WUC!Batfam meet OG!Batfam.
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Yay!!! Another part!! Sorry for the wait. And I forgot about Duke Thomas forgive me! @ultraviolettefan thank you for helping me get through my writing block. It was suck-
The batkids were stunned as they watched the scene. Tim, still recording, covered his mouth. Jason groans, rubs his back from all the struggles he had, he can feel his back crack. He took off his helmet. If Tim is shocked, he didn't show it.
Dick looked up and paused: "Mum! We— ...you're not him.."
Jason quickly looks up and stares at his 'mum', examine him: "Yeah you look old— mmff!"
Bruce, covers little Jason's mouth to stop him saying it again: "I know kiddo. I know."
Duke: "Wait Mama? Why did they call you that?"
The kids, deliberately, let go of Bruce. They are finally aware of their surroundings and look around. Who are these people? Some look familiar. Well, this is scary.
Damian felt the room atmosphere and moved his head to look down at-
Damian, hold out his grabby hands to Dick: "Didi!"
Dick, reach out to him: "Dam-dam!! Oh thank god! We've been looking for you!""
Bruce lets Dick hold Damian as they hug each other, giving comforts. Jason looks at him with suspicion, if this is not their Mama... Then, who is this? Tim looks like his head gear is spinning as he looked at them one by one.
Steph: "Aww actually, this is so cute."
Tim: "I got it on video- looks like this is what baby Damian's looks like."
Damian, grumble: "Delete that-"
Tim, hands out to make a 'hold up' signal: "Wait!"
Tim pointed at a specific older version of them: "HE LOOKS LIKE ME BUT IN OLDER VERSION AND THAT TALL MULLET MAN LOOKS LIKE DICK AND THAT SCAR MAN WITH THE RED HELMET ALMOST LOOKS LIKE JASON-"
Jason, taken aback: "Almost...?"
Tim continued, point : "And THAT SWORD TEENAGE GUY LOOK LIKE DAMIAN!"
Tim, Steph & Jason: "Pfft—"
Cass smiles and gives a thumbs up: "Good job. I'm Cassandra."
Bruce can't help but ruffles Tim's hair, feeling proud about it. Guess they're still them but he don't know about that yet. Tim gave a small smile, internally joyful.
Duke introduces himself with a wave: "I'm Duke Thomas if you haven't met me as a kid."
Steph grin: "Stephanie Brown."
Dick blinks and looks at his older version of him: "Wait really? Woah..."
Dick waved him with a smile: "What's up!"
Jason looks at older Jason, his eyes widen: "That's me? What happened..?"
Jason is annoyed by the question but smirks. So he pretends to be angry as a joke: "WHAT HAPPENED WAS-"
Jason jolt, raise hands in mock-surrender: "That's- that came out wrong!"
Dick, gawked: "Jaybird no!"
Bruce sighed and pinch his nose bridge: "Jason, stop."
Damian arms crossed: "That's immature of you."
Tim tsk 3x disappointedly: "Harsh man. Don't give another trauma dump to a child."
Jason scoffs and nodded, zipping his mouth. He guess it decided for the best to shut up. Jason thinks it was him that they scolded but it was his older version. Damian in Dick's arm looked up from his shoulders.
Damian: "Mama!! I'm hungry!"
If Bruce got stabbed in the heart, he didn't show it. However, Dick shook his head.
Dick: "Sorry Dames, that's not Mama—.."
Alfred appears out of nowhere: "Then should I serve some cookies and tea?
The kids flinched, not just the way he just pop-up but it's Alfred. (If you read WUC then you know what I mean.)
Damian huff and rolled his eyes, giving a scowl look before turning away from him. Alfred raised one of his brows, 'what an innapropriate behaviour but this is Damian. Should be expecting that'.
Now you see here; this batfamily cannot be surprised by his reaction, heck they didn't even think this kid never had an attitude this early of age and never likes anyone (LIES!! ONLY BRUCE, DICK & JASON HE LOVES). But what they didn't expect is the other children's reactions towards Alfred.
It didn't go unnoticed from the batfam as they are good at reading body language and subtle movements. However, their expression and everything is not subtle enough to hide.
Damian is giving a hostile energy toward the butler and not giving any response or greeting.
Dick gave him a frown and clicked his tongue. Same as Damian, he got a terrifying cold aura that screams 'Step away from us!' to him.
Jason didn't know what to say to Alfred but he kept his distance, nod in greeting. Tim just wave a 'hi' then rapidly put his hands down.
Steph can't help but mumbled: "Awkward.."
