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Four: The Pits Hurt like a B*tch!
Jason tapped his finger impatiently on the bedside and the bite the corner of his lip. Tim glared at the body snatcher and glanced around the room, noticing the hidden camera in the corner and sighed.
They would never be able to talk to each other the cameras in the room.
"Can you disable the camera so we can talk in private or can you leave the room so we can talk?" Tim asked and Jason rolled his eyes at this, chuckling under his breath.
"Fine. Do you have any other brilliant ideas?" Tim said and Jason glared at the teen, really wanting to flip off the teen, "Ok then. I'll go look around and see if Zantana can possibly see me and help us out." Jason's eyes widen and opened his mouth to say something but quickly closed it, an annoyed expression replacing Tim's (body) features.
Tim rolled his eyes before disappearing without another say and Jason waited for a while to do anything then grabbed the tray next to him full of food. He tossed it at the door and swore, "GOD DAMN IT!"
He panted for breath and gripped his knuckles tight before taking a deep breath, running his hands through his hair and turned his face into the pillows.
I never wanted to be back like this! The kid doesn't deserve for me to go and take his body like a possession!
Tim moved through the doors and chambers of the Hall of Justice where Zantana was currently residing and he glanced around, not knowing where she was.
"Now where could she be?" he asked himself and then suddenly a gasp of heard behind him. He turned around and saw the shocked face of Zantana stare at him with a confused expression across her face. She stared at him now shaking in what he hoped to be confusion.
"R…Robin?" she whispered and he released a sigh of relief.
"Thank god you can see me." He said and looked around before pointing to a room, "Can we talk in private so no one can think you're crazy?" She nodded at this before pulling out a cell phone and pretended to dial someone.
"Yeah so, what's going on?" she asked and Robin smirked at her idea.
"Well, you know the previous Robin, right?" he said and Zantana slowly nodded at this, a hint of a frown on her face.
"Yeah…when he…went away, Nightwing was stricken with grief and got really violent but anyway, yeah I knew the kid, he was really cocky and had a mouth on him." She stated and smiled at this from remembering Nightwing teasing the boy when he was around tons of girls, "But how dies relate to…whatever is going on with you?"
"Well, he suddenly appeared in front like how I am right now before I assigned to the mission. He just talked a lot and told me that he's been following me for a while now. Then we went on the mission and some thugs had gotten to the roof so once we beat them, I didn't realize that I got hit. So next thing I know, everything starts to go black and I faint and wake up floating next to my own body that I can't seem to go back in. And it also turns out that the previous Robin had switched places with me when I got knocked out so now he's in my body while I'm floating around." He explained and Zantana blinked at his speed before rubbed her chin.
"I'll go visit him to go see the situation then go looking around in one of my books to see if I can reverse the situation. See you later." She said and closed the phone, a small smirk on her face that had Tim worried about what she would do to Jason.
Jason sighed and taped his fingers against the hospital bed frame, his patience wearing thin from his successor not arriving back with Zantana. He scowled and then the suddenly burst open, Zantana came in with a large smile on her face. She opened her arms and wrapped him up in a hug, shocking the previous Boy Wonder and moved his face close to her breasts.
"Good afternoon, Robin!" she exclaimed and he blushed red at this before she released him, "I heard you finally woke up so I rushed all the way over here to go see how you're doing."
"Uh…good afternoon to you too, Zantana?" he questioned and then Tim floated right next to her.
"Stop tormenting Jason, Zantana." Tim said and she took a quick glance to him, ignoring the Boy Wonder before turning back to Jason.
"How are you doing, kid?" she asked and he scowled, an annoyed expression came across his face.
"Ok besides the current situation." He said and she nodded at this before she whispered something under her breath that only Jason could hear.
"Saremac eht elbasid." She whispered then the two Robins blinked at this before she turned to Tim, "I was not tormenting Jason, Tim. I was being friendly to seeing an old friend."
"Did you disable the cameras?" Jason asked and she nodded at this.
"Yep. Now lets see if I can find out what happened to cause you two to switch." She replied and placed her hand on Jason's forehead.
Then suddenly Jason and Zantana were all engulfed in a bright light.
"YOU LET ME DIE!"
Zantana's eyes shot open at this and looked around to see red everywhere. She blinked at this and turned around to see Jason Todd hugging his knees to his chest, hiding his face. She walked to him and quietly asked, "Jason, are you ok?"
He shot open and her eyes widen at the sight of him bloody, bruised and broken along with a mad look in his bright blue eyes.
"HOW COULD YOU LET ME DIE?!"
He screamed at her and she backed away when he launched at her, snarling and grabbed her wrists, he forced her to the ground and placed his hands around her neck, her eyes wide at his attack and started choking. She managed to prey his hands off her throat for a second so she could say a spell.
"Nibor, nwod mlac!" she exclaimed then the room drained of red and turned white along with Jason now looking healthy and his mask covering his eyes. He held a shocked expression over his face then said, "What's going on?"
She panted for breath before glancing back at the previous Robin and narrowed her eyes at the fact that he couldn't remember what just happened seconds before.
She would have to look it up later.
"Nothing but we need to get you out of Tim's body, you don't belong there and your soul could damage it if you stay to long in it." She stated and his eyes widen behind the mask before shot up, ready to move out.
"Then get me out! I didn't mean to hurt the kid intently!" he exclaimed and she nodded at this, giving a little smile at the teen for knowing he really didn't want to possess the kid for being Robin so quick after his own death.
