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Damian Wayne really thought he had come to the correct understanding a few years ago with his family. But that all went down the drain earlier this month. Now for context, everyone had been acting the same as always did. Richard was bugging him about something or another, Jason was being well Jason, Cass was off at Hong Kong, Duke was doing some weird school summer trip thing, Stephine was offf doing God knows what, and that left Tim being able to go full who needs sleep mode since the school year was now over. But there was a major difference in how each of them acted.
Specifically with him. He was not sure has to what had happened between now and whenever this started but he was sure he would be able to figure it out soon enough. Maybe he should ask Alferd but then again he might just think he was being silly like when Damian had originally asked him about why Richard was acting the way he was with him. There is Father but he probably hasnt noticed, for being the worlds greatest detective he sure was daph with a lot of things concerning his children.
So that left one person to help figure this out with him. And he does not enjoy that fact
"What are we trying to do again?" Jon asks floating around outside the manor where Damian was sure that no one would notice the two friends. Least of all what they were discussing. "I mean, this sounds like normal sibling behiour. At least to me, which is not really saying a lot but that is how Kon acts with me."
"But it is different." Damian stresses and Titus barks at him so he would throw the ball for him again, he was holding far to long for the dogs liking and Damian does throw it. Father then last time but he was really not wanting to be brothered by dogs taht dont understand a thing. "They have never acted this way before with me until now."
"Hm." Jon responds looking at Krypto who was flying off to look for some stick that he would then throw at Jon. It was a really weird thing for a dog to do but then again this was an aliens dog let alone an alien itself. "I am not really sure what you are trying to say Dami, like what do you mean they are acting different?"
"They didnt act like this before. Here prefect example. You know me and Tim hate each others guts but then this happened…"
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Damian was just messing around with his tool belt when he heard a whoosh behind him. Wondering—and sort of hoping—that it was some sort of villan but when he turned to punch whoever was behind him and his hand was caught but a black and red arm. Damn it. Looks like he was not able to patrol alone today but it was only Tim so there is still a chance.
Then Tim randomly threw his boo staff at something and turns out it was at someone. Damian turned to see a man that was only holding a knife laying flat on the ground. "What was that for?"
"He was trying to stab you." Tim replies to Damians question looking at him as if he was insane for thinking that there was no reason to do what he just did.
"Tch, well thank you I guess, I am off." Damian was saying, not really sure what he should be saying since nobody let alone Tim would do that. Well he would but after Damian undoubtedly be stabbed by this person in a nonfatal area. It Tim has let it happen before and surely wouldnt mind letting it happen again. Tim had other ideas though about what Damian was going to do.
"Youre not going anywhere. Your not allowed to patrol alone, remember?" Tim says looking at Damian with a pissed off expression.
"But Father allowed me to-"
"Things changed. Your are still not allowed to now come on. Looks like we are stuck together."
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After Damian had recounted his tale to his friend he was feeling proud of this. As if it was some sort of investagtion that he had to do and was showing all the evidense that he had gathered. But Jon was neither impressed by the collection—which to be fair Damian would not either since he lives we these people and knows just about everything about them—Nor by the evidense that was presented.
"I dont know Damian, that sounds pretty normal." Damian sighed at Jons response.
"Well it is not. Here I will tell you yet another example, Jason…"
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Damian, under Fathers directions, was watching a trade of wepons go down. Trying to figure out if this was just some new trading company that was being to obvious without knowing that they were. Or this was a bigger thing going down then they all had thought and was purposely trying to get some viglantes attention.
When Father had talked about this and assinghed him spefically to the misson his sibling and almost blew there tops off at the idea-
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"I thought this was just about Jason?" Jon asks looking at Damian who was now glaring at him.
"We are getting there but there is more to this story that helps support the case."
"What cas-"
"Shut up Jon."
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Richard—which out of all of them was the most likely to do something like this—started shouting,"What do you think you are doing Bruce!? He is just a small litltle kid, why not have Jason or someone else do it? Why are you making him do it?"
Duke—again another one that was not surpising—started to jump in as well, clearly not letting Richard be the only one that was protesting this. "Yeah, well why cant I do it? If you are going to say that he is better at stealth then others we both know that I can go undecteched much easier. And safely then he can."
