Lonestar88: The Trigon battle isn't important to this arc.
Zanotronxl: Krystal starts up again when this arc is finished.
pedrofaria339: Or IS IT?!
thecrabmaster: Kamen Rider Build *points at Ghost*
Mr. unknow: IS it a pun? Or foreshadowing?
Skull Flame: Yes that IS what happened. I swear if you just literally summerise the chapter again I am blocking you. I keep telling you to knock that off. Just SAYING what happened in the chapter and not COMMENTING about it is stupid and makes the reviews worthless.
B. E. A. T. N: 1- yeah, it'll be an interesting change
2- yes it does
3- maybe
4- *shrugs*
underdogking: No
Shooting Star Dragon 3000: *thumbs up*
Here are a few reviews answered by Ghost:
Shooting Star Dragon 3000: Yep, had fun with all that.
underdogking: No, Arrow and Canary aren't together anymore.
Skull Flame: Yep, things are looking up for Victor. And yes. Beware the nice ones.
thecrabmaster: Yeah, 'Martian Tactitian' is the regular White Martian form's name. Err, Grey? Where did you get the songs?
Lonestar88: Just wait a few weeks.
Co-Writter: GhostKaiser23
Artist: GhostKaiser23, he goes by Hangman12 on Deviantart. Either look him up, or go to my profile to see links to all of his official work for this story
Disclaimer: Cartoon Network owns Ben 10 or Teen Titans
AUTHORS NOTE
And here we are, one more chapter! One more!
And it's a filler! ...
NOW HEAR ME OUT!
It is fun and character focused!
So I hope you all enjoy it
James' Harem 2
Chapter 31: Time With Titan's, Adapting and Growth
It was a week after AMAZO or should we say 'Variant' had joined the Titans, both Victor and Sarah had a hell of a time trying to explain that to her parents. Oh, and yes, she did have a proper name now. Scarlett
'Scarlett Taylor Simms' was her full name.
The reason she didn't take Victor's last name of Stone? Well, they thought Scarlett Simm sounded better than Scarlett Stone. Scarlett even reminded James of his own little sister Skarlet; so that was fine.
James awoke softly, holding them close. He saw his wives sleeping happily in his embrace, and with Victor having a child of his own...it got him thinking. He reached down, brushing his hand across Kori's stomach. After everything that's happened...Why not try now? The city is safe, the villains aren't attacking... seems like a good time as any to try. He kissed his alien queen softly, getting out of bed. As he got out, he headed to his wardrobe and threw on a few random clothes: shorts, shirt and underwear...but not in that order. He left his wives and lovers in bed in blissful silence and headed to the kitchen where he saw Scarlett trying to eat some food as Victor watched "Morning Victor, morning Scarlett." James spoke politely as he went to the cupboard and got a glass.
"Morning." Victor smiled as Scarlett waved
"Sleep well? I know it's still kinda new to you." James asked
"Hmm~!" Scarlett nodded, her mouth full of food and puffing her cheeks out
James chuckled gently as he poured a drink and gulped it down in nearly one go. "I err...You know last week was a bit crazy, right?
"JUST last week?" Vic laughed
"You know what I mean." James answered as he sat down. "I...Didn't get much sleep then."
"Good thing I built the tower with LOTS of soundproofing." Vic snarked
James rubbed the back of his neck and blushed, nodding in agreement. "How're you finding the tower, Scarlett?" He asked kindly.
"It's big and shiny." she nodded
"So, what are you two doing today?" James asked
"Scarlett and I will be heading to the city, having a day out with Sarah." Victor nodded
"Oh, that's good, a family day out." James responded. "My family do the same." He smiled "Hope you have a good day."
*with Dick*
We find the original Boy Wonder sat in front of the computer, the video phone calling. He clicked it on and looked at the screen. "Hello?"
"Hey, Dick. It's momma." Harley smiled, her Brooklyn accent coming through.
"Hey, I was wondering who'd answer." Dick said, his mask off "So... how... How are all of you? Have you heard from Helena? How's Damian? Bruce? Alfred? ... Jason?"
