Whoa, we've reach the ending of the second movie, which I altered to my liking. Hehe. Anyways, please enjoy like always! :)

Chapter 13:

Delphinium heard a casket fell onto the floor below and crashed into pieces. She knew Damian managed to free himself. She walked out into the open to go see him. She saw him observing something on the floor.

"Took you long enough," she spoke up, jumping down and landed right beside him.

"Shut up," Damian said, still coughing.

Delphinium smiled to him. Damian stared at her. He was surprised to see her hair. The older girl explained that she changed her looks so that the Court didn't know about her sister.

"So, why did you join them?" Damian asked.

"To put a stop to this ridiculous idea of using dead bodies to make armies," Delphinium replied calmly.

"You are so twisted," the boy said.

"I know. I could live with that. I don't want to drag her with me, though…" the girl sighed.

"How come you two are sisters?" Damian remarked.

A bit ticked off, Delphinium asked, "Why?"

"She's a crybaby, you're a daredevil," he said calmly.

"That's why I am her sister, not her twin or the exact mirror of her," the girl replied angrily.

"I see. She is a wonder, though…" he muttered.

Delphinium was curious and so she asked, "Why is that so?"

"She never stops looking after me," Damian whispered.

The girl could hear him. She whispered as well, "Don't take her for granted, Damian…"

Damian chose to ignore her and made a call to Alfred. "Pennyworth, this is Damian."

Delphinium raised a brow. She glanced up at what he was staring just now.

"Master Damian? Where are you? How..?" Alfred's questions were cut off.

"No questions, just listen. The talons can't function in subzero cold," Damian stated.

"Where are you, Master Damian?" Alfred asked again.

"I'll be back soon," the boy replied, cutting the line off.

"Going back already?" Delphinium asked.

"Batman needs his Robin right now…" the boy replied, stretching his arms.

Delphinium observed him from head to toe. She kind of understood why her sister would fall for such a guy. Damian is unique in more than one way.

"She's crying Damian…" she muttered.

"Why do I have to care?" he shot a question.

Delphinium sighed. "Because you promised me. Damian, you can't always be like this."

"I choose my own path. Don't interfere," the boy said.

"Well then, don't come to me if you ever lose her," the older girl muttered, showed him the escape route that will lead to the manor fastest and left him there to think.

Damian scoffed and muttered, "Why would I worry about losing her? She's my servant…"

While that was happening, Daphne was in Damian's room, the sword in her hands. For some reason, she wanted to keep the sword safe. She wasn't able to escape on time. The talons had invaded the mansion. She put on her Phoenix uniform, slipped the sword onto her back and jumped out of the windows. She hid behind some bushes when she saw talons climbing up the roof of the mansion. She took a deep breath, hoping that their leader didn't spot her. Then, she rushed to the courtyard where one of the escape pods to get to the Batcave was.

"Daphne, where have you been?" Dick's voice was heard.

"Master Dick! What happened?!" she exclaimed when she saw his condition.

She rushed to help him patch himself up. Batman soon made an appearance.

"There're too many of those things to fight without help," Batman said, approaching the two, "Progress report, Alfred."

"Soon, I hope," Alfred replied from the screen behind Daphne and Dick.

"Soon may not be good enough," Batman replied sternly.

A bomb was heard and the ground above them fell. Dick held the girl in his arms. Talons jumped down into the cave. Daphne widened her eyes. Batman handed her a small pouch full of bombs. He told her to aim and throw towards the Talons as many as she could. She obeyed, rushing to hide. Batman and Nightwing started to fight the hoard of talons again. Daphne hid behind a giant screen. She aimed at the talons behind the ones that the two were fighting. She threw a bomb to each one of them. Most of them hit the talons' head and some missed. When she was out of bombs, she had to change her hiding spot so that the talons couldn't find her. Batman and Nightwing split up. Nightwing rushed up the stairs while Batman rushed towards a giant door.

"Alfred," he called.