"Don't worry about it, Robin. I've got it handled." She said and pressed a hand against his forehead before closing her eyes again and everything started to glow again.
Zantana snapped up again and she gasped when she looked around to see Tim laying asleep and no random spirit floating around. She gulped and shrugged Tim a little bit before his eyes shot open behind his mask and started coughing.
"Hey! Are you ok?!" she exclaimed and Tim slowly nodded, his breath returning to normal and looked around to see if he could find Jason.
"I'm fine…" he said and Zantana smiled at this, placing a hand gently on his shoulder.
"Jason must have moved on then if we either can't see or hear him. How about you get some more rest and we'll talk about this later?" she suggested and he slowly nodded at this, knowing it was very unlike due to Jason's nature, before closing his eyes again, "Night, Robin."
Jason's eyes snapped open and looked around to see glowing green water bubble inches from his face. He blinked at this and something seemed really omniscience about the lake before the next thing he knew a large burning sensation spread across his right hand. He opened his mouth to scream and it echoed throughout the place and water where it made waves from it.
"AAAAAAHHHHH!" he screamed and then quickly shut his mouth by biting his tongue down hard enough if he was alive it would start bleeding. He closed his eyes for a second then opened it back up to see his own closed face staring at him, pale cheek bones and his eyes closed also his hair flat against his head while he also wore a black suit and tie.
"Did anything happen to the boy?"
Jason snapped around to face the voice and glared at the villain wearing a high collared green cloak with large golden buttons the shined brightly while his imposing green eyes looked down at the suit and tie Jason. He stood tall and imposing and glided over to the other Jason, before moving his gaze down to his right hand where green water stuck it and looked better than normal.
"We only dipped his hand in. We did not want to damage the body if there was any large harm from the Pits." Someone else answered and Jason slowly started to realize what was going on with his eyes going large behind the mask.
Ra's al Ghul was trying to resurrect him.
But how the hell did he get his body and where the hell was the Pits anyway?
Then Ra swiped the Pits off his body's hand and without another thought his vision disappeared into a white light.
Nightwing tapped his fingers against his laptop and stared at the short video footage of a shadow moving throughout Gotham cemetery where his brother lay to rest in a few short minutes. He scowled and gripped his fists tight at thought of anyone disturbing the grave than someone knocked on the door, causing him to shot up and yell out, "In a second."
He closed his computer top and placed it on the bed before checking to see who was at the door through the little peephole and saw Tim. He blinked at this and thought about how Bruce recommended that he lay low for the rest of the week. He opened the door with a smile and greeted the teen, "Hey, Robin! What's going on?"
Tim didn't answer before sliding past him and shoved him back inside to Nightwing's shock.
"Hey, are you ok?" he asked and Tim opened his mouth to say something then shut the door behind him.
"I think you and Batgirl are hiding something from me." He stated and Dick raised an eyebrow at this.
"Like what, Tim?" he questioned the third Robin while taking note that he definitely seemed paler than normal and could image there was bags under his eyes.
"What really happened to Jason Todd."
The question shocked Dick and his eyes grew large behind his sunglasses, his suspension growing at the rate of Tim's weird behavior.
"What brought this up?" he whispered and Tim sighed.
"After I passed out, I started thinking about what caused exactly caused Jason to die from being Robin." Tim answered but lied throughout some of the answer since he was curious about exactly why Jason was haunting for such a short time without harming him also. Dick bite his lip at this and knew he couldn't leave the teen hanging or not answer the question at all or he would pull something to get the information himself.
"Listen, Tim…" Dick began and licked his lips and got ready to speak until Jason appeared out of nowhere with a worried look crossing his face. Tim hadn't notice that Dick was already to speak when Jason already spewed out something.
"Kid! You have to get everyone on board for this! It's really important! Something bad will really happen if nothing is done! Not end of the world bad but not necessarily good either!" Jason exclaimed and Tim's hand twitches when Jason continued to blab about whatever evil he was talking about.
"So do you understand why you're always with so much precaution now?" Dick said and Tim blinked at this before nodding, realizing he missed everything his predecessor mentioned.
"Yeah, thanks, Dick. I'll keep it a secret from everyone else but I've gotta go. I'm meeting someone today for my dad." Tim lied and Dick nodded at this, realizing that he was lying to him but would find out later what was going on with the third Robin. Tim bolted out of the room without another say and stomped out of there, really annoyed at Jason for talking so much.
"Ok, what is it?" he whispered under his breath and his face towards the floor so no cameras would catch him speaking to air.
"Well, when I got pushed out of your body I got transported to the Lazarus Pits." Jason stated and Tim halted to a stop, his eyes growing extremely large at the fact of the infamous Lazarus Pits being mentioned.
"Then next thing you know my hand is burning like Hell. And I mean it literally, kid. It was the worse pain I ever felt before and probably matched how I felt when I died though. After a minute it stops and I look aside to see something very interesting make a guess." Jason said and Tim narrowed his eyes, looking at him as if he were joking.
"My body was right up in my face with my hand being dipped in the Pits." He said and Tim's eyes went large at the fact, "And guess who else was there to help with being dipped in it? The infamous Ra's al Ghul was there for the whole thing when it was said that he died."
Tim nodded at this and knew Ra would come back since he had the Pits…
But why and how did they get Jason's body?
"Kid, I think they're to resurrect me and you need to stop it."