[After Transition]
"Robin, meet Nicholas James. The reason Barbara is not wearing her cowl is because this man already knows all of our secret identities, not only that but he will be working together with us in the future taking on a field position as soon as he's ready to join us, he's our new teammate." Robin is silent processing Batman's words as he looks directly at me in confusion and wanting to start a good working relationship with the kid for the duration of my time here I go to greet him, unfortunately before I can even get a word out he starts to shout and what he spouts actually leaves me confused, befuddled and absolutely speechless. "BATMAN, YOU CAN'T LET THIS GUY WORK WITH US. HE'S A WEIRDO FREAK WHO WATCHES PORN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LIBRARY, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GODDAMN AFTERNOON!" What the absolute fuċk is going on with this kid that he can come out with a random accusation like that I mean it's fuċkɨnġ sick that this is what the kid comes out with because of some weird jealousy and misguided sense of territory just to be the only male person by Batman's side (must be some level of attraction or something going on their, with a name like Dick he's sure living up to it) and I don't even want to be on this team but I don't like people making up shit about me, I mean I've never even watched pȯrn outside of my own house or property and even then it's only with meticulous preparation to make sure I was along and that was only before I lost my vɨrġɨnɨtƴ because afterwards I had no need for watching pȯrnographic videos so I have no idea where he got the idea that I watch pȯrn in public because I don't but now that I think of it watching pȯrn doesn't mean masturbation and for some reason I'm getting some deja vu from this kid like I've seen him before but I can't quite tell because of his mask, hold on a minute I think my brain giving me a flashback.
[][Flashback][]
I reach into my pocket and pull out the memory stick and insert it into the computer and then I go to the section that shows my memory stick and I click on it and a pop up immediately comes up asking if I want to open it but this immediately sends of alarm bells in my head as there is nothing asking for a password and I'm pretty sure my memory stick asks for a password, so this is definitely not my memory stick but that brings up the question of what is actually going on and where is my real memory stick. I decide to that the easiest way to get answers would be to open this memory stick and just rip the band aid off so I click open and a video file pops up, I quickly lower the volume so that it can can't be heard by normal human ears(unfortunately I don't have any earphones with me) but with my advanced senses I will be able to pick it up. I click play and the video immediately starts up and reveals Selina in all her glory sitting at her coffee desk looking into the camera with a sultry smirk. "Hey there slick, your probably a bit confused as to what is going on here and your probably quite angry right now but don't worry cause I'll explain it to you. You see my goggles are special and not only do they see in the dark but they also have thermal vision so that night where you followed me to my stash and I looked up at the ceiling and you were invisible, yeah I had my thermal vision turned on and could see you clinging to the top of the ceiling so I figured out that you took the real memory stick and replaced it with a fake. I can respect that, you couldn't trust me a known thief so you decide to make sure that I fulfil my half of the deal whether I liked it or not and I can't blame you for it. Actually you went above and beyond for me tonight so I decided to give you a special gift, I managed to find out where you put the real memory stick(I'm a world class thief so it wasn't that hard to figure out) and I switched it with the fake one before going back to my condo which means that memory stick you picked up that I left underneath my pȧntɨės is your original memory stick."
My eye begins to twitch at the sheer annoyance she has instilled in me with her actions and I can't help but let out a sigh of tiredness, if I left that memory stick at her apartment I would be kinda screwed and it would be a bit awkward to go back and get it after I sneaked out of there. " I kinda hope you'll take the pȧntɨės as well but I won't know till you leave later, anyway since you helped me out and even saved my life I thought I'd give you this gift to remember our time together. See ya later slick, it's been fun. Enjoy the video..." She finishes with a sly smirk and I can't help but dread what is about to happen as I can guess what she is talking about, I quickly try to press X on the video file but I'm too late. "HARDER YOU BASTARD, HARDER!!!" I just press X before it manages to go any further but the damage has already been done, she gifted me a sėx tape of our time together and it has just embarrassed me in this very public place. The voice was low yes but trust me when I say that that was Selina screaming at the top of her voice and the library is dead silent right now, so the boy sitting across from me definitely heard that and I can see the 13 year old slowly lift his head over the top of the computer and stare at me with wide bewildered eyes, eyes that hold shock but I can also detect a hint of regret that he didn't get to hear more.
"Pop ups, adverts and clickbait is so bad nowadays that you can never know where clicking on a link will take you when you are trying to do some serious work.. Such a shame that we live in such a shameless society... What's up kid, do you perhaps want the link?" Trying to tease this kid into going back to doing his work is my only course of action. Sigh, what has your life become when your trying to dissuade a kid from asking questions about your sėx tape that you made with a voluptuous cat burglar but I quickly forget about that when the boy across from me is clearly dumbfounded and his face quickly heats up to a volcanic red. "W-what.." He sputters unable to say anything else, that's right just keep him off his feet and eventually chase him off through overwhelming bullshit. "I said, do you want the link to it? I actually closed it as quick as I could but it should be in the history which I am about to delete, so speak now or forever hold your peace.." I catch him off guard and try to make him seem like a little pervert, that's right I'm not the one in the wrong here, I just accidentally clicked on a pop-up while you ya little pervert are trying to find out the website link, to think children are so corrupt nowadays and they just keep getting younger and younger.
