He didn't mean to. It wasn't his fault; it was basically an instinct... But he had no problem doing it; he was enjoying it more than anything.

Another fist flew into Bruce's jaw and another, and another.

He couldn't contain himself. He had been to hell and back in the past twelve months. And as far as Dick was concerned, it was all Bruce's fault.

"DICK!" Barbara shouted, pulling back Dick's arms and putting them behind his back.

"YOU FUCKING BASTARD! YOU DIDN'T FUCKING SAVE ME! YOU SAW THE FUCKING VIDEOS AND YOU GOT THE FUCKING MESSAGES! BUT YOU NEVER SAVED ME! YOU FUCKING SHITBAG!" Dick shouted, trying to grab Bruce's throat.

"Okay... Gar, you are NOT staying." M'gann said, leading Garfield out of the room, her hands still to his ears.

"Dick?" Bruce asked genuine fear in his voice.

"Oh, so you fucking remember me? That's a fucking start!" Dick retorted, wriggling to get out of Barbara's grasp.

"DICK! Stop swearing at your father!" Selina commanded.

"Father? Some fucking father you are! I was tortured for a MONTH, you got the ransom videos, you got the warnings, yet you did nothing! You've let Jason die TWICE! By the same psychotic clown! And as far as I know, you've let Tim go through that!

I was taken, Jason was murdered, something's OBVIOUSLY happened to Damian, YOUR ONLY ACTUAL SON! And you've let Tim go through that! And don't bother telling me that he's fine! I still haven't got over my actual parents. So I can only imagine how hard it is losing three brothers in the same year." Dick spat. He pulled out of Barbara's grasp and walked over to Tim.

"Timothy Drake. I need you to answer this question. What happened to Damian?"

Tim sniffed and wiped a tear from his eye, Damian was definitely NOT his favourite of his brothers and sisters, but talking about his death was still hard.

"The Heretic. He was an adult clone of Damian. He managed to kill him." Bruce stated.

"Did I fucking ask you?" Dick retorted.

"No, but I answered you." Bruce commented. Dick walked over to Bruce and put his first finger on the Bat Logo.

"Fine. Then answer this. Why didn't you save me?" Dick questioned, bird-glaring at his former-mentor.

"I-I..." Bruce started. He had no idea how to say this.


WELL! Brucey got sum 'xplainin' ta do! Oh yeah! And Jay is gonna come back! Don't ask how :D And I REALLY am SO sorry for this not being even remotely long! It's really short, I know, but I had pressure, 'kay?