Oh my lord can it be? A chapter? This soon after my colossal hiatus?! Yes children, yes it is. Thank you for all of the follows and favorites guys, like…wow. Did not expect that kind of welcome back. BTW I finally beat my Arkham Knight game and just…(SPOILER ALERT!)..Jaybird…My precious little jaybird. Yes. I liked the under the red hood movie but Arkham knight had the best Jason/Bruce father son reunion thing and when he came back and helped Bruce I was just…my feels man. So many feels in that game. Anyway on with le fic!

"So then Smoke activates the machine and Joker blows the coop and poof here we are." Wally summed up after Kaldur's report.

Nightwing stood probed against the wall nodding in understanding. "All-right, sounds legitimate enough."

Red Robin shook his head at his brother fondly "what does it say about our lives that we just except that as 'legit' and move on?"

Batgirl snorted. "A lot." Smiling at everyone she got up from her spot on the floor and headed towards the zeta tubes. "Well I've got to head out, it's my turn to…you know" she nodded to Nightwing almost sadly and was met with a grimacing smile in return.

Batman raised an eyebrow at the exchange, especially when Red Robin subtly brushed against the elder man. The more he watched Nightwing the more he felt in his gut that he knew him. Who was he kidding, he knew who this man was, he just (for the first time in his life) didn't want to admit it. But the instinct was there call it what you might; father's intuition, his detective skill. But at the same time, he reasoned, Dick had/has no known relations he knew of, and believe him he checked when he first took the boy in.

"So what do we do now?" Artemis asked, sinking into the couch with her arms crossed.

"Wait" Batman told her. "You say you've dealt with time travel before." He addressed the brothers and 'Beast Boy' who was perched atop a bookshelf as a cat. "I assume that means you know how to deal with this."

Nightwing smirked at them and the entire team got that nagging feeling in their minds.

"B-01" Robin muttered next to Batman frowning at the man in blue.

"It'll take some time to reconfigure." Red Robin stated, once again adopting that I-know-all-and-you-should-know-what-I'm-talking-about-without-explenation bat-tone. "In the mean time you may stay here at the cave if you wish."

"the way he says that." Artemis spoke into the mindlink. "we all know we really don't have a choice."

"He is merely being courteous Artemis." Kaldur reprimanded

"What do you think 'Wing? they'll go for it? Your old team, you'd know." Red asked conversationally as the team entered their mental conversation. Unmindful of Superboy still paying them attention.

"I'm surprised you're not more suspicious baby bro." Nightwing answered instead. Tim just blankly glared at his brother, silently asking 'seriously? You know I've already tested them'. Nightwing just smiled and pated his head in a way he knew annoyed the younger.

"Enough" Batman suddenly spoke up. And the bat brothers noticed the way Artemis and Wally were glaring at each other.

"oh yesh, you too stop fighting and get a room already." Nightwing joked before frowning and turning to Batman bringing himself to his full height. "And stop glaring at me B you didn't scare me when I was 13 and you don't scare me now."

Most of the team balked at his gall. Even Robin never addresses Batman like that. Even Batman was taken aback some, though he didn't show it. Even Tim had raised an eyebrow at Nightwing's behavior, the man always did have a short fuse when he was tired though.

"Dude, who does he think he is?" Wally whispered in awed disbelief.

"An old member of this team apparently." Superboy said, catching the attention of everyone one else. "said it himself." He finished tilting his head towards Red Robin.

Robin narrowed his eyes at the now amused man. Nightwing seemed to be looking at him expectantly. "Your zeta code was B-01." Was all he said.

The team was now glued to Nightwing, wondering what he'd say. They knew what that meant. 'how did we not notice that?' Wally thought as really looked at the man.

"Yep" Nightwing said, popping the 'p'. smiling a bit at the attention, he was still a performer at heart.

Batman sighed internally as he gave the man one last ounce-over before meeting his eyes. The man as smirking at him. It was the same up tilt of lips he saw nearly every day. "Robin."

Nightwing winked at him. "In the flesh."

