It was two weeks before Christmas and mostly everyone was ready for the holidays to hit full force. Even Bruce Wayne who never had celebrated Christmas after his parents had died was ready. He never saw the point of it with nothing to be happy about; that is until a certain eight year old came into his life. Now Christmas was in full swing at the manor including a tree freshly cut waiting to be decorated, the smell of cookies being made, and an advert calendar personally made by the young Wayne heir after he told his foster father about the one his mother had.

"Does everyone have on their jackets?" Mrs. Fries, the third grade teacher at Gotham Prep asked her class just before dismissing them.

"Yes Mrs. Fries." They responded.

"Good. Now stay safe and warm during the holidays. I'll see you all next year."

"Goodbye Mrs. Fries." Everyone said and walked out the door to their bus or car. Suddenly Mrs. Freeze leaned against the wall and started coughing.

"Are you alright Mrs. Freeze?" Richard Grayson asked.

"Oh yes I'm fine Dick. I'm probably just getting a cold. Is Mr. Pennyworth here?"

"Uh huh he's right there. Bye and merry Christmas."

"Merry Christmas to you too Dick." She said and slowly sat in a chair while still coughing. Richard Grayson meanwhile went to meet the butler who was waiting inside the warm car. "Hi Alfred. You came just in time before the snow storm came."

"Indeed sir. The weather man said it could be record breaking this weekend. I hope it doesn't get too bad for the guests tomorrow night."

"Yeah, I was hoping it would get canceled. Not because of the hospital but so I wouldn't have to go."

"I understand sir. Maybe master Bruce will let you go to bed early." Alfred said pulling away from Gotham Jr. Academy and starting driving back to the manor.

"Maybe. Is Bruce home yet? We still have to decorate the tree tonight for the party tomorrow."

"Indeed he is sir. He is getting the decorations out from the attic."

"Do you think we'll be able to decorate it in time?"

"We must sir. We can't have a Holiday party for the hospital without decorations on the tree. It wouldn't feel right."

"True, so Alfred can you keep a secret?"

"I believe that if I can keep Master Bruce's secret then I can keep yours. What is it young sir?" Alfred asked. Dick opened his backpack and pulled out a snowman made out of a sock. It had red and blue buttons, a black scarf, goo-goo eyes, and a little red pompom nose.

"We made this in Art today to give to our…parents. But Miss Kyle said I could make one for mom and dad and Bruce too. I made this one for Bruce for Christmas. Do you think he'll like it?" Alfred glanced at the present.

"I think he'll love it sir. To my knowledge Master Bruce hasn't gotten anything like that before. Not only that but the fact that you made it by yourself."

"Well, Miss Kyle helped me glue the sock on his head for his hat. That part was hard."

"Well I'm glad you ask for help when you need it unlike someone we know. Now let us hurry home. We have lots to decorate. Once the two got home, Dick ran upstairs to his room, threw down his backpack, took off his uniform and changed into something comfortable, and ran back downstairs where Bruce was setting boxes full of ornaments on the floor.

"Hey Bruce!"

"Oh hi Dick. You ready to start?"

"Yup!"

"Alright than, now I haven't done this in years so you may have to remind me what to do." Bruce said making Dick laugh.

"You haven't done this? Christmas is every year."

"I never celebrated. The last time we even got these ornaments out was when I was eight years old."

"Than what are we waiting for? Let's get started!"

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The next night, the tree was fully decorated and the party was in full force. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves that is except Dick. Then it was time for Bruce's good friend Mr. Boyle to deliver his speech about the new hospital being under the support of GothCorp.

"Thank you Ladies and Gentleman. It is my pleasure as CEO of GothCorp to proudly issue my full support for this hospital. People are getting hurt and falling ill because of criminals that walk the streets of our great city. And when that happens, they are in a state of panic. 'What am I going to do?' 'I can't go to a hospital because I can't afford health insurance.' Well this hospital is just the beginning to helping those poor souls who can get treated properly because of money. Now thanks to Mr. Wayne, the John and Mary Grayson Memorial Hospital can help those who have fallen ill with little pocket money and can finally get the proper treatment they deserve. With some of the best doctors in the world here, we can finally have people caring for other people no matter what class they're in. That's why we're here and why GothCorp is called 'The People Company.'" Ferris Boyle said and everyone loudly applauded him; especially Bruce. After he said his thank yous, Ferris went to Bruce who shook his hand.

"Bruce, I can't thank you enough for allowing GothCorp to support this hospital. We're all going to change the world."

"It's well deserved Ferris."

"And thank you Dick for allowing us to use your family name. This hospital is being dedicated to your parents. They would have been so proud of you."

"Yeah." Dick said sadly still missing his mother and father every day.

"Hey no long faces allowed here. After all it won't look good for the person to cut the ribbon to be sad."

"What?" Dick asked in confusion looking at Bruce.