"Wow, that's a tall order." Harley answered, rubbing her arm. "Yeah, we've heard from Helena. She was...distant at first. But when she saw Damian, ah. Her heart melted. She stays over every now and then."
"Yeah? So she's warming up to you guys." Dick answered
"She...Had a bit of a habit of death glarin' me but...She's comin' around." Harley answered doing the 'I'm watching you' motion with her hand. "Dami's lovin' her new sister, booped her nose whenever he gets the chance." She smiled
"Of course he would, that kid loves everyone." he smiled, the three year old was the nicest little kid ever
"Bruce..." Harley began and sighed. "He's...calmed down. It took a while but...Alfred, Barb, Red and I have managed to help him mellow out."
"Red...Do you mean?" Dick asked
"Yeah, Pammy." Harley nodded.
"H-How? Why?" he blinked in confusion, last he remembered the planet woman was in Arkham
"Well, Pammy got parole after she heard I was married to Bruce. She's working at Wayne Enterprises as a flora-consultant." Harley answered honestly.
"... oh..." Dick blinked
"She's actually doing well." Harley added. "Alfred's...Alfred's Alfred. He's doing fine."
"Is his cooking still awesome?" Dick smiled
"OH HELL YES!" she giggled before going to the next question "He made this AMAZING dish, something Italian, I don't know how to say it but...HMM! Delish." Harley smiled
...
"And Jason?" Dick mumbled
Harley looked down and sighed heavily, rubbing her hands nervously. "He...He doesn't come out of his room. And if he DOES, he doesn't speak. He's become so distant."
"No." Dick groaned sadly in self hate
"He's not even letting Dami near. He's afraid of letting another member of this family hurt again. I've tried talking to him but, there's only so much I can do when the door's locked." Harley said, now close to tears
"This is all my fault." Dick muttered guiltily
"What? No. Dick, it's NOT your fault." Harley answered
"I should have looked out for him more, helped him more." Dick admitted "I need to be better in the future."
"I guess...that's life. Right? We all make mistakes and need to learn from them." Harley answered. "How could you know?"
"Yeah." Dick nodded and sighed
"So... How is Cassandra and her new boyfriend?" Harley giggled, trying to change to a more cheerful subject
Dick looked at Harley and rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah. Still...still early days."
"It's nearly their first month anniversary, right?" she smiled eagerly "They are having fun, right?"
"Yeah, it is...As for the 'fun', it's mainly been movies and runs." Dick answered "They are happy at least."
"That's good to know, I'd love to talk to them soon." Harley added
"Well it will have to be another time. They have a date planned today." Duela said as she walked in
"Oh, that's great! Hi, Duela!" Harley waved.
"Hi Harley." Duela waved
"How are you MiniMe, DickieBird treating you right?" she smiled
"Oh, he DEFINITELY has." Duela answered, hugging Dick from behind and kissed his cheek. "EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT."
"Really? In front of my step-mom?" he grumbled
"Set a wedding date yet?" Harley giggled
"Not yet." He answered
"What? Why not?" Harley asked
"We want to plan up a lot of the details first. We want to set the date once we know where we will have the wedding, who is doing what, he colours and such." Duela explained "I'm holding him back."
"YOU'RE holding HIM back?" Harley asked in shock
"He's such a romantic." Duela smiled "But if we rush, it won't be special."
"Awe~, that's nice." Harley answered. "Good luck, I've got faith in you two."
"Thank you." they nodded
*time skip, with Cass*
Cassandra looked at herself in the mirror, worried. She was dressed in a casual blue dress, flat black shoes and had her hair brushed back to show her eyes. She was worried she wasn't pretty enough, that Bart would think she looked boring. She fiddled her fingers and rubbed the hem of her dress nervously.
Knock knock
Cass' head whipped around, her eyes wide. She gulped and walked forwards, feeling like the world was in slow motion. She grasped the door and opened it, revealing Bart and her eyes instantly took in every detail of him
He had short brown hair that was somewhat gelled back, blue eyes, wearing a blue button shirt over a red T-shirt and blue jeans and suede shoes. His hair was brushed in a way that showed he was really nervous. His shirt wasn't properly tucked in, but tush fit who Bart was. And he was actually vibrating his entire body, very subtly but Cass could see it and knew he was nervous
But at the same time she could see him... Seeing her.
