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The gun went off with a loud bang. To Dick the world seemed to have gone slow, he could see the glint of the bullet edging towards him in the moonlight and he could see the grin on Zucco's face. He shut his eyes knowing that this was the end, all he had to do was wait for the bullet to make contact with his head and he would be dead.

It didn't happen. Instead Dick felt a large pressure on his left side of his body and then could feel the damp grass touching his face. He opened his eyes expecting some change in the surrounding, thinking for sure that he was dead but when he opened his eyes all he saw was blades of grass and the darkness of the night. Dick focused more and saw Zucco also lying on the floor except with a large shadow almost invisible in the darkness leaning over him.

Zucco started to cry out and run off but in one fluid movement the shadow hanging over him raised a fist and brought it down on the man's head and he was unconscious. Dick sat up and saw another figure, also blending in with the darkness, giving him a hand to help him up.

"Are you alright?" came Batman's voice as Dick accepted his offering. Dick nodded. Another Batman came up behind him.

"Are you alright?" this Batman asked. Dick let out a small laugh.

"What is it with you and asking if I'm alright?" Dick said with a small smile. Both men gave tiny smirks back that, to anyone who wasn't a bat (Alfred was included as a bat), was invisible.

"Which one of you is my Batman?" Dick asked dropping his smile.

"I am" said the one who had helped him up. Dick turned to face him and let out a long sigh.

"I'm sorry that I got angry back at the cave, I- I guess I just lost it and I'm really sorry" Dick said looking at his shoes. The present Batman put a hand on the boy's shoulder.

"You have no reason to be sorry, you were right" Batman said and pulled the boy into a hug. Although Dick was used to having a gun pointed at his head he started crying. He had been so close to death. The man who had pulled the trigger had been his parents' killer and he had basically insulted Dick's parents by coming here.

"Alfred kind of kicked me back into place" Batman said and he heard the boy let out a laugh.

"I'll have to remember not to get you angry around other people," said the other Batman in a slightly amused voice, "otherwise Alfred may give me a rant like that and that would not help the Batman image"

Dick let out another laugh and came out of his hug.

"Shall we go back to the cave?" the present Batman asked Dick.

"What about Zucco?" the other Batman asked wanting to beat up the man.

"We'll drop him off with the authorities on the way back" the present Batman said. Just then Zucco began to stir as he started waking up. Dick decided to change that and walked over to the man and with a strong kick, sent the man into the world of dreams again. He gave a small smile. It had made him feel ever so slightly better.

"Come on, Alfred is probably tearing his hair out and the team are probably worried" Batman of the present said heading over to the bat mobile.

"You mean what little hair he has left" the other Batman said as he got in the bat mobile.

"I advise you don't say that in front of him" Batman said pausing slightly, "it doesn't go down well..."

Dick laughed and said, "It will haunt you for life"

The Batman of the past raised an eyebrow under his cowl and looked at the two of them.

"And destroy any respect the league has for you for months" Batman muttered just loud enough to hear. The Batman of the past took this into consideration and made a mental note not to repeat the phrase.

The journey back to the cave was done in a comfortable silence. When they arrived at the cave and entered the briefing room they realised that no one was there. Probably just in the entertainment room they all thought.

"Dick," said the Batman from the past. Dick looked at the man, "I was wondering if you would be Dick right now instead of Robin and not tell my Richard the future but tell him that things get better"

Dick thought about it and then nodded, "sure," he said.

Batman pulled up the computer and started typing and then said, "Everybody to the briefing room"

His voice was amplified throughout the cave and seconds later Wally was standing in front of Dick.

"You're alright!" he cried out happily.

"Wally, be quiet" snapped one of the Batmen. Wally wasn't too sure which one but he guessed that it was his Batman.

"I want you to tell the team that Robin will be acting as Dick Grayson right now and that the team must not recognise him. Get Miss Martian to inform all but the younger Dick of this by mind link" Batman continued.

Wally gave a nod and a small salute and ran off to inform Megan so she could tell the others. Minutes later everyone else came in all showing different signs of surprise. Everyone was trying to act surprised by the appearance of Dick Grayson but those not so good at acting were failing so basically Barry and Wally. They both decided it best to move behind the younger Dick so that he wouldn't catch on that they knew the boy.

The smaller Dick noticed the boy standing next to the two Batmen and gave a small, nervous wave. He guessed that this must be the older him but he wasn't too sure. The older boy gave a small, nervous wave in response.

Batman of the present stepped forwards.

"This is Richard Grayson of this time," he informed everyone although that was just a show for the young Dick, "he was brought here to talk to this Richard Grayson and will escort him back to where both Batman and Richard will be departing from"

Everyone gave a nod and Batman turned to face Dick, "remember, you are not to give detailed information about the present or any of your past that may be telling the future"

Dick gave a small nod and walked over to the younger him.

The team moved away from the young boy so that Dick could speak to him privately although Connor could still hear with his super hearing.

"Hey mini me" Dick said with a small laugh as he knelt down to eye level with the boy. The younger boy grinned and gave a small laugh in response.

"Hey" the younger Dick said. His smile dropped.

"What's wrong?" asked the older Dick.

"I was wondering, does – does Bruce ever, you know, open up?" the young boy asked. He found that his shoes were suddenly very interesting. Dick pushed the boy's chin up so he looked him in the eyes.

"Yes, very soon actually, all you have to do is wait, he'll come around" Dick said with a small, encouraging smile.

"Does life get better?" the younger Dick asked with a little more hope.

"Yeah, life is great. Once you get used to the parties and all the girls Bruce brings home. Alfred is brilliant as well. Ask him to make a chocolate cheese cake. Trust me, it almost beats his cookies" Dick said with a small laugh. The younger boy laughed in return and then his laughter and smile stopped again.

"Do, do the nightmares ever go away?" the boy asked, "Do you ever stop missing them?"

The older boy dropped his smile.

"I wish I could say that the nightmares stop but I can't. You never get used to it I guess. I still miss mum and dad all of the time" Dick said sadly. The young Dick flung his arms around his older self and hugged him burying his face in the older boy's shoulder and crying softly. The older boy hugged the boy back tightly and let him cry.

Over with the two Batmen they watched the scene and displays of emotion. The Batman of the present pulled the other Batman closer and mumbled quietly so that not even Connor could hear him.

"Take this," he said handing the other man a small envelop, "and when you need it, open it. It will help you"

The other Batman examined the man's plain face.

"Surely you're telling me the future here" he said quietly as well.

"No, I'm just helping you make decisions faster" Batman replied. Just then, the two Dick's walked up to the Batmen hand in hand.

"I'm ready to go" said the younger Dick. Both men gave a small nod and made their way to the Bat mobile. They all sat in silence, the younger boy examined every last detail of the car and how amazing it was and everything about it. In the front seats both men were trying not to smirk and Dick just laughed quietly.

When they arrived at the old fair grounds Dick gave his younger self a small hug and the young boy took hold of his Batman's hand to the surprise of the man.

"Do you have the information I gave you?" Batman of the present asked.

"Yes, " said the other Batman patting his utility belt with his free hand. Both men nodded their goodbye while both boys waved and then the past duo vanished.

"Did you tell him what's going to happen?" asked Dick in surprise after hearing about the so called 'information'.

"No," said Batman in an of handed voice, "I just helped him make a decision faster"

With that Dick gave a large grin and the two of them walked back to the bat mobile and headed for home.

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