Please Review, what would you like to see more of? To my follower who reviewed about having them play video games, Im going to try and incorporate that into the next chapter
Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice or DC
After the drive to Starling City the Grayson's and the rest of their extended family soon arrived at the Queen mansion. Tonight, instead of going to a Wayne Gala or even holding a Grayson Gala which did happen occasionally, they were going to a Gala at Oliver Queens place.
"Welcome" a butler said as he opened the door for them they were all dressed eloquently for the evenings event. The guys dressed in suits the girls in dresses
"How long do we have to say?" Leah groaned
Nathan chuckled and shook his head "Come on Lee it's not that bad"
Leah rolled her eyes "Says you, Mark and Melanie are Ollies adopted niece and nephew so you at least have them to hang out with"
Nathan smiled "Thank you for reminding me, mom dad do you mind if I go find them?" he asked looking between his parents
Barbara nodded "As long as you 3 don't get into any trouble"
Dick nodded in agreement "And you have to make an appearance dancing for the press at least once. We have to keep up appearances to keep our cover" he reminded
Nathan nodded and promised that he would before walking off. First, he found Mark standing near the entrance to the kitchen
"Hey dude, what are you doing over here?" Nathan asked standing next to him
A waiter walked out with a trey of mini hotdogs Mark quickly grabbed two handing one to Nathan and keeping one for himself "Because this is the best way to snag all the food before everyone eats it" he grinned plopping the hotdog into his mouth
Nathan laughed and shook his head "I swear I don't know how you stay so fit"
Mark chuckled "I think even though I didn't inherit the speedster abilities I must have inherited the metabolism" he said
Nathan nodded "I'd have to agree. Any cute girls here?" he asked
Mark nodded "A few, I might dance later."
"I never got to ask, how did everything go with April during the triple date thing last night?" Nathan asked eagerly
Mark shrugged "You were right, I guess Mel didn't want to tell her best friend that her twin brother liked her. So, to her it was just like hanging out."
Nathan flashed him a soft smile "I'm sorry"
Mark shook his head "Don't be that just means I'll just have to start using the West man charm on her when it's just the two pf us during lunch period"
Nathan smiled at him
"In fact," Mark said finishing off his glass of water "I'm going to go practice it right now" he said pointing to 2 teenage girls in the far corner
Nathan let out a chuckle and watched his friend approach the girls. He kept his eye on his friend for a moment before someone else caught his eye. He quickly stepped forward and made his way through the crowd till he caught up with her
Her back was turned to him, she had on a short-sleeved maroon colored gown with a small slit on one side and an open back
She jumped when he leaned forward and whispered "Better watch those tan lines, I might have to deduct points when I judge the school pageant next week" he said as he placed a hand on her back
She quickly turned around but didn't want him to know he startled her "Oh yeah Grayson I'd like to see you try"
Nathan grinned "Don't tempt me West"
They stared each other down for a moment, both wanting to be the more intimidating one. Before they both cracked up laughing
"Where's your Georgia peach" Nathan asked using the nickname he had given Andrew that he knew annoyed Melanie
She rolled her eyes "Just cause we're dating doesn't mean were attached at the hip." She pointed out "And if you must know he's taking that very bold cousin of his to the airport. Thank goodness"
Nate cackled and shook his head "Oh come on Mels she wasn't that bad"
"I didn't say that, she was just very loud and a little too….forward for my tastes" she said quietly crossing her arms
Nathan smirked at her "Your just jealous cause she kissed me" he teased
She rolled her eyes "Oh yes that is totally the reason, you caught me" she joked back
Nathan eyed the room "Speaking of things we've done before and haven't done in a while, want to sneak off tonight?" he asked
Melanie rose an eyebrow at him questionably
"I think it's about time that Robin, Bullet and Bullseye did a little patrol together" he explained
Melanie smiled "How are we going to do that when we're all supposed to be patrolling in our own cities with our mentors?" she asked
Nathan shrugged "Like I said, we sneak out of this party early. We'll just take down one robbery, or mugging. It'll be fun!"
She nodded "Okay let's do it!'
They stood for a little while making small talk while also spying on Mark flirt with the girls.
Bruce walked by his arm around Selena Kyle, he looked at Nathan and pointed his head toward the dance floor where both his parents and all his uncles were dancing. This indicated that it was time for him to make an appearance as well. Nathan nodded toward his grandfather letting him know he understood the silent orders
"Everything alright?" Melanie asked pulling his attention back in
Nathan looked toward his friend an idea coming to mind "Will you dance with me?" he said with irritation in his voice
She crossed her arms "Gee, the way you said that is just how every girl dreams of being asked"
Nathan rolled his eyes "The press is here, by being part of the Wayne family and a male I have to keep up with the act…. makes it less suspicious of our other activities.' He explained
She shook her head "There are a lot of other girls who have been eyeing you all night, why don't you ask one of them to dance?"