Like he could see into her soul
And he was awestruck in every manner of the word.
Like she was the most beautiful thing in the galaxy to him
Cass looked at Bartand saw how nervous he was. How nervous they BOTH were. She kissed his cheek, something that calmed them both down
Bart gulped and stopped vibrating, or at least SLOWED vibrating. "I...you look." He tried to answer, but it was caught in his throat.
"Don't talk." She said, a finger onto her lips "Not... Random compliments. Your body. I can tell. And you. 'Read' beautifully."
Bart gulped again and nodded, zipping his yap and let his body do the talking...And NOT in the way you're thinking.
You're beautiful
"So... To the cafe?" he asked, offering his arm
Cass nodded and took his arm, looping it cautiously and gently.
"Is my body language really beautifully?" he asked as they walked a bit
"Like a song. So open. Easy to ready." Cass explained "No filter. So... Pure. Wish I could be like that."
"You will be, I know it." he smiled and picked her up bridal style "Now hold on. About to go fast."
She nodded and held on, closing her eyes as she and Bart ran at hyper-speeds going to the cafe. She felt the wind pass over them, her arms holding her protectively. He wouldn't let anything hurt her. Cass wanted to see what it was like, but she was terrified of what the world going at speeds unknown to mere-humans could only dream of. A world of lightning and speed. They eventually came to a stop, Cassandra's face buried into Bart's shoulder. She opened her eyes and smiled lightly, letting Bart lower her
"The Bart express as reached the station, ladies first." he joked
Cass blushed as she didn't want to show fear from being rushed around town for a brief moment. But fortunately for the Speed Force, Cass looked as good now as she did before. No pulled back windswept clothes or hair, no debris or bugs on her person. She looked nice.
You're beautiful
Cass smiled at Bart's 'words', being set down on the floor and brushed herself off.
"What would you like to drink?" he asked
"Tea." she nodded
"Right. Tea." He nodded, heading inside the building to order their drinks. Cass smiled and sighed softly, resting her chin against her palm as she smiled lightly while he rushed off
"Welcome to Cafe Paris; what would you like?" A barista asked
*with Garfield*
Garfield was back at the Strip Club, working hard to maintain it and do the odd jobs he had been putting off., going over the books. The money for the lights, heating, WiFi gas, pluming, the wages for the bouncers and DJ and bar staff. 'Thank god that James and Vic have been teaching me this complicated stuff. I couldn't have managed this before.' He thought, thinking back to when the two used their most intelligent aliens to help him out with this shortly before the Titans split apart for two years. Luckily when the kids where born he was able to shift how the place worked to be a BIT better
"Okay, that's the last of the lights...The Wifi's paid for. Now, the bathroom, jeez I need multiple people for this." He commented to himself "Need to hire more people to clean those. And that puts our profit to... .. $1,000." Garfield rubbed the back of his neck, realising that he was in profit. He knew he'd have to save up for the kids and his lovers, this was great news. He sighed as he relaxed in his chair, a pair of slender arms wrapping around his neck and a snake like tongue brushing his ear "Hmm~, hey Phe." Garfield sighed happily, knowing his girls off by heart.
All of the girls at his club where metahumans and they had some level of animal mutation. He didn't mean it that way; it was just perfect coincidence really. And the reason his club was called the Jump Jungle. Phe was a black woman with a snake tongue, reptilian eyes and some green scales along her body but that was it "Did you miss me, Gar?" Phe asked, still using her shortened name.
"How can I? I see you and the other girls every day, Phoebe." He smirked as he grabbed her hips and guided her to his lap.
She sat there on his lap, her body curving and rolling like a snakes as if she was giving him a lap dance. While she may not have any powers which made her snake like beyond slight physical aspects she trained her body to be highly flexible and became an expert belly dancer to take full advantage of her metagene
Garfield smiled, putting his hands down as he saw the show before him, seeing her twist and rotate on his lap...and it was wonderful "What do I owe the visit?" he smiled at her
"Can't a girl come to say 'hi' to her daddy?" Phoebe pouted cutely, licking his ear seductively as she felt his cock harden between her hips.
