... Oooops I did mention it wasn't going to get any better in this chapter right?
For SS-Penguin on Tumblr for my birthday prompts XD
Kon… Kon's dead. Dead and gone like crowbars and explosives.
Kon's dead and Tim doesn't know,
Kon's dead and it's Jason's job to tell him.
"Tim"
It had been a normal mission, a safe mission, one that should have been get in, kill some robots and get out.
But Tim had quit, and, even though he thought Cassie was a good tactician and strategist, she wasn't good enough.
And nothing compared to Tim.
They went in unprepared, overwhelmed and under-armed.
It had been a slaughter, they hadn't had a chance.
And Tim didn't know.
"Jason?"
They had fought valiantly, to the last man… quite literally.
But the robots had had some Luthor backing behind them; they were powered by kryptonite.
Though they Teen Titans didn't know that.
"Jason, what's happened, what's wrong?... Is Bruce, Dick?"
"Bruce and Dick are fine Tim"
"Then who?"
"Tim, I- I think you need to sit down…"
It had taken one shot, straight to the chest of green Kryptonite enhanced rays and Superboy and fallen, just like his teammates,
Though he fell permanently.
"It's the Titans Tim. It's Kon"
In his quick movements Jason was able to catch Tim as his knees failed to hold him up. They younger boy was as white as a ghost, perhaps whiter. He was shaking, so violently that Jason though he may shake himself apart, before the tears started to flow freely down his cheeks.
"How?" his brother managed to gasp through his sobs
"The Toymaker-"
"But Hero got out of that game he- he wouldn't-"
Jason cradled Tim into his chest, one hand rubbing his back, the other making soothing motions through his hair.
"It was a new one; one backed by Luthor and powered by Kryptonite, there was nothing anyone could do"
Tim flung his arms around him and cried into his shoulder and-
It made Jason so angry. Nothing and no one should have been able to make his baby brother break down like this, least of all the fricking clone.
Tim looked up a weary smile on his face, "I'm sorry for using you as a human tissue I- I should be stronger then this… no I-
"I should have been there"