"Did you guys had any sleep on your trip?"
Kory inquires while Zatanna was resting on Dick's chest. The couple had wrinkles and shadows under their eyes, their hair was a mess (Dick's at least, Zee use a spell to fix it), Dick's beard was starting to show, and both had their clothes stained with baby food.
"Or in daily basis?"
Barbara tries to nudge her bat fellow.
"No, I already told you that I didn't hide the cookies Alfred"
"What are you talking about?"
Donna was beyond worried seeing the couple so out of it. They looked beyond tired.
"Don't worry, sister. I didn't let the spy wondered through the island…"
"Mmm…Zatanna?"
"Zatanna of Themyscira won't let anyone face the pleasures of interrogating this intruder"
The magician starts to roam her hand through the man's chest to his abs and back.
"Try all you want. I won't talk"
Cries*
"The twins!"
The couple exclaimed before racing to the nursery room.
"We have to do something about those 2"
"Yeah. They can't keep going like this"
"What about we help them by taking care of the twins? Like a full 8 hour shift"
"That's an amazing idea but would either of the 4 withstand?"
"That's true. Both are paranoid and the babies might not rest if they don't see or feel their parents"
"We can at least try"
"You really don't have to do this…"
"Maybe but we want to. You deserve some rest"
Barbara, Donna and Dinah were ready for baby duty.
"And the better shape you are, the better for the twins"
"Thank you, guys"
"You welcome"
Canary softly smiles at them.
"But we are doing this so you can REST. Do you heard me? R. E. S. T"
Donna starts with her scolding at the couple.
"You are not to do any of your freaky stuff, you heard me?"
"No, is just a quickie"
"No, my hand slipped"
"No, it's just the tip"
"You are not having sex, you need to rest. Did I made myself clear?"
"Sir, yes, sir"
With the little strength they have left, Dick and Zatanna stand up and greet like soldiers.
"Mmm…"
"Dick, you are a grown up. You don't need to raise your hand"
"Sorry, sir, ma'am, sir. But what if-"
"There's not what if…if I heard as much as the bed squeaking…I'm sending Zatanna to Themyscira and you to OA by Boomtube"
"Fine"
The couple and Donna start marching towards Chalant's room.
"Donna. There's milk that I pump for them in their room's fridge and some more in kitchen's if they're still hungry…"
"Remember don't move them too much after eating even if they are giggling"
"Softly hit their backs or massage them so they can burp or puke if needed"
"There are diapers on the closet and fresh change of clothes…"
"Remember to wipe them clean after you changed they diaper or after they puke"
"Mary need her mini me plushie and John needs Nightwing's…."
"Don't do any sudden moves close to them or Pocus is attacking you"
"And above all if they don't stop crying do not hesitate in waking us up"
The Amazon was a little dizzy with all the info but smiled regardless.
"Alright. Don't worry, we got you covered"
The trio stood in the room in silence for a couple of seconds.
"Why aren't you getting in bed?"
"Well…I-we sleep better naked…"
"That reminds me that you can calm them down with some skin to skin contact"
Zatanna adds.
"Alright. I'm letting you strip but I'm coming back and you better not be playing to hide the carrot"
Donna left the couple alone and shut the door close. After, five minutes she softly knock on the door before slowly opening it.
"Guys. You better be sleeping…I swear that if I see any unholy shit, I'm killing you both"
Donna whispered through the crack of the door before entering the room and spotting a sleepy couple. Zatanna and Dick were out for the count, the magician was sleeping on top of her husband with the blanket barely covering above her butt; the Amazon tip toed close to the couple and pulled the blanket to cover her friend. Zatanna moved, likely by feeling the cover all the way up, and burying herself deeper in Grayson and he responded by holding her tighter. Donna smiled before leaving the room and carefully closing the door.
"Alright. The birds are on the nest and now it's time to take care of the babies"
"Are you sure we are up for this?"
"Don't worry. Will is coming to help us and we know that he did an amazing job with Liam"
"What about the others?"
"Raquel had to take Amistad with the doctor, he hasn't feeling well lately and didn't want to spread Amistad's flu and Kory might come later, she got a call from Vixen"
"We know that Artemis and Wally are dealing with their own baby"
"And Ocean Master came back so neither Kaldur nor Wyynde are leaving Atlantis"
"Then we will have to make do"
"What about the other Bats?"
"I love them but they are going to be more of a burden"
Barbara rolled her eyes just thinking about dealing who's the favorite uncle of the babies fight.
"Then we will have to figure this out"
Cries*
"I guess that's our queue"
Donna, Dinah and Barbara made their way towards the twins' room where both John and Mary were crying.
"Shhh. Cutie, don't cry. Auntie Donna is here"
Donna picks up John and starts rocking him.
