Downtown Gotham:
"Hmm, he's running late tonight." Commissioner James Gordon notes as he looks into the sky at the bat signal pointed at the sparse clouds.
"Want me to turn it off sir?" The officer behind him asks.
"No, not yet Montoya, could be anything with him." He replies, falling silent for a moment. "Noticed any changes in him recently?"
"Batman? Not really. Just a small thing that he somehow seems, I don't know, younger?" Montoya replies as she leans against the projector.
"Same occurred to me. Reminds me of that crime wave a few years ago where we pretty much only saw Robin, when Batman finally showed up, I don't know, but he smiled for some reason." Jim continues as he leans on the railing of the building and looks out over the city falling silent again before seemingly noticing something. "He's standing behind you Montoya." He says without turning.
"Sir?...WOW!" Montoya yelps and jumps forwards to get some distance between herself and the figure she finds right behind her as well as drawing her weapon.
"He does that, you'll get used to it eventually." Jim says without turning.
"Sir, that's not him." Renee says, getting the man to first look over his shoulder before turning around to also see the caped individual standing by the projector.
"Hmm, wears a bat." Jim shrugs at the mark on the chest. "So who are you?"
"I am afraid you won't get much communication out of her, she's a mute." A voice says from above the two officers, that looks up to spot Nightwing and Robin standing on top of the stair access. "So what's the trouble Commissioner?" He asks as he jumps down.
"Locked room murder I'm afraid." Jim tosses a brown envelope to Nightwing, knowing that if they were here now, then Batman was undoubtedly busy elsewhere. "We haven't found a single trace of the weapon or where the shot came from." He continues, obviously making a point at not looking at Batgirl as the two joins them to look over the files in the envelope while Batgirl resigns herself to scanning the roof tops, Nightwing has said it would take a little time to earn James' approval, but that he would be the hardest to convince of the people that will be working with her on an actual friendly basis.
"Hmm, possible sniper?" Nightwing asks, the victim was found shot. But he does note however that it wasn't the cream of Gotham's finest that had been at the crime scene, too much was left unnoticed, it somehow felt manufactured.
Batgirl however feels uneasy, something is just not right, she can feel it from Nightwing, but there is something else she is picking up from somewhere else. Police HQ is a freestanding building, taking up an entire city block's worth of space, with intersections at each corner, with the Bat-signal standing in one corner. It is as she scans the roofs of the buildings opposite the station that she sees it, across the intersection, a figure moves quickly before stopping at the corner of the roof. Batgirl sees a flash of something from the figure, instinctively she leaps into the group next to her, tackling them all to the ground as the sound of a weapon discharge is heard.
"Hey?!" Robin cries at the sudden treatment.
"What the…?!" Montoya adds.
All complaints at silenced however the instant a high powered bullet cut through the air and scatters the Bat-signal getting a slight hiss out of someone. Before the group realizes it, Batgirl is back up and has fired her grappling hook across the street and is letting it pull her towards the shooter's location, aided by her own powers as she isn't used to this way of travel.
"Set up… is everyone's all right?" Jim asks as they get up.
"Fine Chief." Montoya replies as she gets up as well with Nightwing and Robin.
"This was set up." Robin notes as well as he pulls out his own grappling hook along with Nightwing before they follow after Batgirl who has disappeared on the other roof, leaving the two officers behind who quickly get inside in case there were more and to head after the vigilantes.
She is on to him, and he obviously knows it. It's a big man in night-camo pants and an old green army jacket, but despite his size and the amount of noise he makes with his big boots, he is fast, she admits, while they speed across the rooftops. Leaping over alleys as they cross them and both stumbling across the loose tiles of a roof, it's here she catches a look at the weapon he carries, a rifle, it's big and heavy by the looks of it. She doesn't know if the others are after her, but she can't worry if they aren't. Especially not as the bruiser makes an almost inhuman leap across a wide street, she follows by an uneasy glide with her cape before rolling and continuing the pursuit. They race over several more roofs with her slowly gaining on him before he crashes through a sky view, apparently unconcerned with the glass, she follows a second after, landing in a pool of light in an otherwise dark room, but she can sense it is crowded.
"You should not have followed." A heavy Russian accented voice says from the darkness, giving away his position. "Take her." She is oddly reminded of Richards sour reply on the night it was announced she was going undercover; "Demons and dragons don't sneak up behind you with a lead pipe." As she dodges as a thug rushes her from behind with a wrench, she stops thinking and just moves as the others rush in.
