Young Heroes, Protégées and Sidekicks
A/N: The main purpose of this chapter is to bring back that Tim/Dick brother relationship from the first chapter which I've sort of dropped for a large majority of this fic but it's making a comeback! Thanks for reviewing/following/favouriting!
Batman, Tim and Dick parked outside the house realising there was no reason to be inconspicuous, the three boys strode towards the front door, Batman in the middle and the two younger boys either side. Ringing the doorbell, they waited for someone to answer. Not 10 seconds later a slightly paranoid looking African-American woman poked her head round the door and stared at Batman's concealed eyes for a second before she seemed to register that, yes batman wasat her front door. Her eyes widened and she slammed the door in their faces.
Tim asked awkwardly "So um…. Do we come back later or…?"
The door opened again this time a man who they recognised as world renowned scientist Dr Beecher opened the door fully, trying to look as intimidating as possible, his wife stood behind him obviously scared but she was holding a base ball bat in her hand and she looked determined to fight if she had to. Dr Beecher scowled at Batman "Listen Batman, you will not take my daughter away from me! She's having a hard enough time without being locked up in some cage!"
Robin realised the misunderstanding "Sir, I think we've all misread this situation! We don't want to do anything of the sort."
Dr Beecher stared at them "You don't?"
Tim replied "Nope!" Mrs Beecher lowered her bat hesitantly.
Batman finally spoke "We just want to make sure Karen has a handle on her powers and if she doesn't we want to train her. As soon as we know she's safe and isn't a danger to anyone else she can do whatever she wants. Although after making sure her powers are in check we were hoping to recruit her."
"So you just want to train her?"
"We just want to train her." Batman reached into his cloak "Look I have a contract here I'll give you a couple of days to read it over and hopefully you'll sign it. If you want to change it tell me when we come back and I'll see what I can do seeing as The seven original leaguers came up with these terms together and this is the contract that all the guardians of Young Justice signed I'll have to consult with them before any adjustments are made."
"Young Justice?" Mrs Beecher asked.
""It's a team composed of young heroes, protégés and sidekicks. Robin here is actually a founding member and Red Robin is the newest member." Both boys smiled and waved at the mention of their names.
"So who signed their forms?" Dr Beecher questioned.
Batman paused for a second wondering whether he should reveal this key piece of information; he needed to earn his trust "I did."
Dr Beecher raised his eyebrow "You'retheir legal guardian?"
"Yes. I am." Batman's voice had grown very short and clipped and his teeth seemed to be grating on each other.
"What did you do kill their parents?" He said in a joking manner almost missing the way Batman's eyes momentarily widened and the way Robin flinched. Almost. The thing that tipped him off was the way Red Robin seemed to have frozen staring at Dr Beecher as if he wasn't even there. Robin quickly grabbed Red Robin and pulled over to the Batmobile. Dr Beecher looked from the two kids to Batman "Uuum I'm sorry did I overstep…uuum."
"Forget it, their fine. Anyway so can I talk to Karen?"
"Right of course." He turned around and called up the stairs "Karen honey come downstairs!" Then turned back to Batman "So do you guys want to come in?"
"Okay. Robin, Red, you two okay?" They both nodded "Well then come inside."
TIM DRAKE POV 3RD PERSON
"What did you like kill their parents?" Dr Beecher joked, he felt Bruce tense to the right of him but suddenly it was like he wasn't standing outside Karen Beecher's house on his first recruitment mission in his Red Robin costume, it felt like he was a lost little boy again standing at his parent's graves in the rain.
He was shaken out of his flashback by a gentle but firm grip on his arm pulling him away, he was about to panic but looked up and saw his older brother staring at him worriedly "Are you okay Tim?"
Tim stared for a second his mind still trying to process then he nodded slightly "I froze up. What if I do that on a mission?"
Robin smiled softly "Believe me when I say that if you did you wouldn't be the first Robin to freeze up on a mission. In fact just a month before you signed on as Red Robin I froze up whilst fighting a clown who for once wasn't the Joker, he reminded me of Haley's circus."
Tim was all too aware of the original Robin's origin story, he wondered how Dick managed to live every day having watched his parents fall to their deaths and being able to do nothing but watch and scream. If Dick could get through life and survive how many years of being a teen hero then so could he. Just then Bruce called out to them "Okay. Robin, Red, you two okay?" They both exchanged looks telling each other that it was the truth when they nodded their head "Well then come inside."
A/N: Okay guys! Next chapter is the actual meeting between Karen and the bat boys. Okay so Karen Beecher will finally become Bumble Bee and we'll see how she got into the team and became the Atom's side kick I don't care if I'm getting the history wrong so don't bother mentioning it if I have.
After that I'm thinking Aquaman and Aqualad going to recruit Lagoon Boy and then Tim and La'gaan become fast friends so they can have the friendship they have by the end of the five year time skip.