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Chapter Summery: It is just about time for Dick, Jason, Tim and Damian to get checked out by Dr. Thompkins and their is a bit of drama caused over this.

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Chapter 5. A Doctor's Visit

Bruce's POV


As soon as I heard the boy's reaction to seeing that our guest was Leslie I knew that this would be a challenge.

"Daddy, why is Dr. Tompkins here?" Dick asked me worry throughout his voice. He looked at me for a single moment before hiding behind me where Tim was cowering silently behind my leg.

"No, way! There is no way Dad!" Jason shouted at me and he tried to leave but I managed to turn and stop him from doing so.

"Jason, I know you wish to leave but Dr. Thompkins needs to do a check-up on you." I told him strictly, leaving no place for argument. He just sighed dramatically at me and flooped to the ground.

"Father has something happened that requires Thompkins presence here?" Damian asked me suspecting that something more than a regular check-up. What should I tell him? I thought to myself.

"Damian, Dr. Thompkins is simply giving you guys a check-up like I've been telling you. It so we know if your heathy." I said using the same excuse even if it was a weak one.

"Fine, Father." Damian said as he rolled his eyes and sat down on the floor.

I saw Leslie look at me after seeing all of this with what could only convey, 'You were telling the truth. I trust you but that was outlandish.'

"Which one of you would like to get their check-up first?" Leslie asked them in a false cheery demeanor as soon as she had gained her wits about her again.

30 seconds passed, 45 now and none of the boy's had volunteered to go first after Leslie had asked them the question.

Leslie then gave me a look that told me that it was my job to decide who was to go first. I didn't know who to choose as it had never been an issue before.

It took several minutes of me thinking about the question and Leslie glaring daggers at me for me to decide that Damian would go first because he seemed the most okay with the impromptu doctor's visit.

"Damian how about you go and get your check-up done first?" I prompted him and saw the others encourage him to do so.

"If you wish that I do this I shall, Father." Damian said he headed over to Leslie.

When he got over to her he looked over at where we were and started to look uncomfortable for the first time in this whole thing and I couldn't understand why he would be this way. Lucky Lesile knew what was wrong.

"Richard, Jason, Tim how about you guys wait in the hallway till it is your turn for your check-up." She kindly asked them but in a way that made it so that they couldn't say no to the request.

"Sure." Jason said eagerly leaving the room but as I watched he was cautious to not go too far but went a small distance down the hallway.

Dick silently left the room walking sadly out of the room and went over to stand next to Jason .

Tim whimpered when she suggested this and grabbed by leg and held on. He didn't want me to leave him.

"Tim, could you go wait for a few minutes with Dickie and Jason?" I asked him as I leaned down and ruffled his hair.

"You come?" He asked me in that quiet voice that he currently had. The tone was pleading and scared. His eyes were watering and doing those puppy dog eyes that Dick had used when he was younger.

"Sorry, Tim I can't be there with you." I told him trying to be gentle with the words. He started to cry as soon as he heard it though.

I kneeled on the ground to get closer to his level and instinctively started to rub circles on his back.

"I'm sorry, I know you don't like this one bit. Jason needs me here right now and you guys not to be here." I tried to comfort by explaining the situation to him. It seemed to work as he stopped crying but he still looked extremely sad.

"How about you go out there and read that book of yours." I told him trying to coax him to go to his brothers without forcing him to do so against his will.

"Okay, Daddy, but can I stay closer to the room?" He asked still sad but sounded better than he had before. That was good.

As he had noticed Jason and Dick were a bit farther away from the door than they were before Tim had needed comfort and were now halfway down the small hallway.

"Come closer." I called to them and they headed back to a quarter of the hallway with their heads looking at their feet.

When they got there Tim went over to them holding his book. When he got there he immediately sat down and started to read the book again.


It was several hours later and when Leslie had completed Dick's check-up who had been last.

All of the boys were in the room again with Tim standing right next to me and Dick was next to him. Damian was standing at attention as much as he could since he was clearly sleepy. Jason was sitting in a chair waiting for a reason to leave the room.

"Boys please get ready for bed. I will put you to bed in a half hour. I need to speak with Dr. Thompkins for a bit." I told them and they left the room to go and do the task I had assigned them with.

"Lesile, how were they?" I asked her not really knowing if the results were good or bad as I had not known the children when they were as young as they were now.

"What, can I say Bruce, they seem to be completely healthy six year old children." She told me and I relaxed somewhat.

"Were there any chemicals that shouldn't be there in the blood report, that could help explain this condition?" I asked her remembering the blood samples I had run off some equipment in the cave for her.

"No, Bruce there is nothing abnormal." She told me as she left the room and promptly left the manor.

My children were fine. No other negative side-effect. This is wonderful and relived a whole lot of stress.

Nothing abnormal in there blood to indicate something had happened. I had no idea how to bring them back to their right ages.