"She went down here." Nightwing says as he and Robin cross the final road, with him swinging across it while Robin glides on his cape, he had seen a cape jump down from somewhere around here. Already they can hear sirens in the background and he wonders if and how they already know where to go.
"That skylight." Robin says as they races over, he feels a hand on his shoulder before he can jump down, his protest quickly dies on his lips when he sees Nightwing's expression before turning back to the spectacle of the lone woman punching, kicking, dodging and parrying the blows of the some twenty men trying to get to her armed with clubs, chains and knives. "Shouldn't we?"
"No wait, let's see how she handles it." Nightwing whispers.
"You really need to ask her out for a dance." Robin whispers with some amusement in his voice before remembering her acute hearing as she puts down her assailants one by one, delivering strikes to pressure points while already using her cape as both a shield and means of distraction. While Nightwing does notice she is trying to hide her strength and targets weak spots, that aren't always on target. She also appears to remember her hearing as she quickly leaps aside as boom tears through the room and the last thug's head explodes into gory fragments behind her. Robin doesn't ask before he jumps down as they hear the weapon being reloaded, Nightwing follows a second after. As they land they hear a brief struggle before the weapon is discharged again, this time silencing all sounds.
They quickly pick out their flashlights, finding perhaps twenty-five or so men lying on the ground, some out cold, others moaning in pain and a single one staring off into space as the blood from his dead comrade drips off his face. Swinging their lights around, they find Batgirl cornering a huge man by aiming a massive rifle at his head while a hole right above his head is evident of where the last discharge went.
What strikes Richard odd about it, is how easily she is holding the M82 and how worried the man looks while he is staring down the weapon barrel with his one free eye. That's the other thing Nightwing finds odd is that the man is half covered in a silver plated armor on his left, even covering half his head with a large red disk covering the area where his eye was supposed to be, looking closely, Richard can see the armor also covers his gloved left fist. He knows already who the man is, and that they would need to stress it to Raven that simply yanking a weapon from him wasn't really possible unless she knew how to work his nervous system, because the cybernetic enhancements he has makes him far too strong to do it otherwise for a normal person, and they had tried.
Batgirl doesn't look at them, but lowers the weapon a second before they hear the many feet coming up wooden stairs, putting the weapon down on the feet folded up under the barrel, aiming the weapon at the man's right knee. As she turns and backs over to the others, the door to the room is kicked in by a large man in a gray-blue trench coat and hat.
"Freeze!" He shouts and points his pistol at the trio and swings it to cover the man at the wall while several officers pile in behind him, including Gordon and Montoya all carrying pistols. "Nobody move!" Batgirl has turned to see him enter, but when she turns back, she finds Robin and Nightwing gone, leaving her the sole figure in the middle of the room. "You too girly!"
"Easy Bullock, she's the one that spotted the shooter." Gordon says as he holsters his weapon, and regards the other man at the wall as he is being taken into custody. "KGBeast, small world."
"You'd be surprised, Commissar." The man replies as Bullock looks at him.
"Great, just what this city needs, commie terrorists and bat-freaks running around." Bullock sighs. "All right lets get these smocks down to the station." He says over his shoulder to the other officers. "You too miss… huh?" While he wasn't looking Batgirl had vanished.
The Batcave, a little while later:
"And so you also got to meet the ever charming Harvey Bullock." Richard says as they down on the infirmary platform, safe in the knowledge that it would be revealed that KGBeast was the shooter and that several officers had been bribed to make it look like a closed room case to lure them out.
After they met up again, Raven had informed them of her own need of medical attention, as the bullet that shattered the Bat-signal had torn open the back of her costume and ruptured the skin underneath and she needed it looked over before she could close it. Right now she and Richard are alone, with Tim having headed up to inform the others, with her lying on her stomach while Richard treats the wounded streak with a disinfectant.
"Ow." Raven winces as he applies the solution. "Charming, not one of the fans I take it?"
"In his own way, he just keeps up the façade believing it will keep us honest. And why are you complaining, the shot would have hurt more?"
"Had something else to think of so I ignored it then. Thank you by the way, for the thing with Guy." She replies.
"No problem. So did you mean it?"
"Mean what?" She replies.
"That you would wouldn't be interested?" Richard asks while counting the scars on her bare back.
"In him? Of course I wouldn't, he seemed to be an arrogant, self-centered oaf." Raven replies flatly.
"So it was just him?"
