Hey Birdie

Chapter 4: Tears & Explanations

I don't own Percy Jackson or Young Justice.

Dick:

Dick was having a horrible day. First was Bruce forcing him to go to the mountain for 'team bonding'. Then he had exploded at Artemis, even though it wasn't her fault. He was just feeling down because this was around the time when they lost contact with Percy. Wally knew this and sided with Rob in the petty argument. Later causing them to fail their mission because they were too upset to work as a team.

All in all, it was a crappy day. Until he arrived at the cave that is.

He hadn't noticed her at first, but when she cleared her throat, he saw her. The raven haired girl with sea green eyes that carried too much pain in them. His sister.

Many emotions passed through him, and he was sure they were visible on his face. He couldn't speak, so many things to say yet his voice wouldn't work.

Finally, he managed to speak,"Seph?"

"Surprise! I'm alive", she tried to sound cheerful but he could hear the nervousness in her voice.

What should he do? Here was the girl he considered his sister. The girl he thought was dead, standing before him.

He did the only thing he could do.

He launched himself at her and brought her into a fierce hug, tears threatening to fall.
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Percy:

After much hugging and crying from both of them, she managed to convince Dick to let her go so he could change.

He walked into one of the changing rooms of the Batcave, coming out a few minutes later in civies. He ran up to Percy, climbing onto her back. She let out a laugh and moved her arms to hold him up, heading out of he Batcave.

She walked into the living room, Bruce and Alfred already sat there. Or well, Bruce sat while Alfred stood. They looked up at her when she entered.

She dropped Dick onto the couch, taking a seat beside him. A few minutes passed, no one spoke. Percy took a deep breath, steeling her nerves.

"So I know you guys might be curious about what happened", Bruce lifted his eyebrow, that was a huge understatement. "Look, I'm sorry that I didn't contact you sooner, but I just couldn't."

"Percy, you cut all contact with us. We thought you were dead. I think we deserve a better explanation", Bruce said.

She nodded and began to explain. She told them about how on her 14th birthday, sha had led the battle of Manhattan. How she wasn't the hero of the prophecy, Luke was. Her voice wavering when recounting his death.

"After the war, it took a few months to recover. A new prophecy was issued. I was kept bust, so I couldn't make time to call, much less visit. Then I got kidnapped by Hera, which was fun", they just stared at her. Apparently her sarcasm wasn't appropriate at this time. Oh well.

She then proceeded to tell them about her time spent in slumber. Being trained by Lupa, and stumbling across the Roman camp. She told them about her time on the Argo II with the rest of the seven. Then she told them about falling into the pit with Annabeth, her voice barley a whisper. She didn't bother giving them the details, and they didn't press. Instead, she skipped to tem escaping and closing the Doors of Death. She told them about the battle with the Giants and awakening Gaea.

When she got to the final battle, she broke. She couldn't hold in the tears anymore. Recounting Leo's death caused her to start shaking. Leo was the only one at camp that knew about her family. He even knew about her being a vigilante by the name of Tidal Wing.

Leo was the only one that knew she lived with her uncle, and he knew the reason why. She hadn't even told Annabeth about it, but then again, she never asked. Everyone saw her as the leader, and most times, they didn't bother to know more about her personal life.

Maybe that was the reason she had told him. She needed to speak to someone and Leo just happened to be the one to ask. Whatever the reason, she had told him about her family, and in exchange, he had told her about his mom.

As she finished up her story, she noticed Dick had curled up into her side, hugging her. She smiled at the boy and picked him up. She looked up at the two adults in the room, seeing if they had anymore questions. When no one spoke, she nodded and headed towards the staircase.

Climbing up the stairs, she noticed that Dick wasn't asleep. He was staring at her face, his eyebrows scrunched together.

As she was about to ask what was wrong, he spoke,"I missed you."

She smiled down at the young boy in her arms and responded,"I missed you too birdie."

Well that sucked, but whatever. It was more of a filler chapter.

Sorry it took long to update (even though I don't have an update schedule). School was being annoying and I had a lot of homework.

Anyways...yeah. Hopefully I will have the next chapter up by next weekend.

Stay whelmed cupcakes - j.d