"You didn't think I was going to steal all the glory for this did you? It's named after your parents so it seems only right that their son be the one to cut the ribbon." Bruce said.

"You mean I get to open it?"

"Sure do. I bet Bruce is thanking you. I can't tell you how many ribbon cuttings we've been to together. They get old after a while." Ferris whispered to Dick making him smile again. Ferris then quickly pulled out his phone and took a picture of Dick smiling before he had a chance to react. "There! That's the smile I like to see."

"Excuse me Mr. Boyle? Vicky Vale from the Gotham Gazette. Mind if we get a quote?"

"Sure Miss Vale. I'll be there in a second. See you later Bruce, Dick." The group said their goodbyes and parted ways.

"Well I guess it's safe to say that Gotham's future is secure for all her people. Now let's get some music going and…" All of a sudden the room's temperature went down all at once.

"Phew I guess even Kris Kringle himself wants to join the party." The lady on stage said and suddenly the wall behind her exploded knocking everyone close to the stage to the ground. The shake caused Bruce and Dick to get separated and everyone started panicking when men carrying guns came in shooting. Dick knowing what he had to do, got under one of the tables and stayed as low and quiet as he could. On Bruce's end, he got up trying to find his son when a blue man in a mechanized suit came in with a freeze gun.

"I know you're here Ferris Boyle. Give yourself up now!" The man said but no one made a move. "Get the money and find Boyle. He can't get away now." He ordered and his men started searching while robbing people. Seeing his opportunity to run, Dick got out from under the table and ran to the hallway trying to get somewhere safe. He ran until he bumped in Ferris.

"Mr. Boyle those men are trying to find you!"

"What?! But why?"

"I don't know. We have to find Bruce and Alfred and get out of here."

"You're right. I'll try and find a way out of here. You go that way and see if you can find Bruce. And no matter what you do, stay away from that freak. He's dangerous."

"Okay." He said and Ferris ran down the hall. Dick did as he was told while trying to stay out of sight. Unfortunately he ran right into the hall where the blue man and a few of his henchman were.

"…that's not acceptable! Find him! I won't fail Nora." The men agreed and started to spread out across the manor. The man turned around to where Dick was hiding. "I know you're there." Dick then came into view of the man trying not to show any fear. "My business does not concern you child. Get out of here before I force you out."

"W-what are you doing here? Why do you want Ferris Boyle?"

"He and I have some unfinished business."

"Oh. Well who's Nora? Is that your wife?"

"Again that doesn't concern you. Now I suggest you leave." He said now holding the freeze gun at him.

"Okay I'll go." Dick said and slowly walked past him. At last he came to an open window where he climbed out and ran as fast as he could outside the Wayne gates. Parked in the shadows was an ordinary Honda Civic but upon closer inspection there were three people sitting inside. The car driver and passenger doors opened up to reveal Bruce and Alfred.

"Master Dick! Oh thank heavens." Bruce immediately got down searching for some kind of injury.

"Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?"

"No I'm okay. Who was that man?"

"I'm not sure. Those men we saw belonged to the Penguin. I recognize their uniforms." Bruce said only putting on an act for the third man in the car.

"Dick! I'm glad you found a way out." Ferris Boyle said trying sound concerned.

"They wanted Mr. Boyle. Why?" Dick asked.

"I don't know bud but we better get out of here and go to the police. Ferris maybe you should be put under protective custody until we figure out what this man wants." Bruce suggested.

"Bruce, some blue freak isn't going to scare me away. I have a company to run, especially with the hospital. And how good would the Humanitarian recipient look if he was running scared?"

"The hospital can wait. You're no use to Gotham dead. Can you think of anyone who would hold a grudge against you?"

"No, just some guy who wanted to build some chamber thing but I took care of it."

"Sirs may we please discuss this in the car on the way to the police?" Alfred asked.

"Alright. Let's go." Bruce said and the four got into the car and drove to the police station. After giving their statements to Commissioner Gordon, he and a few officers went back to Wayne Manor to try and stop 'Mr. Freeze' as they called him.

"Thanks guys but I really should be getting back to GothCorp."

"I still really think you should o into protective custody Mr. Boyle."

"No offence Commissioner but I can't be afraid of some blue freak with a freeze ray. I have an image to keep up."

"Ferris I really think you should." Bruce insisted.

"Bruce I've already told you no. What would the people of Gotham think of the CEO of GothCorp scared of an average criminal? Our city isn't exactly the safest place in the world."

"That's the point. Whoever this Mr. Freeze is, he won't stop until he gets what he wants."

"I'll have more security guards at GothCorp if it'll make you feel better."

"Not really but I'll trust you on this one. Just be careful."

"You too. Now enough talk about this, why don't you and Dick come by GothCorp to check out some of my projects tomorrow? It might help when it comes time to open the hospital."