Nathan shrugged "I don't know maybe because they didn't take ballroom dance classes with me two years ago" he suggested "Besides it'd be a shame to let a pretty dress like that go to waste" he pointed out
Melanie smiled he always knew what to say at the right time "I guess we could dance, seeing as there's nothing better to do" she let out a teasing sigh
He smiled and extended an arm, which she took. They made their way to the dance floor as a new song began. Nathan and Melanie clasped one of their hands together, Melanie's other hand was draped around Nathans neck and his free hand was around her waist they looked over and smiled when they saw that Mark had gotten one of the girls to dance with him as well
"Those magic changes my heart arranges. A melody that's never the same, a melody that's calling your name. It begs you please, come back to me" Nathan sang along to the song softly
Melanie laughed lightly "You know you're not a bad singer" she whispered tightening her grip around his neck.
He laughed and spun her around "That's good to know, considering they want me do a performance at the pageant"
Melanie grinned "Really?"
Nathan nodded "Yeah wait till you see what they have in mind. It's literally the cheesiest thing in the world"
She smiled at him in response. As the song ended she unlooped her arms from his neck and he released her waist
"We should get going, if we want to sneak off and do a quick patrol together" Nathan said
Melanie nodded "Right, you grab Mark. I'll meet you both out back and run us to Gotham" she pointed
After they changed into their suits, they walked around the Batcave. Robin sat at the computer typing away and hacking into the police scanners
"There was just a break in at the Square Mall in west Gotham." he said jumping out of the chair "Come on" he waved hopping onto his R cycle
"What about me?" Mark asked eyeing him
"You two can ride together" Bullet teased
The two boys sent her a glare "You can ride on the spare bike, I think my grandpa is intending to give it to Batgirl. But since it's not officially hers yet she can't kill you for borrowing it" he said pointing to the purple bike in the corner
"Gee, love the color" Bullseye said sarcastically as he adjusted the arrows on his back and straddled the bike
Robin let out a cackle before he revved up the engine on his bike and sped out of the cave, Bullseye followed close behind on his borrowed bike and Bullet ran after them keeping up with them at an exact pace.
When they arrived, Bullseye shot off an arrow grappling himself on top of the roof of the building, Robin did the same with a grapple gun. Bullet ran up the building meeting them both.
They peered down into the glass roof, and saw what looked like multiple typical civilians walking around in a trance like state, breaking into the stores of the mall and stealing
"Something doesn't seem right here" Bullseye said
Robin nodded "Yeah, Gotham's full of creeps and weirdos but Mr. Wilber is 80 years old and has been Gotham's favorite baker for 60 years. He doesn't have a single charge of crime against him" Robin said bringing up files on his wrist computer
Bullet shook her head "Most of these people look pretty harmless" she pointed out
Robin nodded "Let's move in and investigate" he ordered
Bullseye was crouched down behind one of the Garbage cans. He watched as a woman who looked as if she drove a minivan and took her kids to soccer practice broke into a high-end jewelry store
He released an arrow making it wrap around the woman's legs. As soon as she fell to the ground Bullseye rushed over to her. To his surprise she wasn't struggling. Instead she was laughing hysterically an extremely wide smile plastered across her face.
"What the?" Bullseye said confused after handcuffing the woman and untangling her.
Meanwhile in another part of the mall Robin watched as a local mailman tried to break into a shoe store. He threw a baterang and pinned the man to the wall by his shirt. When he walked up to him the result was the same as the one Bullseye had found
"Anyone else getting odd reactions from these robbers?" Robin asked over the communicator
A few seconds later Bullet responded "Yeah when I caught Mr. Wilber he had a smile on his face but it wasn't exactly cheery. It was sort of creepy" She said
" Yeah same here, let's meet up at the food court" Bullseye suggested
They met up at the food court stopping a few robberies along the way with the same reactions
"What is going on?" Bullseye said
Robin shook his head "Someone else is behind this. They're under some sort of mind control it seems like" as he began taping into the malls security "No way." He said after a few minutes
Bullet perked up "What is it?" She asked leaning over his shoulder
Robin pointed to a teenager on his screen with bleach blonde hair, his face painted white with a big smile in red
"Who is that?" Bullseye asked
"JayJay" Robin stated
Bullet and Bullseye exchanged glances "JayJay?" They said in unison
Robin nodded and brought up his profile "JayJay, son of Harley Quinn and Joker he's between 13-14 years old. Aside from some stints in Juvie for aiding his father and mother in crimes he's remained relatively reserved on his own." He explained
"Until now" Bullet added
Robin nodded "Yeah until now, obviously he's used some sort of mind control to get innocent people of Gotham to do his dirty work for him. He's somewhere in this mall, we need to hunt him down and stop the mind control." He said closing his wrist computer "I suggest we stick together, it'll be safer that way" he said
They searched the mall for an hour, stopping civilians from robbing along the way.
Then they heard a loud laugh, they rushed toward the direction. It was coming from a joke shop.
"Be careful and lay low, I haven't seen this kid in years and there's no telling what he's picked up from his father "Robin whispered
"Got it" Bullseye said rearranging his arrows so they wouldn't make noise and strapping his bow to his back
"Bullet wait here, you can be our secret attack" Robin said looking to her she nodded and the two boys quietly crawled into the store
They saw the teen perched up on a chair surrounded by stolen items, he was laughing hysterically
They were stopped though when two male civilians came out of nowhere tackling them.
