(A/N: People voted on my poll, and so far I'm getting votes for both a sequel and a prequel, so this is one of the two sequels I plan on making, the other will be more like RIGHT after the story "Project Unleashed" where as this one is more set towards years after it~ ENJOY~~ )

Kristi's POV

I couldn't believe it when I found out… I ALSO couldn't believe it had taken me a whole day to find out… It all started when Bruce had come home rather upset one night…

"Bruce, what's wrong?" I asked, looking up from the book I was reading, laying on the couch.

"Nothing, it's… nothing…" he muttered under his breath, running a shaky hand through his hair… I usually didn't press into his business unless I thought needed, so I didn't this time either.

I headed off to bed without asking any further, not even noticing that Dick still hadn't come home…

When I woke-up, that's when I found out. Bruce still seemed upset at breakfast, so this time I DID look through his thoughts while he ate.

He'd fired Dick from Young Justice… He'd fired DICK…

My jaw clenched, all of my muscles tensing in my sudden fury. I'd never been this angry at Bruce before… Heck, I usually didn't get THIS angry THIS fast EVER. I quickly hid my now shaking hands under the table, trying to control the urge to lash out at my surrogate father. I knew I'd hurt him if I did, and I didn't want that, no matter how mad I was…

I had to leave, I had to go now. I just couldn't stay without getting him hurt; I couldn't look at him without thinking about how he'd kicked out my BROTHER, his son, from Dick's OWN team…

I didn't even look at Bruce as I rose from the table… Alfred hadn't even brought out our food yet.

"Kristi, where are you going?" Bruce asked, but I didn't answer, nor did I look back. I knew if I spoke that I'd explode.

"Just keep walking," I told myself. "You're 17 now, you can live alone you know… You just have to make it out of here first… with-OUT killing somebody…"

I suddenly dashed to my room, getting out my suitcase in a second and using my psychic powers to pack it. The usage of my powers was helping get out some of my anger, but not all by FAR…

I didn't know where I'd go… but I knew I'd go to Mt. Justice first to get the whole story, see if any of them knew where Dick was now…

My anger was so intense I didn't even hear Bruce come in until he spoke.

"Kristi… what are you doing?" he asked warily. Any of my belonging that were in the air froze, along with me… They just stayed there for a second before I suddenly exploded. My body shot up in the air, whipping around to face Bruce.

"She knows…" I heard Bruce think before my shouting started.

"You FIRED him!" I screamed at him. "HOW could you DO that to your own son Bruce?"

Bruce's hands clenched into fists and I knew he spoke without thinking, but what he said shocked me to the core.

"He's NOT my son and you're NOT my daughter so what does it MATTER?" he shouted at me.

Everything seemed to freeze, all of my anger instantly gone, replace by shock and sorrow. I ran a shaky hand through my hair and quickly finished packing… I was getting out of here, screw this.

Bruce's face turned into a mask of shock as he realized what he said. He opened his mouth, closed it, and opened it again, unsure what to say.

"Kristi, I –" He tried to start but I cut his off, screaming again.

"NO! Don't you dare give me any excuses Bruce! You must believe that somewhere in your head to say it. I KNOW how people's brains WORK!" I screamed at him. Then, I sobered up again, all sorrow. "I'm leaving… and don't you dare try and find me, ever."

Bruce's sad expression was the last thing I saw as I grabbed my bag and teleported out of there.

…. …. …. …. ….

I landed softly inside of Mt. Justice… The atmosphere seemed… different, calmer… sadder… It instantly made me think about what Bruce had said to me and a tear fell down my cheek…

I collapsed right there on the floor, leaning back on my suitcase as I buried my head in my knees while sobs escaped my lips.

I heard a slight swoosh and felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Kristi, what's wrong? Are you okay?" I heard Megan's soft voice ask me.

I looked up into her eyes as tears still ran down my face. "C-can you… could you t-tell me… what happened yesterday… with Dick?"