"We already know you're doing everything you can to help the people of Gotham but that sounds like a great idea." Suddenly Bruce's phone rang and he pulled it out looking at the message.

"Shoot. Wayne Enterprises just finished a new prototype and of course they need me to see and sign off of it tomorrow."

"Lucius can't do it?" Dick asked sadly.

"Sorry bud but Lucius is in Europe introducing some of our stuff overseas for a possible partnership."

"Oh." Dick said obviously disappointed.

"You know what? Why don't you go along with Ferris and I'll meet you thereafter; as long as it's okay with you Ferris."

"Of course. I'll pick him up myself around eight-thirty-ish on my way to the office."

"Perfect. Well it's getting late; Dick and I should be heading home. Is it alright Commissioner?"

"Of course Bruce. Please call me if Freeze comes back."

"We will. Thanks Jim. Goodbye."

"Goodnight Bruce, Dick."

"See you tomorrow." Ferris said and the family left the station for home.

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The next morning just as agreed, Ferris picked up Dick from Wayne Enterprises and headed for GothCorp.

"What are you working now Mr. Boyle?"

"Well Dick I am working on how to stop a person who has an incurable disease by freezing them."

"Freezing them? Won't that hurt the person? And how can you bring them back?"

"That's what I'm trying to figure out. My theory is that by freezing a person it will also freeze the advancement of a disease like cancer. Meanwhile we can try to find a cure for said disease/illness."

"That sounds complicated and scary."

"It's just a theory. Of course we actually won't try it on a civilian until we're ready. Within a few years, I can introduce this theory to my team to start working on it after we get a little more money."

"Maybe, but that project is just my own personal work. Wait till I show you my labs and what my employees working on."

"I can't wait."

"Well you won't have to wait not longer, we're here." Ferris announced. He then parked his car in his own private spot and took Dick inside GothCorp.

"Welcome to GothCorp; The People Company. My name is Ferris Boyle, CEO of GothCorp and I'll be your tour guide today." Ferris said making Dick chuckle. Suddenly one of his workers came running in.

"Excuse me Mr. Boyle, where do you want us to store the CC100?"

"That's going on the boat with the rest of that stuff. Put it in Lab 4 for now."

"Yes sir. And what about Vic…the problem that occurred last night?" The worker said stuttering after he noticed Dick.

"That's fine where it is. I'll deal with it later."

"Yes sir." The worker said and left the two alone.

"Well now, shall we start the tour?" Ferris asked and the two toured around GothCorp. "…And these are the different labs where all the fun is. Labs 1 and 2 are the chemistry labs. Originally it was just lab 1 but our chemists needed more space. Lab 3 is where our technology is built. Lab 5 is our biggest lab where everything is tested out. The rest are just small branches of science labs. You could have a whole college course about all the labs we do.

"What about lab 4?"

"Oh that's just an old lab mostly used for storage. There's nothing interesting in that lab. Anyway do you want to meet some of our scientists?"

"Sure." Suddenly another employee came running in.

"Sorry to disturb you Mr. Boyle but we need you to come immediately!"

"Can't this wait? I'm kind of busy here."

"Sorry sir but Mr. Reynolds is here."

"Oh yes, we were supposed to discuss a partnership. Why wasn't I notified about this?"

"It's a surprise visit sir. What should we do?"

"I'll talk to him personally. Tell him to wait in the lobby. I'm sorry about this Dick but do you think you can wait in my office for a bit? It's the furthest door down this hall. You can't miss it. It's got my name on it."

"Alright Mr. Boyle." Dick said a little upset he wasn't going to meet the scientists.

"Don't worry these things don't take long. By the time it's done, Bruce should be here shortly after that."

"Okay." Dick said and Ferris left Dick alone followed by his worker. Dick did as he was told and went down the hall heading towards Ferris's office. On his way he noticed a door to a room labeled 'Lab 4'. He knew Ferris had told him that that lab was just storage but his curiosity was getting the better of him. Just a little peak wasn't going to hurt him. Ferris didn't say it was dangerous or anything. Then he decided that he was just going to take a quick look and head to Ferris's office. Quickly he looked around to check for anyone and opened the door going in. Inside was just an ordinary lab with boxes Dick guessed was going on the boat Ferris was talking about. However what peeked his curiosity was some kind of large cylinder chamber. It looked to be at least five foot tall and the glass on the front was all fogged up. Dick slowly went over and rubbed his shirt sleeve over the very cold glass trying to get rid of the fog. As he did, the glass became a little clearer and he saw some fabric. As he continued, he saw human feet suspended in the tube. This scared him a little but bravely remembered that Batman wouldn't be afraid. If he was going to be Robin one day, he needed to be brave. Dick found a large crate and pushed it to the chamber. Once it was close enough, he climbed on top of the box. His sleeve prints that he did had since vanished and the glass had fogged up again. Once more he used his sleeve to clear away the fog at the top as high as he could reach. Once he did he saw what looked to be a necklace.

