By noon, the Bat-family was finally awake and had finished their first meal of the day.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OFwP1ZDko
The kitchen atmosphere was relatively calm, though no one spoke much. Damian still looked a bit groggy, Jason yawned widely as he led his son to the dining room, and Barbara sipped coffee while flipping through her data tablet.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1h80HAQmJG
Tim didn’t show up.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpnyNiM9YI
No one mentioned it directly, but his absence was obvious.
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After breakfast, they all returned to their usual routines—gear checks and mission briefings. Footsteps echoed through the corridors, accompanied by the soft hum of screens powering on. The entire cave felt like a giant beast just waking up, slowly beginning to stir.
Dick couldn’t help worrying—116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtve9xcSFfe
Had Tim gotten any rest at all? He hadn’t even come to eat.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTnsH03wua
As he walked, he glanced back a few times toward the dining room, his brows furrowing slightly.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDbDEmeI1I
This wasn’t the first time Tim had acted like this. Dick knew the kid had a habit of staying up all night, overworking himself, but lately… it had been happening more and more.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXt7ni7XiEV
Especially—
Then he saw Bruce.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8YR4uICPY
Already downstairs, standing outside the cryogenic chamber.
Bruce stood upright, arms crossed, expression unreadable.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknWqlfQNND
It didn’t look like he was waiting for someone.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTijGLDLUy
He looked more like he was observing something—abnormal.
Dick froze for a second, then his pace quickened instinctively.
As he walked over, his eyes locked onto the scene—116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqUYb9Z66l
And he stopped cold.
The glass door was ajar.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5qe4yY1SF
Inside, it was a mess.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPckXEpPdDB
A room Dick knew well—one that had always been kept cold, quiet, and still—now looked like it had just been used as an emergency shelter after a disaster.
The room was in total disarray.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxSZzPr2YU
Blankets were scattered all over the floor, space heaters stood in the corners.
Some blankets were still neatly folded, but others had fallen and bunched up in heaps. Several heaters were still running, filling the room with a surreal, warm mist.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBJSFpeLY4
The floor was damp, like condensation had just settled.
And most shocking of all—116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTiZoB2Fjk
The cryogenic pod was open.
It was a visual shock.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7RFrIsGnb
That pod—the one that was never opened without cause—116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMx6uu0UB2O
was half ajar.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uDXJGLVHc
And empty.
Where is she?!116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWvqiQMLiE
Dick’s heart leapt to his throat.
His mind raced through a hundred possible explanations—116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoNExhEtRv
A medical accident? A forced awakening?
He spun toward Bruce, about to demand an answer—116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qyysJPeeZ
But Bruce had already turned and was walking away.
He didn’t say a word.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRLvQRmoF3
Didn’t explain.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcV5Owzeza
Didn’t even glance back.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvsXU1pnus
Just turned and walked, like someone who already knew everything that would follow.
That calm unnerved Dick so much he couldn’t bring himself to ask anything.
Suppressing the flood of questions in his heart, Dick followed his lead.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfBzG3Onwv
He knew Bruce wasn’t walking aimlessly. If he was moving, it meant he knew exactly where to go.
Dick quickened his steps, falling into stride behind him, a strange premonition forming in his chest—116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeDfipoX6v
Something was about to be revealed.
Bruce stopped at the medical bay.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTb9bMvB3g
The door was slightly ajar.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxnDhDlQjl
Inside, the faint hum of machinery could be heard.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCRdFO3Lui
Fluorescent lights glowed white as usual, sterile and clean—116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefRaq5bVss
but somehow, the light felt softer than ever before.
They immediately noticed one of the recovery pods was active.
The deep-recovery unit was currently in operation.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYEKgC3Usq
Blue restorative fluid shimmered gently, its glow filtering through the glass, like some sleeping cocoon.
They stepped closer.
And through the transparent panel at the top of the medical pod—116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyoeZUU0ix
they saw.
Neither of them spoke.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvZC63gK1V
They simply leaned in, peering quietly inside.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYkYWmjPIH
Then time seemed to stop.
Tim was inside the pod, lying on his side, chin resting gently against Nora’s head, a faint smile on his lips.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSngCpglrq
He held her as if afraid to lose her again.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHnmyj9mro
And Nora nestled beside him, her head tucked into the curve of his neck, both wrapped in a blanket.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYcfW7sxnD
A pool of warmth.
Dick stared—116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqR6NorClJJ
Then slowly, a smile spread across his lips.
His previously tense expression melted away, and something rare flickered in his eyes—116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCySmWNpRG
Warmth.
He exhaled softly, like he’d finally let go of a weight deep in his heart.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrTgAdsYMc
He said nothing.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YO8CwMCB0
Because this image… said everything.
Bruce turned to the medical screen beside the pod.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKY9xoqLsg
He analyzed their vitals silently.
His gaze scanned the rows of blinking indicators—green, red, yellow—116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXorQswlLr
the machine still showed some alerts, but the numbers had stabilized.
One injury showed electric trauma to the chest.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeANiw1vFKB
Nora’s injury.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61r5BFclVJ
One showed signs of severe upper-body frostbite.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5l4VsXZTkK
Tim’s injury.
Bruce remained silent.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXD27xbxpw
He stared at the screen for a long time, clearly weighing whether to scold them… or intervene.
In the end, he said nothing.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNryPysLfI
He simply stood there, watching the two kids.
Dick turned to look too.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogFJI82DJN
He didn’t speak either.
He sighed—116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRk6uZXXnK5
No longer smiling, but his gaze soft.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LuZwY7UlX
Something within him settled.
It wasn’t anyone’s fault.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bAHBSNDnq
Just a long, long wait…116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNm6kiRCVQ
that had finally ended.
The two of them sighed again, and left quietly.
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They gently closed the door behind them—116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiT0ebWH1j
leaving the small room to two people who had once crossed time and death for each other.
Leaving behind two lovers, curled into one dream.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCKbw3Hdnz
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and then Add to home screen.