A/N: Damian has broken his promise not to fight with Tim. Damian will have to face the consequences and learn that what you say you may not be able to take back. And all he may have left will be regrets. Will Tim survive so Damian can ask for forgiveness?

Brothers Forgive

By

AJ

""Tim! Come back!" Dick cried as Tim left the cave.

"Let him go Grayson!" Damian stated.

"I'm sure he didn't mean it."

"How can you say that? Of course he meant it. You know what he said to me."

"I know, but . . ." Dick started to say.

"You're too forgiving."

"And you're not forgiving enough," Dick pointed out. "Your brother deserves understanding."

"Understanding? What's to understand? His mother and father were weak, just like him. They probably deserved what they got."

"Did they deserve to be murdered?" Dick responded.

"What?" Damian's eyes narrowed.

"Both of Tim's parents were murdered. His mother drank poisoned water while they were prisoners of a voodoo priest. The man had no intention of releasing them. Tim's father was killed by Captain Boomerang; right in front of him. Jake Drake was trying to protect Tim. Did either of them deserve to die?"

"Tt."

"Don't scoff at me Damian," Dick stated. "We owe Tim our gratitude for discovering that Bruce wasn't dead, that he was stuck in time. And we owe him our gratitude for helping to bring him back from Darkseid's manipulations. If he hadn't Bruce would have died permanently."

"He owes me an apology," Damian stated.

"And you owe him. Look, you may not like him, but at least respect him for what he's done."

"He took over my father's company."

"Only so it would not end up in Ra's Al Ghul's hands."

"And Ra's Al Ghul is my grandfather. He would have gladly given Wayne Enterprises to me," Damian stated.

"No, he wouldn't," Dick stated, shaking his head.

"What do you mean?" Damian's rage grew, questioning is eldest brother.

"You are also a Wayne, and since you've been here, Ra's probably considers you a threat. Tim did what he could to protect the company."

"He should give it back to my father then."

Damian, this is immaterial right now," Dick stated. "You need to apologize to Tim."

"Not until he apologizes first," Damian replied.

"What you said hurt Tim far more deeply than you know," Dick said. "And he is right. You're an eleven-year-old brat that needs to learn some manners. Now, do I have to tell Father about this or are you going to apologize?"

Father, the thought of Dick telling his father that he and Tim had another fight soon after he made a promise to try to get along caused Damian to cringe. He wanted to show his father that his word could be trusted. With this latest event, his father was going to think the worst. Maybe what he said had gone too far. How was he to know that Drake's parents had been murdered? Tim never spoke of them. All Damian knew was that his father had adopted Tim. He assumed that Drake had been penniless, like Grayson, but when he heard about Drake Industries, he had been wrong. He still questioned why his father would adopt a pathetic fighter like Drake. Though he had to admit later when Drake had taken on his Grandfather, that Drake had guts. Grudgingly, Damian had to admit that Dick was right. He didn't like Tim but he could respect him.

Climbing up the steps to the Manor, Damian went in search of Tim.

'He probably went to his room.'

Damian climbed the stairs to the second floor and headed to Tim's room. He could see that the door was open as he moved down the hallway.

"Drake, we need to talk," Damian stated, but he stopped short when saw the condition of the room. Normally Tim was nearly as neat as he was when it came to his bedroom. Now it looked ransacked. The dresser had been emptied of its clothes, as if someone had opened it and hastily grabbed things as if they were in a hurry.. A few items had fallen on the floor apparently unnoticed by their owner. The closet door stood open as well. Though there was very little hanging in there, a couple of suits, a single pair of blue jeans, a T-shirt and sweatshirt, and two pairs of shoes, there was nothing else that gave any indication that a person lived in this room. The pictures that Tim had on his dresser were also gone. Though the bookshelf contained a lot of books, most were borrowed from the Manor's main library and some of the books were lent to Tim by Dick. Very little actually belonged to the older teen.

Noticing that the photos were also gone, Damian's gaze went back to the closet and he realized that Tim's suitcase was missing. In that instance, Damian realized that Tim was gone.

Continues with Part 2