Title: Things to do in Boston When You're Alive
Fandom: DC Comics
Author:
milleniumrex
Recipient:ziriffic
Original: A Normal Weekend
Word Count: 1002
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Tim Drake, Bart Allen, a surprise guest or two.
Disclaimer: I don't own DC Comics and never will. Tragically.
Author's Note: Written for the DCU Remix Challenge. References some minor Brightest Day spoilers
Summary: Tim and Bart were supposed to tour colleges. But nothing was simple when Bart was around.
"Bart, don't stick your head in the fossil's mouth."
"Why? It's not going to bite me. Or is it? Is this one of those crazy fossils that come to life, like in the movie? Is there a tiny cowboy behind me?"
"No." Tim facepalmed. "It's not going to bite your head off, but the guard kind of looks like he might."
"Oh." Bart turned towards the guard, back to the fossil, then proceeded to stick his head inside the Kronosaurus' jaws again. "Coooooooool."
"It is pretty impressive. Biggest sea reptile ever." Tim had to admit that Bart's enthusiasm made touring Harvard's Museum of Natural History a lot more entertaining.
"I wonder if anyone ever rode it. That would be one seriously badass mount. I mean, you're walking along, and then BAM! Aquaman on a Kronosaurus out of nowhere!"
"We'll have to ask him next time we see him." Tim laughed. "Now come on. We've got to get to the information seminar."
"Heeeeeeeey, Aquaman still has those zombie sea life powers, doesn't he? Do you think he could...
"NO, Bart."
"Awww..."
-----
"Tim, dude - I think that guy's a supervillain."
Tim turned around at the MIT seminar to look at the thin, dark-haired young man who was toting around a bulky looking invention. "Bart, it's MIT. There's going to be all sorts of strange-looking guys with weird inventions. Don't stress out over it."
"No, seriously. I think I saw him in the 30th century, and that invention looks like a portable black hole generator." Bart's eyes darted back and forth from Tim to his suspect. "I should probably go and check, just in case."
"Bart, you can't go accusing people of being supervillains out of nowhere. We're in the middle of MIT, and it'll look - "
Suddenly, Tim was interrupted by a bright flash of light, as three people in colorful costumes stepped out of a portal in the middle of the gathering.
"It's over, Entropy Lad!" Cosmic Boy yelled out as Lightning Lad fired an electric bolt at the fleeing man. Saturn Girl focused a thought blast at him, and he collapsed onto the floor as the three Legionnaires went in and collected the machine.
"It's a good thing we got here in time." Saturn Girl said as she examined the machine. "This could have created a miniature black hole right in the middle of campus."
As the three Legionnaires gathered up the machine and the unconscious villain, Tim slowly turned his head towards Bart, who was grinning wider than the Cheshire Cat. Oh, he was never going to live this one down, he was sure.
-----
"Wait, so these trucks drive around, all day, serving food to anyone who wants it?" Bart asked in between bites of his food-truck gyro. "That's awesome! It's like the Manchester County Fair, only all year round! I love this city!"
"Wait, they didn't have food trucks in the 30th century?" Tim asked as he examined his own sandwich. He didn't know what kind of meat that was, and he wasn't sure he wanted to know.
"Nah, not since the great Food Truck Wars of 2642. Once the trucks started weaponizing to protect their turf, it was the beginning of the end." Bart bowed his head sadly for a second, then looked up and polished off the rest of his sandwich in two big bites.
"The trucks are in Gotham, but only in the areas where their tires aren't likely to be stolen mid-serving." Tim laughed. "Looking at google maps, this city seems to have a lot of them. There's a corn dog truck a few blocks south, a Dim Sum truck in Chinatown, a seafood truck by the pier..."
Tim turned around to see Bart already holding a corn dog, a box of dumplings, and a clam roll.
"...What?"
"Nothing, Bart. It must be nice to have the world's fastest metabolism."
"You know it, Tim." Bart said in between bites of clam roll.
-----
There had been the incident at the Sushi restaurant, Bart getting into a fight with five wharfmen at the dock, not to mention the time Bart nearly gave the dean of Harvard a mental breakdown, but they had gotten through the day without anyone losing a limb or getting arrested, so this vacation had to be written down as a win.
"So, which school did you like most?" Tim asked. "I thought I'd be partial to MIT, but Harvard actually lived up to the hype."
"Harvard was great." Bart said thoughtfully. "I also liked the one with all the underwater classes. With the Squids?"
"...Bart, that wasn't a school, that was the Boston Aquarium."
"Oh? They kept on talking about schools of fish. I kinda figured..."
"You're messing with me, aren't you?" Tim asked, trying not to break out laughing.
"Of course I am!" Bart laughed as he grabbed Tim and noogied him. "You're fun to mess with. And unlike all the other Bats, you're not really scary, so I can get away with it."
"Lucky me." Tim said wryly. The two friends sat down at the side of the dock, watching the fishermen work as they ate their snacks.
"Tim?"
"Yeah, Bart?"
"It's...really good to be back. I mean, not that I knew, being dead and all, but...it would have sucked if I stayed dead."
Tim nodded, grinning. "It really would have, buddy. It really would have. But hey! You're back, and now we've got a whole lot of time to hang out together, just like this."
"And next year, when we're going to college together, just think of all the stuff we can get up to!"
"As long as it doesn't get us kicked out of said colleges, yeah."
"Aw, when have I ever gotten us into trouble, Tim?"
"I have a log."
"Yeah, I bet you do." Bart paused. "You know what would be even cooler than hanging out in Boston?"
"What?"
"Doing it while riding a resurrected skeleton Kronosaurus."
