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It's been a week since Peter Parker got his ass sent to Gotham.
It's also been about 5 days since he decided to stop Spider-Man-ing™
And suffice to say, Life is depressing.
He had no idea that being Spider-Man (Do NOT forget the hyphen.) was so time consuming and tiring.
If he was in New York then this would have been horrible on his fidgeting and would have made him rip out his hair out from boredom.
Luckily this is Gotham, so between him getting mugged, having to make money doing odd jobs and making horrendous puns (Yes,that is a full time job.) he doesn't get time to be Spider-man.
Still that doesn't make it any less boring though.
Not until he had the pleasure (Unpleasure depending on who you ask, *cough,cough* Damian Thomas Wayne *cough,cough*) of meeting a small child with the personality of a much, much taller man.
It all happened so fast, where did the time go...he remembers it like it was yesterday.( It literally was.)
He was setting up his apartment that he got with not-so-legal money and he got a knock on the door.
And there he stood, in all his 5'4 glory.
It was so surprising to Peter to see this small child that was the same (Actually he was a little taller) height as Wolverine. He even had the frown and swords to replace the knife fingers!
And then the child spoke, "You are involved in an illegal business, also known to you as 'The Iceburg Lounge' you will give me information about it, or perish by my hand!"
Peter will not give him up. This child belongs to him now and he will give him anything he wants without question. "Sorry little dude, but Halloween passed by already. But i do think I have some candy around here somewhere."
To further prove his point, he makes a show of looking for something with his back turned to the kitchen as if he'll find something there other than the mold growing there.
For all his acting though, he does keep up his guard up, he might have been here for only a short while but he has done enough research to know this is Robin. Aka Batman's sidekick. Aka a fully trained assassin
He just wants to see if the kid can take care of himself properly when fighting crime in the most dangerous city he has ever seen. And that's saying something!
At this point, the child got into a fighting stance but he didn't even use his katanas strapped to his back as if Peter wasn't that big of a threat the audacity!
Robin prepares to intimidate this person,"I am not little, and you should fear me! "
Oh Peter fears him alright, he fears this child will give him a heart attack with all his cuteness. Peter turns his back again and silently waiting for the inevitable attack from this small child.
Robin furrows his brows and quietly walks closer to the man, probably aiming to get him knocked out. He has no idea if this man is someone dangerous so he should take him out swiftly and fast while his back is turned.
That's Peters guess as to what he's thinking at least.
In the corner of his eyes he sees him ready his hand for a quick hit on the neck. As he's about to strike, the Peter turns and grabs his hand.
Peter is going to have so much fun fighting a 12 year old child. He thinks back to the time inspirational words were once said to him,
'What ever you're doing, there is a child that is doing it better than you.'
And this is that child. And his (Probably) one opportunity for a fight, he does miss the adrenaline that comes with it.
'No wait stop Peter! You already said you would give up being Spider-man and be normal, what normal person fights an vigilante and wins!!!'
Robin then aims another attack at Peter.
As he does this Peter remembers the last part of that quote 'SO KICK THAT CHILD!'
'Nevermind, I'm going to win against this kid.'
Peter lets go of the hand and drops down low. He aims to get a kick in on the shin. ( Following the words of advice)
Robin jumps back and pulls out a dagger. Hasty deciding that Peter doesn't need to be completely uninjured.
Speaking out loud Peter announces, "Whoa dude, I don't think you should have that. Wait this is Gotham, you definitely need to have that here."
Suddenly he remembering the last part of the quote, 'Unless that child knows Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Boxing and Jujitsu,then do NOT kick that child.'
Peter decides to definitely not risk it and that this child might actually kick his ass if he does not lock-the-fuck-in.
Focusing on his Spidey senses he feels out the atmosphere, Robin taking this as an opening to attack tries to go from behind to get a better advantage.
Peter tries to grab for him again but this time he's prepared if he doges and then he'll try to aim at the man's abdomen waiting to see if the man decides to dodge or get hit by his other hidden knife.
However Peter completely drops down so low that it almost shouldn't be possible for a man at his age and ducks behind Robin.
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Damian get's momentarily held captive by the mans seemingly noodle arms, yet surprisingly lean build.
'Dammit! I should have assessed the situation properly. Then i wouldn't have had a trivial mistake as this.' Damian struggles as he thinks and tries to break free by reaching for his back pocket knife.
When the man suddenly lets him go, having underestimated this opponent he aims to move back and tries to get a read on what he might be capable of.
