Daminette December 2022: 28-Family
The Parisian class stuck together as they were taken hostage by one of Gotham City’s rougues. They patiently waited for Batman and the others to rescue them. Lila had told them, for months, how she personally knew him. That she was a civilian aide for the Bats. The whole city knew who she was, but pretended like they didn’t to give her a sense of normalcy. The class cheered as Red Hood and Red Robin swing in to rescue them. Many of them looked around, but they couldn’t find Batman.
Bruce Wayne sighed as he walked out of the car to the crime scene. He had a board meeting he couldn’t get out of and had sent two of his sons to help. Dick and Damian were stuck as civilians with the rogue. It wasn’t until Commissioner Gordon called him that he was able to cancel the board meeting for a later date. He quickly explained that he had to pick up his sons’ from an attack and the board could see it was an important matter.
Bruce saw Red Hood and Red Robin were talking to some of the officers. Dick and Damian were walking towards him and thankfully, looked unharmed. Bruce noticed a girl not far from them and sighed. He walked passed his two boys and grabbed her arm. He started pulling her towards the car.
Marinette started to struggle and tried to dig her heels into the ground as a stranger pulled her away from the class.
“Let me go!” Marinette shouted, trying harder to get away.
The class watched helplessly as Marinette was once again in a hostage situation. Many people turned to see what was going on. When they saw what was happening, some of them chuckled and went back to what they had been doing. Marinette noticed the car looming closer.
‘I hope this works, Maman!’
Marinette quickly turned and grabbed the back of his suit jacket. She kicked the back of one of his knees and when she felt the man’s knees buckle, she quickly used her weight as leverage and tossed him to the ground.
“What the fuck do you think you are doing?” Marinette shouted, standing over him.
Bruce laid very still on the floor, confused. He could see the murky clouds and hear the lights from the sirens. It wasn’t hard to notice the red and blue lights rotating in the sky. Dick and Damian rushed over to see what was going on.
“This psycho is trying to kidnap me!” Marinette shouted, pointing at the guy on the ground.
The Wayne brothers looked at her and then each other.
“B, what were you doing?” Dick questioned.
“Trying to take you sister home.” Bruce replied, “How hard did I hit my head? Your sister sounds like she’s speaking a different language.”
The eldest son laughed. The youngest sighed.
“I apologize for my father.” Damian spoke, “He is extremely tired. He’s had a long couple of nights this past few weeks and early mornings the next day. The man next to me is one of my adopted siblings; they all have dark hair and blue eyes. He thought you one of his adopted children. He thought you were our sister.”
Marinette looked at him in shock.
“I-I have parents!” she cried out, “I don’t know him! Is that how he got all his other kids, just took them off the streets?”
Damian smirked, “ Sometimes. Although, I doubt they minded when Bruce Wayne asked if he could take them home to live in our manor.” as Dick picked up their father and dragged him to the car.
Marinette turned red and stammered, “Br-Bruce Wayne?”
Damian gently grabbed her hand and placed a kiss on it, “Damian Wayne.”
Mari wasn’t sure if she was turning a new shade of red.
“Oh no! I’m going to get out class sent home” She shouted, “We’re the class he sponsored from Paris!”
The Wayne heir chuckled, “I can assure you, you have nothing to worry about. Our father will likely be the one apologizing to you. Too many late nights and too many board meeting make for a disastrous combination. We’ll be making sure he is well rested. I’m sure we’ll meet again, Miss Dupain-Cheng.”
Damian strode over to the car and the Waynes took off.
Marinette collapsed on the ground, as her legs gave way.
“Give her some air!” GCPD shouted, escorting people farther away from her.
Gordon chuckled, “Never thought I’d ever see him that tired.”
Marinette looked up to the older officer, “Does that happen often?”
“Him claiming kids?” He asked, “I think he has eleven, now, but only a few of them are adopted. My daughter goes to his place, too. She use to date one of his sons; now they’re friends.”
“Oh.” Marinette whispered.
“But, his kid is right.” Officer Gordon commented, “Usually the adopted ones have dark hair and blue eyes.”
“I think it’s just because they remind him of himself.” the commissioner continued, “As you can tell, Damian gets his skin tone and eyes from his mother. Other then that, Kid is the spitting image of his Father at that age. Weird to see him grown up a second time.”
