Tim is abused badly and Steph is close to get *gulp* ...ya not gonna write that here *shudders*

chapter not related to chapter 30 but there is slight references to chapter 34: Messing with the wrong Bird

relations: 5 adopted 1 blood

~Chapter 35: Abandoned and Neglected~

The manor seemed less cheerful without all the kids there, Tim was at Drake Mansion since his father was awake from his coma and had now taken back custody of the teen. Jason was somewhere around the world, Cass was in Hong Kong, Dick in Blüdhaven trying to juggle between Officer Grayson and Nightwing.

Damian was at the manor of course but he was at school right now and Stephanie hadn't been heard from much since her mom kept a close eye on her.

With all the kids out it felt like the days before Dick came...What happened if he picked up the phone and called them all home? They told Jack...Or rather Dick told him while squishing Tim in a hug with the teen giggling and hiding his face, that they wanted to see Tim often even if he now lived with him.

His hand hovered over the phone when it lit up and the ID caller said Dick...

No powers huh? Doubtful.

"Checking up on me?" Bruce smiled a little, he told himself he didn't deserve the trust Dick had in him.

I tried calling Tim but got no answer, I had Jason calling Steph but same result! Bruce they always pick up when I call.

Great, the one time he's having a day off and two if the batkids are unreachable?! Not fair universe, not fair at all.

"Alright I'll head over to Drake Manor and check on Tim, I do know that Stephanie's mother is keeping a close eye on her...It could be that she took Stephanie's phone and turned it off"

Jason says he's all the way over in Greece following some lead, I'm going to take the rest of the day off and look for her just in case...Oh god can you get a stroke at 26?

Bruce's eyes widen slightly.

When it came to the Batfamily, Dick was worse then a bear mother if anything close to a threat came near them. Last time Jason had been shot Dick had lost all control and sent half the gang in body casts and years of nightmares.

"Dick calm down and focus on them, on your siblings!"

Tell Alfred to pick up Damian and book a flight for Cass.

Bruce got out of his car in front of Drake Manor and felt something in the air... Something didn't seem right here but first things first- He had to check on Tim and get him to Wayne Manor before Dick really did get a stroke.

He walked up the stairs and rang the bell, fiddling with the keys in his hands as he waited for someone to open the large doors. A middle age maid soon opened the door and she didn't seem to recognize him.

"Yes? How may I help you Sir?"

"I was wondering if Mr. Drake is home?"

"Mr. Drake is out traveling and-"

Bruce quickly smoothed that one with a slight laugh "Ah sorry my mistake, I was asking about Timothy. I took care of him while his father was hospitalized." The maid looked at him before her eyes widen and hands started shacking.

"Oh Mr. Wayne thank goodness! Please young Master Tim is in the living room and- Jonas! Brigid! Help me pack the young master's belongings!" Bruce was pulled in and led to the living room, the maid threw the doors open and ran towards the window seat where a fragile teen was sitting, leaning his head against the glass and looked out towards the garden.

"Young master please get ready! You are leaving this dreadful place!"

Tim turned his head around and Bruce dropped both keys and jaw.

He was thinner then last time they saw each other and he sported large bruises on...Any visible skin! "What's goi- Bruce?!"

The maid left the room and Bruce sat down on the window seat with Tim after picking up the dropped keys "You didn't answer Dick's call, he tried several times and then Stephanie. He's very close on being the first person to get a stroke at 26." Tim's blue eyes widen.

"Is Dick okay?!"

"He's most likely not going to leave you out of sight for some time after this...Tim...Why didn't you tell?" Bruce placed a hand on Tim's shoulder and grew even more worried when he didn't feel the slight muscles Tim had built up during his time as Robin and Red Robin.

Tears fell from Tim's eyes as he slowly moved the t-shirt over his head and Bruce was stunned, he could see the ribs and-

Oh Jack Drake was a dead man when Bruce got his hands on him.