The man seeing this, rushes to use his weird shooter bracelet and pins Damian's hand to his pants.
Damian feels a bit surprised but decides that since he's not being given an opening he'll have to work fast.
Pulling out his katana with his free hand he goes closer. This opponent is someone who uses big distances with those weird shooters. If Damian can get close he might avoid confrontation and avoid getting the gap any bigger.
And Damian can't allow that to happen.
The man then uses a method to remove the weapon and this time sticks (?) both Damian's feet and hand together.
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Peter has to be smart about this so he uses a method that was from his time as Spider-man, usually to get muggers down without using a violent method.
They did decided to get smarter, but at that time he was being trained by Natasha and she showed him a way easier way of doing it. So they stood no chance.
After that he was super into creating his own way of doing it, by using the other avengers teaching.
Luckily this kid fight really similar to a mix of Natasha, Steve and Bucky. This kid is really good, he probably has been taught really strictly even the way he speaks makes him appear older.
Robin squirms and tries to get out. "You will unleash me from this substance and fight me like a real man, if not for this material you would have been incapacitated already!"
Peter picks him up like a misbehaving kitten and sits him on a couch. Effectively already webbing him more, he's not taking any chances with this highly trained assassin, vigilante child.
Peter sits on the one opposite to him and sighs, "Alright, little dude. I'm going to be real honest here-" he closes his eyes and pulls his hand in to a defensive stance upon seeing the kids glare, "You are an awesome fighter, really great and all that jazz. But like you're a little too great at it."
The child tries shuffling ever so slightly to get his dagger ( Another one?!) to cut the binds off of him. Finally he gets it and starts grinding away while Peter talks.
Having successfully cutting it he charges at him.
Peter gives him a look of 'Are you being serious right now?' and simply twists the knife right out of his hand and grabs him in what could only be described as a hug from the back.
By Peter, but to Robin it's the man's way of showing he has the upper hand and flaunts his power in his face.
He also tries kicking and at one point bites Peter's arm holding him.
"Dude, can you like not??? And if you asked nicely instead of threatening me, i would've told you what was going on so you could report back to big daddy bat or whatever."
Kid™ suddenly goes limp in his arms and gets a burst of aggression, "You are not qualified to address Batman as such! And you will give me than information, then shall I decide if you live or die!"
Hearing a small,very small beep from Robin. Peter has a suspicion that he's trying to just to buy time and wait for the other birds and bats to arrive to woop his ass.
"Oh yeah, and how are you going to decide that? Because the others are going to arrive when you hit that distress button? HMM, because i literally did nothing, what do you think they're going to do when they find out you tried to kill a civilian based on, what? A hunch he was actually a crime lord?"
"You have already proven that you are nothing but a normal civilian! You have taken me down without trying. You are clearly trained by a professional!"
"Oh yeah? There's no way you can prove that, they'll take one look at poor, orphan and almost homeless me that's just trying to get by in life by doing an illegal job because no others will take me in!
And then what, they decide that because you tried to hurt me, me who is a normal person that you can't even be trusted on your own to not hurt someone else!"
He probably took it too far with that sentence but he just needs to get the kid to turn the tracker off. He also knows that Robin probably won't want to hear that, because he didn't want to hear that when he started being a hero.
Like recognizes like.
Robin huffs and before he can get another word in, Peter grabs the little tracker on him and sits Robin down and this time makes triple sure he's secure and promptly destroys it so that nothing is left but dust.
He sits back on the couch and this time Robin starts.
"Since you have simply decided that I lack a 'normal' person such as yourself's fighting-"
"-constraint" Peter cuts in, and receives a glare in return.
"As i was saying, 'fighting style' you shall teach me it, so that i a small child will proceed to achieve greater heights in my quest to becoming Batman!"
Just what has become of Peter's life? Is this how Mr.Stark felt when Peter just showed up and decided to help him? Should he even help this adorable little asshole of a child that wants to become freaking Batman?!
"Dude,do you not hear yourself when you talk? I am not going to teach a middle schooler how to have self constraint, and how are you even going to become the new batman, if Batman hasn't even retired yet??? There's also like a bunch of other robins who were there before you."
"It is in my blood, I will be first to inherit the cowl! Now...TEACH ME!"
"Aren't you just a ball of sunshine...whelp i really wish i could but like i said, I'm like an orphan and almost homeless. So i got my hands full. I also need money." Peter is really tempted to say 'yes' because this child,yes a child.
