Dick and his brothers were sitting around the breakfast table, all in a gloomy mood. They didn't need protection, they were very much able to defend themselves.

"When will they arrive?" grumbled Jason, annoyance tinging his words as he played with his food. The boy was sitting crossed-legged on his chair, pouting slightly. Dick shrugged. "One to two hours. Wally had trouble at home, something about a blue kangaroo, I think." Tim looked questioningly at his older brother. "A blue kangaroo?" Dick shrugged again, chewing on his fork. "Don't ask me."

Damian stabbed his eggs so hard, he almost broke the plate. "I can take care of myself. I do not need some teenagers to babysit me. I am an al Ghul and the blood son of Batman!"

Jason snort dryly. "The arrogant brat is not wrong, though. Why does Bruce insist on the team staying over?"

Dick rubbed his temples and groaned. It was only morning and his brothers were already giving him a headache. "You know damn well why Bruce insists on having them here." Jason glared at his plate, a dark look crossing his face. Dick closed his eyes in regret. Bringing up Jason's death was a bad idea.

Damian continued attacking his scrambled eggs and Dick leaned back in his seat. They continued to eat in silence.

Then Damian, with no warning whatsoever, grabbed his plate and threw it right in Jason's face.

Dick groaned and let his head fall into his hands, his temples throbbing. Great, just great. Jason took a moment to realise what'd just happened and then he slowly stood up, glaring daggers at Damian. "You little brat! You're so dead!" Damian scoffed, a challenging flare in his eyes, and ran out of the kitchen, Jason hot on his heels. Tim didn't even look up from his bacon. "Idiots," he muttered. Dick silently agreed.

He sighed and ran after his brothers, trying to stop Jason from killing Damian and vice versa. He heard a loud crash from Damian's room. He charged through the door and groaned again at the sight that greeted him. He seemed to be groaning a lot lately.

Jason was on top of Damian, who had thrown a glass off his nightstand, whilst struggling against his older brother. Dick grabbed Jason and pulled him off of the junior-assassin and out of the younger boy's room. He grasped him by the collar and pushed the younger boy against the wall.

"Get off me, Dickhead!" Dick pressed his arm against Jason's chest harder, an annoyed scowl on his face. "Only if you stop attacking Dami." Jason glared at him and a movement behind Dick cought his attention. Damian had come out of his room and stuck his tongue out at Jason, then he turned around and ran down the corridor. "You little shit!" yelled Jason, headbutting Dick, and chasing after Damian.

Dick growled in exasperation and rested his head against the wall. There was no use in trying to stop Jason. Damian just had to look after himself. He headed back to the kitchen, where Tim was waiting for him. "Let me guess, you couldn't do a thing." Dick rolled his eyes. "Yeah." His younger bother pointed at the forming bump on his forehead. "You might wanna put some ice on that."

Two hours later, in which Damian had received a bloody nose and Jason a black eye, the doorbell rung.

1/2 hour earlier with the team:

Everybody was seated in the Bio-Ship, ready to go. They had waited hours for Wally to arrive, but the speedster was late as usual.

Wally had solved his blue kangaroo problem and Miss Martian started the ship. Superboy raised his eyebrows at Wally. "So, a blue kangaroo?" Wally blushed. "It wasn't my fault! I didn't open the portal." Superboy frowned and glanced at the red-head from where he was seated in the alien ship. "Portal?"

"Yes, the kangaroo was from another earth." Conner blinked. "Oh, okay, whatever. So, how do you think this mission will go?"

Next to Wally, Artemis was checking her bow. "Well, we go up against the Joker, one of the most evil villains in Gotham. Every other villain we have faced so far was at least kind of sane, but the Joker is mad. He is unpredictable. We have to be very cautious."

Miss Martian nodded. "And what about the boys? This is our first protection mission. Our priority has always been the bad guys, not civilians. We have to protect them, even if it means letting the Joker get away."

Aqualad sighed and lowered his head. "Let's just hope we'll be able to do both, capture the Joker and protect the civilians."

"If anything happens to them, I will personally rip the Joker apart," growled Artemis, her knuckles turning white around her bow.

Wally saw Aqualad arch an eyebrow, sending a questioning look at the archer.

"I know Richard," she explained.

"Who?"

