Zumi: The Tiger and The Bat

Chapter 12: The New Robin

Zuri's pov:

We were now in the Batcave, Alfred was tending to Nightwing AKA Dick's injuries that me and Damian gave him. He kept on mumbling how he should have used better protection even after Batman told him so. Damian and I were watching as Alfred stitched up some of the cuts that both of us gave him. I looked over to Damian, I couldn't stop thinking about what he called me. He called me his beloved, I didn't think that he would do that. My thoughts were snapped out of when I heard Damian and Dick argue.

"Maybe you should remember who the blood son is. And don't ever touch my partner." Damian snapped at Dick. "Bloodthirsty is more like it," remarked Dick. Those two argue more worse than my brothers. I walked over to the old Robin suit that Dick wore before he became Nightwing. He was done with the stitches, he saw me near the suit and walked over to me. I only touched the glass for a second until Dick gently pushed me away from the glass. "Keep your hands off it kid," he said. He is very protective of that suit.

Damian saw the whole thing and walked over to me "He didn't hurt you, did he?" he asked. I found it sweet that he cares, I told him that I was fine. "Is this what you wore in training?" Damian asked Dick. "It's what I wore when I went on patrol," he answered. I thought he would have easily been caught with those colors. Dick figured that Damian could be the new Robin but Damian refused. "We are way beyond your kind of simplistic training as you saw tonight," Damian stated. "Don't forget, you both lost that fight," said Dick.

And this was coming from a guy who ended up with multiple stitches and one black eye. Damian walked towards his father after he was talking to the commissioner about Ubo. I headed down to meet them but it turned into a war zone. Damian made a remark that Ubo shouldn't be breathing then Batman shoved his chair away and boy is he mad. "And the storm has struck," I said.

Batman: "Do you know what you two were tonight? You weren't warriors, you weren't soldiers, you both were children."

Damian: "If it hadn't been for him, I..!"

Batman: "If it hadn't been for Dick, you both would have gone too far."

Damian: "He almost hurt Zuri!"

Zuri: "He does have a point. And I'll still give him another black eye if he messes with us again."

Batman: "Enough!"

Damian: "It's easier my way!"

Batman: "It has nothing to do with easy. It's about doing what's right because it's right and that's the only reason you need."

Damian: "Seemed right to me."

Batman: "That's the problem." (walks over to the Batmobile and pulls out two items) "Heads up!"

(Damian catches the shuriken and Zuri catches the scale)

Batman: "Good reflexes."

Damian: "What if I missed?"

Zuri: "Then it would hurt a lot."

Spider-Man: "And the Tiger strikes again!"

Zuri: (got startled and almost hits him) "Seriously?! How many times have I told you not to sneak up on me?!"

Spider-Man: "Come on Zuri, you know I can't help it. Besides, I haven't seen you in a while so I figured that would be payback for not telling me where you and KC were going."

Zuri: "I should have known. Wait, how did you even get in here?"

Batman: "That's what I'd like to know."

Spider-Man: "Woah! You're friends with the Batman?! What else are you not telling me?!"

Zuri: "You mean how you didn't tell me that you escaped the crazy snake woman that I know as Connie?"

Spider-Man: "Yeah I deserve that."

Zuri: "Anyway, this is Spider-Man AKA Peter Parker. (Whispers to Damian) Careful, he tends to play a lot of one-liners and puns."

Sipder-Man: "I heard that!"

Damian: "What is it?"

Zuri: "This is one of Connie's scales. Why is she in Gotham?"

Dick: "Who's Connie?"

Zuri: "Connie Thompson, she's a creepy girl who used to be obsessed with my brother Luke. And by obsessed, I mean crazy, out of control, and insane. Until she took things too far, KC, Kim, Ron and I had a case in India. Connie was there in the lair, she fell into the chemicals which turned her into Deadly Viper."

Damian: "Looks like the League of Assassins are here too."

Batman: "Found them in a warehouse belonging to a man named Langstrom. Ring a bell?"

Zuri/Damian: "No."

Spider-Man: "So there's a connection between the league and Langstrom."

Zuri: "Nice one, Captain Obvious."

Dick: "Is she always like this?"

Spider-Man: "She has three siblings who are older than her. So they don't really treat her right."

Damian: "Then we need to find out what it is."

Batman: "I need to find out."

Spider-Man: "Hang on, Deathstroke has our friends. So we are helping."

Zuri: "And you don't know Connie as we do."

Batman: "It's bad enough you and Damian have given yourselves away and let them know we're onto them. You're letting vengeance guide your actions." 

Zuri/Damian: "You've never felt vengeful?"

Batman: "Every day. You have to your center, you can't fight crime by becoming a criminal. From now on, stay close that's an order."

Damian: "We can do that."

Dick: "Wait a minute, I'm not gonna like this, am I?"

Batman: "Nope."