Ch.2: Blackjack

Danny peeked into the kitchen. After learning how to hack from Batman and stealing the Watchtower's blueprints, he could easily get around the place. He walked into the kitchen when he saw no one there.

He climbed into the kitchen chair and got out a card deck and some poker chips. He looked around again and placed his Bat plushy on the chair next to him with some poker chips. He expertly shuffled his deck up, taking out the Jokers as he did, before setting two cards, face up, in front of his plushy. He did the same to him, only one was face down.

The plushy stared blankly at his queen and nine. Danny looked at his one card, a queen. "Hit or stand?" He asked quietly. Apparently, the plushy answered, as Danny placed a seven in front of him.

Danny grinned wildly. "Ha! You got twenty-six! Doesn't matter, because I already won!" The small boy flipped his hidden card over to reveal an ace. He got twenty-one on the first try. He did a small dance in his seat.

How had he known his card was an ace?

He tensed when someone walked in.

Flash spat out his drink when he saw Danny and his plushy with a playing cards all around him, and poker chips. Did he steal them from Green Arrow's bedroom?

"Uh, kid, where'd you get those?" Flash asked.

Danny shrunk in his seat. "My backpack…"

Flash stared at the kid disbelieving. "You own poker chips?"

Danny nodded, oblivious to the adult's astonishment. "Wanna play Blackjack?"

Flash looked at the kid, disbelieving. "Does Batman know about this?"

Danny nodded. "Yeah, as long as I don't gamble, he's fine with it."

Grandmother have mercy…

"So, wanna play?" Danny asked, holding up the deck.

"Uh, sure…" Flash said and sat down. The speedster watched as Danny shuffled the deck in a fancy way, impressing Flash. Danny then placed two cards, face up, in front of the hero. Flash had a nine and a five.

Danny did the same for himself, only one face down and one face up. He looked at Flash with a blank expression on his face.

"Hit or stand?" Danny asked.

Flash looked at his cards. "Hit."

Danny placed another card down. Flash got a ten. Nine + five + ten = Twenty-four. He lost automatically.

Danny whooped and turned his other card over. It was a seven but it didn't matter. Flash had lost.

"Wanna play again?" Danny asked innocently, amused at Flash's sad face.

"Sure." The older hero said.

Danny placed a queen and a six in front of the older hero. Batman's adopted son got a six.

"Hit or stand?" Danny asked.

Flash looked at his cards. "Hit." Danny placed a four down. 10+6+4=20. He wasn't going to dare chance it.

"I'll hit." Danny said and placed a five down. 6+5=11.

"Hit or stand?" Danny asked.

"Stand." Flash said immediately. Danny shrugged and flipped his hidden card over, revealing the hidden truth if Flash lost or won.

He lost.

Danny had a queen. 11+10=21. He won.

Danny smirked at Flash. "Wanna play again?"

So that's how it went. Danny kicked his butt every time they played. Green Arrow and Hal Jordon showed up somewhere along the line and started playing along. They lost too. The three Leaguers were just happy there was no gambling involved.

Batman came a little later and saw another horrible defeat to the Leaguers. Danny gave a dark chuckle in response to their groans, collecting his cards again. He spotted the Dark Knight.

"Hi Batman!"

The three older males didn't look up at him, their heads on the table in defeat. Hal was banging his own head, probably trying to get a concussion.

Danny put his cards in his backpack and picked up his plushy before walking over to the Caped Crusader wordlessly. Batman, in response, picked the small boy up.

"What happened?" The Dark Knight asked.

"Blackjack happened." Green Arrow responded.

"The kid won every single time." Hal complained.

Flash shook his head. "I think he was cheating."

Batman looked at his ward with a smirk. "Were you cheating?"

Danny giggled behind his hands. "Maybe."

The other three Leaguers mouth's dropped open.

"H-How?" Hal stuttered. Danny giggled at his expression.

Batman continued smirking. "While placing the first set of cards down, Danny ever so slightly bends the card to see the hidden number. Therefore, he can easily find out how to get to twenty-one. He did it to Alfred for an hour."

Hal, GA, and Flash were at a loss. Danny smirked at them evilly.

"I was so obvious about it too. You guys don't deserve to win."

Before the Leaguers could say anything, Batman had turned and walked out silently, kid in his arms.

The Leaguers turned to each other. Superman suddenly walked in.

"What's going on in here?" The Man of Steel asked. Everyone turned to the farm boy.

"Never, ever, play Blackjack with Bats kid. Ever."

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Mary Elrondile: It was, a little. I had to make a Batman/Danny beginning and I really just wanted to get to this chapter so I did the best I could without making it a total piece of crap. I can't stand it when I do that and then I usually go back, erase it, and then DO IT AGAIN and that DOUBLES the time I'm working on it when I could be doing a chapter I LIKE. You get it, right? :D

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