Chapter 8

I know you are but you went into a bad spiral." She said.

"I know I'm sorry for worrying you." I tell her. "Nicole made me a new defense system." I said.

"I know I helped with the spell." She said as I sat down on the dirt.

"Thank you." I said.

"When we see you tomorrow we will explain more of your nanobots but for now I will let you go. I am sure you have someone looking for you since you called me pissed off." She said with a soft chuckle. I hung up and turned around.

"Hey." Cass said.

"Hey yourself." I said leaning against her.

"I love you." She said softly.

"I love you too." I tell her.

"You're strong." She said.

"Thank you." I said softly.

"I'm sitting here." Dick said as he sat on the other side of me.

"Hey Dick."

"So you hang out with the devil and our brother is a demon like Cass said you are strong." He said. "Of course we care about you."

"I take it you heard me." I said.

"Yes." I sighed.

"I know you care but you're so controlling. I may be blind but I'm as strong as I was before I was blind." I tell him.

"I'm sorry." He said as he leaned against me. "I'm sorry Lara you are right and I am sorry we will need work on not controlling your life. Do you want to run through your dance routine with me?" He asked me.

"Yes I would but would Pa stop us?"

"No." Cass said.

"Thank you Cass." I said as Dick helped me up. We headed back to the house.

We ended back into Dicks training room.

"What are you guys doing?" Jason asked.

"Practice." I said as I started stretching.

"Oh and what are we practicing?" He asked me.

"Do you remember the dance the three of us came up with when I was little we made it to We are family."

"Yea what about it?" Jason asked.

"Care to dance?" I asked him.

"Yea why not." He sighed.

"Bixby play Keke Palmer's we are." I said as we placed our hands in the middle.

As the song played I smiled never once did we miss a step as I hum we kept in time with each other and as we pushed off each other as we spin away from each other as we spin I smiled as we kept dancing. I started singing somewhere along the way.

Cause we come from everywhere

Searching for ones to care

Somehow we found it here

We found us a home

We are, we are

Not your ordinary fami-mily

But we can all agree that

We are, we are

Close as close can be

So it don't matter what it looks like

We look perfect to me

We got every kind of love

I feel so lucky indeed

They can keep on talking

It don't matter to me cause

We are, we are family

Family

We are

We are, we are family.

I spin and lean back against them as I sing the last note. I blink as I hear clapping. "That was good guys." Dad said.

I blushed. "Thanks Dad." I said and I heard Jason huff with embarrassment.

"Whatever." He mutters.

"We haven't done that in what five years?" Dick asked me.

"Closer to six." I said not wanting to move from my spot.

"You are such an attention hog." I hear.

"Martha." I said with a sigh. "I get one day with everyone!" I yell at her. "You get them 6 days a week I only get one." I snapped at her.

"Martha." Dad snaps.

"I love you sis but enough." I snarled at her as I stood straight. "I don't know why the hell you have an issue with me but enough! Just don't come home on family days if you can't stand me!" I said walking out of the room. I hated it. I hated how she made me feel. I hated how I let her make me feel. I punched the wall out of frustration and winced as the house shook.

"LARA DONT HIT THE WALLS!" Dad yells.

"Sorry Dad!" I yelled back as I went back to my room and locked the door and I flopped on the bed. I know I would be in trouble if I could not get my temper in check but damn did she make me want to thash her.

'Calm my love.' Kayla whispers in my mind. 'I am here with you my Lady.' I smile as I sighed and let her mind make me feel safe and calm I bolted upright when a knock on my door made me jump.

"What?" I asked.

"Come on Kid lets go!" Jason snaps.

"Go where we have dinner plans." I yelled back.

"And there's three hours before dinner." Jason calls. "And I don't know about you but I don't feel like putting up with little miss thing." I snorted and I grabbed the bag we packed and I followed Jason.

"Master Jason, I expect you both to be back here an hour before dinner." Alfred said.

"Okay Alfred we see you later!"

"Be safe!" He called after us.

"Yea!" Jason said as he helped me get into the car. After a few minutes he spoke up. "Tell me about her." He said.

"What do you want to know?" I asked

"How does she treat you?"

"Great." I tell him. "Not perfect no one is but see treats me with respect."

"That's about all I can ask for." He said.

"How are things with Zake?"

"Great but damn does he have a sex drive." He laughed.

"I have heard stories of shadow shea sex drives." I said with a grin. "But we have to remember that sex is there way of getting the energy they need to manipulate shadows."

"Yea I know." He said.

"How does that work out for you?" I asked him.

"Most of the time I can give him what he needs but if I am working I have agreed to a select few people for him to feed off of."

"I glad things work well for you guys." I giggle. "How do you think Pa would take it if he saw him with a feeder?"

"Oh god I could see it now." He laughed. "Pa would try to kick his ass."

"You think dad would give him a chance to explain?" I asked him.

"Knowing Dad the way I do, he's probably looking at the ins and outs of shadow shea and elder dragons up as we speak." I laughed at that.

"Too true." I agreed with him.

"So how did you two meet?" He asked me.

"I found her in a cave hurt." I tell him. "She couldn't change back but she spoke on what she called the common area of the mind." I tell him.

"Oh."

"What is the common area of the mind?" He asked me.

"It's the area that holds passing thoughts, not the deep thoughts that people want to hide." I said

"That would make sense." He said with a sigh as the car stopped.

"Where are we?" I asked.

"Roy wanted to meet up and talk about shit." He said.

"And you don't mind me being here?" I asked him.

"As if." He said. "Your Skybat everyone one of the outsiders loves you." He tells me.

"SKY!" Roy said as I was picked up and hugged.

"Hey Roy!" I said smiling.

"Hey Sky hunny!" Starfire said.

"Star!" I said hugging her.

"You know Sky the offer of joining the outlaws is still open." Roy said.

"Do you see Pa letting me join any team?" I asked him.

"Point." He said as Starfire let me go.

"So Replacement sent us the files on…." I set there zoning out as they did there debrief when I can hear a engen coming our way.

"Um guys." i said.

"What's up?" Jason asked me.

"Theres and engen coming this way."

"Ooof there late." Starfire said as a mask was put on my face.

"Indeed." Jason said.

"Sorry we are late boss!" I hear someone say.

"Hey who is this?" I tilt my head.

"New voices J." I said.

"Yea that would be Artamis and Cloud 9." He said.

"Hey Sky." I hear fred.

"Hey Freddy!" I said waving towards his voice.

"Did the big S finally let you join?"

"As if." I sighed. "No, I just tagged along to get away for SuperBrat."

"Ugg what is the brat up to this time?"

"Well it turns out a certain someone is part of a band."

"A vocal quartet." I corrected him. I heard several gasps.

"Same damn thing." He said.

"No see if we were a band then we would play instruments. None of us play any instruments while on stage." I said.

"Is this bitch asking for a death wish." I hear someone ask.

"Who just called me a bitch?" I asked tightly.

"What?" Jason growled. "Who is picking a fight with my sister?" He asked.

"I don't know you had family." Someone said and I think a lot of people facepalmed.

"I am the son of Batman." Jason said. "Sky here is the Daughter of Batman."

"I thought the Bat hated guns." Someone said.

"Not like he could stop me if he tried." Jason had a smug tone to his voice that made me smile.