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The next few chapters will be flitting in between times, to show a few flashbacks, how Artemis and Dick deal with their children's disappearance and of course, Jason and Zaina's adventure.

Disclaimer: I don't own YJ

Chapter 6

She can do nothing but stare at him, open-mouthed. "He's your dad?"

Jason nods. "My mom told me that he died before I was even born. According to her, she hadn't even been able to tell him she was pregnant." She gave him a sympathetic look at the hurt in his eyes. "Jaze…I'm so sorry." He smiles at her gratefully and then turns around.

His dad inserts a key into the door and opens it, putting his arm around his mom, leading her inside. She watches as his eyes begin to narrow at his parents. She can only imagine what's going through his mind right now.

"I think that quake sent us back in time." He says.

"Not just any time too." She says.

"It sent us back sixteen years. To the day your father died."

Dick checks his watch once again; worry building up in his throat. Zaina's been late before, but not by this much. He knows that Jason's walking with her, and the boy never tends to be late despite his various quirks. School ended about half an hour ago and their house was only a five minute walk away. Zaina should have been home by now.

Unable to take it anymore, he stands up and makes his way outside. He's probably making a big deal out of this, but who can blame him? He's a father, and fathers were always worrying. He knows that from personal experience. Also, he has a gut feeling that something's gone wrong, and he's learnt by now to always follow his gut. He quickly surveys the area. His eye suddenly catches something. He goes to see what it is and finds that it's Zaina's bracelet.

He fears the worst as he quickly pulls out his phone and dials a number he knows by heart now.

"Hello?"

"Artemis, it's me. Something's wrong. Jason and Zaina are missing."

"You have a what?"

He wishes he could have just undone everything after seeing the shocked expressions of Tim and Barbara. Tim's staring at him with an exceptionally shocked look, the whites of his mask wide. Barbara on the other hand is staring at him with hurt in her eyes. She hadn't taken kindly to the news that Dick had another girlfriend, but now to know that he had a child with her, he doesn't want to know what's going on in her mind right now.

"I was as surprised as you guys were when I first found out." He says.

"And when was that?" Barbara asks her voice unusually cold.

"Right after the baby was born." He sees her eyes widen and a small softness creep into them. "Well, technically, the next night."

"And you didn't tell us?" Tim asks.

"I couldn't. I knew how you would react."

He slumps down in the chair behind him, feeling the cold air of the Batcave hit him once again. He puts his head in his hands, blocking everything out except for the cries of his daughter. Alfred's holding her at the moment, but he can tell she wants her father by the way she's twisting around in Alfred's arms. He can't help but to smile softly at hearing it. The tiny two-month-old is just as impulsive as he was back then.

"I never meant for this to happen." He blurts out. He can feel Bruce's cold stare creeping into his skin and sending a shiver down his spine. He had always been immune to it, but then he didn't have a child who was dumped with him. Sure he waited a couple of months before telling Bruce, Tim, Barbara and Alfred, but he wanted to be sure that Zaina was ready to meet the rest of her family.

"Master Richard," Alfred's voice makes him snap his head up. He doesn't know why he's suddenly feeling protective, but that's probably his father instinct, even though he never knew he had one, considering he was only twenty years old. "I believe Miss Zaina prefers to be in your arms."

"Sure, Alfred thanks for looking after her for a while." He thanks the old butler as he places the baby in the black-clad hero's arms.

Zaina instantly calms down as soon as she's in her father's hold. She turns to her side, catches one of his fingers and holds it as she falls asleep. He smiles as he strokes her cheek with his other hand. Tim walks over and stands beside him, peering over his shoulder at his niece. Barbara, though reluctantly, comes forward as well and her hard looks softens at once. She bends down on her knees and places a hand on the baby's forehead. He can see the smile growing on her face.

"Don't you think it'll be better if you give her up for adoption?" Bruce asks, making everyone turn their heads to him. He's standing a little way away, cowl down and a slightly skeptical look in his eyes. "I mean, don't you want her to have a future with two loving parents?"

"I considered that at first, Bruce." Dick says. "But my uncle passed away a few years ago and he was the only living relative I had." His eyes shift to the sleeping baby. "She's all I have, Bruce. I'm not giving her up."

Bruce opens his mouth to argue but then sees just how much Dick loves his daughter. The look in his eyes is enough to let him know that he wasn't going to be parted with her. He himself knew what it was like to have no more blood relatives alive. He thinks that might be the reason why he adopted Dick in the first place, so that he wouldn't feel that he was alone in the world. And now, Dick was doing the same thing now, except that this child was his own child.

He sighs. "Fine, if she really means that much to you, you can keep her." Dick gives him a grateful look.

"Anyway, I've always wanted a girl in the family."

"So what's our next move?" Jason asks.

"Honestly, I'm clean out of ideas, so we're just gonna have to wing it." Zaina says.

She watches as he gets to his feet and peers through the window. She pulls herself off the ground and watches him narrow his eyes. She guesses that something's going on right now by the way his green eyes are so focused. She's only seen him this way a few times, and that was when they were either coming up with a new dance move, or working on a song. But she's never seen this much intensity in his eyes before, probably because he was never sent back in time before.

"What do you see?" she asks.

"My dad's on a phone call. Looks important." He scrunches up his face in thought.

She ponders over the events for a while as Jason continues to snoop, keeping low so as to not be spotted. Suddenly, all the pieces fit together. All the stories that her father told her about his best friend who died. The stories that got even scarier as she grew and he revealed more and more about Wally West. The phone call he made that he regretted forever. Her father blamed himself for Wally's death, it was pretty clear. Everything she's heard from both her father and Jason's mother suddenly completes the jigsaw puzzle in her head.

"Jason, I think I know what our next move is." She says.

"Really?" he asks, moving away from the window.

"This is the phone call that's going to send your parents back into action. Don't you see what we can do?" she asks.

He thinks for a while and then sighs. "I'm clueless."

"We're in the past, in the time your father died. We know how life's gonna be. We have a chance here, Jason. A chance to change history."

"You mean…?"

"If we succeed, we can stop your father dying."

Artemis clenches her hands into fists. "Please tell me they'll be fine." She can feel her eyes starting to get hot.

"Jason's gonna be fine, Artemis." Dick assures her.

"Oh, when he gets back, he's gonna be so grounded." She's tearing up now, horrified at the thought of something happening to her baby boy.

"I don't think they went willingly." He says.

Her eyes widen. "What do you mean?"

"Look at this. The ground was a tad damp from the rain we had last night. Their footprints are here and they simply, vanish." He points. "And I found this beside Zaina's footsteps." He holds up a thin silver band. "It's her bracelet. She always wears it as it was a gift from her mother, and the only connection we have to her." He pauses for a second. "She always wears it around. It's hard to get it off her. So, I have a feeling that they weren't even abducted."

"If they weren't abducted, then where are they?"

Zaina finally steps out of the bush, grateful for the chance to stretch her legs again. She didn't know how her father did it, but she didn't want to find out either. She quickly gestures for Jason to hurry up. He joins her outside his house, smoothening the wrinkles she left in his hoodie.

"So, what's the plan?" he asks.

"I remember my dad telling me that he had made a temporary base at Bludhaven. So, I think we should head there. From there, we can find out where the rendezvous is." She suggests. He nods. "I'm cool with that. But, how are we gonna get to Bludhaven? It's not like it's just a five minute walk."

"We'll use the zeta tubes."

"Huh?"

A/N: Hope you liked the flashback. The next chapter will have Artemis and Jason in it.

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