Jason swung his legs over the side of his bed and rubbed the side of his face, why he had woken up suddenly was a mystery, he hadn't been dreaming so that was a big plus but his side was hurting and he had a splitting migraine. Jason opened the door to his room and walked out into the restroom and looked at his refection and checking the wounds against his bare torso.
He turned on the water and leaned down splashing some on his face, he barley felt it against his face and he sighed a long tired sigh and finally looked up to see Joker in the mirror laughing hysterically.
"NO!" Jason yelled this was another dream! Joker`s arms lunged at him threw the mirror and grabbed him by the neck.
"Get away from me." He yelled, Jason staggered back and onto the floor falling down and onto a mat. instead of Joker being on top of him, stronger hands wrapped around his neck.
"your pathetic, redo." Batman growled pulling Jason close to his face and then slamming him into the ground. Jason gasped and yelled, wake up!
"JASON!"
Suddenly he was in what used to be the teams cave sitting on the couch breathing heavily. what was happening? His dream had started out...somewhat like always and now, it was going crazy as If he was on Scarecrows toxic. Suddenly M`gann appeared in front of him and he jumped over the couch putting his hands up.
"Jason, it`s okay, it`s a dream your dreaming!" she said showing her hands as if saying she wasn't armed.
"What are you doing to me?!" He snapped. M`gann frowned, "I`ll explain in a minuet but Jason you have to wake up!"
Jason gasped sitting up in his bed and grabbing his head, the migraine wasn't part of the dream. God why did that have to be real.
"Jason?" M`gann said stepping out of the shadows, Jason shifted on the bed glaring at her. "Are you okay?" she asked.
"No, I`m not! What did you do to me!?" He asked again M`gann looked to the door and pressed a finger to her lips, "Jason know one knows I`m here and if you wish the team to find out your you them you`ll calm down."
"Oh trust me." Jason growled jumping off the bed and shoving her against the wall force fully "This is as calm as your going to see me."
"O-okay, Jason, I was walking by the room and I heard you talking in your sleep, I though I could help calm you down but your dream started to react to my powers and change, you were trying to shove me out of your head." She explained.
"You saw this as an opportunity to find out who I was don't lie to me." He snapped. M`gann shook her head her eyes trying to be calm, "No, I knew it was you before."
"How." he snapped, "Nightwing, Robin, Red Arrow?"
"when we communicated threw my powers, no one knows I get sent feelings as well as thoughts and you were always so difficult to hear threw your anger and other feelings, when I was at the cafeteria I was going to stop you and Roy from attacking Red arrow and I got enough vibe from you to know it could only be you." she said at last. Jason narrowed his eyes, and took a few steps back and M`gann rubbed her arm uncomfortably.
"Stay out of my head." Jason growled sitting on the bed again.
"I wont, Jason, I`m sorry, Batman never told us how Joker... he just said it was him. I`m sorry." She said her eyes watering. She had seen his death, how long, how far had she gone into his head?
"It`s been done, It`s over, leave it be." Jason growled running a hand threw his head, M`gann nodded and wiped her eyes. "I- I`ll leave." she said and she was gone like that. Jason sighed and held his head in his hands. he would never be able to sleep now.
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"So, Red hood, tell me anything, I`m all ears." Black canary said looking at him intently. Jason lend back in the chair resting his head on his hand tiredly, his sleep was...disturbed.
"Nothing to say." he muttered. Except the fact he felt violated, he own thoughts seem like a blur to him, it was insane to feel this way after someone was in his head but he did and it scared him to think what else M`gann saw. His death was the first thing she saw because that's what he was dreaming about, but she said he was shoving her out of his mind, what had she seen, done, just to get to him?
His mind was forced open by a Martian and people wondered why he didn't like to talk.
"Tired?" Black canary asked tilting her head. Jason yawned behind the mask, "You could say that." he said.
"Bad dream or just a restless night?" she pressed. Jason blinked, "why so interested?"
"I want to know more about you Red hood, lets start with your child hood, rich, poor?" Black canary asked. Jason smirked she knew nothing, she had nothing to work with, thank god, "I was a middle class kid," he lied, "Enough money to get by but not enough for private school you get me?"
"Of course."
"I lived in Gotham and that's it." Jason said. Black canary frowned, "I don't see the problem."
"Have you been to Gotham, crazy people pop up like mushrooms." Jason replied calmly.
"So your crazy?"
"I wouldn't say that, just not as high on the mental health as I should be." he said, he was giving her to much tone it down Todd!
"Do you mind if I ask you a question?" she smiled politely. Jason shrugged and she nodded her thanks.
"What`s your connection to the bat family? About a few months ago you might have well declared war on them, kidnapped Joker and blew up a building, how you escape alive is still a question." She said. Jason immediately tensed. she thought she was so clever.
"Being a little nosy arnt we?" He growled threw clenched teeth. she frowned, "I like to know the people I have to work with Red hood and from the things I`ve found out I should drag you straight to Arkham." she said. It was another tactic, she was trying to get him angry, find a response from him. it wouldn't work, he lived and trained with Batman the worlds greatest detective.