Tim smiled as Bruce carefully lifted him into his arms and carried him to the car, where the elder maid who had opened and two others put in the last bag and wrote their final statements to the police. Hopefully Jack Drake wouldn't get Tim back. On their way to Wayne Manor Tim's phone rang again and this time he answered and put it on speaker. He was so eager that he didn't look at the ID caller.

"Still among the living big bro! Bruce is taking me to the Manor"

Pretty sure that's meant for Dick but nice knowing the demon doesn't have to look for a Lazarus pit to bring you back.

"Jason?...Wait! Did you say that Damian was-...He hates me!"

Well turns out Dickie actually did tame the little rascal! Who knew? Anyway he was close to fight Alfred to get out of the Manor so he could look for you last I called.

"Jason any word from Dick?" Bruce asked

Well Alfred said his Batman uniform is gone sooo...I think he's majorly pissed off if he's taking that one instead of Nightwing.

Tim's smile widen and stiffed a giggle when Bruce shivered "Sometimes I wonder if that boy is really human"

So stubbornness and overprotected are the two things we've picked up from you...Unless it a DNA thing...

From Blüdhaven to Gotham, to the Batcave and then the bunker.

Dick had changed out of his police uniform and the Nightwing uniform underneath and into his Batman uniform, taken the flying batmobile and soon he was in the sky tracking Stephanie using the tracer under her skin which had been placed there last time she had gotten hurt.

The signal was moving so either she was running or she was in a trunk of a van or a car.

Dick put the Batmobile in stealth mode and followed the signal until the cross-marker landed on a white truck with a flower store name on the sides and the back doors, they must have realized that plain looking trucks would have draw some attention.

The truck stopped at the harbor right at the gangway of a mid-sized freighters where other trucks were parked or just arrived. Dick almost flipped when he heard 'young girls' and 'market'. He opened the dome and glided down, landed on one of the guys and the fight was soon in full swing.

The girls that had been taken out of the trucks ran back into them for safety when the traffickers started shooting at him but a few well aimed batarangs had them drop the weapons. GCPD arrived and after a while the girls were taken care of by paramedics and the traffickers were placed in the backs of GCPD trucks, no one noticed Batman go through every white truck and scanned the girls that had blonde hair.

Stephanie's signal said she was among them so where was-

"Batman...or Nightwing" Dick turned around and found Gordon standing there and his doubt slowly became understanding "Shifting costumes tonight? Is he out of town or is it possibly a regular thing?"

"Might be permanent... Just some slight changes... Maybe the fingerstripes and a blue bat?" Dick suggested and the corner of Gordon's mouth twitched a little "One of the girls asked me to find you before you left, said she had some info you'd like to hear."

"Name?"

"Stephanie Brown"

*Calm down calm down, wrong suit right now... She's civilian at the moment... Don't act like you know each other.* He thought as they walked towards the car where Bullock was waiting, handing a cup of tea to Steph who had a cut lip, bruise on her forehead and a gash. Her clothes were torn and her pants were cut just by...

Why did she have hand marks on her chest and neck?!

"Miss Brown? You said you had some info for Batman."

Stephanie looked up and noticed the slight details of this Batman, the height and build, no yellow circle with a bat and the gloves only had two spikes on them.

Dick.

"Y-Yes... Um, I could go with him?" She whispered, keeping her act of a victim even though her self-proclaimed brother was right there. Dick nodded and carefully led her to the Batmobile. When they were out of sight Stephanie shot towards him, throwing the blanket on the car and into Dick's outstretched arms, he lifted her off the ground and rocked her as she cried in his neck. He placed her back on the ground and unclasped the cape and drew it over her.

"It's okay. You're safe now." He whispered gently and kissed her forehead.

"*Sniff* I know..."

Not the safest way but still calming for them both, Dick jumped into the car and had Stephanie across his lap with the cape tightly around her. Stephanie felt safe being between his arms as they flew back and she leaned her head against his chest to just focused on Dick's heart beat.

