The babysitter

Thirty-Five

" Good night, Dick." I turn to Diana as I hung up.

" Ah, you and a boy." Diana cooed.

I blushed. " Stop, it's nothing serious. And I still like this other guy and I can decide. But I don't want to date them because I know they will have an effect on what I decide to do with my future."

" This is the one thing I don't like with this world, all the boy problems." Diana pulled me into a hug.

" Yeah, but it's fine. I'll worry about it later." I squeeze Diana then let her go. 

" Are you sure?" Diana asked.

" Of course."

" Alright," Diana obviously didn't believe me, but it was enough for right now, " I'll pick you up tomorrow. Try and get a good night's sleep."

" You too." I say, and show her to the door, " See you tomorrow."

I was still trying to get my stomach to stop turning after we had flown to the cave. Why can't anything just be above ground or water based. Everything always has to be where at any given point, one of my uncles could just kill me.

" Why is she here, Diana?" Bruce asked. So was this the mission he was on? Where is Damian and Cass?

" She can help in ways that I can't. She is more experienced in the monsters you will be facing." Diana explained to everyone. Everyone including; Batman, Nightwing, Redhood, Kaldur, KidFlash, Artemis, Meagan, and Conner.

" Who is she?" Jason had his helmet off so I could see the whites of his mask.

I turned to Diana expectingly, if she thought all this out, she might as well give me a name, " Well?"

" Well, what? What do you want your name to be?" She asked.

" You didn't pick one out for me? I haven't thought about it."

" Well," She thought for a minute, " What about Anaklusmos?"

" Sure, seems fitting-"

" Sorry, I doesn't mean to interrupt your little chat." Jason smiles sarcastically, " But who are you?"

" Riptide." I answered.

" Well, if that is all, I will be going." Wonder Women said.

My head snapped to her, and I felt like a kid at a party who only had one friend as it was getting close to losing them in the crowd. I swear if she leaves me with a them when I feel so out of place.

" How do I trust her? How do I know that she won't stab my team in the back and leave them there?" Bruce asked.

I almost laughed, but Dick interrupted him, " Come on, B? We are trained heroes and if Wonder Women wants her here, then she's trustworthy."

" Nightwing is right. Riptide is very trustworthy. I trust her with my life." Wonder Women placed a hand on my shoulder, and I looked up to her. Heat rose to my cheeks and I was thankful for the helmet.

I stepped forward, " And whag we will be fighting today is the same thing I fight all the time. Killing these monsters will help me a great deal."

" Kill?" Dick and Bruce asked together.

" That's the only way to get rid of them. Of course, not forever. These monsters will regenerate in Tartarus and after they crawled their way to the doors of death, they will come back. But, that normally takes around a couple hundred years. So, we're not actually killing them, because there is no actual way to kill them, we're just sending them away for a long time."