Bruce sat in the busy shop, uninterested in any of the items around him. His attention was fixed on the little cafe' across the street. More specifically, on Dick, who sat nervously at the table by the window. He had been there since the shop opened. He had a cup of hot chocolate in front of him, but he hadn't taken a single sip of it. Instead, Dick's eyes kept a vigil watch over the street, watching everyone coming and going.

Bruce watched his young prodigy with a fascinated curiosity and concern.Dick, of course didn't know he was there. He had stubbornly insisted he go alone. But Batman wasn't about to let him out of his sight. Evidently giving him too much leeway had not been the smartest thing. Now he had them involved in something beyond the normal, even for them. And so here he was, spying on his adopted son.

Dick took another sip of his cocoa as he glanced out the window and froze with the drink to his lips. Bruce looked around the street to see if there was a monster somewhere. His whole body tensed up ready to pounce. He followed Dick's gaze to a young woman with long black hair, who had just gotten out of a taxi, and was now standing in front of the cafe'. She fiddled with the seam of her jeans as she just stared at the cafe'. It looked like she was debating whether or not she should go in or leave. Dick remained in his frozen state as he stared at her. She didn't look like any of the kids that he met during the battle. She looked like an ordinary girl dressed in simple tennis shoes, jeans, and a t-shirt, but the way Dick stared at her, she might as well have been a mythical unicorn where one false move ends in either your death or the unicorn running away, impossible to catch.

A determined look crossed her face and she walked in. Bruce watched as Dick's eyes followed her every move. He'd never seen him act like this before. She went up to the counter and paid for a cup of hot chocolate. Dick continued to hold as completely still as possible, like he was afraid he would scare her off. This must be the girl he had kept a secret from him for so long: Reyna.

Once she got her hot chocolate, she turned and looked right at Dick. Bruce watched as Dick swallowed roughly as she walked over to his table. He stood to meet her. Bruce took out his eavesdropping device and pointed it at the couple.

"Is this seat taken?" She asked quietly.

"No." Dick rushed to answer. Shegave a small smile and sat across from him. Dick sat back down, and he rubbed his sweaty palms nervously on his pants. She took a sip of her hot cocoa with her brown eyes fixed on him. "Soo, you're feeling better?" Dick stated the obvious. Bruce groaned at Dick's awkwardness.

"I still get some aches and pains, and I get a little winded, but other than that; yes, I'm feeling better." She gave him a small smile and took another sip.

They sat in awkward silence, making sure not to make eye contact. Dick would stare at her and then she would meet his gaze and he would shyly look away. Bruce cringed at the awkwardness and was getting impatient with the two of them. Then Dick and Reyna both blurted out, "I wanted to . . ." at the same time.

They both laughed awkwardly. Bruce groaned. It was just painful to watch. "Please go ahead." Dick offered.

"I wanted to apologise for my behavior." Reyna started.

"You have nothing to apologise for. I'm the one who messed everything up. I only wanted to spend the evening with you, and then . . . things went sideways." Batman shifted uncomfortably. Dick ran a hand through his hair. "You're all I can think about."

Bruce raised his eyebrows at the bold confession.

"I overreacted. I let my sister get inside my head and . . ., well . . . I let my emotions get the best of me."

"Your sister is very protective of you." Dick rubbed his jaw, most likely remembering her right hook.

"Yeah, sorry about that." Reyna blushed and took another sip.

"What did she mean by she didn't sacrifice herself, just for you to be hurt?"

Reyna sighed heavily. "Hylla has always been a bit protective of me, but no more so than when we were held captive by pirates."

"What?" Dick sounded surprised.

Bruce's eyes widened.Of all the explanations, Bruce never expected pirates to be involved.

"The pirate Blackbeard to be precise." Reyna continued.

"I thought he was dead?"

"He is now." Reyna said with some distaste. She sighed before she continued. "Long story short, while we were being held captive by pirates, pirates do what they normally do to young girls. Whenever one would come looking at me, Hylla drew the attention to her. Eventually we escaped the island, but Hylla was never the same."

