Chapter 1: New Friend, Crappy Life
"Mom he's waking up!" Jason heard a girl shout his vision was blurry but he could tell she had blonde hair with red streaks going through it, sky blue eyes, and was about sixteen the same age as Jason.
"Where the hell am I?" he asked, "And who the hell are you?" he looked down and asked, "And why am I wearing a Batman shirt?"
"My name is Harleen, you can call me Harley or Harlz your choice, we're in my mom's apartment, and you're in that shirt because I couldn't have a shirtless boy in his underwear and socks on my bed now could I? I'm only sixteen my mom would kill Me." She said walked into her doorway "Mom he's up!" she screamed then shut the door there was the sound of glass shattering.
"What was that?" Jason asked.
"A beer bottle." Harleen answered not even opening the door, "My mom is an alcoholic and my father is at work. He's a doctor."
"Okay. What day is it?" Jason asked.
"July ninth, why?" Harleen asked sitting on her bed.
"I've been missing for five months?! Oh my god… wait how did I get here?"
"I drove you here after I got you out of the warehouse, bombs were set up if I didn't find you… you'd be dead. As dead as Robin."
"I am Robin." Jason said. Harleen turned to him.
"What?" she asked.
"I'm Robin." Jason said a little annoyed.
"You're joking right?" Harleen asked
"I'm not fucking joking I'm Robin. Why the fuck else would a sixteen year old be locked up in a warehouse bleeding out?"
"True but you're too young to be Robin he's at least nineteen." Harleen said.
"He's also Nightwing." Jason explained, "Harley Batman left me to die I quit being Robin I'm going home." He said standing up.
"Won't Bats be there?" Harleen asked.
"No." he headed towards her door.
"Hold on." Jason stopped and looked at her, "I never got your name."
Jason smiled which he rarely dose, "Jason Todd." He said and walked out.
A month passed and Harleen hadn't seen any of Jason and for some reason she couldn't stop thinking about him one afternoon she was walking home from school when she decided to take a shortcut through Crime Ally she heard what happened to the Waynes many years ago but never really thought something could happen to her right after she walked in two men in their thirties, horny and on Viagra tried to mug and sexually harass Harley.
"Hey!" an angry voice shouted all three people looked to see a kid in a brown leather jacket with a red hoodie underneath standing there, "Leave her alone." He said.
"How about no." one of the men said the kid pulled out a Glock and removed his hood to be Jason Todd.
"I said leave her the fuck alone" he pulled another Glock on the other man and said, "if you don't I'll shoot you both where you stand." One man shoved Jason to the ground he used the momentum of the shove to do a backwards somersault onto his feet he saw they were still harassing and starting to undress her so Jason shot both men point blank in the back of their heads, "C'mon I'm escorting you home." He said.
"Don't have to tell me twice." Harleen said adjusting her clothes so they are on properly, "How'd you know how to do that?" she asked.
"Growing up on the streets. I didn't have a choice but to learn how to." Jason said.
"You grew up on the streets!" Harleen said shocked, "So when you say home you mean…"
"An abandoned apartment." Jason said. There was a long silence when they reached the Quinnzel house Harleen spoke.
"Thanks." She said blushing, "For saving me, I can believe now that you were Robin."
"I'm going to need help eventually when I want to "return from the dead" will you be willing?" Jason asked.
"Of course." Harleen said she pulled out a piece of paper and wrote some numbers down she handed the paper to him, "If you ever get a cell phone call me." She kissed him on the cheek, "Bye."
"She's a nice girl… crappy life though." Jason said as he walked away.
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