"A few more adjustments, sir," the butler replied, "You see, I've received some pertinent information from Master…"

Batman interrupted him, "Just open the damn doors."

Meanwhile, Daphne backed away when three talons approached her. Her mind was blanked because she was panicking. She remembered Damian's sword. She bit her lower lip and grab onto the hilt. She shut her eyes and screamed as she rushed in to cut the obstacles in front of her. Her breath was frantic. She looked around but Batman was nowhere to be found. She caught sight of Nightwing fighting a man who had his mask off. Nightwing was having a hard time. She saw the man stabbed Nightwing on both of his shoulders.

"Master Dick!" she screamed, catching the man's attention.

He turned to her with a smirk. Daphne panicked when he jumped right in front of her.

"Daphne, run!" Nightwing called out.

Two talons suddenly kicked the man away from Daphne. The girl stared. The talons took off their masks to reveal who they were: Tiara and Mana.

"Miss Daphne, we've come for you," Tiara said.

"You are?" Daphne asked.

"Now's not the time for introduction," Mana warned, as some talons started to surround them.

The two started to fight as Daphne stood in shock behind them. The brown haired man came again and snatched the girl away. She screamed in agony as the talon glove on his right hand ripped her skin. Batman made an appearance in his Bat Armor. With Alfred on his back, they went down to the utility core. Alfred reduced the temperature of the Batcave, freezing all of the talons, except for the brown haired man and Delphinium's maids. Tiara and Mana decided to hide first. Daphne struggled to stand up as she saw the man, ready to strangle her to death. He stopped when he noticed his talons were all frozen. Driven by anger, he took the Batmobile and aimed at Batman. They started to fight.

"Batman…" Daphne muttered.

Batman had fallen and the last talon was ready to eliminate him.

"I've taken your boy…" he started, kicking Batman.

Daphne summoned all of her strength to stand up. She saw the talon stomping onto Batman's back. He took out his talons, ready to stab him. She jumped onto him.

"Like I would let you kill him!" she shouted, angry and scared.

The man grabbed her and slammed her onto the floor. She cringed in pain but that didn't stop her. She got back up, trying to kick him. He easily grabbed her left foot and swung her around before slamming her again. she coughed out blood.

"You should die first!" he exclaimed.

"No!" a voice came.

Robin jumped down with the sai in his hand. Daphne smiled when she saw him.

"Master D-Damian…" she muttered.

Robin rushed to his father's side, checking up on him.

"Damian, listen to me, he's not worth it. Let him go. Let him die," he said to the boy.

"Like you let you father die?" Robin remarked.

"Stupid boy," Talon said, charging in.

Damian jumped away from his attack but got kicked instead. He punched the boy and smashed him onto the floor. Damian almost passed out from the hit.

"Damian he'll never let you go," the man said, strangling Bruce, "For us to be free, he has to die. The Wayne fortune will be ours. The Owls, they'll never find us. Tell him goodbye, Damian."

Damian grunted. He stood up and rushed to the man holding his father by his throat. Damian pointed his sai towards him.

"You filthy ingrate! Everything I've done for you and this is how you repay me?! Then so be it," he said, taking out a sai too.

Daphne dragged herself to Bruce's side to check his wounds. There was no more blood gushing out and she was glad. Her back started to ache. She was losing her conscious.

"You could never replace Batman," she heard Damian said, "He's my father."

Bruce suddenly stood up. He heard every word that his son had uttered. Daphne backed away. The talon grabbed his hand and stabbed the sai into right through his throat.

"Don't doubt your instinct," were his last words.

Daphne closed her eyes in disgust. Bruce went up to his son.

"Are you all right?" he asked and helped him stand up.

Damian stared down. Bruce placed his hand on his shoulder.

"I'm proud of you. Welcome home, Damian," he muttered.

Damian backed away. "No. I could have killed him. Maybe I should have," he said, staring at the sai, "But you were in my head. You won't let me."

"Master Damian?" Daphne whispered.

