A/N:Tanner comes to live with the Wayne Family, but who is Tanner?

Who Is Tanner?

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Part 1: A Welcoming and Introductions

Settling into the Wayne household turned out to be an interesting experience. Never in his wildest dreams did Tanner know just how wealthy and respected the Wayne family was to the city of Gotham. He never even heard of Gotham City until a couple of months ago. He heard the name of the city when his former "employer," Victoria Devlin had been talking to her brother and his plans for getting his hands on the boy, Timothy Drake-Wayne. Tanner would have liked to have found out more, and to have found a way to warn the person, but the collar he had been wearing prevented him from mustering enough energy to even think about doing just that.

Tanner had reached the end of his rope by then. What he didn't expect to learn about Timothy and his brother, Dick Grayson, was how determined they were on escaping. Timothy, however, reminded Tanner of someone he had seen on the television just a few years ago. Someone had caught on video a group of young heroes in San Francisco. One hero caught Tanner's attention who was fighting beside another. The camera had zoomed in closer, and the person who was taking the video mentioned the name of the leader.

'Red Robin?' Tanner was surprised at that. He thought the one called Superboy would be the leader.

Even so, Tanner continued to watch the pair, memorizing every detail.

'I will meet him someday,' Tanner thought.

Little did he know, half of his wish would come true. He just didn't know which half. Tanner was brought out of his thoughts when Dick came into the room.

"Tanner!" Dick rushed over and pulled the young man into his arms. "You're looking much better."

"And you are looking less green," Tanner said. "And up right. I almost didn't recognize you."

Dick chuckled at Tanner's humor. "That woman did leave a bad taste in my mouth."

"That's not all she left," Tanner replied.

"Yeah, those have healed up pretty well, along with all the others."

Tanner remembered the burns on Dick's throat left from the collar where Victoria Devlin had zapped him. Still, Dick's comment left Tanner curious. What did Dick mean by others? Did Dick have other scars from other wounds he did not know about? And where did Dick get them?

Alfred's got lunch prepared," Samantha said. "I can't wait to hear how you disappeared and ended up with the woman who kidnapped my husband and brother-in-law."

They all moved to the dining room, until Samantha stopped in her tracks. She raced upstairs and in a few more minutes, she was coming downstairs with two bundles in her arms.

"My sons!" Tim exclaimed.

Samantha handed one of the twins to Tim.

Tanner's eyes went wide. Tim never told him he was also a father, but he was so young to be a father.

Caine squirmed trying to reach for his father's face.

"They knew we were home, and wanted to see us," Samantha stated.

"This was the best welcome ever," Tim said, as he snuggled Caine close.

"How?" Tanner stated.

"Samantha has a mind link to our sons," Tim said. "I have one, too, but it's not as strong as hers."

''They look to be only a few days old."

"One week to be exact," Tim said.

"And you left them to go to . . . "

"Atlantis," Samantha replied. "That was only a couple of days. And it's not like they were left alone. They had the whole family to take care of them."

"Yes," Jason said, as he came down holding one of his twins. "My twins were especially excited to see their new cousins. I'm Jason. My wife is Sasha. This is Jax and she's holding . . ."

"Jaylyn especially," Sasha said, following Jason. "She's such a girlie girl."

"Don't forget, Haley," Barbara said, as she came into down as well and patted her swollen belly. Barbara felt Haley kick at that moment, sensing her father's presence. "She's been very active since her father has come home,"

Dick placed his hand on Barbara's belly. "Take it easy, little one. You'll cause your Momma to do back flips."

Bruce came in. "The other person who doesn't have children is Damian, and he's dating a girl by the name of Iris. They've been video chatting."

Damian came rushing in at that moment. "Sorry, Iris was telling me about her . . .," He was about to say patrol when he spotted the new member of Wayne Manor. "Oh, I didn't know we had company."

"Damian, this is Virgil . . .," Samantha hesitated. "I'm afraid I don't know your last name."

'I don't know it either,' Tanner thought. "I just call myself Tanner."

"Tanner it is," Damian replied. "I'm Damian Wayne." The way Damian said it made Tim cringe.

"Tim's little brother," Tanner said, seeing Tim's reaction. He vowed to ask him later. "Pleased to make your acquaintance."

"Won't you sit next to Samantha on her right, Tim usually sits on her left."

'Thank you."

Everyone moved in position. Just as everyone was about to sit down, Tim's phone went off. He pulled it out of his pocket and looked at the screen. Dick was next to him when he saw what Tim was looking at, a flashing double "T" was on the screen.

'I've got to go," Tim said. "An emergency."

Dick grabbed his arm and gave Tim a stormy look, which surprised everyone.

"Not this time," Dick said.

Continues with Part 2

A/N: Watch for these future stories – Talon D, Subliminal Death, and Tiny Tim Adventures.