"Come here, gorgeous. You are so big and beautiful"
Dinah does the same as Donna, rocking the baby back and forth trying to calm her down.
"Let me check the milk…they must be hungry…holy cow!"
"What is it Barb?"
"I think Zatanna intended to give milk to all the kids in the neighborhood"
Donna and Dinah came closer to look at the fridge full of bottles with milk.
"Relay that. Let's warm 'em up"
Barbara placed the bottles in their milk warmer machine, after couple of minutes the milk was ready.
"Let's better taste it"
Dinah poured some milk on her hand to check if it wasn't to hot and proceeded to taste it and Donna does the same.
"Okay. It seems that it's good enough. Time to dig in"
"This is pretty nice. I know that it's not the same as breastfeeding but they are too cute"
"Feeling the itch to have babies, Dinah?"
"With whom?"
"Are you still in bad terms with Oliver?"
"Yes. No. I don't know…I have put with so much of his stuff but hiding and disowning his son"
"And you are spending time with Hawke, right?"
"He's a lot like Damian but he doesn't have a figure like Dick to help him loosen up"
Canary sighs.
"I was going to ask him for some support with Connor but he has a lot on his plate…besides, Ollie should be the one trying to mend fences and all that"
"What about Will?" Or Jim? They are pretty chill"
"Bowhunter is getting bigger and they had a lot on their plates with that, plus Will spends most of his off hours with Liam"
"So isn't he coming after all?"
"No, he is. You know that Liam loves the twins although Auntie Mouse' kid is going to be her favorite in no time"
Cries*
"Why are you crying sweetie? Are you still hungry?"
"Barbara, hold Mary while I prep the other bot-"
Mary cried harder the closer she got to Barbara.
"Don't be like that Mary. Barbara is mommy and daddy's friend"
They tried again but Mary keep crying the closer she got to the redhead.
"I guess that she doesn't like…then let me prepare the milk for you"
"What about you, Barbara? How things with Jason going?"
"No way near this point. We are good but it's going to take a long time for us to reach this but if I'm being honest…I don't know if I want kids. I love these cuties; Cass and Steph…but I never see myself as a mother if we are honest"
"And yet you wanted to be with the guy that wants to have all the babies in the world…"
"It was a mistake. I got a little obsessed over spilled condiments but now everything it's better"
"I'm glad that you got over that. It was madly uncomfortable when you joined the Team and got into fights with Zatanna"
"You are lucky that she never turn you into a pig or something worse…"
"I'm sure that it was mainly because Dick stopped her"
"Maybe but she's just as good as person as Dick is"
Cries*
"Don't cry, sweetie. The milk is almost ready"
"Maybe you need to pat her back"
Dinah starts rocking Mary and massaging her back, slowly, the baby stopped crying.
"It did the trick! Great job, Barb…and the milk is ready"
"Wait! Don't give her to me is going to cry again an-"
Dinah handle Mary to the redhead and this time, she didn't cry.
"She was just overwhelmed wit-"
Mary puked all over Barbara before crying again. Donna and Dinah did her best to hold back her laughter but baby John was having the time of his life giggling.
"Please take her back so I can clean up"
Dinah grab Mary back and Barbara made her way to the bathroom.
"Aww. You have the cutest laughs and you are so handsome"
Donna holds Johnny high and plays with him by either tickling him or making faces.
Giggles*
"Careful or you might face Barbara's fate…"
"What? This little handsome fella would never do that to his favorite Auntie…right, cutie?"
Giggles*
"See? He loves me"
"Donna?"
"Yes?"
The Amazon answers without stopping playing with the little Grayson.
"Where did you get the idea of helping them? Don't get me wrong, I love helping them and spending time with these cuties but why now or…"
"Oh, that. Well, Dick and Zatanna have always been amazing with me…with all of us really and I'm so in love with their kids and I just feel that they have done so much for me and y'know we always look out for each other"
"I guess so…I thought you were trying to get a head start with the whole favorite aunt thing"
"I'm their favorite aunt without a doubt. Can't you hold him for me for a second?"
"How am I-"
Recognize: Will Harper, Liam Harper.
Upon hearing her family, Canary walked out of the room to greet Will who was looking around in the first floor.
"Hey, Will. We are in the nursery room"
"Roger that. Liam, let's go and say hi to Donna, Dinah, Barb, John and Mary and then you can play in the garden with Pocus, okay?"
"Okayyy"
Will hold Liam's hand while getting up the stairs and greeted the women.
"Where's Barbara?"
"She's cleaning herself…Mary puke on her"
"You got just in time. Hold John for a second"
Donna hands John to Will who manage to keep him calm with ease. Will kneel down so Liam could see the baby. Meanwhile, Donna was looking for a blanket and she partially took her blouse off but covered herself with the blanket.
"Thanks, Will. Now, time to nap"
Donna placed John on her chest to have skin to skin contact.
