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Chapter 15: The Terrible Twins

Nightwing practically skipped to the twins' room after Nebula said that she would take care of the baby. He could not believe that he had lasted that long with Arella. He was amazed at how Raven could handle two infant fraternal twins.

Nightwing opened the door to his other two children's room and walked in. Rin and Jason were sitting on the floor reading a book on magic together.

"Hey, guys," Nightwing greeted.

They did not return the greeting; they merely looked at him with blank faces.

"Can we talk?" Nightwing asked as he sat on Jason's bed.

"What is it?" Rin asked.

"You guys don't like being around me or the baby. Why?"

Rin and Jason looked at each other.

"I understand if you guys hate me after what I put your mother through, but the baby?" You saved her and now you ignore her?"

Rin spoke up first. "Arella hurt Mommy." She hugged herself.

"Is that what you two think?" Nightwing asked surprised by her answer.

"No!" Jason replied quickly. "I know she didn't! What are you talking about, Rin!"

"It's her fault that Mommy won't wake up!" Rin shouted back.

"You're so stupid!" Jason yelled.

"Are not!"

"Hey!" Nightwing yelled quieting the both of them. "I can't take any more noise. Arella was enough." He sighed. "Jason, what do you think?"

"I know what I know," He replied stubbornly.

"What do you know?" Nightwing asked.

Rin looked between them both.

"I know that you hurt Mom," Jason told him. "You told me to give her that stupid envelope that got her upset and made her have the baby early. It's your fault that she's not here!" Jason struck his father with a hard punch in the side of his cheek. Then he just kept punching his father furiously wherever he could land one. "You hurt my mother! You hurt my mother!"

Nightwing grabbed his son's hands.

"Let me go!" Jason demanded. "I hate you! I hate you!"

Rin could only watch petrified.

"Jason, stop!" Nightwing told him, but Jason kept throwing punches at him. He then pulled Jason into a tight hug. Jason fought him trying to struggle from his father's grip, but Nightwing did not let go. He would not let go.

Pretty soon, Jason gave up fighting and broke down in tears. "I shouldn't have brought that stupid thing home," he cried. "Why did you tell me to do it?"

Rin started crying feeling her brother's pain as well as her own. Nightwing pulled her into the hug also.

"I'm sorry, guys," Nightwing said softly to his grieving children.

"I want her to come home," Rin cried.

"I know…" Nightwing said.

"I need her to come home."

"Why won't she wake up!" Jason grieved furiously. He grabbed fistfuls of Nightwing's uniform.

Nightwing gently rubbed both of their backs. "I need her too, but crying for her won't help. Mom will wake up when she's good and ready. In the mean time, we have to make sure that we take care of Arella. If Mom found out that we were walking wrecks, she'd have our heads."

Rin and Jason could not help but laugh.

Nightwing plopped backwards onto the bed with his twin children still in his arms. He closed his eyes.

"Daddy?" Rin called.

"Yes, Rin?" Nightwing answered drowsily.

"I love you," Rin told him snuggling up next to him.

Nightwing chuckled. "I love you too, Rin. I love the both of you so much."

All three of them drifted off to sleep in Jason's bed.

Nebula, who had been listening in, peered in the room with Arella still in her arms. Nebula was in tears.

"Oh, Rae," She whispered. "I wish you could see this." She sniffled. "See that, Arella?" That's why Hallmark has cards and Kodak has pictures; for moments like this."

From that moment on, everything seemed to glow. Nightwing had never felt closer to his children. Rin and Jason had even begun helping him with the baby while the rest of the team went off on missions. They fed her bottles, helped change her diapers and even played with her. Arella seemed to enjoy their company because she always seen with a big smile on her face.

Nightwing got a few laughs from watching the twins change Arella's dirty diapers. They grimaced from the smell and Jason used his telekinetic powers to wipe her bottom.

"Gross…" The twins would say simultaneously. They still missed their mother, but seemed to be adjusting well without her.