Bruce had a meeting to go to and Alfred was visiting his great aunt which left Dick in charge of his two younger brothers, Jason and Tim.

"I don't need a babysitter!" Jason protested as he flipped through TV channles.

"Come on, it's not even like you're gonna have a babysitter, I have to read, so I'll be in my room." Dick said as he picked up his book.

"I'm nine years old and could take down a 30 year old, I don't need a babysitter!" Jason continued.

"I wike when Di babysits." The youngest of the bunch, at 3 years old, Tim said happily as he toddled over.

"You also like Blue's clues." Jason mumbled. Dick chuckled then walked up stairs to his room. He had just began to read his book when the lamp in his room flickered. At first he thought little of it until the lamp continued to flicker.

'What the hell?' He thought, 'Didn't I just change that lightbulb yesterday?'

He slowly got up and walked down stairs to the living room, just to make sure that it wasn't only his lamp that was flickering.

"Um, guys, are the lights flickering down here too?" Dick questioned. Just then a message started flashing on the TV.

A tornado warning has been issued for the following places: Gotham city...

Dick hadn't listened to anymore of the message, Gotham city was the first place mentioned; that's all he needed to know. He looked quickly around the room,he couldn't find Tim, but he needed to find all of his brothers.

"Where's Tim?" He asked frantically. Tim quickly emerged from his spot by the window, were he had been staring outside.

"Why da sky gween?" He asked pointing outside. Dick walked next to his brother to find that sure enough, if you looked past the grey, there was a light green hue.

"Crap." Dick muttered as he looked on, when his eyes locked on something in the distance.

"What's wrong?" Jason asked as he joined the two near the window, "Um Grayson, isn't the sky green when there's about to be a tornado?"

Jason's question was soon answered when he spotted exactly what Dick was staring at; A funnel cloud was forming over head. Not waiting any longer, Dick grabbed Tim and led Jason to the old grandfather clock that was used to transport them to the batcave. Once in the batcave Dick got online and check the weather on the news webpage.

'Di whas wong?" Tim asked, just about scared out of his mind. On cue, Dick pulled out his phone and dialed in a few numbers.

"Bruce, hey." Dick began.

"Are you guys okay, I just saw on the news about the tornado, go to the basement." Bruce said over the phone.

"We're in the batcave now." Dick continued, Bruce paused for a minute, as much as he didn't want the boys in the batcave, he was just glad they were somewhere safe.

"I'll try to get home soon." Bruce said.

"Okay, I'-." Dick began but the phone went dead. Dick turned to his brothers again. At this point even Jason looked a little nervous.

"Alright so um, looks like wer'e on our own." Dick said sliding his phone back into his pocket.

"Well, now what do we do?" Jason asked.

"Well, I'm pretty sure the lights won't hold up much longer, so I'm gonna turn on the generator then I'm going to finish my book." Dick replied. Jason was just about ready to slap his older brother.

"How can you be so freakin' calm?" he asked.

"There isn't much we can do now, we're safe here in the cave." Dick said as he walked to the generator. he flipped the switch then sat down in a chair in front of the computer and began to read his book.

"I scared." Tim protested. Dick picked up the small child then went back to his book.

"There's nothing to be scared of." Dick replied. Jason was seriously beginning to suspect that Dick had gone mentally insane.

"THERE'S A FREAKIN' TORNADO OUTSIDE, THERE IS PLENTY TO BE SCARED OF!" Jason yelled. After Jason's little outburst Tim began to cry.

"W-when d-daddy gonna b-be h-home?" Tim sobbed, panicking now.

"Way to go, Jason." Dick mouthed as he tried to clam his brother down.

"How are you so calm?" Jason asked again.

"Well a little whiles back," The thirteen year old began, "There was a storm that blew threw when I first moved in, and when I was freaking out Bruce kept a cool head and told me there was nothing to be afraid of, that's why i'm so calm, if he can stay cool under pressure, I can too." Dick explained.

This was the first time The Boy Wonder ever really talked about his relationship with Bruce with Tim and Jason. There was a pause when Jason finally spoke up.

"So what book are you reading?" he asked.

"Romeo and Juliet." Dick replied.

"Whas dat?" Tim asked.

"It's about these 2 people who fall in love and-." Dick started but was cut off when the computer finally gave out, "Ah that sucks." He finished.

"We're so screwed, can't this stuff usually hold up against storms?" Jason questioned.

"Guess it knocked out a line or something. Dick replied calmly still. Jason's question was completely answered when the generator stopped, submerging them all in darkness. Tim shrieked and clung to Dick's t-shirt.

"It's fine you guys." Dick said pulling his phone out of his pocket and turning it on, dimly lighting were he stood. He walked over to a first aid box and pulled out a flash light. Now that he had a better light, Dick continued to walk around the batcave until he had three flashlights. One for each of them.

"Well what if these flashlights run out?" Jason asked, "We could be down here for awhile."

"I know, Jason, I know, just let me think of a plan."

A/N: So I wrote this last summer, due to personal experience, and just never posted it. This'll probably be a two shot, maybe three. Hope ya like it. I own nothing!