hey guys. um yeah. its been a while. but please know I have not abanded this story, I just got busy and wasn't able to write for a little bit. (part of that was me...ok mostly me.) anyways I'm not aloud to say h e double hockey sticks so yeah you will see that later on. anyways I hope you are having an wonderfully blessed day and night. so yeah BYE!

The next day.

The wound wasn't as severe as we first thought it was. He should be fine, as long as he doesn't partake in the… night activities. Anytime soon." dr. lesly explains to Lydia.

Do we know when he will wake up? Lydia asks.

Anytime now. The sedatives that I gave him so he wouldn't wake while I was stitching the wound, should wear off in a couple of hours.

Thank you dr. lesly. You always seem to be there when we need you.

Not a problem. I'm glad you guys are back. But please don't get to tore up out there. And if you do, I'll fix you up just to lecture you everyday of your recovery. Am I clear?

Lydia smirks. "Yes ma'am"

Good. now I have to leave to check on the clinic.

Cya Lesly. Thanks again.

Goodbye Lydia." she grabs her bag and leaves through one of the caves many secret passages.

She turns to face the med bay. She sees damian in the robin uniform, standing next to dick's bed. She then decided that she would give them a minute and sharpen her knives.

(break)

Dick's body feels heavy to him. The events from the night before come flashing through his mind. Damian jumping into the fight, Guns firing, him jumping into the fight, shot, Damian asking him if he is alright, darkness.

Worry instantly started to set in. was Damian alright? Had he been shot too? Bruce would kill him if- ….

Bruce...

gosh dick missed him. But he couldn't worry about that now.

Dick opened his eyes to be met with a bright light. He blinked a few times till the room came into focus on the stalactites hanging from the roof of the bat-cave. He slowly turned his eye to Damian who was standing to his right.

Um hey." dick say.

The case that you brought up. You shouldn't of had access to that.

Ok if he wanted to talk about that case. Dick smerks. Then they will talk. "Yeah, so?"

But you got it into anyways.

Yep.

You didn't hack it and nobody told you.

Nope.

That means that you were there.

Dick looks puzzled "what? How did you get from "nobody told you" to "you were there?"

The guy I fought was an experienced fighter.

Ok? I don't understand the point of you telling me this.

It was you that night. You are the guy I thought had intel. Aren't you?

Dick stares at him for a moment, smirks, then nods.

You didn't just tell me that. You wanted me to figure it out.

It got you to think. As a bat you always have to know more than the other person, so to speak. And to do that you need to be able to think on your feet. Because if you don't, and you stop to think-

You're dead.

Pretty much, yeah.

Maybe there are some things we can learn from you guys. SOME things.

Dick nods. "Just like the night that I tied you to the lampost."

Tsk, I know you tricks now. That won't happen again."

We'll see.

Damian smirks a ligament smerk for what seemed like the first time in a while.

*Knock knock knock*

"Hey damian, tim says he wants to talk to you." Lydia says as she walks next to dicks bed.

Tsk, Drake couldn't figure his own problems on his own. Figures" damian walks out of the med bay.

That was a crazy stunt you pulled, not the craziest, but still crazy." Lydia says.

You should of seen him, granted he held his own but he jumped into a fight without fully accessing it. That could of got him killed.

Bruce should- *sigh* -he would've taught him better, I thought.

You seen him, I think bruce was trying. But Damian is just as bull-headed as bruce.

"Yeah I suppose." lydia says with a puzzled look on her face.

Come on sis, whats on your mind.

She looks back at him. "Alfred said that once you get better enough to leave, that us three can. He said he would understand if damien's "unpredictableness" would have made us uneasy. And the fact that the others don't really like us, also made us want to leave."

Oh.

But with the stunt that damian pulled, as you said could of got him killed-

You don't want to leave them, if there is that risk.

No, no I don't.

So you're thinking about staying?

Yes, well kinda. If I stay, I will have the league on my back.

Oh. well this isn't whelming." she laughs so does he.

I see you are still butchering the engish language.

Not "butchering" i'm "improving" it.

Yeah sure let's go with that.

(break)

"Drake, what could you've not figured out on you're own?" damian walks into Tims room, where stephany, cassady and tim were waiting.

I am going to take that as a complement. But what I found is awesome but troublesome at the same time.

