Warning: A sensitive topic is discussed in this chapter and may be a MAJOR tearjerker. You have been warned.

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2 days later Alfred had managed to make another uniform for Damian. It was identical to Dick's with a few changes. There was a red shirt with the letter R with a yellow cape and black mask to cover his eyes. Underneath he wore his black assassins' uniform with his hood covering his neck.

"Wow. You look like Robin's older bro…" Dick said only stopping when Damian glared at him. "Sorry." He said and walked away.

"Hey!" Damian shouted at Dick. "You're needed in training." He said. Dick gave a big smile and ran to put on his uniform. 5 minutes later he was ready to train. "Alright, first let's start out with your routine. Go!" Dick then did his four cartwheels then jumped off the side of the cave to do his flips. Meanwhile Damian was throwing baterangs and other stuff in his belt at him. Finally he finished his routine and landed in front of Damian.

"Not bad…for a beginner." He said making Dick look at the floor. "You almost got hit."

"But I didn't." Dick said looking over his body.

"If that was poison you would have been dead in minutes. Next time you do your flips tuck in your knees and arms as far as you can. You'll spin faster."

"Thanks."

"Don't thank me yet until you get it perfectly. Now let's work a little on fighting. The only reason you won that fight was…I was going easy on you." Dick then gave a little chuckle. Damian looked embarrassed for a fraction of a second and then got serious again. "Anyway you got hurt because you weren't focused on defending yourself; your main focus was to stop me at all costs. That's only part of it. You need to always be one step ahead of the villain and protect yourself if necessary. You really can't trust anyone."

"Except Batman."

"Possibly."

"Another key thing is teamwork." A voice said from behind him. They both looked behind Damian to see Batman with his cowl down. "That's something you both have to master. This kind of work depends on trust and working together to get the job done. One of you causes a distraction, while the other takes them down."

"It would be better if you just back off and let me do it; someone as small as you would be an easy target." Damian told Dick.

"True he is small but he can be the distraction while you take him down. You both have special qualities that will help you in the field. Dick, you're small but can get into small places and have acrobatic skills. Damian, you're a master hacker as well as extremely intelligent; not to mention a good fighter. Putting your talents together is the key."

"So one of our weaknesses can be the other one's strength; and we can learn from each other!" Dick said feeling proud that he figured it out.

"Exactly. I couldn't have said it better myself."

"Well they'll be dead before you can even reach him so there's really no need for that."

"Damian if you want to work in this field then you can't kill. It's the number one rule if you want to be a crime fighter; period."

"I can live with that." Damian said. Suddenly a call came in.

"Yes commissioner."

"Ubo came around a little. He said something about the Gotham coliseum then he passed out again. The rest was in mumbles. Have any idea what that means?"

"No, but I intend to find out. Keep me updated on anything else." Batman said lying.

"Will do." He said and hung up.

"That's our cue. Damian lets go."

"Can I come?" Dick asked.

"Not yet."

"You're lucky he said not yet. If it were me I would have said never." Damian said. Dick then had enough of Damian's insults. It was bad enough he was bullied at school but to be hurt in his own home was the final straw.

"Leave me alone! I'm sorry I live with daddy but that's what happened. If you want me dead then maybe I'll just die just like my mommy and real daddy did."

"Richard! Don't ever say that again do you hear me?!" Bruce shouted.

"Damian doesn't want me here so why should I be here?!" Dick shouted back at Bruce and ran out of the cave sobbing without taking his uniform off.

"Damian if you treat your brother like that again, you might not even be my partner; and don't say he's not your brother. He's here and you have to get over the how and why. Like it or not but as long as I'm your father, he is your brother." Bruce said lifting up his cowl. "Let's go." He said harshly and ran to the bat-mobile.

Break*Break*Break

Batman and now Robin came to the coliseum. It was a dark, creepy place with boarded up shops and graffiti everywhere. It wasn't like this always. When Bruce Wayne was just a child it was like a mini carnival with games and prizes to be won. It was bright and colorful filled with happy faces. Now it was just a gloomy place.

"Dad used to bring me here for ball games. Sometimes afterwards we go to the amusement park." After the park had closed down to relocate further into Gotham, no one came here anymore.

"And now history repeats itself." Damian said and jumped off the platform to look for trouble only to be stopped by Batman.

"We made a deal, you're backup and this is no game; think before you act." Batman said and gave him some goggles to see farther. Robin looked in and saw multiple updated video cameras.

