I'm back from spring break and I'm ready to write more chapters for ya'll! (And no, I haven't stopped writing, for those of you who sent me messages asking.) I was on a family cruise, so no computer access or cell phone reception… Anyway, I decided to have the Bats go on a cruise for spring break!
Chapter 61: Bon Voyage
Bruce's POV
"Drake! I demand that you desist your activity at once!"
"I can look out of your window if I want to, Damian!"
"Turn your music down, Jason!"
"It's heavy metal! It's supposed to be loud! Shut up and deal with it!"
I sighed before glancing at Alfred. He gave me his "they're your children; you control them" look. I turned to find Jason and Dick fighting over Jason's Ipod as Tim and Damian were trying to murder each other. What a great way to start a family vacation, especially since we haven't even gotten to the damn airport yet. We literally just left… Maybe they won't throw each other off of the ship or the plane.
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"The younger boys are required to wear wrist bands and they will need to be with an adult at all times. Their curfew is 10:00 P.M. They are also in the same age group-" The woman went on and on, while placing a wristband on a nervous Tim and an unhappy Damian as Dick and Jason snickered behind me.
"We are going to be best friends!" She exclaimed as Damian contemplated about which way to murder her, while Tim merely blushed.
"Thank you… Tammie." I replied as I read her name tag before pushing the boys towards the gangplank leading onto the ship.
"Damian, do not kill her." I ordered.
Jason's POV
"Smile! Everyone!"
I rolled my eyes as the overexcited photographer took our first family picture the second we stepped onto the ship. Just what I wanted; to spend my spring break with my family… And now I'm blind from the camera flash.
"Come on, Babybird." I said as I pulled him into the tiny room we had to share in the presidential suite.
Of course Bruce and Alfred get the master bedrooms and Dick and Damian in one room and me and Tim in the other. But the balcony was awesome. It had a hot tub and a dining table and it overlooked the water and the pool! I have access to girls in bikinis!
I dropped my stuff onto the floor and flopped down on the bed as Tim frowned at me before placing my discarded shoes and jacket into the closet. He then began unpacked my stuff and his before carefully folding everything and putting everything away in our closet. OCD.
"Jay?"
"Hmm?"
"Do I have to go the kid's center?"
"Relax. You'll have fun and you'll make lots of friends. And Damian will be there with you."
"That makes it worse."
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Bruce's POV
"But Father, theses imbeciles will treat me as if I am a child!" Damian whined as I dragged him and Tim to the kid's center.
"Damian, you'll have fun and you're nine years old. You are a child." I calmly replied.
"Welcome to the Adventure Ocean's playroom for ages nine to twelve!" Tammie greeted happily as Tim shyly smiled and Damian glared at her.
"Mr. Wayne, we'll need you to sign these release forms that Sebastian will help you with." She replied cheerfully before dragging my children to meet the others as "Sebastian" stepped forward.
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Dick's POV
"Jay! Check it out! This place is awesome!" I exclaimed as we pressed our faces against the glass of the elevator.
The shows, the bars, the activities, the casino, the free food, the drinks, the fitness center, the-
"Dick! Look! Free bread and pizza!" Jason exclaimed.
"To bad the drinks and the casino aren't free." Alfred muttered before getting off at the casino level.
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Damian's POV
"Okay, boys and girls! Our first activity is going to be the name game! We're going to go around and use a noun to describe ourselves! Sebastian is going to start!" the happy bitch that reminded me of Grayson exclaimed.
"I'm Silly Sebastian!" he exclaimed as I rolled my eyes.
I am being tortured. I am ready to drown myself. I hate this vacation. I want off of this ship. Now!
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Jason's POV
"I'll have a beer." I said as I took a seat at one of the bars on board.
"Sorry, but you have to be twenty-one. You can have a coke." The bartender replied as my mouth nearly fell open.
I glared as she handed Dick a Bahama Mama. Freaking legal age limits!
"Cheer up Jay. Alcohol's bad for you." He smugly replied before taking a sip of his girly drink. "Now, come on let's go find something to do."
We browsed a bunch of shops on the promenade deck before I checked the liquor store out. Oh look, free vodka samples! And Dick tried to tell me acrobatics is more useful than pickpocketing…
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Tim's POV
"Damian, I don't think sneaking out is such a good idea. We should go back."
"Relax Drake. We are merely taking the long way to the bathroom." He replied.
"Hey look! A carousel! The boat has a carousel!" I exclaimed as we made our way to the line to ride.
"Nightwing is gonna win!"
"Red Hood's going to catch you!"
We swapped nervous glances as Grayson and Todd appeared on the carousel riding blue and red horses. Both appeared to be intoxicated.
"Dick, stop cheating!" Jason screamed as Dick stuck his tongue out at him.
Dick was on the horse in front of Jason. And apparently, the horses were named after themselves. We watched as the ride came to a stop and both Dick and Jay fell off and smacked their heads on the ground.
"Drake, we have to get back before Father gets here! He's already going to be angry at those imbeciles!" Damian hissed after we made sure our brothers were somewhat okay.
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Bruce's POV
"A little to the left."
"Mr. Wayne, you have so many knots. You have too much stress in your life." the woman purred as she ran her hands over my back.
"You have no idea." I mumbled into the pillow.
"Mr. Wayne. I'm sorry to bother you, but there seems to be an accident involving two of your children." An employee nervously stammered and averted his eyes as I rose from the massage bed.
And they wonder why I have stress in my life…
"What happened!" I growled as the employee shrank back against the wall.
"They fell off the carousel, sir." He murmured.
"What!"
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Damian's POV
I rolled my eyes as the overexcited wardens gave me and my fellow inmates 'creativity time.' We were charged with the task of creating something out of straws, paper, and string.
