"You fucking bastard! Did you think I would not find out you got involved with Bludhaven business and dealt with Tarantula and Blockbuster?!" Dick was made a fury as he barged into the manor, right after coming back from his mission in space. "HOW DARE YOU?!" He then was knocked on his back by an asian girl and got one sword on the neck and another one on his gut, by a pair of kids from arabic descendance. "What the..."
"Miss Cassandra, Miss Mara, Master Alexander, that's your eldest brother, please allow him back on his feet," Alfred scolded them lightly. They gave him startled looks, as if silently asking: 'Are you serious?' But followed his instructions and returned to their original destination, the dinning room- they were hungry and wanted breakfast. "It's a pleasure to have you back safe and sound."
"It's good to see you again, as always Alfred," Dick answered still stunned by what had just happened. "What was that? Who are they?"
"A lot has happened in the last two months," Alfred told him. "But please follow me, you must be starving. Oh, and Master Bruce was not involved with Blockbuster or Tarantula's dissappearances. We've been quite busy in Gotham to do anything else. Master Bruce even had to cut off some of his hours with the Justice League."
"batman cutting off hours off his precious mission?" Dick asked in disbelief.
"As I said, a lot has changed," Alfred replied, guiding him towards the dinning room. "Master Richard has returned Master Bruce."
Dick was surprised, not only by the number of kids or the fact that there was a deadly assassin with a baby in his home, but also by how his foster dad reacted. Bruce's face lit up with happiness and he greeted his son warmly: "Chum! You are back! How was your mission?"
"It was a success," Dick murmured feeling suddenly very awkward. "Wow!" Dick gasped, startled when Damian's eyes glowed. "You eyes!"
Suddenly, every kid in the room turned to glare at him and tightened their hold on their knives. "Got an issue with it Dickface?" Jason growled, glaring angrily at him.
"No! I was just surprised that's all!" Dick sighed when he noticed the kids unclenching. "They are very pretty," he smiled gently at the boy.
"Thank you," Damian returned the smile. This was his akhi, his baba, the first one to believe in him and love him. It took all of Damian's control and practice to stop himself from throwing himself at him. "You are hurt, cracked ribs and a dislocated shoulder. Would you like me to heal you?"
"You are hurt chum?!" Bruce asked worriedly.
"I already got checked up at the Watch Tower," Dick replied in annoyance.
"Dami will heal you better," the asian girl that had taken him down signed. "Miracle!"
"Miracle?" Dick repeated confused. Damian smiled and approached the acrobat before turning his hands on fire. "Wow!" However, he did not move to attack and simply offered his fire silently. Dick turned to Bruce, mostly in habit, and only got a smile and nod in retunr. "Ok, you can heal him," Dick accepted. The acrobat gasped in awe when the golden fire licked his skin. It was the warmest hug he had ever felt. He never wanted it to end. "Wow!" Dick gasped, moving his hurt shoulder. "Like new! Hey! Even my msucle aches and headaches are gone!"
"See!" The girl signned again. "Miracle!"
"A miracle indeed!" Dick laughed patting Damian's head. "Thank you Dami!" Damian returned to his seat and Dick took the empty seat next to Jade and on the other head of the table. The seating arragement was Dick, Jade, Tim, Jason, Bruce, Damian, Alec, Mara, and Cass. "What's going on?"
"Chum, these are your new siblings," Bruce told him, as if he had not tripled the number of siblings Dick had in less than a couple of months.
"All of them?!" Dick looked shocked and turned slowly to Jade.
"Oh, not me," Jade laighed. "I'm part of his security detail under Wayne Security and the eldest sister of the group. If you are here then it means that sweet Roy is back too. I'll pay him a bisit, there's a lot we need to talk about."
"Sasha already drew the preliminary custody papers," Bruce told her as she headed out with Lian in her arms. "They are in your baby bag."
"Thank you bats," Jade smiled at him as she exited the dinning room.
"That baby is Roy's?!" Dick was so shocked, an emotion that seem to predominate since he had returned home.
"Yes, after Lian's brith, Miss Jade decided to turn a new leaf and we are aiding her," Alfred explained. Serving Dick a cup of coffee and a plate of scramble eggs with bacon.
"Thank you," Dick answered in automatic. "And the rest?"
"We are blood related to the al Ghuls," Damian answered, feeling it was better to rip the band-aid off... like always. "My mother is Talia al Ghul and my father is Bruce Wayne."
"Really Bruce? Taliia al Ghul?" Dick complained to to his foster father, before giving Damian a sheepish look. "Sorry, no offense."
"No need, she let Ra's kille me," Damian snorted, ignoring how many flinched at the cusual reminder of his death. "I cut ties with her."
"Kill you?" Dick looked stunned, but also very angry.
"I'm Damian Thomas Wayne, also known by the hero community as Flamebird," Damian told him, making his eldest brother stare at him in horror.
"I never met her and lately I'm very grateful for that," Alec commented, taking the attention off Damian. "I'm Respawn. Also, the clone of Talia al Ghul and Deathstroke."
"His name is also Alexander Joseph Wayne," Mara informed Dick, who was staring at his old mentor's clone. "I am Mara Martha Wayne, daughter of Dusan al Ghul. Also, known as Shrike."
"Cassandra Carolyn Wayne, daughter of David Cain and Lady Shiva," Cass signed, making Dick wince. "Chose the name Blackbird for myself."
"She never learned to read, write, or speak, but we are making excellent progress," Bruce smiled proudly at Cass, who beamed in happiness in return. Dick looked even more furious than before. "And this is Timothy Jackson Wayne, he used to live next door and his parents are the Drakes... but they can't take care of him anymore."
