Not Daddy's Little Girl…Anymore

By: Malaizjan De Jesus

Author's Notes: The next fic up is #16 in the series by me and Reina Grayson. The heroes are stuck at Watchtower while some heroes have been captured. The LOD is winning and Dana knows Terry's secret-huh? Yeah folks, reality has changed, and the heroes are in a race to learn what was changed before more heroes vanish. But even in this crisis, there is love in the air. What will Nightwing do when he finds out about his little girl and niece? Read to find out! Also, check out Reina Grayson's art of this series on user/Reiena_Grayson/library and go to BB series.

Chapter 3

In Paris…

The Slade Bots were falling fast.

The French Military were destroying the last of the Slade Bots as Rave finished installing a shield program for Paris. Decades earlier, the government of Paris had installed a shield generator to keep out unwanted migrations of others from the East. Now, it was going to serve a better purpose; keeping the city free from the LOD.

She wiped her brow as she stood up from the shield generator, disconnecting her comp gauntlet as she did. "Ce nouveau programme de boucher devrait garder les robots collecteurs de Paris (This new shield program should keep the robots out of Paris)."

"Merci, Rave. La ville de Paris est dans la dette de la Ligue de Justice (Thank you Rave. The city of Paris is in the debt of the Justice League)," said Prime Minister Pierre du Lavoy.

"So, we good to go sis?" Archeron asked.

"Yeah. Donc, assurez-vous que ce generateur est verifiee sur tous les jours. Et de proteger vou frontieres (So make sure this generator is checked on daily. And protect your boarders)." She nodded then her and Vincent left to take a Boom Tube home.

In Watchtower, in the Med Bay…

Terry sat at Bruce's bed, waiting for him to wake up. Part of him wanted to curl in a corner and mourn the lost of his family. But he had a job to do and he would have time to do so later. He had to keep his wits about him. He was Batman, damn it! Dana was all he had now…

"Terry?" Lady Merline walked toward the young man. She allowed a soft walking sound to happen so she didn't startle him. When she got to him, she sat on the med bed behind him, a hand on her stomach. "What is it?" she asked quietly.

"How did you…never mind, dumb question," Terry said. "And nothing."

"Now Terry, it's okay if you don't want to tell me but don't lie to me. Your spirit aura is dark, sad," she started carefully. "I'm a tier 5 wizard, Terry. I know."

"The rest of my family is gone," Terry said sadly. He knew there was no point in lying- she was Nightwing's wife.

"I'm so sorry, Terry. But we can undo the timeline and fix this. Static, Gear and Max are working on it, trying to narrow down the event and date."

"I know they'll be back but it hurts. I…I don't know…if I can be Batman still." A lone tear fell from his eyes.

Serenity hugged Terry. It probably wasn't necessary- he was no child. But she knew who he felt. "Just remember that they will be returned to you. And you're not Bruce. You are Batman, though. You define Batman. But you don't have to act like him. Mourn your family. Have a life beyond the cowl. The skills you've learned and will learn will always be there."

"Is that way Dick didn't become Batman 20 years ago?" Terry asked.

"Part of it. Bruce was still sore about Dick walking away from the life. But Dick wanted a family and we were starting one with Mathen…"

"And Marik," Terry added. "Was he going to?"

"He might have if Slade hadn't kidnapped the twins and Orin."

Terry took a moment to mull over that. Nightwing might have been Batman. And if he understood it right, he was immortal. He could have been Batman for decades. And he would have been… he didn't know. There was no answer to that question, was there? "Serenity…if you had the chance to change it, would you? Would you save Marik?"

Bruce moaned as he moved on the med bed.

"Bruce?" they both said.

The former Dark Knight opened his eyes.

On the Edge of Paris…

Vincent reached up to his comm link. "Archeron to Watchtower. We need a Tube."

Meygan felt something. It was aimed at her and she felt the magic. It was a warning of sorts. "You go. I want to check something."

He shrugged his shoulders and the tube appeared. Who was he to argue with her? It closed behind him.

Meygan felt his presence before she turned. "Kid Fate."