"I guess not." he smiled and pulled her dress down slightly. It revealed her sexy chocolate coloured skin, her C-Cup breasts cleavage and the faintest poke of her nipples. Nipples that Garfield instantly attacked, suckling on them and tasting her sweet milk
"Ah~, daddy~!" Phoebe moaned happily, loving the feeling of Garfield's lips sucking on her breasts. She wanted her lover to pleasure her as much she for him so she moved her hips harder and faster, making them both moan
*with Wataru and Hannah*
The two former fiction humans were working at a cafe, since they had a place to stay but wanted to be as normal as possible. Getting use to this different world before they joined with the Teen Titans. Wataru was working at the till while Hannah was the waitress, working to their strengths; Wataru had remembered all the orders fluently and the menus and Hannah was able to carry multiple orders with ease. The two were doing their best, actually enjoying this life
"Okay, three sweet teas, two sandwiches and a pack of crisps." Wataru spoke, plating up the tray.
"Good work kid." his manager said suddenly, being quiet as to not get everyone's attention "You got the highest ticket average in the place."
"I'm just trying my best, sir." Wataru answered, cleaning the counter top. as he laughed nervously
"Well, keep up the good work." The Manager answered "If you stay at this level you'll probably get a raise."
"Oh, um. Thank you." Wataru answered honestly and in shock; he didn't expect a raise this soon. Was he doing that well? "But, Hannah, she's been doing really well too." He gave credit to Hannah as well, being her friend.
"And she gets tips." the manager shrugged and walked off
Wataru blinked in confusion, he didn't know what to make of the manager giving him this treatment. It was rather weird. He was confused about the manager winking at him, however
*With Aqualad*
Aqualad was sitting at the bottom of the bay around Jump City, enjoying his time on his own. He was watching the sea life live it's... Sea... Life...
Urgh...Terrible pun.
Still, underwater life was beautiful. It was his home, his life, his world. He smiled, sighing happily at the water around him. He felt the tide wash over him, the feel of the sand below his feet, before he came back onto land and sighed contently; back on Titan's Island.
Back into the other land
*with Argent*
Argent was training in the hologram room for the Titans Tower, practicing if she could make constructs like Green Lantern. It would be great other than using basic blocks or spheres for attack as well as to push past her guilt 'Okay, concentrate.' She thought trying to steady her mind 'You can't fail like you did before, like how you failed Cassandra... And Jason...' It was understandable Shen still felt like this, the pain and loss. She HAD to Ben stronger than before...she couldn't just coast on her powers answered hope the bad guys were stupid enough NOT to kill them.
She had to be a BETTER hero! A better LEADER!
"HA!" She called out; creating a large construct like a fist, but it looked a little flimsy. Nearly transparent. And it was her old red colour, showing it was weaker than her other ones. She sighed and fell to the floor. 'What am I doing? I can't...' She thought sadly 'I can't...'
Terra sighed and walked up behind her, hugging her "Oh Toni."
"Huh? Tara?" She looked up and saw her.
"Hi Toni." She whispered. She held her close, rubbing the other woman's short black hair soothingly
"I don't know what to do. My powers...I can't keep large constructs up." Toni admitted
"You've growl a lot since we first met you." Terra praised "And do you want to know a secret? When I first joined the team I couldn't control my powers at all."
"Yeah, but-." She frowned
"But nothing." Tara urged softly
Toni sighed and nodded, resting in Tara's arms as she had enough for today. She wasn't going to help anyone if she broke. One day... she'd be better once again
"Let's get some ice cream." Tara smiled
"...Yes." And she got up
*with Rose*
Rose was walking out of her room, having finished sharpening and polishing her blades. She was wearing a pair of black mini-shorts, a black and light orange tank top and a pair of flip-flops. She was going to try and confess to James while hoping to get some sun.
... She hoped to do so at least...
Why was she so scared of doing this?