Megan's eyes saddened a bit and she sat down next to me, putting an arm around my shoulder. Dick was my brother, and so was Conner, and Megan was my sister. We were really close.

She began to tell the story to me. "Well, we were all here at Mt. Justice when Dick walked in. We asked him how things were going and such, you know, since he got hurt…" I nodded and she continued, "Then, he said he'd only come to say good-bye. We got upset, asking him why he was quitting –" I smiled a bit, they didn't know Dick, he never quit anything… "– and he told us that Batman had fired him." Megan gestured to a hole in the wall of the cave I now noticed to our left. "Superboy made that in his anger…. We're all very upset at Batman right now…"

I nodded. "I am, too…" I breathed. "Do you know where he is?"

Megan looked at me, surprised. "You mean you don't?" I shook my head and she shook hers. "Wow, I thought, of all people, he'd tell you where he was going. I mean, he told us but – You know what, he probably didn't want you to worry about him…"

I sighed. "Where is he?" I repeated.

"He said he was going to try 'working' at different cities under a new name, Nightwing," Megan told me.

I thought about that for a bit, just sitting there… Finally, though, Megan spoke up again.

"Kristi, why were you crying when you came in here?" she asked me, sounding concerned.

When I answered, I stood up, having made my decision on what I was going to do. I looked at her, she was standing, too, and a tear came to my eyes again.

"Batman… when I'd asked him about Dick and why he'd fired him… he told me that Robin wasn't his son… and I wasn't his daughter… so it didn't matter," I finished, choking at the end before I teleported out of there, too.

This time, when I landed, I was in a place called Star City… I'd only been here once before when Batman took me on a mission here… I was young, but I remembered it enough to teleport here… I'd only come here for one reason, to be alone.

I sat down in the alley I was in and focused… I had to find Dick.

"… stupid Bruce… now I'm out here, without a team, my FRIENDS…" I heard Dick think. I tried to see where he was at when he noticed I was in his thoughts.

"Kristi…!" he exclaimed, then he realized something, "You found out… didn't you?"

"Yes…" I said, showing him everything from last night and this morning… and also at the cave with Megan.

Dick started fuming again. "He said WHAT to you?" he all but exploded. "Never mind ME being angry at him… I'm gonna go back and beat him the heartless JERK!"

"No, Dick, that's why I left, so I wouldn't hurt him…" I told him. "I'm mad at him, too, though… Hey, where are you?"

Dick sighed. "I'm in a place called Bludhaven…I'm no longer Robin, the Boy Wonder sidekick of Batman… I've changed my name to Nightwing… This is where I'm starting over at… and I don't plan on going back."

I was shocked just a bit by his little speech… but not entirely. I'd do what he was doing if I were in his shoes. "… Neither do I," I told him softly.

"Wait, what?" Dick asked shocked.

I bristled. "What? So you can leave without so much as a word and I can't?"

"No, Kristi, that's not it… I just – I didn't want you to have to go through this… You care for Bruce as family too much… I don't want you to grow hard and heartless, you're too good of a person, don't lose that!" Dick told me seriously, sounding a lot like my big brother again.

I sighed. "Can I come visit you real quick Dick?" I asked him.

"Yeah, of course you can, you ARE my sister Kristi, you can stop by anytime you want," Dick reassured me and I smiled a bit.

"I'm gonna hold you too that Dickie," I teased and then teleported to where he was.

Dick was inside of an apartment when I flashed in. He looked up and smiled at me. I stood there for a second before rushing over and giving him a hug. I began to cry again… I was so sensitive, weak maybe even…

"Kristi, emotions don't make you weak…" Dick soothed, rubbing my back. I must have spoken my thoughts out loud… "Crying is good for you, emotions make us who we are… and, besides, it's not like you're crying over no one… Bruce raised you since you were 2… you guys had a bond."

I nodded, tears still pouring down my face. "Apparently, to him, we didn't though," I choked and Dick soothed me again, though I could tell he was furious because of what Bruce said, still.

