Chapter 1 "Little Red Riding Hood"
Disclaimer: I do not own the DC comics...I only own this random story and my character Madison...
"Where'd that little brat ran off to now?" A young man jumped from roof top to roof top. He was dressed all in red and carried a bow. He stops when he hears gun shoots and turns around "Damn it Red...your so grounded when I get my hands on you!" Roy yells as he jumps off the roof top...
Meanwhile...
"GAHHHH...this brat broke me noise..." Screams a man covering his bloody face as he stumbles back. "Get that kid..." Yells another man. "What the hell does it look like I'm doing?" Screams another as he fires his guns.
A small child no older then 11 was jumping and dodging the gun men's aim. The child smirks "Hey is that all you got?...". "Who do you think you are?" Screams one of the men. The child giggles "Can't you tell from the way I'm dress?".
The child was wearing a red hood, black jeans and black combat boots. "What still need more clues?" The kid smirks and pulls out two hand guns. "What you think your Red hood or something?" The men start to laugh "Look the kids got 'guns'...kid stop playing around or your really going to get hurt".
"My boys here aren't toys..." The child fires a ray of bullets and disarming the men with ease. They fall to the ground crying in pain. "Son of a..." One tries to curse, and the child places the gun on to his forehead "That's right...son of the hood...red hood...". "The man begins to beg "Please don't shoot".
At that moment an arrow passes over head nearly missing the child but hitting a man standing behide "How many times do I have to tell you?...always check your 6 o'clock...". The child sighs and gun whips the man infront "I know what I'm doing!...I had that guy just were I wanted him!".
"Sure you did...the big bad wolf wasn't going to take a bite off your head?" Arsenal signs. "But uncle Ro!..." The child protests. "No names on the field!...got that little red riding hood?..." Arsenal shouts. "Sorry..."
Afterwards...At one of Jason's old hideout's
"Are you still mad at me?"
"Take it off!..." Roy shouts. The child removes the hood and reveals her long black hair she had tuck under her hood. Roy helps remove the red domino mask with some soviet as it was glued on her face "Hold still...if this stuff gets in your eyes it'll sting..." Roy finishes cleaning her face. "Ok you can open your eyes now...little red ridding hood...".
She opens her sky blue eyes "Stop calling me that!..." She snaps. Roy smirks "Fine Madison al Ghul...but can't you behave even a little?...". "Ugh...don't call me like that...it's Todd...Madison Todd!..." She screams. "I only call you that...cause its the only thing that gets your attention...so are you going to listen to me now?..." Roy tells her. Madison sighs "I'm listening..." She turn away from him. Roy grabs both her ears and pulls them "Really cause it fuckin doesn't look like it...". "Ow?!...that hurts! What the fuck?..." Madison screams.
Roy let's go of her ears "Just making sure they work...now what's with you running around...dressed like that!". "What?...I'm just following my old man's foot steps!..." Madison replies. Roy sighs "That's not what Jason would have wanted...". "Then he shouldn't have taught me how to shoot in the first place!..." Madison screams. Roy takes her guns "This was only for self-defense...not so you'd go running around dressed like that...I know you miss him..but Madison...".
"His not died!...he can't die!...his a zombie...just like me" Madison pulls her hair up to show a strip of white long hair under her raven black hair. "Madison...it's been 6 months...if he was alive...your be the first person he'd come to see...". Madison starts crying "oh Mady honey please...don't cry..."
"You can't live here alone...come live with me and Lian...you like Lian...you can be her big sister..." Roy hugs the girl. "But what if dad comes home?...he won't be able to find me..." She cries into his crest. "Give your old man some credit...he's like the greatest Detective..." Roy tells her.
"But I thought Batman was the greatest Detective?..." Madison lifts her head up and wipes her tears. "And who thought your dad?...Batman that's who...so his just as good..." Roy replies with a half smile. "But grandpa said...he was a failure...to the Batman legacy..." Madison whispers.
"Uh...well Ra al Ghul has very high standards..." Roy says while rubbing the back of his neck. "Tell me about it...he throw me out of the league of assassins...just cause I failed a few times..." Madison sighs. "Failing and dying are two different things Madison...".
"Alright kid it's time for bed...it's way past your bed time..." Roy picks her up and carries her to bed. "But it's only 3am!..." Madison complains. "That's my point...now sleep..." He drops her on the bed "and don't tell me you want me to read you a story?..". "No thank you!...your just going to tell me the little red riding hood story again!..." Madison hides under her blanket. "What I thought you liked that story?..." Roy smirks. "Only when dad tells it!...he's story has a shot gun..." Madison replies.
"I don't recall little red owning a shotgun..." Roy scratches his head. Madison whispers "Nevermind...goodnight uncle Roy" as she yawns slowly and closes her eyes. "Sweet dreams princess..." Roy turns off the lights and closes the door behide him.
