(Riley age 15, Sam age 18)
"JUST SHUT UP AND LEAVE ME THE QUAR ALONE!" He yelled shoving me into the wall, roughly. "But! Sam all I did was-" "JUST SHUT UP! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING FROM YOU TROQ!" He interrupted shoving me back in to the wall. I really wanted to let him know that I was only trying to find something, but I knew better than to speak up again unless I wanted to end up with even more bruises. "CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND? OR ARE YOU TO STUPID TO EVEN COMPREHEND WHAT LEAVE ME ALONE MEANS? DON'T YOU KNOW HOW MUCH BETTER MY LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN IF YOU WERE NEVER BORN?" He continued yelling as he grabbed hold of my throat and lifted me off my feet. I could feel fresh tears forming in my eyes as he shook me a little, still hurling insults and things that would send normal person to jail for endangerment of a life. "JUST GET OUT OF MY WAY, AND GET OUTA MY LIFE!" He yelled as he flung me to the floor. There I sat sprawled on the floor, looking the weakest I had in years," I- I'm sorry Sammy." I whispered as he froze in the door frame. I could tell he was debating on walking out of the room or coming back in and kicking me around some more. "I'm sorry!" I yelled quickly getting to my feet and running to my room. Once inside I locked the door, slid down the frame and pulled my knees to my chest.
My mind was still racing, I couldn't process what had just happened. I mean I was use to villains doing that kinda crap to me but not my big brother. He had only hit me once and that was when I was 3 and he was 6, that had been over who would use the red crayon to color with. Now not only had he struck me he had actually bruised me, yelled at me and hurt me. I just couldn't understand what made him fly off the wall, all I had done was go into his room looking for my bird-a-rang that Nathan had misplaced while playing with it. It wasn't like I'd stolen anything from him or even gotten him in trouble, all I was doing was looking for something of mine which had been lost. I'd never seen Sam like this before, and quiet frankly it scared me. No! Actually it terrified me. For once in my life I feared him, not just the kinda fear a child would have when her older brother saw her steal a cookie, no the kind like when someone has a gun pointed at you and is about the pull the trigger. I carefully felt around my neck and could already feel some of the soreness that would set in for tomorrow and worst of all the dark bruises that would soon follow. How was I going to explain this to Bruce, Tim and Alfred? I didn't want to make him any madder or give him another reason to lose his temper. I was just glad that we had been home alone when this happened. I wouldn't have wanted my boyfriend or my uncle to walk in and send him to Arkham or something.
I looked my arms and neck over, already starting to bruise. "What did I do Sam? What did I do?" I questioned silently, letting the tears spill out of my eyes. "I didn't mean to upset you." I spoke again crawling onto my bed, grabbing my Fullmetal Alchemist Edward Elric plushie and holding it close. I had to come up with an explanation for the cuts and bruises I had on my arms and neck for tomorrow. I go to school then I meet up with Lorna, Tim and Nathan to hang out at the mall. Maybe I could play sick?...No I can't used that excuse too many times already...what if I played hookey? Nah, I'd get caught within the first few hours of my rebel. Well I'll just tell Tim it happened on patrol and Lorna I'll just tell her I just woke up like that...I don't know. I'd come up with something on the spot after all that's the reason I'm not failing my speech class. I sighed walking over to my window and opened it " I just don't know anymore Bat-bat." I spoke as a small black and brown bat flew in and landed on my bed, and squeaked. "Alright, alright I'm going." I laughed a little as I walked towards my bed and grabbed my p.j.'s. (A green tank top with yellow shorts) Bat bat then un-tucked his wing and covered his eyes with it as I proceeded to change. When I finished and was in my pjs I walked over to the bed and got in, "Coming Bato-bato?" I asked. (Bato bato means bat bat in Japanese) "Squeak!" "Well come on your the one who said I needed to go to bed." I responded holding the bed spread open. "Squeak! Squeak!" He retorted flying over to me and snuggling into bed. I stroked the soft fur on top of his head, and then closed my eyes. "Night Bat-Bat." "Squeak, squeak!"
