OH MY FREAKING GOD. OH MY FREAKING GOD!
There was Arsenal and then Speedy and HOLY CRAP JASON TODD! I already knew Jason was canon but it doesn't make me feel any less surprised. I SERIOUSLY HAD A PANIC ATTACK! Major freaking out. If I knew how to type a fangirl scream, this would be it. However, since I don't, I'm going to make my attempt the line breaker. Don't judge me, I'm way overly excited.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Rubble littered the now empty lot of land where a warehouse once stood. Chunks of broken walls and piping covered the barely conscious heroes, some already trying to get up, some groaning in pain and rubbing their injured body parts.
Jason groaned, trying to throw a huge chunk of concrete off his abdomen. He could already tell he had a broken rib or two, and God knows what other injuries. His red helmet was cracked down the side of the face, revealing the dark red domino mask he wore underneath, for occasions just like this. The color of the mask matched the blood that slowly trickled out of his mouth, down his chin and was making its way down his neck.
He finally managed to lift the rubble, wincing at the pain that spiked up his side. Without moving further, he reached back and unlatched his helmet, ripping it off his face. He could hear Dick, already up and moving around.
"Nightwing!" he called, realizing his left ankle was painfully wedged in a crevice with more pressure than he'd like. "A little help." He leaned forward, fighting back the wince of pain, and trying to untangle his ankle without moving his leg.
The shuffling in the debris stopped, and a muffled gasp could be heard from where Jason was pinned. "Jason…"
Shit.
Jason turned around, ignoring his ribs and his ankle, and quickly regretting that he ignored the injured limbs. He reached over, clutching at his injured side and realizing he had a sprained wrist too.
Great.
The man before him had really grown up since Jason 'left' the team. For starters, his freckles were gone, and childish joy in his eyes was gone too. Jason considered that a plus, considering he'd never much liked Wally. The speedster had a habit of annoying the absolute hell out of him.
"Hey, Wally. Mind giving me a hand?" he called, motioning the red-head over. "How's Artemis anyway?"
Wally just stared, his eyes wide in shock. He was wearing his Kid Flash outfit, which Jason thought kind of strange considering Wally had just quit when Jason died.
"Jason… you're alive!" Wally said, his voice shaking. He looked around, his jaded gaze frantically searching for Nightwing. "Jason, you're not dead!"
"I'm not?!" Jason said, patting his chest as though this was a shock to him. "Woah, where the hell did my coffin go?!" he shouted, looking around. He smirked at Wally, shifting back into a slightly more comfortable position. "Seriously though, help me."
Wally was still in his trance, confused about why the hell there was a dead guy talking to him. Was he crazy? Was he dreaming? Where were Dick? Or Babs? Or Artemis?!
"Damn it, Wally." Jason muttered. "Never mind, I'll do it myself. Christ, think you could stop staring?"
Jason struggled with the slab of concrete while Wally found Barbara, who was angrily mumbling that he help her up.
Jason finally wrenched himself free of the monstrous grip of the debris, limping over to where Wally was helping Barbara to stand. "Oh so you help her up." He muttered, limping past them.
Dick was unconscious, only his hand showing from beneath a huge slab of concrete. Jason's favorite blonde archer was furiously trying to lift it, and Jason was loving the view of her ass in those green tights…
"Need some help, Blondie?" he asked, coming up behind her. She had lifted the slab about two inches, and the shock of his voice made her drop it right back down. "Nice one." He commented, crossing his arms gently, avoiding the suspected broken ribs.
"Jason?" She said, without turning around to face him. Her shoulders were absolutely rigid, and he could just imagine that her eyes were closed and she was biting her lower lip.
"In the flesh." He responded, smirking at the irony of his own words. He uncrossed his arms, moving to begin lifting the slab again after Artemis crudely dropped it on Nightwing's unconscious body.
He could feel the ribs jingle around in his body, shaking against his struggled breath as he used all his strength to lift the rubble. Artemis, suddenly jolted out of her stupor, lurched forward to help him, the combined power of the two practically throwing the slab off of him.