"They are in jail and were neglectful," Tim told Dick, receiving a proud smile from Damian. "I've only just joined and haven't started training, so no hero name for me yet."
"You've been busy," Dick commented. "Too busy to check on Bludhaven."
"Did you wnat me to?" Bruce replied startled. "Last time you told me to leave your city alone."
"And since when do you follow my wishes!" Dick snapped back.
"I was the one to deal with Tarantula and Bludhaven," Damian informed him, before a fight could break out. "Tarantula raped a hero so I sent the Interpole her whereabouts, they've been after her for a while. Don't ask me who, I swore to never tell." Damian looked sad at the reminder of the horrors his beloved akhi had to go through on his own and in silence. This time it will never happen! "As for Blockbuster, I did the same as I've done to Bane. Burned the venom from his body and returned them to normal humand, before giving them to the right authorities. As always they escaped and Blockbuster tried to recreate the experiment that gave him his powers... he did not survive this time."
"I see... other than that did you do anything else?" Dick turned to Damian, who remained silent and made everyone sigh. "What? What's going on?"
"Not again son," Bruce sighed. "I've told you to tell me before acting on your own."
"No, you told me to tell an adult, which I did," Damian talked back.
"He is talking back and Bruce is listening," Dick gasped.
"I know!" Jason replied gleefuly. "Isn't he awesome?!"
"So, I contacted Fox and had him open a Martha Wayne Foundation branch in Bludhaven, for which Richard will be in charge," Damian continued.
"Call me Dick," Dick corrected him absentmindedly, before exploding. "You did what? Why?!"
"I will not call you... Dick," Damian grimaced. "Also, how do you expect to keep up with all your duties and stay healthy?" Dick was brought to a stop by the heated scolding he was receiving. "You want to help people, I'm happy for you! So, do most of us! But believing that being a cop is the only way is stupid! You'll overwork yourself during the day and then the night. Not to mention, your duties as the leader of the Titans. Bludhaven also doesn't have the backing of WE or the Foundation, no matter how much you try to kill yourself via overwork you won't heal your city! So, stop being selfish and stuborn, and start thinking of your city instead of how much you want to pull one over baba!"
A deep silence rang in the dinning room as Dick could only gape at Damian. Jason was the first one to break the silence, laughing out loud like a mad man. The rest of the kids followed, chuckling and giggling. Alfred clapped his hands proudly, as Bruce sighed in exasperation.
"There it is, Damian Wayne's frank honesty," Tim shook his head, as he giggled.
"I don't know why you and baba love to wallow and brood, but just because you want to help others doesn't mean you need to punish yourself, or be unhappy, or overwork yourself until you drop," Damian turned to Bruce with a glare that was all Alfred Pennywroth. "And you! Don't push those you love just because they got hurt and you got scared! Also, give him the adoption papers you've had since you took him in!"
"Alfred!" Bruce turned to his second father in betrayal.
"Oh, don't bring him on this! He told me nothing, it does not take a genious to know you have an adoption problem!" Damian snapped at him.
"Look who is talking," Bruce grumbled, but shut up after receiving Damian's glare. "I'm sorry," Bruce apologized to Dick, who was staring at the scene before him wondering if he had ended up in the twilight zone somehow. "Happy?" Bruce grumbled at Damian, receiving comforting pats on the back by Cass, who had suddenly appeared behind him.
Damian sighed and his expression softened. "Some people don't go to college because it isn't their thing," he told Bruce. "But if it is so important to you, have you thought of a compormise? So, he doesn't get stuck behind a desk and can finish faster." Damain turned to Dick, who straightened under his stare. "I understand wanting to step out of Batman's shadow, we all have shadows we want to get away from. But not at the expense of your health and other's safety. Fox hasn't started the branch yet, he is waiting foor your signature and money donation to start the place."
"I don't have any money other than the trust fund Bruce set up for me," Dickk told him confused.
"You do, you are the last living Crowne," Damian told him with a smirk. "You get their remaining fortune and will make something good out of all that blood money. The same way the Martha Wayne Foundation is using the money of the Court of Owls for the gentrification of the Narrows and Crime Alley." Damian smiled at a surprised Dick. "You will do good for your city standing on your own two feet."
"What do you think chum?"Bruce asked him hesitantly, after a few silent minutes.
"I like the idea, it will give me more flexible hours," Dick smiled, feeling guilty after he received relieved looks from Alfred, Bruce, and Jason- he had worried them a lot. "I'll need to learn Non-Profit, but I believe Gotham University offers a long distance program."
"They do! I'll talk with the Headmaster..." Batman trailed off, stopping whne he saw Damian's pointed glare. "I'll pass you on the information for you to do as you wish."
"Hahaha!" Dick laughed in a carefree manner he has not done in a long time. "Anything else?" Dick turned to Damian who hummed thoughtfully.
"A request more than a proposal," Damian answered. "Jason will want to be his own hero soon and Cass is more than ready to patrol on her own. If suddenly the exact number of kids Bruce Wayne got become partners to Batman..."
"People willget suspicious," Dick realized Damian's point. "You want me to take Blackbird and Robin to patrol Bludhaven?"
"No, he is asking for Blackbird and Redbird," Jason asnwered for Damian. "After what happened with the Joker, using the Robin suit doesn't feel right. I'm going to wait until Tiny Tim is ready to pass down the mantle and take Redbird if that's ok with all of you."
Tim looked ready to explode from happiness, as Bruce looked proud. Dick wondered what he meant about the Joker, but he shelved it for later. Dick nodded his permission, grateful to get a say this time.
"So, Robin, Shrike, and Respawn in Gotham with Batman. Nightwing, Blackbird, and Redbird in Bludhaven," Alfred hummed. "If I may say, the villains won't know what hit them."