A/N: Here's part 2 of my Reverse Batfamily series! Enjoy!

In case anyone doesn't know, here is who everyone is in the reverse universe:

Dick Grayson - Robin

Jason - Kid Bat

Tim - Redbat

Cass - Batgirl

Stephanie - Spoiler

Damian - Shadowbat


Batman was currently off-world on a mission with the Justice League, so the rest of the Batfamily decided to take Dick out as Robin for some field experience. It was supposed to be an easy night. If any bigger villains were reported, all but Kid Bat and Robin would go off to fight them.

But Murphy's Law always was a bitch when it came to the Batfamily.

Redbat noticed some weird readings coming from the warehouse district of Gotham. Shadowbat was hesitant to bring Robin when they didn't know what they were getting into, but his argument that he'd never learn if he didn't experience any action was sound—not to mention that if it had been anyone big like Joker, they would have already known. Shadowbat had sighed and consented to let Robin come.

He was now regretting that.

When they had arrived in the warehouse district, the group immediately knew which warehouse the readings were coming from. The windows of the warehouse were lit up with blinding, blue light. Inside, they had found a man fiddling with a machine, ranting and raving about universes. He had caught sight of Kid Bat and panicked, pressing buttons on the machine that seemed to send it into overdrive. Before anyone could do anything, the machine exploded, incinerating the man and bathing everyone else in the warm, blue light. When their eyes cleared, they noticed that they were still in the warehouse.

"Is everyone all right?" Spoiler asked.

"Yes." Batgirl was standing with Shadowbat.

"We're all good." Kid Bat threw a thumbs up at Spoiler. Redbat was shielding him, and Kid Bat was shielding Robin.

"We have no idea what that machine could have done to us. We need to head back to the Cave. Redbat—"

"Already on it." Redbat was going to gather samples of the machine, but when he looked at where it had been, he realized it was gone. "Um, guys?"

Their eyes snapped to where Redbat was looking, and Shadowbat let out a curse. Either the machine had somehow disintegrated itself without leaving any kind of marking on the ground or walls…

...or they were not where they were supposed to be.

"The man was talking about parallel universes." Redbat said, bringing a hand to his chin. "I think it's safe to say that we might be in one."

"Cool!" Kid Bat was grinning. "My first one!"

"Not cool." Shadowbat growled. "We're going to have to find a way home. It's going to be much harder to do so without the machine."

Kid Bat shrank back, frowning. Robin patted him on the shoulder.

"Be nice, Shadowbat." Robin admonished petulantly. "We just gotta go back to the Batcave, right? We can get Batman to help us!"

"If this world even has a Batman." Redbat muttered. Shadowbat sighed.

"We will make our way to the Batcave but be discreet. We do not want to draw attention to ourselves, especially if we are not heroes on this world."

Robin pouted. "I don't see why we wouldn't be."

"We may not be born yet." Tim started ticking items off his fingers. "We may never have met Bruce. We could be evil..."

Robin frowned while Shadowbat let out another sigh. "We need to leave. Now would be appreciated." He sent a look to Redbat, who held his hands up in surrender.

The Bats made their way through Gotham, though it was much slower than usual since they had to keep out of sight. They mostly skirted through alleyways, only using rooftops if they had to. They were just passing 53rd Street when Shadowbat suddenly held his hand up.

"What is it?" Robin whispered. Shadowbat peered at the buildings around them.

"Batgirl. Redbat. Take Kid Bat and Robin and hide." Any protest was immediately silenced by a look from Shadowbat. He looked serious and, only a Bat could catch this, worried. Kid Bat and Robin immediately obeyed, hiding beneath some dumpsters with Batgirl and Redbat. "Spoiler, come to the roof with me."

The two made their way up and stood at the edge of the roof, overlooking the rest of Gotham. Shadowbat could not see Spoiler's face, but he could tell she was worried by the way her fists clenched. They were in an unknown world, and as the oldest, it was up to her and Shadowbat to take care of the others. Shadowbat rested a hand on her wrist, and Spoiler relaxed, only to stiffen again as they felt a presence land behind them. As one, they turned and found Batman staring back at them. Already though, they could tell that this Batman was different. He was radiating a darkness that not even their Batman could pull off. Shadowbat straightened and stepped forward.

"Stop." Batman growled. Shadowbat did, narrowing his eyes to match Batman's glare.

"I am Shadowbat, and this is Spoiler. We require your assistance." Well, at least he was to the point.

Batman narrowed his eyes at the pair, trying not to show his surprise at the name 'Spoiler'. He hadn't heard that name in a while, and as far as he knew, Stephanie had not known anyone by Shadowbat during her time as Spoiler. Not to mention, there was something eerily familiar about the man, and not just because his costume was so similar to his own.

"What kind of assistance?"

"We believe we are from an alternate universe, though we cannot tell you how different it is. The machine that sent us here did not come with us, and we were unable to learn much about how it worked before it was destroyed." Shadowbat kept his voice neutral. Even knowing that this was not his real father, he still couldn't help the slight hurt he felt at Batman's blatant distrust.

They were suddenly interrupted by another figure landing on the roof. Shadowbat sucked in a breath when the figure straightened, revealing a boy in a hooded Robin costume. He had never worn it in his life, but he would always recognize his child self.

"Holy shit." Spoiler breathed. She'd recognize that glare anywhere.

"Batman, who are they?" Young Damian (Robin?) moved into a fighting stance, but Batman put a hand out to stop him. He had noticed the shock the two strangers felt, and it finally clicked with the man and Robin standing near each other.

"...Damian?" Robin snapped his head towards Batman, reading to snark about 'no names in the field', but then he realized that Batman wasn't looking at him but at the man. His eyes widened when he realized what his father was implying.

Shadowbat nodded. "Hello, Father."

Batman looked over at Spoiler. "...Stephanie?"

"The one and only." Spoiler was smiling, but inside she was shocked. It was a little Damian! She was tempted to run over and hug him but had a feeling he (and Batman) wouldn't appreciate it very much.

"I'll take you back to the Cave, but I will be running tests just to be sure." Shadowbat and Spoiler nodded, knowing they would do the same thing.

"Father, what is this about?" Robin wanted to know what was going on. Was there an older version of him in front of them?

"We have traveled from an alternate universe, and we need help getting home." Shadowbat spoke directly to his younger self before turning back to Batman. He hesitated for a moment. "We were not the only ones to come through."

"Who else?" Batman narrowed his eyes once more.

Shadowbat answered by pressed a finger to his ear. "It's safe to come out now. Meet us on the roof."

One by one, four other figures climbed onto the roof. If the younger Damian had had less control of himself, his jaw would have hit the ground. He recognized each person, but their ages were all wrong, not to mention their costumes. Only Cassandra's seemed to be right.

"Hey!" The other boy dressed as Robin, Grayson, had shouted, pointing at Damian. "Why is he wearing my costume?"

Shadowbat sighed and rubbed at his head. It was going to be a long night.


A/N: Feel free to send me prompts or talk to me at browniesarethebest on tumblr!