EXTRA

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— You open the door! — Jason murmured, just before licking the barbecue sauce he had on his fingers.

— No way, I went last time! — Dick replied, throwing himself on the sofa. He was armed with several packages of chips.

— You don't need to answer the bell anymore, luckily I haven't forgotten the keys... — Tim commented entering the games room.

— Timmy! — The eldest smiled, sitting on the sofa and making it clear that the youngest was supposed to sit next to him — I thought you were too busy with the computer codes of the "divergent timelines" *...

— And I am — the boy commented as he approached the sofa avoiding all the mess. The "brothers" had taken over that room to do everything they ever wanted and that respect for Alfred prevented. There were pizza boxes on the floor, packages of frozen food, dirty clothes and even some equipment — But I decided to see how things are going.

— Bad...! — Jason looked around, raising his hands — If I knew what I was getting into, I had stopped halfway here and would be in a bar by now.

Richard, who seemed to want to say something, did not have the courage to say a word. He couldn't scold Jason for wanting to get away from it all, and couldn't take the seriousness out of the situation to make the younger brother's stay attractive. It remained to be sincere, only sincere:

— Maybe with one more person to help, everything will end up improving.

— So bad? — The boy looked away at the folder he was carrying — Ah! I need to show Bruce some things, where did he go? I tried to talk to him, but there are days when he doesn't answer his cell phone and... — Now looking at Dick again, he noticed that he had said something wrong — Don't get me wrong: I read your messages about Damian, I'm just not convinced yet.

— Then be convinced: Damian is sick.

— And it is better to believe that before you do something stupid — Jason grunted.

— It is exactly to avoid nonsense that I am here: I did some simulations and the results showed that... — Tim stopped talking, looked very closely at the brothers and seemed to have finally noticed something — Why isn't Bruce here anymore? Has begun?

— He is still in Metropolis with Damian, four days and no answers... — Jason replied.

— Alfred called earlier today, said they might be back for the weekend — Dick completed the explanation — And what will start, Tim?

— Wait... Are you serious? Is this serious? Is Damian really sick? — the boy stood up — How serious is that? I... — he started walking from side to side — I thought it was just a way for the gremlin not to be harmed by all the problems he was in, but if this is happening it might be the point of reflection and...

Suddenly, there was no one else in that game room. Not even it existed. All that went on in Timothy's mind were the various variables that he had studied in recent months and how some of them converged to a common point. It was close.

— I think it broke — Jason murmured as he watched the younger wandering from side to side talking about things he had no idea about.

— You must be accepting that Damian is serious sick... — Dick replied equally low.

— Speaking of the brat, how many people know he woke up?

— Before he had his first crisis, I could only warn you two and Babs.

— And how did she not run here at the same time?

— Said that I dreamed of Damian waking up and she accepted the lame excuse — Richard shrugged, laughing — I think sending his photo sedated two minutes later was enough. She's busy helping Cass…

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NOTE

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Timothy Jackson Drake, our beloved Tim. Third Robin and one of the most beloved has finally appeared! My favorite phase of it was in the animations of Batman's New Adventures.

For those who are not remembering much of little Timmy: do you know that cute Robin in red and black clothes who appeared in a Batman special with the Super Shock? It's him!

For the most current in this DC world: have you seen that animation called Young Justice, in which Robin is Superboy's super friend (title of Conner, a teenage clone of Superman)? It's him!

Unlike his brothers, Tim is not so much focused on combat itself: his specialties involve a lot more characteristics of a detective like espionage, programming management and common sense (most of the time). Also unlike the other Robins, Tim was not yet an orphan when he started acting as Batman's partner. The biggest difference between him and the brothers is due to the respect and obedience to the bat's commandments: Tim respects Batman and does not go over his words as others normally do.

Now talking about the divergent timelines, the asterisk up there (*): as I'm relying more on the Rebirth, I took the last time I saw our Timothy appearing there in Detective Comics n. 981.

I'm not going to go into that topic right now, but what I can say that is important for you in these final notes is: Tim moved away from Batfamilia because he wanted to dedicate himself to studying the divergent timelines, remnants that his "me of the future" gave him.

Anyone who wants to can run there and try to understand what all this means, but it won't be important now. Let it be that when Tim goes to have his conversation with Bruce, I will explain this whole story better.