The trio stood outside the doors to the warehouse, dressed in their costumes and staying eerily silent as Nightwing tapped away on his phone.

"This is definitely the place. Five heat signatures, even if they are kinda weird."

"Weird?" Batman questioned.

"One of them is freezing cold, Two-Face seems to be split down the middle, half normal temp and other half freezing, and the third is cold but fluctuating?"

"... Whatever. We'll figure that out later. For now, Hood, door. Night, flank me."

"3"

"2"

"1"

Red Hood pushed the door open as Batman carefully stepped inside, walking through the short hallway with Batarangs in hand.

They exited the hallway, walking into a dimly lit room.

Two smaller bodies were in the corner, laying in a seemingly large pile of fabric.

Two-Face was sitting cross-legged on the ground, face buried in his hands as a female patted his back and a male laughed uncontrollably on the floor.

Everyone froze, slowly looking at each other, then turning their eyes to the bodies in the corner.

The female shot up. "It's not what it looks like!!!" She exclaimed.

"Then what the hell is this?!" Red Hood growled.

The boy on the floor caught his breath, jumping to his feet in a fluid motion, taking an almost menacing pose as he stood. "Look now, this can all be explained."

Batman took a step forward. "Let's cut to the chase. What did you do with William Aelius?"

The guy and the girl took a short look at each other, before she said "He's been taken back to the Wayne Manor."

"And why was he taken in the first place?"

The guy responded, putting his hand on Two-Face's shoulder. "Because our friend here went missing for three years and apparently had the brain trama equivalent of a psychotic breakdown."

Two-Face looked up. "It's not my fault that someone decided to fuck up my life again."

"Okay, so if Will is back where he is supposed to be, who are they and why are you two here," Nightwing asked, gesturing to the smaller bodies in the corner.

"Well, I'm Tawny and he's Cobalt. We're here 'cause during this motherfuckers breakdown, he fucked up."

"I'm sorry?" Batman questioned.

"This fucker managed to kidnap Rex too, and Ghost called us in as backup, so we knocked Ghost out, tracked down double-sided dice here, and helped him realize how much he fucked up."

The questioning continued, after the Bat Trio confirmed that Will seemed to be in his room, unharmed.

Of course, things had to be fucked up one way or another, and Ghost's eyes shot open without a word.

——

-A few minutes earlier-

"Wait. Aren't Will and Nico staying with the Bat Family while they're here?" Annabeth asked.

"I think so?" Ethan replied.

"Which means they're searching for a missing Will right now."

"..."

"Oh fuck!"

All three of them scrambled to put their costumes back on fully, covering their faces or putting their suit jacket back on.

"... And what should we do about him?" Ethan asked, pointing his thumb at Will.

"... I'll make a fake body in his room." Percy said.

Annabeth searched Will's head, eventually finding and tapping on his earring twice, putting him in his hero costume.

"Okay. You kidnapped Will and Rex, Ghost got pissed, called us in as backup, and then we did what we did. Clear?" Annabeth asked.

"Crystal." The two others responded.

"..."

"Okay, so we told you about the Giant's War and how earth-bitch needed blood to resurrect herself, right?"

"... Right."

"So, we're in Greece fighting, then Percy here gets a little nosebleed..."

Word Count: 607

Published: 7/21/2020

—————Author's Note—————

Reminder! Percy scares people! A lot! Even if he sees himself as a dork 80% of the time!

Question of the Chapter

What's the next school year looking like for y'all so far?

-Right now my school district is looking at a half-n-half model. Half physical and half digital. I'd be good with that, but I really need to be in a school physically. I DO NOT want to learn physics through purely digital classes

-Kat