Chapter 20 New Beginnings
[January 17th 2012]
The man walked down the dark streets of gotham. He clutched onto his briefcase as he looked around. Nobody else was on the dimly lit street. He glanced up seeing a fast moving shadow, nothing was in the sky. A green canary sat atop a street light watching the man intensely.
He sped down an ally, the bird continued to stare at the man.
"This is a waste of time if we don't grab him now he's going to get away" Robin growled.
"Robin remain in position" Batgirl said through the communicators. The 13 year old boy's eye twitched at being given orders.
"I'm making my move" he jumped up shooting his grapple, he swung down kicking the man down. The head came off of the android's, his covered eyes widened in shock. An extremely loud sound emitted from the machine, Drones flew in to defend their fellow machine. The canary landed on the ground and turned into a green Rhino, he rammed into one of the drones.
"NICE JOB BEASTBOY" Wondergirl grabbed a drone with her lasso and slammed it through the brick wall. Her black hair flowing in the wind, she turned noticing more incoming drones. The remaining 5 began to shoot at them, he turned into a green mouse and ran as she blocked the attacks with her bracelets. Bumblebee shrank to bee size and flew behind a drone, she shot it in the weak spot with her stingers causing it to malfunction. A batarang pierced 2 drones and blew up, Batgirl landed kicking one of the drones. Robin threw a birdarang at the last two blowing them up.
"Robin, I was in charge you should've listened to me" Batgirl glared at him. He smirked at her and rolled his eyes.
"What does it matter we got the case, mission success" he picked up the briefcase, at the last second he noticed a timer counting down on the briefcase.
"3,2,1" red paint burst from the case covering the team in a red sticky mess. They all let out displeased groans, Miss Martian landed, she pulled off her hood revealing her green face and flowing auburn hair, Kid Flash walked in laughing as Artemis had a disappointed look on her face. Superboy and Aqualad entered from the shadows, Zatanna and Rocket landed, they were watching from afar as well. Nightwing drove in on a motorcycle, he parked, him and Kaldur walked towards Robin.
"You, disobeyed your mission leader and put your team in danger" Kaldur glares at the boy wonder, he scoffed and crossed his arms.
"What danger? This was a training exercise" Robin leaned against the wall annoyed by the scolding.
"That doesn't matter, this was to see if you're all ready to be on the field you failed, hit the showers" Nightwing walked away from the new Robin, Robin glared at his predecessor. Bumblebee grew to her normal size, she scoffed annoyed by the paint staining her costume.
"Oh man, red and green? I look like christmas threw up" Garfield groaned, M'gann chuckled pinching her brother's cheek.
"I think you look adorable, come on after you clean up i'll take you out for ice cream" she giggled to herself.
*Mount Justice*
Tula and Garth looked up seeing the machines start up, the zeta tubes began to let out a intense golden glow.
"RECOGNIZE NIGHTWING B01, AQUALAD B02, KID FLASH B03, SUPERBOY B04, MISS MARTIAN B05, ARTEMIS B07, ZATANNA B08, ROCKET B09, WONDERGIRL B12, ROBIN B13, BATGIRL B16, BUMBLEBEE B17,BEASTBOY B19" The computer announced their arrival in the cave. Robin stormed off to the showers, followed by the newest recruits.
"So I assume the training didn't go well?" Garth chuckled to himself.
Kaldur leaned against the computer panel, he was irritated by the actions of the team.
"They started off well, but their performance left much to be desired" Kaldur explained to his oldest friend. Wally grabbed Nightwing's shoulder, the former boy wonder turned to his boyfriend.
"Cut him some slack, you're the one who agreed to let him be Robin" Wally reminded him, Nightwing let out a frustrated groan.
"Jason has potential, but he just needs to listen. Batman thought working with a team would help with that but I don't know" Nightwing crossed his arms, Wally wrapped an arm around him.
"Hey, don't worry to hard i'm sure he'll get it eventually in the meantime Uncle Barry and Aunt Iris are making meatloaf tonight you in?" Wally asked him, Nightwing was staring at his holographic screen typing away on it. Wally rolled his eyes, the younger teen has been getting alot more involved in his life as Nightwing but not enough as Dick Grayson.
