The Lazarus Effect

Two

"Behave," Bruce finalized before we started to argue.

"Bruce," we all turned to see a very elegant and beautiful woman. This has to be the mother of said daughter because why wouldn't she be this gorgeous? Those hazel eyes are almost angelic. They have a warmth about them. Something inviting.

"Beth, how are you feeling?" Bruce asked placing his hand on her lower back. It was almost possessive.

"I'm fine," she smiled looking us all over.

"These are my sons," he said looking back. "You remember Damian? This is Dick, Tim, and Jason,"

"Wow, I didn't expect you to be the fatherly type, Bruce," she said looking us all over her eyes landing on Damian. Her beautiful eyes lit up like she was pleased about this. If she only knew.

"These incompetent fools are not in any way related to my father. They're only sons by law," Damian said shoving Dick. He bumped into me so I shoved him back into the kid knocking him over.

"What did I just say?" Bruce said looking back at us sternly.

"You adopted these three boys?" Beth asked surprised.

"He sure did. He chose us. This one he's stuck with," I said looking down at the little demon.

"Shut up, Todd," he said getting up shoving me.

"Jason," Bruce said stopping me from shoving him back.

"Don't worry old man, I wasn't going to hurt the kid, much," he sighed. The woman laughed amused.

"Ilya has always wanted siblings. I think she's going to be very fond of the little one," what kind of name is Ilya?

"I doubt that," Tim said looking down at Damian.

"Speaking of Ilya, where is she?" Bruce asked ignoring us. "She's missing out on all of this,"

"She should be here any minute. She's not very fond of things like this. Thea tried but we never got her to come out much. The only time she shows interest in my work is when fashion month comes around. She has a thing about shoes and hair accessories,"

"Thea Queen?" I asked ignoring everything she said. If that girl comes here, she's going to screw Roy's head up and I kind of need him to focus until I get this new guy.

"Yes, do you know her?"

"Not really. A friend of mine dated her a while back. Roy Harper,"

"Roy," she said excitedly. "Yeah, I remember him. Oliver had his hands full with those two,"

"He's here," I said looking around. "There," I said spotting him with a girl who was completely out of place. She wore jeans, a bright pink t-shirt that reads Bite me in big blue letters. A leather jacket, boots, and her hair pulled back in a messy high ponytail. A black helmet in her hand. The two of them were talking like they were best friends.

"That's my daughter," she sighed. "She didn't change. Excuse me,"

"Oh shit," I laughed watching the woman go over to the girl gripping her arm pulling her away from Roy.

"That's your daughter?" Dick asked.

"That's her," Bruce said with a smile on his face.

"I highly doubt it, father. You should test this," Damian said crossing his arms. Aww, the kid is jealous. I don't blame him. The girl just bumped up to the top of all daddy's little girls ever. Gotham's Little Princess and she's just as gorgeous as her mother.

"What are you talking about? She looks just like Bruce's mother. Except she has dark hair," I said watching as Beth brought the girl over to us. She looked like she could easily get out of this situation and bail. She was letting the woman pull her along. She knows she's being a disrespectful little shit. I like it.