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Who Was He?
Who was the weird zombie Jason Todd? And how the hell was she going to hide him when she was now going to have to deal with not one, not two, but THREE nosey bats living in the Tower. Raven didn't know and she found herself on week three of hiding Jason sitting in her room bouncing her knee, biting her thumb as she thought this over. It wasn't like she could just toss Jason out on the street, he wasn't a puppy, and he wasn't some harmless little kitten, however he was a human being and he had some really bad things hiding in his closet which seemed to weigh on him at times.
The rest of the time he was maddening! She'd never met a more infuriating creature than him.
Not even Dick and Gar could drive her as insane as Jason did. And right now she was thinking of what to do with him as he lay out on her floor reading and his scars standing out in the afternoon sunlight since he didn't have another shirt.
It kind of made her wonder who he was.
But then she remembered the Lazarus pit and Raven really didn't want to know who he was.
Still, who was he? Really?
Was he the façade of Red X? Red Hood? Robin? Jason Todd? Or someone else entirely. She shook her head of these thoughts and she sighed as she dragged her hands through her hair.
"What is it?" he suddenly tensed, and she felt his flight response kicking in and she relaxed as she stared passively at him. Jason was ready to bolt, he was scare, he was wary of her, and he was ready to run. And for as maddening of a mystery as he was, she didn't want him to run alone. She did knew what being scared and alone was like and she wouldn't wish that on him.
"Your brothers, Dick, Tim, and Damian are officially moving into this Tower, and that means I've got to figure out what to do with you," she said pointedly.
"Let me go…?" he suggested.
"You're not a prisoner here, Jason, as I've proven on numerous occasions, you're free to go. You just haven't left, and as your… whatever this is, I'm now trying to look out for you," Raven said. She wasn't willing to call them friends, but she wasn't willing to say they were acquantiences either; for Azar's sake she had seen him naked!
"I…" he started.
"You don't want to, that's fine, but you cannot live here with three nosey bats if you want to remain secret," she warned.
He frowned and sighed.
"I've got it!" she snapped her fingers and hopped up. "Do you trust me?"
"Uh…"
"I'll take that as a yes," she said and hurried out of there as fast as she could before he could argue with her. she lightly knocked on Victor's door.
"Rae!?" he appeared then looking shocked.
"Hey Vic, can I borrow you for a minute, I just… come on!" she dragged him along to her room and opened the door, Jason wasn't in sight but that was alright, she could feel him hiding overhead.
"I've got a secret, and I need you to trust me and keep it," she said carefully.
"What is it Rae?"
"You have to prmise come pain of death you will not breath a word of this to anyone, no digital trail either, and you won't freak out," she said pointedly enough for Jason's ears.
"Yeah, yeah, I promise, now what is this about?" he sighed.
"Jason," she called out and the young man dropped from her ceiling, Victor jumped and Jason looked the other man over. "Victor, meet Jason Todd, Jason, meet Victor Stone. Vic, I need papers."
"For WHAT!? And Isn't He Supposed To Be Dead!" Victor gasped.
"We'll discuss that issue later, papers Vic," she said firmly.
"I'm allergic to death," Jason said wryly.
"Uh… yeah, sure," Victor nodded dumbly. Rae, how are you going to hide this from Bats?" he asked her.
"Well that's why I need the papers, I'd like the name Angelia Roth," she said. It was her mother's earth name, not that anyone knew that. "Jason, name?"
"Huh… Jason… Jason Peters," he said.
"Excellent, I'm moving out of the Tower Cy," she smiled sweetly.
"But…" Victor gaped.
"Thanks Vic!" she said and the giant merely nodded as he left and Raven turned on Jason. "Jason Peters, I'm your roommate, Angelia Roth," she said.
"Wait…? What?" he blinked.
"You can keep Red Hood and Red X, I'm not your warden, but you're not leaving, I can't keep you here unless you like hiding under the bed," she sighed.
"You're…"
"I've lived with you for the last three weeks Jason, I'm sure I can handle being your roommate," she dismissed.
"Huh."
"Glad you see it my way," she nodded and walked back to her bed to meditate. She wasn't kicking him out. she wasn't capable of that. But he wasn't leaving and this was her compromise so she didn't have to deal with nosey bats. It would be for the best.
She cracked her eye open at him looking confused.
"What?"
"You're… helping me, again."
"Yes, I offered you help and you have my help. But I'm going to ask for things in exchange Jason," she warned. She would build up a trust system with him. that would work. Alright, she wasn't certain that'd work, but she was certain that it was a wise move.
"What sort of things?" he asked carefully.
"Like you put the seat down on the toilet, help with the cleaning, we're roommates, I'm not your maid," she warned carefully.
"Okay, anything else?"
"Yes, you're not going to interfere with my Titans work and I won't interfere with whatever it is you do," she promised. "I'm offering to be your friend Jason and as I don't have many of them, and I know you don't either I think you'd better take the offer."
"Who are you?" he blinked.
"Who are you?" she countered and he had a lost look then. Who was Jason Todd? Raven didn't know, but she had a feeling she was about to find out.
That's all for now folks.
Enjoy Calm in the Storm.