The room was silent as the team sat and stared at this grown version of their youngest team mate. Red Robin just rolled his eyes behind his mask and walked off muttering what sounded like "attention whore" as he went.

"So you do get taller." Was all Wally could think to say. Now that he was really looking he could defiantly see the similarities between the two, but the differences where most certainly there too. Nightwing's hair was bit longer and wild the way Rob's got when his grew out, but robin (or really Alfred) never let his hair get any longer than it was. Nightwing was understandably taller too, and pretty well built from what he could see. His costume was a lot more militaristic than Rob's though. It was certainly darker minus the blue bird on his chest which stretched out along his arm's to his ring and middle fingers. He had a utility belt sure, but unlike Rob's his was gray with noticeably less pockets. Then there were the two escrima sticks strapped to his thigh that he swore had what looked like Tasers at the ends. Mainly though was the lack of childish aura. Nightwing seemed playful still sure and it wasn't like he was saying Rob was totally immature –far from it-, but he didn't just glow with it like his younger counter part. No, Wally noticed, this guy was defiantly more serious, and was it just him or did his smile seem more strained?

Nightwing just laughed at his comment while Robin gave him an indignant glare. "I guess that is due." He said, looking at his younger self. "Man I really was short. What did you feed me back then B?"

Batman just looked at him, silently saying 'you know the answer to that'. While Robing let out a frustrated "Hey! I'm not shor-"

Nightwing sorted. "yeah, yeah I know. 'I'm not short I'm travel sized.'" He finished.

Robin stopped short, glaring at his older self. He frowned, looking down as if gathering courage for something. Nightwing kept his gaze on him as if he knew what was coming, probably did.

"so…'Nightwing' huh?" Robin said at last. "what happened to Robin?"

Immediately the team tensed up, suddenly wondering the same thing. Batman saw the sad smile his older bird gave them and made the executive decision to cut this short. Before he could however Wally spoke up.

"AwDude,justpleasedon'ttellmeyoupulledaRedArrow! oncewasenoughman- OW!" Batman sent a silent thank you to Artemis who whapped Wally upside the head.

"Normal speed Kid mouth." She said as Wally rubbed the back of his head. "Normal. Speed."

"Seriously, though." She said, addressing the older boy wonder. "He does have point, one Angst fest is enough thank you." She shrugged as the others looked at her, Robin with knowing smirk. "what? You get into enough arguments with him your bound learn to understand him."

Robin just shook his head then suddenly got a horrified look on his face before whipping around to face his older self. "Dude, tell me we don't actually pull a Red Arrow."

Nightwing was silent though as he stared at KF, still, as if he was still trying to comprehend the question. Batman on the other hand thought he felt his heart stop for a moment at the reaction. Oh no, oh hell no. He saw the issues going on between Queen and Harper and just…..no. for all that he was known for always having a plan for everything, He'd never once thought the same could occur between himself and his own son. Robin was still too young for teenage rebellion right? But down the road….nope, suddenly Batman was hit with the strangest (for him) sense of 'DO NOT WANT TO KNOW'.

Nightwing seemed to blink a couple of times behind his mask before he focused on his younger self and then the rest of the room's occupants. His head tilted to the side and they noticed his shoulders where shaking ever so slightly, his smile seemed tighter. Then from behind them came:

"Pull a what now?"

Wally, Artemis, and M'gan jumped about 5 feet of their seats. The other's had noticed him coming up, and while Aqualad was having a mini heart attack he kept himself composed. Red Robin was behind them, eyebrow raised as he laughed silently at their reactions.

Nightwing gave a weird sound before finally releasing his laugh. "They want to know if I 'pulled a Red arrow'."

Now both eyebrows rose beneath the other bat's mask as Red Robin gave his brother a teasing grin. "Pfft. Seriously?" RR shook his head. "yes. Because you are so the angsty rebellious one of the family." His words were obviously referencing something.

Artemis went to laugh along when Nightwing playfully glared at Red Robin, Waving him off with a 'ha ha, very funny.' Before turning around to do something with his halo-glove, until something occurred to her.

