I Forgot to Mention

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

What a bunch of amateurs!

Jason had a few other choice words in mind ready to describe the sidekicks as well, but he doubted any of those thoughts would help to win over their trust much better. He knew that this was only the start of their working relationship, and he couldn't afford to have them hate him for accidentally offending them quite yet. At least, not until he had graduated from "straight up asshole" to "semi-lovable-but-still-incredibly-annoying-asshole" in their eyes. Just like how his family sees him.  Regardless, there were still more pressing matters to attend to at the moment.  Like, how the heck Jason was actually going to coordinate this bunch of amateurs into an effective enough strategy against the Mr. Universe Pageant's Runner Up?  He certainly has his work cut out for him. 

The sidekicks were all eerily quiet, passing looks between each other in a way that suggested that they were having a conversation that they didn't want him to be a part of.  Whatever.  He'd read the files, so Jason knew all about their little "mind-link" trick.  Of course, that didn't mean THEY knew that he knew what they were doing.  He should probably hold onto that little tidbit for now, and perhaps even a few other pieces of info he had gleaned from their individual files as well.  Might be useful to keep in his back pocket in case anyone on the team proved to be problematic later on.  And Batman is always droning on about how Jason never listens to any of his lessons on espionage! He listens to them all just fine...he just often chooses to do the exact opposite. Proof that he does listen.

"Hey," Jason knew they really needed to get this show on the road, "if you're all done wondering how someone as amazingly good looking as I can possibly be as spectacular on the field as I claim, then let me go ahead and tell you.  Much like watching Two-Face eating an egg roll whilst one hand was handcuffed to a table and the other to Red Robin's ankle, I know that some things just have to be seen to be believed."

The Flash (but in yellow) raised his eyebrows in a guilty way, "We weren't-"

"And don't try to deny it!" Jason snapped as he channeled his in Golden Boy for the proper dramatic tone. "I could see you all staring at me, silently. A little rude in most circles, actually."

That got them all properly embarrassed, and, more importantly, paying their actual attention to him.  Now, with all eyes on him, Jason knew it was his time to be what he was always meant to be: a show-off asshole.

"Here's what we're gonna have to do," he started off, "since it's clear that I'm the only one with any sense of 'strategy'-"

"And just what's that supposed to mean?" Dear ol' Uncle Ollie's not-niece asked while crossing her arms.

Jason rolled his eyes as he seriously considered calling up Batman and telling him to just go with plan D (as in, DON'T involve the sidekick crew and just do everything themselves. Though, it was still a debatable idea as they had left the three bird wonders back at the mansion, and Jason was at least 90% sure they weren't secretly going to show up last minute this time around. Thus, Batman had reached the consensus to try and get his remedial heroes 101 class to actually earn their places within the Justice League. Jason agreed to help along with it, in the spirit of the glaring fact that he would be joining them officially quite soon.  But still...this was not going very well for him.)

"It means that none of you have ever had to work with the Batman before."

That shut them up, and Jason was pretty sure that it wasn't because of the mind link again.  Though, something about the looks on their faces...perhaps Daddy Dearest's reputation amongst the sidekicks wasn't exactly the most kid friendly?  The same man who purchased a three story bounce house for Golden Boy's 9th birthday (which he himself then used with them before all of the high society guests arrived), participated in a forty-six hour straight game of hide and seek when he learned that Demon Child had never played before, and went room to room with Tim throughout the entirety of the manor TWICE to prove that Jason had lied about existence of the dreaded "Left Sock Stealing Snipe". The Justice League might think they have an idea who the Batman is, but they've clearly never met Bruce Wayne. It seems as though he and Golden Boy were going to have to embark upon a bit of a positive PR campaign once they joined the Team for real.  That is, if Jason still agrees to work with them again after tonight.  He was considering this whole mission to be a test run. And, after their performance he witnessed at the warehouse-