Bruce think this is ridiculous as he furrowed his brows, watching this new interactions even though they don't talk but tension is there. Dick look between Alfred and the kids and try to break the tension like right now.
Dick with a smile, steps in: "Okay, now we have our warm-up greetings. Let's go back up and eat something, shall we?"
Dick using his elbow to nudge Steph to back him up. Steph looks at him in confusion before quickly realized it.
Steph: "Uhm- Y-yeah I'm starving. Let's go eat."
Alfred reminds them: "Right then. I already set the table and snacks."
The batfams walk up to the main bat cave with the kids in tow. Bruce right behind them, thinking about their reactions toward Alfred. What did their Alfred do to make them dislike the butler? Jason and Tim seems distance or not knowing what to say to him but at least there's no hatred except Dick and Damian.
Meanwhile with Bruce and Cassandra.
During when the boys have been exploring the 'cave'. Bruce noticed it was eerily quiet, when he looked up, he realized they're not here.
In panicked, he sat up so fast that he thought he was gonna fall if it wasn't for Cass who held him steady. She looked at him with a concerned gaze before looking around and saw no brother of hers in sight. Her breath hitched. Cass hands Bruce his cane and they are going around to look for them.
The garden is massive but it doesn't even begin to encompass the sheer size of the Wayne Estate. The Wayne Manor sits on top of a hill of an island that's almost detached from the rest of the city if it weren't for the man-made road made to connect it to Gotham.
Bruce called them out: "DICK?! JASON?! DAMIAN!!"
Bruce's heart pounding against his rib cage. Searching the garden itself would take an entire day, but just as Bruce was about to attempt it, he feels a meek tug on his sleeve and he looks down to see Cass pointing at the garden wall, there's a relatively large hole going through it and Bruce felt his own blood run cold.
Despite his struggles, he rushes towards the hole and Cass quickly followed after him. Bruce saw footprints, the markings of their shoes which Bruce has already memorized imprinted on the soft dirt and he and Cass followed them in haste.
The footprints led them to the tunnel far ahead. He heard squeaks and some wings flaps. Bruce blanche and gulps, he sees the fruit bats above. How he hates bats. Cass snaps him out before they return to their task to find the boys. They start walking. Well, Bruce is having trouble walking, almost losing his balance because of the soft dirt that doesn't support his cane. However, thanks to Cass supporting his weight, he didn't fall.
The tunnel has some light and it blinds them as they walk through it and the ground becomes more solid. There's some blue silhouette, and something machine humming. As they finally walk out of the tunnel, they both look up with eyes widened and gasp.
Cass blinked, lean close to Bruce:
Bruce shocked his head, he looked around and there was a path to go up. Bruce and Cass went up stairs. Oh how he needs the elevator.
Few minutes ago before Bruce and Cass went looking for them.
Dick, Jason, Damian and Tim are still in the bat cave, sitting on the floor with a mat below them. There's cookies and tea, even cocoa to make it... sincerely (?). They tried not to give in.
They did and ate the cookies. They are sitting on the mat but Damian is sitting on Dick's lap. Dick is sitting between Jason and Tim. Both leaning on to Dick.
Damian is huffy puffy and only nibbles the cookies as if it's contagious but the taste is still good.
So they end up eating snacks in silence with no interaction until now.
The batfams watched them, studied them. Dick decided to join them with a smile.
Dick: "So how's the cookies?"
The kids reactions: "Mm.."/"Good"/*Nod*/*huff*
Dick externally smiles while internally flinching with a thought: 'That's it?'
And so the question begins. First the discussion.
Damain: "We need to know how to send them back."
Jason: "Call Constantine? Or Zatanna? I mean, it's getting normal now. Many time travelers and some dimensions cross. Surely this is easy."
The batfams: *Nodded in agreement*
Steph, who wanted to have fun and need to know about their side of the world: "Can't we just need a little more time to know about them?"
Bruce: "I don't think that would be—"
Steph ignored and went her way to the boys with a shitty eating grin: "So what's your Bruce looks like?"
Bruce, sighed and face-palmed: "necessary. of course.."
Dick perks up and smiles: "You mean Mama? He's-"
Before Dick can answer, Damian interrupts him and answers first, followed by the others.
Damian: "THE BEST! HE'S THE BEST MAMI IN THE WHOOOLEEE WORLDDD!! HE'S PRETTY! HE CAN COOK! HE PAINT HIS FACE TO LOOK MORE PRETTY!"
Steph, interested by little Damian rant: "Aww."
Damian confused for the 'paint himself pretty' part: "Beg your pardon??"
Dick, who knows Bruce in the first place, is more appalled at the cooking part. Duke and Cass listened in. In the clock tower, Barbara took a screenshot for toddler Damian because he's so cute.