"Island?"

Reyna sighed shifted uncomfortably. "After we escaped my home, we got lost at sea. We ended up in the Sea of Monsters and became stranded on Circe's island."

"Circe. Isn't she that one sorceress that hates men and turns them into pigs?"

"Guinea pigs." Reyna looked embarrassed as she corrected him. "She found them less smelly, and she liked to put them in classrooms."

Dick looked at her in horror.

"I was young." Reyna snapped. "And, she was the closest I ever had to a mother. She took care of us, taught us magic."

"You learned magic from Circe?" Dick was impressed.

"Some. I wasn't there long enough to learn a lot. Look, the point is, Hylla has her own demons. I think she just doesn't want me to go through what she did. It was a long time ago, and we were both young. I know that's why she chose to join the Amazons."

"That's rough." Dick said. Bruce silently agreed.

"By the way, thank you for coming to rescue." Reyna blushed as she took a sip from her hot chocolate.

"How's Camp Jupiter?" Dick asked.

"Where was Camp Jupiter?" Batman asked beneath his breath. A camp full of armed kids seemed like something to keep an eye on.

Reyna sighed heavily. "We lost fifty-three kids. All of New Rome and the Senate are in an uproar, demanding retubution." Reyna looked down.

"It's not your fault." Dick blurted.

"That is where you are wrong. I let my emotions get the better of me. I knew what we were up against. But still, I didn't call you. I have been avoiding you."

"Because I hurt you." Dick looked down. Bruce shifted uncomfortably again as he watched with interest.

Reyna looked completely miserable. "Did you find anything?"

"Yeah." Dick replied. She looked up to meet his eyes. "We found their base of operations. A warehouse in the middle of Nebraska. They have a pretty big army amassed there. We think we know what they are trying to do . . . with your blood."

Reyna gave him a questioning look. "We?"

"Batman and I." Dick admitted.

"You told him, then."

Batman narrowed his eyes.

"He sort of followed me to the battle. He had a bit of a rude awakening." Dick chuckled. "He took a look at some of the data we've found, and it looks like they have identified specific genetic markers unique to demigods."

"What do you mean?"

Dick took a deep breath. "We think they are going to try and create a virus or toxin specific to demigods." He looked at her worriedly.

Fear flooded her features. "Genocide?! Gods, my dreams. This is what they were about. The legions of Rome slaughtered before they can even defend themselves." She seemed genuinely shaken by the thought.

Dick's hand shot out and grabbed ahold of her's. "I'm not going to let that happen. We'll stop them, together."

A fire lit in her eyes. "We will bring the wrath of the gods upon them. Camp Jupiter is preparing for battle. The Amazon's and the Hunters have both pledged to fight. Percy Jackson is rallying the Greeks. Just tell us where."

Bruce made some mental notes of the names. He'd research them the first chance he got.

"Don't forget the Justice League. I'm good, just not that good."

Reyna gave a small smile. "The auguries were consulted. This is a battle that will determine the fate of the world. And you're right, we will need to join forces with your Justice League. However, there was one stipulation demanded of by the gods."

"Stipulation?" Dick questioned.

"No foreigners."

"No foreigners?" Dick asked confusedly. Batman was wondering the same thing.

"Aliens." Reyna explained.

"Wait, you telling me no Superman, Superboy, Green Martian, or Miss Martian?"

"Sorry, the gods are clear on this point. They don't want the "foreigners" knowing about us. I worry about the ones you will be telling about us."

"But, they are our heaviest hitters!"

"Do you really want to test the gods?" Reyna challenged.

Dick sighed, but shook his head. "Okay, that still leaves us with the likes of Green Arrow, Black Canary, Tigress, oh, and of course, Batman." Batman couldn't help the small smile on his face at that comment. "How do the gods feel about magic users or metahumans?" Dick asked.

"As long as they were born on this Earth, I don't see any reason why they would be excluded from battle."

