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Pushing with all his might Dick tried to force the door open. It didn’t budge.
“Damn it.” he hissed. He turned back to look at his brothers, who had been watching, and shook his head.
“Great! So we’re stuck here until someone unlocks the door.” Jason grumbled.
“Looks like it.” Dick sighed sitting on the floor.
“A simple undercover mission. And you screwed it up.” Jason continued.
“Because you’re such an innocent bystander.” Tim mumbled, he was the only one not sitting down, as he looked up to the ceiling. Then a little louder he said “Is it just me or is the ceiling moving?” The other three looked up just as the ceiling split open and a long metal spike came into view.
“Shit!” Jason hissed. Dick opened his mouth to say something, but he never got to say it.
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Bruce frowned as he listened to the scientist. What she was saying couldn’t be true. This was a joke right? But she sounded so serious.
“I’m sorry I really am. But we can’t reverse the process.”
“Why not?”
“Mr Wayne their cells have been reversed by thirteen years. We’re lucky the process didn’t do any damage. But reversing the process would almost certainly kill them.” Bruce pinched the bridge of his nose.
“Can I at least take them home?” She nodded.
“Of course.” She lead him into another room where a young security guard was sat at a table showing Dick and Jason something on his phone. Tim had crawled under the table and Damian was wrapped in the guards jacket and was lying on the couch. When he spotted Bruce Dick jumped up and ran over to him and wrapped his arms around his legs. The boy had a big grin on his face but Bruce could tell he’d been crying.
“Are we going home now?” he asked. Bruce nodded.
“Yes. We are.” he looked over to Jason and Tim. “All of us.”