DC prompt - "baby bird search&rescue" [AKA dimensions hoping for ... fun fix it]
So. It's basically batkids from badman!verse(s) gather to save their alters. Inspired by "Through the Looking Glass" series, especially "Another Mirror" and "According to Our Light" by byrambles @byrambles
"Well, mister Wayne," says Caroline. "That was so interesting! would you like telling me more about it?"
And into his ear, she whispers "Maybe somewhere... more private?"
[this Brucie hasn't been seen with a woman for nearly a month. According to her calculations, this evening is the one he's supposed to do something scandalous. The paps already got a photo of them, and that playboy rule he plays needs to keep his persona]
"Straight to the point," the airhead laughed. "I appreciate a lady that knows what she wants". And he laughs in that annoying way. She doesn't show her irritation. Her mother taught her better.
They leave the building for a short walk.
[She nearly has him. Just a little more doziness, and he'll think she'll fall asleep before anything happens. That she can be stored and used as a prop for the tabloids].
Their quiet walk is stopped as a black-wearing figure jump from a nearby tree, pointing a gun. "Wen Mara?" they say. Where's Mara?
"Where. Is. My. Daughter?"
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"Wh-what's going on?" Caroline asks in fear. Hoping it would work and this whole op's not FUBAR.
"I found young Damian, possibly nine, locked up in his room," they say. "And an older Damian, about sixteen years old, locked up in the basement." And the voice might be trembling, but her hands stay calm as she aims her gun at the man's head.
"Now tell me, what did you do with them?"
She notices dark figures following them. The dark knight's companions are here, all eyes on the attacker. She's a civvie. No one notices her.
[This is Ghula they deal is, which usually means reliability. But there are children on the line, and THOSE children especially, and facing the Dark Knight can only trigger her that much before she breaks. The situation has to be deescalate, ASAP. And for that, J needs to feel safe]
She does the only thing that she can - she holds the man on a lock hold, put a knife to his throat, and kiss his cheek. The neurotoxin in her lipstick would make him lose muscle control in a few seconds.
"It's okay," she tells softly to her- (sister, granddaughter, idol, friend) companion. "You are safe, Ghula. He can't hurt you. Can you hand me over the gun, please?"
She keeps her motions calm. Her body language open and relaxed. "It's okay".
The other woman look at her desperietly, and just says "I can't find her, Anka. I couldn't find anything about her. What did he do to my daughter?" But she does put away her gun.
"It's not what we thought," Caro- Anka says. "It's a D-type verse. That Damian is the son of Talia, and he doesn't have a twin."
And her partner is still shaking, still scared. "But my daughter, my - she's not safe. She's young so young and-"
[Jul isn't really there, she knows. She thinks about things that happened over a decade ago. But just because it's in the past doesn't mean it's dead and gone. Memories have a way of hunting you, wandering around in your hollow body].
"Anka to Nest," she opens her comm. "Anka to Nest, Do you copy?".
"Loud and clear, Chiquita! qué pasa?" the voice on the other hand is filled with energy.
"We have sort of a problem, Rico. I'm with Ghula. Can you get Zhrira on?"
"No hay problema, hermanita!"
"I'm not your-"
And then there's a small voice on the com "Jidti? What's up?"
**
It started with this:
I just have this scene, Caroline try to tempt good! Brucie during a gala in order to get into the Manor/learn more, etc.
Then Julie come in, and sort of monologue with "you promised me, you promised I could make sure my nightmare is over" with a gun in trembling hands.
Caroline: no, you can't!
J: why NOT? You promised, you told me I'm the only one! You told me there's no more! But he still has the baby!
C: Damian Al-Ghul -Wayne is the son of Talia. I promise, I checked.
J (sobbing): he can't have them! He can't - he can't hurt him! Please no, please don't-
C (hugging her) : it's okay, I used my lipstick. he'll pass out in a minute and we could interrogate him.
The batkids (watching from the rooftop): ...WTH?
**
background\detailes
Similar to the " Through the Looking Glass" Series, but several batkids from different verses start looking for their alters and kill their abusers.
