Bruce finally opened his eyes and realized he was lying on something soft. Suddenly he heard someone call his name.
"Bruce?" When his head finally cleared, he saw Dick and Alfred staring at him. He realized that he was back in the manor in the living room lying on the sofa. Immediately he got up and hugged Dick carefully.
"Are you ok? Are you hurt?"
"I'm okay Bruce."
"Damian?"
"He still hasn't come home." Bruce then got up but was pushed down by Alfred.
"Sir you need to rest."
"No! Those animals have him. I have to save him!"
"You're in no condition to…" Suddenly the trio heard a loud 'thump' coming from the roof. The group froze in place and tried to find who/what made that noise.
"No! They're here!" Dick said going into panic mode.
"Alfred, get him to the safe room in the cave!"
"What about you?"
"I'll give you time to get there."
"You can't go out there alone!"
"I have to. Get to the safe room now!" Bruce said getting up and ran out of the living room. Alfred took Dick's hand and the two sped off into the secret entrance. Once the hands were in the right position, Alfred once again grabbed Dick's hand locking the door from the inside and ran. Alfred then went to the computer to see how many there were. Meanwhile Bruce had run to the front hall to see hundreds of owls.
"I'm in position sir." Alfred called.
"How many?"
"They are everywhere sir."
"I figured that part." He said while being surrounded by a bunch and using his athletics to pin them down.
"No sir. They are all over the property. Master Bruce you need help!" Alfred said but then in the distance a 'hoot hoot' was heard.
"Alfred? Alfred are you there?!" Bruce called but there was nothing but static. "Damn!" Bruce said and used his skills to jump of one of the windows and climbed on the roof with the Talons right behind him.
"There's nowhere to run Bruce. Wherever you go we will find you and the "Gray Son of Gotham' will be ours."
"No he won't!" Bruce shouted and used one of the lightning rods (with a bat on the top no less) and pinned one of the Talons that was attacking him to the roof. He took this distraction to activate a switch on one of the chimneys.
"You're going down Wayne." One said.
"Good choice of words." He said and dived into the chimney that immediately closed once he was in. All that was left to do was shimmy down the tube that led right to the cave. Once he got there, he didn't see Dick or Alfred.
"Alfred? Dick are you here?" He called but out of the shadows came none other than William Cobb.
"So this is what the Batcave looks like."
"Where's Damian?!
"He belongs to me now. Both of them did until my grandson joined forces with you."
"They don't belong to you!"
"Richard belonged to me long before you took him in. He was born to serve the court; and me." Cobb said making Bruce clench his fists.
"Over my dead body."
"That was the plan." Cobb said pulling out his blades. He was ready to fight when the giant penny sitting in the cave started to fall and crushed him. He fell unconscious but not dead. Where the penny once stood were Alfred and Dick squeezing the life out of his arm.
"Are you alright?"
"Besides my arm being deprived of blood I'm fine sir." He said and they heard explosions coming from the ceiling, the walls, everywhere in the cave.
"The armory! Quickly!" He said to Alfred and grabbed Dick's hand running to the armory. It was a fairly large room where most of the gadgets and computer that controlled the cave. They finally reached it just as the talons started to come to the cave. Some went to help Cobb escape the penny that was crushing him, while other went after the family. Alfred and Bruce quickly pulled the door closed but not before Cobb had gotten out.
"Not to worry Bruce. We'll find a way in." Cobb said before the door was closed and locked up tight. After the trio caught their breath, Bruce took Dick to a hidden door that led to the safe room. The room was bullet proof, fire proof, and couldn't be harmed even with a nuclear bomb. To open the door it required voice command, eye scan, and palm scan. Once this was done, Bruce quickly shoved Dick inside and took off his mask for a second. Without thinking, he hugged Dick and kissed his forehead, whispered 'I love you,' and closed the door before Dick could try to get out.
"Dad! No!" He shouted but the door was already closed and locked up tight. After Dick was safe, he quickly loaded into one of Lucius's new gadgets that was basically a giant robot Batman. Meanwhile Alfred had gotten his shotgun and fully loaded it.
"Please be careful sir." Alfred told Bruce.
"Don't worry about me Alfred. But if anything happens…"
"No! I am not taking care of the young masters on my own! Don't you dare force me." He shouted back at Bruce who gave a quick nod and suited up. Once he was ready, Alfred opened the doors and readied for attack.
"Now I'm only gonna say this once you sons of bi*****! Get the hell out of my house! Batman in robot suit said and proceeded to knock down ten talons at once at a time. Then Alfred came out and started shooting any Talons that got near him or the 'safe place.' After securely locking the safe place entrance, he went behind the bat-bot and continued shooting. After most of the talons were out of the way, Batman and Alfred went to the ledge.
"Sir we've got to get to that utility closet!" Alfred said and Batman got a clear visual. After Alfred climbed on, Batman jumped down to the utility closet. While keeping the remaining Talons off Alfred, Alfred went and pushed a button causing the entire cave to get a blast of cold air. This caused the remaining Talon to stop moving completely.
