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!

Chapter 5

It's been a few hours now. Meygan and Vincent were nowhere to be found. Areina was taking this the hardest; it was her cousin and brother that were missing. Gear and Syfon were checking pocket dimensions, knowing that Meygan had traveled to a few of them. But their signals weren't in any of them. Max was checking security cameras on the planet to see if there was a glimpse of them.

Orin did his best to reassure her that they were ok. Meygan would protect Vincent. She had been since she was 5 years old.

But Dick, once Molly had healed him, couldn't contact Raven. He was cut off from her for some reason. Nightwing I feared that if Meygan noticed her own disconnection with Raven, she would hunt her mentor down…

In Orin and Areina's room…

Orin held Areina to him. There were on the bed, side by side and Areina had tears in her eyes. "You have to trust them to be ok. Meygan's kick ass attitude with Vincent's caution will outwit everyone."

"He's my brother, Orin. My blood…I want him safe," she told him. He was just a normal human, not super powered like her cousin.

"He's also your father's son. He'll be back soon."

Areina wanted to be comforted by more than mere words. She wanted Orin. She wanted that connection, just like her cousin had with S.B.P. She didn't understand why but now she wanted that closeness. She turned her head and kissed him hard on the lips.

Orin kissed back, careful that he didn't get aggressive, even though his mind was begging him to.

"Orin," she said against his lips. "Don't hold back. I want you."

"You sure?" he asked.

IN response, Areina rolled them until he was on top of her. She grinned in the kiss.

IN the 31 century, at Legionnaire Headquarters…

"Thanks again for your help," Kara (Supergirl) said to Rave.

"Thank Vincent. He wanted to hang out with Garth (Lightning Lad)" Meygan looked over at Rokk (Cosmic Boy), who was a good distance away. "I'm never going to like him, am I?"

"You will. Someday," Kara replied.

"Kara, don't lie to her." Saturn Girl walked up to the pair.

"Irma, it can happen you know."

"If it doesn't, I'm not going to cry over it," Meygan said. "He's arrogant."

"The same can be said about you," Irma told her.

Cosmic Boy watched her out of the corner of his eyes. He could have handled the Fatal 5. But no, those two from the 21st century just HAD to show up. The archer, he didn't have much issue with. It was Meygan. This version called herself Rave. In his time, she called herself Nightwing.

There was little interaction between them. That was because Nightwing was protecting the President while the monarch was on an interplanetary tour. So for another 6 months, he didn't have to deal with her.

Now if only her younger self would just stay in her own timeline…

Vincent and Garth showed up, laughing as if they just pranked someone. If they did, it was probably Shrinking Violet. Archeron saw how Meygan was looking. "Aww, already?"

"The other teams have to be back by now. SO they're probably looking for us. Good thing Syfon and Gear don't know about looking through time and space for us."

"Maybe another time, Garth," Vincent told Lightning Lad.

"I'll hold you to that, Vincent," Garth said.

Brainiac 5 then came running at Meygan, holding the comp gauntlet out to the teen girl. "Here," Brainy said as he handed over the tech. "It looks like it was downloaded from STAR Labs. This should help with saving Flash. It's a device that can be built using their tech. But I've got to warn you; you're not a speedster. Going into the Speed Force will rip you apart, powers or not."

Meygan hugged the young man. "Thanks Brainy. I needed this favor. I knew if anyone could help, it was you."

"I still owe you 6 more favors," he corrected her. "Let's get you two home."

In the Past…

Areina was warm , happy and snuggled under Orin's arm on his side. A sheet was draped over her middle, showing off her strong, lithe legs and toned arms.

Orin wore a pair of boxers and the sheet only covered his legs. "Are you alright?" he asked her quietly. He gave her a fraction of the Atlantean endurance, even though he was only half-Atlantean.

And Areina had enjoyed every moment of it.

"I'm fine," she giggled. She traced lazy circles on his stomach. "In fact, I feel full of energy."

Orin had an idea. "Maybe that means I have to try harder?" Orin moved to get under the sheet.

