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So as our story begins to draw to a close I have been asked if I am doing a sequel. After this chapter there will be one more than an epilogue and we are done. So all I want to know is do you guys want me to do a sequel to this story? It would probably be something along the lines of DeathStroke following them to the past and trying to get past Robin under his leadership as his new apprentice, and the Justice League having to protect their little Robin. Please reply and tell me if this is something you guys would be interested in me doing. If you're not then I'll just wrap up this work and be done with it. Anyway onto the story enjoy the last chapter with them in the future!

Previously on Ten Years Later

"I want you to meet the newest addition to our family… Maria Sarah Grayson."

There were only three times in The Dark Knights life where he could remember being absolutely terrified. The first was the first night that Dick had had a nightmare. He had no idea how to raise a child, hell he could barely take care of himself let alone an eight year old. But something about that boy was so endearing that he couldn't bare to send him back to the juvenile center. After putting him to bed Bruce was left fighting his own invisible demons when he heard a scream, a scream that seemed to pierce through his very soul. He had run through the manor and swung open the door to Richard's room. When he saw his ward thrashing about screaming for his parents in Romanian he was so scared and had no idea how to comfort the small child. Only when he remembered what Alfred used to do to him when he woke up in the middle of the night was he able to try and calm the crying boy.

The second time was when the Young Justice Team and kids all over the world had disappeared without a trace. He had been so frantic that he left the Justice League mid-way through their investigation and zeta-tubed home hoping to see his children hanging about as they usually did in the Batcave. Instead he found a bemused butler exclaiming that "the young masters had vanished into thin air!" After the whole fiasco with Dr. Fate Batman had pulled all his sons aside and shocked them (and the other heroes) by gathering them in a group hug.

The third and final time was as he held little Maria in his arms. Barbra had offered her to him after both Tim and Damian had coed over her (yes Damian is capable of cooing) and he had cautiously placed her into his arms. As soon as he had, he was frightened by how small and fragile she seemed compared to him. Even when Dick had made his way into Bruce's life there had been a sense of durability that surrounded him. But Maria was the complete opposite, she couldn't even lift her head without someone doing it for her and it scared him to be handling something so delicate.

Besides fear however two other emotions squeezed their way into his heart at the sight of her. Love and protectiveness, with just a glimpse at her blue eye's so similar to her fathers he knew he was hooked around her little finger and would do anything and everything in his power to keep her safe. As he thought all of this out the present Justice League had joined them in the room to spot the newest addition to their giant family. Grudgingly Batman had passed the child to Meghan who squealed at her adorableness and showed her to Conner who smiled softly at her.

Growing uncomfortable around everyone Bat's moved through the small crowd and walked out of the med-room where he saw his Justice League standing in a circle talking to each other. They looked up as he exited the room and moved forward everyone with a serious yet happy look on their face. Diana stepped forward and moved towards his side placing a firm hand on his shoulder as she did so.

"We figured with everyone preoccupied, now would be as good a time as ever to return home. Barry studied the clock Warp had had and figured out how to reverse it to get us back to our time in 2012. It will be off by a few days but not enough to cause more than some slight panic." Batman nodded at the information and Flash stepped forward holding the instrument in his hands.

"The machine was rather easy to change if I did it correctly (which I did) all we need is to go to the place we wish to be at when we're sent back. We'll probably pass out for a moment but when we wake up we'll be back in the past…er…present." Aquaman stepped forward as he stared at the clock.

"I guess the only question now is where do we want to be sent back to?" The group looked at each other curiously trying to come up with the best place they could go to, it was Hal who answered.

"How about the WatchTower?"

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It hadn't been hard to get into the headquarters seeing as they were already in the computers database, and with everyone distracted with the baby no goodbyes were made which was probably for the best. The group gathered around in a line as Barry set everything up; as soon as they were ready the machine would make a portal for them letting them walk through and send them back to the programed time. After a moment of tinkering the speedster finally stopped his hand hesitantly hovering over the button. He looked up a conflicted look settled on his face as he stared at his teammates.

"Are we sure we want to do this guys?" The other founders glanced confusingly at him and his question.

"Oh course we want to, we need to get back to our time otherwise we won't be there for our protégés or for the world like how it was here." Superman said firmly; Flash shuffled nervously rising up from the clock as he did so.

"But if we go back the future will change, this future won't exist anymore. What if Dick and Barbra don't get together or Artemis and Wally? What if we mess up and the world is destroyed? What if a future with us in it completely messes up everything? What if Maria is never born or Iris or Cassie!" Batman stepped forward a grabbed his shoulder comfortingly.

"That all very well may happen, but we can't not go back in fear of what may happen. We need to go back to our protégés and family's and lives', yes the future will be different but it will be what it's meant to be for us. And rather it's good or bad that's our future and we can't change it. In this future everything will still be like this, once we go back it will break away from our timeline and become its own. So even if Maria or Iris aren't there they will be here." Barry looked down for a moment before nodding slowly.

"Your right we need to go back and the sooner we do the better." Looking back up he smiled at everyone as he moved his hand back towards the button. "I don't know about you guys but I'm ready to go home." The others returned his smile and nodded, and without further hesitation he pushed the button.

The machine started shaking before a large glowing white light started emitting from it, forming a dense circular portal in the air. From the other side they could see their WatchTower which was not as upgraded as the one they currently were in. Flash was the first one in, followed by Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and the others. As they walked through the imaged wavered and distorted itself, finally Batman was the only one left and after sending a quick glance behind him he made his way into the portal. As soon as he was in two dark shapes that had been hiding in the hallway dashed inside the room and towards the white portal which had begun to shrink. As quickly as possible the first man who appeared to be none other than Warp launched himself into the light as he was followed by the other who moved so fast that all you could see of him, was a strange streak of orange and black.

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DONE! With this chapter anyway….Two more then we are truly finished. Please Review and tell me if you're interested in a sequel like I mentioned above. AND JUST REVIEW BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME AND WANT TO DO THIS FOR ME!