Cass was looking at Bruce with anger—which again was not that surpising—and Bruce looked at each member of his family blinking. "Well, it is better have Damian do it because then we can some of looking on the outside and of course ithers would need to be doing other things in different areas so it dosent look like we are doing anything and can still protect people. And dont underestmate D-"
The next person to cut him off was Stephine—which is slightly shocking but all the way suprsing—who also looked like the fury of thousands of suns combined and shrunk to fit into her body. "But any of us could still do that! Why does it have to be him? He could still go out with one of us while the others take care of it."
Tim and Jason—again absoulutely ground breaking—were nodding in agreemnet not looking to happy at the prospet themselves. While Daiman just stood there. He had expected something like this from Richard and maybe Duke or Cass but all them? Really?
Father seemed just as shocked at him, but at the same time not as much. He was most likely more surpsied that they were tribing together instead of doing something else. Which, really confused Damian further into his bewilderment. Then it seemed that his Father had decided to put his foot down. Which was furthered by the statement made. "No, Damian will be fine for the mission. It will be better for you guys to be back up, it lessens the risk." His siblings rumbled in semi disagreement but couldnt deny the fact that they would be better back up if nessary.
Which was how Damian found himself in this situation. He was doing his best to stay hidden but he was starting to get worried that they knew the entire time or had found out about his prensense. Since they had started coming closer and closer to were he was hidden. He was just about to debat calling in for the back up when there was a gunshot, followed shortly by many more.
The first gun shot had been aimed at Damian missing his head and body by about 2 inches he then leaps down onto the ground, wondering what they were shooting at and why it wasnt him that the shots had been aiming at. Once he had gotten down and where to the other shots where coming from, that was when he knew who it was.
There standing in the ciricle of shot bodies—not dead or dying but shot enough to stay down—was Red Hood standing, looking at his gun. His helmet face suddenly shot up to look at Damian who couldnt seem to get the shock out of him.
"Hey baby bat!" He said and Damian could see the grin that was undoubtablely on his face.
"What were you doing here? Look what you did!" Damian said not really following a train of thought.
"Well, I had found out-" before Jason could finish whatever bullshit he was spouting for his absolute bullshit excuse, when Nightwing fell from the celling from hanging/hiding God knows were.
"Are you okay? I heard shooting and-" Nightwing was rambling as he ran up and grabbed Damian tyring to make sure he wasnt hurt or anything. That was abutly cut off when Nightwing saw Red Hood and Red Hood fully processed Nighwing being here.
"What-
"Why-"
They both undoubtedly started to start questioning each other of why they were here. That was when a figure just walked through the front door. Well maybe someone. You could hear them but see them-and yeah it was Duke.
"You-"
Again about to start undoubtly questioning eachother on the others presnese when a another figure rolled out from behind a box.
"Since I am clearly not alone I felt it was important to show myself now." Tim said coming out from the the box.
"Damn seems like we all had the same idea." Duke replied looking a bit put out that he was not the only one that had the idea to come.
"Yeah, Babs made me and Cass go after she found out. Something about Batgirls not letting Robins or Batman do stupid things." Stephine said for both Cass and Babs it would seem, along with herself of course, Cass was nodding along with it but Babs decided to seemingly stay silent on the matter. Not agreeing nor disageering with the statement that Stephine made.
"Wait so you all came?" Nightwing asks looking at the crowd of people that he calls siblings still holding Damian who was just standing there arms down face on Nightwings chest which would show pure and utter confusion.
Then of couse that was when Batman fell from the roof to the ground.
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"This was actually a great one for all of them. So as you can see they have all gone mad and- why are you laughing?" Damian was saying to Jon but just realozed that is friend was dying of laughter.
"Sorry, I just-ha-Batman fell from the roof into the building? How did he do that? Why did he do that? Was it on purpose or a mistake?"
"That is not the point Jon, you see, why are you leaving?"
"Ive got to go home but I just think you are overreacting. This sounds like something they would do. They are just being more obvious about it now think about. Now this fun but I really got to fly back or Mom is going be mad I missed lunch. See yeah Dami."
"What?"