Carlos Luing appeared before her. "Rave." He grinned. He wore a dark blue leather suit with the gold symbol of Infinity on his chest. He had a partial face mask, similar to the Phantom of the Opera mask, but his was gold. It covered his forehead and both eyes but only his left cheek and left side of his lips were covered. "I have Marik."

"I know. I have been hiding him and his magic from my mom. It's been harder than I thought it would be. I wish him here now but he has a time limit."

"I know you want to but don't tell anyone. I want Morgan and Mordred to crap themselves."

"Duh, I know that." Her voice started its dual tone.

"I want to help, Meygan. I can fix this. What do I fix?"

"I don't know. If you want to find out, make up with Mathen."

"No way. I'm not apologizing." Carlos folded his arms.

"Carlos…"

"I didn't say anything wrong."

"It's how you said it."

Carlos sighed.

"Look I won't harass you 'bout it. But we need Kid Fate. This wasn't supposed to happen."

"I know. Look to the Reach coming to Earth when your dad had just turned 18. That's where it's been changed," Carlos offered. "I'd do it but my dad isn't allowing me to fix all this. And I refuse to apologize to your brother. You could have your own team if you want it."

"Don't I have one? The Legion in the 31st century?"

"Yeah. If Brainiac 5 didn't contact you…"

"You want to file a complaint? Go to the 31st century and yell at him." There was a small smile on her face. "You know, maybe I should call in one of my favors…"

"N-O! Don't you dare change the timeline further!"

"The LOD started it, Carlos. I intend to finish it."

Carlos knew if he didn't change the subject then she would call on him for aid. "If you had your own team, I would join it."

"So I need the Legion here!? ARE YOU INSANE!?" Rave cried. "Lightning Lad will get smacked before the day was out, Cosmic Boy and I would kill each other and Bouncing Boy would have a sugar coma. Just tell Mathen you're sorry so you can come back?"

"You're not going to leave it alone, are you?" Carlos shook his head. Rave never gave up. He knew she was right but he wasn't going to tell her that.

"I'm Raven's protégé, remember?"

"Her protégé, NOT her. Keep that in mind as you try to save the universe almost all by yourself. Because the future isn't so rosey…"

"Why?" she asked.

"Crap. Me and my mouth…"

"Tell me!" Meygan's eyes went red.

Carlos swore. He then took her hand and images poured into her mind so fast, she screamed; she couldn't keep up with the onslaught of events. Her eyes stayed wide, tears falling as her mind sorted through it all.

She knew what was going to happen. And there was no way to get around it. No way to prevent it. She didn't know what she should do.

"Meygan!? I'm so sorry. I tried to go slower!" Carlos was on his knees next to her.

"Go…" she whispered.

"Are you sure?" Carlos didn't want to go- she looked to be in pain.

"You better go before I put you on a stake, you hard-headed jerk!" she screamed in demonic.

Carlos left, vanishing from sight.

"Damn…" she said to herself. She wouldn't have hurt Carlos- he was still training in the Powers of Fate. She fished out her Legionnaire's ring from her belt. She wanted to call Brainy and have him take Areina and Vincent to the future…

But that would be pointless. They would vanish from the timeline anyway. She had to prevent that. She had to beat the LOD…

A Boom Tube opened up and Archeron came out. "Meygan?" He then saw her ring and from his inside jacket pocket, he pulled his own ring out. "Do they need us?" he asked.

"No…I was thinking…that's all." Meygan got up. She put her ring onto her finger. "Have you told Areina about our…second team?"

"No. I remember what Brainy said. Not until there's no other choice. I didn't understand it then…"

"I'm calling in a favor. If you want to visit them…" Meygan offered.

Archeron smiled. "Let's go!" he said eagerly.

Both had their rings on and raised their arms to the sky.

"I AM LEGION! WE ARE ONE!" they both shouted.

The rings lit up and in a flash of light, they were gone.

***So off to the future they go. What favor will Meygan call on from the Legion of Superheroes? Can it be done at all? Will Carlos ever rejoin the team? How are the other teams doing? Stay tuned!"