A/N: I HIT THE HUNDRED-REVIEW MARK! HURRAY! It makes me so glad to see people are THAT entertained by this story!
Here's Chapter 11 to celebrate, the final portion of Vacation at Ollies! It's short, because I want to wrap this arc up quick and get to the next arc, the content of which will be revealed at the end of the chapter.
Enjoy!
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SONS OF WAYNE
CHAPTER 11
"Uh, Dick?" Ollie asked, pausing to yawn. It had been a long patrol the night before - two burglaries, a hospital fire, an autotheft, an attempted rape, plus special appearances by Brick, Merlyn, Tigress, and the always annoying Arrowette (Ollie REALLY needed to get that crazy woman off his back, before Black Canary went on a jeolous rampage again - City Hall is still being rebuilt).
"Yeah?" Dick looked up at Ollie. Roy and Wally were watching some action cartoon on the T.V. in the main room, while Dick chose to color on some sheets of paper he found at the kitchen table.
"You have any...funny dreams last night?" he asked carefully.
Dick shook his head. "No," he said, pursing his lips determinedly as he colored a large lion purple.
Ollie let out a breathe of relief and ruffled Dick's hair. "Just checkin' you don't have any nightmares or anything,"
"I had another dweam about the Justice League," Dick said. "Green Arrow was in it,"
Ollie felt a little panicked, but assured that Dick thought the encounter was just a dream he gestured for the boy to go on. "Yeah, was it cool?"
"No. I don't like Green Arrow," Dick said.
"WHAT?...Uh, I mean, why?"
"I dunno. I just like 'de others like Superman and Wonder Woman and Zatara better," Dick shrugged.
Ollie nodded and left the room.
I am SO cooler then Superman and Wonder Woman and Zatara! he thought, more to boost his own ego.
Dick giggled, and Wally ran in a moment later.
"Is Ollie up?" Wally whispered.
"Yeah," Dick whispered back. "But 'member, don't say nothing!"
"I won't! Do you think we should tell Roy?"
"I think he already knows...what 'bout Bwuce?"
"No, Dick, you stupid! He has a secret identity for a reason!"
"I'm not stupid..."
"Sorry, Dickie, I didn't mean that. But still, we can't tell ANYONE!"
"Got it!" Dick whispered, and he and Wally swore to keep Ollie's secret in the manner of the strongest known vow in the universe: A pinkie swear.
Pretty soon, the weekend had ended and Ollie found himself returning to his work at Queen Enterprises (which was generally spliced in with League activites and monitor duty on the Watchtower).
Roy, Dick, and Wally were on a break from school, and as such got stuck at the apartment all day with a babysitter.
Naturally, the Wayne brothers joined Roy in his crusade against them.
The first babysitter on Monday was named Roger, and he was a huge, dumb, blonde jock. Roy didn't understand WHY Ollie could've thought that hiring him was a good idea - maybe because he reminded Ollie of himself?
Roger pretty much ignored the boys, and they were fine with that up until around lunchtime. Wally had fallen off a chair while playing a game of Fort, and he had twisted his ankle. Roger had been totally unsympathetic to the redhead's crying, leaving Wally to nurse his foot alone while he went off to watch television.
Roy and Dick decided that Roger needed to pay.
When Roy heard Roger begin to freak out and panic while he and the other two boys hid in the vents of the apartment (he was still impressed by Dick's acrobatic skills), he had to stifle his giggles. Hiding even when Roger called the police and a panicking Ollie to the apartment might've been pushing it, but Roy still believed the spanking he got from Ollie at the end of the ordeal was worth overhearing his adopted father reduce the jock to tears with his yelling.
And people thought BATMAN could be scary!
The boys were grounded to their rooms for the rest of the week, but the new babysitter Desiree was nice enough to let them out and play for a few hours - if they promised not to tell Ollie. She also bought them cake, so the boys decided to leave her alone.
Wally was a bit dissapointed they couldn't use the fake snake they had aquired in a prank, but Roy let him make up for it by using it to scare Ollie.
Again, totally worth it.
A week later
Oliver Queen was about to get into his car to start driving home, when his cellphone rang.
Without looking at the I.D. (becuase he knew who it probably was), Ollie flipped it open and spoke into the reciever.
"What's up Bruce?"
"It's over,"
Ollie paused. "Seriously? Aliens are defeated and everything?"
"Yes. The invaders turned out to be a species known as Zakrokie's, and they've been apprehended and imprisoned by the Guardians,"
"Uh, don't you think improsining an entire species is a little much?"
He heard Batman huff on the other line. "You democrats,"
Ollie rolled his eyes. "Hey, is Dee okay?"
"Yes. I pray you will see her soon later tonight...I think she's a little antsy to see YOU,"
Antsy...oh boy. Ollie suddenly was looking forward to tonight VERY MUCH. "Hey, did you just make a sex joke?"
"Are Wally and Dick okay?"
