I totally fucking forgot to give you guys the playlist that I promised. Sorry, I've been to busy writing this story that I forgot to put it. So, I'm gonna put it in my little end card. Also, I know that I said that this isn't an Arkham Knight AU, but I did add some lines from the game because I just finished replaying the whole game as a bet from a friend. So... don't judge me. Enjoy Chapter 7!
"Please Master Bruce, I just stitched up your bullet wound. You should rest for a bit." Alfred said trying to lean Bruce back on one of the beds in the med bay.
Bruce had gotten shot in his side and Alfred had managed to pull out the bullet and stitch back up the skin. Bruce refused to take any kind of anaesthetic for the pain and he even refused to take any painkillers when he was finished. "I'll rest when I find out that Jason is okay." Bruce told his friend, still attempting to sit up.
Tim and Dick were watching him and standing right next to his bed, watching as Bruce was still trying to sit up and leave. "Bruce, please..." Dick said. "You need to relax. Just rest for the night. We could look for Jason in the morning."
"Jason might not have that kind of time." Bruce said, finally pushing Alfred off of him and climbing out of the bed. "I need to find him and I need to find him quickly. Joker might be torturing him."
"Master Bruce, you're hurt. I do not want you to hurt yourself even more just trying to find Master Jason." Alfred retorted. "I know it hurts... finding out that Master Jason is alive."
"Yes Alfred." Bruce said, walking over to the Bat computer. "It does hurt. It hurts like hell knowing that my son is alive. And not only that, it hurts even more knowing that I couldn't keep him safe from the wrath of The Joker."
Before Alfred could say anything that could make Bruce feel better, the Bat computer started to ring. Bruce looked over at it and then back at Alfred, motioning him to leave. Alfred nodded and left so that he was out of sight to whoever was calling Batman. Bruce walked over and clicked on the button to allow the call to pull through. The surprising part was who was giving the call. "Hello again Bats!" Joker's voice said sing songy, his face was super close to the camera. "I gotta say, it kind of surprises me how you and your other birds escaped tonight. Yet you didn't come back for poor little Jay. Sad. So Sad."
"What the hell have you done with my son?!" Bruce yelled at the screen. "Where's Jason?!" Joker moved away from the screen and then Jason was visible. He was no longer in his old tattered uniform. Instead, he was wearing black body armor and a light brown leather jacket. His long hair had seemed be cut and back in In his hand was a bright red helmet. Jason's bruised eye looked a little lighter in shade. "Say hi to daddy Bats son!" Joker's voice said.
"He is not your son!" Bruce yelled.
"That's where your wrong Bruce." Jason spoke next. Jason looked up at the camera, but it felt like he was staring into Bruce's soul. "You didn't even look for me. You could have found me if you tried. Don't all the fucking people in Gotham call you the world's greatest fucking detective?! That's rich. That's fucking hilarious!"
Joker and Jason then started to laugh together in unison, making Bruce wince. Tim and Dick were watching and listening, tears forming in their eyes. They never thought that Jason would actually break and join The Joker. "Jason... Jason please don't do this. Just... just hold on just a bit longer."
"I'm done waiting... Batman." Jason said, allowing The Joker to wrap his arm around his neck. "And let me tell you something right now... I will not rest until you pay for what you've done to me. Joker didn't do this. No... it was you."
"Jason..."
"Don't call me that! It's not who I am!" Jason yelled. "It's not Jason. It's not Robin. My name is Red Hood. That's all you will ever call me."
Joker laughed and looked at the camera. "Kid's not yours anymore. He's mine. Mine, mine, mine... for the taking! And let me tell you... Red Hood and I are going to do wonderful things together. Many wonderful things."
Jason pulled over his red helmet, while The Joker pulled out a handgun and handed it to him. "Go on son."
Jason took the gun, loaded and shot the camera, ending the video stream. All Bruce could do is just stare at the black screen. Dick and Tim were in shock, tears were streaming down Dick's face. Alfred couldn't look at the screen once Jason had come on. He left before things escalated. Bruce then screamed in frustration and slammed his fists on the keyboard. He fell down to his knees and started down at his knuckles. He was too late. He couldn't save his son. "Bruce..." Tim started.
Bruce stood up, but didn't bother to look at his two son's. "Dick, go back to Bludhaven. Tim, go with him and make sure that the two of you are safe."
"Bruce, we are not just going to-" Dick was cut off my Bruce.
"I am not going to let my other sons become a target by Joker. What happened to Jason is my fault and I'm going to take full responsibility. Which is why you're both off duty."
"So that's it? You're just going to leave us alone?" Tim asked.
Bruce finally turned to face his sons. "You'll have each other. And once this is all taken care of, I promise that everything will go back to normal."
"So... so that's it. You're just going to leave us... with each other. However you say it... you're leaving us alone." Dick said.
"I won't lose you two." Bruce said. "Please... just go."
Tim and Dick gave each other a look. Bruce turned around and shook his head in defeat. "No." Bruce turned around to face Tim, who was standing right in front of him. "I'm sorry Bruce... but no."
"Tim..."
"No Bruce. I remember how depressed you were when we lost Jason. I remember how upset you were. And it's coming back." Tim grabbed Bruce's shoulder. "You made bad decisions back then Bruce. We all did." Tim looked back at Dick for a moment before continuing. "Leaving us alone is just as bad as leaving Jason alone Ethiopia. Okay? Don't leave us in the dark. You don't have to do this alone Bruce. We're family."