"Orin, no!" She knew what he was about to do.

It was too late.

She squealed in delight, before moaning softly.

Meanwhile…

The Boom Tube opened up and Vincent came through first. He didn't even get a chance to do anything as his mom, Tigress, hugged him tightly in worry. "WHERE have you been!?" she cried.

"MOM! Let-go!" Archeron could breathe once Artemis could let go. "Sorry. We went to STAR Labs. Meygan saw Luthor there and wanted to delete the JLU files from the labs computer before Luthor got his hands on them."

"That was smart," Barb admitted.

"We ran into some Slade Bots." Meygan then exited the Boom Tube and it closed behind them. Rave took off her comp gauntlet. She threw it to Gear, who caught it with one hand. "There was something on their comp which might help us get Uncle Wally back." She then went back toward the living quarters. "I'm beat. I'm going to rest." Her and Vincent took off before any more questions were asked.

Terry stared after them. He had his mask off but his eyes told what he was feeling. "They're lying. If they were at STAR Labs, why couldn't we pick up their signals?"

"Maybe they went to Camelot," Jason offered.

"Camelot? Like the King Arthur Camelot?" Sam asked.

"Yeah. It's hard to swallow," Barb told her husband.

"It IS…" Sam admitted.

Meygan went straight to her room. She was exhausted. Fighting the Fatal 5 took so much out of her. She was lucky no one noticed Vincent's empty quiver or there was going to be some serious arguing. So as soon as she walked into her room, S.B.P. tackled her to the nearest wall. "KEV!"

'I need you. I missed you,' Kevin said mentally.

'I can tell.' Meygan felt how much he missed her. She winced when she tried adjusting herself against the wall.

'You're hurt,' he said.

'Just sore,' she told him. She hated not letting him know she was part of another team. But what he didn't know kept him safe.

'I'll be gentle.' Kevin then kissed her on the lips.

In a private conference room…

Bruce knew this day would come: the day that others would learn of his secret, or that of his protégés. So they all needed to get together and hash it all out.

It took a while to get everyone together, and considering the mess they were all in, he understood. Old age was making him senile. He hated being old.

He eyed Terry and Dana, who were talking quietly. She was nervous about all of this, and he could tell. But Terry was comforting her. If it was him, she would have never been told. But he wasn't Batman anymore…

Bruce turned his eyes to Barb and her husband, Sam. Tim told him Sam's reaction to finding out. It wasn't what he expected but he truly loved Barbara for him to be seemily okay with the situation.

Once Dick and Serenity came into the conference room and they were seated, he knew he could start. "This situation with the LOD has compromised out family. Sam, Dana, what you two learn today can't be shared with anyone." The two nodded. "Where's Max?" Bruce asked.

The young hacker came in. "Sorry. I was doing some programming for those bracelets." Max then saw Dana. "Oh, oh."

"YOU KNEW!?" Dana leaped from her chair but Terry caught her around the waist to stop her. "How could you!?"

"Dana, I couldn't tell anyone, not even you!" Max cried back.

"DANA!"

The girlfriend of Terry Mc Ginnis looked over at Bruce Wayne. She saw the glare and stopped fighting instantly. That glare scared her.

"Thank you." Bruce looked to the others. "Now I'm ready to tell you my story, and how I ended up with 6 protégés."

"Six?" said Sam. "No…" He knew what that meant. Only 4 were there.

"I had been Batman for some time before I took in a set of twin orphans that would eventually be my first protégés-Robin, who is Nightwing and Cardinal, Red Bird's mother."

"She grew up to be Flamebird and then died," Max said sadly.

"After Robin and Cardinal grew up to be Nightwing and Flamebird, I took in another orphan- a troubled one. Red Hood."

"I was a REALLY difficult second Robin. My dumbass got myself killed by the Joker," Jason told them. He was able to admit that. But that took decades to get into his thick skull.

Dana's eyes widened. He went against the Joker!? And lost?!

"But how are you stil here?" Sam asked. Because he looked good. For a dead guy.