"Wait." She said, looking between her Robin and Red Robin Behind her. "You said Nightwing was your older brother." She stated, ignoring the sudden panicked look on red robin's face as he franticly gave her the universal 'stop/cut' signal and how Nightwing seemed to go very still. "You have a brother Robin?"

Robin frowned and opened his mouth to say that, no, he was very much an only child. But was cut off by what he could only call the sound of a strangled kitten.

Everyone watched as Red Robin went very still, his face beat red in a very impressive 'deer in headlights' look. It was quickly identified that Nightwing had been the one to make the sound as he suddenly jumped up and over, flipping over the couch to latch on to his brother who now had a look of 'f my life' on his face. All of the past team members were frozen in a 'what the ****?' feeling looking at each other and Robin.

"Aw BABBY BRID! YOU DO LOVE ME!"

"Nightwing get off"

"it's okay little brother, let out, LET IT GO!"

" 'Wing im not kidding-"

"My baby brother loves me!"

"Get Off!" Red Robin shouted as he pushed the man away. "Seriously, you'd think you were suffering from neglect."

Nightwing just laughed, raising his arms in the 'I surrender' motion. He was smiling like the Cheshire cat.

The team was still staring at them. Artemis recovered first looking over at Red Robin. "Baby bird?"

Red Robin paused in straightening out his suit and turned his head to glare at his brother. "I hate you." He said simply, frowning as the jerk just kept laughing.

"Aw come on, no you don't." Nightwing coaxed. "I'm your big brother and you love me."

Robin was still staring at them. "But." He started, getting the attention of the others. "I don't have a brother."

That gained a lot of eyebrow raises, Wally was majorly confused too. He knew Robin. Knew his identity, backstory, everything. Rob was telling the truth he didn't have a brother.

"Oh but you do." Nightwing said mysteriously. "In all seriousness though." He continued, suddenly all business. "It will take a bit to work out a solution for you so be careful what you do and ask. Regardless what t.v might say, you being here does not mean we remember doing this ourselves, nor does It mean anything you do or see will destroy the timeline. However you can do damage with the wrong knowledge or action. Believe it or not I'm happy with my life, please don't screw it up."

Red Robin raised a silent eyebrow at his brother. 'a bit dramatic much' he thought. Still though, who was he to question. Nightwing looked like he was going to say something else when he suddenly stoped and put a finger to his ear. "Go Ahead." He said, turning away from the group. "What? Now, already?" Nightwing ran a hand through his hair as he nodded despite the other side not being able to see him. "No, no I'm on my way, just got distracted with something."

Turning to the now curious team he gestured to Red Robin. "Well I've gotta go, Red Robin will get you situated. B." he said, nodding in direction of his (former) mentor and walking off to the zeta tube without another word.

"well that was an adventure and a half" Wally spoke into the Mind Link.

"No shit." Artemis replied. "wonder where he went."

"focus" Kaldur told them.

The two looked over and saw that the other had gotten up and were following Red Robin out of the room.

"So yeah," Red Robin told them. "You can use these rooms. Not too many people come by this hallway." He said, pointing down a hallway a few feet away on the left. "Like 'Wing said just running into someone and having a chat doesn't destroy history but I still advise caution. Especially you Batman." He said when the reached the rooms. "You're supposed to be off world after all, and it wouldn't be the first time we've dealt with imposters or the like."

Seeing everyone squared away the teen turned and headed out towards the living room. "Anyway, I'm going to contact someone who might be able to help and maybe so some case work. If you need anything, the layout should be more or less the same as you're used to." And with that he was gone.

"Friendly bunch those two." Artemis said as she grabbed M'gan and dragged her into a room. The others looked at each other, shrugged and went into a different room leaving Batman and Robin. "an adventure and a half huh?" Robin whispered before turning too his mentor who was already tapping away at his own hollo glove. "So, information." He asked.

Batman nodded, the image of the older version of his son lingering in his mind, as well as the implications of red robins status as Dick's 'brother'. "I'm running different algorithms for possible oslutions to our predicament. The less time we spend here the better, regardless of what your older self and red robin imply."