Meanwhile with Damian
After Damian had regain consciousness, he noticed he was in some sort of pod with green Lazarus liquid filling his tube up. Quickly he started to hit the glass as hard as he could with only one goal in mind; get out and get to Grayson. After that didn't work, he decided to try and take apart the whole tube. After taking a pin out, some liquid started pouring out of the hole. Then he had managed to get his hand through the hole and pull the release valve making his pod fall and shatter to the ground. Afterwards he got up and sprinted out of there as fast as he could. Robin had secretly hid his bag containing his weapons and his phone. Quickly he called Dick but got no answer.
'Dammit!' he whispered and called the next best person besides his father; Alfred.
"Pennyworth! This is Damian!"
"Master Damian?! Where are you?"
"No time just listen. The talons can't survive in temperatures below freezing. Get the cave as cold as you can. Is Grayson safe?!"
"Yes sir he is. Now where…"
"Be there shortly." He said and hung up. Then after grabbing the knife he had brought home the night Dick went out on his own to find Batman, he snuck into the cave. He hid in the shadows just like Dick had shown him a few months ago. Now all that was left to do was wait for the right moment. He watched his father fight in the bat-bot and Cobb surprised him with a sneak attack and pushed him off the edge of the platform. The bat-bot fell about twenty stories before hitting the ground hard. Cobb then climbed down to inspect his work.
"This is it, Bruce Wayne. The Court of owls has sentenced you to…" Suddenly the head of the bot suddenly shot off in full force knocking Cobb down. Batman climbed out of the suit and ripped of his shredded mask furious. Then he started walking towards Cobb.
"You and the Court tried to take control of my city, destroy my home, but worst of all, you messed with my kids. So this is gonna hurt. And I'm gonna enjoy every second of it." Bruce said cracking his knuckles and smiling at the end. The two then engaged in one-on-one combat. Each move was fast and blocked by the other. Bruce ducked and punched giving all his effort and strength in this opponent. All he could think of was that boy who had called him dad a few minutes ago. He knew that it was just a simple slip of words but that one word was enough to give everything he had. Unfortunately Bruce didn't see that Cobb had a knife behind his back and once he was in position, stabbed him in the ribs. Gasping for air, he suddenly fell to the ground.
"You're boy is mine now. And as for my grandson he will be dealt with; slowly and painfully." Cobb said and started kicking and stabbing him repeatedly until he was nearly unconscious.
"Stop!" Another voice shouted. Cobb turned around and saw Dick Grayson staring at him.
"No sir! What are you doing?!" He heard Alfred scream in his comm.
"I'm sorry Alfred. Override Armory doors RG2! Lockdown!" He shouted taking out his comm. piece and everything in the cave was locked tight.
"Well. We finally meet face-to-face grandson." Cobb said turning all his attention to Dick.
"D…Dick. Run." Bruce moaned but was kicked again finally knocking him unconscious.
"Stop all this. It's me you want. Leave the Waynes alone."
"The Waynes have been targets for the court for many years; even before I sacrificed everything for you Gray Son. I am the reason for your existence Richard. All so you could take my place as The Gray Son of Gotham; the best Talon the world has ever seen. But now it is my duty to finish what I started."
"Okay. Do what you want with me but leave Bruce and Alfred alone; please."
"Begging from the Gray Son; pathetic." He said raising his hand ready to kill him.
"No!" Robin shouted and jumped down in front of Dick as Cobb stepped backwards. "You stay the hell away from him!"
"You stupid boy! I'll end all of you!" He shouted. Robin then ran at Cobb trying to fight his attacks but he was too quick.
"Grayson move!" He shouted at Dick who started taking a few steps back. Damian was then knocked down and kicked. He then went over to Bruce who was still unconscious.
"Now I'll make you both suffer." He said picking Bruce up by his head.
"No!" Dick shouted and Robin immediately got up and gave every punch and kick that he had which made Cobb drop Bruce to the ground. After a minute, Damian grabbed his knife and aimed it at Talon's neck.
"You could never replace Batman. He's my father!" He shouted and Bruce meanwhile was starting to come too again. That's when Cobb suddenly smiled.
"Did I ever tell you I was a master sword thrower?" Cobb asked and threw his knife at Damian who ducked. The knife bounced off the wall and went behind him. Suddenly a soft gasp was heard. Damian turned around and saw Dick standing behind him. What really caught his attention was that the knife that had bounced off the wall was now deep into his brother's chest with blood oozing down onto the floor. Dick looked down at the knife in shock and back at his family. Damian went wide eyed and mouthed the word 'no,' and Batman was trying to fight through the excruciating pain to stand up and get to Dick.
"My work here is done." He said grabbing Damian's hand and forcing him to stab the knife he was holding through his throat.
"No!" Damian said releasing the blade and Cobb fell to the floor dead. That's when it finally kicked in that Dick had been stabbed. Damian ran over just in time to catch his brother who was starting to fall to the ground with a large puddle of blood surrounding him.
"Grayson?! Grayson, stay with me kid." He said ripping off his cape and trying to not move the blade while stopping the blood flow. Dick meanwhile was breathing short, gasp-full breaths.
