Baby Bat Goes To School Part 11

“How are you here? I’m still here so you shouldn’t be able to exist!” Bee started to panic a bit, noticing that Raven was no longer talking to her.

“Calm down. I am not here to fight you, only to talk,” Batman said as he looked down at Bee with sad eyes.

“To think that I let them turn me into this. I never thought out of all my contingencies plans for the League that they would have one for me as well. It really took me off guard.”

“Regardless of what I think I’m here to ask you something. Are you happy?”

“What? Shouldn’t you already know that?” Bee asked, confused why Batman was asking her this when he should already know everything that she does.

“I don’t. I am you before you became Bee Zatara. The true Batman. You are your own person. While you may have the memories of the time that you were Batman, that doesn’t mean that you will ever have to be Batman again.”

“Remember what we did for Dick, Jason, Damien, and the others. We took them in and trained them, so they didn’t have to become like us. The title of Batman is one that no one but Bruce Wayne could carry.”

“You’re no longer Bruce Wayne so trying to become Batman again is impossible. What matters right now is that you live your life. Don’t be held down on the past. Dick is willing to help you through this and so are all the other Titians. It’s best that you take the opportunity that they are giving you.”

“What about Damien? I failed him as a father. I couldn’t be there for him and now he resents us.” “That’s not true. You should know very well that if he resented us we would already have several broken ribs.”

“People may misjudge him and think that he’s a cruel person, but in fact, he was always the one that cared the most. I believe the reason that he keeps trying to force his image of me onto you is that he doesn’t want to lose you.”

“When he came to us he was just a child, and he still is a child. He wants you to train with him because he still wants to spend time with you. It’s best if we let him cope with this in his own way, just as you are coping with this change now.”

“What will happen to you once the spell disappears?” Bee asked as she saw Batman start to fade away.

“I will go back to where I belong. I will always be a part of you, but right now I need to be less a part of your life. Just look at what you’ve done so far since you’ve become Zatanna’s daughter.”

“Learning magic is something that we could have never have done as the Batman. Having friends is something that we couldn’t afford either. Zatanna wanted you to meet with me because she saw the regret in your eyes.”

“You don’t have to be ashamed that you became what you are. Just continue to live the same way that you have been without focusing on me.”

“So let me ask you one more time. Are you happy?”

“Yes.”