A/n: Sorry about not up dating for like a ZILLION YEARS but life happened. Just know I will finish this fic I just won't be updating like, everyday or week because life. Thank you too those who have stuck with this story. Here is a nice long update as penance. P.s I went with the young justice/son of batman design for Nightwing.

Zatanna watched as her team was sucked through the portal. Luckily she had been able to magically ground herself to the floor, but the others….they hadn't been so lucky. By the time batman and robin's line had snapped she was doing her best just to keep herself grounded. Then almost as quickly as it had opened, the portal "closed", going back to the state of a simple-weirdly shaped as it was- mirror. Slowly she brought her arms down from where she'd been blocking her face from debris, spoke the incantation to free herself, and surveyed the damage. It was immense, the whole building looked one wrong breeze away from fully imploding.

Zatanna swallowed nervously, "Guys?" she yelled hoping against her better knowledge that maybe one of them had somehow found leverage and didn't get sucked in. As expected she received no response. "ekat em edistuo"

Her magic landed her just outside the building, in the parking lot, and from her new vantage point the museum didn't look much better. Her team…Batman…what happened to them?! With shaky hands she lifted her fingers to the com. Piece in her ear and carefully changed the frequency like Robin had taught her. Robin. She could only pray he was alright. "Zatanna to league?" she tried, and immediately cleared her throat to try and shake the waver out of it. "Zatanna calling League, requesting immediate back up." She licked her lips, hoping she was doing this right. "I-we have a problem. A big one. Come to the Gotham Museum as soon as you can. Please." The com. Was silent for what was probably 5 minutes but felt like 5 hours to Zatanna, who began to wonder if maybe she did that wrong, maybe she dialed the wrong frequency? God help her if that was it, she was sure that was the right frequency, if it wasn't she had no idea- and there it was.

Black Canary's voice came through loud and clear in her ear. "Understood Zatanna, sending backup immediately." There was a pause and then B.C's voice was back, gentler this time. "Don't worry Zatanna, we'll be there in a few minutes, hang tight."

And just like that everything was quite again, and while the fear was still there, she did feel a bit better knowing the Calvary was on it's way. "Don't worry guys" she told the air. "We'll save you." After all, that's just what they did.

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The team entered the commons area just as the zeta tube activated and a twentyish black haired man in a black suit with a blue bird symbol on his chest walked out. He walked straight up to Red Robin and Batgirl, rubbing his eyes through his mask. (Later he'd attribute his disregard of the past team to his extreme lack of sleep.)

His body language read militant though his tone was easy going enough as he addressed who the team now knew to be his younger brother. "Alright baby bird, what's the emergency?"

Red Robin raised an eyebrow at his brother, slowly taking in his tired stance. Nightwing was good at hiding fatigue and pushing through, all the bats were, but Tim could see through it. At the same time Artemis gave a small amused huff behind him.

"Does he not see us standing right here?" she asked, the snarky and unspoken 'seriously' in her voice was all dripping from her statement. Before she even got the last syllable out Nightwing had locked eyes onto the young team and Tim could feel their uncomfortable shifting in the nanosecond it took his brother's analyzing gaze to sum up the situation.

A pinched frown on his face, Nightwing pinched the bridge of his nose. "Start talking."

Red Robin nodded and looked at Kaldur. "You or me?"

Sadly he could only take in Aqualad's (rather funny) confused face for moment before they heard rushed foots steps and everyone turned to see Robin skid to a stop in front of them. "Alright tell me I didn't just hear what I thought I did 'cuz-"

Robin's rushed ramblings were cut short by Batman coming up right behind him. The man to one second to glance over the newcomer, something about the man starting up a nagging sensation in the back of his head. "I take it your 'Nightwing'?" he asked, ignoring the look his partner sent him.

Their appearance seemed to have taken the man by surprise, his gaze seemingly locked on the young boy by his side. Interesting. Tearing his gaze away from the dynamic duo, he turned to Red Robin an almost exasperated air about him. "Anyone else I need to know about?"

The younger at least had the decency to look away in embarrassment, almost mumbling his reply. "No, that's all of 'em"

'Nightwing' smiled shaking his head lightly in amusement. However, Batman was still watching him, not having missed that he had yet to answer his question. The man returned his attention to the Bat, frown back on his face and his mask bunching up where his eye brown drew together, not even bothering to try and hide his suspicion of the older man. "I am" he said at last.

Raising his head and looking directly into the dark knight's eyes he adopted a weirdly tense and loose stance all the same time. Batman and the team couldn't help but notice how he'd slowly come closer to the other future heroes during the short exchange, specifically Red Robin. Batman could almost see the apprehension rising in the young man (he couldn't be older than mid-twenties surely) as he realized it was highly likely no one had been able to explain the situation to the poor lad yet. That certainly wasn't good. Given the information of his own whereabouts in this time, and other information he'd been given, Batman could only guess what was going on in Nightwing's mind. He knew what he'd be thinking in this situation and judging by the increasingly protective posture the man was taking up in front of Red Robin- (Nightwing's apparent younger brother) his mind reminded him of the fading conversation he'd overheard- the man's thoughts were probably along those same lines.

"I take it you haven't been debriefed yet." He kept his tone purposefully casual, or as casual as he got anyway, so it was more like monotone.

That seemed the bleed out some of the tension in his body even more so when Red Robin put a hand on his shoulder. Batgirl made a sound akin to a snort and rolled her eyes. "Yeah, reign it in Nightwing, not like you haven't already guessed what's going on."

Nightwing just sent her a half-hearted glare, and the two younger bats both laughed internally at the obvious (to them anyway) effort it was taking for the elder not pout. He did have an image to uphold, he was leader here after all.

Meanwhile the team was just coming out of a short mental conversation. Kaldur stepped forward and addressed the newcomer. "Pardon me, Nightwing. I apologize for the lateness of my teammate, and Batman is right, we indeed have not yet explained ourselves." For all the Kaldur knew he was more than likely meeting this man for the first time…there was something about him that nagged at him. It nagged at all of them on some level though no one said anything. However Kaldur knew when he was addressing a superior, and this man clearly fit the bill for this time.

Nightwing just closed his eyes behind his mask and let out a slow breath. Batgirl had had point, he had a good idea what this was, and there weren't really a whole lot of ways for the younger version of the original team to be standing in front of him. Walking forward he made his way over to the couches, waving at everyone to follow him. "Alright get comfy people. Aqualad. Red. I want both sides. Make it quick."