Jason sat on the edge of the coffee table, taking a small sip of the beer before her let it side from his hand until he was only holding the very top with the tips of his fingers. The room was almost silent except for Roy`s ragged breathing on the couch, the patter of rain on the windows and every so often the loud crack of thunder outside.

Only a few days had passed, Catwoman had come and gone and he had stayed here, with Roy...in silence.

He was alone with his thoughts and he hated it. the only real company he had was Roy who woke up three or four time a day before passing out, and most the time he joked about how Jason looked worried, the more he was alone the more his mind seemed to speed and race and do semi flips. It was irritating. he leaned forward pinched the bridge of his nose as hard as he could with out breaking his nose.

Jason jumped to his feet and threw the bottle at the wall behind him in frustration, his head snapping to Roy as he moaned in pain in his sleep. "It`s my fault."

If he had been faster, if he hadn't gone to get Catwoman first, if he never made this stupid dynamic duo team then he wouldn't be losing pretty much the only person that really was there for him.

He was sitting her watching his friend die while he waited up on someone who might never show, and he trusted her because? She used to hook with Bruce? She was some what like him to confused to know where they stood or maybe he was just getting week? Soft. Helpless.

Never! When he had become the person to let others do stuff for him? Why should he listen to some one who double crossed people more than two-face did?

Jason took a few steps over to Roy and helped him sit up. Roy coughed raggedly looking at him with tired eyes, "Wha?"

"Come on Roy, lets go get you some help." Jason said patting Roy`s shoulder.

XXXXX

Jason shoved the door open his clothes soaked from the rain outside, he didn't bother to try and close the door but it did it on it`s own and Jason practically dragged Roy over to the examination table and helped him up. This woke the Archer up a little but not by much. Roy muttered something but ended up in a gagging fit, quickly Jason pulled a air mask over his mouth.

IT must have helped because Roy took the biggest breath he could before he even tried to speak. "Where...are...we?" he asked threw shallow breaths. Jason looked around the small medical room and then back to Roy, "Dr. Leslie Tompkins is someone who can and will help you, be respectful and do what she says."

"Yes...Mother." Roy chuckled coughing againg the sound muffled by the mask.

"Who`s there!" Jason spun around and pulled out his gun pointing it at the door as the lights flashed on. Jason narrowed his eyes and held onto the gun as Leslie dropped her keys, "Jason?"

Jason blinked he was still pointing his gun...at Leslie, what was he doing! He threw the gun onto the counter like it was some disses and turned to her, "Hi."

"Your-," She tried to say but couldn't finished, He nodded, "It`s me," He smiled genuinely, something that felt good to do after a long time. He took a few quick steps over to her and placed a hand on her upper arm, "Leslie, I need your help, I promise I`ll explain everything, but." He gestured to Roy and she looked up at him her face a sorts of emotions, but she would never turn a patient down.

She took a quick sample of Roy`s blood and looked at it, "It`s like your said, the fear toxin but there's something else, it`s keeping it there in his system, usually I dies out."

Jason walked over to her, "Catwoman was talking about experiments with venom, what about that?"

She nodded, "I can give him a few things that Arkham Doctors used on the patients after Joker drugged his own men a few years back, that seemed to work on the venom and a simple, little stronger than usual Scarecrow antidote will do to clear his system."

"Thank you." Jason nodded in relief leaning against the wall his shoulders finally losing a bit of their stress. The room was completely silent as Leslie held Roy`s arm gently and gave him a hand full of shots, she gave a three layer bandage to the wound Selina sewed on Roy`s side and made sure there was not later infection before she walked over to him and looked him over and smiled.

"You got taller."

"6,2." Jason smiled and Leslie chuckled and wiped one eye with the back of her hand, "You know it was a month after you..." She swallowed, "Before I even knew, Nightwing told me, right there and then I knew that, you should have stayed with me, but I was to busy at the time and Bruce was much better at it then I ever will be, I`m sorry Jason." she sniffled looking at him, "I should have never let you go with Bruce if I knew this is how you would turn out."

"I didn't turn out so bad." he smiled half heartedly, but he was kidding himself. He died, usually that's the end, story over, but no he`sstill he and from his perspective her got the short end of the stick.

"No, you didn't," She smiled sweetly, "I`m proud of you Jason."

"No your not Leslie, how could you be." He said looking away.

She shook her head frowning, "No, don't you even think for a second that I couldn't be proud, I wont lie to you Jason Todd, you have made...questionable choices but you made it so far from that beat up boy that I found out side this door, you are still standing and for that I am proud of you. don't think I wont be."

Jason smiled running a hand threw his black hair, how could he ever repay her? For every thing she`s done for him? In reality she was more of a mother to him then his actual mother.

Leslie wiped her eyes again, "I missed you Jason."

"I missed you to." He said, she hugged him tightly and he hugged her back closing his eyes. for now this is where he wanted to be.

XXXXX

He had never really forgotten what it was like to sleep with his back to a wall, either way the night`s rest gave him the energy he needed for the next day. Roy hadn't woken up yet and Leslie said it was normal and his body was adjusting to the antidote while he thought Roy was just being a lazy ass and sleeping. he couldn't blame him, this was the first break they`ve had in months, non-stop work. sure it was fun, their war on crime and all but when they planed all day and worked all night the usual nessisarities such as eating, bathing and sleeping were thrown out the window.

What happened to Roy was a close call. To close, it made him wonder if this team thing wasn't working. That going at it alone was better than having to work with some one. Having to watch out, maybe being alone was the only thing to keep the people in his life alive. If so then, he was fine being alone.