"Hahahahahahaha!" I could hear the wild laughter, I could see my uncle. I looked around nothing but darkness and fear. "Jason!" I screamed through tears. I ran over to him, throwing myself on him and sobbing. "Please don't leave me! Please Uncle Robin! I love you too much! Please!" I was reliving the night all over again? When would I finally find rest? I pondered this as I felt myself being picked up by my throat and tossed aside. "I'm gonna be your best friend!" He laughed hitting Jason over and over and over till his blood covered the R signal on his chest. I could feel more tears coming to my eyes as I saw who once been the joker slowly turn into my brother."Looks there's gonna be a death in the family." Sam laughed running out of the warehouse. "Uncle Robin!" I cried running over to him. "R-rilez...g-go get b-batm-man." He said. "Ok I love you Uncle Jason." I said getting up. "I-i l-love you to-o k-kid."He said as he watched me leave. I couldn't believe it! My biggest enemy turned into my brother!
The ticking must have been driving him nuts...the last few remaining seconds of his life. Tick tick tick tick tock tick tick tick tick tock tick tick tick tick tock. It sounded like his laugh...my brother's laugh now turning into the laugh of the jokers. Everything to my uncle at this point did, he heard the batmobile pulling up he also heard the alarm sound. The alarm of the bomb Batman made it but only a few seconds to late. "JASON!" I yelled as the bomb went off, the whole warehouse went down. "I didn't make it...I'm sorry." I cried falling to my knees. "Robin!" Batman yelled running into the fire once it had died down. After a few minutes of waiting I saw Batman carrying something, it was Jason. "Is he alright?" I asked as my uncle Batman laid him down. "Let's just say he's with his parents right now." I could see a tear in Batman's eyes. I'd never really seen him cry before, and I didn't like it. "Uncle Batman..." I said collapsing into his arms crying. "I miss him." "So do I kiddo...so do I" Bruce said as we watch Jason being carried off.
"Don't worry little sister you'll be joining him and Uncle Bruce shortly." I spun around and came face to face with Sam. "What?" I looked to my right. "Oh my god!" I screamed. "Oh trust me he wasn't easy to kill...and I don't expect you to be either...Robyn." I scanned over the body of my uncle lying covered in blood only a few inches away from me. It appeared as he had tried to get me away before I found the same fate.
"How could you!"
"How could I not?"
"He was your own uncle!"
"What does that change? A man doomed to die is doomed to die." He laughed.
"Your clearly not my brother!" I yelled through tears.
"Oh Trust me Sis. I am. Now come here so I can destroy the one little thing in my life I want gone most." He spoke coming closer and closer towards me with a large Knife he pulled out of no where. A Wild look of murder stretching across his face.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Knock Knock!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Argh!" I shot up straight up in bed, causing bat bat to wake as well. " W-who is it?" I asked afraid it would be my brother coming to attack me like he had the night before. "It's me Rilez." "Oh Tim. Come in." I sighed in relief. "Why are you breathing so hard?" "Oh just a bad dream." "Jason again?" "Yeah." I felt tears pricking my eyes again. "Riley it's been around 8 years now." Tim spoke pulling me close to him. (Which bat bat did not like, as a matter of fact bat bat really didn't like tim) I rested my head on his shoulder, " I know I just can't get him off my mind." I spoke. "It's alright rile- hey where'd you get these bruises and cuts from?" He asked pulling me away from him and scanning me over. "I, uh got hurt during patrol." I lied. " They look like someone tried to strangle you." "Yeah Ace did...but I'm alright now." "Well ok...you'd better hurry and get ready for school before your late." I nodded, Tim then kissed my forehead and left the room. I felt horrible...i didn't like lying to him but I didn't want anything to happen to my brother. Not sure why but I just didn't, even after last night. I sighed then got out of bed to get dress ," Alright bato bato what should I wear today?" I asked my small pet. "Squeak squeak squeak!" He flew off the bed and headed toward my closet. I watched him for about ten minutes before he finally decided on a outfit. "Squeak! Squeak!" I giggled a little. "You know Bato bato I find it funny how I can't ever get my clothes to match yet a bat can." He smirked and covered his eyes with his wings, signaling it was time for me to change. I proceeded to put the White skirt and green and yellow top on, forgetting all about my cuts and bruises which where on perfect display for anyone who chose to look at me.