"Your a crime lord even now, you murder and kill, why? Because it`s fun, because you and Roy are angry you were the little guys right, wanting to put your mark on the world, well you know what, you did and you did it in the most horrifying way possible that if I found you broken and bleeding I would have killed you right then and there just so the world wouldn't have to suffer in you rage."
"Bravo, I love your performance." Jason smiled. "But I`m not talking and you cant make me say a word."
Jason got up and walked out closing the door silently behind him, it was only a moment after he left that Batman entered glaring, "What was that?"
Black canary stood up, "the way I work, what do you except? You give me absolutely nothing on this guy and you except me to know everything the second he leaves."
"You cant do that with him he knows what you were trying to do." Batman said looking at the door. Black canary put her hands on her hips, "I`ve got a question for you Batman. if you believe he`s so dangerous, why isn't he in Arkham and better yet why does your son still hag out with him?"
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Jason and Dick sat by the computer, it was odd but it was better then having to relive the past by training with Donna. Even if a teenagers voice was in his ear for the day. Right now him and Nightwing were over looking a small mission, something that barley skimmed the radar and only five people on the team were there, that didn't include Miss M, so he and Dick were the ones keeping tabs, on where the team was going. After Robin had down loaded a sonar system into his glove it transmitted a signal to here that told them where the bad guys would be when the team needed to know.
right now they were only testing the tech and a riot at Bell rev was perfect to know who was in and out of their cage. the team of Five were Robin, Beast boy, Blue beetle, bumble bee and Batgirl. so far the tech worked well enough. but it kept glitching every now and then, radio interference there was stopping the transmission here so they couldn't warn the team if someone was around the corner, but that was just a few times.
Jason watched the screen his eyes scanning it every few seconds, "Robin, down the hall to the left, three men, not armed, they have four hostages in one room. I`m getting a lot of interference from that room so once your in we might lose a signal till your out."
"Got it." Tim said in the com in Jason ear. Dick frowned, "I might be able to boast the signal and get a small reading."
"Copy that," Batgirl said, "I`m turning on second sonar in my suit so we can split down this hall."
"Roger that, Barbie." Jason said as another beckon from Barbara`s suit came on.
"Did you just call me Barbie?" She asked. Jason laughed, "Yeah, you going to kick my ass."
"One there are children present and two I`ll see you in the training hall when I get back Red riding hood." Batgirl reported back, Jason laughed, "Come on, that's all you got- Barbie you`ve got four men it that next hall to the right, smoke `em out and before you get to close."
"Thanks Red." Batgirl said.
"Am I back online?" Tim asked. Dick started typing on the keypad, "Yeah, actually I`m not getting any sort of interference from this side of the building now, what ever you did it`s helping."
"Great." Tim said.
"Whoa, Robin your got men moving up from a lower floor." Dick said.
"Hey!" Bumble bee yelled in her com and Jason winched as it rang in his ear, "Some one turned off these guys collars."
Jason sighed, "That`s probably what was giving off interference, someone needs to go back and turn them on before the whole place becomes a war zone."
"I`m on it!" Blue beetle volunteered. Jason instantly saw blue beetle`s marker leave Batgirl`s group and head down back that way they had come.
"Your clear Blue, but check the unconscious men in the room just to make sure." Dick said his eyes glued to the screen. Jason raised and eye brow at Dick and smirked, "we can lock this all down in a few seconds if you two girls head down to the power room and over ride the energy then this place will have the energy it needs to close down."
"So I go back to Robin?" Blue asked pausing, Dick frowned, "No."
"Do we go?" Bumble bee asked.
Dick shook his head to himself, "No, It`s to dangerous, the power room is right next to the court yard and I`m not taking any chances."
"I don't think that's your call any more Nightwing." Jason blinked, out of the mic then he spoke back to Barbara and bumble bee, "Go ahead, you guys are fine."
"No offense Red." Barbara said, "But you a career criminal, I don't even think I was a good idea to put you on the computer."
"I`m burned," he said sarcastically, "I don't care this isn't my team, your success or failure means nothing to me and I have nothing to gain if you don't succeed, but if you want to take unessisay risk and draw this battle out. by the way you`ve got three men in the room next door."
"There not taking any unnecessary risk by doing what I say they`ll be doing that if they do what you say." Dick growled.
"Shut up, both of you," Barbara said, "Nightwing me and Bumble bee are going down to the power room, we`ll be fine if we hurry, with the collars off they`ll head for the commotion Robin and the others are causing Batgirl out." she yelled in annoyance to them.
Jason pulled the off his mask and then took the com from his ear throwing it down and chuckling. Dick glared at him, "This isn't funny."
"Really? Because I think It`s hilarious, your not even their leader and yet your so balled into a knot you can see up your own ass." Jason laughed his voice echoing threw the empty room.
"Shut up, if anyone dies it`ll be your fault." Dick growled, "You were trying to up stage me in front of them, but the fact is they wont trust you because of what you do."
"And what I do is none of your business, if anyone your you boy scouts dies its on the Bat`s hands for putting me here next to you." Jason smiled his blue eye boring into Dick`s. someone in the com must have said something because Dick turned back to the screen, "Yeah, just go left and you`ll be were you need to be."
Jason smiled and quietly slipped away from Nightwing heading back to the room, as he walked out the door he passed Batman gave a small smirk before the two passed each other in separate directions.