"Okay, Anya. This is Gar and Rachel." Dick nodded to the two.

"Hey." Gar waved, a smile on his face.

"Hi." Rachel hummed.

"You said there was more than them." Anya whispered.

"There is, you might find a rat lurking somewhere around here." Sam warned her.

"Oh, I love rats." Anya smiled.

"We have rats?" Jason walked in.

"I found it, Dick." Sam pointed.

"Shut up." Jason sighed,"Who is- Woah- Hey."

Anya looked him up and down,"Hi."

Sam looked between the pair and shook his hesd slightly, going to stand beside Gar.

"That's Jason." Dick introduced him,"Jason, this is Anya."

"I'm Jason." Jason smiled,"Todd."

Sam watched from beside Gar, brow furrowed.

"Anya... Hart." Anya nodded.

"Well- I'll leave you to meet everyone." Dick nodded slowly.

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"Favourite time of the day." Sam hummed, taking a stick off the wall.

"Remind me again, why it is?" Anya asked.

"Because I like training." He tossed his stick up, before catching it.

"You're too good at it." Anya hummed.

"You have to be if you wanna live with Bruce Wayne." Sam shrugged.

"Well now you're free, so act like it." She tapped him with her stick.

Sam chuckled,"Aw, but where's the fun in that?"

"Well, can you still beat my high score?"

"I don't know, should we test that?"

"We should." Anya stepped back.

Sam smirked, raising his stick.

"Something's behind you." She pointed.

"No it isn't, I'm not falling for that again."

"Yeah, there is." Jason tapped his shoulder.

Sam jumped slightly but sighed,"Of course there is."

"Ha!" Anya jabbed his shoulder.

"Oi!" Sam stumbled back.

"Good one, Anya." Jason walked up to her and smiled.

"Thanks Jay." Anya chuckled as she looked between the brothers.

"Go on, Jason. Grab your stick." Sam nodded to him.

"Oh I'll grab my stick alright-" Jason smirked and went to reach down to his lower area.

"Jason!" Sam whacked his head.

Jason laughed and grabbed the stick from the side.

Sam sighed and shook his head,"Is it out of your system now?"

"Is what?" Jason hummed.

"Your hilarious jokes.' Sam rolled his eyes.

"Right boys, calm down." Anya pointed,"We gotta train."

"I know." Sam hummed.

"Ready?" Jason got into position.

"Ready." Sam raised his stick.

That's when the three began to fight, the boys had knowledge from Bruce so they had more of an advantage. Sam was mainly focused on Jason, he just desperately wanted to beat him.

Jason quickly went for Sam, swiping at his feet. Sam jumped, remembering this and kicked Jason's chest.

"Hey-'

Anya ducked down and slid in between the boys, swinging her stick around. Sam got hit and stumbled back, but stayed on his feet Jason stumbled as well, catching himself on the wall before he turned his attention to Anya, his back to Sam. Sam smirked as he snuck behind the distracted Jason, going for his ankles

"Not so fast, Cat boy." Jason jumped.

"Aw, so close."

The three continued to fight before all three of them fell to the ground.

"Well... How was that?" Sam asked.

"Nearly there. Try staying on your feet." Dick sighed from the shadows.

"You were watching?" Sam sat up quickly.

"Of course I was."

"He's like your dad, hiding in the shadows." Anya shrugged.

Sam pulled himself up,"I know what to work on now."

"I think I did good. Other than my ankles being kicked." Jason glared at Sam.

"Had to get you down somehow.' Sam shrugged.

"Okay, okay. Everyone in the control room, attack scenarios in five.' Dick clapped.

"Ooh, how fun." Sam hummed as he put his stick away.

"Sam." Dick looked at him.

"What?" He raised a brow as the others left, leaving the brothers alone.

"I need you to talk to Jason later." Dick nodded.

"Why?" Sam crossed his arms.

"Because he keeps wanting to go back to Bruce, but neither of us think he's ready yet."

"Why not just let him go back?" Sam mumbled,"Don't make him stay if he doesn't want to."

"Sam, as much as you don't like him, he's your brother and he's here to stay." He sighed.

Sam groaned,"Fine, I guess I'll talk to him."

"Thank you." Dick hummed,"I'll meet you in the control room."

Sam sighed and headed towards the control room. He really didn't want to talk to Jason.

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"Guys! Come look." Gar shouted the teens through.

"Coming." Sam rolled off the counter he was laying on and walked towards the control room.

"You're gonna fall off the counter one day." Anya nudged him as she walked by.

"Heh, no chance." He followed after her.

"Is that because you're a little kitty?"

"Yep, I always land on my feet."

"But do you have nine lives?" Anya pointed.

"I haven't tested that one yet." Sam shrugged.

"Liar." Anya crossed her arms.

"Huh?"

Anya pointed to her head,"You've tried it plenty of times."

"Now why would do that?" Sam asked.

"Because you do dangerous stuff without thinking of the dangers."

"Nu-uh."

"Uh huh." Anya smiled.

"So?"

"So stop doing stupid shit."

"It all has a purpose."

"And what is the purpose, huh?"

"Because he wants to be the best." Jason butted in.

"Untrue." Sam scoffed.

"It's true, Sam." Jason shrugged.

