Chapter 1
7 days long days. That is how long he has been held captive. Or so he thinks in his mind. He can't be too sure anymore. Held captive inside of his prison. A cold room surrounded with nothing but darkness. With blood spilling down from his face to the ground blood forming a puddle beneath his feet and his body badly beaten from endless integrations one after another a lone hero is found hanging tied to the ceiling of a dark room by a steel chain. Through his dazed vision the only thing this masked hero can see is pure darkness of his cell only leaving him with his thoughts. Thoughts of how he ended up here. Thoughts of leaving the ones closest to him to find answers that he was seeking. Answers of who his mother truly was. Memories of traveling to Ethiopia to find his real mother only to find a trap waiting in wait for him. A trap laid out by one of Gotham's most terrifying villains. Memories of watching his mother being tortured and slowly killed in front of his eyes before he was drugged and brought here into this dark room with the clown prince of darkness himself. A villain hell bent on destroying his mentor along with the rest of his family. One of the most feared villains in Gotham City. The Joker. A name that would bring terror and fear to all those that were in ear shot distance of hearing the name being spoken.
Suddenly in a instance a bright light flashes throughout the room that breaks the lone hero's thoughts. With the light being too much for his eyes to take the hero closes his eyes until his body starts to shake when he hears the sound of laughter. A laugh that has haunted so many of Gotham's own. A devilish laugh that is feared throughout Gotham. Hearing footsteps approaching the hero slowly opens his eyes before his body cringes when he hears a low whisper in his ear.
" No one is coming to save you Jason. No one cares about you. Not even Batsy. Think about it kiddo. It's been a week. If Batsy truly cared for you then he would have come for you by now."
Lifting his head up Jason watches as the Joker slowly makes his way to stand in front of him with his hands behind his back. With his hatred building for the clown prince of darkness in front of him using the little strength he has left Jason rears back his head before spitting some of the blood that had been filling his mouth straight into the Joker's face.
" Fuck you clown!"
" Oh Jason naughty naughty. What would Batsy think of this behavior. Tisk,tisk,tisk. Luckily for you young man you've got good old mister J to help teach you some respect."
With his eyes widening Jason watches the Joker reveal a crowbar from his back before he feels a hard shot into his stomach. Feeling blow after blow being delivered to his body at the hands of Joker and the crowbar in his hands Jason closes his eyes as he thinks of one person. The last person he talked to before leaving for Ethiopia. A girl who not only he had a special bond with ever since meeting her but a girl that he loves. A girl who has great and extraordinary powers like her cousin but someone who is also one of the most beautiful women in the world in Jason's eyes. With blow after blow he receives Jason pictures her smiling face in his head as he repeats one thing in his mind. That he will survive for her. That he will make it out of this place alive for her. As he feels blow after blow being delivered to his mid section that is all he thinks about until suddenly the pain becomes too much and his world goes completely black.
Just miles away outside of Gotham a large vehicle races across the darkness heading towards the outskirts of the city. A vehicle that many in Gotham learned to fear and cowar away from once it came into sight. Flying above this massive vehicle flies a lone female figure. A woman who has one goal on her mind. Get Jason back at all costs. To get back the man that she loves.
As she picks up speed and leaves the bat mobile in the distance her most recent thoughts of talking to Jason enter her mind. The memories of Jason always calling her every day no matter what. No matter if he had school work or needed to help Batman catch a villain that was causing havoc in Gotham the one thing he always made time for was her. That even if he listened to her just talk about her day that was a memory she always cherished. But her recent memory of Jason was a memory that has haunted her for the last few nights. A few sleepless nights when she heard that Jason had gone missing. That he had not only been found missing but was actually taken prisoner by a madman. With thoughts of Jason lying broken down and beaten inside of a warehouse tears start to fill the woman's eyes as she fights an inner battle within herself. A battle that she could not win. Guilt over not going with Jason to meet his mother. Guilt that she was not there to protect him. Just like how she knew he would have done for her.
With a warehouse coming into view in the distance where a man named Ra's Al Gaul gave her along with the remaining members of the Bat Family the location to where Jason was being held with her pace picking up the woman soars through the sky. A force which causes nearby trees to rip from the ground. As she comes closer to the warehouse the woman quickly lands at the entrance of the warehouse before running towards the structure in a full out sprint. As she reaches over to grab the handle of the entrance door that was when her life was changed forever. In a flash the warehouse explodes sending debris everywhere around the area while she also is sent back a couple of feet to the ground. Looking up from the ground the woman watches as massive flames start to form where the warehouse used to be standing.
Getting up slowly off of the ground with tears starting to form in the woman's eyes the woman quickly races into the dubree in search for Jason.
" Jason!"
