Heyo! Back with another chapter of Danny being Batman's son. Last chapter, Danny meets his son, who he learns from Talia. Now, he's gonna see if that's true, and what he'll do with that knowledge. Well, enjoy.
Chapter 2: The New Robin
Danny followed Alfred to the big mansion. While it wasn't as big as Ra's empire, it felt more like a home. He followed the butler to a room and saw a big room with a bed, a desk with a lamp, a comfy chair, a TV set, and two doors, one a closet and the other a bathroom.
"I hope this is comfortable enough for you," he said, leading the young man to his new room.
"It is, thank you," Danny said, sitting on a chair.
"Is there anything else you require?" Alfred asked. Before Danny could reply, his stomach answered for him. He blushed from the loud noise. "I see. Then please relax while I make dinner."
Danny nodded as Alfred walked out the room. Danny sat there, looking around, playing with his hands and turning on the TV. Bored, he walked out the room to explore the mansion. He found himself in some sort of study, with shelves of books, comfy chairs and a fireplace with a picture above it. He looked at the picture, seeing a happy-looking family. The father looked like his, only older and had a moustache, the mother looked happy, wearing a pearl necklace, and the son was at the center, smiling happily. He looked at the painting of his father, noting the similarities they have, from the hair to the eyes.
As he looked at the painting, he didn't notice someone sneaking in the library, going towards him. As the person neared him, there was a creak. Danny suddenly ducked as a slender hand tried to grab him. He then did a sweep kick, causing the stranger to trip before jumping back. Danny got a good look at his attacker.
It was a girl his age, with short, black hair and brown eyes glaring at him. She looked Asian descent, and her stance was perfect, he had to admit.
"Who…you?" she said in broken English. "Intruder?"
"Um…I'm a visitor," Danny said as he looked at her closely.
"You…stance of…assassin," she said before charging. Danny quickly blocked her strikes, noting how precise they were to his vitals. He countered with strikes of his own, but she was fast. He yelped when she managed to trip his feet, causing him to fall to the ground, pinning him by the arms.
"Hey! Let go!" Danny exclaimed, struggling. She's stronger than she looks.
"Won't…let go…" she said, keeping a firm grip on him.
"I see you've meet our other resident," a voice said, causing the two to look at the door, seeing Alfred. "Please let him go, Miss Cassandra."
The now named Cassandra nodded, letting Danny go. The boy stood up, rubbing his head, looking at the girl, recognizing her fighting style.
"You…Are you from the League?" Danny asked the girl.
"…Yes…" she replied, looking at him. "You…also from League…fight like them…but holding back…"
"You…Cassandra Cain, the girl who went missing years ago," Danny said, remembering her now. They never met, but he heard stories of her, how she was supposed to be the perfect bodyguard, until she disappeared, with her father dead. She narrowed her eyes at him, causing him to hold up his hands in peace. "Wait! I don't mean any harm! I ran away from the League."
Cassandra's eyes widened when she heard that. She was raised by her father, who was an assassin in the League, breeding her to be the perfect killer, but she didn't want that, so she ran away years ago, even fighting him to the death to escape.
Since then, she traveled the world to look for purpose to her life, and it was only a year ago that she met Barbara Gordon, the former Batgirl. Barbara took her in and trained her to be her successor, and she was eventually adopted by Bruce Wayne.
She stopped glaring at Danny before offering him an apology, which he accepted, smiling slightly. Alfred then led the two to the dining hall, where Danny saw a long table with chairs and a chandelier on top. He then looked at the food in front of him, a simple steak and baked potato, but it smelled delicious. Cassandra was also sitting at the dining table, she was hungry.
"Delicious!" Danny exclaimed, taking a bite of the steak. He never had something this good before. "This is the best food I ever had!"
"You flatter me," Alfred said with a small smile.
Cassandra watched Danny eat the good happily, understanding how he feels. She was very happy when Barbara gave her a simple hamburger when they first met. Food at the League was meant to refuel, not taste good.
Once they had their fill, with Danny asking for seconds, the new resident took a quick shower in his room before changing into new clothes, some pajamas that used to belong to Bruce when he was a kid. It felt weird to wear things that weren't tight fitted, but it was nice.
He laid down on the soft bed, feeling tired from the day's events. He slowly closed his eyes, letting sleep take over him.
As he laid their sleeping, Batman sneaked in his room, walking towards the sleeping Danny. He gently plucked a strand of hair out of his head before walking out.