It can go something like this (I keep the AUs by number):
AU1 - a badman verse - B is abusive in all ways towards his robins. the death of 15.7 yo fem!Jason (Juliet). no Red Hood arc.*(undercut) Juliet gives birth to Damian and Mara. Talia already has a 5 years-old kid, Athanasia, and the kids grow up together. Also, Talia (formally\ de-facto) adopts Juliet and is a good mom!
back in Gotham - 12\13 yo Fem!Tim become Robin, include everything.
PLOT TWIST: 15 yo Tim is JJ, turtured for about 6 months before escape\rescue.
Tim is 16? 17?, and B gets lost in time. She goes looking for him and ends up in the LoA. Ras is creepy and courting her as canon, offer her help if she'll agree letting him court her. she's tirsd with no resources so she says yes.
In the league she finds Juliet and her kids (which are, technically, Ras (great-)grandkids. She finds out things are... more then she knew.
Anyway they build the machine. She finds out it's actually a portal to different dimensions.
AU1!Tim accidently? saves batclan from their badman. She goes by Anka andJul goes by Ghula (you can have Dick/someoneelse go as Joud, or just leave it here) (Yes I think I'm funny)
الجود والغول والعنقاء ثالثةأسماء أشياء فلم توجد ولم تكن
[rough translation: "Al-Joud (goodness, kindness), Al-Ghoul, and Al-Anka are three names of things, that did not exist and never will"]
other major plot twist undercut, include mentions of non-con, rape, underage, and batship (no graphic, short mentions of pregnancy, and usual badman things).
Also, Caroline married Ras, so she's TECHNICLLY J's grandma (and Dami's great-grandma).
"Why would you do that?" Jason(? Duke?) asks in horror. "He's such a creep!"
"He helped me," she counts on her fingers. "He has many resources I'm getting access to. He has heirs, so I'm not expected to... carry anything. "
"But he's so OLD!" says another. "Do you even love him?"
[children. They are all CHILDREN. she sighs.]
"What does it has to do with anything?" she asks. "It's a partnership. I'm his second-hand, second-in-line, direct heir if anything will happen to the league before any of the future heirs are ready. What does 'love' have to do with this?"
There's a moment of silence.
"And he gave me Joker's head on a stick as a courting gift," she adds. "How could I say no to this?"
[In the background, Jason looks B straight in the eyes as he loudly thinks about proposing Ras].
Other AUs:
Main squad:
AU1 - Dead!Verse (all batkids assumed dead - Dick is Renegade, J after warehouse).
Looking for Bruce, Caroline (Fem!Tim) marry Ra's, and find Juliet (Fem!Jason) that was (tw csa mention, underage, non con) J was pregnant when she died, and Talia found her. She gave birth as a still Zombie, and was later put in Laz Pit. She's Damian bio mom Good mom Talia, creep-but-not-as-canon Ras. At first, Caroline went looking for B to get him back. But she then learn how fucked up the things he did were, and take it as her personal mission to kill him
she looks at her sister/granddaughter and promises her she'll never have to be afraid again.
The machine can move through dimensions too, apparently, and she decides to look and save some of the others (as one does).
C find out about "Another Mirror" verse, and the team's about to go rescue the kids there, when all of a sudden they are taken by another Batman and Superman. New plan is needed. This universe is harder to get in, even with Oracle! Duke's powers (they got weird after a Joker attack, he was gassed and has seizures). ...
Along the line, the team gains:
AU2: Reverse Robins! - Damian as Renegade(/Talon? Gray Son?), Duke as Oracle, Tim as JJ/Red Hood?(/other name?)
AU3: Big Bro - J, Redhead/Hood - Babs
(In which the Joker shot Jason, and Babs found out about his mom and went looking for her - what ended poorly for her).
AU4:
Rico - Dick grew up with the Todds since he was six. Growing in a Puerto Rican household led to using a different nickname then canon.
Julieta - Rico's younger sister, four years younger. When she's on the rescue-team goes by the nickname "Porto" (it started as a joke from her brother. Unfortunately, it stuck.)
*AU1: Juliet is pregnant (by Bruce, bc Badman).
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