She set her main sword down and closing her eyes with a deep, sad, sigh. Her hands, which were wrapped with combat tape to help protect her hands from said blades, and looked down at them
What... was she? Just a weapon?
Was she wasting her time trying to be a hero? Was she just a killer? A broken sword, useless?
'What am I doing? Am I REALLY a hero? What have I done that makes me one?' She thought heavily. She sighed and pulled out her phone, debating on calling him
Her father
The deadliest man in the world. His skill rivaling that of Lady Shiva. Would...COULD she call him? The two weren't on bad terms, far from it, but she had left his training early to arrive in time for when the Titans reformed. And they hadn't talked since. Besides, her father was a big part of the mental fuckery Brother Blood put her through and even now separating those emotions was hard
'Dad. What do I do?' She thought as she ran her hand through her hair. She sighed and gave in, selecting his contact and bringing the phone to her ear as it rang. The dial tone continued for a few seconds before.
"Rose?" A man's voice spoke as it answered the call
"Hi, Dad." Rose whispered as she heard his voice.
BANG BANG!
"What's wrong kid?" he asked
"I...I'm having a bit of a crisis." Rose admitted
BANG BANG!
"Yeah? What's wrong? Does it have something to do with that James kid?" Slade asked, acting parental.
"Yes." she admitted
"What's he done?" Slade asked with his 'dad pants' on as the sound of his blade penetrated something with a deep squelch "Do I have to kill him?"
"Nothing!" she assured "He's done nothing! Put the murder boner down!"
"Then what's wrong?" He asked as there was now silence on his side.
"I...I can't talk to him." She answered awkwardly "I keep wanting to tell him how I feel... But I can't."
Slade was quiet, he wanted to say something but...how do you explain this easily? "Well...You're at that age. Of course you'd be nervous."
"I don't get it. I can kick most people's asses. I could kill people without batting an eye. But talking to this ONE guy..." Rose complained
"It's love. You can kick the ass of a Kryptonian, out-think a speedster or go on par with the deadliest woman in the world...But when it comes to love, all rules make no sense. It's like how I felt when I first met your mother." Slade answered as he sat down, his battle/training or whatever he had been doing finished or paused
"You don't really talk about her." Rose commented
"Yeah, I know. We...Didn't leave on the best terms." Slade frowned "Don't even know if she's still alive after you were kidnapped... I'm sorry about that."
"C-Could you tell me about her? What was she like? How did you fall in love her?" She asked quietly as trying to think that far back... It hurt
"She was...an amazing woman. She had a fire inside of her." Slade began to explain
*in Gotham*
Batman was currently out on patrol with Harley, both dressed in their costumes. The two dashing through the night, small glimmers in the dark
THUD.
Thud.
The two landed on top of a tall building and overlooked the city. The Batman stood tall, confident and unmoving. Meanwhile his wife was crouched next to him, their capes flowing as lightning struck
Harley's suit was also mainly back, the bat on her chest bore her three diamond motif in the center, her gloves and boots were a dark grey with red-edged fins; her cowl covered her eyes with white lenses but exposed her mouth. He cape was red on the inside while black on the outside designed the same as her husband's. Harley, or rather The Shard, stood up finally and turned to her lover with a small smile "A quiet night. Think we can go home early?"
BANG!
FWOOSH!
"Guess not." she pouted and followed her vanished husband, racing towards a normal looking building. The two leapt down and tried to figure out who was causing this. Batman's white lenses narrowed, noticing flashing lights in a random building, and launched himself at it
SMASH!
Batman crashed into a room, where a panicked man with a smoking gun in his hand turned to look at him. At the man's feet was a terrified looking ten year old child with black hair and blue eyes and the dead body of a red-ish-brown hair. Batman's eyes widened before scowling and turned to the man, grabbing and slamming him into the wall, to make him drop the gun while Shard went to the young boy and consoled him. She recognized the boy, he was a child who was very clever. Clever enough to get Bruce's attention.