"There's this fucker called Ra's a Ghul. He used this pool called the Lazarus Pit to bring me back. He told the Old Man it was penance but he was hoping to have me as his protégé. I got away and with my mind and soul damaged, I spent decades tearing at all of the Old Man's hard work." Jason was so uncomfortable with the topic at hand.

"But if you've been the bad guy all this time, what changed?" Max asked.

"Dickie-Bird's girls. Last year in Taiwan. HE left strict instructions not to mess with me, even though it was one of my guys he was after. Rave went after me. And she was way better than me. That girl had me bloody and beaten and she was going to finish me but Molly, Miracle, told her no, that I was messed up in the head. The two argued. But Rave saw it her way and they fixed me." Jason glossed over so much but this wasn't the time to say it.

"While Jason changed sides, Tim deduced my identity and wanted to be Robin. At first, I refused."

"In the end, the Old Man let me," Tim finished. "Barb had been with him a year prior so when I joined, it was the Dynamic Trio again."

"Then Joker kidnapped Tim and Batgirl and I got him back but at a great cost."

"My father, the first Commissioner Gordon, helped cover up what happened. But Tim was no longer Robin."

Up in the air ducts was Areina. She didn't like the fact that she couldn't sit in on the meeting. So now she was. And she heard everything. Things were left out. She knew that. But there were some things that even this family couldn't face.

"About 22 years ago…there was supposed to be another Robin."

Everyone looked at Bruce. Tim was the last Robin before his grandson took up the mantle again.

Who else could it be?

"Areina, did I hear that right?" Mathen whispered over the speaker next to her.

"Hush! I'm trying to hear this! Don't get us caught!" she hissed back.

"22 years ago…I met my son."

Max coughed something bad; she swallowed her spit into the wrong pipe.

Serenity was shocked. Bruce had a son!?

Barb couldn't believe her ears.

"How?" Dana asked.

"You don't know?" Jason joked. "Okay, when two people who love each other very much-OW!"

Dick smacked him in the head to shut him up. "Talia?" he guessed.

"Yeah. His name was Damian. He told me he was sorry for not finding me sooner. I had a DNA test done. It was true." Bruce's voice broke.

Dana actually hugged him. "I'm sorry about your son."

"He was only with me for 6 months."

"What happened to him?" Sam asked. No one knew, that was obvious. Not even the media. He was good at secrets then.

"He found out about Batman and wanted to be Robin. Being Talia' son, he was trained as an assassin so I had little to improve on, except to teach him not to kill. For 3 months, we were Batman and Robin. Then he confessed that he was sent to kill me but he couldn't do it. I was his father and he loved me. I never imagined a 16 year old to tell me that."

Dick glared at Bruce. "What happened to him, Bruce?"

"Talia came with a dozen assassins to kill me. Damian protected me, took out the others. But Talia sliced his head clean from his body in anger because he tried to take her out. Then she left me with his body."

"I bet it wasn't Talia. I bet it was Raz," Terry said.

"Ra's," Tim corrected him.

"How cares!" Terry exclaimed. "You should have told me! When Ra's tried to take your body, we could have ended it for Damian then!"

"What?" said Max. "No way!"

"Talia is really Ra's," Jason said. "I heard it for myself."

"Gross!" said Dana.

"Ew!" Areina whispered.

"He sacrificed his own daughter to stay alive!?" cried Tim.

"Yeah. If I read the file right, Talia loved Bruce and I doubt she'd kill her own son."

"But Ra's would," Barb concluded. Terry was acting like Bruce more every day.

"So only 4 protégés remain. They can save the world with Batman," said Sam.

"Yes."

"Bruce, what's your plan?" Serenity asked.

"Free the captured heroes before any more die."

"I'll go. I got a bullet with Slade's name in it," said Jason, looking eager to do it.

Areina had only met Jason recently, but she wanted to cry when she found out about Damian. A whimper escaped her lips and soon enough, she realized that she may have given herself away.

Serenity looked over at the air ducts.

So did Barbara. In fact, she went over to the air ducts, gun drawn.

Jason quickly went to the other side, gun also drawn.