¤R.H to Batman I hope you didn't kill anyone... Shut it brat, you know full well what lines he's willing to cross... Kid do you have any idea where he really shoves those sticks of his when the tasers are on?!¤

Steph smiled slightly as Dick chuckled "Just because I almost get a stroke worrying about you doesn't mean I'm close to snap a few necks." He muttered. "No you just wanted to gut them right there or as it sounds- Give them electric castration."

"Caught but then again it teaches them a lesson- Batman here, prep the medbay and for the love of god: DON'T let B see her! He's going to lost all control."

¤Oh god not her too.¤

Dick froze and Steph looked at the console "What's wrong with R.R?!" She asked.

"HE'S MY SON!" Jack shouted.

"THE HELL HE IS! YOUR SERVANTS LEFT THEIR STATEMENT AND THE COURT ALL BUT THREW TIM BACK INTO MY CARE! BE GLAD RICHARD IS ACROSS THE RIVER OR HE WOULD HAVE SHOT THE MAN PART OFF YOU!" Bruce roared louder.

Even thou the two men were in the study and the batkids were down in the Batcave, they could hear just fine without the holoscreen in front of them. Dick laid in the middle of Tim's cot with both him and Steph leaning on his chest, Damian was sitting on the foot end, Cass on a chair on the left side and Jason on the right side on the bed.

Dick twirled a strand of Stephanie's hair between his fingers and scuffed "I'm tempted to shoot him in the head right now but that suggestion works too."

Tim eyes him carefully "Dick, you're to gentle to be that... that... Okay never mind you fight crime day and night."

"And the only manhood I've taken off is that clowns 3 months ago."

Jason snickered and almost choke on the apple piece he just swallowed "How many times did I thank you for that?"

"You cursed at me for not getting the chance yourself."

"True but I freeze up every time I'm near him."

"And now?"

"I'm going to laugh my ass off when he runs of the second he sees you." Jason grinned.

Dick quirked a brow "I was Officer Grayson when I did that, not Nightwing."

"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TAKE HIM AWAY FROM ME! YOU CAN'T JUST GO TO MY OWN HOUSE AND-"

"YOU STARVED HIM, BEAT HIM AND THEN YOU JUST LEAVE HIM?! THAT GIVES ME EVERY RIGHT TO GET HIM AWAY FROM YOU!"

Cass winced "I think I see a vein in Dad's forehead." Dick cackled "His whole face is red! I think he's going to explo-"

"I WISH THAT NUISANCE DIED INSTEAD OF JANET!"

Complete...Silence...

Tim felt Dick's arm tighten around him gently and he in turn pressed his hand flat over Dick's heart, leaning his head against Dick's shoulder.

Crystal Brow came 2 days after and the screaming match started again.

She too left without her child.

Dick called Clark and the other powers houses who knew Batman's identity, at first no one understood what Dick was doing but after showing the two videos of the fights and knowing Bruce better then Alfred they agreed to let Bruce went his anger on them instead of Gotham.

45 minuets later and Bruce was a little calmer then before the JLA members went to check on the two ex-Robins.

Bruce turned to Dick when he saw the eldest Robin swing around and punched the wall so hard large chucks of it feel down, the bats in the ceiling fled and Ace whined and ran off, leaving Bruce gaping in shock as Dick pulled his fist back uninjured but breathing heavily.

Clark came flying in and behind him was Hal, using his ring to carry Tim and Steph beside him and they all gaped at the sight.

"Is it safe to unleash a very large, strong villain for a short time?" Tim piped up.

"And have your brother punching said villain off the damn planet?! I think it's safer to take him and B to another planet and let them vent on the monsters there!"

No one could argue that Hal had a good point.

i think this is the longest one...

hope i didn't screw up and yes i may have exaggerated alot, tell me and I'll try and chance those things