"What did you make, Tim?" our keepers cheerfully demanded as they approached our workstation.
"It's a model of a DNA molecule." He replied softly as they handed him a sticker.
"Good job!" they praised before turning to my product. "Um, Damian, what did you make?"
"A guillotine."
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Jason's POV
"Oh my God!" Dick screamed as he grabbed my hand. "It's Shrek!" he screamed before dragging me over to meet some guy in a costume.
I just got over a hangover and a lecture! I don't want another!
"Oh my God! It's Puss in boots!" he exclaimed before dragging me over to the creepy costumes.
"No! I wanted a cookie first!" I exclaimed, trying to escape his death grip.
I groaned as the characters hugged us. "I need a drink." I mumbled.
"Sorry kid. You're not old enough. You can have a hug." The ogre whispered before squeezing us tighter.
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Bruce's POV
"Return to the ship by six." The employee added as he handed me back my documentation.
I took Tim by the hand as we descended from the gangway. Damian was already on my shoulders. I don't want to get separated from my youngest. Dick and Jason followed behind us as we headed for the private island. Alfred had chosen to stay on board.
"Come on boys. We have the stingray snorkeling first."
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Damian's POV
I ran my hand against the sea creature's jellylike skin. This is amazing! I get to swim with stingrays! I couldn't help but smile at the amazing experience as Grayson took a picture with his underwater camera.
Soon we were called in and each of us was handed a dead squid. We were then instructed on how to feed the stingrays. It felt like a vacuum as the creature literally sucked the squid from my palm. My head shot up as Todd screamed.
I laughed when I realized that he had dropped his squid near a very sensitive area.
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Jason's POV
"Please." Dick and I pleaded as Bruce looked up us.
"Alright. But, don't do anything stupid." He ordered before returning his attention to Damian and Tim as they built a sandcastle.
Dick and I highfived before heading towards the zip line.
About twenty minutes and a thousand miles later, we made it to the zip line. The line goes over the ocean. This is going to be awesome!
"Hi, we'll need you to fill out these release forms." The zip line employee said as she handed us the forms. "And because you are under twenty-one, we'll need a parent or guardian signature."
Dick and I swapped glances. No way we could make it to Bruce and back here before they closed. Dick grabbed my form and quickly signed it.
"No problem, I'm his father." Dick replied as the woman looked shocked.
"Aren't you a little young to be his father?" she added.
"I was very young when I had him." Dick added before putting on his most dazzling smile.
"I suppose that's possible." The woman added as she smiled back at Dick, clearly not realizing that Dick would have been like four when he had me.
"Yeah, 'Dad' never learned to keep it in his pants." I replied before we took off towards the zip line.
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Bruce's POV
I sighed as I set down the heavy bag of expensive diamond jewelry and perfume and watches that I bought for Diana, Selina, Talia, Summer, Vicky, and a few others. I dropped down onto the couch and reached for the remote as they door opened.
"Alfred?" I asked as he stumbled into the room with hundreds of twenty dollar bills sticking out of his shirt and a bottle of wine in one hand and woman about Dick's age on the other arm.
"Master Bruce, you're back." he stammered before pushing the woman out of the door.
"Have you been in the casino this entire time?" I asked dumbfounded.
"And the Bingo Parlor." He added.
"Did you win a large amount?"
"I won enough to retire happily." He replied.
"Are you going to retire?"
"Don't be ridiculous! This family would fall apart if I left!" he replied before Dick opened the door.
"Look at the stuffed animal that Dami and I made!" he exclaimed as Damian held a stuffed black dog.
The captain's voice came over the intercom directly after. "Attention all passengers and crew members. We are entering rough waters ahead. Remain inside your staterooms. Do not venture out onto any decks."
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Tim's POV
I clutched my monkey tighter as the wind continued to howl angrily as the ship rocked back and forth. I hate tropical storms. What if the ship sank? What if I was separated from my family?
I scooted closer to Jason and curled up against his side. I looked up at him as he pulled me closer.
"Relax Babybird. We'll be out of the storm, soon. It's not like we're on the Titanic or anything. Just go back to sleep. I'm right here if anything happens."
Dick's POV
"Shhh, Damian. Calm down."
"We're all going to die!" he hissed as I wrestled him back into the bed.
"No one's going to die!" I hissed back at him.
"You idiot! Have you not seen the Titanic!" he screamed as Bruce opened our door.
"What's wrong?" he asked before picking Damian up.
"We're all going to die!" Damian bellowed as Bruce rolled his eyes.
"Come on, you can sleep with me." Bruce added before turning to me. "Dick, are you going to be okay?"
"I'll be okay." I replied as he nodded and shut the door behind him.
I felt the boat shudder as another wave crashed into it… on second thought. "Bruce! Wait!"
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Bruce's POV
"We should get that picture." Dick said as he pointed to the picture of all of us on formal night.
I agreed and put it into the keep pile before turning to the picture of Damian and Dick smiling happily as they got their picture made with Puss in Boots. Definitely keeping that one. I picked up the picture of Jason and Tim petting a stingray. I want that one. I also chose the pictures of Damian and Tim building a sandcastle and Jason and Dick zip lining. There was a good shot of Jason and Damian playing some game together. And there was an image of Tim and Dick going down the water slide together… on second thought, I want all of the pictures. Yeah, I'm getting all of them.
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"Come on boys. Time to get off the ship. Spring break's over." I said as the four of them groaned. "Let's go. We have to go through the baggage claim and immigration… And don't forget that we still have an eight hour flight."
I glanced down at my cell phone to find that I had a new message from Clark. What does he want?
I groaned as his message said that he wanted everyone to take a Justice League family cruise.