"Good. I could use some help from the Flash and Zatanna. I suppose Dr. Fate would be eliminated." Reyna raised a questioning eyebrow. "He basically looks after the universe. Whatabout Blue Beetle?"

"Who?"

Honestly, did she know nothing about the members of the Justice League, Bruce grumbled.

"He's from earth, but has an alien AI attached to him."

"That sounds aweful." Reyna looked concerned.

"He's managed to make it work. The tech was originally designed to take over the planet, but we managed to put a stop to it. And now . . ."

"No." Reyna interrupted him. "No alien tech, especially if it was designed to attack world's."

"But he's good now." Dick stopped at Reyna's glare. "Any problems with an earth boy who had a alien blood transfusion?"

"Does the blood report back to an alien entity?" Reyna asked coolly.

"No."

"Then it should be fine."

"Good. Have a feeling Beast Boy would love to meet your Praetor Frank Zhang." Dick smiled excitedly. "Any problems with Atlanteans?"

"Those under Neptune's rule?" She set down her cup and thought for a moment. "I'm not sure. Frank was held underwater during a quest by a group of mer. Percy, the son of Poseidon, was looking for them, but the mer specifically hid themselves from him. Frank said it had something to do with politics. Percy thinks Amphritrite didn't want him in her realm."

"Amphritrite?"

"Neptune, er, Poseidon's wife."

Dick was quiet for a moment before understanding dawned. "Oh, because he's . . ."

"Technically a bastard. The majority of the half-bloods are." Reyna finished the sentence.

"Right."

"Anyway, you would have to ask them. They most likely know about us, being under Neptunes rule. They would know more about the politics than I would.

"Okay, I can do that. Now for the big question. What about Wonder Woman?"

Batman waited with baited breath.

Reyna sat back in her seat. "That was brought up as well. The final conclusion was that no matter how beneficial it would be to have her, her condition remains the same. I'm afraid it's up to the gods whether she joins the fight or not."

"Oh." Dick looked disappointed. Bruce felt frustrated. "So don't count on it." He deduced.

"Basically." Reyna looked at him apologetically.

"Okay, soooo I guess I'll rally the forces."

"You'll give us the coordinates of where to meet?"

"Right!" Dick sounded confidently, but Batman groaned as he knew he had forgotten that little detail. Reyna seemed oblivious to his forgetfulness. He reached into his pocket and produced the paper he had written a time and place to meet.

Reyna studied the paper. "You want to meet in two days?"

"I still have to get my team together." Dick reasoned.

"I suppose you're right." She sighed, but she looked anxious.

Bruce expected them to leave, but they didn't. They just sat there in a long awkward silence.

"Would you like to get some lunch?" Dick asked hesitantly.

Reyna looked down at their hands still clasped together. "I . . . don't want to get hurt again."

"I don't want to hurt you ever again." Dick leaned forward. "Give me a second chance." He pleaded.

She studied his eyes as if looking for something. "If you so much as look at another woman." Her voice held a dangerous edge to it.

"I won't." Dick promised.

She went back to studying their clasped hands before finally asking, "Where do you want to eat?"

Dick smiled widely. "There's a restaurant around the corner. We can walk there."

"Lead the way."

Dick stood up, never letting her hand go. They left the shop hand in hand. Bruce moved to follow them, but stopped short when Dick leaned down and whispered something in her ear, and she replied back by surprising him with a kiss on the lips. Bruce watched Dick deepen it as he wrapped his arms around her. When the kiss finally ended, and they continued on their way, Bruce couldn't help but see the large smile on Dick's face. He was happy. Bruce couldn't really remember a time when he saw Dick smile like that.

Bruce turned and headed back to his car. He couldn't spy on them anymore. It felt wrong. And maybe he had been wrong about a lot of things.

Okay, all you hardcore DC fans, let me know who you want to see in the final battle. The criteria has been listed.

No aliens

No alien tech

meta-humans are allowed

Basically anyone born on this Earth and is mortal

No Wonder woman.

I look forward to what you come up with.