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If the world was watching, it would have held its breath. But they were alone. Bruce analyzed the situation with speed only the World's Greatest Detective possessed. Luthor stood in front of him like a stone wall, kryptonite glowing in his veins. Jason lay prone in the grass quickly being covered by the freshly falling snow; his body twitched slightly as the gas took hold of his body. Anyone else would have seen a nearly hopeless situation; Bruce knew he couldn't get past Luthor to get Jason, he also knew that there was no way he could get Clark here: 1) In time. 2) without putting him at risk with the amount of Kryptonite. He was on his own.
Or not, a shadow shifted behind Luthor, moving quickly and quietly to Jason's side. A second shadow jumped from the roof and landed to Luthor's left, distracting him.
Luthor spun to the sound, and struck at the shadow. Bruce watched Cassandra dodge his blow flawlessly as she flipped over his head while Stephanie moved Jason a safe distance away and rejoined them, forming a triangle around the villain.
"Why do you surround yourself with children?" Luthor commented "they only get in the way"
"Says you" Stephanie said, snow sticking to her golden hair as her eyes flashed beneath her cowl.
Cassandra stood frozen in a ready stance, her eyes not leaving the man. "It's over Luthor"
Lex smirked "I don't think so"
Stephanie gave a small yelp of surprise as a flash-bang went off at her feet, she got her bearings just in time to hear Bruce "He went inside"
Cassandra was already on his tail, and ready to jump through what was left of the window when something rushed through, forcing her to dodge to the side.
"Damn" She cursed watching Luthor vanish into the sky, his ride being a strange suit that glowed green. "Almost"
Stephanie sprinted toward the batjet "Let's go, he's getting away"
"No" Bruce stopped her in her tracks with the sharp command "Take the boys back to the cave"
Stephanie was about ready to argue when Bruce brushed past her, casting her his trademark glare "Now"
Cassandra shared a glance with Stephanie as the Bat Mobile sped after the fleeing glow, then she shrugged.
Stephanie rolled her eyes "Come on, we can't leave them out in the cold"
Luthor landed on the roof of the Lincoln Memorial, he laughed as he watched a green dot start to get significantly larger. A smile decorated his face "Finally, victory"
"Not yet" Bruce stepped onto the roof "The Justice League has the rocket in Japan, you failed"
Luthor smirked "Only halfway" he paced in front of Bruce "How is your little Robin?"
Bruce's eyes narrowed but he didn't answer.
"Is he still breathing?" He watched Bruce's reaction "Good, he'll be able to stand trial"
"There will be no trial" Bruce answered "The evidence you have is false and we can prove it"
Luthor shrugged "no matter" he paused "I only let you see half of what I did to him"
Bruce grit his teeth
"I didn't set off his alarm for two weeks" he laughed "you didn't know he was missing for two whole weeks, I could have killed him and been done with it. I doctored the videos; you don't know what really happened"
Bruce glared at him, but Luthor continued
"He's as good as dead, if he doesn't get the death penalty for being a terrorist, there will be a rather…unfortunate accident" Luthor met Bruce's eyes "I am going to kill your son"
Bruce took a step toward him "Over my dead body"
"Jason"
Jason moaned, his body felt heavy and tired. He tried to force his eyes open, but they refused to respond.
"Jason…Come on Jase"
"Cass" his eyes fluttered slightly, but refused to stay open
"Jason…"
Light blinded him as his eyes suddenly snapped open, he was breathing hard.
"Easy" Jason felt a hand on his shoulder "We're at the Manor"
Jason blinked as his eyes adjusted to the light. Cassandra smiled at him as he looked at her. "Welcome back"
Jason grunted and sat up, Cassandra making no move to stop him "How long have I been out?"
"About 24 hours" Cassandra answered "Next time you shouldn't charge in like that"
Jason scoffed and slid off out of the bed "What about everyone else?"
"We're fine" Tim leaned in the doorway "You got the worst of it"
"Go figure, let's go"
Tim raised an eyebrow "Where?"
"Luthor, there is no way he didn't escape"
Cassandra shrugged and left the room.
Tim shook his head "yeah he escaped up, but Bruce went after him, he's locked up"
Jason grit his teeth "Damn" he muttered under his breath
"You were going to kill him" Tim accused
"Definitely though about it, Drake" Jason stood and pushed past him
"Yeah, that would have gone over well. "Red Hood Murders President, Bat Terrorists Confirmed" wow that would have been great" Tim snapped
"Shut up Drake"
"Make me" Tim snapped "You almost got all of us killed!"
"That is enough" Alfred walked up the stairs and glared at the two young men. To their surprise, he said nothing else; he merely walked into Dick's room and closed the door behind him.
Jason stared after him "Where's Bruce?"
Alfred was checking Dick's vitals when he paused and looked at the younger man "a year ago, would you have believed they would be getting along the way they are?" he chuckled "of course you would, that is why we are here now" he sighed "Don't you leave us, Master Richard, the world still needs the Bats and the Bats still need you"
The elderly man took a seat beside the bed and watched his adopted grandson breathe, waiting for any signs of a change.
Jason walked down to the cave, albeit somewhat carefully with his body still recovering from the gas.
"That was foolish of you"
Jason huffed "It was more than you did for me"
Bruce shook his head "you don't mean that" he stood and faced his second child "I thought we were past this"
"I'm pissed" Jason answered "What son-of-a-bitch did…if he gets out…" Jason growled and turned away "I want him dead"
Bruce shook his head "Jason…"
"I know" he crossed his arms and faced Bruce again "Now what?"
"We wait" Bruce answered "Luthor is in prison, the meteor was destroyed, Lois published an article this morning to clear Dick of his alleged crimes; as far as we know, Lex killed everyone else who know Dick's identity and I doubt he will talk, there is no benefit"
"And Nightwing?" Jason looked at the case that housed one of Dick's uniforms
"Released, as far as the public knows"
Jason nodded "Well, then I've got work to do" he walked over to the uniform.
"Where are you going?"
Jason paused "Bludhaven can't wait for Dick"
"As Red Hood?"
Jason shrugged "He'll be around, but no" he looked at the case "Bludhaven needs to know Nightwing is back."
Bruce nodded "You're sure?"
"I owe it to him"
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