An: i am a total stranger to physics. Hahaha. *wipe tears

Chapter 6

Bruce was sipping a cup of tea when alfred who had gone to pick up the phone earlier came back with sad news. "Its the kidnappers sire, if you please "

Dick didnt even look horrified anymore because its almost a regular occurence meanwhile superman was shock. Superman watch as Bruce squeeze the bridge of his nose before he grab the phone. He look suddenly old.

"Go." bruce told Dick as he excuse himself and made his way at the office to answer the call.

"You coming?" Dick asked Superman.

Superman curious agreed.

The two were soon walking in the driveway twards the main gate. Superman was still feeling weak so dick slow their walk to a nice ramble. Superman was nodding at the right place as dick repeat the story of a kryptonite legend named Nightwing.

As they reach the place, dick surprise him by just leaning there on the wall. "You might as well get comfortabe matey. This wil take anywhere from haf an hour to two hours."

Superman spied a bench and he began to soak in the sunlight. He might have been dozing too but he perk up when he saw dick straighten from his pose.

"Delivery." Jason quip when he came close enough to put the two kids down instead of hurling them in the air as he plan. His plan got ruin when he caught superman.

Superman was curious as Jason seemed to be wearing an old pair of jeans and a jacket which is far from the look he normally wear in the mansion. Plus the bike seemed too hardcore and punk to be one of bruce's.

Tim look shellshock. Damian look cheerful Damian still sport his school uniform while tim look like he come out from a gang war.

Dick grab his youngest bro in both shoulder and scream, "are you okey?! Do you want a piggyback ride?!"

Meanwhile Tim without being prompted explain dazedly that they got kidnap along the way when he was about to get damian to school.

Jason explain that he saw the two barely 20 minutes ago when they went to his apartment, which is the closest thing from the hideout they escape from.

"What?! Crime alley!" Superman squeeked, looking at jason in a whole new light.

"What?! I frequent the shelter for homeless orphanage there." Jason said defensively. His brothers gape at him.

Dick seeing that damian is alright, solemnly produce two brushes. Tim sigh as he grab one brush and he walk stiff-legged towards home.

"What happen?" Dick asked him quietly as he catch up to him.

"Well," tim said as he kick a pebble," damian did this whole kick ass thing while being as unrobinlike as possible...so hmm...ehh, he was smiling the entire time like a psychopath...he escape our kidnappers naturally and as usual he left me behind …"

Dick wince at that, he remind himself to try harder in forging friendshil between the two. "So how did you escape?"

"Well," tim drawl, "i explain to them that damian might come back especialy if he got lost and im the ony one who knows how to get the kid home."

Jason look up from maintaining his hold on damian who is piggyback riding at superman when he heard dick laughing.

"What is with the brush?" Superman keep asking.

Batman was like a looming shadow that night as he keep an eye on tim and damian as he watch them clean the batcave .

##

It took three more kidnapping attempts before Superman became one of the victim. By then, he was surrounded by victims made pro by kidnappers that he didnt have time to be afraid when he gain consciousness and find himself trap in a room with the wayne kids.

"Thank god youre awake." Jason remark. "I have a hard time blocking these two from giving you mouth to mouth resucitation." he give both tim and dick a look of disgust.

"What h-happen?" superman stammer out as he gawked at the warehouse theyre lock far as he recall the last thing that he was doing that make any sense was that, he and the kid whom he coined "ang3l" (its damian for the rest of us) were just hanging out in companiable silence in the garden and now theyre here.

"Odorless knockout gas." Damian said in a matter of fact tone.

"knock in the jollies"

"Slip on a tile while running away."

"Promise a bag of candies in a van."

"Dick! Youre an idiot."

"What? Why?!"

"How do we get out?" Superman ask as he look at the empty place with despair.

"There." Dick said cheerfully pointing out at the windows which is several feet above the wall.

"Any other suggestion? Coz u know i cant still fly!" Superman said in hysterics.

"Chill." Tim said as he clasp his hand on clark's shoulder. "My older brothers got this." he pointed.

Jason loll his head, roll up his sleeve and began to swing his arms around. "Ready to fly dickiebird?" He smirk at the eldest.

"Yup little wing." Dick smirk back as he jog backwards away from jason.

Tim unconsciously began to do a sports commentator voice over as superman, damian and himself were watching frim the sidelines.

Dick, master of showmanship, didnt disappoint. The execution and style were perfection. Superman was gobsmacked, wondering if he ever fly with such grace and power. He was still reeling as dick began to pull his brothers up in their escape route with one hand clutching on the open window. Jason was tossing their brothers up. Damian was so casual about the whole ordeal as jason pick him up by his armpits and toss him while he was still cross legged towards dick.

Tim was so light that jason just blow him up towards dick. Dick delicately put tim beside damian.

"Your turn." jason said as he made a grab for superman's wrist.

"Wai-" superman was sputtering as he got whirled likE a disc and is now flying straight into the wall.

"Gotcha." Tim said as he yank him mid air and with a powerful grip that belied his lanky frame, he pull him in the window.

"What about you?!" Superman asked as he watch jason looking up at them with a solemn look.

"He is no stranger to death." Superman swear that this was what damian was mumbling about.

Jason casually began to run forward, and perform some basic gymnastic move before he also fly.

Almost as a unit, the threeother kidsbegan to makea human chain asthey realize that jason lacks a few yard to reach the top.

They laugh in relief when they all made it. "I have an apartment nearby. I could order as pizza before we go home." Tim offer.

"Race you guys " damian said gleefully as hejump downfromsuch height withno fear.

"Ohboy."

###

"Mom." Superman croak nearly in tears late that morning as he called his mother in his personal wayne phone. (The wayne phone is encrypted against spying which is one reason superman finally agreed to accept Bruce's gift) "youre right," he said his voice thick with emotions as he raise a brush on his eye level," they DO consider me as a family."

Later…

The four brothers is giving an oblivious happy superman the stink eye as they are cleaning the cars in the garage.

(Bruce wayne, with an aristocratic air, watch the cleaners as he eat his meal on a table while alfred play a violin by his side.)