Mad World

'All around me are familiar faces, worn out places, worn out faces'

Surrounded, trapped like a mouse. Batman on one side. Nightwing on the other. Fighting in the alley I first met them.

'Bright and early for the daily races, going nowhere, going nowhere'

My senses rise suddenly and I attack Nightwing kicking him in the face, sending him flying through the damp air into a wall. Batman attacks from the side sending me back into the wall again.

'The tears are filling up their glasses, no expression, no expression'

His eyes were cold and unloving, as Nightwing rose from the ground with a new cut under one of his tear filled eyes. Is it from pain or fighting me?

'Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow, no tomorrow, no tomorrow'

My eyes are sore from holding back my own tears even though they can't see then through my crimson red helmet. I can't lose or they will send me to Arkham, I can't have that.

'I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, the dreams of which I'mdying are the best I've ever had'

Batman lunges forward, catching me before I could move, grabs me by the throat and hoists me into the air against the rough wall.

'I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take, when people run in circles it's a very, very'

His hands clenched tighter around my throat with every moment until it became a struggle to breathe against them, is he killing me?

'Mad world'

My head is pounding, my vision is becoming blurred.

'Mad world'

Nightwing is screaming something in the background but I can't hear him "Me or him?" I whispered out.

'Children waiting for the day they feel good, happy birthday, happy birthday'

I drop to the ground with a thud. Sending pain through me. "You know I can't choose like that" Batman told me.

'I feel the way every child should, sit and listen, sit and listen'

"I don't want to hurt you, Jason. I don't want to do this, but you need it" he continued and I bared my teeth under my helmet.

'Going to school I was very nervous,no one knew me, no one knew me'

My rage disappeared, I was scared and wanted to run "If you know me at all, don't take me to Arkham with him" I pleaded.

'Hello teacher what's my lesson, look right through me, look right through me'

His expression turned cold. It was like he was ignoring everything we'd done together and focused on what he deemed necessary and I disagreed with it.

'I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, the dreams of which I'm dying are the best I've ever had'

I need to get out of here while I can. I gathered all the energy I could muster, but it wasn't much, just enough though. Or I hoped. The pain was beginning to get unbearable.

'I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take, when people run in circles it's a very, very'

I swept Batman off his feet and he hits the ground with a thud that echoed through the alley. I ran down the alley with Nightwing trailing close behind.

'Mad world'

I took a quick left and got on my motorbike.

'Mad world'

Itroared to life and I sped away, hoping they don't find me again.

'Enlarging your world'

How would they find me again, I was heading for Star City? They won't.

'Mad world'

They won't find me, not this time. Not ever again.

A/N: So honestly, this isn't my best or favourite fan fiction. I just think it's a little too choppy, but I didn't know how to fix it. Anyways, thank you for taking time to read my story.