"Okay Grayson, be brave like Batman. Be brave like Batman." Dick told himself and hesitantly cleared the fog above the necklace. He saw a woman with long, beautiful blond hair. Her eyes were closed and her lips were ice blue. It took him a moment to realize that the beautiful woman in the chamber was none other than his teacher Mrs. Fries.

"M-Mrs. Fries?" Dick asked hesitantly. So many questions ran through his head. Why was Mrs. Fries in this chamber? Was she alright? Why did Ferris have Dick's school teacher frozen in a chamber in a room in GothCorp. All this confusion started to scare him and he fled the room. He was about to go into Ferris's office when he heard someone crying and moaning. Thinking it was Ferris; he opened one of the doors and almost gasped at what he saw. It was some kind of small museum display. The display looked to be in the desert and there was Mr. Freeze without his suit leaning on the glass. Dick screamed and backed up when he saw Mr. Freeze who didn't seem to notice Dick.

"Nora…oh Nora." He mumbled. Dick honestly went forward towards the display. Finally Mr. Freeze looked up to see Dick.

"What do you want child? What are you doing here?"

"Why are you in there?"

"I…I was put in here by Boyle."

"Why? If Mr. Boyle caught you why didn't he call the police?"

"He doesn't want me to get to jail. He wants me to suffer. I will make him pay for what he's done to me; to us."

"Us? Does this have to do with Nora?"

"I've told you before, that doesn't concern you."

"But she does have something to do with Mr. Boyle."

"You should be careful who you trust."

"I did trust him; until he put Mrs. Fries in that tube thing."

"Nora? You saw Nora?!" Freeze said suddenly raising his head.

"No. I saw Mrs. Fries, my teacher."

"You're one of Nora's students?"

"Wait a minute, Mrs. Freeze is Nora?"

"Yes. Now tell me where she is!" Freeze yelled.

"She's in one of the labs but I don't know what's wrong with her."

"What do you mean?! Did Boyle take her out of the CC100?!"

"The what?"

"Was she in her pod?!"

"Y-yeah, but you put her in there? How could you!?"

"I did it because she's dying."

"She…what?" Dick suddenly had a few tears go down his cheek.

"Nora has a disease called Huntington's Chorea. It's causing her nerve cells in the brain to break down. Yesterday when she got home, her symptoms began to worsen." Dick then thought back to when Mrs. Fries started coughing before he left school two days ago.

"But why is she frozen?"

"I figured out that her disease would kill her if she didn't find a cure soon. After she came home, I drove her to my lab and froze her. It won't kill her but it's slowing down her disease. This way I can work on a cure. Unfortunately Boyle tried to shut it down."

"Wait, but Ferris said that was his personal project."

"He's taking credit for my work?! Wait…Nora!" Mr. Freeze said snapping out of his hopelessness faze and started banging on the glass. "Please…you have to help me."

"B-but you're a criminal."

"I'm only doing this for Nora! Nothing else matters to me!" Freeze shouted.

"Okay, wait there's an air vent. I'm small enough to crawl through there. I could get help."

"Do you honestly think the police would believe you?"

"I guess not. I can at least go check on Mrs. Fries. I don't know what Mr. Boyle plans to do with her but he's claiming your project as his own."

"Very well. Please hurry. Come back here when you do."

"I promise." Dick said and turned to the vent and started slowly climbing out the vent. Once he got out of the vent, he went towards the room where Nora was. She was still there but suddenly Ferris and his men came in.

"Hurry and get that on the truck. I want it out of here before Bruce gets here."

"Yes sir. What about Victor?"

"I'll deal with him later. Dick?! What are you doing here?!"

"What are you doing with Mrs. Fries?!" Dick shouted.

"What do you know about her?"

"She's my teacher. What are you doing to her?"

"It's called doing business. Now you don't have to worry about this. Why don't you go to my office and forget about this like a good little boy."

"No! You're taking credit for someone else's work. You tried to kill her!"

"How did you know that? Never mind. You won't get the chance to tell anyone." He said and his men grabbed him.

"Hey! Let go of me."

"Put him on the ship with this." Ferris said pointing to the CC100. "Put Freeze on there too."

"Sir what about Wayne?"

"Don't worry. I have a plan. Hurry and get him out of here." Ferris said and Dick and Nora were shoved into a crate with the door slamming shut behind them.

Wow this is turning into a longer chapter than I originally thought. I think I'll stop right here and add a part 2. Also after the Mr. Freeze chapter is over I was thinking about doing the Telltale series Batman. My plan is to have Dick just have moved into the manor when the first chapter starts and not know he's Batman yet. What do you guys think? Let me know. Also any requests anyone has let me know as well.

Thanks and happy holidays.

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