In the Batcave, Batman, with his cowl down, was using his equipment to compare Danny's DNA with his own and Talia's. He looked at the results on the Batcomputer and saw that it matched.
"My word," Alfred said, looking at the screen with big eyes. He finally understood why Danny looked so familiar. "Young Danny is your son?"
"But how?" Bruce said, trying to remember that night. The last he met Talia…was twelve years ago.
"Mother drugged you," a voice, causing the two adults to turn around and see Danny walking towards them, looking a little down. "She told me when I asked her how I was conceived."
"You're awake," Bruce said, looking at his newly discovered son. He then frowned at him. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"…I was scared," Danny replied honestly, looking at Bruce. "I was scared on how you would react to Ra's al Ghul's grandson being your son. That you would want nothing to do with me."
Bruce looked at Danny's expression, and seeing a frightened child. This kid was more afraid on how he would react than about being chased by assassins. His expression softened as he walked towards Danny and put a hand on his shoulder, causing him to look up.
"I'm not going to do that, Danny," he said to the boy. "Your place is here."
"R-really?" he asked, looking at Bruce with hopeful eyes. "I can stay here, with you, sir?"
"Of course," Bruce said with a small smile. "…And call me dad."
"D-dad…" Danny said before smiling with teary eyes. He quickly wiped the tears before looking up at his father. "Thank you."
He then hugged Bruce, surprising the man, but he returned it. Alfred smiled at the scene, happy for both father and son.
A Month Later…
"Hiya!" Danny exclaimed as he swung his staff to Cassandra, who blocked it with her own.
"Mind your balance," Bruce said, watching the two spar. "And watch your center."
"Right!" Danny exclaimed as Cassandra nodded. The two charged again, exchanging blows.
"Things have become livelier since Master Danny arrived," Alfred commented, pouring tea in cups.
"He has potential," Bruce commented as he managed to sweep Cassandra off her feet and pinning her.
"Enough potential to take on the mantle?" Alfred asked, looking at the gears in the cases, gears that were used by Batman, Batgirl and Robin.
"Perhaps," Bruce said before looking at the two. "That's enough sparring! Five-minute break!"
The two stopped before taking deep breathes. They looked at each other giving small smiles. The two became close since Danny got here. For the first time, Danny found someone his age that he could relate to, so did Cassandra.
"Guess this is my win again, Cass," Danny said with a grin as the girl lightly glared at him.
"Still...beaten you…five out of seven…" Cassandra said.
"I just need to pin you four more times," Danny said as he gave her a water bottle.
Danny took a sip as he thought about what he did this past month, and it was the best month of his life. He was training under his father, and he didn't have to hold back. Bruce taught him everything he knew, and Danny took it like a dry sponge in water. He even made a friend and rival with Cassandra, happy to have someone to relate to. And then there was Alfred, someone he looked up to as a grandfather. Danny would ask him about stories of his days in the army and Alfred would teach him how to be a gentleman, the two would even spend time in the kitchen, teaching him how to cook.
All in all, Danny finally found a family.
He only wished his mother was part of this.
The two rested near the cases of costumes, and Danny couldn't help but look at the original Batman costume. He found it funny that he wore his underwear outside his pants. He then turned his attention to the first Robin's costume. It was funnier than the Batman costume, since it had green speedos instead of pants.
He then looked at Cassandra, noticing how she was looking at the Batgirl costume. He heard from her how she was trained by the original Batgirl, to take her mantle.
"What…you thinking?" Cassandra asked as she saw him looking at the Robin costume.
"I was thinking if…I could work with dad," Danny said honestly. "You know, as the new Robin."
He knows about Batman's partner, Robin the Boy Wonder. From what he heard, there were two of them, Dick Grayson, who later became Nightwing, and Jason Todd, who sadly died, killed by the infamous Joker.
"You…good Robin…" Cassandra said. "Like me…good Batgirl…"
"Thanks," Danny said before the Bat Computer started blaring, surprising them. Danny and Cassandra jumped down and walked towards Bruce, who was in front of the computer with a serious look.
"What…problem?" Cassandra asked as they looked at the screen.
"Joker," Bruce said as the screen showed a chalk-white man with green hair and a big smile, dressed in a purple suit.
"The Clown Prince of Crime?" Danny said, looking at his father's arch enemy. "What's he doing?"
