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gotham city , new york
gotham academy
9:15 AM

      STORM WOULD'VE BEEN HAPPY to leave first period, but her unexpected partner seemed to only worsen her day. ever since their unfortunate encounter yesterday, they just couldn't keep themselves away from each other. to be honest, she didn't even want to think about the situation. that was until ms. james quietly called her name so that only she could hear it.

     "hey, storm. can i talk to you for a quick second?" she asked with the same exact look and tone that almost every "sweet" teacher had. it made storm a little awkward and uncomfortable.

     storm turned her attention towards her biology teacher and raised her eyebrows. "oh, um... sure, i guess." she replied, perplexed to why ms. james wanted to talk to her privately.

      they both waited until all of the students left for them to continue having their conversation.

      once they all left, ms. james looked at storm. "i know your a little skeptical about working with damian, but i thought it through."

      storm raised and eyebrow, "what do you mean?"

     "i feel like you would be a positive influence to him. you are one of the most considerate people i've ever known and you're very determined to help others in need, even though you don't have to. damian is really hard to get through, and i think he just needs a little push. i feel like if he can cooperate with someone like you, then he would be easier to work with in the future." ms. james explained.

     storm could only raise both eyebrows in shock and confusion. "i don't know. you even said it yourself. he's hard to talk to and he's pretty cold to everyone. i know that from experience."

ms. james sighed with a small smile on her face. "just try... okay? he probably going through some tough stuff and needs someone to talk to. i think that'll be a good opportunity to fix whatever's going on between you two. it can help him learn to work with other people."

storm closed her eyes and lightly sighed, taking in the request. she had to think for a small moment. her teacher wanted her to make conversation with damian wayne , which was probably gonna be like cutting a thick brick of ice. she didn't exactly want to have another enemy, or someone close to that. storm always tried her best to stay on everyone's good side. so was it going to be worth a try to get along with damian for once?

      she opened her eyes again. "i'll try not to blow his head off," she somewhat joked. "hopefully i can get through the next two weeks."

     her teacher let out a small chuckle in response. "you'll survive. but thank you for understanding."

     storm slightly nodded. "no problem," she looked at the clock that hung on the wall in front of her. "i should probably get going before i'm late for my next class."

     "go ahead. tell me how the first week goes, and if you still feel like you should change partners, then it won't be a problem."

     storm made a small smile. "i will." she said as she left out of the classroom door.

     as she walked down the long hallway, she thought a second time about the whole partnership. storm had a slight feeling that it wouldn't be that bad for her. it was only two weeks. after that, they wouldn't even have to talk to each other again. all they had to do was a simple project. it wasn't like they were gonna be stuck together for the rest of their lives.

      as she turned the corner, she noticed the mini wayne walking across the halls in front of her. she went on and catched up to him so she could say a few things.

     "hey, wayne," she got damian's attention.

     his head snapped towards her direction and his face face almost immediately went into a slight scowl. "you might wanna step back before you run into me again."

     storm rolled her eyes. "you're still fed up about that? it was an accident. get the hell over yourself."

     "don't test me—" damian snarled at storm, but he didn't get to finish his sentence.

     "look, damian. i didn't come here to argue, nor do i need that happening for the next two weeks. i'm gonna be as nice as i can. if you aren't mature enough to work on a simple project with me for only two weeks, feel free to leave. more credit for me, then."

      damian's eyes widened. he then sighed and tried to speak. "are you done—"

     "no. i'm not done yet. i'm just saying that we could just get along and finish the assignment, and if you don't want to associate yourself with me anymore, then so be it. i won't bother you. but we're not gonna be at each other's throats over something that stupid." storm finally concluded, now giving damian the chance to talk.

      he stood there with his usual, dull facial expression. "are you done, now?" damian was finally able to get out, still annoyed.

      "yup." storm replied, emphasizing the the last letter as she stood there with a smirk.

      damian, who clearly wasn't pleased at the fact that she was smiling at his displeasure, spoke up. "you know you have too much of a brazen personality."

     storm kept her smirk and put one side of her braids behind her back. "why thank you, you little angry machine. "she then put on a more serious face. "now who's fancy house are we going over?"

