Silenced voice

I challenge you to Mario Kart

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Tim knocked at Dicks door, Dick opened. It was five in the morning. Dick knew Tim hadn't even slept a second. Tim knew Dick hadn't either. "It's five o'clock" Tim said staring at the floor after a few seconds of silence Tim adds "Bruce is never out later than five without sending a message." You could just hear the worry in Tim's voice.

Dick just pulled his younger brother in a hug. He wanted to reassure him Bruce's communicator probably just broke, he wanted to lie to him, he wanted to protect him, he would just lie to him so Tim wouldn't worry. But he wouldn't say a word.

They both went downstairs, knowing they couldn't sleep anyway, they could update some villain file or something.

Not much later Damian knocked at Jason's door. Both hadn't slept either "Father isn't home yet" Damian said in his usual quite monotone voice. Only a handful of people could hear the cracks in that monotone voice that let feelings out. Jason was one of these people.

"He'll probably come soon" Jason said, getting to his younger brothers level, placing a hand on his shoulder.

When Damian and Jason entered the kitchen Tim already had made coffee and Dick had made lunch boxes for Damian and Tim. After they had breakfast and didn't speak a word the two older brothers drove the two younger ones to school.

They all got in Dick's blue car, Dick was driving with Tim next to him and Jason on the backseat with Damian. "Come on drive faster, if I were driving-" Tim cut him off "Well you aren't because you lost your drivers license when you drove double the speed limit with the limousine."

"Well not my fault the speed limit was so small" Jason muttered. For the rest of the drive they didn't say a word, except saying goodbye when Damian and Tim got out of the car for school.

Next they drove to Wayne enterprise, with Bruce gone they were CEO's for the day. Dick went to Bruce's study and started paperwork. Jason had a bit more... interesting idea of what to do. With a mischievous grin he got something from the car.

Everything went well for the next hour, till there was a announcement over the loudspeakers. "This is Mr Todd speaking, how you know my brother and I are bosses for the day. So listen closely! In the cafeteria there is a box with a stack of papers and pencils next to it. If you write your name on the paper and throw it in a box we will play a round of Mario kart 8 deluxe, if you win you can go home for the rest of the day. If I win you have to give me one dollar. After putting your name in the box continue your work as normal, if I say your name through the speakers come in the meeting room where everything is set up."

Everyone now had a new favourite chef, they stormed through the halls to write their names on a piece of paper, even those who weren't good at Mario kart wanted to try.

Dick had to smile, typical Jason.

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Jason had been playing with the employees ca 3 hours, Dick stepped in Jason's room the right moment. Jason was just about to pull the third name for the next game of Mario Kart I challenge you Dick told Jason with sign language. Jason smirked. "If I win you have to cook till Alfred is back, the same goes for me if you win" they shook hands over it.

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Maria was a pretty normal woman, she had a office job, a husband, two daughters. She liked it that way, even her office job. Everyone knew Bruce Wayne had four sons that would one day take over Wayne enterprise. They had already been CEO for a day a few times before, always when Bruce was to sick or something else was wrong with him. Most employees favourite son of Bruce was Jason, just because he always did these kind of things like challenging people to Mario kart when he was the CEO. And she loved the idea of being able to spend the rest of the day with her children and prayed that her name would be called over the loudspeakers next.