce said it was up to you if you wanted to go back or not. He's not going to force you to do anything."

Conner went silent again, he took a long drink of milk before looking directly at Dick. "Was he serious earlier? About adopting me?"

Nodding Dick told him. "Yeah, he's been thinking about it this entire time. It was part of why he took you along with us."

"Really?"

"Yeah, he knew we got along at the Mountain, and as a team. But he wanted to see how we got along one on one. When Wally's around I will admit I ignore most people and pay all my attention to him, so that's another reason why. Bruce is tired of the way Superman is treating you, he can't get it through his thick skull that ignoring you is a bad idea."

"You knew about all of this?"

Shaking his head he told Conner. "No, not all of it. But it makes perfect sense if you stop and think about it. Yeah, I am lonely at the Manor, but he knows I have friends at the Mountain, but only at the Mountain. As Dick Grayson, I have no friends. He's hoping to change that, and soon."

Conner gave him a weak smile and then asked. "How is Clark going to feel about all of this? I mean, I know he's not exactly protective of me, but he also doesn't like me being out of his sight for long."

Bruce heard Conner's question as he re-entered the room. "Good question Conner, I am going to pay him a visit in a few days and bring it up to him."

Taking a seat he looked between the boys. "Don't worry, we will figure something out."

There were only a couple of cookies left, Dick playfully reached for the last two when Bruce swatted his hands away and told him. "Don't think so Boy Wonder."

Laughing Dick grabbed one anyway and pretended to put it in his mouth.

"Hey!" Bruce grabbed it and sent crumbs flying all over the table. Conner couldn't help but grin at the two playing around. He had never seen this side of the older man outside of the Mountain, except since he's been with them this past week.

Could he really imagine staying with them permanently? Could he really be someone's son? He hoped he would find the answers to his questions soon.

A/N: Reactions? I had someone on Facebook request that M'Gann check in on Conner. :) Ask and you shall receive.