The team hadn't expected the four brothers to argue over every little film detail. It was actually quite entertaining.

"That's a light blue!"

"No! It's turquoise!"

"Are you blind?! That's green!"

Kaldur once tried to break up the fight, but only received four different kind of glares.

"A bõ-staff would be a better weapon!"

"No, a sword would be much more affective!"

"Are you dumb? He should use a gun, duh!"

"Don't talk about things you don't understand, Demon Spawn!"

"I have more experience than all of you together!"

"You are just a little brat!"

"Am not, Zombie Boy!"

"Are, too!"

"Am not!"

And this went on throughout the whole movie.

After the movie, no one wanted to go to bed just yet, so Megan suggested to play truth or dare. Since it was already late at night and they didn't want to wake anyone in the neighbourhood, they decided that they would play without dare, because that would defenitifly end in utter chaos.

"So, we just ask each other questions?"

Wally nodded. "And no skipping." Everyone agreed.

"Kaldur," began Dick, "do you have gills?" Everybody burst out laughing and Aqualad blushed a scarlet red. What kind of question was that?! "Yes, I do," he muttered, his face resting in his hands.

"Damian, which one of your brothers is the most annoying?" He didn't know why he asked a question that would certainly lead to more fighting.

Damian smirked. "Well, Jason is the asshole, Dick's the spoilsport and Tim the nerd. All of them are annoying." Before anyone could stop them, Dick, Jason and Tim tried to jump on top of their brother, but Damian did a backflip over Tim's head and the boys crashed into each other, rolling over the floor, cussing and with flailing limps.

So, Damian could do backflips, huh...

The young boy was grinning victorious, while the others tried to disentangle themselves. "I swear, if I get my hands on you..." threatened Jason, but Damian only snort. "Then what? Father forbid you to kill anyone."

Wait, what?! Kaldur could understand why they had to learn how to defend themselves, after all, this was Gotham, but things just got more and more suspicious.

Jason grumbled something under his breath and Damian rolled his eyes. "Wally, which one of the Young Justice team is the most reckless?" Wally made a thinking face, his tongue sticking out of the corner of his mouth.

"Well, Conner or Robin. Our bird tends to overestimate himself."

To the teams confusion, Jason, Tim and Damian burst out laughing, while Dick groaned and hid his burning face in his hands. Wally shrugged, ignoring the strange behaviour of the brothers. Wally was acting strange, too. Kaldur couldn't exactly say what it was, but something was going on.

"Well, Jason. Which Gotham villain do you dislike the most?" Jason stiffed and Wally instantly regretted his question. Damn it, he really couldn't keep his mouth shut. "The Joker," answered Jason through gritted teeth. "I hate the Joker." There was a moment of silence, before Jason turned to Tim.

"What is your favorite stuffed animal's name?" Tim lunged at Jason, stumbling over Dick in the process. "You promised you wouldn't tell anyone!"

"Oops, I forgot," grinned Jason, sarcasm dripping from every word.

Dick quickly locked his arms around Tim to keep him back.

"Just pick the next one, Tim." The coffee addicted teen glared at Jason, but relented.

"Fine. Conner, what's your favorite colour?" Jason groaned. "Boring!"

Conner ignored the comment and shrugged nonchalantly. "Black, I guess."

He looked at Dick. "Why did you leave the circus?" Conner hadn't meant to, but he'd hit a nerve. No one spoke and the tension grew with every passing second. Everyone looked warily at Dick, who had a guarded look on his face. "Sorry," muttered Conner, realising that he's said something wrong. Without saying a word, Dick stood up and left. The Kryptonian was hit with a strong sense of guilt, even if he didn't know what he'd done wrong. "I didn't mean to-"

"It's late," said Tim, daring anyone to contradict. "We should go to bed."

~

Artemis was having trouble sleeping, her thoughts keeping her awake. She looked at the clock. 01:35 am. She groaned and turned in the bed, closing her eyes. A lot had happened today, not just Dick and Jason trying to kill each other.

The brothers seemed reckless and violent, but they were actually kind of funny and nice to be around. Damian was, all the arrogance and backflips put aside, a really cute kid, trying to keep up with his older brothers.

She couldn't really assess Tim just yet, the boy was quieter than the others. All she knew was that he drank a lot of coffee, way too much for a twelve year old.

Then there was Jason. He seemed to be the most aggressive one, but Artemis suspected that he was actually kinda self-conscious.

Dick was obviously trying to keep some kind of order, though he was having a hard time keeping his siblings in check. But there was something bothering her. Dick was acting different from the way he usually behaved in school. There, he was always on the side lines, not getting into trouble and staying calm and collected. Here, with his brothers, he was just as chaotic as them, despite his attempts to appear like the grown up.

Another thought keeping her awake was her boyfriend. Wally had been acting strange as well. Instead of being surprised and overwhelmed by the brothers' violent behaviour, like the rest of them, it seemed he was actually kind of expecting it. She knew that Wally wouldn't lie to her, but there was something off about him. Maybe he was just nervous about the mission.

The whole situation had them all on edge. Gotham was unknown territory, not to her of course, but to the others, and it's not like she knew Gotham like Robin, Batman and all the other vigilantes did. Batman would never allow her to patrol here, though Artemis was wondering why there were so many bats. Batgirl, Batwoman, Red Robin and all the others. Robin bad never mentioned them and she hadn't asked.

With a groan, she pulled the blankets closer around her. There was no use thinking about that now. Her thoughts were all mixed up and it was getting hard to even remember what she had been thinking about.

As she was about to fall asleep, hushed voices outside her room woke her up again. With a deep growl, she slowly got out of the bed, her naked feet were cold against the warm ground, and reached for her bow. She slung her quiver over her shoulder and silently opened the door, peeking into the dark hallway. The others were coming out of their rooms, too, weapons drawn.