      "we can go over mine tomorrow, after school. i'm gonna warn you now before something chaotic happens. i have three nosy older brothers. try avoiding them as much as you can. they're already annoying as it is." damian told storm, with an irritated look on his face.

     storm raised an eyebrow, as if she were thinking of something. "you know, i might have a nice conversation with them just because you still didn't apologize for being a bitch earlier."

      rolling his emerald green eyes, damian slightly growled under his breath. "give them any sort of attention, and i will literally forbid you from coming over my house again."

     "okay, fine. quit being so serious." storm put her hands up in defense. she then took out her phone and checked the time. "welp, i gotta go. see you later, wayne. don't be a bitch." she said as she quickly walked down the hall, speeding towards her next class.

SWEAT DRIPPED DOWN DAMIAN'S FACE as he lunged his fist at the punching bag once again. he didn't have to worry about any homework, so he decided to use the rest of his spare time in the training room to get rid of his boredom. he either trained for a few hours or went out on patrol. most weekends, he would stay with the titans, working on some minor missions that would take place. he was glad he wouldn't be busy this weekend.

     there hasn't been any major issues ever since the fiasco with deathstroke and brother blood took place three years ago, but damian tried not to think about it, considering how intense it was. him, batman, red hood, red robin, and nightwing only had to deal with the minor supervillains. he wasn't going to say they weren't frustrating. the past situation that occurred back then with the titans was definitely something damian didn't want to go through again.

     after hitting the punching bag one last time, damian grabbed an ice cold towel and swung it across his sweat filled neck. a few seconds passed before tim sprinted in. damian could tell it was important, considering how tim was basically rushing to get to him in the first place. it could've just been the coffee.

     annoyed by the older boy's presence, damian slightly snarled. "what do you want, drake?"

     "bruce needs us in grant park. he said it's urgent." tim responded, ignoring damian's attitude. without hesitation robin sped out to change into his robin uniform, knowing the situation was serious since it was that urgent.

     robin, red robin, and nightwing reached bruce's location in no time. however, it was surrounded by cops, detectives, news reporters, and other gotham citizens who failed to mind their business. but what seemed to get all of these people's attention? as the three vigilantes caught up with batman, his eyes narrowed down sideways.

     a cold, lifeless body of a young man, who wore all black and appeared no older than eighteen years old, lied in the front corner of a building, in between the front part of an alley. he had stab wound square in his chest.

     "what happened to him?" robin looked up and questioned batman.

     "someone stabbed him." red robin spoke up to answer his question before batman.

     although no one could see it under his mask, robin rolled his eyes. "obviously, he was stabbed. but how and why was he stabbed?"

     "that's what i'm trying to figure out. the wound in his chest still looks fresh, so the murder must've taken place not too long ago. maybe hours ago." batman looked deeper into the investigation.

      nightwing noticed how deep the wound was. red robin seemed to catch on and he flipped the body to the other side, revealing a parallel gash that sat on his back. robin's face went into shock, but he made sure no one could notice.

      "whoever killed him used some kind of sword if he was stabbed to the point where the weapon went all the way through. and look at the victim's knuckles," red robin analyzed the man's hands, noticing the dry blood and bruises. "he definitely tried to put up a fight before he was killed."

     "someone wanted him dead." robin pointed out.

     nightwing looked up, confused at robin's theory. "why do you say that?"

     "who would use a stab someone with a sword without reason? obviously they were specifically trying to kill this one person," robin answered and looked back towards batman. "did you find any form of DNA?"

     batman shook his head. "no. they only left this pin with some kind of symbol on it." he took it out for everyone to see.

     robin further analyzed the little object. it looked very familiar to him and he was determined to figure out what connection it had to his memories. his eyes widened as he came to a realization.

     "i recognize that."

     batman, nightwing, and red robin snapped their heads towards the younger vigilante. batman took a step closer to let robin investigate it more.

"where?" batman asked. robin sighed, not really wanting to bring up his past, considering how bad is was.

     "the league of assassins."

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PUBLISHED ──── 10/29/2020

AUTHOR'S NOTE  ──── okay so we got sum real tea up in this bich 😭😭😭😭😭😭 tell me what y'all think about this lmao

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