AN: Set after Violet's wounds are healed… sorry I couldn't think of much to do whilst she was injured
I dodged Damian's incoming punch and threw back my own which was quickly deflected before I back flipped onto a nearby crate to gather my senses, Damian did not even blink as he jumped up after me. His brow creased in concentration as he advanced on me, I swept my leg at him and I jumped out of its way. Sweat poured down my brow and he was breathing heavily, we were fairly equally matched. I had to use all of my gymnastic, karate and training from Jason just so I wouldn't get beaten down by this child. In the time that I had lived in the Wayne manor I had mostly kept to myself as every time I left my room I would end up in an awkward conversation with someone. The only one I had really connected with was Tim who helped me to play the odd prank on Damian which of course got me on the demon's bad side.
Jason for the most part had stayed away from the manor as much as he could, the few hours he did visit was to either sleep or talk to me, he seemed to go out of his way to avoid Bruce and I didn't blame him. That man was bloody intimidating but in my defence he is the god-damn Batman.
Using a nearby wall I ran up it, flipping myself over Damian before successfully kicking him in the back sending him to the ground. Taking the advantage, I jumped on top of him, pinning his arms behind his back to prevent him from moving, Damian growled at me in frustration.
"We have a winner" Tim said happily from the other side of the training room. I walked over and he high-fived me, I grinned, grabbing a water bottle from the tray Alfred had set out for us.
"Whatever, I went easy on you" muttered Damian as he stalked from the room, casting a half-hearted glare in my direction, obviously pretty exhausted.
"I'm glad to see you've fully recovered" Said Jason who came to stand next to Tim who now looked kind of uncomfortable. The tension between the two of them was huge, both refused to tell me why but I had my suspicions that they had had a run in in the past.
I smiled nodding, "Look I could do this for hours, there's absolutely no pain at all" I said and I did a handstand. Jason looked at me for a second before the ghost of a smile appeared on his face and he pushed my leg and I fell down.
"No showing off." Said, rolling his eyes and then his eyes scanned the training room. "God I hated this place when I lived here, I always preferred the real thing."
"So do I." I said an obvious hint in my voice and Jason raised an eyebrow sceptically at me.
"Not tonight, I'm closing in on a huge drug ring and I'm going to try to finish them off tonight, I think it might be best if you started another night with something smaller."
I groaned, I was so desperate to get back into the field that I didn't feel as if I couldn't wait another night.
"Come on Jay, I'll try to stay out of the main fight." I begged but Jason was already shaking his head. I frowned, frustrated at both Jason and myself and was about to walk off when Tim piped up.
"Maybe Violet can come with me on patrol tonight, we'll stick to muggers and thieves around Crime Alley, nothing big." Tim said, staring at Jason curiously. Hope lit up in my eyes as Jason looked between the two of us defeated.
"I guess I can see nothing wrong with that but Tim, if anything happens to her I will kill you" Jason replied threateningly but Tim was unaffected by it. I stood there with a stupid grin on my face.
"Thank you Tim!" I exclaimed, bursting with excitement and without even thinking I kissed him on the cheek. Tim stood there stunned and Jason looked…hurt? No, that couldn't be right, Jason could never like me that way… right?. "I'll go change in to my uniform now." I said hurriedly, running upstairs directly to my room.
I changed out of my tank top and shorts and searched through my bags for my costume, I put on my familiar cargo pants and black t-shirt followed by my beloved cape. As I reached in to search for my mask my fingers hit a piece of paper and I pulled it out. It was a newspaper clipping of my parents and I that I had found a week after their murder. We stood there, smiling, my Dad looking down and my mother and I, love filling his eyes. I felt tears slip down my cheeks as I realised how long ago that life felt, rage also bubbled up from a deep dark place within me. I would have my revenge when the time came, Harvey would pay and justice would be achieved.
A knock on my door brought me out of my deep thought and I quickly wiped the tears from my eyes and placing the mask over them before calling for the person to enter. Tim opened the door and paused staring at me oddly before his eyes scanned my room, finally resting on the clipping, a look of understanding came over him, like he knew my pain. Finally he spoke, "Are you ready to go?"
I nodded, noticing finally that he had adorned his Red Robin costume but the hood was currently down. I followed him down to the cave and he finally stopped and grinned at me, "up for a ride on the batcycle?" he asked me and my eyes lit up immediately. I had always had a thing for motorbikes and had constantly admired the batcycle from a distance, secretly wanting to give it a spin.
"Please tell me I can drive" I gushed and ran over to it, jumping straight on it and Tim laughed hopping on behind me.
"How could I refuse you" He laughed and the leaned forward to press a button to open the exit to the cave. I felt his tight muscles against my back and blushed a little.
I started the bike up and smiled as I heard the delightful hum of the engine and I sped out the cave at extremely illegal speeds. It was amazing.
The cool night air whipped in my face and the moon was high above us, It was delightful just to get out of the manor. Finally I turned into Crime Alley and we parked in a dark corner, putting cloak mode on and I turned to Tim, grinning widely.
"That was amazing, don't you think?" I said happily, grabbing my grappling hook, courtesy of Bruce from my belt and turning to Tim.
"For you maybe, I got whipped in the face by your hair for the past 15 minutes." He laughed as I looked a little sheepish.
We used our grappling hooks to get to the top of the nearest building and I took a deep breath of the cool night air, relishing the thought of the night ahead and then turned to Red Robin. "Okay, so what now?" I asked happily.
AN: :) Please review, they make me so happy and eager to write. Also do you guys think Tim likes Violet at all… could something happen there? Opinions… I need them, in the mean time I'll try to write another chapter quickly.