"Do we have to?" Jason wined.

"Preschool is fine Jason." Kim debated. "Look, we need some more income, and I'm ready to go to work. Now, unless you want me to get Tim to baby-sit again-"

"No." Jason said firmly.

Kim nodded slowly. The fact Bruce had tried to kidnap her baby girl was hard to accept, but she knew it was true. Bruce was against them, against them being happy together, but to him, it was more than that. Bruce thought he was doing the right thing, he was just wrong.

"Wasn't Tim's fault, Bruce is just-"

"Not Tim." Jason said firmly. "I'll leave the kid with Penguin if I have to, just not Tim."

"Preschool?" Kim asked softly, sitting next to Jason on the couch.

"You have any idea how many shots Bruce is gonna have at grabbing her there?" Jason asked.

Kim was silent, "Well, we can't keep her at home forever." She hated the thought as much as he did: Justine being beyond their reach, them not being able to keep her safe. "Eventually she has to go to school."

"There's a big difference between her being six and her being one." Jason debated. "Dick can keep her when we need him to. Golden boy's not gonna let Bruce kidnap her. No chance, no way."

"You think Tim would?" Kim asked.

"No, I know he's to good for that. But, Tim hates me. On top of that, Tim doesn't have a chance against Bruce, Dick on the other hand, has a much better shot at getting Justine out of his way."

Kim nodded, "Guess that rules out my parents."

"Kim, don't get me wrong, I love your parents, they're pretty awesome, but against Batman… I just don't want my little girl to…" Jason trailed off.

Kim reached over, putting a hand on his shoulder comfortingly. "It's okay Jason."

He shook his head, "I don't know what I'm going to do Kim. I know we need some more money around here, or we'll lose the house in a few months, and then there's the electricity bill, and so many other things, but my daughter…."

Kim suddenly lit up, "Actually, I think I might have an answer to this."

"What?" Jason asked, curious.

"A friend of mine is dropping in for a visit for a few weeks, and she might be able to help." Kim said, smiling. "Only person I know who could kick the crap out of Bruce."

Jason paused for a moment, "Uh… Catwoman?"

"Try again."

"Poison Ivy?"

"You think I'd let that trollop touch my baby?"

"Touché, alright then… I give up."

"Cassandra Cain." Kim said, "She doesn't know about Justin, unless Bruce told her, which I doubt. Me and her were pretty good friends back in the day, I'm sure she'd help us out anyway she could."

"… You mean that Black Bat chick down in Hong Cong?" Jason asked.

"… Yeah." Kim admitted.

"That crazy assassin?" Jason tried to clarify.

"Yes."

"The freaking daughter of freaking Lady Shiva?" Jason asked, "Are you nuts!"

Justine rushed into the living room, giggling her head off, "Daddy!"

Jason scooped her up, pulling her onto his lap, "What?"

"Pak!" She demanded.

Jason looked up at Kim, raising an eyebrow.

Kim rolled her eyes, "She wants you to take her to the park. And don't hate on Cassandra, she may be the freaking daughter of freaking Lady Shiva, but Justine is the freaking daughter of freaking Jason Todd."

Jason paused, "Fine. Just make sure she's not gonna hand Justy over to Bats."

He tightened his grip on Justin, carrying her out the door, "We're off to the park!"

"Have fun!" Kim encouraged, grabbing her cell phone, and quickly dialing an old yet familiar number.

"Hello?" Asked a cautious yet strong voice.

"Cass? It's me, Kim." She said.

"Kimberly?" She questioned. "Haven't heard form you in awhile."

"Yeah, things have been… busy lately." Kim confessed.

"Dick called me a few days ago." She said, "Told me some pretty wild stories about you and your boyfriend."

"Oh." Kim said slowly, felling a little embarrassed that Cass had to get information about Kim and Jason from Dick.

"You really do have a daughter, don't you Kimberly?" Cass asked. "A daughter with Jason Todd."

"Yes." Kim confessed.

"Did Bruce really try to… try to kidnap her?" She asked, hesitant to believe that the man she idolized would commit such an act.

"I don't wanna believe it either." Kim confessed. "But he did."

"I… feel sorry for you Kim." Cass admitted.

"Well then… maybe you can help me. We need a babysitter." Kim suggested.

"For your daughter?" Cass asked "How old is she?"

"She'll be two in a month." Kim said, "If you stay long enough, you can come to her birthday party."

"Sorry." Cass said, truly meaning it, "I'm halfway across the world Kim. I can't just drop everything like that."

"Okay, that's fine, just tossing a coin is all." Kim said.

"What can you do for a babysitter then?" Cass asked.

"I… I have other friends." Kim mumbled.

"Who Kim?" Cass demanded.

"Dick, Tim, and… my parents." Kim mumbled.