"Nope, there are lots of people I wouldn't be caught dead with." Raven replies, wondering where he was heading with all this. In her head one of her emotions is already making up a list of things it could be. "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure." Richard replies as he continues a little more gently.
"Ow. Why did you kiss me back in Jump City?" Richard seems to think for several seconds before replying.
"I had seen what had happened to Bruce and the others and I had found you lying in an alley, I refused to let you go and then when you woke back up, I was just relieved that you did, I am not sure what I would have done if you had been lost as well that night."
"Did you mean anything by it?" She asks after a moment of silence and wincing.
"Actually, I did, but I don't know how to say it without making it sound stupid." He replies as he stops his work, seeing his hands were beginning to shake nervously.
"Be direct?" Raven suggests as she turns around to face him, still covered on her front by her costume, her purple eyes meeting with his blue.
"I…"
"Ah I see Master Richard is learning the tool of the trade?" The two youngsters are caught off guard by the elderly mans sudden appearance and Richard completely looses the words he wanted to say.
"Erm, yeah, Alfred, but my hands have begun shaking, could you finish up?" Richards asks sheepishly before retreating, leaving a miffed Raven behind.
"Did I interrupt something?" Alfred asks, a little surprised at the reaction as well.
"I'm not sure." Raven manages before lying down again. "But I hope my back doesn't look too bad?"
"On the contrary, it looks like the surface of the moon." Alfred replies as he put on a pair of surgical gloves.
"Funny." Raven replies, slightly amused. "So is the party still on?"
"Oh yes, though some are beginning to question Master Bruce's sanity, but he did want me to ask if the uniform is the right size, as it is technically a prototype and we haven't had exact measures."
"Isn't it just a piece of cloth?" Raven asks as Alfred begins examining the injury.
"Well not entirely, but I expect Master Bruce will tell you about all the technicalities tomorrow. Oh and when we are done, you have to file a report on the incident." He gets a groan out of Raven at this mention.
"Must have been a Golden Age when you could go out and stop crime then not have to do paperwork afterwards."
"In that case, this will be a Paper Age." Raven takes on another smirk at the old man's remark before wincing again.
"Why there you are Sister." Diana greets as Raven enters the large living room, having changed into her black training set.
"After filling out all the paragraphs and with a sore back no less." Raven replies as she drops down next to Diana in one of the four couches.
"So anything interesting happen out there?" John asks with his arms lying on the back of the couch with Shayera on one side and Helena on the other.
"Tim has decided to remain vague and Rob stormed up to his room." Victor from the edge of what can be called the young couch, since he, Tim, Garfield and Starfire are the occupants.
"Setup we think, someone set up a locked room murder had us all crowd around Police HQ before some guy called KGBeast decided to try and kill either one of us or the commissioner, using an anti-material rifle."
"Is… is he all right? The commissioner, I mean?" Barbara asks emitting a little fear.
"He's fine, will need a new signal though." Raven replies, wondering why Barbara was so worried before it dawns on her. "He's your father?"
"I… yeah he is."
"The name gave it away, don't worry, he's fine." Raven replies.
"Phew, means I only have to expect a phone call from him shortly." Barbara sighs in relief, knowing her dad also used these calls to calm himself down. "Ah nut's, if he saw you, means I have to start explaining."
"He knows?" Raven asks in surprise.
"About me, he strongly suspects it, but he's not interested in hearing or seeing anything more, in case he ever has to explain anything to his superiors."
"Jim is a smart man anyway." Bruce adds as a beeping sound is heard from Barbara. "That would be him."
"That it is." Barbara says as she answers her cell phone. "Hey dad, yeah great party. Has someone been shooting at you again?... Just a lucky guess… Really? Yeah I know about her… A mute you say?" The room seems to look in a little surprise at Raven who remains stoic. "How many?... Ok and how did she stop him?... A bullet fired at point blank range over his head? Well I guess that would get him to stop. So any idea who sent him? Ah, well Roman never gets wiser it seems… What? No of course he asked first and yes I know who it is. So another one for the piles down at your office. Anyways, thanks for calling dad, good to hear from you." Barbara says as she hangs up. "So, you're a mute all of a sudden?"
"Thought it would be best in case someone recognized my voice." Raven replies, well aware that her voice is distinct enough to be recognized even to a casual listener and that she might slip one day if she used magic.
"So was this something Black Mask cooked up?" Bruce asks.
