text: Part 5 The next morning at the headquarters finds Dexter, and Adrian training in the backyard with Kim looking on. Upstairs, Teagan has sequestered herself in her room with a stack of books on natural medicine. Across town, Chrys and Kelly chow down on a cheap microwaveable breakfast while making sure Lex eats as well. It’s a quiet peaceful morning except for one Red X who currently finds himself stuck in the ventilation system of a Wayne Tech factory. **Humans greatest rival is themselves. Everyday we struggle against our own ego, own confidence, hubris as it was has been the one to defeat many men and women once thought unbeatable. We constantly find ourselves at odds with what we can and can’t do. We tell ourselves that nothing is impossible if we just try. There’s no such thing as a stupid question and all that. In plain English...I fucked up.** **How did I manage to convince myself to break into a Wayne Tech factory of all places. My grandfather was a Robin, my great grandfather was Batman, multiple relatives have also been Robins and Batgirls and at least one was a trained assassin. Yet here I am. My dumb overconfident ass is stuck in a vent. My great grandfather, the fricking Batman, is below doing an inspection of the place, my grandfather and great uncle are providing extra security, and I’m not 100% sure but I’m pretty I smelled my Aunt Barbs perfume. Maybe I’ll just make a nest in here like a rodent...** **Finally, Great Grandpa Bruce is moving on. That’s one problem down, now I have to worry about Grandpa and Uncle Damian. Let’s see, there’s reports of highly skilled thief out there, they’re working security, and are both trained Robins...one of them is definitely already in these vents and I need to scram as quietly as possible.** He quietly makes his way through the vents until he’s above his destination. He silently works the vent cover off and slips into a storage closet. (Red X) “Smaller then I expected...” (Barbra) “Well I never thought I’d be face-to-face with my own great nephew so soon... Red X tenses and turns around. He straightens up and snickers. (Red X) “Misses Gordon I assure you I have no idea what you’re talking about. So how about we compromise, I grab what I need from this closet, and you look the other way and don’t get hurt. Sound good?” (Barbra) “I know about the rift Aleister. I know about you and the others too.” (Red X) “Others? Those three I saw at the scrapyard?” (Barbra) “Indeed, themselves grand children of former heroes. What you’re looking for is in the box on the top shelf. I’ll let you walk out of here scot free with it...as long as you promise to do the right thing.” (Red X) “Get everyone home?” Barbra smiles and nods with a small tear in her eye. Aleister almost goes over and hugs her but resists long enough to grab what he needs and split... Back at their headquarters, Adrian, Dexter, and Kim are returning inside after a productive training session. They find Teagan standing in the kitchen in front of a ball of physic energy. They rush over and find that the ball contains Red X.