"Did you guys hear something?" She whispered, her heart pounding in her chest. She wasn't quite sure what it was, but there had been a sound nearby. Kaldur pointed to his left. "Somewhere down there." Artemis notched an arrow, slowly creeping forward.

She paused as she heard hasty footsteps coming their way. She raised her bow, but lowered it once she saw Jason walking towards them. "Jason, what-" But he ignored Artemis and speed-walked past the team. Megan tried to grab his arm, but he dodged and continued on his way, still not talking to them. The team followed, very confused. What was going on? Jason stopped in front of a room, Dick's room. He reached for the doorknob, but hesitated. He looked at the heroes. "Stay here." Then he dissapeared inside the room.

Megan raised two questioning eyebrows. "Does that mean we're not under attack?" Artemis shook her head, putting the arrow back into the quiver. "Guess not, but what is happening?"

"Dick has a nightmare again," muttered a tired voice from behind them. Artemis spun around and came face to face with Tim Drake. The young boy rubbed his eyes and yawned.

"Don't worry, it's a daily occurrence here. I guess Dick has been reminded of his parents' death today."

"His parents died?" gasped Megan, looking close to tears. Artemis felt not much better.

Tim nodded sadly. "Yes. It's not really my place to tell you, but they were killed when he was little. After that, he left the circus and Bruce took him in."

The team looked at each other with sad expressions. They all knew what a loss like that felt like. "They were killed?" asked Megan almost hesitantly.

Tim nodded again and sighed. "Yes. Jason's parents are dead, too. We don't really talk about Damian's mother..." Artemis noted how he left out anything about his own parents. "Well, since Jason is taking care of Dick, I'm gonna go get some more sleep. You should do the same." He turned around and shambled back to his room.

Artemis glanced at Kaldur, who seemed hesitant to just leave Jason and Dick.

"Jason said we shouldn't go inside. I guess it's for the best if we just follow Tim's example and go back to sleep," muttered Wally, glancing sadly at Dick's room.

He'd love to help Dick, but he knew that there was nothing he could do. He couldn't risk going in there without the others asking questions. It hurt, knowing he was powerless to help his best friend.

Artemis agreed and suppressed a yawn. "Yeah, we should be rested if the Joker attacks."

~

They ate breakfast in an awkward silence. No one really knew what to say, even Wally was quiet. He kept glancing at Dick, who looked awfully tired. His hair covered his eyes and his head hung loose. "So," Jason finally broke the silence, "what should we do today?"

"Why doesn't everybody just do what they want to do? I'll go to the gym, who wants to tag along?" Offered Damian, not really caring who answered. Jason, Artemis and Conner raised their hands. "Good." The youngest Wayne brother stood up and left without another word, expecting the three teens to follow him.

"Do you have a Wii?" Questioned Wally suddenly, looked at Dick. He nodded. "Sure, I'll show you. We have four controllers, so two other people can join."

"What is a Wii?" asked Miss Martian shyly.

She sometimes felt ashamed for not knowing things that seemed so obvious to others. Wally gasped. "Oh my god! You've never played Mario Cart or any other Wii game?" Megan shook her head and looked at the ground. Wally grabbed her hand in a friendly way. "Then it's time we show you the best part of earth. Mario Cart!" She chuckled. "Okay. But we still need one more player, right?"

"I'll come," said Tim, eating his last eggs. "I need to finally beat Dick." The older brother snort. "Just like Jason beat me yesterday?" Tim laughed and shook his head, grinning.

"His face was hilarious when you called him a Zombie."

Megan frowned. She didn't understand why they had called him Zombie and why Jason was so furious afterwards. Was that another earth thing? "Why did you call him a Zombie in the first place?" Dick and Tim glanced at each other and Megan got the feeling that they were hiding something. She knew that she could just read their thoughts, but there was no guarantee that, whatever they were not telling them, was endangering anyone.

"It's just a nickname," shrugged Dick. "Jason often overreacts. He has a short temper." Then he turned to Kaldur, eager to change the topic. "What about you?"

"You said you had a swimming pool?" Dick grinned. "Yep. It's huge. I'll show you the way. Tim," he said, adressing the young boy, "you can start playing, I'll be there in a minute." Tim nodded. "Sure."

~

In the evening, everybody met in the living room again. "I'm hungry," whined Wally, flopping down on the couch. Dick laughed. "I can cook us som-"

"No!"

Wally jumped at Jason's sudden outburst. "You will not cook again, ever! Not after the Christmas fiasco!" Tim and Damian nodded their heads wildly. "We will never let you near the oven again!" Megan frowned. "What is the 'Christmas fiasco'?" Tim threw his arms in the air, explaining, "Two years ago on Christmas, Bruce and Alfred couldn't come home, so we were alone and Dick had the great idea to cook us something. In the end, the oven was burning, and the table stood in flames, the microwave exploded and everything was covered in spices. We were grounded for a month," he said, jutting out his lower lip in a pout. "And we didn't even do anything! It was all Dick's fault!"

Everyone laughed at Dick's red face. "Well," chuckled Artemis, "I think we should just order pizza."

Jason jumped up and threw a fist in the air. "Yes! Great idea. I'll get the phone and change into a T-shirt, it's hot in here, almost as hot as me." Then he frowned. "Nah, impossible. No one and nothing is hotter than me." And then he was gone. Artemis blinked and arched her eyebrows. "Did he just say..."

Dick let out a huge sigh. "Welcome to my world. Jason is quite... self-confident." Artemis snort. "Obviously."

A/N: So, a new chapter. What do you think so far?