He did. Father was on a mission when they attacked the Manor after tracking the boy here. Imagine, dozens of ninja, headed by a team of three assassins, and the only adult here was Alfred.

[ Swarming the building. They'd quickly overwhelmed the automated defenses.

He chuckles, huffing out a snort at the questions. ]

They wanted the boy. Everyone else was collateral damage.

[ Damian is skillful at gently deflecting questions without actually answering them. Oh, sure, they'd attacked him - but that was because he was that boy. ]

Alfred managed to get us to the Batcave, and into lockdown. From there, he carried the fight using the remote defenses, and then eventually fought one face to face. Knocked the woman right out with a fire extinguisher.

[ Just knocked her right the hell out. Beautiful. ]

Unfortunately, by the time Father arrived, we'd been overrun, and the boy captured.