"Are you sure you've got this covered Kim?"

"Yep! Gotta go, bye. Great talking with you!" Kim blurted out, hanging up quickly. "I have nothing figured out." She deadpanned.

AT THE PARK:

"Big slide!" Justine demanded.

"Justy, it's not made for little kids." Jason begged.

"Big slide!" She repeated.

"If you go on the big slide, you're gonna get hurt." Jason tried to explain, "Just go on the little slide."

"No!" She snapped. "Big slide!"

"If you go on the big slide, you'll fall off, hit your head, scrape your knees all up, and start crying!" Jason said, exasperated.

"Nu uh!" She screamed, "I… I WANNA GO ON THE BIG SLIDE!"

"Fine!" Jason gave in, throwing his hands into the air, "Go break your neck!"

"Yay!" Justin said, running up the stairs quickly to get to the slide.

"Wait, no!" Jason protested, as Justin reached the top, sitting down on the entrance. "Justy, don't-"

She slid forward, sliding down easily, and when reaching the bottom, rolls off the steep edge of the slide, into a summersault, before coming to rest on her bottom, gleaming up at Jason. She held her tiny arms out to him, "Daddy!"

He scooped her up, "Where did you learn that?"

"Uncle Dick." She mumbled, wrapping her arms around his neck for a moment, before squirming, "I wanna do it again!"

Jason shook his head, "How about the teeter-totter instead?"

"No." She said.

"Swings?"

"No."

"Merry-go-round?" Jason begs.

"Dat's gay." Justin said.

Before Jason can respond to the word that he was sure she had over heard him say, a tiny gasp came from under the steps to the slide, and a little head of brown curls peaked out to look at them.

Justin stared a the girl for a minute, before tilting her head to the side, "What?"

"You said bad word!" She accused.

"So?" Justy asked, squirming to get down, so Jason let her down slowly, and Justy turned towards the other toddler. "What you goon do?"

The girl was silent, before shrugging, "Nodin."

Justy smirked, and Jason watched curiously as she crossed her arms at the girl, "Wuss!"

"Was dat mean?" The girl asked, coming out form under the steps to stare at Justin, confused.

"It means your ascared!" Justy proclaimed, "Scardy-cat!"

"Ascared isn't a word." The girl explained, "Is either scared, or afwraid."

Why is a toddler giving an English lesson? Jason wondered, before he heard a voice he vaguely remembered call out, "Kyler!"

The girl turned to look towards a redheaded man trotting over towards her, relief washing over him. "Kyler, I thought I told you to stay by me."

"Didn't want to." The girl explained.

Jason laughed, and Justy looked a the girl carefully, as if trying to decide if she was still a scardy-cat.

"Was your name?" Justin asked, curious.

The man then paid attention to Justine, raising an eyebrow at her, before turning to Jason, "Do I know you from somewhere?"

"No." Came Jason's answer, a little to quickly.

"Kyler." The girl said, pronouncing it carefully. "Kyler Harper. Who are you?"

"Todd." Justin said, puffing out her chest and crossing her arms again, "Justin Todd."

The man's face lit up, "Yeah! Your Jason Todd! Bruce's kid!"

Justin suddenly lit up, turning to look at the man Jason now remembered as Roy, "Bruce? Gandpa is here?"

Jason shook his head, "Nope."

"I didn't know you guys lived out here." Roy said, trying to strike a conversation.

"For two years." Jason mumbled.

Kyler spoke up again, "Wanna go play in the teeter-totter?"

"Dat's gay as hell." Justin snapped.

Kyler gasped again covering her mouth in shock, while Roy just stared in utter disbelief.

Justin smirked, liking that response. She opened her mouth again, "Grow a pair, wuss!"

Kyler frowned, "Don't call me that."

"I'll call you whatever I want to." Justin snapped. She stepped forward, shoving Kyler, making her fall onto her back.

"Justine Todd!" Jason scolded.

"She asked for it." Justin offered for an excuse.

Roy knelt down next to Kyler, about to help her up, but the little girl with brown curls and a degree in English II jumped up herself, tackling Justin.

Justin yelped, started that the nerd would put up a fight, but wasted no time in rolling over, pulling her hair out of Kyler grip, and punching her square in the nose.

Jason grabbed Justin, yanking her off Kyler, and Roy scooped up Kyler, looking her over for wounds, to find the worst she would have was a bruise. He held his little girl tightly, glaring at Jason.

"Little young to be fitting her for a cape Jason!" Roy spat, walking off with Kyler cradled in the crook of his arm.

Jason cursed under his breath, and Justin looked up at him, "What does that word mean?"

Jason glared at her, "It means you're in big trouble."

Justin's eyes widened, and Jason dragged his protesting toddler home.