Life in the Batfamily

Chapter 16

The scream rang through the entire manor. To those who had been living in the manor for many years, the scream sounded familiar. But how? The owner of that scream was gone. Dick Grayson was the first to the cave. He kept running and running, until he arrived at the medbay. Bruce was standing to the right of Dick, his eyes glued to the thing in front of him. Dick heard footsteps behind them. He knew who they were so he didn't turn around. Besides, he couldn't look away. In front of everyone was a medtable with a person sitting up on it. The person had their knees close to their chest, and was breathing hard. Dick slowly stepped towards the person, ignoring anyone behind him who was telling him to wait. He gently placed his hand on top of theirs. The person's eyes were shut tight, but Dick knew who this was. The person had the same short black hair as she did. "Hey, it's okay. You're okay." Dick quietly and calmly said to her. Her head lifted upwards slightly as she turned to get a better look at the person talking to her. She shifted her body so that she was now sitting on the edge of the table. Now, everyone could see her. She looked down at the hand that was still on top of her's. "It can't be." she thought. She lifted her head up, and tears started to fill her eyes. "Dick?".

    Dick smiled and nodded at her. "It's me." Dick said. A million questions ran through her head. How was she talking to Dick? The last thing she remembered was her dying. "I can worry about that later." She told herself. Emily hugged her brother as tight as she could. Dick immediately hugged back. These two had spent so long together. The idea of losing one another was heartbreaking to them. Dick and Emily already lost their parents, they didn't want to lose each other also. "Hi, Jack." Dick said. The name "Jack" brought back some memories for Emily. "How is this possible?" Barbara asked. "I, I don't know." Emily said. "Yes, you do." Bruce said. Emily thought about this for a second. "You managed to activate my healing." Emily said to Bruce. "The court installed a compound tooth that contained electrum when you were young." Bruce explained. "That's how the talons were able to keep fighting no matter how hard we fought." Tim said. "The list." Emily said. "What list?" Rachel asked. "Dick, do you remember that book we found full of names?" Emily asked. "Yeah. I've been trying to figure out what it meant." Dick answered. "Me and Dick found this book full of names at Haly Circus. The last two names in the book were ours. I think that those names were people who were apart of the court." Emily explained. "They were the court's talons." Dick finished. "So the people in the book had a connection to the circus and the court?" Emma asked. "The circus had to been supplying the court with talons. That's the only way they would've been able to get that tooth placed in my mouth." Emily continued. "That still doesn't explain why the circus would help the court." Sam stated. "In pre-modern times potential gladiators were sometimes escorted to the coliseums by parades of performers, jesters and acrobats. It was an ancient version of the-" Bruce explained. "Circus." Dick and Emily finished. "The court used the circus to create their talons. We were suppose to be next but Bruce interfered when he adopted us after our parents died." Dick said.
   
"And just like that. They're gone?" Emily questioned. "We haven't heard from them in weeks. Vanessa and William are gone. And, Lincoln is locked away in jail." Dick answered for the twelth time. "Okay, okay. I just want to be sure. That's all." Emily replied. "Really. So it's not because, we are standing right outside the tower. And, everyone is going to see you're okay. And, you are going to hopefully be able to use those new powers of yours to heal your boyfriend." Dick said. Emily looked down at the ground, and started to kick it with the toe of her shoe. "Is it that obvious?" she asked. "No. But, I'm your twin brother. I can tell when you're upset." He explained. "Are we absolutely sure that I can do this? Because we still don't know what my limits are. And, what about the titans? I mean, I know we've been through a lot but what if-" Emily ranted. "Well according to a old friend of mine, don't worry about what ifs. Just focus on the here and now." Dick said calmly placing his hands on Emily's shoulders. "People really like to use my words against me, don't they?" Emily said with a little chuckle. Emily took a deep breath closing her eyes as she breathed in and eventually opened them when she let it out. "Okay. Let's do this."Emily said.