A little child called Tim Drake
"It's okay. It's okay." Harley urged softly as she held the child, her motherly instincts allowing her to get right into the needed role of soothing the child. She wrapped her cape around the two of them, softly rubbing his back as she made sure he could not see his dead mother or what Bruce was doing to that man, the mothers ex-husband if she wasn't mistaken. He wasn't Tim's father, thank goodness, or Harley would not have been able to control herself
"Hmm!" The young Tim was shaking in fear, being held by Harley in a reassuring manner.
"OOF!" The man grunted as his stomach was punched in.
"Talk!" Batman growled, demanding an answer. "Or I'll break your hand!"
"Screw you... BatDick." the man hissed in pain "The bitch... deserved it."
"Let's get you out of here." Shard spoke gently, getting Tim out of there.
CRACK!
The man's eyes shrunk back as Batman broke that man's hand with a single twist. He screamed in absolute pain. Batman wasn't playing around. The Bat would get to the bottom of this
*time skip*
Shard had contacted the police and the ambulance, making sure that Tim was taken care of and find safety. Commissioner Gordon sighed with a heavy heart, seeing another kid orphaned by some punk with a gun. "This damn city." He whispered.
"You do good work, Ji-Commissioner." Shard responded, stopping herself from using his first name out of respect. At least in a serious situation such as this
"Sir?" Tim tugged on the Commissioner's coat
"Yes, Young Man?" Commissioner Gordon knelt down and asked respectfully, seeing Tim eye to eye.
"Is Batman here?" the child asked, shuddering lightly
Commissioner Gordon looked at Shard, hoping to get a straight answer.
She nodded and turned to Tim, kneeling down to see him. "Would you like to meet him?"
Tim nodded nervously and took Harley's hand. He followed her, looking around suspiciously and eagerly
Batman was standing to the side and in the shadows, he had to stay away for the police. He looked down, seeing Tim near him
"Hello Mr Wayne." Tim whispered
...
Harley's eyes widened in shock; how smart WAS this kid? How did he guess who was under the cowl?
Bruce didn't react darkly, he did something he hadn't in weeks. Give a smile. "I knew you were clever, kid." he smiled
"I promise not to tell." Tim added, feeling somewhat happy to meet Batman...but still sad about what had to happen to meet him "I was wondering... What happened to Robin? Without him... The kids my age are starting to do bad stuff..."
"Robin. He..." Batman's smile turned into a frown, taking about Jason to this 'child stranger' was...disheartening. "He did something bad. And almost caused people to die."
"And the first one?" Tim asked "Is... Is Robin ever coming back?"
"The first Robin went off on his own." Harley answered, thinking of Dick and his team.
"...I don't think Robin will EVER come back." Batman answered, realising the problem there was of having a child sidekick
"Oh." Tim whispered sadly, and you could it in his eyes. His hopes falling at those words
Harley knew that Bruce wasn't intentionally being mean, but she noted how disheartened he was. "Batman. A word please?" She asked
"Hrm." He nodded, using a grappling hook to pull himself to the roof
"Go back to Commissioner Gordon, I'll talk to Batman." Shard reassured him and readied her own grappling hook.
Tim nodded, but not before giving Shard a hug. "Thank you, Mrs Wayne." He whispered, before headed back to the police.
Harley smiled gently at that before zipping up to the roof to talk to Bruce.
"What is it?" he asked
"Okay, don't be mad at me. And I don't blame you for being upset and saying what you said...But you're wrong." Harley answered. "I saw how Tim reacted and I know how YOU'VE become, Bruce."
"I don't know what you are talking about." he frowned
"No! You don't get to do that with me B-Man." she snapped lightly, poking his chest. Clearly standing her ground and telling her husband to shut up and listen as she ranted
"Gmmm." Bruce just grunted and listened
"You're blaming yourself for what's happened with Jason and the Titans. But he's a teenager, messing up is what they do; they mess up and try and fix their problems!" Harley answered. "Sure, Jason messed up. He KNOWS that. He's been punishing himself for WEEKS now and what have you been doing? Hiding behind that cowl instead of helping comfort our son!" She poked his chest a few more times, making him take a step back "And even then! This boy just told us Robin was a symbol, just like that bat you wear! He is a symbol to be good! That little kids look up to! Without Robin, the kids are taking after their parents and becoming criminals! The Bat is a symbol of hope, of salvation from the darkness! But so is the R! The R is a symbol of hope! Of a bright star that means tomorrow is brighter than today! I know you are not good with feelings, Mr Emotionally Stunted crime fighter, but down there and at home are two children who have gone through what YOU went through and feel like they have no hope, and you just heartlessly confirm it for both of them!"
