Summary: Dick and Bruce deal with Gotham matters. Takes place during Denial (s1 ep7)

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Dick was bored out of his mind. You'd think after a certain number of galas, it would get less painful to attend, but it somehow gets worse! This has gotta be some form of cruel and unusual punishment! The mayor was hosting a fundraiser to support a new children's hospital since the last one was gassed by the Joker, and of course billionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne had to attend. Dick watched on as Bruce talked with Viki Vale about his "duties to the people of Gotham". Heh. If only they knew. Dick then suddenly felt a vibration from his phone, and he looked down to see a flashing Bat emblem appear on it. He looked to Bruce, who nodded to him before departing, telling Ms. Vale "how terribly sorry we are, but it seems that there has been an incident at Wayne Tech and we really must be going. Good day!" Dick scoffed. The fact that he can keep up with these socialites WITHOUT falling asleep is more impressive than him jumping off skyscrapers.

"Alfred, we've got something on the Batwave."

"Understood, Master Bruce." Alfred quickly drove them to a nearby equipment cache, Bruce had several scattered around Gotham, and the Dynamic Duo ran inside to suit up. Dick hopped into the tube housing his suit, and in less than a minute, the tube opened to show Robin. Damn! Sub 60 seconds! I'm getting faster! He looked to Bruce, who was already suited up and viewing the mini Batcomputer. Jeez! How fast is he at that? You'd think he's the Flash with how fast he changes!

"So what triggered the Batwave?"

"This." Bruce pulled up an image on the computer. "GCPD forces spotted what looks to be League of Assassins ninjas on the rooftop opposite Gotham Museum."

"What is Ra's Al Ghul doing at a museum?"

"I don't know, but look at what that one's holding." The image zoomed in and magnified.

"Oh snap! Is that one of Freeze's old cryo-guns?"

"Yeah. Ra's could do a lot of damage with that, given the right modifications. Fortunately, we can track it's residual cold signature." Bruce tracked the signal to a warehouse in Gramercy. "Alright. Let's move." As Bruce and Dick grappled to the warehouse, Dick couldn't help but wonder. This seems WAY too easy. Since when can we just track Ra's like this? Seems like a serious oversight. Bruce was wondering the exact same thing, and as they landed on the roof of the warehouse, he turned to Dick. "Stay on guard. This seems too easy." Dick nodded before they burst through a window, landing on their feet.

"Aaaand there's nobody here."

"Not quite, little boy." The Dynamic Duo turned, weapons out, to see Ubu standing there with a dozen ninjas. "Our apologies for the misdirection, but the Master does not wish for you to bother him today. He does, however, wish to inform you that, should you accept his offer, all of this can be avoided." You'da thought Ra's would have stopped asking by now. One look at Bruce'll tell ya he's not joining the League. Dick whispered to Bruce, "Sooo, the usual, then?"

"Leave Ubu to me." Robin quickly got to work taking out the ninjas while Batman rushed towards Ubu. Dick had little trouble with the League at this point; he had been fighting them for almost 4 years now. A little over 5 minutes later, Robin stood on top of 11 unconscious League warriors. Damn, 11 vs 1 and you losers STILL couldn't take a 13-year-old kid! Ra's needs to get better ninjas. He looked over to see Batman knock Ubu out.

"No point in the interrogation. He won't talk." Dick nodded. Trying to interrogate Ra's's second in command was a waste of time.

"So, if the cryo-gun was a misdirect, what's Ra's really up to?" Before Bruce could respond, he noticed the Bat-signal in the sky.

"Something tells me Gordon can help us with that."

Batman and Robin made their way to the GCPD, where Commissioner Gordon briefed them. "The museum wasn't the only target. My sources tell me these ninjas hit two other locations. STAR Labs and Stagg Industries. They got their hands on a new dispersal device from STAR and some chemicals from Stagg." Gordon handed Bats the file, and Dick peeked at it to see what chemicals were stolen.

"Got it. We'll handle this. Don't send your men in."

"But I-"

"Jim, this is the League. Your men won't do anything to stop them. They'll only get killed. Let us handle this." Gordon reluctantly agreed, before watching the Dynamic Duo grapple away.

Batman and Robin made their way to the Batcave, where Bruce started to work on what the chemicals could be used for. His eyes widened as he figured out their intent. "Dick, I figured it out." Dick ran over to see what was on the screen.

"From what I can tell, these chemicals can be put together to create a neurotoxin that slowly kills the infected. It takes nothing more than a tiny whiff for it to infect someone. And with that dispersal device, he could infect the whole city at once."