Nightwing's body was surprisingly unharmed, only a blow to his forehead and a bruise on his cheek showing that he had even been in an explosion.
Lucky bastard. Jason thought, thinking of his own injuries. He knelt down, slapping Dick's face gently at first, then roughly. What did Jason care if the blue bird got a bruise?
When Nightwing still didn't awaken, Jason stood up. He turned around, watching the others make sure they were okay, and then he saw it.
A flash of color, black and red prancing around and watching the group. Just as he saw it, it disappeared, the figure within the suit hiding behind a piece of wall that hadn't fallen.
Jason felt his muscles tense. Maybe Catwoman had known what she'd been talking about.
He ignored the stares from the other three as he checked to make sure his weapons were still intact. He glanced at his broken helmet lying in the rubble longingly before striding off towards the hiding figure.
He felt the eyes of two former heroes following him, and he could just barely hear Barbie following him. Her cape billowed in the wind and he knew that is was her. But he didn't care, and all these observations were made subconsciously as he angrily made his way over.
"Harley." He growled, kicking the wall down with ease, watching as Harley Quinn, the Joker's girlfriend, jumped out of the way in order to avoid the falling wall.
Jason pulled out one of his many hidden guns, immediately pulling off the safety, cocking it, and pointing it right at Harley's forehead.
"Give me one good reason not to blow your brains out." He ordered, his voice coming out as though he'd just gargled razor blades. He couldn't help how his upper lips raised in a ferocious snarl, looking at the girl feigning innocence.
"Woah, there Bird Brain!" she said, raising her hands in a surrendering fashion, leaning away from the gun aimed at her. "Be careful with that!"
"You have thirty seconds." he said.
"Red!" Barbara shouted behind him, reaching her arms around him and trying to grab the gun. He shoved his elbow into her stomach, ignoring his burning chest and screaming ankle.
"Where. Is. Joker?" he asked, narrowing his eyes at her and taking a step closer.
Harley gulped, taking a step backward. Jason almost fired right then, out of pure disgust. But suddenly a whip reached down and grabbed the gun out of his hand. He looked up, ready to burst, to find a cat perched atop a fragment of the building still standing, smirking down at him.
"Calm down, Red Hood. Speaking of which, where's your little hood?" Selina said with a smirk, gracefully flipping off the building fragments and landing in between Jason and Harley. She'd already dismounted Jason's gun, and she tossed the remaining parts at him.
"Seriously, Bird Boy." Harley said, glad to see Catwoman defending her. "You blew up Mr. J's ammunition and you're mad at me?!" she scoffed, as though she'd never seen more rude behavior.
Jason was puzzled, and he took a moment to ponder this.
"We didn't set that bomb off…" he whispered, turning around and seeing Wally and Artemis talking to a now conscious Dick. It looked like they were arguing.
"What?" Catwoman asked, leaning forward as though she didn't hear him.
Jason already had another gun in one hand and a knife in the other as he began to walk away. He shifted his head and called back to Selina over his shoulder.
"We didn't set that bomb off."
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! ********FANGIRL SCREAM************
The air was musty, ashes filling the sky and falling back to the earth slowly, almost like snow fall. There was a fire about ten yards to his left, and for some reason he opened his eyes to see Wally and Artemis staring after Batgirl and Red Hood who were talking to Catwoman and Harley Quinn.
Jeez, how long have I been out? Dick thought, sitting up and rubbing around his forehead, searching for the source of the massive head ache he felt.
He apparently made some sort of noise when he moved, because Artemis turned around and faced him. Her eyes widened at him, and she began mouthing words.
Dick could barely hear her, as though there was something obstructing her voice. He squinted at her, his vision becoming a little fuzzy. He was used to this, the side effects of waking up after taking an unpleasant hit to the head.
He rubbed his head again, closing his eyes and groaning. He put his hand up, motioning for her to stop talking until he could understand her.