As she looks towards the massive flames for the first time in her life the woman experiences the feeling of true terror and fear. Without a moment of hesitation the woman rushes through the flames before using her incredible strength throws massive chunks of the building off to the side in search for him. The man she loves. With tears spilling down her face as she rips through the debris with haste suddenly she stops when she sees him. Jason laying under a small dubree not moving. Moving over slowly with tears free flowing down her cheeks and her eyes going wide the woman stops in front of the lifeless body of her love. Falling to her knees with her hands shaking the girl reaches over lifting the lifeless body of her lover up into her arms. As she looks down seeing Jason's eyes fully closed and his body not moving the woman cradles Jason in her arms as tears fall down towards his body. With her anger rising the woman buries her face into Jason's neck as the sound of a engine roaring in the distance fills the air.
Seeing a pair of bright headlights making their way through a small open straight at her face the woman looks up towards the vehicle with her eyes full of fury when she sees the top hatch of the vehicle opening. As she watches two figures emerge from the hatch 1 male and 1 female dressed almost identical the girl remains focused on the male figure while tears continue to free flow down her cheeks. As her hands clutch into fists the woman watches as the female whom she knows as Barbara Gordon or better known to the criminal community as Batgirl quickly approaches her before the woman glances over Barbara's shoulder to glare at him. The dark knight himself. The man every criminal in Gotham feared at night. The Batman.
Feeling a soft hand on her shoulder the woman snaps her head to her right to see Batgirl looking down towards Jason with tears falling from her eyes down her mask.
" Kara?"
Looking back down towards Jason's body with her fury rising Kara leans down kissing Jason on the forehead before gently placing his body on the ground. With her hands clutching into tight fists Kara shrugs away Batgirl's hand from her shoulder that causes Batgirl to go flying a few feet back before she raises her head up towards the sky and lets out a scream. A scream that could be heard from miles away. With a laser beam blasting out of her eyes into the air suddenly Kara takes off to the sky above before heading towards Gotham at high speed leaving Batgirl and Batman in the distance. As more and more tears fall from her eyes Kara quickens her pace into Gotham as the image of her enemy enters her mind. The image of the man who killed the man that she loved. The clown prince of darkness himself.
As the old rundown amusement park known to be a hideout of the Joker's coming into view Kara quickens her pace before she lands just outside of the park with a loud thud that causes a small crater to form beneath her feet. Rising up to her feet with clenched fists Kara slowly makes her way inside of the amusement park with one goal in mind. Avenge the man that she loves. As she enters into the amusement park hearing the sounds of the park being slowly powered up Kara jerks her head to the left where she sees 3 men dressed in clown suits with white makeup across their face quickly approaching her. Without giving them a chance to react using her super speed Kara quickly charges towards the hench men sending them flying to the ground with a thud. One by one as each hench men rise up to their feet Kara watches as they quickly begin to attack her with everything they got. Using her enhanced speed Kara dodges each of the thugs attacks before sending a bone shattering punch each of their ways which cause each of the hench men to fall towards the ground with a thud.
With each henchman down for the count Kara continues to march forward into the park when suddenly she jerks her head forward when she hears the sickening sound of laughter. The laughter of her enemy. As her fists get even tighter sending blood trickling down from her hands to the ground below Kara moves into the amusement park with a purpose towards the laughter. With the laughter getting louder and louder by the second Kara stalks over towards a small building labeled as the house of mirrors that she has labeled as the source of where the laughter is coming from when suddenly she hears a sound coming from atop the building. Right as she nears the entrance into the building suddenly the source of the noise is revealed when a female figure suddenly jumps down from atop of the entrance of the building to the ground below.
Knowing that the female in question is Harley Quinn the Joker's main henchman from the way she is dressed without stopping Kara continues marching towards the entrance as she sees Harley revealing a giant hammer from her back. Right as she sees Harley swing the hammer in her direction in a sudden move Kara sends a punch that completely shatters the giant hammer on impact. With a moment to spare from the look of shock and fear across Harley's face using her superior speed in a flash Kara reaches over grabbing Harley Quinn by the neck before slowly lifting her off of the ground. With her anger rising and her grip tightening around Harley's throat Kara stares into Harley's eyes seeing nothing but fear from the woman as she feels Harley trying to free herself from the grip applied to her neck. With a quick flick of her wrist Kara sends Harley flying to the right towards a large ferris wheel when within seconds the sound of a large thud of metal bending across one of the supporting bars echoes through the amusement park.
Seeing Harley down for the count turning her focus back forward slowly Kara enters into the house of mirrors when suddenly the laughing starts up again. As the laughing gets louder and louder through each of the rooms she enters Kara continues her search for The Joker when suddenly she stops when she sees him. Or furthermore many images of the Joker laughing in the mirrors. Focusing on finding the real Joker and not just one of the mirrors looking closely at each mirror Kara looks for the real Joker before she comes to a stop and zooms in at one of the mirrors. Suddenly rearing back Kara throws a punch through the mirror before she finds the object she seeks. Grabbing a tight hold of his shirt with a flick of her wrist Kara throws the Joker into a mirror opposite of her as the sound of glass shattering echoes through the building. As she walks over towards The Joker shattering pieces of broken glass under her feet Kara stalks her way over towards the Joker while he tries desperately to crawl away from her. With her eyes going red Kara sends a laser beam all across the room shattering each of the mirrors causing broken glass to fall and scatter onto the ground across the Joker's body before she hears The Joker let out a scream in pain. Coming to a stop a smile comes to Kara's face hearing the scream before suddenly her smile disappears when she hears the sound of the Joker starting to laugh from the ground. With her fury rising Kara quickly makes her way over towards The Joker before grabbing a tight hold of the Joker's hair. Using her superior strength Kara sends the Joker's head repeatedly into the ground onto the broken glass s causing a large gash to form on the Joker's head.