Instinctively they both went to fight back but quickly stopped themselves not wanting to injure civilians who obviously were not in the right state of mind.
The men gathered them and drug them up to JayJay without a word
"Well well what do we have here? Robin, old friend you've grown a lot since the last time We've met" JayJay grinned as the brainwashed men pushed Robin and Bullet to the ground, their hands and feet tied up.
Robin grinned back "It's been what 3 years?"
JayJay laughed "I heard the last time you saw my father you received quit the beating"
Robin chuckled "I could say the same about your father, how's he feeling in that body cast?" He said in a cocky tone
JayJay stepped down he rose his hand about to slap Robin in the face. But was stopped when there was a flash of light and both boys were suddenly freed from their restraints
"What was that?" JayJay asked withdrawing his hand
Robin grinned "Our sweet weapon " he said throwing a smoke bomb baterang obscuring JayJay's view
Bullet quickly ran into JayJay throwing him back in the chair and Bullseye shot of an arrow that wrapped roping around JayJay securing him in the chair
"Well aren't you a beauty' JayJay grinned when he saw Bullet for the first time
Bullet rolled her eyes "That's such a compliment coming from you" she said sarcastically
"No problem doll face, that one's free but the next one will cost you a kiss" he said puckering his lips and making a kissing noise
Bullet drew back a fist and punched him in the nose
"Oh a feisty one, JayJay likey" he laughed
Robin ordered stepping toward the chair "How are you brainwashing these people!"
JayJay laughed "Come on Boy Wonder Jr. it was all in the spirit of fun"
Robin gritted his teeth and kicked the chair so it would fall back he then jumped on him "Don't call me that!" He said sending a punch to JayJay face "Now tell me how you mind controlled these innocent people into breaking the law"
After a little more interrogation, they discovered that he had been mind controlling them through a series of flashing lights JayJay had created on a local subway. They hunted down the subway, disabled the light and reprogrammed it. The effects on the civilians should wear off in time. After explaining what had happened to the GCPD no charges were filed on the civilians.
Robin, Bullet and Bullseye sat on one of the roofs of Gotham taking a small rest and enjoying the night air before heading to their respective cities and starting their regular patrol
"Hey" Bullseye said taking a seat next to Robin
He turned and looked at him "Hey"
Mark sighed "I've always wondered but never asked, why does it bother you so much when people call you Boy Wonder Jr.?" He asked quietly
Nathan shrugged "Because most people know Nightwing is Robins father. Just like most people know Nightwing was the first Robin. And as a civilian everyone is always talking about how much I resemble my father. So, when comments like that arise it's like they are saying I'm just like him. Don't get me wrong my father is amazing both in his civilian identity and hero, but I want to be my own person. I don't want to be constantly compared to him" Robin explained
Bullseye nodded "I guess I can see that, I have the advantage of my mom being the previous protege so I don't get compared. Then Mel it was mostly guys so they don't really compare her."
Bullet walked up and sat on the other side of Robin "If it helps at all, you aren't just alike" she said softly
Robin flashed a soft smile
"You're fighting styles are different also your more of a strategizer and planner. And your nose" she said
Robin cocked his head to the side "My nose?"
She nodded "It's different then your dads" she said
Mark chuckled "Yeah it's huge!"
Robin reached over and jokingly punched him in the shoulder then turned back to Melanie
"Different bad or different good" he asked
She shrugged "I guess different good, I mean it'd be fine if you had your dads nose cause he's not bad looking but yours isn't bad looking either. I mean yours is..." she looked at the boys who were giving her an odd look "And I'm going to stop talking before this get weird" she ended her conversation
Robin let out a cackle "Thanks Bullet, I'm glad you approve of my nose" he stood up
Bullseye shook head "Wait I'm confused, so does that mean girls are attracted to his nose?" He asked standing and following Robin and Bullet "If that's the case, what do girls like about me?" he pressed
"They like your eyebrows." Nathan said in a serious tone
"Really?" Mark asked slightly weirded out
Bullet shook her head "No they don't like you for your eyebrows, and they don't just like him for his nose. Girls don't talk to me much about what they like about you two, I guess cause they're afraid I'll tell you. But based on things I overhear if you must know girls like your smile" she told her twin
Bullseye smiled "Really that's good to know."
Robin chuckled "Great how he's going to be smiling more than the Joker"
Bullet rolled her eyes "I got to get going to Central City, see you at school tomorrow" she waved before speeding off
"Are you patrolling in Bludhaven or Gotham tonight?" Bullseye asked
Robin glanced around the streets "Gotham, I'm meeting my Batman, Red Robin and Spoiler in 20 minutes. Moms thrilled because she gets to babysit my cousin" he said
Bullseye laughed as his communicator came on "Bullseye, party is wrapping up Arrow and I will meet you on top of the Starling City warehouse in 30 minutes" Artemis' voice came through
Bullseye turned toward the communicator "Alright I'll be there"
He looked back up at Robin "Well that's my cue see you in the morning" he waved a finger before grappling off across the city. Robin grinned and took off to where he was going to meet his family