"Didn't Joker already try this before?"

"Yeah, but this is a bit different. My calculations tell me that Ra's won't be able to launch the toxin from any point in the city and infect everyone, but with a modification to the dispersion unit, it is possible for him to poison the city's water supply." Bruce and Dick hopped into the Batmobile, speeding off to Gotham Harbor.

As they surveyed the harbor from above, the Dynamic Duo formulated a plan. "Ra's is there, with the dispersion unit. I can't get to him without a distraction." Great. I just LOOOVE being the target.

"Copy that. I'll run interference. Just try to hurry, old man!" Bruce smirked before watching Dick drop down and take on the assassins.

"Perfect." Batman glided over to Ra's but was met with Ubu as well as more assassins.

"Ah, detective. Imagine my surprise to find you not dead." Ubu growled at that before rushing the Bat. Dammit. Ubu won't let me get to Ra's in time! Dick, hurry…

Dick was finishing off the remaining assassins when he heard further commotion from where Bruce had gone. Damn. More of them? Dick snuck up to find Bruce locked in combat with a large number of warriors as Ra's watched. Batman was holding his own with relative ease, but Dick knew he couldn't take them down before Ra's launched the virus. So he jumped at the Demon's Head himself.

"Boy, you will regret that." Dick tried to fight Ra's, but he knew he was far outclassed. Damn. Not my best idea! Just gotta… Dick dropped a smoke pellet, lunging for the virus, but was grabbed by his cape and flung backwards. He wrestled Ra's for the dispersion device before being kicked away. Batman helped him up as they watched Ra's try to set off the device.

"Alas, detective. We could have been unstoppable had you taken my offer. Regardless, I believe I made you a promise last time we met. I would never underestimate you again. You may be the best humanity has to offer, but alas, you are still a man."

"You're right, Ra's. I am just a man. But this time, it wasn't ME you underestimated." Bruce smirked as Ra's tried to activate the device, but it didn't work.

"What did you do?!" Dick laughed, as he held up the vial with the virus in it. "Lookin' for this?"

"No..."

"Why do the bad guys always say no? They see me standing here holding the damn thing and they still say it!" Seriously! Do they not have eyes? Batman smiled, a laugh almost escaping from him, as he looked to an enraged Ra's Al Ghul.

"Bring me his head." I do have one beautiful lookin' head! Dick flipped backwards, dodging the arrows and throwing stars flawlessly. Bruce threw an explosive batarang, causing Ra's to drop the dispersion unit. He used his Batclaw to snatch it as he and Robin made their way out of the docks. They grappled up to a container far above ground, but Ra's was one step ahead and had already made his way up there, determined to kill the boy. Dick and Ra's wrestled for the vial before Ra's slipped, falling to his death.

"No! I didn't mean to-" Bruce put a hand on his shoulder.

"Relax. He'll be fine." Oh, right. Lazarus Pit. Duh. Bruce watched as Ubu cursed at him, before he left with a cackling Dick to return the stolen goods to Gordon. Bruce would dispose of the virus the next day in a safe method (Superman releasing it in space).

"Nice work today."

"Thanks! I WAS pretty badass, if I do say so myself!"

"Language, Master Dick!" Bruce smirked before continuing.

"We need to work on your hand-to-hand skills."

"Oh, c'mon! I took on like 12 of those guys on my own!"

"Yes, but you also got tossed around by Ra's." Dick smirked before responding.

"There's just no impressing you, is there?"

Okay, I think this one was meh, but what do you think? Sorry I didn't upload much today, I had a lot of other work today and not much free time for this. I don't know if I will be able to keep up posting like 2-3 chapters per day, but I will definitely do at least 1 a day if not 2. There may be some days I simply can't update, but I will try to keep those days few and far between. Anyway, next chapter is a younger Dick on his first ever real case in Gotham, where he meets Jim Gordon as well as the Riddler. After that is another young Dick chapter, which will just be him meeting various Gotham villains such as Mr. Freeze, Scarecrow, Ra's Al Ghul, Catwoman, and of course the Joker. Then after that, we will get to episode 8 of YJ Season 1, which actually has very little Robin, so I will be able to write my own stuff there. Then ep 9 has a lot of Robin (it's the one where they have their memories wiped and end up in Bialia), so it won't be as original but I'll try to make it interesting. Anyways, review and comment suggestions pls. Next chapter up soon.