As she continues to hear the Joker laughing despite the pain she is causing to his body Kara quickly flips the Joker over onto his back before raising up her right hand. Quickly sending her right hand down with force Kara smashes in the Joker's face completely shattering his nose on impact before grabbing him by the collar of his shirt as she sees him giving her a smile. Using all of her strength Kara sends the Joker flying into a nearby wall causing the wall to completely shatter on impact and the Joker's body to land outside of the house of mirrors with a loud thud. Hearing a weak chuckle still coming from the Joker with her fury rising Kara stalks over towards the Joker as a pair of headlights come quickly into view. As she looks over to see the Batmobile quickly parking Kara continues her march towards The Joker when she suddenly stops after she hears the top of the Batmobile open. Turning her attention towards the vehicle Kara watches as Batman and Batgirl pop out of the vehicle with haste before she slowly turns her attention back over towards the Joker. Hearing Batman giving Batgirl the order to go check on Harley in the corner Kara slowly makes her way forward towards The Joker as she feels a pair of eyes watching her.
" Supergirl stop it!"
" No!"
Kara continues stalking her way over towards the Joker as she sees Batgirl running towards the ferris wheel to check on Harley Quinn.
" Kara look around you. Killing this man won't bring him back. Please stop."
Stopping a foot away from the Joker as Kara looks over her shoulder to see Batgirl quickly running over towards them a laugh coming from next to her feet suddenly forces Kara to look down towards the Joker with fire in her eyes.
" You would have been so proud Batsy! Your little Robin gave me such a good fight. Unfortunately for him our little sleep over had to be cut short i'm afraid. You should have seen him. Always fighting until the very end. A fighter just like you. Even when i was given him the punch line with my trusty crowbar. And you Kara. Our sweet little Supergirl. You should have heard him crying out your name. He begged and pleaded for you to come and save him from little old me but you never came. Our little Robin i'm afraid had a little crush on you. Oh you two would have made such a cute couple. But i'm afraid that date with destiny has been canceled."
With her hands forming back into tight fists Kara lifts up her right foot into the air above the Joker's head as she hears a pair of footsteps quickly approaching her.
" No!"
Right as Kara sends her foot down towards the Joker's head suddenly she is speared to the ground by a powerful force. Looking up with fury Kara sees Superman on top of her before he quickly gets to his feet. Making it back to her feet Kara charges back forward towards the Joker when she is caught by Superman.
" Let me go! Let's me go!"
" No cousin. This isn't the way."
" I don't care! He murdered Jason! Let me go!"
As she moves slowly forward trying to scratch and claw her way over towards the Joker on the ground suddenly Kara feels two strong arms wrap around her from behind giving her a hug. With fresh tears falling down her cheeks Kara turns in the embrace as buries her head into Superman's chest before she wraps her arms around Superman returning the embrace.
The next couple days were the longest of Kara's life. As the preparations were made for Jason's funeral including a cover story to how Jason died for the press a story that he had been killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq Kara sat silently inside of Jason's old room inside of the Wayne Mansion as her thoughts were plagued about Jason. With each passing day Kara remained seated on Jason's bed unresponsive to anyone that either walked by the room or acknowledged her until the sad day had come. The day of Jason's funeral.
With a quick trip into Metropolis to change attire Kara slowly made her way into the cemetery where a gathering was taking place. All around the grave of the fallen Robin were many people she had recognized. Mostly because she had fought side by side with these men and woman on the battlefield. Members of both the Justice League as well as few other allies she had made over the years. Allies such as The Green Arrow and The Black Canary. Remaining completely silent with tears free falling down her cheeks Kara listened in for the next hour as each member of the bat family gave a speech paying their respects to their fallen friend. Heartfelt speeches that only caused more tears to fall down her cheeks.
Slowly as everyone scattered away from the cemetery Kara remained glued to her spot staring at Jason's grave until she was the only one remaining at the grave. Taking slow and steady breathes Kara slowly approaches Jason's grave as she wipes away the tears that continue to fall from her eyes still not believing what she is seeing is real. Stopping a foot away from the grave slowly Kara crouches down towards the grave as tears start to fall back down her cheeks.
" I'm so sorry Jason. I should have been there for you."
Reaching up Kara wipes away the tears from her eyes as she stares down towards the grave.
" Jason there is something that i have wanted to tell you. Something that i wanted to tell you the last time we spoke. I was just too scared. Too scared of what could happen to us. But i'm not afraid anymore. Jason, I love you. I love you and will always love you. From now until the end of time my heart will always belong to you."
Slowly rising to her feet Kara turns and starts walking away from the cemetery until she takes one final glance at Jason's grave.
" Goodbye my love."