"Giving some human heat?"
"Yup. Zatanna told me that this is the best way to put them to sleep. I might not have his mom's heart but I'm hoping that my warm is good enough"
It didn't take baby John long to fall asleep on his aunt's warm.
"What about Mary?"
"She harder to deal with. She's such a daddy's girl"
"Just like this little monster…"
Will picks up Liam and nuzzles her.
"Your beard…dad…"
"I had to put my jacket on the washing machine and wash my hair. God, Dick wasn't kidding when he said that the babies puke is smelly"
"Wait until you smell a diaper…speaking of which…"
"John is all good and if you don't mind…we are taking a nap"
Donna lazily responded as she gets comfortable in the recliner with Johnny.
"Let me see…holy molly. She definitely needs a change"
Dinah, Will and Barbara exchanged looks.
"I just clean the puke out of me"
"Fine. I'll do it"
Will give up after feeling Dinah's gaze.
"Dad. Where's Pocus?"
"Pocus isn't here. Captain Carrot is"
Barbara lifted Liam and sit her on her lap and pointed out to a corner of the room and there she was, Pocus wearing a domino mask and a cape in the top of the book shelf.
"Why is she wearing a cape and a mask?"
Will asked in disbelief
"It's Captain Carrot and her whole mission is to take care of her siblings if you make any of them cry, she's summersault kicking you"
Dinah explains.
"And just asked Steph and Jason how hard she kicks…those two were arguing and make them cry and Pocus knock them out"
Barbara laughs telling the story as Pocus jumps from her corner to Liam's arms.
"While Will changes the diaper, I'm going to check on the happy couple and see if they are still asleep"
"Good luck. I hope you don't get to see anything unholy. Oh my god what is this…!"
Liam runs out the smelly room with Pocus on her arms, Barbara assisted Will with the change of diapers while Donna was deeply asleep with John.
Knock* Knock*
The blonde leaguer softly knocks on the door, just loud enough to make the couple stop if they were doing something else but not enough to wake them up.
"How are you guys?"
She barely whispers and sees the couple hugging each other. Zatanna was facing Dick while he was covering her with his arms and legs, he was acting as a shell for her.
Past
"Guys, have you seen Zatanna? We have an appointment and she didn't show up"
"No, I think she hasn't come out of her room"
"Sorry babe but maybe we can have an appointment"
"Not even in your wildest dreams Kid Mouth"
"Don't get jealous!"
"As if…"
"As if what?!"
Dinah decided to ignore the bickering between the archer and the speedster and make her way towards the magician's room.
"Zatanna? Are you okay? It's me, Dinah…"
The blonde leaguer stayed there for a couple of moments before knocking the door again.
"Zatanna. I'm going in…to check on you. Overdrive: Black Canary"
Dinah stopped in her tracks the moment the door was fully opened. The lights were out but there was enough light from the halls for Dinah to see that Zatanna and Robin were sleeping together. It was a tender and funny thing to see; Zatanna was a bit taller than the Boy Wonder but that didn't stop Robin to make some sort of cocoon for the magician. And for once, in a long time, Zatanna was at peace and sleeping. She decided to let them be as the door closes behind her.
"Canary. Have you seen Robin?"
"Batman! Yes…kinda?"
"Hmmp"
The Bat grunted, clearly not happy with that answer.
"Listen. Zatanna has been struggling with her sleep and everything and for once she looks so at peace…so why don't you let them be"
"I need him for a mission"
"What if I sub in for him?"
Batman was surprised by that answer. He wasn't sure what to think about Dinah's decision making.
"Look Batman. You can either take me as your partner or I use my sonic scream on you. Either way they are staying here, resting"
"Fine but you better follow my lead to the letter"
"Lead the way but just because I'm helping you and I'm a bird, doesn't make me your sidekick…got it?"
"Hmmp"
Present
"They are still out"
Canary announces as Will gives the final touches to the diaper.
"You are handful, little one but you are not dealing with a novice. I'm a pro at diaper duty and you know what they say…"
"Please, Will, no, don-"
"Bowhunter Security is always on Point and that includes baby security duty"
"Now, where's Nightwing's plushie…"
Dinah and Barbara digs through the babies toys.
"Why am I not surprised that they sleep with toys of their parents?"
"What do you guys think you are doing? You are not qualified for this job"
Came a voice from the corridor.
"What are you doing here?"
"Nothing happens around the twins without me knowing…"
"Please, Damian. Just calm down. We are doing just fine"
"I'm going to be the judge of that"
Damian grabs Mary from Will's hands and the baby girl starts giggling.
"Kinda late, don't you think?"
Canary was surprised in how calm the girl was around the young Wayne.
"Huh?"
"It has been so long since we started taking care of them…"
"Dinah?"
"Yeah?"
"It has been just half an hour…."