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Damian jumped out of the Batmobile with a huff. This is ridiculous! He knows how to drive, and yet he isn't even allowed to drive the Batmobile while on patrol! "He's too young"!? Screw that, if he knows how to then he should be allowed to!
"Gias?"
Robin looked up at the creature that made the noise.
It was a large lizard-like beast with red scales and a black back. It has a white diamond like pattern on its forearms and hindlegs, it even has a white half oval pattern on either side of its head. Its tail starts out black but then becomes white with a red pattern. It has a blue protrusion that bends backwards, looking like handlebars. On its head and lower back were feathers that are white, magenta, and blue, it even has two red ones on its head. Its neck and chest have a black inflation sack, and its claws are webbed. Its eyes are orange with a darker orange iris and yellow scelera.
This creature, being named Noctis, was Damian's newly acquired pet. He found it unconscious at Gotham Harbor and has snucked it into the manor. He had to sneak in leftovers in order to feed it, Noctis ended up having a love for sandwiches. And once it was nursed back to health, well, it didn't want to leave. Noctis had grown attached to Damian. And it was only a few months into its stay that it was discovered. Bruce had no other choice to let the lizard-like creature stay, it wasn't an ordinary animal, that's for sure.
"Hello Noctis." He greeted the beast, holding a hand out. Noctis willing placed it's head into it.
"Gias?" It looked at him questionably and then at the Batmobile.
"Father won't let me drive and Oracle seems to agree." He iterated and Noctis got an idea.
"Gias! Agias!"
"Wai- Hey! What are you doing!?"
Noctis got Robin on his back and made it's way out of the gave and onto the streets of Gotham, easily weaving around the cars.
The current boy wonder looked down at his pet, who looked forward as it ran through the streets. He turned his head to see their reflection in the windows of the various buildings and shops they passed. He noticed that Noctis rolled its tail and inflated its sack. The white and red patterns on its tail make a red star amongst a white background while curled up, and the sides of the inflation sack also sported the same pattern. The spikes on both making it as if they were wheels.
Noctis jumped onto the rooftops.
"Oracle, is there any crimes happening nearby?" Robin asked through his comm.
"Look at you following orders." Oracle said from the other line. "Wait, you're moving pretty fast, did you hack and take the Batmobile!?"
"No, I found a... Slightly better mode of transportation." He grinned as Noctis reared back.
"Gias!"
"Is- is that Noctis!?"
"Agias!"
"I'm not asking." She said, "But Batman might not be happy with this."
"My request, Oracle?" Robin cleared his throat into his fist.
"Oh! Right! So there's a robbery happening at..."
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"Instead of taking the Batmobile, you took Noctis out into the city." Batman stood in front of Robin and Noctis, his arms crossed over his chest.
"To be fair, Father, Noctis was the one to place me on its back and went out into the city." Damian explained.
"Gias!"
The Dark Knight sighed and messaged his temples. Even though he's happy that Damian obeyed orders and didn't take the Batmobile, he still took an creature, which they have no idea what it is, into the city.
"While I am proud for you following instructions, taking out Noctis will have it's own repercussions. What do you think how the Rogues or the Gothamites are going to react?" He asked, "Some of the rogue gallery might try to take control of Noctis and use him to decimate the city. And we don't even know what power it has." He looked at the creature in question, "We don't even know if Noctis can fight."
At the word fight, Noctis shrank into itself with a fearful look.
The two vigilantes noticed.
"Hey, what's wrong Noctis?" Robin asked and it looked at him.
"G-gias."
"You don't want to fight?"
"Gias." It shook its head.
"You're scared."
It nodded.
"But why?" Batman questioned while Damian comforted the creature.
"Maybe it's because of whatever caused it to be unconscious at Gotham Harbor." Boy wonder said.
A fight that lead to a traumatic experience, one that scared Noctis out of fighting.
"I see." The older man nodded, "You don't have to fight if you don't want to." Noctis perked up, "Take your time and filter through what happened."
"Gias!"
"And Robin."
"Yes Father."
"You're helping Alfred with some of his chores."
This caused a shout of outrage.
And later outside, Noctis sits near the backdoor that leads into the yard, awaiting for Alfred to bring it a sandwich.