A Single Smile(discontinued)

Prologue

It was a cold day, most would stay inside. Not the Bat-family though, they stayed out on patrol until three in the morning before they returned home. They were tired and worn out. Before they could go to bed though, Damian needed a serious lecture.

His brother's REALLY wanted to see this go down. So they all stood around waiting for the lecturing to start. Batman ripped off his cowl to reveal an angry Bruce Wayne before, he angrily changed into regular clothes. Damian took off his robin mask, to reveal a very tired face. After Damian changed into regular clothes he sat down knowing that if he left when his father was about to lecture him he would be in even worst trouble.

Bruce stood, looking at Damian with a very disappointed expression. He turned around with a sigh and started updating the information on the bat computer. Damian almost felt sorry for what he, almost, did. "Let's talk about this tomorrow, My stomach is absolutely empty and I'm dead tired," Damian said it like a command, with authority that, at the moment, he didn't have.

Bruce angrily SLAMMED his fists down on the bat computer. Just slightly avoiding any important parts to it. Everyone, even Damian, jumped back slightly afraid. At that moment, everyone had the same thought running through their head.

Damian messed up, big time.

"Damian" Bruce spoke the name with anger, "what-what happened out there". "Nothing now I'm-" Damian didn't get to finish his sentence before Bruce shouted, "killing is not ok!"

He continued talking, saying "I have tried being patient with you, I have tried understanding you, I have let you have freedom and be independent."

"But father, I-" once again Damian was cut off "no, listen, i understand you were raise as an assassin but, you have been with me for five years, you should know this is not acceptable, next time something like this happens I'm taking the robin insignia from you". Damian had a look of disbelief on his face.

His brothers also had looks of disbelief. Bruce had never threatened them like this before. Even Jason was never threatened this way. In all honesty, they were afraid that he would, actually, follow through with his word.

"But, but father you have to understand that he deserved what was coming" everyone looked at Damian in shock. Bruce's face showed that he obviously didn't agree with this statement. It took a second but Bruce realized, if Damian thought this way, that killing is the answer, there would, in fact, be another time.

He had to take Robin from Damian now, no matter how much it would hurt both of them. So, Bruce took five steps toward Damian. "No one, no one deserves death over being put in prison," Bruce said all this with a calm expression.

"None of the Robin's have ever, and will never think that killing is the right way" Bruce held out his hand, palm face up, to Damian "if I can't trust you to think like a robin, to think that killing is wrong I guess I'll just have to take the Robin insignia from you. Make this easy and hand it over".

Damian's face relaxed as though he was calm, on the inside though, a war was raging on. He wasn't allowed to be Robin anymore, this was the one thing that kept him in check, the one thing keeping him from returning to his mother. On the outside Damian looked calm an collected but, Damian's brothers knew he felt anything but.

Damian lifted his hand and rested it over Robin insignia, clutching it in his hand. "No" the words left his mouth in a quiet whisper. "No I won't give up the status of Robin," he said with more confidence. Anger crossed bruces features at these words. "What did you just say" bruce practically yelled at Damian.

Dick, Jason, and Tim became worried that Bruce Might actually hurt Damian. He really looked like he wanted to. Finally stepping in, dick tried to calm down the situation "Bruce listen he's just a kid, he was just-" Bruce turned to dick saying "stay out of this dick it doesn't concern you, Jason, or Tim. Stay out of it" before he turned back to Damian.