And before Dick could speak, Jason cuts him off again.
Jason, corrected Damian: "You mean make-up Dames. It's make-up. And yeah his pretty good at doing make-up. Moreover, he helped me practice my line for my theater show-"
Jason, jaw drop: "Wait? I could have been a theater kid??"
Bruce raised his brow at his statement.
Jason proudly continued: "He always comes to my show! Mom also sponsors and creates a theater campaign to all who wants to join! And it's also for me. Yes, I'm the reason he started that theater camp. And mom helped me a lot and his hugs are always the best."
Damian nodded his head enthusiastically that Dick had to slow his movement before he cracked his neck. Dick smiles at his actions.
Alfred side eyes Bruce. Bruce ignored but he can't ignore to Jason who's head whip to him with a stare 'That could've been me if I have no trauma!!'
Jason finally finished but Dick kept quiet just so Tim can have his next.
Tim fiddles his fingers: "Bruce let me and Cass watch Jason's show even when we don't have the tickets. Also, he even let us spend time at his manor to have fun with Dick, Jason and Damian..."
Tim is almost kind of shy because Bruce is actually his idol too. He finished: "He's very pretty... And nice..."
After the younger kids each have their turn, Dick stares at them and see if there's any addition. Quiet, nice.
Dick finally gets to answer: "He's very soft and warm."
Cass clapped her hands, and acknowledged their explanations. The kids proudly smiled at it.
Steph: "Aww that's so sweet."
Dick look at Bruce: "That's really different from ours."
Duke, point it out: "Honestly, too different. And they look young. Does that mean their Bruce adopted them early. Wait how did they—"
Jason raise hand: "Can we come back where I can be a theater kid??"
Tim: "Wait you mention Cass. That also means she's here with you... more early."
Alfred: "But our Miss Cassandra was adopted years later."
Cass looked at Tim in question, Tim returned the look at her. Damian finally took a step forward.
Damian: "How did you and your Fa- Mother meet together?"
Duke wave hand vaguely, rolled his eyes, 'cause he was interrupted before: "Ah finally good question."
Before they could get an answer, they heard a shout.
They looked up and found Bruce... Bruce in his early mid 20s, Bruce who looks young WITH NO SCARS??? And LITTLE CASSANDRA?? WAIT IS BRUCE USING A CANE??
Before they could come back to themselves, the kids sat up and ran to their Bruce. Tim to Cass.
Dick, Jason, Damian: "Mom!"/"Mama!!"
Bruce slowly drop to his knees and opens his arms and hugs them, tightly. Cass in tow.
The batfams watched the scene and realized this Bruce is really different than theirs. Why? Well...
Bruce quickly lets go before he expects them to explain. Bruce quickly turns into a mother hen as if to find if they have any injury on them. He quickly examines and moves his hand to his children. Patting here and there, heads to toe. Even looking through their teeth if they knocked their tooth out. They are young so the baby tooth could come out anytime.
Bruce checking them one by one rapidly: "Are you okay? Are you hurt? Let me see your teeth!!"
Dick, gets his teeth checked, trying to talk but his mom's hands are still on his mouth: "Aif ine! Mm-Aa"
Then Damian who didn't mind: "Ahh"
Tim also getting teeth checked: "Kass??"
Suddenly, Cass did the same to Tim. Mimicking Bruce action.
Cass nodded. Tim recording with a smile with Duke trying to stop Damian from eliminating him. Jason questions his life choice.
Dick blinked. He didn't know what to say in this but he felt a little empty. Would his Bruce do this too..?
Bruce looked at them. Especially their Bruce. Is that what he looks like in another universe? Wait, did he even travel the world to look for a mentor and training? Hold on, did he become batman? Only one way to find out.
Bruce is about to scold them but not before he realizes he and his children are not alone. He looked up and saw them.
He stood up, with the help of his kids. Holding the cane for balance. He glances at them before he set his gaze on... Bruce. What?
Bruce moves his kids behind him: "Who are you guys? What is this place?"
Bruce holds out his hands to set peace between them: "We're not here to harm you. We can help to send you back."
Tim: "I already called them. So they are on their way."
Alfred steps in, about to help them feel comfortable while waiting for the magicians arrival: "Well Master Bruce. Perhaps I could be assist—"
Bruce backs up and almost loses his balance. Giving Alfred a disgusting expression with his hostile tone: "Back off."
The batfams stunned, so not only the kids react to Alfred negatively but Bruce himself. One question has set on their mind.
'WHAT THE HELL DID THIS ALFRED DO TO THEM??'