"It isn't." Sam crossed his arms.

"It's true." Jason whispered to Anya.

Sam rolled his eyes and kept walking.

"Has Bruce given you any word on when you go back?" Jason turned to Sam.

"I'm not going back."

"Well, eventually you need to Sam."

Sam shook his head,"No, I'm staying here."

"You don't expect Dick to really keep you here... Do you?" Jason raised a brow.

"Of course he will."

Jason bit his lip,"If you say so, Felix."

"Not my name." Sam sighed,"Why do you wanna go back so badly anyway?"

"Because we're not sidekicks, Sammy."

"But don't belong there at Wayne Manor."

"So you think you belong here?" Jason raised a brow.

"I do think that, yeah." Sam nodded.

Jason turned around and shook his head, walking off. Sam sighed and crossed his arms, heading into the control room.

"Look at this." Gar pointed to the police chase that was happening.

"Now that's interesting." Sam hummed.

"Anyone know her name?" Jason leaned forward, he was taking interest in the girl.

"Not yet." Rachel shook her head.

Anya tilted her head,"She looks hurt."

"She probably is, if she's out there." Sam agreed.

"She looks hurt but she's not acting it." Anya pointed out.

"Well then, what are we gonna do?"

"I'm... Gonna go see what I can do." Dick nodded before he walked off.

"Have fun." Sam hopped onto a chair, waving him off.

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"So what do we all think of Rose?" Rachel asked while they ate.

"Eh, she's alright." Sam shrugged.

"Alright to you, maybe." Jason muttered, sipping his drink.

"She seems nice... So far." Anya nodded slowly.

"I think we should get to know her a bit better." Gar looked around.

Anya put her plate down,"Hey Jason, are we still doing what we planned later?"

"Hm?" Jason glanced over at her,"Oh, I was actually going to see if i could talk to Rose."

"Oh- Right, well... It was important, Jay." She smiled.

"We can always reschedule." Jason shrugged as he stood up.

Anya bit her cheek,"Right, yeah. We can reschedule."

Jason walked off and Sam turned to Anya,"We could hang out instead, if you want."

Anya gave him a small smile,"That would be nice Sammy."

"Shall we?" Sam got up.

"Yeah, see you guys soon." She waved to the others.

Sam smiled and walked towards Anya's room.

"What would you say is your best subject?" Anya asked as she closed the door.

"Uh..." Sam trailed off,"I was never good at school."

"I never went to school." Anya admitted.

"So we're both screwed?"

"Yep." Anya smiled.

Sam sighed and flopped onto the floor,"I say pick something random and we can just work through it."

"Hm." Anya picked up a few textbooks,"Pick."

"That one." Sam pointed blindly.

When Anya turned it around, it was... Math.

"Fuck." Anya covered her mouth.

"Oh piss.."

Anya turned the textbook into a TV remote,"How about a movie instead?"

"I like that idea better." Sam nodded.

"What do you fancy?" Anya sat on her bed, patting beside her.

Sam got up and sat beside her,"I'm down for anything, maybe something quite. I might nap."

"My bed is available for a nap." She assured him.

Sam smiled,"You choose something, just talk. I like listening to talking."

"Well... How about I tell you about what I've gotten into?"

"Sure, that sounds nice." Sam nodded.

"I've gotten into playing piano... I used to play it when I was a little girl but I... I had to stop when the incident happened- As my parents like to say."

"The incident?" Sam raised a brow.

"When... I was six, I was playing at the park with my friend and got... Kidnapped. During that two month period I got experimented on and- Became this." She gestured to herself, her powers,"After that, my parents treated me different and I haven't played since."

She sighed, it was nice talking to someone about it.

"Oh... Well, those guys suck. You have us now." Sam crossed his arms,"And think you'd be great at piano."

Anya gave a small smile and nudged his arm,"I'll play you a song once I learn."

"Thanks, I'm touched." Sam smiled.

"Now, sleep. You need it... Don't think I don't hear you sneaking off to the training room at night." Anya pointed.

Sam huffed but she was right, he was exhausted.

"Look, comfy blanket." She placed it over him.

Sam curled up underneath it,"I have been convinced.

"I'm really good at that." Anya put a movie on quietly.

"Keep talking.' Sam yawned.

"And I'm really good at talking too." Anya laughed.

Sam nodded as he began to relax.

"I really like this movie, I like Disney movies the best. Have you ever watched Bambi?" Anya turned to Sam.

"Mhm... Baby deer."

"I've always wanted a cat called Bambi." Anya leaned back.

"That's... Nice."

"I feel like I'm not helping your napping situation." Anya whispered.

"Mhm.."

"I'll shut up." Anya nodded.

"No.." Sam whined.

"You need to sleep, Sammy."

"But I want to hear you."

Anya looked at him,"What do you want me to say?"

"Anything." Sam sighed.

"Okay... Well, I really think you need this sleep and I'm not gonna wake you up. I'm gonna let you sleep for however long your body let's you." She hummed.

Sam yawned, closing his eyes

"You need to stop pushing yourself, because I'm gonna stop you myself if you don't."

Sam nodded slowly as he fell asleep. Anya looked at Sam, slowly turning down the movie and fixing the blanket on him before she went on her phone.