"Hostage situation," Bruce said as he noted that the mayor and Commissioner Gordon were tied at City Hall, with canisters full of Joker Gas with a timer on it. He then put on his cowl and stood up, walking to the Bat Mobile.
"Do you want help?" Danny asked as Batman jumped on the car.
"I can handle it," Batman said, looking at the two kids. "You just keep on training."
Before the two could complain, the hood closed and the car was driving towards the tunnels. The two didn't seem happy about that as they went back to training. A few minutes of trying to pin another, they heard screaming from the screen. The two stopped sparring and rushed towards the screen, and Danny gasped.
Showing on the screen was a captured Batman, who looked a little beaten up. Behind him was Harley Quinn, and she was dressed like her name suggest, with red and black clothes, a reddish black domino mask and white make up.
"Oh dear," Alfred said as Joker's clown-masked goons roughly grabbed Batman and tied him up with the rest of the hostages.
"We have to do something," Danny said, turning to Cassandra, who was gone. He looked around the cave and found her wearing a black, Bat-themed costume, just like Batman, except more small and feminine and with the mask not having holes for the eyes, nose and mouth. "…How did you change so fast?"
"Practice…" Batgirl replied, turning to look at him. "You…change now."
"With what?" Danny asked. She then pointed at the first Robin costume on the case, the one with no pants, causing him to cross his arms. "Hell no! I'm not wearing that. I don't want any deviants looking at me!"
Batgirl gestured at the second Robin outfit, but Danny shook his head. He didn't want to wear Jason's uniform since it would be disrespectful to him.
"Then perhaps you would like this, sir," Alfred said as he pressed a button on the computer. A pod emerged from the ground before opening, releasing some steam. "Master Bruce thought you might like this one better."
Danny stared at the suit, a wide grin forming on his face before putting it on. A red and black Kevlar body armor, black pants, black, steel-toed battle boots, a yellow utility belt, a black and yellow cape with a hood, black gauntlets with retractable talons and a black domino mask. And displayed on the left side of chest was a stylized R.
"This is…how do you say that…awesome," the new Robin said with a grin. "But how do we get there?"
"Already ahead of you, sir," Alfred said as he pressed another button. Robin looked and saw a red motorcycle with the R symbol on the side.
"Awesome," Robin said as he rushed towards it. He looked and saw Batgirl on her own motorcycle. "Let's go!"
The two drive through the tunnel with such speed that they found themselves in the city.
"So, got a plan?" Robin asked Batgirl.
"…No…" Batgirl replied.
"Oh…" Robin said as they neared their destination. "Well…I have one."
"What…is plan?" Batgirl asked. Robin told her his plan, and she agreed. She then drove to a different direction as Robin still followed the route.
Meanwhile, Batman looked at his chains, to see if he can get free. But his belt was on Joker's waist. He shouldn't have been careless. He didn't see Harley with that heavy mallet of hers. And now he's captured.
"I hope you're watching, Gotham!" Joker exclaimed, his manic grin scaring the people watching. "Because we finally have all the guests here! Now it's time to start the fun."
He pulled out a gun and aimed it at the hostages. His grin widened as he looked at the targets. He looked at the glaring Gordon, the scared Mayor and the calm Batman. He then aimed at Batman.
"Well, Batsy, let's see how you get out of this one," he said as started pulling the trigger. Suddenly, they heard the roar of an engine.
Before they could react, a red motorcycle was flying overhead the crowd before a figure jumped off, throwing a Bird-a-rang towards Joker, hitting the gun off his hand. The figure then landed in front of the thugs, a smirk on his face.
"This looks fun," Robin said, getting into a stance. "Mind if I play along?"
The crowds and thugs were muttering as Joker looked at the boy with a surprised expression. The people with cameras all aimed it at the new Boy Wonder, muttering about him.
Suddenly, Joker started laughing, doubling over and holding his sides, tears escaping from his eyes. Robin was both creeped out by that and annoyed. He didn't look funny, did he?
"Aren't you just adorable," Joker said, looking at Robin. "Look at you, with your high-tech gadgets and capes."
"And look at you with your bleached skin and creepy grin," Robin retorted. "Now how about you make this easier for yourself and free the hostages."
"Cute, kid," Joker said before turning to his thugs. "Pummel him to the ground."
The group of masked thugs rushed after the young boy, who just smirked, pulling out a retractable Bo Staff. He jumped towards the thugs, smacking them on the head. He then propelled himself towards Joker, who aimed a punch, only for Robin to duck and grabbed the utility belt, pulling it away from Joker.
