Second Chance

Chapter 14

Hey guys! I know, I know, it's been forever. I was having a lot of trouble finishing this, and I'm still not entirely happy with it, but I thought I should post something, so... this is what you get. Reviewer responses!

Zatanna Carrile: Sorry, I know it's been ages. Damn you writer's block! Tell Cee her stories are great!

Nightwing Master of the Aster: Really? I didn't know that.

lindz4567: Thank you. I thought the author's note would be fun to do. It was. Not sure if it's just my twisted sense of humor though...

herlene: Actually, I'd still have the same number of chapters, as I end the chapter where it makes sense for what happens next. I don't think I could successfully put two chapters together.

Okay, let's start what I personally think is the worst chapter I've ever written...

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Found Again

"Birdie. Hey Birdie. Wake up."

"Honestly Hood. Telling him to wake up will not make him wake up any faster."

"Wing's got a point, as much as I hate to say it."

"Shut up, both of you! It'll work."

"Guys?"

"Ha! Told ya so!"

"Shut it Jay."

"Ah Birdie, not you too!"

Dick opened his eyes to the bright lights of the Mount Justice med lab. "You know, I will never understand why it has to be so bright in here. Pretty much everyone who ever comes in here has night vision in one form or another, so why do they need to blind us?"

"No one has ever been able to understand that."

Nightwing face palmed lightly. "Robin, what happened?"

Dick sighed, running a hand through his messy black hair. "Honestly? I got hit by a rock..."

Jason snickered. "A rock? Well, that's embarrassing."

"Don't have to tell me. Hey, can we blame the Titans? Getting defeated by a team of superpowered teenagers is much more dignified than getting hit by a rock."

Damian glared half heartedly at him. "We are not lying to Father about what happened for the sake of your dignity."

"Why not?"

The oldest Batsibling sighed. "Just... duck next time, alright? We do not have to wait three hours for you to regain consciousness, again."

"Yessir. Not like I enjoy i." Dick winced. "Oh, and there's the headache. Knew I was missing something."

Tim looked like he was trying not to smile. "Seriously? A rock. One of the greatest heroes of the new generation, and you're taken out by a rock, of all things."

Damian Gibbs slapped him. "Don't make me put a sword through you Drake."

"Now Dami," Dick teased. "What did Bruce say about stabbing people?"

"The same thing he told you I imagine. Don't."

"Hey, Damian, Birdie. Didn't B tell you not to mention that in the Cave? Something about it hinting at your secret IDs?"

"Yeah," Dick snorted. "But he's too paranoid for his own good. I mean, the stabbing people thing doesn't hint in the slightest at our IDs. I'd like to meet a hero who never fantasizes about stabbing someone. Also, we've been calling each other by our real names for the past five minutes, so it's a bit late to be acting all paranoid now."

"Yeah, but you two have actually-" Suddenly, Damian's sword and one of Dick's knives were at Jason's throat. "How did you- know what, I'm not even going to ask. You should probably put those away before Supey uses his x-ray vision to find out what all the yelling's about, though. Damn, Kryptonians are infuriating."

Both sharp objects were immediately back wherever it was they had come from to begin with. Dick rolled his eyes. "Jay, how many times must we tell you not to mention that?"

Luckily for Jason, someone knocked on the door. Damian looked over.

"Yes?"

"Uh, it's M'gann."

Nightwing turned to the others. "Sunglasses." He gave them a second, then turned to face the door again. "Come in."

As soon as the door slid open, a blur shot across the room and tackle-hugged Robin.

"Ow! KF, let go! I can't breathe!"

The speedster quickly released him. "Oh, sorry, but you collapsedandwedidn'tknowwhathappenedand-"

"Dude, I'm fine! It was nothing, honest!"

Roy, who had arrived soon after the Titans had invaded the Cave, pulled Wally aside."

"Thanks Red."

"What happened? All I know is Wally called to say the Titans had shown up, and you had gotten hurt again, and he said more, but I couldn't understand it because he was talking too fast."

Robin looked away. Hood smirked. "He got hit by a rock."

"Hood!"

Wally blinked. "A rock. The Boy Wonder was defeated by a rock."

"It isn't funny!"

"Sorry Rob, it is kinda funny."

The others agreed with the speedster, if the way they were struggling to hide laughter was any indication.

Dick looked over at Damian, and they had a quick, silent, conversation that went as follows:

Dick: 'Can I throw a knife at them? I won't kill them.'

Damian: 'No. If you do they could potentially learn of your... previous employment.'

Dick: 'I doubt it. Being able to throw a knife and being trained as an assassin are two very different things. Except for the fact that assassins usually know how to throw knives.'

Jason and Tim watched the conversation in quiet interest, as the rest of the Team stood by awkwardly, sensing that something was going on they didn't understand. Damian broke the silence.

"Cardinal, Red Hood, we need to go back to Gotham for patrol. Robin, will you be coming by later?"

"Yeah, probably. I'll see you in a few hours."

As soon as his brothers were out the door, Robin powered up his glove and opened the trace he had set earlier, continuing his search for the Titans. Immediately after it was up, the rest of the Team gathered around to see what he had come up with in the last three seconds. Being a known genius had its disadvantages. Luckily for his reputation, an alert went off, warning him of their location. He smirked at the others.

"Found them. Now, let's go kick some butt."

Okay, that's that. Fair warning, I'm probably not going to update this for a while. I'm going to England in a week or so, and I don't know if I'll be able to write another chapter before we leave. I don't have enough computer access to type up chapters while I'm there. So until next time, and

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