A/N: So sorry for the delay! Holidays were hectic and now I'm having some health issues. :/ However, I will do my very best to keep my stories updated and not leave such a large gap between updates. Now, here's the next drabble in this series and while it's a little short, I honestly couldn't resist. I might actually have to expand this story from just five oneshots if these ideas keep popping up. Anyway, thanks to everyone who reviewed, you guys are awesome and inspire me to write faster! Enjoy!
ARL15: Thank you! I'm glad you like it! I must confess to feeling the same way, Dick is my absolute favorite and I tend to believe he's Bruce's too. I think that's why it's so easy for me to write people seeing it that way!
He'd killed the wrong kid. That much was obvious, though in his defense he'd thought that a self-proclaimed hero like Bats would have cared a little more about all of his protégés. And yes, Batsy had gone a little crazy after the untimely, well really is was perfectly timed, a stroke of brilliance on his part, death of his little sidekick. But then he'd pulled himself back together again and even found himself another little Robin to follow him around. Seriously, where did he get these kids? Was there some sort of sidekick shop that he was unaware of? Because if that was the case then it was completely unfair of Bats to hide that from him, just think of the fun that they could have if they both had sidekicks!
But anyway, back to the killing the wrong birdy issue, which was clearly why Batman was still hinged and not a crazy angry murderer. Obviously he should have gone after the first Boy Wonder instead of the cheap replacement that Bats had produced after the first vanished. Really, had there been some sort of sale going on when Batsy bought the second birdy? Because honestly, something was seriously wrong with that kid, he had no sense of fun! Maybe Bats could get a refund since obviously there was a defect on the second Boy Blunder he'd bought, the kid had gotten himself blown up for goodness sake!
And yet even that hadn't been enough to get Batsy to go dark side, well darker side, which was really quite surprising at the time. Now that the Joker had had some time to reflect on it though, he could see where Bats might not have held the replacement bird in the same regard that he'd held the original. For starters, Bats and the original had worked together much better, the Dynamic Duo as they were called was not Batman and Robin, it was Batman and the original Robin. Second, it was clear that Bats had been much fonder of the first than he was of the second, which Joker didn't really blame him for because the replacement had been just downright rude.
So clearly, in order to really push Bats over the edge, the first Boy Wonder had to die a painful and bloody death. Which was a shame really, since Joker actually kind of liked the kid, why he'd watched him grow up which made him practically an uncle! The kid had a wonderful laugh too, and a sense of humor even if it wasn't quite to the Joker's taste, but at least he tried! It really was just too bad, but if the Bats was to fall then his favorite bird would have to fall too.