Damian sat there most of the night. Reading and rereading that stupid riddle, trying to hold onto the small hope that it gave him. Jason gave up on him long ago, he told Damian not to stay up too late. That was three hours ago, and he was still at it confused as ever. Either way, he fell asleep at five in the morning.

Jason walked down at seven, noticing the poor bird passed out, his head resting on the desk, while his butt remained on the chair. Jason smiled gently at the sight and picked him up bridal style.

'Damn the brat is heavier than he looks' Jason thought as he walked up the stairs with him. 'I hope I don't drop him before we get to the bed!'

Jason winced at the idea of dropping him and found himself moving a bit faster to get to his bed. He couldn't help it anymore, he needed to put him down or he could give the passed out bird a concussion. He looked around a bit frantically, who's room is the closest? From here, Dick's room was. He entered his neat room and placed Damian gently on the bed. With a sigh he plopped down next to him, rubbing his tired arms. 'Geez Dick and Damian always keep their rooms so tidy' He thought 'so unlike mine'.

He froze, something seemed right about how he thought that. He re-winded his train of thought and replayed that sentence over and over again.

'Geez Dick and Damian'

'Dick and Damian'

'D and D'

'Fuck!' He jumped up, 'the start of the first and the last son! Bruce was talking about there names! Dick and Dami, they both start with D!'

"Todd?" He heard someone yawn, "what are you doing?"

Jason turned around happily, he must have woken him up when he jumped, but he was too excited to apologize now.

"Damian! The letter you need! It's D!"

All fatigue left Damian's face, he jumped up as well and ran down to the Batcave, hopping down the stairs.

He pulled up the code in a matter of seconds, and shook his head to get rid of the dizziness.

'ZKHUH WKH WZR VRQV PHHW'

"So," he exhaled "D=A, E=B, F=C, G=D, H=E"

"There are two right there!" Jason Interrupted, Damian clicked on the computer and changed the 'H' to 'E'.

'ZKeUe WKe WZR VRQV PeeW'

They continued down the path saying what equaled what and Jason pointing them out for Damian to change.

"..P=M, Q=N, R=O"

"Right there!"

'ZheUe Whe WZo VonV meeW'

"You're right Demon spawn, this does take a while."

"Told ya so, let's keep going." He responded "S=P, T=Q... V=S"

"That's right there!"

'ZheUe Whe WZo sons meeW'

"We got a word! Sons?" Jason scrunched his eyebrows together in thought.

"Todd shut up, it will make sense once we finish the code. Keep looking." He scolded annoyed. He was close, so close he couldn't bare it, anxious to finish the code he continued. "W=T, X=U, Y=V..."

"We have 'W'!" He shouted like an excited child. They were so close, so very close, this message would lead them to there family!

'ZheUe Whe tZo sons meet'

"Sons meet" Damian repeated confused. They continued until finally the code was completed.

'Zhere the tZo sons meet'

"Z=W"

'Where the two sons meet'

"Another riddle," Jason sighed in disappointment, "of course Bruce can't make this easy on us."

"No," Damian sighed, "he really can't can he?" He slumped back into his chair defeated.

Damian's sad looking face make Jason's heart drop, and he quickly tried to correct himself.

"But! We're a step closer!" He blurted out quickly, "We'll be able to-"

Damian stood up roughly and walked away, tears growing in his vision. Jason sat down in his place and watched him leave.

'It's best for him to be alone right now.' He thought watching him leave, 'yeah, that's what's best.'

Damian stomped away, feeling more frustrated than he could bear. Why couldn't his father just stop at that? Why doesn't he make it easier on him? Did he want to be found?

Suddenly, it occurred to Damian that if they found out the first riddle they could easily find the second. Unless you couldn't figure it out, the *they* Damian was talking about was the Justice League, who Damian was suspecting more and more. Damian is intelligent, intelligent enough to know when he can't beat a league of experienced fighters with powers, but he had his brain, and that brain was moving a thousand miles a minute.

'If my father is smart which he is' Damian considered 'he might have suspected the Justice League and made the riddle...'

A grin formed its way on Damian's face.

'Personal'

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The League knew, of course, the answer to the riddle, and suspected just as Damian suspect, that the riddle could only be solved by the one it was directed to.

"What do we do?" Flash asked

"We wait," Superman answered, "and let the child solve the riddle for us."

Wonder woman smirked as she approached him, and place her hand knowingly on his shoulder.

"We'll let the child lead us right to Bruce."

The three smirked and observed as Damian sat on his bed, deep in thought.

"All we have to do is wait."

___A\N___

So maybe this chapter was not as long as I promised, 

😥

I'm sowwy, you guys forgive me though, right?

Right?

No?

Oh.

Anyway, I would like to give some shout outs to people who solved the code\riddle before this chapter came out. However, I had to delete your comments, (for suspense purposes for other readers) but you are recognized and you will remain here faithful readers. (or should I say, detectives 😉)

@thantswhatshesaid

@Greek_Gods101  (Who was on the right track)

@damimapsshipper

Good job guys :) You are real detectives.