The boy's face quickly crumbles into a grimace and he quickly tries to correct the supposed mistake. "W-what? No, I DON'T want the link! Why would you even think that?" Now to hit him with some confusion and make him question himself, I'll have him questioning his sėxuȧŀity in another ten minutes if he doesn't give up after this (that came out wrong, I'll make him think about his sėxuȧŀ preferences by questioning why he doesn't want the link, not by showing of my bodacious body and irresistible charm). "Dude, you don't have to lie to me, there's no one around and I could literally see you drooling. In fact (did you know?) you still have some drool on your face, right here." I point with my pointer finger (that's what the finger is for,pointing) to my chin just under my mouth, he probably hasn't had the time to fully process what I just said before he's already wiping away at his mouth because when someone (most likely people older than you or authority figures) questions your hygiene or cleanliness in public more often than not your first response is to automatically try to correct what they just critiqued about your appearance.
In this case the boy automatically wiped his mouth without checking if I was even telling the truth and probably even feels some wetness on his hand (psychologically that is, the mind is often the greatest wonder of all and that is something that Charles Xavier would probably say), he looks down at his hand for a moment before he looks back up and is about to try to continue the conversation with a retort, I have him on the ropes so I press my advantage. "Listen kid, even if you do want it I'm not gonna give it to you because you shouldn't be wasting your time on this stuff yet. You should focus on studying and doing your chores and you can waste your time on this stuff when your older, cool kid?" He opens his mouth to try to get a word in but I just continue anyway. "Great! Good talk kid, but maybe next time you should have a conversation like this with a family member or something and not a stranger in the library. So remember, don't do drugs and stay in school! Words to live by." I finish with a big thumbs up in is direction along with a giant megawatt grin(Naruto mode) and then go back to my computer screen.
Holy shit that kid that inadvertently heard my sėx tape with Selina Kyle/Catwoman was actually Richard 'Dick' Grayson also known as Robin or otherwise known as the guy right in front of me whose trying to spread my dirty secret to his teammates Batman (who has some kind of weird love-hate relationship with Catwoman, the woman I was with in the sėx tape which would definitely make the next year awkward) and Batgirl who I'm trying to get along with in a more than friends way which will definitely go to shit if this little bastard actually convinces these guys that I watched prom in the skidded of the library and if for some reason they somehow find the actual memory stick with the sėx tape then. Atman will definitely be angry and I don't want to see that, also I noticed just how different I was back then and might I also note that that was before I actually used my magic memory stick and fused with my newly created DC self which I've just realised had some changes to me as I used to joke around a lot more back then and I had shorter thoughts and got more sidetracked over random things that weren't really worth anything but now even if I do still have some funny thoughts I don't voice them out like I used to and I'm actually quite a bit more serious now (probably because of my new power and the fact that with my new memories came the experience of being chopped up in a meat grinder, great times) but I can fret about that later even though I don't really mind the changes, right now I've got to figure out a way to get this kid off of my back. "Wait, you were that kid who was sat across from me in the library that day? Why the hell are you accusing me like this man, I told you that it was a pop up that appeared on my screen and I turned it off as soon as possible. You were the one who was so interested in it, I can understand that your trying to dredge up anything you can to get rid of me because you don't know me but Batman and Barbara have met me quite a few times and so they should have a pretty good idea of my character so even if you don't trust me or know me can you at least trust their judgement and give me a chance."
Robin seems to lose his stride for a second at my words but he manages to get back on track, this kid really doesn't want to let this thing go. "Bullshit, I know what I saw that day. You plugged in your memory stick and then went to open it but before you did I noticed you turn your volume down just in case but even the when you opened up the files from your memory stick the sound blared out, you brought your own pȯrn on a memory stick to the library and tried to secretly watch it but it was louder then you thought it would be and you got discovered, admit it." This kid really is very observant even if it is for some of the dumbest shit ever but I can't back down now, I'm going to be stuck with these people for at least the next year and I can't have their image of me tainted already even if Robin's view of me already is. "Dude, that memory stick was blank. If you even had any actual information on me you would know that I only recently came back to Gotham and I was at the library with a blank memory stick to copy any information I might need but while I was searching for said information I accidentally got caught by a pop up which you heard, I hadn't been sleeping lately and so I took a moment to rest my eyes after that incident from you and I fell asleep. When I awoke it was to Barbara shaking me awake and when I saw her I bolted because at that moment I was still of two minds whether or not to go through with my plan and murder the two people who made my life and so many others hell so when I saw the Commissioners daughter in front of me I ran away leaving behind my memory stick which Barbara then took possession of, when she returned it to me later it was after she had a snoop and realised that the memory stick was empty, she can confirm this for you if my word isn't enough.
Holy shit am I good at bullshiting or what, no one needs to know that I switched the sėx take memory stick with the magical one i between Robin hearing Selina's mȯȧns and me falling asleep. "It's true Robin, I can confirm. I looked through the memory stick and it was empty, I returned it to him when we next met. Barbara jumps in to defend me probably because she's still a bit guilty about her classy notions about me earlier, she probably would have done so anymore but the guilt made her defend me without any tth ought of their being truth to Robin's words. "B-But, Barbara he, h-" Robin's tries to carry on with his point but stutters to find anything solid before he's stopped by Batman interrupting him, DaddyBat has my back (never saying anything like that again, eww). "Enough Robin, stop it. Nick will be working with us now, so you better get along because out there it's a matter of life and death and I know which one I prefer." And that was how my life with the Batfamily began...
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