Terry looked at the air ducts. He realized who was in there. He shook his head. "Come on out, Areina."

The second generation fire controller knew she was caught. The nearby grate opened and Areina dropped out, landing in a crouch before standing. "Crap," she said.

"What were you doing in there?" Dick asked, glaring hard at his niece.

"Areina?" said a second voice. Barb reached in and pulled out the speaker.

"I felt left out. I was born into the legacy of being a bat," Areina told them.

"Who's this?!" Barb demanded.

"So did Mathen." Serenity took the speaker from Barb. "Mathen, you are grounded, young man!"

"HAH!" said another voice.

Tim took the speaker next. "Eric, was that you?"

"Uh, signing off!" Eric was gone.

"He's grounded too."

"This wasn't fair! We should have been in this too!" Areina turned to Bruce. "And you never told me about Damian!"

"None of us knew," Jason told her.

"Ra's did more to destroy my family and that's why I didn't want you to know about Damian," Bruce said with a sigh at the end. "I had a private autopsy done and Reiena's death was no natural thing. Even Serenity couldn't save her since Ra's had her poisoned years ago. This was a poison that the League of Assassins developed to activate when Reiena started having contractions." Bruce wanted to cry at the loss of his daughter but he didn't even though Reiena never deserved anything like that.

Areina froze. Her world was crashing down. Her mom was murdered!? How…how could anyone do that…to her mom… Areina collapse. Jason caught her before she fell with a thud and held her as she cried.

"It's okay. Let it all out…" Jason whispered to her.

"Ra's is mine," Dick announced.

"Dick, no," Serenity told her husband. "I don't want to lose you. What about the baby, the kids? Areina? You're immortality covers physical harm, not poisons."

"I never wanted anyone going after Ra's but he has hurt this family for far too long," Bruce said, a sternness in his voice. "Dick, I know you loved your sister, but if hadn't been for Serenity, you would have lost Areina too."

"What?" Areina wiped at her eyes.

"Serenity found the same poison in you, but since we had identified it, she was able to purge it from your body before anything happened to you," Bruce stated. "It wasn't easy for me to call on her, but I didn't have a choice."

"I look after my family. When I married your uncle, I married into his family." Serenity took Areina into her arms for a hug. "Molly being a healing wizard was no accident. I learned healing magic to save you, Areina. Molly was born to be a true healer. I wasn't."

"Your parents are getting avenged, Areina. That I vow. I will have a bullet for Ra's in a few hours. I will march into LOD headquarters and I will kill them both!" Jason cocked his gun.

"Jason, no!" Tim cried.

"STOP IT."

Everyone froze.

Everyone looked at Areina and a small heat was coming off of her. Serenity had to back away.

"You can't kill, Uncle Jason. Meygan and Molly made you promise. If anyone gets vengeance on Ra's, it's me. He took my mother away from me and he almost took over my grandfather to use him. I'm not letting him take anyone else from me," Areina said. "If the TEAM fights Ra's, he's MINE."

"No way, Areina! Ra's isn't a joke. You and I will fight him!"

"Terry, no! You can't!" cried Dana. "You'll die if he's so tough!"

"If it means you're safe, then I'll gladly do that!"

"He won't be alone, Dana," Dick said. "Jason and I will be with him."

"That's right. That's how this family handles this stuff."

"IF we were younger, we'd help," Tim added.

Areina was awestruck; she knew that she had a wonderful family, but after learning the truth about Reiena they were willing to sacrifice themselves to see her death avenged.

"Wait. There's no Batgirl, right?" Dana asked.

"NO. I was the only one," Barb told her.

"Then train me. I'll be Batgirl," Dana announced. It was a crazy idea but she didn't want Terry out there alone.

"No way," said Barb.

"Dana, this isn't a spur of a moment thing. It takes months to train for just the basics. It takes years to hone in those skills," Bruce told her.

"No fair! I wanted in from day one! If you train Dana, train me!" cried Max.

"Wow, were we that eager?" Jason said to the older protégés.

