Epilogue
It had been two weeks since the team had left the Wayne Manor. The team had yet to have seen Robin or Nightwing which was beyond unusual. Normally, the duo were at the cave at least once a week if not more. They had yet to have heard a peep from anyone in the Bat Clan since the video that Red Hood, Robin, and Blackbird left them.
Artemis had been the most vocal in expressing her displeasure of being drugged. Not only did the Bat Clan not trust them to know where the Bat Bunker was, they felt the need to drug them without their knowledge and for the life of her, she couldn't figure out how she did it! She had gone over the moment before everything went blank over and over and the only thing she could think of was that Robin was in the air vents and had gassed them.
Kaldur was worried about the cohesiveness of the team. They were all angry and confused about Robin's disappearance after he drugged them. As the leader, it was his responsibility to fix the problem. Walking up to Red Tornado, he asked, "Do you know when Robin will be returning?"
As if summoned, the Zeta Beams activated. Robin B01, Nightwing R01, Red Hood R02, Blackbird R03. Turning to the rest of the team, Kaldur led them to the Zeta Beams.
When they got there, they could only feel shock. By now, they had known Nightwing for a couple of months. They should have been used to his antics by now, but they felt like they could not anticipate what they found. Robin, Red Hood, and Blackbird stood off to the side wearing normal civvies, but Nightwing was another story. He looked like a stereotypical tourist wearing an I heart Taiwan shirt, a hat with an anime figure on it, and a colorful flower lei. He was also holding up multiple shopping bags with Japanese writing on them.
When he noticed the team's flabbergasted looks, his grin widened. :Hey guys! I bought souvenirs! You can't fight in a foreign country without bringing gifts, or at least that's what I always told Batman when he went out of country or off-world when I was a kid. That was mostly a ploy to get cool gifts but I couldn't be a hypocrite, now could I?"
Blackbird gave Nightwing an indistinguishable look. "You bring gifts to everybody even if you leave the city. Don't make it sound like you wouldn't have bought the gifts without father boring a hole in your head."
Nightwing just grinned before thrusting a bag into each of their arms. Inside were gifts that pertained to each of their powers. Superboy found a bag that was filled with different kinds of Superman shirts, each with some sort of Japanese slogan on it. Artemis found that her bag was filled with shirts with anime girls holding bows and shirts with animals under the moon. It was strange, but appropriate for her namesake. Kaldur found his bag filled with Little Mermaid merchandise and shirts with fish on it. Finally, M'gann opened hers to find that it was filled with cute animal shirts and one with a Japanese slogan and a picture of the stereotypical martian.
Nightwing was grinning at them the whole time. "I know that you couldn't come with us to Japan and Taiwan, but from what I've heard, you guys did your job. Of course, after seeing Richard Grayson's poor face, I've decided we're going to work on your reaction times. Haven't figured out how yet, I'll talk to Black Canary about it. Anyways, I figured that I'd bring Japan to you."
The team took a minute to take that in. Finally, Artemis turned to Robin. "You drugged us!"
"Hey! If anyone gets credit for drugging you it's me! I'm the one who had to 'talk' to the drug dealer!" Red Hood said while crossing his arms.
"If by drug dealer you mean father, than yes, you had to talk to the drug dealer." Blackbird said while smirking.
"No, I meant the drug dealer. I roofied them before giving them the knock out gas. How else was I supposed to knock them out without knocking myself out?" Red Hood said in a matter of fact tone.
Ignoring the team's angered expressions, Blackbird fired back at Red Hood, "You promised to take me with you next time you 'talked' with a drug dealer!"
This time it was Nightwing who interrupted. "You promised to take him to see a drug dealer? I thought we agreed to wait until he was twelve before we introduced him to a drug dealer for the first time!"
The team watched while Robin faced palmed and the rest of the Bat Brothers argued over what was the appropriate age to meet a drug dealer for the first time. Turning to the team, Robin simply said, "I'm sorry, it was easier to knock you out and save the Wayne's than argue over a plan. Besides, we knew that if we came and told you we were going to capture Dark Phantom, you would want to be a part of it. We needed to know that the Wayne's were safe so that we could do our job more efficiently. Besides, you got to see the Bat Bunker, that's more than most of the League can say. I mean its not the Bat Cave, but still." With that Robin walked back to the Zeta Beams, dragging his still arguing brothers behind him.
Wally turned to the rest of the team before asking, "There's a Bat Cave? Do you think there's actual bats in there?"
Kaldur shook his head slowly. "I do not know my friend."
Artemis looked around slowly before saying, "I think the more pressing question is when is the appropriate time to meet a drug dealer for the first time?" With that the team fell into silence pondering the questions and the undoubtedly complicated lives of the Bat Clan.
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That was the ending! I had so much fun writing this and somehow I can just imagine Red Hood thinking it appropriate to bring Damian to a drug deal. Let me know what you think, and please review!
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On a different note, you know your invested in a story when you dream about it. I was thinking for a sequel that Ra's al Ghul actually did make zombies and the team teams up with the Bat Clan to take them down. Of course Ra's being evil and all uses the Bat Clan's dead family as the host bodies. Also, there would be a lot more of Damian as he struggles between the family that raised him and the people that showed him that love is not a weakness and that family is not only composed of blood.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK! I'M SO OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS!
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Oneshot where Robin or Red Hood makes a comment about Nightwing's active sex life and Superboy does not understand. Now up! (Awkward Conversation)
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Oneshot where Nightwing brings the team to help him with a traumatized alien and ends up teaching the team a little about trauma and dealing with it is now up. (Dealing with Trauma)
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Sequel to Babysitting the Wayne's is now up. It's a story with Ra's al Ghul as the main villain. Anyways, it's called To 'Live' Again
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Any other suggestions? Leave a review or PM me please!
~Nickijae