Chapter 11: Sons of Batman

Darkness that is all Barbara saw, she heard nothing except for people occasionally chuckling she heard a door open the voice sounded echoy like inside a helmet but not a biker helmet, one that covered the entire face but other than that she knew the voice Jason Todd, The Red Hood.

"What should we do wit 'em boss?" a thug asked

"Nothing we need them alive to lure Bratman here just make sure they don't escape." Red Hood ordered

"You got it boss." The thug said and heard the door slam shut. She didn't know how long it had been but it was a long time did Dick really not know…oh right Jason probably turned off the tracking devices in their utility belts. A few hours later Barbara woke up she didn't even realize she fell asleep but a noise woke her up it was the power shutting down and a bunch of fighting then the power came back on and the bag covering her head was removed a man with a bat she hoped was painted on his face held his hand out to help her up.

"Who are you guys?" Batgirl asked grabbing his hand and standing up.

"Ma'am we are the Sons of Batman, we saw you were in trouble at first we didn't think much until we saw that." He said and put his finger on her Bat emblem on her suit, "You're Batgirl aren't you?" he said grabbing her utility belt and handing it to her.

"Yes I am." She said, "You're pretty nice mannered for a member of a street gang. Is that bat painted on?" she asked.

"We are not a street gang, we are ordinary men like most of you" he said then motioned towards Nightingale, "fighting injustice in this city OUR city, and no ma'am this is a tattoo."

"You are a street gang I can tell by the way you dress and how you conduct yourself in battle there are various people in this room who are dead, people who have families—" Batgirl started but was cut off.

"People who work for the Red Hood in my book that make them all criminals and it makes them worthy of dying if you were smart you play by my book." The man said.

"You can take your book and shove it up your ass." Batgirl said opening a window, "come on guys let's get out of here." Batgirl said then jumped out the window followed by Nightingale, Robin, Redbird, and Batarcher who all used their means of grappling if they needed it to get away. The arrived at the Bat Bunker at sunrise to a worried Dick Grayson.

"Barbara!" He shouted and ran over to his wife hugging her, "I've been so worried" he said and he walked over and picked up his son and handed it to her, "Junior missed his mommy." Dick finished and checked on the others.

"Dick we were captured by the Red Hood our saviors call themselves the Sons of Batman but they kill they tried to convince me to play by their book I told them they can shove their book up their ass." Barbara said

"So a street gang is naming themselves after me. Should I be honored?" Dick asked, "We are going to take them down but for now we need to go to our new condo."

"What new condo?" Barbara asked, "You are jobless you couldn't get us a new apartment unless Raya moved out."

"She did. I finished her test while looking for you she told me to call her Flamebird and I assigned her Chicago so she gave me her condo. Plain and simple, oh and we need someone watching the grid if anyone knows someone who can act as Proxy tell me" Dick said and Terry's hand shot up like it was on fire.

"Richard, Richard, Richard, Dick I know someone." He said excitedly.

"Who?" Dick asked.

"Her name is Max she is great with computers I think she'd be great at a sort of desk job for you we could set something that links her room to Oracle." Terry said

"Or the old clock tower from there she could be our eyes in the grid." Barbara said just then a report popped up New Joker Clan terrorizing lower east Gotham the Wayne made condos when Terry saw this he imminently put his Robin gear back on.

"What are you doing?" Dick asked

"Look Max and my friend Dana live there I can't let them die." He said grabbing a Bat-glider and he soared out he was followed by Redbird those two liked working together after all its thanks to Redbird that Terry is Robin. They arrived and the neighborhood was called laughter springs one of the Jokers had spray painted an "S" in front of the laughter and sprayed over the springs and replaced it with the word house so the entrance said "Slaughter House".

"Lovely" Redbird said, "Well do you know where they live?" he looked around Terry was nowhere in sight, "Robin? ROBIN?!" Robin had already gotten the sleeping Dana Tan out of the complex and was on the way to the Gibson's condo where the family was fighting off Joker's Robin swooped in and beat the crap out of the thugs, "RUN!" he shouted Mr. and Mrs. Gibson ran but Max didn't, "Get out of here it isn't safe."

"No this is my house." Max said as Robin finished off that wave he turned to Maxine and looked her straight in the eye, "Max get out of here!" he shouted.

"How do you know my name?" she asked as Joker thugs came up they were still far away and Redbird got them.

"I know your name because" He said taking off his hood and mask, "you're my best friend." She looked at Terry straight in the eyes.

"Terry?! You're Robin." she said as Terry put the mask and hood back on.

"Yes now go! If you can get to the clock tower in central Gotham my adopted family has a proposition for you…GO!" this time she ran and grabbed her skate board on the way out. Robin jumped back into the battle and Redbird didn't approve of what he just did.

