When Batman and Robin came to the tower that day they had an additional member to their team. Robin was grinning wider than they'd ever seen from before. He ran up to Superman immediately. "Look! His name is Teddy!" Robin exclaimed as he thrust the stuffed bear in Superman's face.
The man of steel chuckled and knelt next to the boy. "I see! He's a very handsome looking bear."
Robin gleamed. "Isn't he? He's really really special." The boy stroked the bear's head lovingly. "He's my best friend in the whole world!" Robin bounded away when he saw Diana approaching. "Diana! Look at Teddy!"
Superman grinned as he stood. Batman's eyes followed the boy as he ran around showing off his new toy. His eyes fell on Superman and a scowl formed on his face. Superman's grin widened. Batman was just jealous. "Now I'm his favorite superhero and Teddy is his new best friend," Superman teased, "What are you going to do Batman?"
Batman's eyes narrowed to a deadly look. He spun on his heel and turned towards the computer screens. He refused to say another word to Superman after this. He'd already been putting up with comments from Robin talking about how wonderful Superman was. He'd also had to make a total of nine excuses as why Superman wasn't going to take him flying again.
"This is Teddy." He heard Robin announcing proudly to yet another superhero. "He's my best friend!" Batman grimaced. Just last week he'd been his best friend. What had Alfred been thinking giving that boy the bear?
Batman growled. He wasn't jealous. Not at all.
"Batman!" Robin grabbed at his mentor's leg. "Teddy and I are going to go play."
Batman gave a curt nod and the boy ran off. "Don't make a mess!" He called, already knowing that it was a futile cause. Whatever room Robin went into would be a disaster zone by the end of the day.
"I'm telling you. You've got to see this show. It's the funniest thing in the world!" Flash was exclaiming loudly as he dragged Superman and Green Lantern down the hall. "It's hilarious!"
John rolled his eyes. "That's what you said about the past six shows you've made me watch."
"But this one really is funny." Flash insisted.
Superman shrugged when John's eyes met his. They might as well just suffer through it. If they didn't Flash would mope about and a moping Flash wasn't a pretty thing.
Flash opened the doors to the entertainment room. It was all dark inside so he flipped the power on.
A scream filled the room and the television flashed to life with a man-eating beast. Flash spun around to find the remote, only to have a large dark object hanging in front of his face. Flash gave a cry, grabbed the offending object, and hurled it away from him.
The television was still screaming bloody murder.
The object flew towards Green Lantern. Between the screaming and darkness Lantern lashed out with his ring, expecting the worst. The object was blasted backwards towards Superman. The man of steel caught it with his right hand and tossed it onto the floor.
Finally Flash got a hold of the remote and switched the channel. He let out a breath of relief. "Ok! Well... now that that's done..." He flicked on the lights and looked around the room, chuckling to himself. "It looks like Robin was here."
That must have been why the couch cushions were piled in the corner in the shape of a fort, and why the remote had been hidden at the top of the bookcase, and why there were crayons on the floor and a large assortment of children's books littered around the room. And half under the couch was his teddy bear. Flash chuckled.
