Family Heritage

Gunshots. That's all she could she hear, but they were muffled as she started at the dead body of her brother in his army clothes, tears fell from her eyes as she took his dog tag and placed it by her own they were only thirteen yet they were in a war!
She shook her head 'fight now, mourn later' she told herself, at that moment a gas attack hit their building, she put on her mask but four people around her didn't and they were lost in the sea of gas their screams of pain the only memory in people would remember them by ' why did my parents put me here!' She thought but then someone lit a match in the middle of the gas.

Quinn woke up mid scream, the family were all around her their eyes once again sympathetic.
"Hey! Shhhh you're ok now... you're ok" Bruce said he moved to move some hair from her face but she flinched away, anger flared up inside of Bruce knowing why she flinched, he wasn't mad at her but whoever looked after her. The boys noticed this too and they all exchanged glances most angry others concerned but they decided not to ask it was personal that much was clear,
"Hey we were thinking would you like to go shop for some clothes and things for your room?" Jason asked changing the subject , Quinn smiled and nodded her head, but first they headed to breakfast "So Quinn I couldn't find your file anywhere, I had to check for illnesses or allergies" Bruce explained
"My parents didn't care enough to make me a file, I have no allergies" Quinn explained casually, Bruce clenched his fists at the hint that she might not have a good home life.

They all entered the car with Quinn by the door looking out the window "so what is your hobby?" Tim asked, Quinn looked up and shifted in her seat so she was looking at the boys
"I like sword fighting but mostly the sword, I kind of love weapons" she said sheepishly, Damian grinned
"Damian too! How about favourite colour?" Jason questioned
"Black and red" she answered
"Oh! Favourite animal?" Asked Dick
"Wolf" she answered
By the time they had finished they were already at the store, they verbally dragged Quinn as every time they went to grab her arm she flinched.
"If you think I am going to let you shop for clothes with her you are very wrong" came a female voice behind them, the boys and Quinn span on their heels and found Diana Prince standing there
"Diana!" The boys Exclaimed happily, Diana walked over to them
"I'll take her for clothes and you will look for things for her room. I mean she's in Dick's old clothes!" Diana scolded.
"Oh guys nothing girly in my room yeah?" Quinn instructed

The girls returned with some clothes and the boys with items for her room nothing girly though mostly dark red bed sheets, rugs and paint.Once they got back Quinn and the others set up her room and she got changed into a grey hoodie and black leggings . They ran down into the living room where Diana and Bruce sat talking,
"Bruce can we watch a movie?" Dick pleaded, Bruce nodded and they grabbed snacks of all kinds, Quinn was shocked at it all she was never aloud these, she didn't even know what these were!
"What is your favourite movie?" Jason asked, Quinn scrunched her eyebrows
"Well I was never really aloud to watch any but my parents did let me watch 'predator' when I was six, I loved that" Quinn recalled but when she looked up everyone was staring at her their mouths open wide
"What?" She asked confused
"You were six!? That movie is like an eighteen! It is super gory" Bruce cried Quinn shrugged
"Not really" she responded this made them even more shocked, Dick just clicked encanto and they ate the snacks engrossed in the movie ( mostly Quinn).

Diana watched as the kids ran to the room bags in hand, as soon as they were out of sight she turned to Bruce her face serious " I managed to find her file... you're not going to like it" she started
"Tell me" Bruce confirmed
"Her parents aren't dead instead they are the joker and Harley Quinn hence her name, turns out she had a twin brother, jack but he died in the war... in which Quinn also participated in they were 13-14" she explained, Bruce's eye widened
"So let me get this straight Quinn has been in the war, her brother was killed most likely in front of her, and her parents are the most wanted villains in Gotham!" Diana winced
"Yes but she also seems to have super human abilities, but I doubt she knows about them" Diana added, Bruce groaned
"I adopted the daughter of basically my arch nemesis!" He cried but not too loud for the kids to hear
"I don't think she is out to get you!" Diana comforted, at that moment the kids came running down requesting a movie, the adults were shocked at the fact she had watched predator at aged six! They eventually chose encanto whilst Quinn nibbled at the sweets cautiously, they paused the movie so Diana could go to the bathroom, and they sat around the table telling Quinn about all the sweets
"Hey Quinn what are those around your neck? Are they real?" Jason asked pointing to her dog tags he then chugged his coke which earns a scowl from Bruce, Quinn fingered the chains and smiled softly
"Yes they're real... my parents put us in the military ( us being me and my twin brother jack) we didn't expect to go to war but we did, with little training too.
My brother was shot multiple times in the chest in front of me... i-I took his dog tag to go by mine" she explained a tear rolling down her cheek but she quickly wiped it away, the boys looked at her shocked " you went to war!" Damian cried incredulous Quinn simply nodded
"But you must have have been so young!" Jason gasped
"Look the war was going badly for us and so they were desperate, the turned to us kids who had little training to fight... we had no choice!" She explained defensively, Diana walked in and gave them a look that said 'lay off it!' And so they continued the movie no one really speaking

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