So this is not my best chapter and seems rushed but please read and hope you enjoy.
Dick was still angry and Ann stayed silent thinking over the events of the night before and their discovery of Bruce's other life. The girl for once since that night found herself alone in the room she'd been given doing cartwheels and tumbles. If it wasn't still raining out she may have gone out into the yard with her brother or maybe alone like she was now. And keeping herself moving kept her from thinking too much about that night and what they had gone through.
"Hey Annie/?" came Dick's muffled voice followed by a knock at her door. "Can I come in?"
With a grin, Ann cartwheeled to the door opened it slightly for him then cartwheeled away performing a handstand on the other side of the room. Dick smiled coming into the room before closing the door behind him then cartwheeled over to her mirroring his sister in a handstand. They grinned at one another turning a simple handstand into a game to see who could keep their handstand going the longest without falling or moving. Minutes went by as they concentrated on keeping their balance and trying not to think about the shaking in their arms.
"So I was thinking." Dick said breaking the silence that surrounded them.
"Hmm?" Ann hummed in response feeling as though her arms were about to give out on her.
"We should follow Bruce tonight when he leaves."
"How?"
"Well we could leave pillows on the bed to fool Alfred then get down to the Cave before Bruce leaves. Sneaking into the Batmobile."
Ann was silent as she thought through her brother's plan before sighing knowing that they would have to do something more elaborate to fool Alfred. Because he seemed like the type of man who let nothing get by him without maybe being unconscious which is something they were not going to do. Plus she was thinking that they couldn't go out in their regular clothes so they needed to figure something out. Feeling as though her arms were about to give any moment she flipped back onto her feet heading toward her closet; which was bigger than the room she and Dick used to share.
"What're you doing?" Dick asked her curious.
"Costume." she answered quietly moving clothes around that she had yet to wear.
"Huh?"
"You may be smart but right now you are lacking intelligence, Dickie."
Dick glared at her crossing his arms over his chest standing behind her though he couldn't keep the smile from his face at her jab at him. Ann grinned to herself as she dug into the back of the closet for something she thought she's never wear again. A surprised look crossed Dick's face as he took in the sight of the outfit she pulled out of the closet before nodding and took off to find his own.
Night fell with the Batman finding himself back at at the circus searching for a man who needed to be stopped before he caused more harm to innocent people. Walking through the big top he looked around waiting for the man to appear or at least find a trace of him to figure out where he went. Gotham was already a place of darkness where it seemed that the smallest light was son snuffed out. Like the light he saw in the eyes of the two children he had taken in that had been slowly dying since that day. And now he had a chance to keep hem from growing up to be like him, a vigilante running the streets at night to stop crime and prevent others from having to experience what he had. He looked around the tent when pain exploded in the back of his head, falling to the floor; the last image he saw was that of the man he had been looking for a bat in his hands.
It wasn't much of a surprise to him when he woke up strapped to a spinning board with Zucco standing a few feet in front of him. He never flinched as Zucco threw knives at him while telling him the story of his life and what he had done to his own father during a show. And though he never showed it the fear he felt as the last knife sailed through the air was genuine because he feared leaving those two kids he had just taken in and Alfred. He watched waiting for the end when with perfect timing a sandbag fell from above allowing the knife to embed itself in it instead of in Batman's head.
"What the?" Zucco asked looking up when two small figures jumped down. "So the Bat has family as well... cute?"
Batman was stunned as the two stood recognizing them immediately; the boy wore a red and green leotard with a yellow cape and black domino mask. Then the girl wore the same except instead of red hers was blue and white with a silver cape on her shoulders. They shared a look and nodded, the boy headed toward Zucco dodging around him as the girl headed for Batman.
"You shouldn't be here." he told her quietly as she pulled the knives from his cape.
She didn't answer him as she moved to remove the bonds from his ankles when there was a thud from behind her. Turning she and the Bat took in the sight of the boy laying on his back knocked out from a blow to the head. The girl growled charging Zucco who laughed at her saying things to make her angry which left her open to any attack. She hit the ground with a gasp right beside the boy both were dazed slightly by the blows they had taken.
Zucco looked down at them then toward Batman, "Now you get to watch your family go down."
The man grinned raising the bat to strike the boy first but he didn't get the chance as Batman escaped from his bonds jumping at Zucco. The Bat got in a few hits before Zucco scrambled away afraid of the Caped Crusader, climbing the ladder to the platform above.
"Zucco!" Batman called having followed the mobster when the man fell from the trapeze he had tried to escape with.
He reached out watching as the man fell to what would be his death like that of his last victims unable to move by the sight. And he was surprised when the two he figured would let the man fall came swinging from opposite side on the same trapeze bar to grab the man between them. They brought him back onto the platform in front of Batman both frowning while avoiding looking at the Bat.
The three vigilantes stood watching as the police placed Tony Zucco in one of the patrol cars silently from their vantage point. Batman turned to look at the two thinking over whether he should truly take them on as sidekicks/partners or take them back so Alfred could deal with them getting passed him. Which was something that the billionaire knew was a challenge within itself because the butler never let anything or anyone get by him.
"So." he said as they slowly looked up at him. "What do I call you two?"
Both children smiled happily before Dick spoke up, "Robin."
"Wren." Ann told him.
"Like the birds?" Batman asked surprised.
The twins looked at one another with a knowing grin before Robin answered, "It's a family thing."
With a nod, the Batman turned back to look out over his city with his two young partners, thinking of how best to train them so that they wouldn't get themselves killed.