"I'm not talking to Aquaman, Bart."
Fandom: DC Comics
Author:
milleniumrexRecipient:
zirifficOriginal: A Normal Weekend
Word Count: 1002
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Tim Drake, Bart Allen, a surprise guest or two.
Disclaimer: I don't own DC Comics and never will. Tragically.
Author's Note: Written for the DCU Remix Challenge. References some minor Brightest Day spoilers
Summary: Tim and Bart were supposed to tour colleges. But nothing was simple when Bart was around.
"Bart, don't stick your head in the fossil's mouth."
"Why? It's not going to bite me. Or is it? Is this one of those crazy fossils that come to life, like in the movie? Is there a tiny cowboy behind me?"
"No." Tim facepalmed. "It's not going to bite your head off, but the guard kind of looks like he might."
"Oh." Bart turned towards the guard, back to the fossil, then proceeded to stick his head inside the Kronosaurus' jaws again. "Coooooooool."
"It is pretty impressive. Biggest sea reptile ever." Tim had to admit that Bart's enthusiasm made touring Harvard's Museum of Natural History a lot more entertaining.
"I wonder if anyone ever rode it. That would be one seriously badass mount. I mean, you're walking along, and then BAM! Aquaman on a Kronosaurus out of nowhere!"
"We'll have to ask him next time we see him." Tim laughed. "Now come on. We've got to get to the information seminar."
"Heeeeeeeey, Aquaman still has those zombie sea life powers, doesn't he? Do you think he could...
"NO, Bart."
"Awww..."
-----
"Tim, dude - I think that guy's a supervillain."
Tim turned around at the MIT seminar to look at the thin, dark-haired young man who was toting around a bulky looking invention. "Bart, it's MIT. There's going to be all sorts of strange-looking guys with weird inventions. Don't stress out over it."
"No, seriously. I think I saw him in the 30th century, and that invention looks like a portable black hole generator." Bart's eyes darted back and forth from Tim to his suspect. "I should probably go and check, just in case."
"Bart, you can't go accusing people of being supervillains out of nowhere. We're in the middle of MIT, and it'll look - "
Suddenly, Tim was interrupted by a bright flash of light, as three people in colorful costumes stepped out of a portal in the middle of the gathering.
"It's over, Entropy Lad!" Cosmic Boy yelled out as Lightning Lad fired an electric bolt at the fleeing man. Saturn Girl focused a thought blast at him, and he collapsed onto the floor as the three Legionnaires went in and collected the machine.
"It's a good thing we got here in time." Saturn Girl said as she examined the machine. "This could have created a miniature black hole right in the middle of campus."
As the three Legionnaires gathered up the machine and the unconscious villain, Tim slowly turned his head towards Bart, who was grinning wider than the Cheshire Cat. Oh, he was never going to live this one down, he was sure.
-----
"Wait, so these trucks drive around, all day, serving food to anyone who wants it?" Bart asked in between bites of his food-truck gyro. "That's awesome! It's like the Manchester County Fair, only all year round! I love this city!"
"Wait, they didn't have food trucks in the 30th century?" Tim asked as he examined his own sandwich. He didn't know what kind of meat that was, and he wasn't sure he wanted to know.
"Nah, not since the great Food Truck Wars of 2642. Once the trucks started weaponizing to protect their turf, it was the beginning of the end." Bart bowed his head sadly for a second, then looked up and polished off the rest of his sandwich in two big bites.
"The trucks are in Gotham, but only in the areas where their tires aren't likely to be stolen mid-serving." Tim laughed. "Looking at google maps, this city seems to have a lot of them. There's a corn dog truck a few blocks south, a Dim Sum truck in Chinatown, a seafood truck by the pier..."
Tim turned around to see Bart already holding a corn dog, a box of dumplings, and a clam roll.
"...What?"
"Nothing, Bart. It must be nice to have the world's fastest metabolism."
"You know it, Tim." Bart said in between bites of clam roll.
-----
There had been the incident at the Sushi restaurant, Bart getting into a fight with five wharfmen at the dock, not to mention the time Bart nearly gave the dean of Harvard a mental breakdown, but they had gotten through the day without anyone losing a limb or getting arrested, so this vacation had to be written down as a win.
"So, which school did you like most?" Tim asked. "I thought I'd be partial to MIT, but Harvard actually lived up to the hype."
"Harvard was great." Bart said thoughtfully. "I also liked the one with all the underwater classes. With the Squids?"
"...Bart, that wasn't a school, that was the Boston Aquarium."
"Oh? They kept on talking about schools of fish. I kinda figured..."
"You're messing with me, aren't you?" Tim asked, trying not to break out laughing.
"Of course I am!" Bart laughed as he grabbed Tim and noogied him. "You're fun to mess with. And unlike all the other Bats, you're not really scary, so I can get away with it."
"Lucky me." Tim said wryly. The two friends sat down at the side of the dock, watching the fishermen work as they ate their snacks.
"Tim?"
"Yeah, Bart?"
"It's...really good to be back. I mean, not that I knew, being dead and all, but...it would have sucked if I stayed dead."
Tim nodded, grinning. "It really would have, buddy. It really would have. But hey! You're back, and now we've got a whole lot of time to hang out together, just like this."
"And next year, when we're going to college together, just think of all the stuff we can get up to!"
"As long as it doesn't get us kicked out of said colleges, yeah."
"Aw, when have I ever gotten us into trouble, Tim?"
"I have a log."
"Yeah, I bet you do." Bart paused. "You know what would be even cooler than hanging out in Boston?"
"What?"
"Doing it while riding a resurrected skeleton Kronosaurus."
"I'm not talking to Aquaman, Bart."