"What is that?" damian asks as he gestures to tim's monitor.

"A map of the world." he said sarcastically. Purposely messing with damian.

I can see that.

I know.

And this is why I swear one day I'll kill you in your sleep.

Stephany steps in bluntly. "Tim thinks he found bruce." damian just stares at tim.

I'm not positive, but it is possible that bruce didn't die that night. But got... er.. Teleported.

If that's the case, then why are we just hearing about this now?

Because it took me months to get this far, and it wasn't even a huge chance it was just a possibility.

Until now." stephany says. "The chances somehow increased when tim and jason brought in that sniper."

How is that possible?" damian asks.

It means the sniper is involved with this out of this world theory." A new voice says. everyone looks to the doorway to see who said that.

Jason.

How the h*** did we not hear you?

Heck, don't say that. And I was trained by the bat too, ya know.

You were able to keep up with that.

Again, trained by the bat.

If this true, you won't stop us." cassady says.

And i didn't say i would.

They look at him puzzled.

Don't you guys understand? We aren't the league. We know that if this is the case and that if tim's theory is true, then the chance of us being able to stop you get thinner the more you find. you all will just find a way around us. But I would recommend talking to Dick or lydia just to get a second pair of eyes on it.

Jason, did you come up here to tell us something or just easydrop?" stephany asks.

I came up here to tell you that dick woke up. I was standing in the doorway when I heard you mentchen bruce. None of you notest me. Now I am going to see dick.

You all are just a pain!" Stephany yells as jason walks out of the room. It's quiet for a few. Then-

Hey steph? Why don't you like them?" cassady asks.

They just get in our way. They don't want to be here. Or to help us. Can't you see that?

She thinks about it. "No, no I can't. They helped me. Lydia helped me get my hair ready when all of us including them had to appear in front of the press.

flashback*

Ou-ou-ou- ouch!

Lydia walks past cassadys door when she hears her. "Hey um cassady do you want some help with that?"

It's pointless, I don't understand why I have to bruch.

Brush.

Huh?

It's brush not bruch.

Still working on my engish. Sorry.

Don't be learning how to pronounce words is hard.

It shouldn't be. Just like it shouldn't hurt to brush my hair.

Well, when was the last time you brushed it?

It's been three days. She replies as she looks at the floor.

Would you um like some help?

If you want to take a shot at it then be my guest.

Ok, any particular style you want?

I wanted to to a frenched braid but it to hard.

I can do it if you want me too.

Yes please. Thank you.

Not a problem.

End of flashback*

Jason always seemed to know when the press got to close and had an excuse and got me out of there.

Flashback.

Miss Cain, how do you feel about just meeting bruce's first children?-

Cassandra, do you think they are going to throw you all out for invading their space?-

Miss cain this miss cain that. Why can't they give me a chance to breathe?

Miss cassandra.-

Cassady. she hears a familiar voice say.

Miss Cain-

She then hears jason say, "Cassady we have a family dinner to go to. So we must be leaving. So if you all could stop with the questions." he started nugging her away from the crowd. Once they got away she asks him

Do we have a family dinner we are supposed to be at?

No I just wanted to get away from the press. And you looked like you did too. I hate dealing with the press.

So do I.

Well you want to get away from all of this and get some chilly dogs?

But alfred said not to.

No he said do only give you. So you down?

She nods her head eagerly.

Ok then let's go.

End of flashback*

Dick spent a lot of time with me helping me with my english

flashback*

Disit- disapl- -disetpl- I can't say it.

Yes you can. Please try again.

No the word is to hard.

Ok then say you're name.

Cass.

No.

That's what I like to be called.

I didn't know that. But you have to be able to say your full name.

Cassandra Cain, or cassady to friends, cass to family. But that's easy.

Ok do you want another word?

She nods.

Ok the next word is "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." (I don't own that)

What?

You heard me. That's your next word.

I can't say that.

No, not yet but in the future maybe. It takes practice. But I do believe you can say discipline.

Dis-ia-line

Close try again with a "P" sound.

Disci-pline,... discipline... discipline!

Correct. See, I knew you could do it.

End of flashback*

They were helping me. But I just realised that.

They probably all were." damian says.

Just like bruce did." stephany says.