Artemis face-palmed. "Dick Grayson. His real name is Richard Grayson. He goes to my school. He is a bit weird, but who isn't?" Aqualad nodded. "Does he know who you really are?"

"No... but I guess he's about to find out." A look of horror crossed her face and Wally stifled his snickers. This was gonna be so good. Dick's acting skills were damn awesome.

Just then, Wayne Manor came into view and Wally heard the others gasp. "Okay, not bragging about a house like that is hard," muttered Artemis in awe. The mansion was huge. It was hard to believe that only six people lived in there, even though Wally had been here before.

Megan cloaked the Bio-Ship and landed it next to the Manor. Aqualad stood up and turned to his teammates. "Remember, the brothers are our priority. We don't want the Joker to suspect anything, so we go in civis, but keep your weapons close." A chorus of "yes's" and "okay's" was heard as the team exited the ship. They walked up to the door and rang the bell.

A crash sounded from inside followed by more noise. "Do they have a pet?" asked Artemis and Wally shrugged. Not that he knew of. That had probably been Jason destroying something. Wally was cautious around the boy. Jason's been through a lot, but going on a killing spree is not justifiable in any way.

The door opened without a sound. In front of them stood a boy with raven black hair and crystal blue eyes, looking slightly annoyed by something. "Uh, how can I help you?" Wally bit his lip to suppress a chuckle.

Aqualad seemed confused, explaining, "We were send by Batman to protect you from the Joker. Hasn't Mr. Wayne told you?" Dick's eyes grew wide in mock surprise and admiration. "You're the Young Justice. But you are not wearing yo-" His eyes landed on Artemis. "Artemis?!"

She grinned sheepishly and it was becoming really hard for Wally not to burst out laughing. Dick should try professional acting sometime.

"Yeah... hi," she muttered.

Kaldur offered Dick his hand, who shook it and grinned brightly. "I'm Dick Grayson. Welcome to Wayne Manor." Artemis cleared her throat. "You can't tell anyone our identities." Dick nodded. "Of course not. Don't worry. My brothers won't either, they are in the kitchen... I think." He opened the door entirely and let the team enter as another crash sounded from somewhere down the hall.

"Do you have a dog?" asked Artemis, fiddling with the hem of her shirt. Dick groaned. "Sort of. JASON, stop doing whatever you're doing!" There was the sound of wood breaking and then a voice yelling back, "Stop blaming me, that was the Demon Spawn!" Dick face-palmed and smiled apologetically at the team. "My brothers are cleaning the kitchen... hopefully." He muttered the last part under his breath and led the team towards the kitchen.

Once they entered, the teenagers froze at the sight in front of them. Three boys were sitting at the table, the youngest one was glaring at it, ignoring his brothers and occasionally stabbing a fork into the wood. He seemed distant and the team eyed him warily. He was more than just strange. He looked like a normal child, but Wally could understand the team's suspicion (after all, he knew that that kid had no trouble causing serious harm with that fork).

The boy next to him was older, but still young. He was yelling at the eldest boy, who was yelling right back at him.

"Hey!" screamed Dick. The three stopped doing what they were doing at once and stared at him. Sometimes Wally forgot just how commanding his best friend could be.

"Guys, this is the Young Justice team." The boys waved, then turned back to screaming at each other. Dick frowned and turned his attention back to the team. "You know what, we will do the introductions tomorrow. I bet you are tired after the ride here. Should I show you to your rooms?" Aqualad nodded. "That would be nice."

Wally glanced one last time at the still yelling Wayne brothers and followed Dick upstairs.

Aqualad awkwardly scratched the back of his neck. "So, are your brothers always so..."

"Stupid, idiotic, dumb, without a brain?" Kaldur snort quietly. "I wanted to say "loud"."

Dick shrugged and they rounded another corner. Even though Wally had been here countless of times, he still got lost occasionally.

"That's what I have to deal with every day," laughed Dick, casually shrugging his shoulders. "It's getting late. If you need something, just ask, I will be in the second room down the corridor. Your rooms are right here." He pointed at five rooms right next to his own.

"Thanks," smiled Aqualad and Dick smiled. "Tomorrow, I will fully introduce you to my brothers. Good night." He turned around and left the heroes to decide for themselves who should sleep in which room.