"Hey, that's mine now!" Joker exclaimed as Robin jumped away from him.
"It wasn't yours to begin with," Robin said before he punched at the thugs that tried to attack him from behind.
"Well, you're good kid," Joker said as he watched his thugs get beaten up by the kids. 'Better than the last one."
Robin glared at Joker for that before throwing exploding pellets to the ground, knocking the thugs out. When the smoke cleared, he charged at the Joker, only to narrowly dodged a giant mallet from Harley.
"Keep still, birdy boy," Harley said as she tried to whack Robin to the ground.
"Make me, welcome mat," Robin said, knowing about Harley's relationship with Joker, a one-sided obsession, forgiving him for abusing her.
Harley growled and swung harder. Robin dodged the mallet, grabbed her arm and flipped her to the ground. Suddenly, Robin found himself surrounded by twelve more thugs, all armed and aimed at him.
"Nice try, newbie," Joker said, walking through the thugs and stopping in front of Robin. "But your greener than boogers if you think you can beat all of us."
"I can beat any of these thugs alone, but why hog all the fun?" he said before tossing the belt to the air. "You guys wanna join in?"
They watched the belt fly towards the waiting hands of a free Batman, standing next to the second Batgirl.
"Uh oh," one of the thug said before the two Bats charged. In perfect sync, the three easily took down the clown thugs. Suddenly, Joker and Harley joined the fun, engaging Batman and Robin.
"That's one impressive bird boy you got there, Batsy," Joker said as he threw a punch that Batman blocked. "A real improvement from the last one."
Batman narrowed his eyes before punching Joker hard on the gut, causing him to double over in pain. Meanwhile, Robin was jumping away from Harley, who kept making dents all over the ground.
"Stand still, birdy! I wanna turn ya into paste!" Harley exclaimed.
"After shouting that, you should know why I don't wanna stand still," Robin replied as he jumped to the air and threw a bolo towards her, tying her up and causing her to drop the mallet.
"Hey! Let me go!" Harley exclaimed, hopping around. Robin walked towards her before using his finger to push her forehead, causing her to fall down.
Joker raised his head and looked that he was surrounded by Batman, Robin and the Commissioner, since Batgirl went and freed the hostages.
"You think you've won, but I'm the one with the punchline!" he exclaimed, pulling out the bomb's trigger from his coat. "One push and everyone within a 50-mile radius will be laughing till they bust a spleen!"
"Go ahead," Robin said, crossing his arms. Joker grinned widely and pressed the trigger. "If it works, that is."
Joker looked at the trigger in confusion before at the bomb. He kept pressing the trigger, but still nothing.
"Batgirl disarmed the bomb while she was freeing the hostages," Robin explained with a smirk. "Oh, and here's your punchline!"
He punched Joker on the face, causing him to spin around before falling. Batman then handcuffed the clown before handing him to the authorities. Gordon watched his men load thugs before looking at the new Robin.
"So, another Robin, huh?" Gordon said, looking at the Batman.
"It's a long story," Batman replied.
"It's nice to meet you, sir," Robin said nervously, bowing at the man. "I heard a lot about you. It's...er…awesome to work with you…am I using that right?"
"He sure is talkative," Gordon commented before smirking. "Thanks for the save, kid."
Gordon then walked towards his men to supervise. Robin and Batgirl than looked at Batman, who was looking at them.
"So…how did I do?" Robin asked.
"There's room for improvement, but you did adequate for your first time," Batman said before walking to the Bat Mobile.
"Was that a compliment?" Robin asked Batgirl, who nodded. Robin smiled before walking towards his cycle as Batgirl pressed a button on her belt, causing her bike to go towards her. The two then rode off to follow the Bat Mobile.
Well, this is where the chapter ends. I know it feels rushed, but I didn't know how else to turn Danny into Robin. Also, I added Cassandra to the team, as Batgirl, since she's from the League of Assassins, so it might make an interesting relationship.
Now, for the harem list.
Danny: Cassie, (secret), Raven, (secret), (secret), (secret), Valerie, (secret), (secret), (secret) and (secret).
Bruce: Talia, Selina, (secret), Wonder Woman, (secret), (secret) and (secret).
Dick: Barbara, Starfire, (secret) and (secret).
What? You didn't think I'd reveal them all in one go. Hahahaha! Don't worry, they'll be reveal in time, during their debut.
Next chapter, Robin meets the original Robin. See you later!