Justice League Meeting
Superman: where’s Batman? The meeting was supposed to start 20 minutes ago.
Wonderwoman: could he be in danger?
Green Arrow: someone maybe should call him BEFORE we go into defcon 1
Superman: [calls the bat-line]
Oracle: [answers] this is O. How can I help?
Superman: Hi Oracle. Batman was supposed to be at the tower 20 minutes ago. Do you know where he is?
Oracle: let me check… yeah, he’s at the cave, I can connect you to the security cameras?
Superman: Please.
Oracle: ok.
-The batcave shows up on screen, Bruce and some of the kids present-
Batman: [Mid sentence] -OUTRAGEOUS STUNT!!
Damian: [scowling, arms crossed] -tt-
Batman: Do NOT scoff at me, young man!
Jason: [snorts]
Batman: Are you Laughing?! This is reckless even by YOUR standards Jason!
Jason: yeah… but you said-
Batman: [menacing] What?!
Jason: [looks at Dick and mimes “young man”]
Batman: Don’t look at-
Dick: [loudly and jovially] THERE’S NO NEED TO FEEL DOWN
Batman: Wh-
Steph: I said YOUNG MAN [spins to point at Tim]
Tim: [Fingerguns at Steph] Pick yourself off the ground!
Batman: [floundering] En-
Dick: I said YOUNG MAN
Jason: ‘Cause you’re in a new town!
Duke: [from the locker rooms] There’s no need to be unhappy!
Batman: [to Duke] You’re not even in trouble!
Steph and Tim: YOUNG MAN there’s a place you can go!
Dick: [throws an arm around Jason’s shoulders] I said YOUNG MAN! When you’re short on your dough!
Jason: You can STAY THERE!
Batman: That’s EN-
Dick and Jason: [turn to Damian, grinning expectantly] and I’m sure you will find-!!
Damian: [glaring and without enthusiasm] …many ways to have a good time.
Batman: Don’t-
All the batkids: [chorusing] It’s fun to stay at the B-A-T CAVE
Batman: [finally loses it] WHY???!!
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Superman: …
Green Arrow: …well someone has to say it.
The Flash: That he should get an award for parenting that lot?
Green Arrow: that clearly inherited behaviour has nothing to do with genetics. I grew up with Bruce Wayne; he deserves every second of this