"Yeah, one of his thugs rang just after the shot fell to bully my dad's immediate successor, they traced the call from there. KG was quick to explain it all for a favor, he was to take out my dad in the presence of one or more Bats so they would get blamed then lead any extra Bats away into an ambush. The idea was to knock them out and carry them off." Barbara explains. "Used the big rifle so there wouldn't be much of a bullet left to analyze."
"Seems prison doesn't evem stop him." Cyborg adds while Starfire has lent her ear to Beastboy who is explaining who they are talking about.
"Not in Gotham." Tim sighs. "So anything interesting happen while we were out?" He asks the company.
"Only Bruce trying to twist our minds inside out with his riddles." Shayera mentions.
"And that all former Teen Titan's and other young heroes are to report on the satellite in a week or so, if they think they have what it takes to be in the League." Wally adds. "We aren't going to try them to the degree Raven was, but there will be tryouts."
"I think we should add Kyle and Donna to the list." John says, getting a questioning look from Diana. "They have the training and they are good, but I suggest we begin handing our recruitment a little more professional than we had in the past and this way it will seem fair to everyone."
"So what kinds of tests are we talking about?" Cyborg asks.
"We have not worked out the specifics, but adequate tests will have to be mandatory." J'onn says.
"So is he included?" Raven asks thumbing Tim.
"No, he is too young." Tim almost immediately takes on a hurt expression. "When you get older."
"But how long?" He asks.
"In a year you will be Richards's age when he left Gotham." Bruce says.
"And what of those who do not pass?" Starfire asks, the elder heroes look from one another telling them they had not discussed that part.
"For whatever reasons, they will have to be better the next time we offer them the opportunity." Shayera shrugs, Raven seems to think for several moments before getting up.
"Guy's, a word in private?" The other Titans quickly follow her out of the room and up to Richards, hearing heavy music from the other side before Raven bangs on the door. "Richard, a word?!" She shouts, the music dies a second later and the door is opened revealing Richard in a white T-shirt and black sweatpants.
"What's up?" He asks before they are all engulfed in Raven soul-self and finds themselves on a floating rock in a white sky. "Erm?"
"This is Azerath, or rather; what's left of it." Raven says shortly and motions at the ruins. "The League is thinking about bringing in all former Titans and young heroes into the League, but there will be tryouts."
"That's great." Is Richard's first reply. "Isn't it?" He asks as he notices their serious expressions.
"As Star pointed out, there isn't a fallback plan in case someone doesn't make it through." Beastboy adds.
"So far, they seem content with letting them work themselves up to snuff till the next time the League is looking for new manpower." Cyborg continues. "I think I know what Rae is suggesting?" Raven lets on a slight smirk at this.
"Well let's hear it Rae, and fast, this place is freezing." Richards says as he shudders.
"I was thinking that people fighting crime and such alone will rarely break from the routines and methods not really learn anything new. I am thinking about creating a single new team of Titans so that these people can train and be better. Whenever we noticed it or not, I think we learned quite a lot by living and fighting together." Raven explains, to Richards slightly widening eyes.
"It's a good idea Rae, but what about team dynamics? Leaders and trainers? Funding and so on?" He asks.
"We will have to see if it will become necessary and who they are." Raven agrees. "But we," She motions with a hand at them all. "could step in from time to time to see how they are doing, assuming we all pass."
"By 'we' you mean us." Cyborg adds. "But yeah, we could do that, and we might even need it as well if we don't get through."
"So who would be the field leader?" Richard asks.
"I have someone in mind, but we will have to see if this even becomes necessary." Raven says.
"Ok, it's a good idea Rae, it's certainly something I am willing to support. But let's keep this between us till we know more." Richard says as he notices her breath beginning to fog. "Can we get back now?"
"Sure, but now you have seen where I once lived." Raven adds before sending them all back to the living room, much to the surprise of the others, but she remains behind after a request. "Yes Hemon?"
"Raven, it is with both pride and sorrow I say this." The old man says. "You have grown into an adult now and one we think will go on to do great things in the world we forsook, but it is now time and we must part with you." Raven is silent for a few seconds before it sinks in. "You have taken responsibility for your life, and you no longer need our aid or presence."
"But…" Raven starts.
"No child, we cannot stay sheltered in your mind forever. We all knew this once we took shelter within you, that one day we would have to leave again. Know that we do not do this because of your way of life, but because we know where we belong. Which is here, in Azerath."
"But there is nothing left here, you will be trapped again." Raven says in near panic at the thought of Azerath leaving her, they had been there for so long now that she thought they'd always be with her.
