Teen Titans; Foxes Upon Foxes – Snippets and Magical Galore -

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PART TWO OPERATION SAVE SANTA – Deck Dem Halls And Raise Some Fresh Hell?

So, this is when the kids are much younger, right before the events of new gen so Aiden is 12, Ami is 7, Ann is 12, ava is 13 – 14 cause she's a fae being duh. Age is not her master. So, this takes place at the outdoor shopping malls in Gotham during the holidays a few days before Christmas. I don't want to make it Cali, that is boring no snow. Jason is around and Dick asks his brothers Tim and Jay to help watch the kids while he's shopping for their gifts last minutes because…Dick is a ditz. We all know it. Kori is finishing her work and won't be flying in till next today but gets who ends up starting trouble while trying to throw off the scent of his client's men? Deathstroke. Yup. So, the kids will meet their unofficial uncle of a sort because he's going to play the hero for the holidays! With dad away, the mice will play and the mall will go into a panic. And it's outdoors the shopping center. Ava is still a part of the family and she is not a fan of running into crooks. Especially when it's her siblings she has to watch.

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The standing line had Tim looking at his watch as Damian and Alfred stated to assess that there would be plenty of time to keep the lines moving with Grayson and his kids punch the fat man in the shin. Dami snorted at how this holly jolly joke of a home wrecker – built upon by capitalism and its desire to thrive, was no hero of his. He'd been yet to see the real one his brothers and father barely spoke of. Visiting from the realm of fae and folk of magic. Blech! (Playing on silent night and it is so…fun! Love the series dc did. Dami was a bad boy then too. Watch.)

"I'm opposed to this child's fantasy. It's time to get these good citizens to safety." Robotically and without warning to poor Pennyworth, Tim gripped the kid to pull him from hoping to see Santa and ruin the merry making with his twisted logic. "Dick just told you to stay clear from one's Nick! I'm not letting you out of my sight, Damian..."

"You have no authority over my actions, Drake. The man is chaos incarnated – if you think the piper hasn't come to whisk us all away through the means of corporate espionage and brainwashing of the youth of this city. The world is better off –

A rattle so loud came out of the ceiling as people looked up to see the heroes of Gotham at ends with a few; Firefly and Penguin??

"We'll miss EVERYTHING!" Whined the stubborn boy wonder. "DRAKE. I want YOU to stay and keep Pennyworth advised. This is a partner of the Bat's job to see to this mess. Holly Jolly, indeed." The men in front of Santa's workshop went inside the kid sized playhouse as the fat man himself had the worst case of heart burn creep up. His face then began to turn red to pale white. Tim shouted, rushing in as the symptoms were a worse case for the kids screaming that Santa wasn't breathing.

"Santa had a heart attack! Is anyone a doctor?"

Before Dami could rush off and swap sides, his own heart seemed to grow just a little. "I know how to help."

"Lil D?" Tim gaped and looked up at the rather out of his league individual. Alfred moved to see if the fellow was indeed with a pulse. "This poor man desperately needs medical attention. But for how long, I cannot be so certain… we must find a way to contact the closest emergency units outside of these mall walls. Has anyone a wide range cell phone plan –

"No time." Dami pulled out the comm he kept for emergencies only. "Babs, I need you. We have a dying man on our hands –

"S – SANTA IS DEAD ???"

One little girl's exclamation turned into a wide spread, indoor panic as Dami massaged his twelve-year old and a half temple. "No, he's not….and he needs proper medical attention, now."

She showed her red haired, bespectactacled personality with a Christmas cookie in her jaws. ~ Dami? What's the problem again, and why are you at the mall? You don't even believe in ~

"This Santa…. Santa, where we are currently, he's going into cardiac arrest."

Babs bit the gingerbread woman's head clean off with a disbelieving squeak.

"We need to contact a unit to take him to a hospital….but it's no use. Father is ….in dispute with two n'ere do wells outside this holiday, and we are sitting ducks. Timothy?"

Tim turned to the smallest of them as Dami gritted his fists. "I'm sorry. A danger to society or not, he's obviously as human as the rest of us."

"So, you know he's not real –

"Santa's a phony?? Hey!" One little boy whooped up at the air like there was no tomorrow. "That means I can run around and make my parents mad! Cool!"

"NO, you may not ! Colin McGowan! Get down from there. Casey, leave Santa's poor elves alone!"

Dami gave the older Red Robin a peculiar glance. "The real Santa is a valiant mythical warrior and not a threat." He sniffed. "He does more than hand good cheer to the people in the form of material compensation."

"Oh, the man's pulse has started to weaken. Is there enough time, young master Damian?" Alfred helped the Santa as he tried to stay focused on trying to get through this ordeal. He's had a sub before the event. After that, his medicine. Damn. He'd forgotten the damn pill that morning…

~ I can work it. Not a first we had a holiday crisis in this city. Give me the place and I'll jab the keys. ~

"Look who's Santa's biggest helper." Tim smiled with a grin as Babs saluted the group. ~ I'm on the permanent nice list. Looks like Dami is no Scrooge after all. ~

"What does Dickens have to do with moral code –

Dami squinted at the red head. "Touche, Barbara."

~ Joy'ex noel to you too, ya crazy kid. So full if surprises this year! You might just get a spot yet. ~

"BUT…." Dami broke his promise from the last time NOT to cut the conspiracy crap but now, among so many young faces?

Santa is real, but he's not a fat clown! He's a noble warrior. You…you can't scare me, Gordon!"

~ SO says the scrooge of our little clan. ~

Snickered Babs as an alerting siren was heard right away. ~ Stay away from the windows. They're coming in soon. Be safe. ~

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"Oh, how awful and just… tragic!" Ragdoll lamented as Slade had Dick to tag with. "May I please stay out of your run ins with these lunatics for once?" Dick sighed, Ragdoll taking note.

