AUTHORS NOTE: SORRY FOR LATENESS. BUSY SUMMER

"Why are we even here? Going through puberty was enough why did matters have to get worse? Now I'm at a fair and I'm as green as my dad's old SUV. This sucks!" Paula groans and her optimism went down the drain during the last couple of hours.

"Yeah…my sister's right. This blows I think I might just go back and…. feel….um-"

"Self pity Evan, that's what you're thinking of" Jake absentmindedly finishes Evan's sentence and sighs.

"Oh, cheer up you guys! Please? Being the downer is MY job. I hate seeing everyone so down…Evan? Paula? Sarah? Harry? James? Jake….?" For once, Hannah actually sounds like Harley Quinn. "We're at a fair! Remember all the good times we have at this fair each year!" She smiles wide, hoping they'll come out of their sense of loss.

Everyone's silent until finally Harry speaks up. "My family and I go to this fair every year…" his voice drifts off and then he lifts his head up. "You guys! That's it! Our family's are probably here! Instead of trying to convince them that we're their children we need to find our bodies!"

"Guys?" James starts, "We're hiding behind bushes. We can't go out there! People will see who we are, and batman is probably here too. We're bound to be found and I doubt the police will believe our story."

Hannah thinks and smiles "Don't you see! We WANT their attention! If we make ourselves noticeable, our bodies are bound to find us!"

"What do you mean by…..attention?" Jake says skeptically

"I think she means….something that the rogues would do….?" Sarah answers

.

This would be the moment in movies where they animate a little light bulb sparking above someone's forehead before it explodes.

"YOU GUYS! I have an idea!" Evan stands up and is smiling from ear to ear.

"…No, seriously Evan…what?" Harry can't help it, this is the same kid who thought that 'pi' was something you bought at a grocery store.

"No! Seriously! I mean it. I have an idea. Remember that time last year we made fake weapons to pretend to be cops and robbers?"

"You mean…when we were 6?"

"…whatever! Either way, if we look menacing enough, we can cause an uproar. And this time Batman will be on our side if we just….um…..scratch that. Find our bodies, THEN talk to Batman. Our parents will just kill us…literally, they'll think we're kidnapping ourselves."

"I don't know." James started, "Jenny gave me a fake weapon once….it didn't end well."

"James," Harry smiled "Jenny's probably here, she's totally a fan of the rogues. If she sees us, she'll be all over you."

"No she won't." James said nervously. Thinks for a second. "She wouldn't….she doesn't like the rogues….she not THAT bad." Thinks again. "Ok….I'm in"

"Ok….so…who has fake weapons?" Hannah asks

"Ummmmm…." Jake looks through his pockets, "I have REAL weapons." He grimaces

"That could work too." Sarah smiles

"Let's do this-" Paula stands up and smirks. She gives her brother a kiss on the cheek "I'm proud of you-"

xBMx

The six emerge from the bushes like something you'd see in a comic book. They smirk and look as menacing as they possibly could, trying not to giggle like the group of teenagers they truly are. Years of useless school play acting classes truly paid off.

Jake opens his mouth to say something and before he does they realize there's a panic running throughout the whole fair.

"I don't get it….we didn't SAY anything yet-" James inquires as he scratches his straw hat.

Harry immediately picks out his mothers tantrum screaming, a voice he hasn't heard since he was two and accidentally spilled his fruit punch all over the new white carpet. "Oh no…."

"What! I don't get it. What's going on? Everyone's acting as If we don't exist." Paula looks over to Harry, concerned.

"It's my mom. Something bad happened…." Harry answers with a worry look on his face. He hears his mom's voice screaming.

"TRISTAN? WHERE'S MY BABY? I LOST MY BABY!"

A look of shock spreads across Harry's face. "They did something to my brother!"

"Wait! You don't know that!" Sarah tries to sound comforting, "He….probably just got lost through the crowd."

"He never leaves my mom's side! They did something to him!"

A group of people surround Harry's distressed mom and father who is trying his best to calm his wife down but failing.

"I'm sure he's around here somewhere-"

"Lady!lady! It's a small fair, we'll find him, don't worry!"

"Batman will be here soon! It's just a note saying he's gonna be gone forever, that means nothing! He's…fine!"

The poor woman goes into even bigger hysterics. Like every major Gotham event though, Bruce was there. He sneaks into the back of the crowd and seems to disappear.

With little coincidence, Batman then comes out of nowhere and taps Jake on the shoulder. In his deep,disguised voice grabs him by the neck and says "What did you do with the kid!"

Jakes practically screams, "What! I didn't do anything! I didn't even know Harry had a little brother until 3 days ago!"

"Who's Harry!" Batman tightens his grip. The others just back away, knowing they can't do anything to help.

Jake gags from being choked, "This kid! I didn't touch them! I swear! I'm not a bad guy! I'm on YOUR side!"

"What kind of sick game are you playing here, Joker!" He finally lets him down though, sensing the truth and genuine fear in his eyes.

"Look….look we need to go. I'm sorry Batman….I'm sorry but we-we have to find Tristan" Harry takes Paula by the arm and starts to run. Everyone follows, hoping Batman won't hurt them.

Batman grabs Sarah's arm before she has the time to run and has never been this confused before, "Selina….what's going on?"

"L-let GO of me! Please!"

At the sound of Sarah's scream Evan comes over and by instinct punches Batman in the face. "OW! THAT HURT SO DAMN MUCH!"

Sarah clings onto Evan and lifts her head up to kiss him, lovingly and sweetly.

Batman's Face- 0.o

His point of view is the love of his life pretty much making out with one of his enemies. You gotta feel bad for the poor bastard.

"Let's run…." Evan doesn't have time to think about what just happens, all he knows is that they have a long night ahead of them. They leave footprints in the sand as they disappear into the Shadows of Gotham City Park.