Friends with the Enemy

Epilogue

Epilogue: Friends and Family

Robin changed out of his suit after he and Batman dropped Tony Zucco at the police station. They went to check on Artemis at Leslie Thompkins's clinic.

Dick froze as he walked through the door.

A browned haired and green eyed girl stood beside Doctor Thompkins. She turned around at the sound of Dick and Batman entering and went wide eyed, and it wasn't because The Batman was right in front of her.

"Dick?" She asked, her voice filled with hope and surprise.

Dick's lips stretched into a toothy grin. "Maya!"

They dashed towards each other and enveloped each other in an embrace.

"You—you remembered me," she stated as they hugged, as if she couldn't believe it.

"Of course I did," Dick responded, tears building up in his eyes. "I said I would, didn't I?"

Maya laughed. She wasn't pulling away from the hug, and Dick wasn't the type of person to pull away first, so they remained that way for longer than most people would. Neither one of them opposed.

"You're still a great hugger," Maya declared and finally pulled away from the hug.

Dick scratched the back of his neck. "Heh, thanks."

Maya glanced at Doctor Thompkins who was now talking to Batman. "She adopted me, and she said you were the one who said she should do it. She said that if I agreed, I would learn and train to become her assistant. I think she thought I would say no because someone else was about to adopt me. How could I say no? A chance to see you again and become a doctor? That's a dream come true!"

The nine-year-old boy's heart filled with glee. "I'm so happy to hear that!"

Maya stared at him for a moment too long and then darted her eyes to Batman. Then she looked at Dick again. She whispered, "I know you're Robin."

Dick blinked, and then panicked. "Huh? Uh, I don't know what you mean. Who's Robin? What's a Robin? Isn't that a restaurant or something?"

Maya playfully elbowed him. "Oh, c'mon. When we met, you told me that your mom used to call you Robin. And, also, you just walked in with Batman. That's sorta suspicious, silly."

Dick slumped and he gave up pretending. "Yeah, you're right. You won't tell anyone, right?"

"Nope," Maya promised. "Anyways, if I'm going to be Leslie's assistant, I need to know these things. I'm going to help heal you and Batman and a whole bunch of people in the future. Isn't that cool?"

Dick nodded enthusiastically. "Definitely. We'll do that together. We'll help people in Gotham. That's a thing we have in common now, I guess."

"Mhm! We'll save Gotham one step at a time," Maya announced.

Dick liked the way that sounded.

"Dick, come here," Batgirl called from where Artemis was resting.

"Okay, I'll be there in a sec!" Dick shouted back. He turned to Maya. "It was great seeing you again."

Maya smiled. "I agree. Thank you, Robin. It was because of you that I had hope all of this time in the orphanage."

Dick let out a shy laugh and said, "I'm glad. Hope is important." He then went to meet up with Batgirl and Artemis.

"Dick really does get all the girls," Artemis remarked as if it were a subject that she and Batgirl had talked about earlier.