Chapter 2

It was a war-zone. The criminals stormed the GCPD base.. The cops we're fighting off the criminals as best they could. Bullets were flying, bodies were dropping. Nightwing and Huntress dropped down from the batwing and engaged the bad guys. The were able to lure away a few of them away from storming the base. Then Batman and Catwoman burst in with the Batmobile. Batman got out and helped Nighting and Huntress fight them on the ground. Catwoman stayed in the car and used the weapons to incapacitate the criminals. Red Hood, Robin, and Batgirl came in on their bikes and used drew some of the fire away from the Batman and the others on the ground. Their bikes also had no lethal weapons.

"Gordon, whats the situation inside?" Batman asked Gordon over the coms. "It's bad. They broke out all the thugs we had locked up. They're armed and are pushing us back. We'll lock the door to the nerve center. We'll try and make a last stand here." Gordon explained. "I'm sending in help. "Batgirl, Nightwing, Huntres, Head inside and help the police fight off the attack. The three of them headed inside. Batman got on Batgirls bike and helped, Robin, Red Hood and Catwoman continue the fight outside.

Inside the nerve center Nightwing, Huntress, and Batgirl entered and spoke with Gordon. We've sealed the door but they're about to bust it down. Do you all have nightvision?" Dick asked. "Yeah why." Gordon asked. "Give as many people as you can night-vision goggles. We're gonna turn off the lights." Nightwing said. The had Oracle cut the power to the building. Once the criminals broke down the door, the cops didn't have to do a thing. Nightwing and the girls took care of it.

Outside the criminals were running scared. They successfully held off the attack. Selina hoped out of the battered car and ran into Bruce's arms. They shared a passionate kiss. "Come on guys. Is now really the time?" Jason asked. Selina held out her middle finger at Jason as she started slipping in some tongue with Bruce. Robin chuckled. "Shut up Tim." Jason snapped.

They locked up the surviving criminals and tagged and bagged the dead. They transported the injured police to the hospital. "Hey Batman, bring the other guys we got something." Gordon said. Gordon escorted them to the interrogation room. "This is Ricky Smith. We found a lot of information in his pockets. He lead the assault. We want to find out why the kingpins all decided to work together to attack us." Gordon said. They figured they would get a quick confession with Robin playing good cop. Red Hood and Nightwing playing moderate cop, and Batman playing horrible cop.

"Why are the biggest crime bosses in the city working together." Batman asked. This guy didn't resist. Not while he had Batman in front of him, Robin standing to his right, Nightwing to his left, and Red Hood standing behind him. "We wanted the commissioner dead. They knew without him the police force would be broken." he answered. "What else do you know?" they asked. "Look this plot runs deeper than you think. They even have people in the GCPD." Ricky said.

Gordon was on the other side listening to all of this. Behind him stood a guy who had been on the force for 4 years. He slowly walked up behind Gordon and stuck his gun in Gordon's back. "You didn't think i'd be that easy did you?" he asked as he pulled the trigger and shot Gordon. He shot him three times in the back. Batman heard the gunshot. He rushed over to the glass and broke it.

Bruce punched the shooter in the face. He then mounted him and began brutally bashing his face in. Dick and Tim grabbed Gordon and rushed him out of the room. Jason stayed with Ricky. Ricky reached at his belt and pulled the pin to a grenade he had hidden. "You will die with me." He said. Jason threw him onto the otherside of the room and tried to cover up. The grenade went off and the interrogation room was filled with smoke. Batman stopped punching the guy and hopped back in looking for Jason. "No! No! Not again!" Bruce growled remembering the first time he lost Jason. As the smoke cleared he saw Jason, he holding the left side of his neck. "Jason! Are you alright." Bruce asked. "It's not that bad. Some shrapnel got me in the neck. Alfred can patch this up. Batman helped Jason up.

As they walked out into the nerve center, they saw everyone gathered around Gordon's body. They removed their hats and bowed their heads. Bruce fell to his knees at Gordon's side. Bruce held the body of one of the few people he called a friend. Gordon was the man who helped Bruce when he was a child dealing with the death of his parents. Now he was the casualty in a war Bruce felt somewhat responsible for.

"I'm sorry Jim." He said filled with sorrow, regret, and rage. How desperately he wanted to kill that bastard he beat up in the other room, but then it would be an even bigger loss for Gotham if he did. Tim shook his head in disbelief. His soon to be father in law, was dead. "How the hell am i gonna tell Barbra." He said holding back tears. "It's okay Jason and I are hear for you and Barb, right Jason?" he asked looking at Jason. Jason was still holding the wound on his neck. He seemed distant in deep thought about something. "You okay?" Dick asked. "Huh, yeah. I'm just.. nothing." Jason stuttered.

They walked out of the building. Bruce collapsed into Selina's arms. "What's wrong?" she asked. "Jim's dead." He said. Selina knew that this was a huge loss for Bruce. He had lost his friend, the man who helped him through his tragic childhood. Stephanie ran into Jason's arm's and checked on his neck. Nightwing and Huntress shared an embrace, while Tim was all alone. He still didn't know how he was gonna tell Barbra

The bikes were all trashed, Dick Tim, and Jason borrowed on the police cars to drive home. Dick was driving, Jason had shotgun, while Tim was alone in the backseat. Jason still seemed pretty distant. The explosion had him pretty rattled. "This cut on my neck from that shrapnel, a couple inches deeper, and it would have hit my jugular. I would have bleed out on the ground like a pig. And no one would give a shit." Jason said. "What the fuck are you talking about. You see the other 2 guys in this car, we're your brothers. Stephanie fucking loves you. Alfred and Bruce would die if he lost you...again." Dick said. "Yeah 5 people would show up to my funeral actually to morn me, the other 3 girls would show up just cause you brought them along. Selina, Helena, and Barbra all think i'm an arrogant jackass." Jason said.

They all sat quietly for a second. "I don't even have a son." Jason said. Dick looked at Jason. "I want a son man. I want a little boy. I love Steph and i want to have a son with her." Jason said. "You know it's never to late for that. Just sit down with Steph and say here's the deal: I want kids. I love you and i want to bring a child in this world with you. You just gotta come out and say it." Dick said. Jason nodded.

"How you doing back there Tim?" Dick asked. "I still don't know how im gonna break it to Barbra." Tim said. "We'll be there to back you up." Dick said. "We got your back." Jason said. Dick looked at Jason and nodded. Jason chuckled. "What?" Dick asked. "Oh nothing, it's just, how well your playing big brother right now. It's just not something i've ever seen you do so well." Jason said. Tim also let out a brief chuckle thinking the same thing. "Hey, you guys are my brothers. I'm just trying to help." Dick said.

They all arrived at the cave a few minutes later. Tim took a deep breath, got out of the car, and went to tell Barbra what happened.