"No! Dana no!" Terry cried. "No one's being Batgirl!"

"But the ladies have a point," Sam told them. "To be trained to protect themselves is not a bad idea. Maybe they can train with the younger heroes."

Dick thought about it. It would help with the worrying. "That's not a bad idea, Sam."

"Really?" said Dana.

"If you girls want to, I don't mind. But no one's being Batgirl."

Bruce grinned. He'd like to see Dick try and stop one of them. He would have to learn the hard way, just like he did.

Barb breathed a sigh of relief. If the Commissioner was honest with herself, she was happy that no one was going to be Batgirl.

"So… is this meeting over?" Max asked.

"For now," Bruce said.

"Okay, when do we start?" Max asked.

"Tomorrow. 800 hours. Areina, you okay?" Dick was worried about his niece.

"Yeah. I…need some time." She left the conference room to find Orin. She needed someone to talk to.

An hour later…

Dick decided to track down his daughter. Terry was a rookie but he had a valid point. The young man will be just as good as Bruce someday…

Gear saw no evidence that anything was wrong with Meygan's comp gauntlet. And with the plans on it, he believed he could build the item and they could save Flash.

Dick went to his daughter's room. 'She had better be here…' He heard a soft 'no' and thinking that she was having a nightmare, he barged into her room.

And stopped in his tracks.

Meygan was pressed up against the wall, with Kevin holding her against it.

They were both naked.

"KEVIN KENT! YOU WILL DIE TODAY!" Dick yelled.

Meygan turned scarlet as Kevin morphed on some clothes. This wasn't how she wanted to tell her dad. Then her embarrassment turned to anger. "DAD! Knock next time!" She lashed out at her father, sending him out of her room as Kevin flew away to hide.

Dick flew into Orin's room…

He was pushed over the edge already…

Both Areina and Orin were kissing under the sheets…naked.

"ORIN'AHM!" Dick screamed again. Not his niece too…

Aqualad II leaped from the bed. He still had his boxers on so he ran past Dick as the elder Nightwing made a grab for him and barely missed him.

"UNCLE DICK! DON'T!" cried Areina.

Dick ran from the room as he gave chase. He saw red. Those boys were going to pay for what they did.

Serenity was talking to Dana and Terry, since the pair were asking about things that needed to be clearer for them when she heard the cry of her husband.

"What's going on?" Dana asked.

"Oh no. He knows," Serenity told the pair.

"Knows what?" Terry asked. He then saw Kevin fly by them. Seconds later, Orin ran by in his boxers. "No way…" He figured it out. "RUN!" Terry encouraged.

"Terry!" Dana said, shocked. But she figured out what happened. She couldn't help but smiled. To have a normal teen life despite being stuck up in the space station. She felt like she could fit in.

"Dick, STOP!" Serenity yelled as Dick ran by them. Sighing, Lady Merlin gave chase.

Dana shook her head. But the whole scene gave her an idea. "Terry, let's go to our room."
"But why…never mind," Terry grinned.

Dana led the way. Terry wore the same grin all the way to their room.

Mathen and Siren were exiting the cafeteria when Kevin flew by, then Orin ran by. They were confused.

Dick stopped to tell Mathen. "Mathen, help me! Kevin slept with your sister and Orin slept with Areina." Then he took off again.

"AQUALAD! SUPERBOY PRIME!" Mathen called out to them. "YOU TWO ARE DEAD!" Mathen gave chase.

Siren was so confused. Why would that have been an issue?

Serenity came up a few minutes later. "Siren, where's Mathen?" She knew that the two had been spending time together. It was about time her son showed interest in someone.

"Helping his dad. What's going on? Why is his dad mad?"

Serenity swore. "Watchtower will be in pieces at this rate. Find Superboy and Ms.X." (2) Serenity then gave chase again, holding her stomach.

Conner and M'gann were in the common room when Kevin and Orin came in.

"Dad! Uncle Dick's gonna kill us! He knows!" Kevin said.

"Crap," both of Kevin's parents said.