Jason sat down on the roof of the building roof and watched the sun rising. The golden streaks stretched over the sky like slashes only being broken by flat light gray clouds. The psychos this city deserved each other.

"out of all places I never would have excepted to see you here."

Jason looked to see Roy climbing the small latter onto the roof, he walked over and sat down beside him with a deep sigh, "So..."

"So." Jason said quietly lost in thought, "Hey Roy."

"Yeah?" Roy asked blinking calmly at him. Jason ran a hand threw his greasy raven hair, "I`ve got a few things to do...out of town."

"Cool, this place is getting kind of depressing." Roy smiled leaning back on his hands and taking a big sigh, "Where are we going."

"Me."

"What?"

Jason turned his head to face Roy, "Me, Roy, I`m going alone."

Roy`s eyes flashed in something akin to alarm and surprise, "What? why? Is it because you don't think I can handle myself, because I can, I just didn't see scarecrow behind-"

"No," Jason said standing up and taking a few steps away from Roy like the Archer would drop dead right there. "I need some time, alone."

Roy pushed himself to his feet, "I understand that, but that still doesn't tell me why."

"Why?" Jason growled, "Because everyone around is dead or so close to dead that sometimes I wish you never took me out of that building when you knew all I wanted was for it to end!"

"Oh boo ho!" Roy snapped loudly, "IT`s so terrible that you came back, yes I get your pain but I`m so sick of you thinking your alone, you don't want to be here because you like being alone, face it your so blind to the fact that me, Batgirl and hell even Robin or trying to help you, your blinded by the fact the daddy didn't save you!"

Jason curled his fist and punched Roy making the red head stagger sideways and the glare up wiping the tiny trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth.

"Your right Roy, Bruce didn't save me, that's not my problem, my problem is he left Joker to kill again, and again and again! I don't care about Bruce! He made it clear that family means nothing to him and that we are alone, and you know what I get that." Jason chuckled in his anger, "If your alone you don't have to care if anyone dies."

"No!" Roy snapped walking over to him and placing his hands on Jason`s shoulders but Jason shrugged him off, "You are not Batman Jay, you are your own person, Your not the only person with family issues, hell I was cloned and Green arrow likes him better than me, but that's not my problem anymore, I know where I stand with Oliver now and you know, his opinion means nothing to me."

Jason narrowed his eyes, "Its so easy for you-,"

"fuck it is!" Roy snapped, "deal with what you have now Roy, you may not have much but you cant throw what you do have away just because you don't want feel anything when something happens."

"I don't want anyone to die around me anymore Roy, cant you understand that?" Jason said. Roy blinked, "I can, but people die Jay, they chose this life for a reason, they know one day they`ll die fighting for what`s right."

Jason took a deep breath and ran a hand threw his hand again digging his fingers into his scalp, Roy was right, it wasn't hard to see, what was holding him back from getting away from all this...shit?

he took another deep breath, Either way he was going to have to figure it out, shoving it to the back of his mind wasn't a option, but they had work to do, "Your right."

"Of course I am." Roy smiled in amusement trying to break the ice between them. Jason breathed a small laugh. "Come on."

"Where are we going?" Jason asked following Roy down the latter and onto the side walk. Roy smirked, "I haven't eaten something good in months and I think there`s good diner up here, up for coffee?"

"Defiantly, we can talk about our next job." Jason said shoving his hands into his brown jacket, Roy raised an eyebrow, "The work never stops."

"Nope."

"What we got next?"

"multiple homicide." Jason informed.

"What makes this our kinda job?" Roy asked raising an eyebrow, Jason handed him a small photo, "I still have multiple connections as a crime lord you know, it would be stupid to drop that kind of information, any way one of my snitches caught glimpse and managed to get a quick pic of the guy."

"another guy playing hero?" Roy asked pushing the diner door open, Jason shrugged, "Beats me, but the people he`s kill haven't done anything wrong."

"Anything connecting the victims?" Roy and Jason sat in the back where their conversation wouldn't be heard, "I haven't been able to check." Jason said sitting opposite of Roy who was eyeing a pretty blonde waitress, "great something for me to do. I`ll check that out while you try to find anything at the crime scene, maybe he`s not do yet and we can find hit 'hit list'."

"That's what I was thinking, but what`s odd is there are his murders, not the victims, most are drowned weather in a tube or their own sink but others were burned, hung, and decapitated." Jason said as a waitress came over to them, "Coffee for me."

"dido, but I`ll take two pieces of pie." Roy smiled up at the blonde girl who smiled back sweetly. "What kind?"

"Surprise me." Roy smiled back at her. she left with the order, and Jason rolled his eyes, "anyway."

"And tells us what exactly?" Roy asked blinking once.

"I don't know." Jason frowned, "I`d better start looking."

"Your looking for a needle in a hay stack Jay-bird." Roy frowned, "Maybe one of you people can help you out."

"My people." Jason couldn't help but chuckle, Roy shrugged, "if you got people, us `em. I`m sure that little kid, Jim?"

"Tim."

"Either way, he`ll probably be with YJ by now why not ask Batgirl?" Roy said. Jason shook his head, "No, Bruce his cameras in their costumes, either way I cant always rely on them for help."

"When have you ever done that?" Roy asked.

"not for a while but still, I don't need their help, were the team and I`ll be fine searching, just hurry up and find a lead." Jason sighed.

"Okay, I wont push." Roy said but closed his mouth when the waitress brought their coffee and Roy`s two pieces of pie.

Once she left Roy slid one of the pieces of pie over to him, "breakfast."

"thanks." Jason smiled slightly and rolled his eyes.