Percy Jackson & the Olympians + Young Justice

Percy and Bruce have been married for five years. Five blissful, wonderful, peaceful years… Well as peaceful that it can be with Bruce being Batman and one of the founding members of the ever growing Justice League and with Percy being the hero Tempest whom helps Batman when he needs it in Gotham. Taking a break one night, they decide to go see a circus visitng Gotham. femPercy Oneshot

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson or Young Justice.

If you have not already read The Beginning and/or Reunited, read those two first or else you won't know what is going on in this one shot.

Chapter 1

"Are you sure that I look fine, Bruce?" Percy asked, putting her Bulgari pearl sapphire diamond yellow gold necklace and earrings in that Bruce had gotten her for her birthday as she looked through the mirror at Bruce whom was looking handsome in his two-piece suit. He came up behind her and helped clasp her necklace, kissing her lightly on the neck.

"You look beautiful, Seph." They stood there quietly staring at each other in the mirror before Percy smiled softly at his nickname for her. He had started calling her that after their first year of marriage and he was the only one allowed to call her that. She bent to put her heels on one handed, grasping his strong arm to keep her steady. When she was steady on both feet, Alfred knocked on the open door of their bedroom.

"The car is ready, Master Bruce, Miss Persephone."

"Thank you, Alfred. We'll be down there in a moment. We just need to grab Seph's jacket."

Alfred nodded and went to the car.

Percy smiled softly at her husband, kissing him gently on the lips when he brought her her black jacket from the closet. "Thanks." She said as he helped her into it.

"You're welcome, Seph. Now let's go before Alfred gets mad at us for being late. I really want to see these Flying Graysons that have been advertised so much."

Percy laughed and allowed him to tug her out the door.

What they didn't know, was that both of their lives were about to change.

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Percy was still in shock later that night as she was wrapped around by blankets and sipping on hot cocoa provided by Alfred by what she and Bruce had witnessed that night. That poor family. That poor Richard Grayson. He was going to have to suffer for the rest of his life with the memory of seeing his parents die, just like how Bruce did now.

Bruce had gone out as Batman to meet with the Commissioner after the Bat signal had been lit but that had been two hours ago and he still wasn't back and it was beginning to be too hard for her to stay awake.

She fell asleep but was awakened when she was picked up by familiar arms.

"Bruce…" she murmured.

"Shh, love, go back to sleep. I'll tell you all about it in the morning."

"Mmkay. 'Night, Bruce." She mumbled as he laid her on the bed and pulled the covers over her body, bending down to kiss her lips.

"Goodnight, Seph."

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Bruce called Gordon a few days later, expressing his intent to take Richard Grayson in until the Graysons's murderer Zucco was caught and put in jail. Gordon agreed, knowing that Wayne Manor had one of the best secuirty systems in Gotham and would be the safest place for the boy. Gordon said that he would be bringing him over before noon. Bruce said goodbye and went down into the Batcave after informing Alfred about their new guest's expected arrival. Percy was still asleep upstairs so he figured he could get some investigating in before Richard's arrival.

He assembled evidence, cross-examined details, and tried to figure out where the scumbag was hiding. Before long, it was noon and Percy was coming down to inform him that Gordon had arrived at the front gate. Bruce met her in his office, closing the entrance to the cave behind him and looking at her, trying to discern what she thought about it all.

"Why can't I ever tell what you're thinking?" He whispered, raising a hand to caress her cheek.

She smiled at him. "You need a little mystery in your life, love. And I know what you're looking for. You're looking to see what I feel about this situation, about bringing Richard into this house, and I think it is a wonderful idea. So don't worry about it. Now let's go and greet the kid before Alfred comes to get us."

Bruce grinned at her and allowed her to drag him by the hand to the front door to great the Commisoner and Richard. As soon as Richard saw Percy, he froze in the doorway before darting forward and wrapping his arms around her waist and snuggling into her. Percy froze and realized that he remembered her from when she had turned his eyes away from his parents's bodies and stayed with him until the police had arrived. She could feel his tears soaking through her shirt but she couldn't do anything but wrap her arms around him to try and comfort him.

Bruce and Gordon talked softly by the door before Percy just picked the boy up, allowing him to wrap his legs around her waist and his arms around her neck and to bury his face in her neck as he continued to cry silently. Percy walked out of the room and into the kitchen where she could smell Alfred's famous hot cocoa being made.

"Richard, would you like some hot cocoa?" he just nodded his head but spoke one word that Percy hadn't been able to understand. "What was it that you said?"

"My name. I like to be called Dick."

"Ok, well, then, Dick, my name is Persephone, but you can call me Percy. Okay?"

Dick nodded and accepted the hot cocoa, drinking it slowly while still in Percy's arms. He felt safe in them. This was the first time since his parents had died that he had felt safe and he was going to enjoy it as much as he could before he was sent to an orphanage or foster home.

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A few weeks later

Percy's and Dick's relationship had blossomed like a flower in it's prime but Bruce and Dick's relationship was that of mutual respect for each other. They barely saw each other or spoke to one another. But Percy had told Dick not to take it personally, that Bruce was just busy and that it was going to take him a little bit to warm up to him.

Dick believed her, because Percy would never lie to him to hurt him.

Dick sighed, walking down one of the massive hallways that was in Wayne Manor, his socked covered feet making his footsteps silent. It had been another night filled with nightmares and so hadn't been able to fall back to sleep. But he had a better pasttime though. He'd been keeping an eye on the news for anything about Batman or about the arrest of Zucco. But then he had seen it, across the bottom when the weather person had been talking about the forecast for the next week. 'Batman captures Zucco - man charged with 25 years to life without chance for parole' and knew that it was only a matter of time before CPS came to take him away now that the threat of Zucco was gone.

