I have a feeling that we are at the few chapters that you all have been waiting for.

Third Person

The batboys were all in Bruce's office sitting around next to the clock. They wanted to be able to talk in private, without going to the cave. B's office was the next best place.

"I know we haven't talked much about B's death and I don't think any of us really want to think about in and suffer in silence. Am I a bad brother for saying that I would love to not talk about it," Dick asked.

"Not all Dickie," Jason told him, "We all feel the same way. It wasn't exactly on Bruce's priority list to teach us how to deal with emotions."

"We should be fine as long as none of us have a relapse," Tim said, looking down and guilty.

"Drake had a relapse last night after he thought the others went to bed," Damian said suddenly as Tim glared at him. "Why would you tell them that." "They have a right to know," Damian told him. They were starting to fight before Jason and Dick broke them up.

"Tim what happened," Dick asked him.

"Turns out Stark is an alcoholic with his own personal bar. I found an old bottle of cheap vodka, took it to my room. I wasn't going to drink it at first, but I started thinking about Bruce. He always helped us when we got like this  and if I had only been quicker I would have been there and he wouldn't of died,"tears were streaming down his face as Dick held him.

"It's okay Timmy. We're all here for you," Jason said, trying to comfort him, but Tim snorted in response.

"We're all fucked up aren't we," Tim asked. "I mean I'm an alcoholic, Jay your a drug addict, Damian your a pill popper, and Dick. Dick you're all of us warped into one. We are a truly fucked up group. Must be a requirement for B when he chooses who to adopt," Tim was going off.

"Drake," Damian put a hand on his shoulder, "We may be messed up, but we are together. I may fight with you and we may not like each other very much, but I do accept you as my brother."

"Maybe we all need another session with Dinah," Dick said jokingly, but secretly he thought it might be a good idea.

"We know how you feel Tim. If any of us made it a minute sooner he wouldn't be dead. We can at least thank him for taking that scum of the earth with him," Jason said.

"About Bat's death. I've been thinking about it and I know I've been trying to avoid it for awhile, but I think that I'm going to take up the mantle." After Dick said this they all protested with no and to not do it.

"I know. I know it's a bad idea. I know that I don't want to do it, but Gotham needs it. Did you guys forget what happened when B was off world for a month. Within the week Gotham was in a frenzy. No bats means no order. Their not going to listen to us, we're just the partners and side kicks, but they will listen to the bat," Dick explained.

"Dickie if you do this you may really go into a relapse. Maybe we could take turns. Me and you. I would include Tim and Dami, but their to short and can't pull it off. If the crazy's realize that bats is dead we're all going to be in trouble. Once Timmy's old enough we can fix it so we all three take turns, same when Damian is ready to take up the mantle as well," Jason offered a new way.

"Jay is right. None of us wanted to take up the mantle, but you Dami. Maybe one day you'll know why, but we have to start figuring out how to plan ahead. We need to make a plan for at least one of you two to be in Gotham at all times, along with me or Dami," Tim explained. 

They sat around for around thirty minutes going through ideas and throwing them away.

"I have it," Damian said loudly, but he didn't scream. "I have it. Stark has full custody of us, but he has that fancy avengers team of his. We all read their files. We can have one or two of them stay here and 'watch us' with two of us here. Then we can plan out days and switch."

"Good idea little D, except what about school. I have two years left, Jay has three. Dami your in 6th grade and Tim is in 7th. We have to think about education as well and then college or Wayne industries could end up in the wrong hands by the time we can take it over. I know you guys don't want to think about it, especially with what happened with B, but Alfred is old. I know we don't like to think about it, but it's the truth. He is in control of Wayne Industries until I'm ready to take over. Education matters if we want to keep Wayne Industries how it is. If we go with your plan we will have to continue to switch schools all the time, will you three be able to handle that," Dick asked them.

"We go to the same Gotham school as always and we go to Peter's school Mid-town Tech in Queen's New York. If we do this right and talk to both principles, one who Bruce donated to all the time and basically paid the paychecks, and one Wayne can start donating to, we could maybe do it frequently and have grades and files being shared. It might be unusual, but we might make this work," Tim said.

"How long do we wait before each switch and what if people notice that Robin is out for only certain months," Damian asked.

"I was thinking three months. It's enough time to be settled, get a routine, stick with it for a while and then change. As for the Robin problem. Zeta tubes. If people start noticing something is up, sneak out during the night and go through the zeta tube. You meet up with whoever is on duty and join them for a few nights," Jason answered the questions.

"Now how do we convince Tony to do this, Alfred should be easy, he understands, but Tony is going to be a bit harder and who is partnered with who," Tim asked.

"We wait till Alfred is alone with us to explain, maybe one of our night outs. We should wait until we're on our way back to New York or the last day that the avengers are here," Dick explained, "give them time to see Gotham and maybe we'll be able to convince them."

They talked for awhile before they knew it, it was dinner.

"What did you boys do today," Tony asked as they all sat around for dinner.

"Just talked and hung out," Jason said with a laid back attitude. They can't call him out for lying if he's telling the truth, even if Natasha and Clint both looked at him with suspicion.

"What about you. Did you enjoy the tour," Dick asked with a fake smile on his lips. Try as he might, he can't get their earlier conversation out of his head, with a look towards his brothers they all agreed.

"This place is bigger then I remember, and brighter as well," Tony spoke with a kind smile as he thought back to his childhood.

"Thank Goldie for the lights. Bruce lived in the dark like he was the master of it. Dickhead here bought out the best in him," Jason pointed at Dick.

"Language," Steve yelled from across the table.

The conversation was instantly paused as all but one bat looked at Steve. Suddenly all three busted out laughing at him, with Damian being the odd one out, not getting the joke.

"You just told Jason! Jason ! Of all people to watch his language," Tim was dying of laughter.

It took a total of five minutes for the boys to get under control and dinner continued as if nothing ever happened.

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Dinner was ending when Jason's phone went off with a vibration. He took his phone out to see it was a message from one of the dealers Red Hood is known for talking to. This was good, Jason really needed something to forget this day ever happened, at least for a short amount of time.

Jason knew it was a bad idea, that he shouldn't go out as Red Hood tonight just to get some drugs and get high, but with the talk of taking up the bat, Jason needed something and he could sense that his brothers needed something as well.

He responded to the message with a Meet cha later and looked up to see Dick glaring at him.

"Hey Jason can we talk," Dick asked him and Jason didn't even dare to say no.

They walked into Dick's room and Jason knew he was going to get an earful.

"I saw the message Jason. Really! You're really going to do this! I thought we agreed to try and be better," Dick shouted at him.

"Sorry if I can't handle the pressure, not all of us can be perfect like you Goldie," Jason said harshly. Jason knew that Dick wasn't perfect. He was probably the only person in this whole house, besides Alfred, who knew that the best, but they're was nothing to stop him from saying it. Jason regretted it immediately after when he saw Dick look down in shame, as if he did something wrong.

"I don't care if you go out tonight, just please be home before three and try not to take anything to hard," Dick begged him.

Jason agreed and walked out of Dick's room. Jason shut the door and stood there for a few minutes. He could hear a thump on the other side of the door, Dick is most likely blaming himself for everything. Jason sighed as he left to go to his room. He was going to take whatever he got, no matter how hard the drug was, and Dick can't stop him.

This chapter was mostly a set up for future chapters as well as getting the Bats to admit that their's a problem with them and they need to admit it to themselves.