"Be at ease, my child, and listen to Hemons words." Arella says.
"But if you leave here, you cannot move on to the place you all surely deserve to go to." Raven argues. "To be with Azar and those that came before her."
"But we are not leaving entirely Raven, only your head. Azarath will be rebuilt here, in spirit, into a truly spiritual place and you can come visit if you are want for advice and talk." Hemon continues. "You can even bring J'onn if you want to."
"I…" Raven starts before taking a deep breath to calm herself, while her eyes water. "Ok, I understand that I will be completely alone in my head for the first time in years and that you will be here. I…If I haven't said it before, I want to thank you all for the peace you have all helped me obtain, for allowing me to live when all others would have seen me dead, for your teachings though I would be a liar to say that I follow them, they are still worthy ideals that I cannot live by, not in a world that hurts so much."
"We know my child and we wish you all the happiness and joy in your life as we can. Now we must leave, be well till your first return." Arella says as Raven feels a chill run down her spine as they depart, leaving Azerath an empty city in her head. She smiles as she dries her eyes before returning to Wayne Manor as well, while the spirits watch her depart.
"Now I know why Manhunter reacted like she did." Helena says as she coughs into her coffee at the sudden arrivals. "Where were you?"
"Titan discussion." Richard says without elaborating, since the League appeared to have conversations without them, so could they. "So what's up now?" He says as Raven appears as well.
"Not much, I was thinking about calling it a night." Clark says. "It's getting late."
"It is." Lois says while consulting her watch.
"Yeah, but I guess for the all-nighter, there still a few hours till he sleeps." Wally adds before yawning. "And we did promise to drive from Central to Gotham."
"That we did." Linda agrees. "But it has been a wonderful night Bruce."
"Full of surprises." Helena adds as she and the others begin to rise and say their farewells.
"You're not heading back to the embassy?" Bruce asks as Diana is the last left with the Titan's that had been offered to sleep over.
"Only if you are throwing me out." The Amazon replies with a smirk.
"Of course not, I was actually hoping to talk to you under four eyes." Bruce replies, before leading her off to the gardens.
"Any idea what that is about?" Beastboy asks.
"Yup and don't bother them." Raven replies. "I need to go meditate, got a little excess emotion that needs to be calmed down."
"So any of you wanna watch a movie?" Tim suggests.
"That sounds most joyous!" Starfire exclaims, it's the last Raven hears before moving out of hearing range of them.
Around an hour later, Raven meditation is interrupted by waves of emotions, they aren't unpleasant, but she doesn't want to know they are there. Nodding to herself, she teleports down to the cave and gets dressed before teleporting into the city.
"Damn Rae, have you slept at all?" Cyborg asks as Raven emerges bleary eyed in the morning light on the balcony.
"Only got an hour, decided to see what the rest of the city was like." Raven says, noticing Diana is absent. "Got the jump on two burglars, a car thief and three muggers that thought a group of kids were decent targets."
"How'd you get out of the cave?" Bruce asks, Raven could feel an abnormal amount of happiness in the man and a little exhaustion.
"Teleported, I have no idea how to drive anything, yet." Raven admits. "I would try and get a license after I got the car built." She adds to Cyborg before he can ask.
"Hmm, that's something we have to work on, along with a great many other things." Richard knows from that tone that Raven will have bricked herself up for the day for violating one of Bruce's rules. "Anyways, you Titans might want to have a look at this." Bruce continues as he pulls up a large pile of papers and spreads them around.
"Whoa neat, we made the front page." Garfield exclaims as his first paper, showing the Titans engaging Blackfire and her guards on the photo. "Titans reform!"
"Invasion of Jump City!" Richard reads from his paper.
"Justice League and Titans halt rogue Tamaranian." Starfire reads.
"Raven Revealed?" Raven reads the top line from her paper; the Jump City Herald. The photo on the page is of her in the midst of Blackfire's guards. "Saves small boy from falling masonry."
Quickly reading through the papers they find that the reformation of the Titans is mentioned at one point or another in all of them as is Raven's appearance and transformation.
"Well could be worse." Raven shrugs. "They aren't writing that the boy has been possessed or something. Hmm thinking about yesterday, should I go talk to Harold Turner?" She asks the other Titans.
"Guy has been respectfully waiting for the chance for years, I think you should." Richard says.
"You can go this afternoon, if you phone ahead." Bruce adds. "But you have to get some sleep first, and there are a few things we need to go over before you leave."