Marinette looked at him curiously, “How long have you known Mr. Wayne?”
Gordon frowned, “Almost his whole life. I was one of the officers who responded to his parents’ murder. Happened tight in front of his, as a child.”
'He’s building his own family.’
“If I see him again, I’ll make sure to decline his request.” Mari smiled, “As nice as it sounds, I have my own parents in Paris.”
Commissioner Gordon offered her his hand and helped her up. He decide it was best that he personally took her back to her class. It might also keep the media vultures at bay.
“I apologize about the confusion.” Gordon chuckled, “He’s just a tired man, who thought he was takign his daughter home. His sons will sort him out and make sure he sleep. I have no doubt about that.”
The moment she reached the class, Adiren hugged her.
“Are you okay?” He shouted.
Alix shoved him away, “Forget that! She flipped him!”
“Yeah!” Nino shouted, “How’d you do that?”
“Makes sense.” They all commented.
Marinette saw that the commissioner looked confused, “My mother taught me.”
“Ah.” he smiled, “Have a good rest of the night.”
Adrien, Kim, Alix, Max, Juleka, Nathaniel, Nino, and Chloe quickly checked over her.
“I’m okay.” Marinette smiled.
Chloe’s smile quickly turned into a frown, “It’s ridiculous! Utterly ridiculous for you to get kidnapped!”
“I’m not the one who wanted to come to the most crime ridden city in the United States.” Marinette commented.
Her group of friends glared at Lila and the others.
“That’s right!” Kim snarled.
“It’s their fault Marinette almost got kidnapped!” Ali screamed, pointing fingers at them.
“We said we should read up on the Rouges.” Nino claimed.
“I believe many cities were offered up as alternatives.” Max stated.
“Metropolis.” Nino called out.
“Los Angeles.” Nathaniel pouted.
“Star City!” Adrien whined.
“But no.” Chloe rolled her eyes, “Liar Rossi knows Batman.”
“He saved us!” Alya retaliated.
“No, Red Hood and Red Robin saved us!” Adrien exclaimed.
“Batman wasn’t here to assist us.” Max announced, “He did not appear before us and he did not speak to Lila in any way or form. He isn’t even here at this scene. Surely he would have spoke to his civilian aide, if she is that well known by the city.”
“Neither was Nightwing or Robin.” huffed Nino.
“Or Black Bat.” Juleka declared.
“Or BatGirl!” declared Alix.
The rest of the class shifted uncomfortably as the other group made sense, yet again. It was only by one vote that they had decide upon Gotham and now they were coming to regret it.
Bruce Wayne blinked his eyes open and looked around the room.
'I’m home. I don’t remember coming hime. How did I get here? Maybe Alfred or the boys know.’
Bruce got dressed for the day and descended to the dining hall for breakfast.
“Sir, I am going to tell you that you are banned from accessing the batcave and patrol for the next week.” Alfred announced, “You require a large amount of rest.”
'Am I sick? I don’t feel sick.’
Bruce looked around the table to see his eldest boys snickering. Damian on the other hand was glaring at him.
Damian slammed his phone down in front of his father and pressed play. Bruce watched as he grabbed a young girl’s arm and attempted to drag her with him. They appeared to be at a crime scene. When they got close to the car, she grabbed his arm and flipped him onto his back.
'Well, that explains why my head hurts. Not a concussion, but close enough. Also explains why it looks like Damian is about to grab one of his katanas.’
“I don’t remember this.” Bruce stated.
“You were too tired.” Tim chuckled, “You always go on and on about how I need to sleep. Looks like your sleep demon finally caught up with you.”
“You claimed you were taking 'our sister’ home.” Dick smiled, “You claimed you must have hit your head because she wasn’t speaking English.”
Damian grabbed his phone and sneered, “I had to explain you were nothing more than a sleep deprived buffoon and who you were. She’s a foreigner; she’s part of the class trip that you sponsored!”
Alfred set down a cup of coffee, a thermos, and some asprin in front of Bruce.
“Do becareful not to adopt anymore children today, Sir.” Alfred stated, leaving the room.
As Bruce left the room, Jason called out, “So how are we placing the bet? Two hours until we have a new sister?”
'It’s gonna be a long day.’