"I swear, I should call him right now and give him a piece of my mind," he growled.

"No, no don't do that," I told Dick. Then I stepped back out of his embrace. I wiped the tears from my eyes, forcing myself to stop crying. "Besides… I'm fine…"

Dick just looked at me, he knew I was lying, I'd never be okay again… at least, not for a long time…

"Look, you can stay here the rest of the day, and spend the night… and then you can decide what you want to do later after that, okay?" Dick told me, coming over and putting an arm around my shoulder. He took my bag, setting it on the ground as I nodded.

"Alright… what are we going to do?" I asked him.

Dick smiled at me. "Well, I haven't really explored the town yet…"

…. …. …. …. ….

We goofed off all day, exploring the town of Bludhaven, eating out, and we even played a prank on some people… The town really was nice, not psychopathic like Gotham City, but what city was? Gotham was the home and mother of all crazies in this world, it seemed… No other city had psychos like Gotham, I mean, Metropolis and Central City had some weird people, some aliens even, but they still didn't have a clown murder or a multiple personality disordered luck obsessed man…

Dick and I headed back to his apartment around seven p.m. We'd eaten out at Olive Garden. When our waiter had asked us if we were dating we'd burst out laughing and explained we were brother and sister. Our waiter had been pretty embarrassed when he'd heard that.

Dick plopped down on his bed whenever we'd gotten inside the apartment. I sat down on the couch and grinned, patting the seat next to me. "So I assume this is where I'm sleeping?" I asked him and he shook his head, sitting up.

"Nah, you get the bed, I'll take the couch," Dick told me seriously, acting a bit surprised that I'd think any different. I rolled my eyes.

"It's your place though," I began to protest, but Dick wouldn't hear it.

"Kristi, you're my sister, I'm just being polite," Dick told me. "You get the bed, I get the couch, no questions asked, okay?"

I sighed, but nodded. "Alright, I'll take the couch… I'm gonna get ready for bed now… today's been… long," I told him before digging through my suitcase and getting out my things to take a shower, along with a change of clothes. Then, I headed into the bathroom.

I took a nice long shower, letting the heat of it relax my muscles, washing away a bit of the stress I'd experienced today. Once I was done using up enough hot water, I dried off, dressed and blow dried my hair.

I came out of the bathroom, about to announce to Dick that he could use the sauna now… when I heard him talking…

"… Do you have ANY idea what you DID to her when you said that?" he was shouting… I pushed into his thoughts quietly, not allowing my presence there to be known. It took a bit more energy than just entering someone's thoughts, but it's what I needed to do right now.

He was on the phone with Bruce… He'd thought I wouldn't notice if he did it while I was in the shower…

"Dick, you have to understand, I didn't mean it –" Bruce was pleading. I fished into his thoughts quietly, too, then, and I realized he was still furious at Dick, but didn't want me to be mad at him…

"But you still SAID it, right to her face!" Dick shouted. "She was sobbing forever, and, as of now, she told me she doesn't plan on coming back," he growled, "all because of you. She loves you as her real father Bruce, and I did, too, but you broke BOTH of our trusts. I hope you're happy." Then, I heard him end the phone call.

Dick looked up from where he was in the kitchen and noticed me sheepishly.

"Kristi… I'm sorry, it had to be done," Dick told me. I pressed my lips into a firm line.

"I told you not to though," I said sternly, then, I just shook my head in disbelief and a bit of anger. "The bathroom's open, I'm going to bed."

I went over to the couch and lay down of it angrily, refusing to go to the bed. I heard Dick sigh as he shut the door to the bathroom behind him… I heard the water to the shower going on and I had to do one thing before I went under. I smiled to myself and suddenly Dick gave a surprised shout.

"Cold!" he gasped. I chuckled and he knew it was me… Then, I went to sleep.

(A/N: I started this future fic after I read a story called "NIGHTWING", which is REALLY good if you like angst ~ Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this. REVIEW!)