Bruce tried to answer with his own...but his wife was right.
"And if you wanted to hold your promise of 'not letting anyone feel the same pain I went through'; you're doing a pretty bad job of it!" Harley snapped at him "So are you going to be the big man you pretend to be or do I have to psychoanalyse you into that alleyway when you where 8, Buster?!"
"... Where was this smarts when you where a villain, I would have been dead day one." Bruce shot back softly
Harley tried to think of a comeback...but honestly, that was a good retort "Asshole." she mumbled and blushed
"So... what do you propose we do?" Bruce asked
"Welll~" Harley sang
*time skip*
"We're home~!" Harley called a few days later
"Welcome back, Mrs Harley." Alfred smiled as he saw them walk through the front door. The old and tall, as in six foot tall, British Butler put down his cleaning supplies and turned to the houses Master and Mistress. Between Bruce and Harley was Tim
"Oh, my gosh." Tim whispered in awe, seeing the large Manor he knew about from the city. He was the newest member of the Wayne family.
Timothy Drake-Wayne
"Tim, meet Alfred." Bruce nodded
"Nice to meet you, Alfred." Tim smiled, pulling his travel case with him.
"A pleasure, Master Timothy." Alfred responded in kind, giving his gracious butler bow "Allow me to take this to your room." Alfred smiled and took the case. The group heard something, of naked feet walking the halls
"Who's that?" Tim asked
"That's your brother. Sounds like he's out of bed." Harley answered. "Let me go talk to him."
"Which one?" Tim asked, following her through the manor
"The second Robin, Jason." Harley answered. "Jason, honey?" She called out, hoping to get his attention. Harley saw him, her adoptive son and the second Robin...and so did Tim.
Jason had a bit longer and more unkempt hair, his eyes were dark and his body looked a little atrophied from lack of training and going outside. Jason saw a new kid standing next to Harley, his eyes looked to the floor and began to turn around, going back to his room.
"Jason, this is your new little brother Tim." Harley called, trying to get Jason to stay "We just adopted him after his mother was killed."
Jason stopped as he heard that, though he wouldn't wish that on anyone...he didn't want to get close. The memory of him almost killing the team was still festering in his thoughts. He still felt responsible and felt like he only caused death and pain.
"Nice to meet you, Jason." Tim extended his hand to his new brother, trying to make a good impression.
Jason looked at his hand and flinched slightly and backed up and he backed up into a wall of muscle, into Bruce. He nervously tilted his head up to see the foreboding sight of his adoptive father, seeing his 'scowl' from above... only there was no scowl. Jason was shuddering in worry. A scowl meant Bruce was normal...NO scowl...REALLY scared him. At least, that's what Jason saw in HIS mind.
"Jason... son..." Bruce sighed and placed a hand on his shoulder "I'm sorry."
Jason looked up...felt his adoptive father's hand on his shoulder reassuringly and then...
THUD!
Jason fell to the floor in shock.
"JASON!" they yelled in worry
Jason was alright, just in shock. He didn't think he'd hear that...and with his current lifestyle, he didn't have the mental strength to think he heard him correctly. But that simple act...it was starting to help
"Are you okay?" Tim asked as he reached out for him
"Yeah. Thanks T-Bird." Jason said without thinking as he let Tim help him up
"T-Bird?" Tim asked with a soft smile
The small family moment was broken as they heard the sound of soft, naked feet walking towards them. A familiar green skinned woman nearing them while holding a two year old child "Sorry; am I interrupting anything?" The woman asked.