"Dude Batman will be pissed off." Redbird said beating up thugs.

"As if he isn't already pissed Batman's sidekick active during daytime what is Gotham coming to?" Robin asked knocking out thugs of his own. Once they were finished they headed to Wayne Tower to put their suits up and then Terry went to the condo and Damian went to Wayne Manor. Luckily Dick wasn't there, "Where's Dick?" he asked.

"Getting his job back as a G.C.P.D. detective." Barbara said.

"Thank God." Terry said.

"He did give us a message" Barbara said, "Terry, you're grounded, and Max accepted our offer Wayne Enterprise is currently working on the gateway."

"Okay fair enough so how does grounded work in the Bat-Family?" Terry asked.

"Normally you'd help Proxy." Dick said and made Terry jump, "But that wouldn't be a punishment now would it? So you'll stay here and help from your laptop." Dick said

"Okay how long?" Terry asked.

"One month." Dick said and walked into the master bedroom what used to be Raya's Dick jumped onto the bed and pulled out his laptop which is also connected to Oracle, "Max are you there?" he asked.

"Yes so I'm your tech support is that correct?" Max asked.

"Yes that is correct just a fair warning you will be committing a lot of felonies in this job, when we are speaking to you we'll be calling you Proxy okay?" Dick said.

"Fine with me so will Terry be out my first days active?" Max asked.

"No." Dick said, "He acted out of emotion something we don't do, he cares for you and Dana. A lot. He is at the bottom of the ladder as he progresses he will learn to control it more as he grows." Dick said.

"You do realize he's two years from puberty right?" Max asked.

"So what?" Dick said, "What will happen will happen." Then there was a call on Dick's phone from commissioner Bullock, "Excuse me Max. Hello Commissioner."

"Grayson, we need your help Dent is robbing the Second National Bank of Gotham." Dick laughed, "I AIN"T JOKING GRAYSON!" Bullock shouted.

"Okay I'm on my way." Dick said he then got into his police uniform and he put something on his back you think would hold a rifle or something but it had two clips on it he attached his old Eskrima sticks which had no insignia so his identity was safe. He drove off took some shortcuts only Batman and his allies know and arrived at the second national bank behind Bullock he tapped him on the shoulder, " 'Morning Commissioner."

"JESUS! Only you and Batman can raise my blood pressure." Bullock said while his cigar fell out of his mouth.

"Sorry can you get me some bullet proof gear?" Dick asked.

"Sure." Bullock whistled a cop ran over and handed Richard the gear he removed the harness on his back put the gear on put the harness back on and walked inside, "Harvey Dent! This is Officer Richard John Grayson of the G.C.P.D! Please come out with your hands up and the coin in your pocket and we don't need this to escalate!" two thugs charged him, two swings with the Escrima sticks later two thugs were down, "Dent don't make me come back there!" two more thugs charged him same tactic same result, "You're testing my patience!" Dick shouted the same thing happened again and the same result again "Do that again and I'll charge the room you're in."

"Buenos dÍas señor Grayson." A voice said behind him.

"Buenos dÍas Bane" Dick back flipped on to Bane and pulled out the venom tubes and jumped off as bane shrunk to a pitiful ninety five pound man, "y buenos noches." Dick said and punched Bane knocking him out, "Anything else?"

"Yeah." A very grumbly voice said behind him Dick turned around to see Harvey Dent aka Two Face holding two mini oozies, "Me bitch!" he shouted and started firing at Dick. Somehow Dick got to his walkie talkie.

"Officer under fire request immediate reinforcements ASAP—" He started but was cut off because some bullets went through his walkie talkie, "Shit." Dent was walking towards Dick when a sniper shot him in the head killing him. Dick triangulated the shot and realized that it couldn't have been a police officer that and the bullet had a bat logo on it. "Oh my God. The fucking Sons of Batman." Commissioner Bullock rushed in he stepped in the puddle of blood.

"Ah gross my new shoes, get someone to clean this up." He said to a cop the cop saluted and ran off, "Grayson are you alive?"

"Yes sir over here!" Dick shouted holding his shoulder, "I think I've been grazed it's not bad really." He moved his hand away the bullet was still in his shoulder, "Whoa that bitch is still in there." He grabbed the bullet and pulled it out causing multiple cops to vomit.

"Grayson go home, well get stitched up first then go home." Bullock said.

"Sure thing Bulldog." Dick said smiling and walked off. He then got in his cop car and drove home playing the events of that crime in his head over and over and over again of Harvey Dent getting shot the man is a father and Dick was sure he would be the one to tell Duela Dent that her father is dead. He arrived at Wayne Tower and got in the Bat-Bunker, from there he preceded to stitch himself up. Afterward he arrived home and slammed the door shut.