A new chapter, and in this one Alfred returns to the manor:D Enjoy:D
Chapter 50: Welcome home, Alfred Pennyworth
Selina skips with baby Richard off the stairs, ducking around the twins who are about to hang up some balloons for Alfred's welcome home party. Suddenly, the young cat-girl halts her skipping as she notices they aren't hanging up balloons at all.
"Guys, where are those for?" Selina points dramatically at the round spiky things. "You guys know those aren't balloons, right?"
"Jack gave them to us, and told us it where balloons. He said he wanted to start the party with a bang," Jeremy explains.
"Yeah, he also told us to be VERY careful with them," Jacky says. "And careful is what we always are, isn't that right, bro?"
"Yeah, I'm even that careful I can joggle with them. Watch!" And with that, the airhead boy starts to joggle with three at the time. His airhead sister watches excitedly.
Selina rounds with baby Richard on her heels and heads for the study. Behind her she can hear one of the spiky balls explode, and the hallway is filling with smoke. Luckily for her and Richard, she had left in time, otherwise they both had been
Selina grunts annoyed to the madly grinning Jack. "You, get them out the hallway and toss them outside so they can get some fresh air, and also air the hallway, will yah?"
Jack stops grinning, shooting a stink-eye to Selina before stomping over to the madly laughing Jacky and Jeremy.
"No, let's see what daddy Bruce and uncle Sean is doing?"
Selina sets off with Richard, skipping through the front door and into the garden where she meets a heavily panting Bruce Wayne, carrying a bag of fertilizer. Selina decides not to ask, especially because Sean is standing aside, bellowing to Bruce to be a man and walk faster. Obviously, they are training, again.
Bruce collapses into the grass, and Sean slaps his forehead, shaking his head tiredly in the process.
"Bruce, get back up your feet and drag those entire pile of bags, back to the shed!" Sean bellows, casting over the exhausted boy. "You really have to bulk up some more. Even Richard has more muscles than you!"
"That are not muscles," Bruce pants. "They call it 'baby fat'."
"Hey, don't insult the baby!" Selina spits, and Richard throws 'daddy' Bruce the iciest stink-eye ever. "Also, can't you give Bruce a little break from training. I still need him to do some things around the house. Like for example…
Suddenly Selina's words get cut off by a very loud explosion, somewhere from behind the Manor. They all look over alarmed.
"What was that?" Sean asks with a frown.
"Why don't you go and find out?" Selina rolls her eyes and heads off with baby Richard in her arms, leaving two stupefied boys behind.
A very hours later the entire crowd has gathered up in the study, waiting for Jim and Alfred to enter the house. The large pit in the back yard, caused by one Jack's proto bombs, which was the explosion earlier, has been filled up again with mud and new plants. Bruce was quite happy he didn't have to drag all the fertilizer back to the shed, because it was to great use for the newly planted flowers and plants.
Jeremy and Jacky had stopped laughing their heads off, but they both are still as crazy as before the smoke bombs. Dumb too.
A few minutes earlier, Lee rang the doorbell, asking for Jack. She wanted to pick him up. But Jack, not wanting to miss out on the surprise this time, captured her and tied her to a chair. She tried to convince Jack to let her go, but the crazy boy told her it was about time her secret came out.
Jim steers the car through the large gate and rides up to the house. He just picked up Alfred from the hospital. They were both quite surprised the manor was still standing in its place, and in one piece as well. Both also, both men aren't aware of the 'surprises' that are waiting inside.
Jim parks the car in front of the manor, steps out the car and helps Alfred to the door. Of course, the butler objects and growls to the poor cop he isn't an invalid. Alfred puts the key in the door and unlocks it, kind of suspecting the door would explode in his face by one of the spiky haired kids proto bombs. Alfred sighs relieved when it doesn't.
Then, opening the door very carefully, and both men peer inside. Everything inside is quiet and dark. Too quiet, and too dark. Jim turns the light on, and Alfred and the cop ready their arms for possible danger. No Selina, skidding in a laundry basket down the stairs. No Sean, doing some weird gymnastics through the hallway after eating too much sugar. Also, no screaming Johnny. No spanked-frantic Bruce. No strange blur of a certain speedster. No Rikki, doing some weird things with water or other substances.
Jim and Alfred sigh relieved. Apparently Bullock had kept his promise of taking the kids from the manor so Alfred could return quietly without getting bowled over by the kids.
The men enter further into the manor, taking off their coats and head to study. Once arrived in the doorway, and turned on the lights, the first thing they see is Lee, captured onto a seat. Then, the two men nearly get a heart attack when the entire crowd jump from behind their hiding place and shout…
"WELCOME BACK, ALFRED PENNYWORTH!"
Then, before the adults can react, they get run over by baby Richard, in his very own, new and futuristic baby walker.
"Awe, look at that," Selina cries happy. "Richard is happy to see his grand-pappy Alfred!"
After that said, the entire crowd separated and ran through the manor, resume doing what they do best.
Somewhere in Gotham city….
"Ehmm, Bullock?" Edward Nygma strolls up to the lackadaisical cynic, sitting at the bar, pouring himself full with liquor. "Weren't you supposed to take the kids from the manor?"
"Oh, Shit! What time is it?" Bullock roars, swaying his arms madly as he tries to stand up. He knocks a few glasses off the bar in the process. Then, peering at his watch; "Wait, Jim is already there, so no use for me to pick the kids up, right?"
Back at Wayne Manor…
"Oh, yeah, detective Jim! This is a surprise, especially for you!" Jack cries gleefully, strolling the seat with Lee strapped onto toward the stunned looking detective. "You know her as Doctor Lee Tompkins. I call her "MOM!"
Jim's face turns pale, all over. A hard lump of something forms in his stomach. I silent scream stuck in his throat. His entire world stands still for a moment, and then continues in slow-motion.
"I leave it to you, MOM," Jack grins, and skips out of the study. But not after patting sympathetically onto Jim's back first, with a huge grin, of course.
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Next chapter; Sleepover Editions.