He sighed, leaning back against Bruce's office chair, the darkness of the room and outside hiding him from view. His head jerked up when he saw Alfred emerge from a doorway that he hadn't noticed before but when Alfred stepped over the threshold, the clock that was in Bruce's study that was always on the wrong time, closed over the opening and Alfred proceeded to go to the kitchen.

Dick rubbed his eyes and pinched himself to make sure that he wasn't sleep walking or hallucinating before walking silently over to the clock and ran his hands over the smooth wood but nothing happened until he pushed the hour hand on the clock down, causing the clock to slide open to reveal the dark stairs leading down into an abyss.

He slid inside and the clock shut with a quiet clang behind him as he walked down the steps, his hands stretched out onto either side of him to help guide him through the deep darkness of the cave. Because that was where he was. He was in a cave.

Then he heard screeching. It was not just one, nor two, but hundreds of screeching bats that loosed themselves from where they'd been handing from the top of the cave and fluttered off, towards some unknown part. He had crouched down, and batted his arms around to protect himself. They were soon gone, the silence deafening. He stared after them in amazement, never having been so close to wild animals like that before.

"They do that sometimes." a deep, growly voice said. Dick whirled around in shock and came face to face with Batman. His hero.

Batman couldn't help but enjoy the shock on the boy's face. He couldn't wait to tell Percy this. She would think it was hilarious too.

"B-Batman?" Dick stuttered.

Batman sighed, pulling down his cowl to reveal his face. "Actually it's Bruce." He watched as Dick had trouble regaining his ability to speak.

"Y-you're Batman?"

"I see you have the talent of stating the complete obvious." Bruce said, grinning in a joking manner at the boy, Dick hesitantly returning it.

"Y-Zucco… You got Zucco for me."

"I did. What that man did, was inexcusable, Dick, and I wanted him to pay for what he has made you suffer through, one of the worst things a child can have happen to them. The lose of their parents, especially in front of them." Bruce crouched down in front of him, bringing their faces onto the same level. "I hope that you can forgive me for not being there for you for the past few weeks but as I am sure that you are aware, it took sometime to capture Zucco and to convince the judge and jury to give him the heaviest sentence that they could do that would stick."

Dick swallowed, his voice was thick with emotion. "Thank you, Bruce."

"No problem, Dick."

"What's going to happen to me now? Where is CPS going to take me?" Dick asked miserably, looking down at the ground, fighting the urge to cry.

Bruce grasped his chin and directed his head up so their blue eyes, so similiar in shade, met and held. "I was going to let Seph ask you this later today when she told you the news about Zucco but since you're already up, I might as well tell you… Just act surprised and emotional when she asks you later today, okay? I don't need her getting mad at me."

Dick nodded in agreement, his curiousity getting the better of him.

"Seph wants to adopt you, Dick."

Dick gasped and tears pricked at the corners of his eyes. Percy wanted to adopt him, Dick Grayson. "Are you sure she wants to adopt me? What about you?"

"I do as well, Dick. And I'm sure she does. You're the only person that she had been able to talk about contantly since you arrived. And it would make extremely happy to have you apart of the family."

Dick launched himself at the man, hugging him tightly for a second before releasing him and stepping back, wiping at his eyes.

"Thank you."

"No problem, Dick. Now remember, you have to act emotional in front of Percy or else she'll know that I told you, ok?" Dick grinned at Bruce, an idea forming in his mind, a purposeness beginning to form in his very being.

"Can I be your sidekick."

That was one of the only statements that Bruce had ever heard that caught him completely off guard.

"No. It's far too dangerous - you'd get hurt or killed…" Bruce trailed off when he saw anger begin to come to life in Dick's eyes. But then he realized it was stubbornness. He mentally groaned. He had a hard enough time dealing with Seph and her stubbornness all of the time.

"That's why you do it, isn't it? It's why you took me in. Percy told me it had been you're idea in the first place. You do it so that what happened to you doesn't ever happen to anyone else, right?" Dick knew he was walking on a fine line but he had to get his point across. "I watch the news, Bruce. Yes, you're helping but people are still dying… Even with the rare help from that one hero that is sometimes seen with you…. what's her name.. Oh, yeah Tempest. But if you train me, I could be able to help, if Tempest is there or not. I want to make sure that no other kid has to go through what you and I have gone through… watching their parents die and feeling helpless about it."

Bruce sighed, knowing that he was going to give in but he had to lay some ground rules first.

"Are you willing to obey every order I give you without question? If I order you to leave, to not come back for me, would you do it?"

Dick swallowed as he thought. "If there was no other way… I would leave but I would be back with help."

"Dick, I won't just be Bruce Wayne. I'll be Batman and I'll push you to your limits over and over again until I feel that you're ready. I will train you everyday, every available hour whether there be rain, sleet, or snow. You'll be sore, tired, won't have time to do much of anything else." Dick nodded as he listened silently. "I decide when you are ready to go out there into the streets. You will respect my judgement no questions asked, and if I say that you're benched, you're benched. I do not walk an easy path, Dick, so I want you to know that I won't be upset or ashamed if you want to quit farther down the road."

Dick looked at him impassively.

"When do I start?"

Bruce smirked. "When Seph says it's okay is when you start. So you better get ready to beg, Dick. It's going to take all that you have to convince her to let you go."

Dick groaned knowing that he was going to have his work cut out for him in trying to convince Percy.

The End