"Surveillance cameras." Robin said after looking around.

"Somebody's watching us." Batman said.

"Very well, you lead." Robin said and followed Batman towards the coliseum. He then went into a vent which took them right inside without being seen. "How did you know it was here?"

"I make it my business to know. " Batman whispered.

"Let's take them." Robin said about to attack when Batman held him back.

"We need to find Langstrum; quietly." Batman and Robin then slipped into the shadows until they came to a spiraling staircase. They jumped to the bottom to find another vent and extreme darkness. Batman without seeing too well located the vent and went in with Robin. They quietly went through the vents and came to a man who was working on something. This man looked like he was in his forties with gray hair and black glasses. He wore a white lab coat and green shirt and tie. He had drawling and equations on his chalkboard and looked like he hadn't slept in weeks.

"Dr. Langstrum." Batman said. The man gave a gasp when he saw Batman standing there. "You have to come with us."

"N-no. I…I can't." He said nervously and knocked down a test-tube of green liquid. "Deathstroke has my family. He said he'll kill them if I don't do what they want."

"Where is Deathstroke?"

"I…I don't know. Please you have to believe me." Langstrum said looking like he could cry any second.

"I'll make you talk!" Robin shouted and ran towards him.

"Robin no!" Batman shouted but it was too late. Robin threw Langstrum over him making him land on another table knocking over everything causing a large *crash* to occur. He then slid off the table and broke the door that was locked. This caused a few assassins working for Deathstroke to come in. Robin then dodged the attacks that were coming while picking up a sword. Batman punched a man and told him "no swords."

"Fine." Robin said and used his feet and hands to stop the assassins but still had the sword in hand.

"That was fun." Robin said when they all were defeated. "Which way?" He asked meaning where Langstrum went. Suddenly a whole army of Assassins crowded the door.

"Time to retreat."

"I'm no coward." Robin said.

"Don't be stupid." Batman said and dropped a smoke pellet giving them time to get away unseen.

Meanwhile:

Dick had recently taken off his costume and was sobbing into his pillow. He had tried so hard to get along with Damian but nothing was working. No matter if he did something nice for him or smiled at him, Damian would always just glare at him. Earlier he had found his picture that he had worked so hard on crushed into a ball and thrown into the trashcan. Dick then slowly began to wipe his tears and stared at the picture of him and his family at the circus.

"No one wants me." He whispered. He then got up with Peanut and the picture and went to the windowsill and laid down. More than once that night he had thought about letting himself get kidnapped by a criminal and let him kill him. Then he would be with his mommy and daddy again and never have to listen to Damian's insults again. But every time he thought that, Bruce's picture on the fireplace would smile at him. He knew that there was no way he could leave Bruce and Alfred here alone. It was bad enough Bruce lost his parents but Dick knew that it would break Bruce's heart if he'd lost Dick too. He would turn into the Dark Knight forever and his no killing law would be broken. There was no way Dick was going to allow that; Damian or not. Just then there was a knock on the door followed by a little "come in."

"Master Dick? Are you alright sir?" Alfred asked coming in.

"I'm okay." He said rubbing his eyes.

"You know better than to fib young man." Alfred said seeing past Dick instantly.

"Well, I feel a little better than before." Dick said sitting up.

"I'm glad to hear that sir. You know Master Damian didn't mean what he said."

"Yes he did! He wants me dead and you know it!" Dick shouted but suddenly regretted it. "I…I'm sorry Alfred. I didn't mean…" Dick suddenly burst into tears.

"Please sir. I know you didn't mean it. This is a big adjustment for all of us. Please no more of those tears." Alfred said pulling out a handkerchief wiping Dick's eyes. "If I may sir; I think you and Master Damian and becoming closer."

"What?"

"It's just a start, but didn't I see you and Master Damian practicing together in the Batcave?"

"Yes but…"

"That's something isn't it?"

"I…I suppose it is." Dick said smiling. "Maybe one day he will smile at me; or maybe one day we can be brothers for real!"

"There's the smile I like to see." Alfred said. "Now how about I prepare you supper?"

"Alright." Dick said yawning.

"Then we can give you your bath and put you to bed."

I have to admit I was getting a little teary at this. (Maybe because I was listening to Noble Maiden Fair from Brave when I wrote the ending of this chapter. {I wanted to make that scene sad} Unless you want to cry DON'T TRY IT!) Anyway Alfred is right; Dick and Damian are in the beginning stages of a good relationship. More review will fix it up even more.

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