A scene that I thought of that would have been nice after Nightwing disappears in Satisfaction.
disclaimer: I do not own anything DC or Young Justice... if I did Babs would have so much more lines
He felt ashamed at running. He hadn't pulled a ninja to avoid a situation since he was fifteen. He thought he grew out of it.
Guess not.
The cave, or the league for that matter, had not been the same since Artemis' "death". Nightwing couldn't believe he made it through this long without going back on the plan and revealing that everyone was mourning for nothing: their beloved archer was alive. But every time this feeling bubbled up to his chest, Nightwing was quick to push it down with reminders of what was at stake and the sacrifices made by those involved.
So instead he avoided people. Told the team he was with Wally and told Wally he was at the Manor, but in truth he found himself heading to the grotto more and more often. Dick would sit by the wall and stare up at the smirking hologram of Jason, a much more humane memorial compared to the lonely glass case holding the second Robin's uniform that was currently in the Batcave.
Thoughts of what Superboy and Mal said were swimming in Nightwing's head, so that when he eventually made it down the steps to the grotto he had not noticed the four boys already there.
"Nightwing?" Garfield asked curiously, he had never seen his leader look so preoccupied or upset.
"Huh?" Nightwing shook out of any thoughts in his mind and took in the young superheroes and their questioning looks.
"Sorry, I was here to… you know…" Nightwing tried lamely.
"See Artemis," Jamie finished for him.
"Uh, yeah," Dick said turning towards the hologram of his old teammate.
Only Robin noticed the glance Nightwing threw towards Jason's memorial.
"Yeah I get it, amigo. You want the room?" Jamie asked, already making his way towards the door, dragging a still-eating speedster by the sleeve.
"No, really, it's no big deal…" Nightwing tried as they each walked past him, with everything from pity to understanding in their eyes. This only made Dick shrink back in guilt behind his disguise.
Eventually it was Nightwing with a hovering Robin at the door. Nightwing considered trying to start a conversation, but he knew Tim wanted to tell him something and was silently practicing and wording it in his mind.
After a few moments, Tim spoke, "I don't know the specifics, and trust me I don't want to know, but I do know that there has been an undercover operation going on involving at least you, Artemis, Kaldur, and I'm guessing Wally. It's dumb and going to backfire on you when it comes to team trust…"
Dick opened his mouth to yell, to agree, to refute. Dick wasn't sure what exactly, but all he got out was a , "Look, I-"
"BUT," Tim continued, cutting Dick off, "It's brilliant strategically. It will get you the information you desire- once again not sure exactly what- and it will defiantly end up in a success on that end."
Tim gently pushed his shades higher on the bridge of his nose and added, "Though if you ask me, I would keep an eye on Megan. That can be where some things go wrong."
Without another word, the third Robin turned and walked up the steps, leaving his baffled older brother. Once Dick got out of his initial surprise, he let out a whistle and walked over to his usual spot at the base of Jason's hologram.
"Man Jay, you'd be impressed with that predecessor of yours. With the way I've been running this mission, I thought only Batman would figure it out."
After a moment of silence, Dick let out a laugh, "Hey Jay remember the first time you figured out a Riddler clue on your own and you were so excited you actually came by the mountain to tell me? Now that I think about it that was the first time you met the team… they were so surprised to see you… hey remember that blonde archer you met? The one you kinda had a crush on? Well, I think I might've gotten her in a situation a little over her head. It started out a week after one of our teammates, Tula, died in a mission….."
So that was that. I don't know where that was going about half way through, but I like it. I was going to make it super short with Nightwing being caught heading to the grotto for Jason and just lying and saying it was Artemis with Tim being to only one to notice him glance to the dead Robin.
But this was more fun!
Read and if you have any ideas for any story that has to do with Robin/Nightwing (he has to be kinda in it, I don't mind making him secondary character though), then please let me know. Someone gave the idea for Dick in college and I had an idea for that but I've been too busy to write it down. (FYI: If you want free time don't major in Computer Science)
