Bruce wasn't a fairy or a mouse, he realized, as he entered Scarlet's room that night. He had a ten dollar bill clutched tightly in his right hand and was trying to be quiet. Dick had aided him in telling hm what his parents had done, but it'd been much simpler, because in their train car, they all slept in one cozy bed together.
He remembered the conversation he'd had with Dick a few minutes before in the kitchen.
"So, I just sneak in, take the tooth, leave the money, and sneak out, right?" he asked.
"Yes. But you have to be careful. Scarlet's light sleeper." Dick had warned him, and Bruce felt slightly apprehensive.
"Can't you do this, Dick? I mean, you're smaller, quieter..."
"No. What if she caught me, Bruce, she'd never trust me again. If I said I was helping the tooth mouse, she wouldn't believe me. But if she wakes up on you, you can say you were checking to see if the tooth mouse came or that the tooth mouse is friends with Batman or something and just give her the money." Dick said, and Bruce sighed. He hated to admit it, but he was NERVOUS.
His daughter's belief in magic was in his hands, and he'd never been a tooth fairy before.
"Hmmm..." Scarlet muttered in her sleep, and Bruce froze. He was Batman, He should be able to use his stealth to get the tooth and deposit the money no problem. But he'd taught Scarlet to listen to the slightest sounds, the littlest disturbances, and in the room that was so princess-themed, with stupid princess dolls that she made do stunts and stuff laying on the floor, it was like walking through a minefield.
In retrospect, the princess themed room was SO not Scarlet. But he could worry about that later.
He reached the side of her bed and slid his hand cautiously under the pillow, groping in the darkness for a moment untl e found it nd sliding the ten under the pillow... He was oretty good a this, he realized, ans he smiled, and took a step towards the door... Right onto the talking barbie doll.
"Believe in yourself." it chirped. Scarlet stirred, and Bruce ran for it, all confidence evaporated He stubbed his toe on the dresser, but made it out of the room as barbie continued talking, making it out before Scarlet woke up...
He found Dick waiting outside, looking anxious. "You did it?" he whispered worriedly.
"Yes. How many more teeth does the kid have to lose?"