"You, Talia, Ra's, that girl, you're all in here. But where am I?" he groaned, staring at Bruce.

Bruce looked at him tenderly and kept on listening. "How can I be the son you need me to be when I don't even know who I am?" Damian muttered, glancing at Bruce, "I have to go."

"Damian," Bruce called, stopping him, "There's a school…"

"In Switzerland… Yeah, you told me about it," Damian replied.

"No. No, this is a monastery in the Himalayas. I stayed there years ago when I was lost, troubled. The monks helped me in ways that proved to be very…" his words were cut off.

"I don't need any help," he raised his voice. Seeing how Bruce reacted, he said, "But maybe I will later on."

For the first time in all of the months, Damian hugged his father. Bruce hugged his son tight. Daphne smiled at the scene.

Pulling away, Damian muttered, "I've got some packing to do."

Daphne watched as he left his father there. She staggered up to Bruce.

"You need medical help," she stated.

Bruce held her as she was falling. "So do you," he said, smiling at her.

She smiled back before collapsing. They went up to help Nightwing. Alfred came and treated the three of them. Alfred decided to send her back to her room. Bruce and Dick were visited by Tiara and Mana.

Meanwhile, Damian had snuck into Daphne's room. He was looking for something without her consent. He saw what he was looking for – her hairpin. It was a matching hairpin with Delphinium's hairband. He slipped it into his pocket. Then, he went back to his room to get his travel bag. Alfred reached her room. He was about to open it when Damian pulled it open instead. The boy looked a bit surprised when he saw her condition.

"L-Leaving already?" the butler asked.

"Yeah…" he replied, looking away.

"You're…not going to say goodbye to Miss Daphne?" Alfred asked, raising a brow.

Damian glanced up at the girl. He took a deep breath and shook his head. Damian walked passed them. He said goodbye and was on his way. Alfred sighed. He went into Daphne's room. As he tucked her into bed, she cringed a bit. The pain from her back was stabbing her like a million needles.

"Miss Daphne…" Alfred muttered sadly.

"Daphne…" Dick appeared by the door.

Daphne suddenly woke up upon hearing him said her name. She stared at Dick and then, at Alfred. The young man gestured at the two girls standing behind him. Tiara and Mana smiled to her. Bruce and Dick explained that Delphinium had called a few hours before the talons invaded the manor.

"She wants to have you back," Bruce said, glancing up at the two maids, "They came here to get you. Delphinium is expecting you to be by her side."

"The company is on the verge of bankruptcy. Miss Aldrin, uh…I mean, Miss Delphinium can't make it on her own," Tiara explained, turning to Mana.

"She needs you by her side since you have learnt a lot of new business knowledge from Mr. Wayne here…" Mana continued.

"I know you may need time to think…" Bruce muttered.

"I'll go…" Daphne spoke up.

Everyone was surprised. Dick asked, "Are you sure?"

Nodding once, the girl replied, "Just…let me pack my things…"

She staggered out of the bed. Tiara, Mana, Dick, Bruce and Alfred looked at each other. Bruce told the two girls that Daphne has always been like this whenever Damian makes her sad. Bruce excused himself to go to Damian's room. Daphne came out after thirty minutes. Tiara carried her bag for her.

"Let's go," she said.

"Wait…Daphne," Bruce called.

Daphne froze when Bruce placed a hoodie onto her back. The smell reminded her of Damian. She started to cry again, falling to her knees. Dick hugged the girl, being the brother he should be. She pulled at his shirt, sobbing hard.

"I'll come visit. I promise," he whispered to her.

"Hmm…" she muttered, hiccupping.

Mana picked the girl up. They bid farewell to the three men and left the manor. They sent a text to Delphinium to tell her the news.

Daphne Aldrin is coming back.

Delphinium received the text. A smirk formed on her face. She turned around to look at the hologram screen in front of her. She was doing some online shopping for her sister. She scrolled a few more things before closing the screen.

"I can't wait to see you, Phoenix…" she sighed.