Street Rats

by Bedlamwolf

Summary:

Ace Sabo and Luffy weren't exactly sure why Garp showed up and took them away from everything they'd ever known. Their grandpa seemed more agitated than normal, which was saying something. So when he'd told them to scatter, they did.
If there was one thing they were good at it was getting lost. Of course this time it meant getting lost and ending up in the one city that was definitely not meta friendly with no money and only the clothes on their back. Well, a city might not be exactly what they were used to, but they'd be fine.
The bats definitely question their definition of fine however. Just how much trouble are these three little brats going to be? And what has them so spooked about heroes anyway?

Chapter 1

Notes:

Okay I'm vaguely sure where I'm going with this. I'm taking a break from writing my regular stories. Details on why down below.
To give you guys a basic idea of what's going to happen here, the ASL boys are in DCU universe. This is not necessarily going to end well for anyone involved. Ace and Sabo both have fire abilities, Luffy has rubber abilities. This classifies all three of them as metas, and they are going to make it everybody's problem. They are children in this however so there are going to be potentially interesting things that come about because of this.

"I thought you didn't let the gangs use kids," Red Robin said by way of greeting.

"I don't," Hood growled out, suspicious on where this was going. He didn't bother turning to look at the other. The nights were getting colder and he wanted to be sure the working girls were warm enough. They'd never tell him, so it was easier to watch them for a bit. Judge if he needed to step in.

Tim made a sound that wasn't quite a disbelieving snort, "you expect me to believe you just haven't noticed, then?"

"Out with it before I shoot you, Replacement."

"Falcone has some new runners," the other told him.

Jason snorted at that, "Falcone goes through runners like Harley goes through hammers. Besides, he knows better than to mess with my turf."

"That's probably why he's been sending the new runners in to talk with the gangs," Red told him, walking over to get a view of the street Hood had been watching.

"Why am I not surprised Falcone is trying to start shit. Fine, I'll deal with his runners."

"Hood," Red Robin said seriously, "that might not be a good idea."

The uneasy feeling from before was back, "how young are we talking?"

"I haven't seen them," Tim admitted, "Nightwing and Robin overheard some of Falcone's men talking about them, though. Demon Brat was… upset."

Hood let out a curse. If little D was upset, that put them at preteen or younger. None of them liked it when kids got involved, but with Damian it was a touchy subject. It forced the kid to face just what a shit childhood he'd had, and he got very stabby over the idea of other kids going through that. "We sure he's been sending them into Crime Alley?"

"That's what it sounded like, but it could be a new thing," Red Robin shrugged.

"I'll keep an eye out," he promised, knowing full well that there wasn't a lot he could do if they didn't want help. Especially if they weren't from the Alley.

Tim nodded, "I'll let Wing know."

"Yeah yeah, now get out of here. We've both got work to do," Jason snipped, deciding he probably should bring the girls something hot to drink at the very least. His brother was gone before he could turn around.

Notes:

Hey gang if any of you are my regular readers, let me just apologize that I am taking a break from Sun glare, and sliding into another world. Basically I found out that I'm going to need a major surgery in about a month. I've already had one surgery, but all my female organs are going to have to be removed due to non-cancerous tumors. So I am very stressed and very angry no one noticed seeing that these have been there for what apparently it's been a decade given the size and the tests. I've been complaining for the last couple of years about my health being horrible and literally these could be a cause of about 80% of my symptoms so I have feelings.
But because I have a lot of feelings and I'm super depressed and very anxious about this whole thing, I'm taking a break from my regular stories because it is definitely going to affect my writing. So this story might get dark. Sorry not sorry. I honestly don't care if anyone actually reads this but I really would like you guys to let me know what you think if you're willing to give it a go.