Grimmorah's hooves hit the ground in a rhythmic trot, in almost a hypnotizing rocking forward then rocking back, luling his rider into a sense of dazed thought. Her daze was broken at a flash of silver out of the corner of her eye, she swore she saw something. She inched to investigate but was stopped by a cheery shout in her direction. Jason and Deimos had just finished loading the bus and that seemed to be the signal they were about to leave.
She decides to ignore it, no one would be dumb enough to attack a demon with backup.
The rest of the trip went rather uneventfully, kids got unloaded safely and the team found themselves back at the base with an unconscious cat and a rather irritated batman.
"Deimos… is this going to be a habit?" The batman grumbles, monitoring Eric's vitals.
"I couldn't leave him to get forced back into that lab. Not after my mother fought to get out of there." The half dragon explains, praying batman would understand.
"It's alright. Your intentions are in the right place." Bruce assures as Calypso kept her distance.
Jason on the other hand was in another room with Rai, watching the television. Seemed the couch was just far away from the television so Rai wouldn't disrupt it. Of course it was the news, going over how great the Justice League was and all. Jason just rolled his eyes.
"We're chopped liver." He laughs.
Rai's eyebrow lifts behind the blindfold. "I was unaware recognition mattered."
This caught Jason a bit off guard but he submitted. "Guess you're right. Doesn't matter but it is appreciated." He settles.
Rai smiles lightly, she guessed that would do. "So… I'm assuming you started archery young?"The devil inquires, deciding that some conversation would be nice.
"I learned to shoot before I learned to walk." Jason laughs, picking up his bow off the ground. "Dad didn't really want me to get this good, but I have a habit of doing the opposite of what people want."
The devil woman snorts, head shaking in minor amusement. "Your father seems…"
"Over protective?"
"I was going to say doting, but that seems fitting as well." Rai hums.
"He's been that way for a while. Mom as well but not near as much." Jason shakes his head, he didn't get too much of a childhood.
"Any reason why?" Rai suddenly asks, catching Jason slightly off guard, but he figured this was an acceptable question.
"I'm kind of considered Ollie and Dyna's miracle baby. I was born almost two months premature and they thought I was going to die young for the first two years of my life." Jason explains. Both his parents have worked so hard to keep him healthy, sometimes even smothering him with their affections. "I was weak the majority of my childhood."
Rai nods, beginning to understand the situation a bit more. "But you seem fine now."
"I-I am!" Jason quickly defends. "Perfectly fine. I just have trouble convincing them of that." The archer's posture had shifted to be much more rigid and almost defensive. Luckily the two calmed in a moment's silence.
"So… you had parents?" Jason asks, deciding to approach that gently.
"I did." Rai nods, working her way back through her memories. "I just have trouble recalling a lot of information from life." She could vaguely remember hugging a red headed woman, perhaps that was mother? That had to suck, In Jason's mind that sounded like the definition of hell.
"I'm sorry about that. Is there anything you do remember?"
"About my parents?"
"About anything. Life in general?"
Rai's mind immediately flashed to the end. "Death…" Her jaw clenches as Jason decided to back off of her, but to his surprize she continues. "I was driving somewhere, I can't really remember. I remember going through a green light and feeling an impact. The car caught on fire." Rai cringes, still remembering the smell. "Last thing I can remember is the paramedics dragging me out and throwing that white blanket over me."
Jason blinks, having no idea what to actually say. The whole experience sounded horrible, and then he remembers the fight about getting in the car. Guilt hit him, no wonder she refused enclosed areas. "I-I'm sorry. I shouldn't have gotten mad at you."
Rai shrugs, laying back. "It's alright. Life goes on."
This struck Jason as a bit odd. He never expected a demon to be an optimist. If he had to put a personality to a demon he would have thought dark, brooding and grumpy… Instead that was Will. Their attention suddenly perked to the television, Godfrey as usual but the picture in the corner caught Jason's attention. "Oh no." A picture of Rai and Grimmorah had surfaced and of course Godfrey was going to use it to his advantage in any way to bash on the justice league.
"So they great Justice League is so desperate to fraternize with demons? Of course we're going to get a monster infestation. " Godfrey rants, bringing a rather frustrated scowl to Rai's face. "I blame the Justice League for this! Just look at the similarities." The screen shifts showing a side-by-side of Grimorrah and one of the escaped experiments, comparing the sickly grey skintone. Rai suddenly gets up but Jason quickly reaches out and grabs her hand.
"Wait. That's not your fault. That's just Godfrey." The archer quickly defends, hoping she wasn't too upset. He was actually enjoying her company. Of course Will was in the kitchen the whole time, brewing himself some coffee and had heard everything, rage consuming him at the sudden accusation that they were responsible for the entire mess.
"What the actual fuck!" Will growls, setting down his cup. "Look, anything we could have done, that asshole was still going to exploit it."
Rai sighs, remembering that silvery flash she saw earlier. That had to have been when that picture was snapped. She was brought out of her own mind by Jason's warm hand. She almost forgot that humans were supposed to be warm. "I'm not angry. Just concerned."
"About?" Jason lets go of Rai's hand now that she didn't seem to be leaving. His elbows settle on his knees in pure thought.
"It's not your problem to worry about. It's mine." Rai groans, not really looking forward to what Godfrey may have just unknowingly done.
Will bites his lower lip in slight agitation. "Rai, you won't have to handle it alone. Just tell us what's wrong."
Rai sits again, putting up her human disguise. "There are some humans who are very against demons and think we should be exterminated from the earth. Usually they're what you describe as 'religious extremists'. They don't care about our intentions, and they've invented ways to hunt down demons. Now that it's public knowledge you're harboring a demon, getting them to leave us alone is going to be a nightmare." Rai cringed at the thought of all these armed humans trying to take her down. Some of them weren't so bad, other were trained, deadly and malicious.
"Well. If they're after you then they've got to deal with us." Will states point blank. They were a team after all. Enemies of a friend were still enemies.
"And even if they manage to handle us, The league themselves wouldn't tolerate anyone actively hunting you." Jason assures, even though he had slight doubts about that.
"Right." Rai settles, deciding to not go into much detail, only to be startled up again by a sudden yelp from the infirmary.