Adventures in Sitting

by TwinEnigma

Warnings: Spoilers for Series 2 and Bloodlines; Spitfire; originally posted as a one shot on my tumblr (daddywarbats)

Standard Disclaimer: I do not own DC characters. I do this for fun and skills building, not profit.

"Your sister is going to kill us," Wally hisses while following through on a particularly vicious axe kick to the head of Random Ninja #253 - he'd stopped counting after the first Zerg Rush of pissed-off ninja in his life and was now just arbitrarily appointing them all numbers, if only to keep track of which ones were now out for the count.

"No, she's not," Artemis says, rolling her eyes. She nocks another flashbang-tip arrow and fires it into the approaching second wave of ninja on the stairs.

Lian, strapped to her chest, lets out a loud giggle and squeals happily at the explosion, clapping her hands together.

"We are so dead!" Wally says, the words unable to keep up with him as he bashes his way through the fray at speed. He stops next to his girlfriend, spinning on his foot to place himself in her blind spot. "I mean, we're storming a secret ninja base with a baby! A baby we are supposed to be babysitting - far away from ninja henchmen and insane megalomaniacal would-be dictators!"

Artemis reloads, glaring at him out of the corner of her eye. "And if you ever want said baby to sleep tonight so we can sleep, you're going to help me storm the castle."

"How does this even make any sense?" Wally asks, punching three ninja in the face in the time it took for the words to catch up with him. "Aren't you the slightest bit worried about the impact all this violence will have on her?"

"Nope. It runs in the blood anyway," Artemis says, flippantly. "Besides, the worst that'll happen is we have to give her a superhero name. Isn't that right, baby girl?"

Lian coos appreciatively and pats her aunt's cheeks.

Wally glares, trying very hard to be annoyed, and spins into an attack at a speed that makes one ninja look like he's doing a very spastic bit of dance.

Lian shrieks with delight. "Kfsh! Kfsh!"

Artemis and Wally both exchange a glance.

"...We're going to die."

"Honestly, KF, it's just baby babble!"

AN: Baby Lian has the best family. Y / Y?