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Realizations

Early the next morning, Nightwing woke up groggy. He felt a throbbing pain in his side. Then a thought struck him; 'I had surgery…' He rested on his pillow and let Rin and Raven consume his thoughts. He asked many questions like 'Was the surgery a success?', 'Is Rin okay?', 'How was Raven?'

He closed his eyes and dozed off again.

In Rin's room Raven was in Nebula's crocheted blanket in a chair next to Rin's bed. Rin moaned quietly and Raven quickly opened her eyes to look at Rin.

"Mommy?" Rin called. She cracked her eyes open.

"Hi Rin," Raven greeted gently, "How are you feeling?"

"I feel sore," Rin replied weakly. "And I'm hungry."

"Nebula brought you some food from home. Do you want some of that?"

Rin smiled and slowly nodded. "A little bit. Where are Nebula, Jhun, Jason, Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy?"

"They'll be here in a little while, Rin, but I want to ask you something. What did Nebula tell you about your Dad?"

"She said that he was…or is…a super hero and you were one too. She said you all lived together."

Raven smiled. "Yeah, we did. In a big 'T' that overlooked the river."

"She also said that there were three other people living with you and two of them were orange and green. Now that I think about it, Starfire is orange an Beast Boy's green." Rin gasped. "Is that longhaired guy Nightwing! Is he my Daddy?"

Raven sighed, closed her eyes and nodded.

"He gave me his kidney?"

"Yes, and he saved your life."

"But, he doesn't even know me."

"He wants to know you and I want you to know him."

"Aren't you scared, Mommy?" Rin asked. "You told me before that you were."

"I know, but now I think I am anymore. Everything's going to be fine," Raven said nervously.

Rin gave her a look like Nightwing would when he knew Raven was lying.

Raven stared at her. Then, there was a knock on the door followed by Dragon Nebula walking in.

"Hey, Rae! Hey, Lil' Rae," Nebula greeted happily. "Everything okay?"

"Hi, Nebula," Raven said dully. "Where's Jason?"

"At home with Jhun. Jason was still asleep and Jhun offered to stay with him and bring him over. I didn't want to bother him. He had been sleeping on these hard cold hospital floors."

"Jason's awake," Rin said. "He's coming with Jhun now."

"Your powers are kicking back in?" Nebula asked with a hint of excitement.

"A little bit," Rin replied. She then slowly then ate some of her food.

"That's good! You'll be back home conjuring up everything in no time at all," Nebula encouraged.

"Nebula, stay with Rin," Raven said, "I have to do something."

"No prob," Nebula said and then turned back to Rin. "Wanna play Rummy?"

Rin nodded.

"All right then; no conjuring up cards and cheating like you did the last time." Nebula into her purse and took out a clean deck of cards. Raven exited the room with her heart pounding.