My..family

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Damian awoke to the laughter of his daughter and wife. He sat up and turned to his wife's side of the bed.
"Morning"
Damian leaned in and kissed Irey and Marty made a gagging noise. Damian kissed her forehead.
"Daddy, can we go to the Circus today?!"
Damian frowned.
"Not today sweetie. Daddy has work"
"But they have a new act!"
"I'm sorry honey"
"Maybe we can-"
"I said no, Martha"

Damian hated saying no to her and how she would cry if he got stern with her. She ran out of the room crying and Irey followed her. Irey turned to face her husband.
"Damian couldn't you just take a day off? You've been working non stop lately. As owner of Wayne Enterprises and Batman"
"I told her no Iris. Who else is going to pay the bills around here?"
"So my job isn't enough"
"I didn't say that"
"You didn't have too"
She left.

This was the third time this week he couldn't see his family and it killed him. He sighed and got out of bed. Pulling on his pants and dressing nice and fancy. He walked down stairs to see no breakfast made and no family. He walked out the door and slammed it shut. He needed a break away from everything.
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Irey and Marty were down in the Batcave.
"Do you think daddy hates me?"
Irey cuddled her daughter.
"Your father could never hate you.. He's just having a rough time"
"Ok. Do you think we'll ever get to go back to the circus?"
"Of course and you can ride on daddy's shoulders-"
One of the walls of the Batcave came crashing down knocking Irey and Martha to the floor. Irey looked up in horror to see a large meta human smashing the Batcave to shreds. He spotted the two and Irey pushed Martha out of the way as the faint slammed his fists into Irey's body. She howled in pain and Martha cried out in fear. Knowing she needed to protect her child Irey sped Martha over to a safe spot by the Bat computer.

Irey sped around the meta. Trying to stop his energy flow but the big guy was faster than she thought. He grabbed her and crushed her spine. She fell to the floor groaning in pain.
"Where is the Batman?!"
Irey spat in the monster's face.
"Eat my bat shit!"

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Damian arrived home to see no dinner and no sign of his family. They're still mad. He sighed and made his way down to the Batcave (or what's left of it) he stares in shock at the cave his father spent years creating was now a pile of rubble and on the floor in the centre lay a body. He dropped his duffel bag and ran over. Kneeling down he pulled the body close to him. He stared down at his dead wife's lifeless body.

Damian cried out and cried into the body. He lay there for a few hours feeling so much pain. Guilt. Hurt. Sadness. Grief. Anger. Until he couldn't feel anything. He spent the other remainder of the day looking for his daughter's body which he couldn't find. She had probably been killed under the pile of rubble.

"D?"
Damian didn't even look up as Dick, Tim and Stephanie walked up to him. Damian just stared down at the spot where his wife's body once lay.
"We're sorry"
"Why? It wasn't your fault.. It was mine"
"You can't say that"
"Yes I can"
"We found blood on a bolder and it's Martha's blood.. She was squashed to death"
Damian just nods. He's empty. Stephanie, Tim and Dick all leave. Damian sinks to his knees as tears well up in his eyes. He looks up to the sky.
"You heartless bastard! I didn't believe in this.. In having a wife.. A kid.. Someone to love. People to love. People I could call mine. And you took them from me! No wonder I never believed in you! It's your fault.. It's my fault"

Damian slammed his fists against the ground and touched the dry blotch of Irey's blood.
"I'm so sorry. I wish you'd never met me"

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