"Ok, I will have breakfast then go sleep. You guys sticking around?" She asks the three others.
"Na, I have to get back to Metropolis, exam results should be up by now. For some reason they don't post them electronically." Cyborg sighs. "And I still have to clean out my fridge from the tofu infection, that's still there!" He growls the last part while looking at Beastboy who just shrinks in his seat.
"He he, sorry." He says before righting himself as Victor leans back. "Me and Star have to head over to see how Mento is handling it."
"Isn't he still in Switzerland?" Richard asks.
"Yeah. Say, any chance we can borrow the teleporters?"
"It's not a travel agency." Bruce grumbles before sipping his coffee. "And you can fly." He points out.
"True, but it's not instantaneous." Bruce looks out from behind his paper. "But you're right, the exercise is good." Beastboy adds, knowing he couldn't hope to push the joke any further.
"So how has Geo-Force been behaving since the anvil dropped?" Richard asks.
"Officially resigned last night, claims everything in the files on Terra are fabricated but he can't take her back to Markovia without letting the world know about her ancestry." Bruce replies from behind his paper, Richard can almost see the smirking behind it. "Only proven family members can move Arkham patients." He adds without looking at the finger Garfield raises in question.
"So what took him so long to respond?" Richard continues.
"He didn't bother elaborating, only said that he was king and didn't need to justify his actions to us 'peasants'." Bruce replies, letting it go unsaid that Brion knew that if had sprung his half-sister, his family secret could suddenly become widely known, which he couldn't afford.
"And he seemed like a nice guy when we met him." Beastboy sighs.
"Not all heads are benevolent once crowned, we have seen this before." Starfire sighs thinking of her sister.
"Unfortunately." Raven agrees. "What was going to happen to Blackfire when they got back?" Starfire smiles slightly at the reminder, obviously satisfied at what she had been told.
"Galfore assured me he would work to restore Tamaran to the way it was and those whom we captured in Jump will be helping to make it so, since they will be tasked with tearing down what they had built. Oh and those found guilty of this treason will be stripped of their natural powers before being set to work."
"Uhh, bet Blackfire will not be happy about that." Victor says knowing Blackfire well enough to know how she'd react to becoming less than those around her. "But then what happens to them when they are done? If they get that far?"
"I am not sure, possibly they will be exiled." Starfire admits. "But I hope not, since it leaves the option for her return."
"And we could hope the experience mellows her." Richard says. "A thin hope, but hope."
"I fear Blackfire's bitterness will only grow and that she will one day return." Kori sighs.
"Then you have to beat her back." Garfield says.
"And you will." Raven agrees as she finished her breakfast. "Well I will head off to bed, take care guys and good luck if I don't see you on the satellite."
"G'night BG." Cyborg waves as she gets up. "Well, we better get going as well. Thanks for the breakfast."
And with that the three other Titans say their farewells and leave Dick, Bruce and Tim behind.
"So why is Diana still sleeping?" Tim asks as they retreat.
"She's tired." Bruce replies without looking up.
"You aren't old enough to know why." Richard continues smiling confidently, while getting a frosty glare from Bruce. "So what are you planning, regarding Rae when she wakes up?"
"I need to pinpoint her abilities in certain fields, while we know she can fight, we also need to know her abilities in other areas. Criminology, chemistry, escapology, and expertise with technology, reaction patterns and the other bits I put you two through. Also I need to know how her educational standards are in comparison to yours, I know from you she studied on Azerath as part of her upbringing, but not what and how much of it is useful here."
"Hmm, from the people that raised her, I would guess it would be a theological direction, but she can read and write obviously, and at least math skills to run the Tower on her own." Richard says after a moments thought, back in Jump he honestly didn't consider it important to know what she had studied, he just assumed she had something that roughly equaled his own education. "Didn't you read all of this while inside her head?"
"I read a summery, but I have to see it." Bruce says. "Also, she will need to learn how to operate the vehicles soon. That's going to be your job." He says to Richard, who looks a bit surprised at this. "I read how she views your motorcycle handling and she will have to get over it." Richard just chuckles at this reminded of the time he suggested she rode with him back to the Tower after a particularly gruelling fight.
"I am not getting on a two wheeled death contraption driven by an adrenaline fuelled monster." He had smiled back then and he smiles now, reminded how he had to ask her to ease up the hug she had given him last night.
Authors Notes: So a New Teen Titans? :)