Young Justice: Seven Years Later (Sequel to Young Justice: New Recruits)

Chapter 4: The Return of Moonbeam Starchild

I decided to leave Hal and Kaira to bicker, and as I left, I noticed that Dick and Jason were gone as well. I shrugged my shoulders and headed up towards my room. I went and I crashed onto my bed, relaxing into the sheets. I could still hear Kaira and Hal yelling and each other. I laughed to myself, and then I heard a knock on my door. I got up and opened the door to see Bruce.

"Do you need something Bruce?" I asked.

"I need to ask you something." he said.

"Alright then. Sit down and ask away, I guess."

Bruce went to sit in a chair in my room and I sat down on the bed. Bruce looked extremely uncomfortable and even I couldn't help but to feel that awkwardness myself.

"So what did you want to ask?" I said.

"Do you ever think about the future, Amelia?"

"Yeah, all the time. Why?"

"I always find myself thinking about what will happen if I ever die. I mean I don't expect anyone to take up the title of Batman, but who is going to protect Gotham, when it gets to the point where I'm no longer here." Bruce said.

"God, Bruce. Even if you weren't here, you should know that Dick, Kaira, Jason, and I would all try to help Gotham as much as we could. Gotham is our home, just as much as it is yours." I smiled.

"But all of you have your own lives to live. I mean, Dick has Blüdhaven, Kaira is getting married to Kaldur and she works for OA, and then you have your relationship with Wally and you're in university and you're busy being Consumer and I have no idea what is going to happen to Jason and I hate to admit it, but that scares me. It scares me a lot."

"Bruce, we'll be fine. I promise. All of us are going to be okay. I mean, we'll all have problems to deal with, but who doesn't? You don't have to worry about us Bruce. You trained us well enough to know how to take care of ourselves." I smiled at him.

"You're really not the same angst-filled teenager who first moved here 9 years ago?"

"Hey, I'm still angst-ridden, I just don't show it as often." I laughed.

"Don't think I forgot about you showing up late this morning."

"Oh God Bruce, let it go! Nothing happened anyway." I sighed.

"Then why were you late?"

"We were up talking and lost track of the time. Don't go into over-protective daddy mode."

I can do whatever I want. I mean, I am the Batman." he smirked.

"I'm 23! It's not like I'm a teenager anymore! You don't need to worry about me anymore. I'm old enough to make my own decisions and face my own mistakes."

"As long as you live under my roof, I'll worry about you."

"God I'm condemned for life!" I exclaimed.

"It's good having all of you back home. I mean, when all of you left, the house seemed almost empty, even when I found Jason."

"I get it Bruce. I hate my apartment sometimes. Just me, living by myself kind of gets on my nerves since I'm so used to being surrounded by people, that it gets really lonely."

"Why did you move out then? Why did you not move in with... Wally?" he spat out.

"I guess I just wanted the independence. You know, a chance to live on my own."

I saw Bruce smile at me, before getting up and walking out of the room. I couldn't help but laugh at the irony of this conversation. These conversations were always weird but welcomed in my eyes since Bruce was like my Dad, but again he was also Batman, and this wasn't normal behaviour for the Batman. I walked out of my room as well and headed down the stairs, then headed into the training room. When I got in there I saw none other than my childhood friend Moonbeam Starchild. However it didn't even look like she was a day over 16 even though really she should be 23 like me.