"Artemis, hold on." He said. He put his palms on his closed eyes, rubbing them furiously. "Okay," he said when his head was clearer. "Start over."
By now, Wally was looking at him too, an unamused look plastered on his face. In fact, he looked downright pissed off.
"Why is Jason here?!" she shouted, waving her arms, exasperated. "Jason is dead! Jason can't be here if he's dead! Is he a clone, like Roy and Conner?! Why didn't you tell us?!"
"Artemis!" Nightwing shouted, silencing the archer. She stared at him, her stormy grey eyes burning with anger. "I'm sorry! No one was supposed to find out!"
From next to Artemis, about three feet away from Dick, Wally snorted. His arms were crossed over his chest, his angry eyes staring at Dick in his drowsy state.
"No one was supposed to know a lot of things, Dick." He scoffed, leaning forward without uncrossing his arms.
Dick was silent, but the silence only lasted a moment before Jason walked over, quickly followed by a fuming Batgirl, Catwoman, and Harley.
"Nightwing," he started, reaching down and helping the older hero up. Nightwing noticed Jason wince, and the extremely brief flash of pain that crossed his unhidden features. Where was his helmet? "Harley and Joker didn't set the bomb."
"What?!" he shouted. "Then who did?!" he sent a fierce, well-practiced glare Harley's direction, who winced despite having not actually been hit.
"Don't look at me, I was just supposed to give you a message." She said, ducking behind Catwoman.
"What message?" Dick growled, tempted to lunge at her.
"Mr. J said to give you this." She said, handing him a small, wooden box. It was practically sealed shut, and wrapped tightly in green and purple ribbons. Dick hesitated, slowly reaching for the box.
As soon as his fingers had a firm grip on it, Harley presented a wicked smile, a dainty wave, and then pranced away. She jumped through the rubble, flipping and cart wheeling away from the group.
"Don't open it till you get home, Blue Bird!" she called, just before she disappeared in a cloud of ash and smoke.
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! ********FANGIRL SCREAM************
Okay, this chapter is kind of everywhere. Don't you look at me!
Anywho, it was a super bitch to write, so just kind of be glad I wrote it at all. I hope it being extra long will make up for it's blehhh-ness.
By the way, am I the only one who laughed my ass off at Mini-Roy's attitude towards Ollie and Big-Roy when they questioned him on the mustache and the sidekicks? I certainly hope not. I also certainly hope I'm not the only one who thought Mini-Roy was kind of an ass to Ollie. But hey, I SAW JASON TODD! I forgive Greg for every wrong doing he has ever done. Because I saw Jason Todd.
AND Bit Roy in civies! Am I the only one who freaked out about that too? Please say no. HOLY CRAP this episode was soooo much better than Misplaced in my opinion. Sorry, but I really didn't like that much. ALSO! Does anyone know who Rocket is marrying? OH MY GOD this episode gave me so many feels. SOOOO many feels.
By the way, Conner apparently has a new love interest. And she kind of looks like him, what with the dark hair and bright blue eyes. Good. I get tired of seeing him be mad about M'gann, despite how funny it was. I'm drabbling, but I don't mind because the episode was THAT awesome! Oh my god I can't believe the hiatus is over. Joygasm. No joke.
**REVIEW ANSWERS!**
GwenuitHolland: Thanks! Sometimes it's very difficult, and results in mucky chapters, just like this one. :/ and dude, your musical choices are literally mine exactly. Although, Breaking Benjamin is by far my favorite band. Metallica and Three Days Grace are tied for second.
Lakeshine: Ha! My friend told me I should be a 'slutty Batgirl' and I was just like…. No. -_-
Obiwan1022: I'm sorry! I hate cliffhangers too… as a reader. XD As an author, they are my best friend. Not even gonna lie about it. And thank you. I had a serious freak out and have now watched the episode four times. So it's okay to spazz about it.
READINGhearts17: Me too! I spend my entire morning out of the house and I was about to kill someone. Well worth it, if I might add. No worries. I'm not going to kill anyone…. YET! ;D
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~Charlie~