"You guard your emotions poorly, Deathstroke. What seems to be the trouble? A missing child? A longing you simply cannot -

"Read my thoughts and see my fist up your –

"Naughty, boy!" Tutted the contortionist. "Why can't you be more like the bat's first Robin? He's so well behaved."

"You scared my friend Dick Grayson's children. We go, a ways back. High school." The man lied.

"Is…is that your cover? Idiot." Slade palm planted his face in frustration. " I'm with you. My name is as public knowledge to this loon as yours was ten years ago!" Slade growled at the cop. "Well, I thought being crazy meant having a poor working memory. Sorry?" Dick shrugged, while Ragdoll thought the look was rather fitting. "What IS your dynamic? Tell me, please do! I could really get used to teasing you both at the same time…. but…. no. thinking now, aha!"

"Can I just turn him limp, already?" Slade scowled, Dick exploding at the words of blood spilled on the week before Christmas. "Wh – no! ABSOLUTELY NOT !"

"Fine." Slade rolled his shoulders, moving in to pounce in the damned cardboard cutout. "Sandbag, was it? We can chat later. Either you drop the damned things you've had in your pocket –

"OH, this???"

The worst-case scenario had hit as the stupid man – doll pulled out a detonation switch. "Why? Why us it never cotton candy or sugar plums?? A bomb?? That's Joker –

" Ehen."

Slade cleared his throat as Dick tried to reiterate. "Joker AND your shtick. Once, as Slade."

"I can also not stand one other thing about this clown." Slade held himself better with a gun in hand.

"Why are you still talking?" Frowned the six jointed freak of nature. " I'm holding the switch. Stop that right now, or the mall is a –

"Malls are already going downhill." Said the merc, his eye peered over the side to Nightwing. "The holidays are the only time they stay this busy. I recall a time when these places had much more to offer. But it's greed, your geared and these hypocrites that claim nothing matters anymore."

"Slade, are –

"I'm not done. But, if you blow up this dump like a completely obligated criminal, who am I to tell you to 'stop."

Ragdoll was confused for two reasons. Slade was acting outside of his usually, unpredictable terrific self. He was a total downer for one, but that wasn't all. "Alright. But if I push the button, what about –

"Does it even matter."

"Slade; of course, it does. Is this about your…" Dick saw the man's expression and soon, he also had a feeling of doubt bloom forth. "Should this be our last hurrah? What do you say, bygones?"

Flabbergasted, Ragdoll looked at both. "What is bl- you are both depressing me! Stop it! This instant, you must desist with your nihilism. It's so…so."

Slade smirked down at the tiny, frail boned stupe. Ragdoll was on his knees, asunder with disappointment in his own confidence.

"Distracting?" Dick grinned over the merc's shoulder. "He's not bad with improv. You should see him do stand-up sometime."

"I think Mr. Hanks is weeping in a corner somewhere." Slade snuggly added. "One down." His grip was on the device as it was yanked away and crushed in a split second. "Two more to go."

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Batman was not grinning at all as he trampled in his boots the Penguin's smug face into the floor. From around the corner was Dami, yet he'd attracted the attention of three of his family who were not wearing capes at the moment.

"YAAAA!'

The crew looked up to see Ami being napped by Firefly. Her scream a shriek as her papa was a ways in the farthest sector of the mall. The bat looking up with Dami running in to find a way to fly after.

"We can help with that."

Aiden gawked as Ava was pushed aside by Anna, the Tamaran ability to soar still strong in her force as she lifted a deliberately confused boy wonder after the perp. "Hang on, Robin!!"

"GRAYSON!!! GET YOUR CRAZY HARPY CHILD AWAY FROM ME!! THEY'RE ALL INSANE! -

"I can drop you off right now. Would you like that, cousin snotty?" (I'm using a Mad Mod joke from Dick's titan days to make Anna seem like she heard the story. Not yet.) Dami crossed his arms with a huff. "I promised to be nice, but after this, we shall speak none of it."

"Ok, scrooge."

"You…. should go left."

Anna waited and realize that Dami knew this mall better than she herself did, so she took to his advice quickly. There was Ami, kicking in the air as Firefly swerved and tried to land. Too bad that Deathstroke was about to hit the man's helmet.

"Uncle?"

Slade coughed, choking as he heard that with Ami's coat in his grip. "What?"

"You are!" She reached out to hug him as he handed the gushing girl over to her father. "This belongs to you."

"I'm not an it, I'm adorable!" Ami held her papa and nuzzled in like a cat. "Two down –

" Raaw!!You ruined my holiday haul! How's this for –

Ava's ice was not what saved the day, but Dami's tush as he was dropped onto Penguin's back with a hard sound. Sitting cross legged with a smirk on his face. Penguin groaned. "Ugh…Batman. What are you feeding your helpers??"

Dami looked up at Anna as she forced herself to land without crashing. "I have to get better brakes – Hi dad?"

She flushed, embarrassed but glad she'd worn a sweater and kid overalls. "Um….is it over?"

Batman landed on the roof as the adults all shook their heads. "We have to forget this ever happened."

"I think it was an interesting, change of pace, minus the squawking looney – bird."

"I heard that." Pengie grumbled as Dick cuffed him.

"Well, you saved my kids. Even if it was by accident. I think that owes you some time off." Dick turned to Bruce as the man turned to Slade. "My job was only in Gotham so I could join Rose and her…. Fiancé for the annual tree lighting this week." Slade cleared his throat to say, while Dami trying to hide a chuckle as the other kids just stupidly grinned. "You're no super human, oh. So, Dad? We never asked if you saw San –

"Oh!" Dami slapped his brow at the one thing he had forgotten. "I have to save him too!"

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