Back to his Roots

Part 1

Joker had escaped Arkham again and Batman had ordered all hands on deck which lead to the 

entire bat family was now fighting Joker and somehow unable to obtain the upper hand. 

Damian had been stealthily withdrawing himself from the fight so he can scale the wall on to 

one of the support beams above the joker and when he finally reached his goal he jumped on to 

the joker knocking him out by hitting a pressure point on the back of his neck.  He stood up to 

go help out red robin who was currently having losing to one of the Joker's henchmen "classic 

drake aways needs saving due to his lack of skill" Robin thought. He jumped on the henchman's 

shoulders and started chocking him so that he can release useless drake from his hold and as 

the man crumpled to the floor he immediately puffed his chest out " Hmm Drake I like it better 

when you like this below me" he said with a smirk and Tim just grunted and muttered "damn 

demon brat" as he got up and started fighting again. Tim was trying to hack into the Joker's 

computer to steal his data when he turned around only to see Damian fall on to the floor 

protecting him from Harley's hammer. He immediately went into big brother mode and threw 

an exploding Batarang at her. He watched as it exploded and immediately turned his attention 

to Robin who was laying perfectly still with blood pouring out of his head and matting his 

beautifully dark locks. "Red Robin to team Robin hurts and he's bleeding fast I'm heading to the 

cave," Tim said and as he carried Damian's still form on to his bike his mind was racing about 

why couldn't have protected Damian or why did the brat have to save him, he much preferred 

himself to be injured if it meant that Damian was conscious and smirking at him making sniding 

comments.  He could vaguely hear dick on the comm freaking out asking about baby bird. And 

Batman telling him to report but for some reason, he couldn't bring himself to say anything or 

even open his mouth. He only did to call Alfred to tell him to prepare the med bay in the cave 

for Damian. He arrived at the cave and gently laid Damian on the gurney for Alfred.

 " Master Timothy I recommend you go bathe while I exam Master Damian"

" Alfred I'll stay and assist you"

"Master Timothy I'd rather you not, I am perfectly capable of  treating Master Damian and you 

Master Timothy must bathe immediately " and with that Alfred turned around and started 

working on Damian and I decided to head to the showers and . it wasn't until I was undressing 

that I noticed that Damian's blood was all on me. It explains why Alfred was so pale and wanted 

out so he could focus on Damian. I let the hot water wash away some of Damian's blood that got 

on my face and some of his own from the cut to his side form before. As soon as stepped out of 

the shower and dressed in casual clothing did he head back out and it was there that he saw 

dick sitting on the floor by the med bay which was covered by the curtain. he saw Jason Todd

 leaning against the opposite to dick running his hands through his hair which he knew was a 

nervous tick of his and Batman in front of the computer with his head in his hands. As soon as 

he walked in all eyes were on him. Dick got up and walked to Tim and said in a broken voice. 

"Timmy what happened to Dami"

"I don't know"

"what do you mean you don't know you were with his replacement and you don't know how the little demon got whacked in the head like a mole "Jason screamed and I flinched Dick somehow noticed and tried calming Jason down 

"Jay it's not his fault all that matters is that he brought Damian here and he's okay."

"Like hell, it's not his fault he had one job dick and that's to watch Robin and trust me dick that I 

will make sure we don't lose another robin again I'm the last one and I promise you that if he 

dies ill make you pay for . it replacement and I will ship demon off to Talia so she put him in the 

Lazarus Pit because at least he has one parent that actually cares.  "

Bruce growls" What does that mean "

" It means old man that you're just sitting there doing nothing only caring about the mission report well screw you and your mission report because your only biological son is in there behind that curtain with his head smashed in. It seems that dickhead and I are the only ones who actually care for the brat "

"Why you" Bruce starts

" I do care about Damian if I didn't I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't be blaming myself for being 

slow and not noticing the guy behind me. I know that this is my fault and no matter how much I 

want it to be me in Damian's place I'm not and can't change no matter how much I want to" 

Alfred walks in "Master Damian is going to be alright he has a concussion and in the morning

 will experience headaches and will feel lightheaded. Master Damian should be able to return to 

his normal activities in a few days". We all let out a breath of relief we made a silent agreement 

to stay in the cave until Damian woke up.