"D-Dame…me." Dick gasped out in pain. Dick continued to breathe short gasps until he took one big breath. When he exhaled, his whole body fell limp and his skin started turning a deep pale color.
"Grayson? Hey Grayson you gotta stay awake." Damian said shaking him a little.
No answer
"Come on Grayson this isn't funny. I'm not playing games here."
No answer
"Grayson if you don't quit this right now I…I'll never talk to you again."
No response
"I swear Grayson. If you don't get up I'll…I'll renounce you as my brother!"
…
"I'm gonna do it Grayson. You better wake up now!" Damian shouted but still got nothing and his eyes started getting glassy and vision started blurring.
"I, Damian Thomas Wayne, being of soul and mind, herby denounce you as…my…" Damian shouted again with his vision almost completely blurring. Then his eyes started overflowing with tears that rolled down his cheeks and that was enough to completely destroy him. Damian started sobbing hysterically. His father was crawling over to him with immense sadness, anger, and fear. Once he finally got over to the two, his oldest looked up at him with large tears still rolling down his cheek.
"Help me! Please!" He begged to him. This was the cruelest torture the young man had ever experienced in his life. It went way beyond the death of his parents that had completely destroyed him. It went beyond every criminal act that had ever been done by psychos that plagued his city. This was his greatest creation begging him to save his brother; a boy that had melted his icy heart just two years ago; his own child. It never mattered to him that he personally didn't make this boy; he loved him like he did. Wasting no time, he quickly set Dick on the floor away from the blood and started doing CPR while Damian held his cape on the wound.
"Come on Dick!" Bruce shouted but just like before still got no response. Meanwhile Alfred had finally gotten out of the utility shed and dropped his gun when he saw the scene before him.
"Alfred! Call Leslie! Tell her to hurry! GO!" Bruce shouted angrily. He wasn't mad at Alfred of course but his emotions were running high.
Break*Break*Break
A few hours, Dick was laying on his bed with a ventilator hooked up to him. As soon as Leslie had heard what happened, she rushed over to help. When she got there, the family still was doing CPR. Unable to bring his heart back, Leslie put him on the ventilator to help him breathe and gave him medication that would keep him in a coma for a while so he could rest. Meanwhile they could focus on the blood problem. Leslie had diagnosed him as going into hypovolemic shock due to the amount of blood loss from the knife wound to the chest that had damaged his Aorta. Leslie predicted that once they got his blood bumping through his heart again and could breathe on his own, he may wake up after plenty of rest. Damian feeling incredibly guilty never left Dick's side.
"Bruce I need to tell you something." He heard Leslie tell his father.
"Tell me it's good news."
"I wish it was. We've given Dick all the blood he can have in the cave that we have but he still needs a little more. However we may not have enough time to get more."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm just a free clinic doctor. I don't have enough and the only place that has more is a hospital. Then I'd have to write a report on why he needs blood."
"Then do it! I don't care if they know or not!"
"Bruce he needs it now; otherwise his blood won't pump through his heart. Time is not on our side." Bruce suddenly started to panic.
"I've got A positive and so does Alfred. Leslie…"
"Dick's got A negative blood Bruce and I have AB negative. Otherwise I would do it in a heartbeat. I'm sorry." Bruce then turned around and leaned on the wall with one hand and put the other on his forehead. Damian meanwhile had started to panic similar to his father. He couldn't bear the thought of losing the person who he called brother. Especially after all the terrible things he had done to him.
'Dick's got A-.'
Damian's eyes went wide as he remembered what Leslie had said. Quickly he ran out of the room to where Bruce and Leslie were.
"Tompkins! I have O negative!" He shouted.
"What?!" Leslie asked.
"O negative can be donated to any blood type! I have O-! Take it all. I don't care just take it!" Damian shouted holding his arm out. Leslie and Bruce looked at each other and Leslie got her equipment out. Quickly she extracted the blood she needed. After she was done, she quickly took about two minutes to test Damian's blood. Once it was all clear, she put the blood in a bag and started to connect it to one of Dick's veins. Meanwhile Damian ran to the kitchen, grabbed a single candlestick, a lighter, and sprinted back to Dick's side.
"Tompkins. I want to give Grayson my blood." Leslie nodded without asking why. That's when Damian took the lighter, lit the candle and raised his right hand.
"I, Damian Thomas Wayne, being of soul and mind, hereby declare you, Richard John Grayson as my brother by blood. I swear to always look out for you and protect you from the evils of the world. I'll train you to be a master crime fighter and the heir to my legacy as Robin. No matter what happens Grayson, I'll always be there for you. I love you kid and no force will ever change that." Damian said and proceeded to light the candle and connect the I.V to the bag. The whole family watched as the blood flowed down the I.V into Dick's vein.
I can't believe that we only have one chapter left. I'm still not sure about doing Bad Blood but I'll have to watch it again just to see if you guys are interested in me doing it. You all know my thing about music to set the tone and this time it's We've Both Changed from Brave. Brave is not my favorite movie I just like listening to the soundtrack. Hope you guys enjoyed it and see you in the last chapter.
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