Chapter 16
"Did you tell him that Mr. Wayne is not here" said wally
"yes" said Aqualad "he insists on seeing Dick"
"We'll be right there Aqualad" Dick said into the communicator
"So who is Clark Kent" Wally asked as he and Dick walked back up to the manor.
"Oh just a friend of Bruce's" Dick said.
When they got to the door Aqualad was carefully watching a tall man with black hair and glasses.
"Hey Dick" he said smiling at the boy and shaking his hand "how you doing"
"Not too bad" Dick said smiling at the man's cheery mood "this is kid flash" he said gesturing to Wally "and you've already meet Aqualad.
"Nice to meet you kid" Clark said holding his hand out to wally
"you to" wally said shaking his hand
"come on in" Dick said "I'm sure Alfred would want to say hi" Clark Kent followed Dick inside with wally following close behind them.
"So where's Bruce" Clark asked
"he has locked himself in the cave" Dick said "like he does every time the joker escapes."
"Um Dick" Clark said gesturing to Wally
"don't worry," Dick said "wally knows"
"ya I know, but how does he know" Wally asked
"I am a reporter" Clark said smiling "i have a way of figuring things out"
"ok, but we're talking about batman here"
"I told you Wally, he's a friend" Dick said. Now they had reached to study again, Dick opened the doors and the three of them walked in to the Batcave and to the computer.
"Clark" batman said without turning around "to what do i owe the pleasure."
"Why is it that to find out what happened i had to hear it at work, and then when I go to the cave, I find out that you have assigned the team to a top secret mission?"
"It did not seem like something i should advertise" batman said
"wally, Dick, why don't you two go back upstairs" Clark said to the two boys
"ok, see you later" Dick said turning back around "come on wally"
"what, ok" Wally said following Dick back upstairs.
"Bruce" Clark said once the boys were gone "you have to talk about these things with the league, you can't do everything by yourself, let us help you."
"i can handle this by myself" Bruce said
"Bruce, what's bothering you" Clark asked "usually when you start acting like this, well more than usual, something is bothering you"
Bruce paused for a second, then turned the chair around and said "he is my son, i should be able to keep him safe"
"there's nothing you could done" Clark said putting his hand on Bruce's shoulder.
"i shouldn't have let him go off on his own, knowing the joker had a grudge with someone at the party, especially since he went off with the daughter of that person" Bruce said
" if anything that was a good decision" Clark said " it is probably because of Dick that she is still alive."
"Probably" Bruce said "but Dick still got hurt, and i can't even find the man who did it"
"Then let me help you" Clark said
"What do you got" batman said
"I was busting and arms deal in metropolis" Clark said "and the joker was one of the clients" batman turned back to the computer finally having something that he could work off of.
