Babysitting Duty

Chapter Three

Omg its been a month since I have updated (I feel like I have been writing that a lot lately...)Anyways, here is the next part of the story, sorry it is so short and took me so long to write.

"Wait a minute, shouldn't you boys have already had dinner?" Artemis narrowed her eyes at the brothers, all of whom smiled pizza sauce covered grins.

"We are growing boys, we need food." Dick chuckled, stuffing more pizza in his face.

"Mhm, plus dad and Alfie would never let us have pizza." Jason mumbled around a slice of pizza.

"Are they going to mad at us for feeding you pizza?" M'gann asked, sighing when the four brothers shrugged. "Great, now we are going to have the rich and powerful Bruce Wayne mad at us."

"Oh, you shouldn't worry about dad." Tim grinned up at them, making the team relax a  little. "Its Alfred you should be worried about, he can be real scary when he gets mad."

The team gulped, taking sips of their water in unison.

"Remember that time Dickie went on the chandelier after he told him not to? Oh, boy, I've never seen Alfie glare like that before." Jason snickered.

"I needed to perform my stunt!" Dick weakly defended himself with a pout.

"At the risk of Pennyworth's wrath? For shame, Grayson." Damian stuck his tongue out, yelping when Dick pinched it. "Gif id ba!"

"Sorry, what was that? I couldn't understand you." Dick smirked, still pinching the youngest's tongue between his fingers. He winced when Tim hit him upside the head, forcing him to release Damian's tongue. "Ow! You're no fun, Timothy."

"Would dad or Alfred approve of you manhandling Damian like that?" Tim scolded, sounding much older than his five years of age.

"No..." Dick relented with a sigh.

"Aw, Timmy, it was just getting funny." Jason complained, crossing his arms with a huff.

Tim rolled his eyes, grumpily taking a bite of his pizza while mumbling about something incomprehensible. The team looked at one another, talking through the mind link.

So, apparently the butler is terrifying...

And apparently Dick likes to perform stunts off of the chandelier?

Well, he did grow up in the circus...

Has anyone else noticed they are acting a lot more mature than their respective ages?

I don't know, Kaldur, I wasn't going to say anything but earlier Damian had an accident...that is very on par with a human three year old, is it not?

It is.

But I mean more of Tim, he is acting years older than a five year old. And even Damian's vocabulary is a bit suspicious. What three year old says 'for shame'?

Maybe one raised in vast wealth and fortune?

The whole time the mind link conversation was going on, Wally was watching the Wayne brothers intensely, trying to figure out what had happened to age them down five years. He wasn't sure if the same thing had happened to Bruce and Alfred, seeing as they were adults and it was harder to tell an adults age than a child's. Wally narrowed his eyes at his best friend as he snorted soda out of his nose from laughing too hard at Jason falling out of his chair, causing the other brothers to laugh even harder, wondering if he had retained any of his memories or if he was stuck in the mindset of when he was nine years old.

That was going to be a tricky thing to figure out.

Wally!

Hmm? What is it?

You were glaring at Dick like you had Superman's heat vision. What is it?

Oh...nothing really. Nothing important.

Are you sure?

Yeah, just that I sympathize with him. Snorting soda out of your nose always burns like a mofo.

...why am I dating you?

Because I am incredibly handsome and charming?

Guys, please focus and refrain from flirting through the mind link. We have a mission to attend to.

Yeah, babysitting four little kids instead of kicking butt.

Well, if the mob does show up then we could have an opportunity to kick some butt.

Yeah, if they show up before Wayne and Pennyworth return.

In the mean time, this could be fun! I mean, we have the entirety of Wayne Manor at our finger tips! Think of all the mayhem- I mean, controlled fun, we could be having!

We shall be focused on the mission, Kid Flash. Starting with finding out why the mob has an interest in our charges.

Ugh, you are no fun.

I assure you, I am loads of fun.

The team turned their attention back to the Wayne brothers and all simultaneously felt their hearts stop. "Uh, guys?"

"Yeah, Artemis?"

"Where the hell did the boys go?"

"That, babe, is a great question."

Again, I apologize for this being so short! I just felt like this was a good place to end it.

I feel like Kaldur is a Captain Holt type. You know, from Brooklyn Nine Nine? (If you don't know that show, I suggest you watch it, it is hysterical!)