Title: Lazarus

Rating: T+

Chapter: 1/7

Summary: a Dick/Jason action/humor story. The creature Lazarus has been extracted from the pit by the Court of Owls who have targeted Dick and Jason for a bigger plan.

Author's Note: So, I've been writing a lot of Jason and Dick and this story kinda just formed during all the others. The chapters are short and already written, so I'm just going to put a new one up everyday for the rest of the week. Let me know what you think and I hope you enjoy!

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"I hate when you're in charge of date night." Dick kneed another masked figure in the stomach.

"Just trying to keep things interesting!" Jason threw his opponent to Dick, who took him out with a punch. "Is it working?"

"Beer and hot wings doesn't count as trying to keep things interesting." Dick laughed as he flipped over one of the gang members to kick back another. "Neither does getting attacked in the park."

"Aw." Jason head butted one of the masked men. He crumpled to the ground and Jason turned to Dick. "I thought I got points for spontaneity."

"I believe it was our friends here who were being the spontaneous ones." He grabbed one by the collar. "Who are you guys, anyway?" The man kneed him in the groin and scurried away. Dick winced. "I was just asking..."

Jason sauntered up next to him. "I'm a little disappointed." The other attackers jumped up and ran after the first. " I thought we were having a nice time."

Dick turned his attention to the last man on the ground. "Then let's keep the good times rolling..." He knelt down beside the robed figure. "...And see who we're dealing with."

He pulled back the mask and the man's eyes were open. His teeth were decayed and his flesh was rotted... but he was alive… and awake. Dick jumped back and the figure jumped up and followed the others.

Dick turned to Jason. "Jason… he was a Talon."

-x-

Tracking the Talons was tricky, made trickier by the Gotham's all consuming darkness. But it had rained the night before which gave Jason and Dick light, muddy footprints to follow, all the way to the greenhouse in the center of the park

"Kind of high profile for a Talon hideout." Dick observed as him and Jason crept up to the perimeter. "I'll never understand the bad guys eye for real estate."

Jason wiped the dirt from a window pane and shielded his eyes to look through. "I don't see anything. Bunch of plants... A shovel... " He pulled back. "They must have gone underground." He smiled to Dick. "How am I doing on the date scale, now?"

Dick surveyed the area. "Points for excitement, I'll give you that." He unbuttoned his shirt.

Jason beamed. "Right here, Dick? Well, alright…" He removed his jacket. "I never knew you were so turned on by danger…"

"Then how do you explain my attraction to you?" Dick's Nightwing uniform came into view and he pushed a red mask into Jason's hand. "I brought this for you. It won't offer you as much protection as the helmet but it'll do for ambiguity."

Jason grumbled as he put his jacket back on and smoothed the mask over his face. "I brought protection to, you know…" he muttered to himself.

Dick pulled Jason up as he stood. "Let's move before anymore comes. How's your arsenal?" They trotted to the double doors at the head of the building and they opened with an silence shattering squeal.

"Four… five… six…" Jason held up his gun. "I have six bullets."

"No!" Dick pushed it back down. "No guns! A lot of good it'll do against Talons, anyway."

"Did you think your batons would be more effective?"

"No." They started down the aisle of planters. "I was hoping for more flight than fight."

At the back of the room, there was an open trap door with a ladder descending to darkness. "Well… that doesn't seem conspicuous at all." Jason leaned over and whistled. "I'm gonna say we take a pass."

"Yeah… doesn't work that way." Dick turned on the infrared in his mask and poked his head through the hole. "It's just a storage room, it's all clear."

They filtered through the door and shuffled down the ladder and into the darkness.

"Anything of interest?" Jason asked as Dick looked around.

Dick shook his head. "No, I don't think they came this way."

"Well, guess we better go then." Jason shrugged. He didn't notice the wall behind him split in it's center and open. "Such a shame..." It revealed a room with a hundred attentive occupants. "...that nobody here."

Dick pointed behind him.