Is someone who just wants to improve. He's also got huge shoes to fill (both metaphorically and physically speaking) this is BATMAN'S kid,and even if the thought of that man doing anything remotely sexually sends Peter into a comma. It's the truth.
This kid needs help, and Peter needs entertainment.
Who's to say they can't help each other?
Peter thinks of a brilliant idea and turns to the kid, "Actually...I can teach you. But i just want one thing in return."
At this he narrows his eyes at Peter and the possible strange request. "It will depend on your answer. If it is a danger to someone or foolish I will refuse to do it"
Peter raise his hands in a defensive matter, as if he's dealing with a wild animal. "Look, I'm bored as hell. There is not a lot of entertaining things to really do in Gotham. Being a bartender or waiter at an illegal place is the only way to keep me busy. And i know i said my hands are busy but I can make time to help you..."
Peter continues, "You need a mentor and I just need something to keep my hands busy for long enough. You also need information and i can be your guy on the inside!
And besies aren't you rich, you could like pay me and I could let go of some hours!
But we both know how stuck up Batman is about trusting new people. I just need you to make it seem believable..."
It's a good offer, in fact it's a really good offer. But only on Damian's side that is. "And how will i achieve that in a house of the world's greatest detectives?"
Peter just smirks. "I've got a plan."
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"I am being touched inappropriately by an old man in a strange building that i can't disclose the whereabouts of."
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The entire Batcave™ was completely quite once Damian had said how exactly he had gotten info on where the next bomb will be due to Bruce's request.
Jason just stepped into the cave when he heard it and promptly began howling with laughter.
But it seemed like he was the only one that appreciated the absurdity of the situation, and the fact that Damian said it so nonchalantly that you would've assumed this was a normal Tuesday.
Obviously the little shits lying and even if the guy had touched him, there wouldn't BE anymore of that guy.
Batman, slightly turned to look at him with a crease evident between his eyebrows. "I need more information behind that statement, Damian"
It was only Jason, Tim, Barbra, Duke and Bruce present in there. So either they are all crazy (Likely.) or they are all tired as hell and this is a hallucination they are collectively sharing (More Likely.)
Also thank god for that, cuz if Dick was in the room, all hell would have broken loose.
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Tim who was on his fifth cup of coffee that day was on team hallucination and that he is taking a nap op the stairway. Having pinched himself multiple time he can declare that it is, in fact, not a dream.
Tim also now decided that, yeah sure okay, his brother is being touched by an old man and that this is now common knowledge.
Wait what...
"DAMIAN YOU'RE BEING WHAT NOWED BY WHO, AND YOU CANT TELL US WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING?!?!?" Tim can't believe he was wasting his sip of coffee by spitting it out.
But also it was for a good reason too, Damian was getting assaulted! On purpose!
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Damian simply crossed his arms and huffed, "Yes drake, do you need assistance in order to hear a statement now?"
Jason stopped laughing now, "Wait what, you're being actually serious right now? And why the fuck can't you tell us." He was now debating if this little shit was lying and not fucking around.
Even Bruce was now concerned, "Damian."
Damian simply responded. "Yesterday when my tracker went off, I was meeting up with an old man who i linked back to the Iceburgs lounge.
He was working there and i figured that if we got someone working on the inside we could find out about schemes in advance since criminals are known to be often located there.
I had acted like a common child and bribed the man using my body for information. I must also inform this man is a meta with spider-like abilities who happens to run a child trafficking ring. I am simply getting information on rouges and getting rid of a meta who is illegally selling children.
I will be meeting him most days, and as per the contract he will allow me to come with to the Iceburg in order to 'promote' me.
This man is, like i said a meta with a 6th sense and can tell if someone's there. Hence why I will not allow you to follow or learn of the location.
This man can hear very good as well and can hear my tracker, seeing that I had to destroy the devise.
I see nothing wrong with this."
Damian is trying to sell it as best as he could. It is also not a complete lie.
There is a child trafficking ring, the information is correct and he was touched by an old man (But the man was simply doing it to show where the warehouse Peter had lived in, when he asked for directions but Damian had broken his hand after.)
He also met a meta with spider like qualities. He is selling his body to be trained with peter by doing this whole acting thing and sees nothing wrong with this what so ever.
This is not a lie, it is simply put in a way that would leave a mere suggestion as to what is happening.
If they assume wrong that is no ones fault but their own.
They will all soon see that this is good thing aswell.
If he doesn't kill Peter (No last name because according to Peter he doesn't need it.) before they even start the training.