This woman was Pamela Isley, formerly known as 'Poison Ivy' in the villain community. The was a ravishing red-haired woman with fair green skin, covered in a functional leotard that covered her voluptuous body. In her arms was Damian Wayne, a two year old child with light raven hair and blue eyes. He looked just like his father, just mini
"No, Pammy. Not a thing." Harley answered, pulling the two of them closer to the family.
Tim smiled, feeling like he had a new family
*with Cassandra*
From the past week or two... it was her one month anniversary... and Cassandra was training. She wore a dark grey tube top with the classic black bat symbol on the front, some black sweat pants and some combat wrappings around her hand as she threw blow after blow on training dummies
Bart was watching with a love stricken smile, clad in his Kid Flash suit. Bart sighed happily, just seeing Cass as she was...a beautiful badass ballerina. She was really getting really excited and doing really well with ballet
Cassandra was sweating as she threw blow after blow at the robots. The sweat dripping down her body, rolling over her scared arms and beautiful face and even her well toned abs
"How's it going, Bart?" Gar asked as he approached his fellow teammate.
"Great." Bart said with a goof and love struck smile as he stared at his badass girlfriend
"It's your...First month anniversary, correct?" Garth asked
"Yeah." he nodded
"Do you have something planned?" Garth asked
"I'm...thinking of something." Bart answered, rubbing his hands. "But I AM really enjoying the show." he added happily, looking at the sweat dripping down his girlfriends body
Cassandra panted as she finished her workout, using a towel to pat sweat from her forehead. She blinked, feeling eyes on her... eyes filled with an emotion she hadn't felt before. Was it...embarrassment? Pride? She wasn't entirely sure about it. She turned around and saw Bart staring at her, his eyes having some sort of... emotion she was unfamiliar with. It was... like love but... different
Bart blinked as she saw him and blushed, trying to cover up the fact he was admiring her, but just got flustered and tripped over his hand motions.
"What... was that look?" Cassandra asked as she walked forward, not knowing her chest bounced a bit with each step since she didn't get the point of sports bra, and her sweat still dripping down her body. She headed to the showers, going to clean herself off and calm down...though she WAS still feeling of Bart looking at her. His eyes never left her body... it felt... she couldn't describe it. She didn't hate the look he was giving her but... something... about it...
It was...new.
Cass began to strip off when she was alone in the showers, letting the water wash over her. She sighed softly, her hands beginning to slide over her body in a way she had never done so before. The stare her boyfriend gave him gave her igniting something inside her. It made her heart thump as she imagined her boyfriend looking at her, just looking with gentle gazes. She... felt special
That... she was... what he focused on
That he looked at her like that
It made her feel... special
She wondered how far they would go, if they could be together forever...
*? ? ?*
We arrive in Jump City's park, the day was a little cloudy but it was warm.
A black-haired woman was sitting on a blanket with a red-haired man. Cassandra Cain and Bart Allen, both age twenty. They were dressed very casually; enjoying the sun, after what had happened some time ago, they needed some levity and hope.
"It's nice having days off like this." Bart smiled and held Cass close
Cass nodded gently and leaned on his shoulder, sighing in relief "Batwoman and Flash. Take up so much time." she said simply
"Yeah, I know...And. I know it's difficult to MAKE time like this. But, I enjoy slowing down every now and then." Bart answered, a little nervous as he gently rubbed his left-hand trouser pocket.
"What are you hiding?" Cass asked simply, not even looking at him especially as her eyes where closed "Been hiding something for month. Troubling you. What is it?"
Bart sighed with a smile, knowing that he was an open book to Cass. "Cass." He asked shuffling his body so Cass was sitting on her own and he pulled something from his pocket. A small velvet box "Cassandra Grayson-Gordon. Iloveyouwithallmyheartadwloarye-"
"Bart. No words." Cassandra said, putting a finger to her boyfriend's lips and smiling "Tell me."
Bart took a deep sigh, nodding. He held the box out and opened the box, revealing a ring with a small diamond on it
I love you, will you Marry me?
Cass saw the ring and felt her heart flutter, seeing her boyfriend propose...she teared up and nodded, hugging him tightly. She looked into his eyes and smiled, tears moving down her cheeks. And he could understand what she was saying
I love you