Four years ago
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Red hood entering his hideout after a long night "That's the last time I'll go drinking with Roy...". He notices the lights are on and pulls out his guns "Show yourself?...". A woman's voice answers him "Jason...Is that anyway to treat an old lover?". "Talia al Ghul what the Fuck do you want?..." Jason continues to point his guns at her. "Watch your tongue...your infront of a child..." She points to a little girl sleeping on the couch.
The child's head and arms were warped in bandages, she was covered in cuts and bruises. "Who's the brat?" Jason asks as he looks at her. "She's yours...and my child..." Talia smiles. "That's not possible we only did it once four years ago...the age doesn't add up?...what are you trying to pull?..." Jason asks. "She is yours...I just had her genetically enhanced...to meet my needs...but she was a failure..." Talia replies coldly.
"So what?...your thinking of dumping her with me is that it?..." Jason looks over at the girl, her injuries were very serious, it looked as if she had trouble breathing "What the hell did you do to her?...". "I did nothing...this was all my father's doing...his training...I don't think her mind can take a 7th dip in the Lazarus pit..." Talia places a suit case on the floor "These are her belongs...I have a private account open for her and you...that should cover all her needs for a lifetime..." Talia doesn't even look at the girl as she opens the door to leave.
"You can't be serious?!...you can't leave her with me...I'm a killer for crying out loud!..." Jason yells at her. She stops and turns to look at him "She grow up around assassins...your be fine...". "Wait I don't even know her name!" Jason says. "It's Madison...Madison al Ghul..." Talia leaves him there dumbfounded.
He slumps down to the ground still holding his guns and rubs his head with one of them "What the fuck do I want a kid for?...". He turns to look at the girl, her breathing had stopped. Jason drops his guns to the floor and rushes to the child. "This is not happening?!" He places his head on her chest "no heart beat...".
He starts performing CPR "1...2...3...come on breath" he lifts her head back and blows air into her, watching her chest rise and fall "Again...come on..." He starts the compressions again after 30 compressions, he blows air into her again and waits. She finally coughs and starts breathing again. She opens her eyes full of fear as she looks at him "please...don't hurt me..." She cries.
Jason wipes her tears away "I swear I would never hurt you...". She wouldn't stop trembling 'Oh god what have they done to you'. He gently picks up the girl "who are you?" She whispers nervously. "I'm..." Jason sighs as he gently places her in his bed. She looks at him confused and still scared. He clears back a few white strains of her hair that were covering her face. She finches under his touch "it's ok your safe now...I'm..I'm your...father...".
7hrs of hell is what Jason had to deal with. He didn't sleep a wink. He was to afraid that she'd stop breathing again. He had stayed up all night watching her sleep making sure that every breath she took wasn't her last. He'd been texting Roy since early morning "Come on...what's taking you so long...".
Roy finally arrives carrying loads of shopping bags and holding a breakfast meal bag from Mcdonalds with his mouth "lil...help?" He mumbles. Jason grabs the McDonald's "Where's my coffee?". "Back in the car...if you want it go and get it yourself!..." Roy yells.
"Keep your voice down!...your going to scare her..." Madison was hiding under a table, she had a blanket wrapped around her body and covering her head. She was just rocking back and fourth. "Is she ok?..." Roy asks as he looks over at the girl. "She finally stopped screaming...so I think she's getting better..." Jason pulls out one of the breakfast meals and places it on the table above Madison causing her to finch "It's food...eat...".
Madison whispers something. "What?!...if you want to say something...say it loud I can't hear you!..." Jason yells at her. She hugs her body tight and backs away from him. "Dude you're the one scaring her..." Roy knees down to her level and gets with in arm distance "Hey there?...so what's wrong?...you don't like the food?..." Roy smiles gently at her as he grabs the cardboard plate and opens it "Look its pancakes...their yummy...".
Madison looks at them and then looks up at him "is there poison in it?...". "What?!" Roy and Jason yell in surprise causing the girl to further back away. Her back was now against the wall. Jason knees down and places a hand on the table "what makes you think there's poison in it?". Madison looks away avoiding eye contact and answers "Grandpa always puts poison in my food...".
"Oh my god" Roy looks at Jason shocked at what he just heard. Jason grabs a pancake and takes a large bite and swallows "Here this ones ok to eat...". Madison crawls up and grabs the pancake away from him and pushes herself back away from their reach. She slowly begins to nibble on the pancake.
Roy whispers "Are you thinking of keeping her?". Jason sighs "I can't leave her...she needs me...". Roy pats his friend's shoulder "This isn't going to be easy...". Jason looks over at Madison she finished eating her first pancake and was now eyeing the plate "I know..." He tells Roy. "They taste better with syrup...do you want to try some?..." Jason opens the syrup and dips a small corner of the pancake and takes a bite. Madison crawls up to him, now licking her lips "what does it taste like?".
Jason smiles "why don't you give it a try?"
What do you think? I've been reading fan fictions on the bat family and had this random story pop in my head...
This is my second story I've been working on please check out my first story it's still ongoing "Hero or Villain" and please add to faves. Comments always welcomed
