Quite frankly, they find out because Danny likes to talk to them.
He and Jazz worked for months to find out everything they could about the bats, why wouldnāt he brag?
Heās only ever targeted Bruce, but that doesnāt mean heās not getting into the othersā heads.
Danny goes after things important to Bruce. Buildings, places, people. He doesnāt kill, though; it would be too boring. Neurotoxins, poisons, mind-altering serums, those are his weapons of choice. Heās letting Bruce know that nothing and no one is safe, that he knows his true identity, and itās getting to him.
Everything comes to a head when he captures Red Robin, along with the Joker.
The Bat has a choice; shoot the Joker with the gun that Danny provided, or watch his son die.
The Bat calls bullshit. Danny hasnāt killed before, and none of his inventions are lethal.
Danny shoots a henchman to prove his point. He tells Bruce, voice flat with boredom as his other henchmen drag the firstās body out of the room, that he has 30 seconds to pick what heāll do.
Danny, with a headset he connected to the Batās comm line, listens to what theyāre saying to Bruce.
Dick is begging him not to go through with it, that he doesnāt have to, that he can stop and theyāll fix things.
Jason is damn near screaming at Bruce, telling him that if he doesnāt shoot that clown heāll come down and kill them both.
Steph is frantic; itās impossible to understand what sheās saying, but it seems that sheās trying to comfort Tim.
Babs and Cass are still trying in vain to find wherever Danny and the others are, hoping that they can save Tim before itās too late.
Damian says nothing. He doesnāt know what to say, what to do. He canāt think of anything. Heās scared.
Time runs out, and Danny shoots Tim. He takes off the headset, ignoring the screaming coming from the speakers.
Once he and his henchmen have left, he gives Tim the antidote to his paralytic.
He apologizes, a far away look on his face, stating that he really didnāt think that Bruce would pick the Joker over his son. Heāll only hold him for a few days, he says, just enough for the emotional fallout to take hold.
Tim tells Danny to go to hell. Heās crying, he realizes, and he doesnāt know why. Of course Bruce wouldnāt kill the Joker. Tim already knew what would happen the second Danny presented the ultimatum.
Bruce finds Timās research notes, and realizes immediately who Danny really is. Tim wouldnāt, he knows, he wasnāt there. The files on that case were stored physically due to a problem with the JL database at the time, and Barry was supposed to upload it later but heās Barry, of course he forgot, and how could Bruce be so stupid?
Danny goes back to the containment cell heās keeping Tim in during dinner time. Heās brought him food, toiletries, and a change of clothes. He apologizes again, and Tim says nothing. His face is messy from crying. Danny tells him that no one will enter the area without Dannyās expressed permission, so he can take off his mask if heād like.
On the second day, they get to talking. Tim wants to know why Dannyās doing all of this, and Danny is willing to answer.
Tim is horrified by what he learns. Dannyās acting cheerful, but itās clear that the topic is as hard for him to talk about as it is for Tim to listen to.
He tries to convince Danny to stop, that theyāll get him help, the Justice League will do anything it takes to make things right.
Danny, to his credit, does consider listening.
He gives Tim to Red Hood after four days, and the family is once again thrown into turmoil.
Tim, however, couldnāt care less.
He needs to find Danny again. He needs to fix things before Danny goes too far, if he hasnāt already done so with this stunt. He knows that Danny isnāt truly evil, and that he can change.
It doesnāt matter that his siblings think heās lost his mind, thatās nothing new.
He just needs to figure out where to start.
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