"Yea, sure wouldn't miss it" Nightwing tried, Wally gave him a skeptical look.
"You're lucky you're cute" Wally gave him a peck on the lips.
"Hey, Raquel, Zatanna I'm going to the mall later you wanna come?" M'gann asked the two, they excitedly agreed. Conner gave her a short kiss as she walked to her room.
(After shower)
"Robin that was unnecessary, if it wasn't for you we'd be mission ready" Wondergirl glared at her teammate, he scoffed and pushed past her.
"Whatever Donna, I may have messed up but I'm not the one that almost took out a building with a drone when in cities all damage is suppose to be kept to a minimum" He scolded her, she became agitated by his attitude.
"The drones would've never came if you followed Batgirl's order" she stomped off in a huff. Robin turned to Beast Boy who was staring at him.
"What you gonna lecture me too? It's like you all act like Nightwing never made mistakes as Robin" Robin crossed his arms annoyed, Garfield sighed getting closer.
"When I met Nightwing he helped save me and my mother, He wasn't supposed to but he still nagated from his mission to help my family. I know you're not Nightwing, no where close but listen to your team, learn from your mistakes and do better next time" Garfield patted his back, Robin stood in shock as the green boy actually seemed to want to help. It was rare for Garfield to talk about his mother after her death at the hands of Queen Bee.
That Night, Wayne Manor/Batcave
Dick is typing away on the keyboard, Jason stood behind the older boy. They'd only known each other for about 10 months, they had good times but their relationship was rocky. Dick's playful and charming attitude clashed with Jason's reckless and aggressive one. Dick wasn't particularly happy when he saw that Bruce took Jason in, but he grew to see the boy as a younger brother. A very very frustrating younger brother.
"Don't punish the team because of me, I'm the one who messed up, the others are ready for the field" Jason said, Dick spun around in the chair, his blue eyes meeting teal ones.
"Jason, that's really noble but it's individuality we were testing, we were testing you as a team, one fails you all fail" Dick explained the course. Jason growled, he clenched his fist.
"It's not fair they don't deserve that" Jason stated, Dick stood up, he pointed at his brother frustrated by the tone.
"They didn't deserve to have their teammate go rogue and blow the mission? No they didn't, Jason if that was a real bomb you'd be dead right now" Dick scolded the young boy. Jason stomps up the stairs passing both Bruce and Alfred as he exited the cave.
"Master Dick I do wish you two would stop fighting" Alfred rolled his eyes.
"I just wish he'd understand that life isn't a game" Dick said through clenched teeth.
"Dick, I took you in at a bad time in your life, you found your way as Robin, give him time to find his" Bruce patted his son's head, Dick shook off the hand turning back to the computer. The screen held photos of the newest recruits of the team.
Barbara Gordon- Batgirl
Karen Beecher- Bumblebee
La'gaan- Lagoon Boy
Tula- Aquagirl
Garth- Tempest
Donna Troy- Wondergirl
Garfield Logan- Beastboy
Jason Todd- Robin
"Master Dick, didn't you have plans with Wally this evening?" Alfred reminded him, panic filled him as he looked at the block.
"Oh shit i'm late, he ran towards his motorcycle Alfred sighed shaking his head.
"You may want to change out of the Nightwing attire and remember 15 year old boys can't drive motorcycles legally" Alfred reminded the former boy wonder.
*Allen Household*
Iris and Barry looked up as the bell rang.
"Oh boy here we go" Barry shook his head, Wally opened the door glaring at his boyfriend. Dick held out a bouquet of roses a hopeful look on his face.
" Fuck you" Wallu said to the smaller teen, he tried to close the door, Dick quickly shoved his foot through the door so it wouldn't close.
"Look I'm sorry okay I know I've been busy a lot lately I haven't been giving you enough attention. I'm sorry babe please don't be mad i'll do better I swear" Dick raised his hand declaring his promise. The speedster did not look convinced or impressed.
"I also brought snacks" Dick held up the bag of chicken whizzies and chocolates.
Wally shook his head and opened the door, Dick gave a look of triumph.
"You're lucky I love you" Wally said defeated. Dick strolled in happily, Wally sighed snatching the bag away from him.