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Damian had been waiting for Alfred to pick him up from school when two masked men jumped out of a van and knocked him out. When he woke up, his head hurt and his neck, wrists and ankles burned from being restrained by what he assumed was barbed wire.
The masked men were standing nearby, watching him with malicious intent. They had baseball bats with nails , hammers, tazers and crowbars scattered around them.
“We’re gonna send a video to your dad. You shut up if you don’t wanna get hurt.”
Damian knew he should probably listen, but while they were recording, one of the men grabbed him. He instinctively snapped, “Get your filthy hands away from me.”
“You’re gonna regret that, brat.”the green eyed man told him as he picked up the baseball bat
After that, things got worse.
The man hit his legs with the object over and over until his legs were broken, bleeding messes. He was laughing while doing it clearly enjoying hurting the boy.
Once they were finished recording , they turned back to him. “I told Brucie I wouldn’t hurt you if he paid on time. But that’s no fun. So this is happening. Don’t take it personally.”
Time passed slowly after that.
The men hit him for what felt like an eternity. They mostly hit his legs and arms but sometimes hit his head and chest.
He felt powerless against the two men and that made him feel something he rarely felt fear.
Blue shirt clearly wasn’t enjoying this as much as green eyes he looked almost guilty , he didn’t hit Damian as hard as green eyes and looked overall nervous.
By the end, Damian was exhausted and barely aware of what was going on around him.
He knew he was going to be in trouble if his father did save him because failure meant punishment in the league and he had failed spectacularly.
His thoughts were interrupted when green eyes made sure he couldn’t speak by shoving a piece of fabric in his mouth.
“Why d’you do that for? You already made me hurt him can’t you at least let him breathe?”blue shirt asked
“Stop being a bitch we’re havin’ fun and if ya don’t want me to hurt your kids you’re gonna be helping’ me”responded green eyes
They left him there and they stepped away into another room.
Damian was left alone with his pain and his thoughts ‘is father going to be there in time? And if he was was he going to punish him?’ He asked himself
He was pulled from his mind when he started hearing footsteps coming closer to him.
His breathing sped up and he began panicking they were coming back to finish the job.
Just as they were about to come back, chaos broke out. The doors flew open, voices shouted, and relief washed over him.
The relief was short lived as he felt a blunt object being shoved into his side then electricity running through his body he blacked out and when he woke up again he was on the floor and someone (probably green eyes) was stepping on his already injured neck so Damian couldn’t breathe anymore.
He was scared and tired. He started crying and went limp accepting his fate until the man who was stepping on his neck was tackled by someone. He tried to breathe but it was hard and his mouth was full.
He closed his eyes and groaned or at least tried to the cloth in his mouth blocking every noise he made.
Someone kneeled next to him and yanked the fabric out of his mouth. Damian’s eyes went wide open as he breathed in through his mouth.
He started coughing and pain shot through his neck as the barbed wire tore through his skin.
He looked up at the person who had helped him and saw his brother Jason.
“Fuck B bring the wire cutters and a shit ton of gauze” said his big brother
“Hey buddy you’re dad is going to get the supplies to remove the wires he’ll be right back”
When Damian looked to where his father previously was he didn’t see him meaning his father had indeed ran out of the room .
Damian looked to the door and saw his father bringing back what he was asked and joining Jason next to the kid.
“Hello sweetheart I’m going to have to cut the wire of but to do that I have to pass the tool into it I’m going to be careful but it will hurt”
Damian tried holding back his screams as Batman inserted the blade between his neck and the wire but he was unsuccessful.
He sobbed and screamed as they cut the wires around his wrist and ankles and when it was time to remove them nightwing , black bat , spoiler and red robin approached ready to pull away the metal and bandage the wounds it left.
The boy wasn’t screaming anymore, his throat was raw and he was instead left sobbing and breathing very fast and irregularly.
They started the slow process of removing the barbed wire and Richard cradled the boy in his arms to prop up his neck and comfort him.
“You’re going to be okay baby bat I love you so much”
As Damian started crying even harder dicks heart broke.
“You’re doing great sweetheart when we’re back at the manor I’m going to wrap you in a mountain of blankets on Bruce’s bed so we can all have a sleepover”
Damian smiled at the thought he was so tired and cold. Dick started brushing his hand through his baby brother’s hair
Damian leaned into his brother’s touch closing his eyes.
“I’m sorry sweetheart but you have got to stay awake for me”
The boys eyes slowly opened and he looked at his brother and down at his own broken body.
Bruce was now done with removing the metal from his neck while the other vigilantes were almost done removing it from his limbs.
Once they were all done they had to prepare him for transport
“Tim go get the braces in the car steph go get the IVs and Jason go get the emergency blankets he’s freezing” said Bruce as he cradled the boys head in his hands.
They all ran out and came back with the supplies they were asked to bring.
Stephanie put in the IV and installed a bag of fluids to it after he was finished jason covered him with the blanket and Bruce started working on putting on the braces on both of his legs and arm.
The boy was slowly calming down. His sobs had quieted down to soft cries. He looked exhausted and in agony.
Bruce finished up as fast as he could without hurting his son further.
“Jason come lift him Tim hold the fluids Cassandra and I will stay here until the police get here Dick you drive and steph you ca either stay here or go with them.”
All of them followed the bat’s instructions and made their way to the Batmobile.
Red hood carefully put the boy down on the backseat of the car where Tim and steph were already sitting. His head was propped up on Tim’s lap and his legs on Stephanie’s lap.
The ride to the manor was silent the only noises were the ones of Damian’s occasional whines.
When they arrived in the cave Alfred and Leslie were ready to take the boy with them to the med bay.
They took him away on a stretcher while his siblings waited outside for the moment where Leslie would be finished patching him up and would come talk to them.
It only took an hour before Bruce and Cassandra arrived they both sat down next to them and waited.
He was getting treated for a total of 4 hours before Leslie finally came into the waiting room.
They all stood up and looked at her
“What’s the damage?”
“He’s really lucky nothing vital was hit but he does have a total of 9 fractures. He also had a crushed windpipe and other crush related injuries in his neck so no talking or swallowing solid food for a while. He had a concussion so no screen for a bit. I think you otherwise know about the cuts and electrical burns”
Bruce nodded grimly dick inhaled shakily.
“Can we go see him?”
“Of course “
They all went in and Dick’s eyes welled up with tears as he saw his baby brother unconscious on an hospital bed bandages and casts covering a good part of his body Cassandra noticed the tears and hugged him. Dick looked surprised at the contact but he melted into the touch burying his face into his sister’s hair.
Jason looked shaken up but relieved of seeing his brother alive Tim looked sad but he tried holding it in Bruce was already sitting next to Damian holding his hands.
They were all worried but they knew he would be okay and that was enough.