Then Kevin fell to his knees in sudden weakness. Conner followed seconds later. A ring of fire surrounded Orin and M'gann went to her knees as well. Conner had the presence of mind to use his body to protect his wife from the heat of the flames. M'gann mentally called Kaldur.

Dick walked in with Kryptonite just as Mathen walked in, a stream of fire leaving one hand. "That was my daughter and niece! How could you two betray my trust!?"

"We…love them. We…wouldn't…hurt them," Kevin bit out.

"My daughter is 16! 16!" Dick argued.

"Areina…" Orin began.

"DAD! STOP! You're killing them all!"

Dick and Mathen turned. Meygan and Areina were in their pajamas, both of them mad. "Meygan used her dark powers to take the Kryptonite from her Dad as a sphere covered Mathen's hands, snuffing out the flames.

"Meygan-"

"Don't you dare!" Meygan cried. "I love Kevin. And he love me! His Kryptonian Heat got the best of him. I gave myself to him. It's my CHOICE! He couldn't make me do anything with my powers. So stop being the daddy hen!"

"Uncle Dick, I love Orin. Being in Atlantis, seeing how in love everyone was, I wanted that too. And Orin did everything to not give in! But I wanted him. I love you but I love him just as much. Don't make me fry you!"

"Orin, you're my best friend!" Mathen told him. "I can't…Areina needs someone-"

"To protect her, I know. You've said it to me before. I would give my life for her. She's my mate, Mathen."

Dick looked to Kevin. "Meygan's your mate too?" he asked.

"Without any doubt," Kevin answered honestly. "I've loved her since I was 5. Nothing, not even death, will separate us."

"DICK GREYSON! You are in so much trouble, mister! Making me chase you!" Serenity came into the room really angry.

"Ser-"
"Don't you dare Ser me!" Serenity grabbed the back of his neck. She then grabbed her son's hair and yanked on it.

Mathen yelped in pain.

"And you, young man…Areina and your sister need no protection! They are strong girls! Next time, I hope you both get fried!"

"Hey, what's going…the girls got laid?" Jason came in, grinning like a wolf.

"Jason…" Dick started.

"What? It was bound to happen. You two want to act like Cavemen, be my guess. Girls, great job. Your mates are whipped officially."

Serenity giggled.

Areina was confused.

Meygan blushed.

"So…you guys are using protection, right?" Jason asked the teen boys.

Kevin and Orin groaned.

"Look, I'm all for getting laid and getting laid often, but we got a world to save. And no baby heroes need to be conceived right now," Jason told the four of them.

The 4 teens flushed.

Kaldur then arrived. "What had happened?"

"Uncle Dick and Mathen are being Cavemen," Areina told him.

Kaldur understood. "Did my son hurt you Areina?"

"DAD!" Orin couldn't believe what he heard.

"No," Areina said, blushing.

"Kevin, you didn't force Meygan…?" Conner asked, following Kaldur's lead.

"No DAD!" cried Kevin. His whole body was a blushing red.

"See? Your best friends had this. Mathen, I'll deal with you later. Your father and I need to TALK!" Serenity still had Dick's neck, so she guided him out of the room.

Jason shook his head. "Ok. I'm going to say this now. If you boys ever hurt my nieces, I will put a bullet through your heads. Got it?"

Kevin and Orin nodded their heads vigorously.

Kevin then came over to Meygan as she put the Kryptonite in a pocket dimension. He lifted her into his arms. "Let's cuddle."

Orin copied Kevin, doing the same to Areina. The four teens then walked back to their rooms.

Conner helped M'gann to her feet.

"Are you two okay?" Jason asked them.

"We will be," Conner replied.

"Good. I got guns to clean." Jason then walked away.

Meanwhile, in Terry and Dana's room…

Dana and Terry were snuggled against each other under the sheets, bot content to hold each other. "I like this team, Terry. They're normal teens."

"I'm glad you do," Terry told her, a smugness to his voice.

He got laid.

He was really Batman after all.

***I want to thank Reina for helping me with the Bat meeting scene. I was really stuck on that portion of the fic. And also get ready for the next few fics! ***