"Yeah, they're fine. You gonna zeta in here?"
"How else?"
"I think we kind of take the instant teleportation thing for granted, but maybe that's just me. See you soon Bats,"
"How many times do I have to tell you NOT to refer to me as such when on a civilian phoneline?"
"Too many for me to care anymore,"
"..."
"Anything else?"
The dial tone was answer enough, but Ollie couldn't help but laugh. "Bats, you need to get drunk more often,"
"BRUCE!"
Bruce Wayne found himself flat on his back. His head was a little woozy from the sudden impact, but he shook it off and sat up, smiling at the two boys who had just dogpiled on top of him.
"Hello boys,"
"I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU!" Wally cried, hugging Bruce tight around the middle. "I LOVE STAR CITY, BUT I MISS ALFRED AND I MISSED YOU, DID YOU MISS ME DID YOU HAVE FUN IN JAPAN, DID YOU BRING ME A SOUVENIER?"
"Yes, I did, and yes," Bruce said. He pulled out a toy Godzilla (he had actually zeta'd to Japan very quickly to buy this before coming to Star City) and handed it to the eager Wally. He cried out in joy and hugged it, before hugging Bruce again. "Thank you!"
Dick was beaming. "I missed you, Bwuce," he said.
Bruce stood up, holding the boys in his arms. "I missed you guys too,"
He truly did. Every single moment he fought the invading aliens in the past two weeks, he saw nothing but Dick and Wally waiting for him. Many of the other Leaguers would testify that Batman had a strange new drive behind his fighting - it had been a big part in the defeat of the enemy.
And it was all because of two boys, one with big blue eyes and black hair, the other with red hair, freckles, and a missing tooth, both smiling at their father figure.
Ollie watched the reunion with a big grin himself. However, he noticed Roy standing off to the side, pouting.
"You okay kid?" he asked, putting a hand on Roy's back comfortingly. Roy shrugged it off, and the ten-year old tried to look nonchalant.
"Yeah, I'm totally fine," Roy said, not meeting Ollie's eyes.
"It's okay that you're gonna miss them,"
"I am not!" Roy snapped. "...They'll visit again soon right?"
He got his answer when Dick and Wally suddenly grabbed him in a hug.
"Bye Roy!" Wally said.
"We'll miss you, and we'll visit whenever we can!" Dick added.
"Ahem," Bruce coughed. "Boys, I'm afraid you can't visit WHENEVER you want,"
Dick and Wally looked heartbroken, and Ollie nudged Bruce. The millionaire sighed and added "But...we'll make time whenever we need to, okay?"
Satifisied, the boys nodded and hugged Roy again.
"Okay, okay, enough with the sissy hugging, sheesh!" Roy said, pushing them off. He was smiling, though.
Dick grabbed his hand instead. "We're gonna visit, Roy! You're an honowary Wayne!"
Roy's eyes widened in surprise, and Wally took his other hand and said the same thing. "An honorary Wayne, now and forever!"
"Honorary Wayne?" Ollie whispered to Bruce, looking puzzled.
"...It's a thing they came up with. Alfred and Barbara Gordon are "Honorary Waynes" as well," Bruce said. He sounded annoyed, but Ollie took one look at his face and saw he was actually very fond of the term.
"Am I an Honorary Wayne?" Ollie teased.
The Batglare appeared for a brief second. "Not on your life, Queen,"
"Well, then I'll just have to make you an honorary Queen!"
"Keep talking and you'll die,"
"Welcome to the Queen Family, Brucie!"
"OFF ME!"
The three boys stared at the adults in confusion. "Dudes, our dads are so wierd," Roy concluded.
"Totally,"
"Yup,"
After Dick and Wally had left with Bruce (whom Ollie was sure would use some kind of gas to knock the boys out in order to zeta the car Ollie had borrowed two weeks before back to Gotham City - face it, NO ONE liked driving from New Jersey to California), Roy had gone back to playing video games.
Ollie knew the boy would have a little trouble getting used to being alone in the penthouse again, but he also decided to make sure to spend more time with Roy then he did prior to Dick and Wally's arrival.
Which suddenly reminded him of something he had wanted to tell Roy.
"Hey Roy, did you know there's a Batwoman?"
"What? Seriously?"
After finally convincing the ever stubborn Roy to go to bed, Ollie decided to hit the hay himself. Stripping out of his shirt and pants on the way to his bedroom, Ollie opened the door clad only in boxers before shutting it. Flipping the lights on, he heard a familiar voice.
"Well, I'm glad to see you came prepared,"
Ollie's eyes were the size of dinner plates when he beheld the sight of Black Canary lying up against the pillows...wearing only a lacy bra and panties.
Then he smiled.
"Hey pretty bird. Miss me?"
A/N: I love GA/BC.
And that concludes the Vacation at Ollie's arc!
The next arc will consist of two chapters, and it's called "Circus Runaway".