"We're going to get Jason back... together." Dick said, walking to Tim and Bruce. "We're going to make Joker pay, alright?"
Bruce looked at his two sons and gave them a smile. "Let's go get our Jason back."
"Are you sure this is going to work Jay?" Joker asked, twirling around like a ballerina.
"I wouldn't have given you the idea if I didn't think it would work." Jason replied, a bit irritably.
He had a plan to lure Batman to him and get his revenge. Batman would come to the Wayne Enterprises rooftop in a matter of minutes. When he did... well... what's the fun in telling you. "I gotta say Jay Jay... I never thought that just one night in bed with you would finally change your mind about joining me. If I knew that would have been the trick, I would've done it years ago.'
"Shut up Joker." Jay said, pulling off his helmet for a moment. "I only have one condition. When they come... I get to kill them."
"I have no problem with that Jay!" Joker said, laughing hysterically for a while before turning to look at the view of Gotham. Joker was thinking about all the wonderful, wonderful things that Jason and him could do together. Rob banks, hold mayors hostage. Joker was happy now that he finally had a protege to teach. He was always jealous of how Batman could easily find Robin's, and he always wanted a miniature Joker at his side and now he finally had one. Sure... the road was long and hard to finally get him to agree, but it was worth it in the end. Like college. "So, I was thinking..." The Joker started. "Maybe once we're done murdering that Bat and his birdies, maybe you and I could-"
Joker never finished his sentence. Jason hit him hard over the head with the handgun. Joker fell to the floor, blood trickling from his temple as he lost consciousness. Jason twirled his gun around and looked at his unconscious kidnapper and rapist. "You know Joker... I gotta say. I do like the name. Red Hood. Has a nice ring to it." Jason grabbed the unconscious clown and dragged him away from the edge of the roof and to the middle of it. "It would be so easy to kill you right here. Right now. So fucking easy... but I'm not gonna do that, no. I'm to make you suffer. Just like you made me... suffer.
"And when Batman comes with Nightwing and that Robin replacement motherfucker... they're going to witness your suffering. I'm going to force them to watch. And then... I'm going to make them suffer. To subjecting me to your FUCKING torture every goddamn day for five years. Oh, you were right Joker. This sure is one fun fucking family reunion! LIGHT THE FIREWORKS!" Jason yelled, laughing. Joker had done it without even knowing. He had broken Jason. He had turned Jason crazy. He made Jason into a miniature Joker. It was a nightmare.
Bruce had changed into his bat suit while Dick and Tim dawned their uniforms. They didn't want to, but the re watched the video of The Joker and Jason, hoping to get some kind of identification of where they were. "Look!" Tim said, pointing at something in the distance. Dick paused the video and Bruce looked to where Tim was pointing. "That's Wayne Manor."
"So what does that mean?" Dick asked.
"How many buildings do you know is tall enough to see Wayne Manor?" Tim said.
"Not many." Bruce said. "There's about three. There's two hotels and Wayne Enterprises."
"I doubt that Joker would waste his time with hotels." Dick said. "But I don't think this is Joker."
"Dick's right." Bruce said. "If Joker wanted to make a point, he would have told us where he was. He wouldn't leave us guessing."
"Then who could be planning this?" Tim asked.
It only took a few seconds for Bruce and Dick to meet eyes and say: "Jason."
"Jason is the kind of person to make a plan like this. He chose Wayne Enterprises as the rendezvous point and he gave us an obvious clue. This is Jason's plan." Dick explained.
"Then... Jason didn't really join The Joker. It's all just a big ruse. He's trying to tell us where he is so we can rescue him." Tim said.
"I doubt it." Bruce said, zooming in on Jason's face. "I know Jason. More than Dick. His eyes always get bloodshot when he's dead serious. That was always how I could tell if he was lying to me. He might not have joined The Joker... but he does want to get revenge. On me and... Joker."
"We need to get up there now!" Dick said. The three of them put on their masks and ran over to the helicopter. This was the night. The night that Jason would be coming home and Joker would pay.
I know that this chapter was a little short, but I wanted to leave some room for the playlist. So here it is! I hope you all legitimately take some time to listen to all the songs and let me know if you like the songs. Okay. Enough talking. Here's the playlist!
Stripped Away Playlist:
1.) Beating Heart by Ellie Goulding
2.) Sirens by Rudy Mancuso & Maia Mitchell
3.) Mansion by NF
4.) Home by Machine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors & Bebe Rexha
5.) It's Over, Isn't It by NateWantsToBattle
6.) Bend You Till You Break by TryHardNinja
7.) Don't Leave (Remix) by Ben Woodward
8.) Requiem by Laura Dreyfuss, Michael Park & Jennifer Laura Thompson
9.) Future Friends (Brian Roberts Choir Remix) by Superfruit
10.) New World by Charice
11.) Everything Will Be Okay by G-Eazy featuring Kehlani
12.) Liquor by Chris Brown
13.) From Now On by Hugh Jackman & The Greatest Showman Ensemble
14.) Enemy Fire by Bea Miller
15.) Wilson (Expensive Mistakes) by Fall Out Boy
16.) Wicked Always Wins by Rebecca Mader
17.) Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Lorde
18.) Control by Halsey
19.) Cry Baby by Demi Lovato
20.) Till The Day I Die by TobyMac featuring NF
I hope you guys take the time out to listen to the full playlist and let me know what you think! Remember to share, favorite, follow and review and I'll see you when I see you!
