Jason had completed the mission with Black Bat and he had taken down Black Mask, yet he felt like he was missing something. It just felt weird that the Bats knew he was alive after such a long time of being on his own.
Jason opened the door to his and Cas' new apartment. It was early morning, he and Black Bat had been working on the case for a very long time.
Stepping inside Jason saw something he most certainly was not expecting. Roy fucking Harper.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" Jason questioned him. He was sitting on one end of the couch eating cheerios. Cas was sitting on the other side, also eating cheerios. Why does everyone like cheerios so much? If he was being honest with himself, Jason was surprised that Cas hadn't murdered Roy yet. Frankly it was funny watching them 'fight' with each other.
"That's exactly what I was thinking." Cas said glaring at Roy. Roy just rolled his eyes.
"Just decided to drip in Jaybird." He said with a grin, "So the bats know." Dick definitely told him. The fucking blabbermouth.
"Yup." Jason plopped down on the couch in between them. "It was a fucking shit show."
"I've heard." Roy paused, "So Dick called me,"
"Obviously." Cas muttered, earning yet another eye roll from Roy and a snort from Jason.
"He wanted to know if I knew, I kinda may or may not have told him I did know and now he's mildly pissed at me." Roy paused to throw a cheerio in his mouth. "But I mean like I get the whole, you didn't tell me that my brother wasn't dead thing," Roy continued on ignoring a murmur from Jason on how he wasn't Dick's brother, "but at the same time, it was kinda common knowledge that I worked with you so like, were they really surprised?"
"Either way, Jay, I just want you to know that Dick misses you." Roy finished.
Jason scoffed, "Yeah right."
"I mean is it really that hard to believe, Dick is the sentimental one."
Roy was right, "Either way, the person he misses is dead." Jason knew that some part of it was bullshit, but he couldn't deal with it right now. "So did you come here just to tell me that?" Don't get him wrong, Jason loves Roy, but this wasn't anything he couldn't have said through a phone call.
"I'm so glad you asked."
Oh no.
Jason and Roy had asked Cas to leave. Cas didn't seem to mind. They were planning something that was potentially very dangerous so all she had said was a simple, "If you guys die I'm gonna beat the shit out of you."
"Awww. I think I'm growing on her." Roy stated after Cas had left. Jason snorted.
"I don't think she ever hated you, it's just her way of showing love… I think." Roy just shook his head. "So what is this 'high stakes, very bad idea' of yours."
"Well… basically I heard about this guy who happens to be passing through here in a few day…" And then Roy told Jason his idea. How can a seemingly smart hero… errr, outlaw be so fucking stupid.
"Roy." Jason asked cautiously.
"Yes."
"Are you suggesting that we get the bats to literally deal with this guy and his henchmen and then last second steal him out of their grasp."
"That's what I said."
"The fuck are you on." Jason immediately regretted it after he said it. Shit. Before Roy could respond, "Sorry, what I'm trying to say is they're bats. How are we gonna convince them to do anything?" Jason asked.
Roy ignored Jason's fuck up. "We're not gonna convince them anything, we'll only be pushing all the pieces into their laps." Roy had a mischievous grin that reminded Jason way too much of Cas.
"They're not gonna fall for that." Jason monotoned.
"They might. And frankly they're all kinda stupid sometimes and overlook really small things." Roy continued, "plus it's not like they'd suspect you, B probably thinks that you're pissed or something."
"Ok but w-"
"Why can't we do it ourselves?" Roy finished for him, "Jay, this is a massive operation, I'll show you more of the details later but for now just trust me. We don't have the supplies or the number for this shit. The dude's not too big a heavy hitter and if we had more time I could totally put some shit together that would give us the advantage but we don't have a lot of time."
Jason seemed to be thinking. "If it helps at all, just think of their faces when we steal the shithead from their grasp." Roy said with a grin.
"I'm over that." Roy just looked at him, then grinned.
"Either way, I can't wait to see their faces when we steal the fucker from their grasp."
"What exactly are we gonna do when we get him." Roy just grinned back at Jason.
Cas had been kinda kicked out. It was ok though. She had been jumping from rooftop to rooftop or from rooftop to fire escape, depending on how far said rooftop was. She pulled her blue hoodie down from her head so that she could get a clear view. What Cas was about to do was incredibly stupid. Yes Cas had jumped from building to building before, that being said, those buildings tended to have smaller gaps.
After watching the bats fight Jason that day in Crime Alley, Cas had decided to try to jump across larger gaps. This would be her first day actually doing said activity. Frankly it was probably a very very very very very stupid idea. The building was probably about 17 ft away from her, normally with a jump like that Cas would jump to the fire escape. But she wanted to do this. Plus, Cas had done her research with Lily and they had come to the conclusion that people in track and field could do it, so therefore, Cas could do it.
Cas went to the back of the end of the roof. She took a deep breath and then ran forward. She stopped moments before leaping onto the edge and off the roof.
"Shit" Cas muttered. This was going to be harder than she expected. She knew she could do it though, jump off the building that is. She was pretty sure she could land it too. She just had to get past what was blocking her mind from letting her jump. Probably some weird self-preservation. Cas thought she had gotten rid of that a long time ago.
She went back to the edge of the roof. "C'mon Cas," She shook her hand out, "you can do this," She shook her feet out. "All I gotta do is jump." She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, "Let's fucking do this shit." She ran. She put one foot on the ledge and… she leapt off. The rest was in slow motion.
She was flying across and she nearly made it to the edge. Shit.
She caught it with her hand. That hurt. Cas gritted her teeth and pulled herself up. That had been the most exhilarated she had felt since she had convinced Jason to let her tie one end of garbage can lid to the back of his motorcycle and let her drift through the streets.
She sat at the edge of the building and looked at the gap she and just cleared with a grin. She looked down to her hand which were a bit scraped up. Her left hand was bleeding a teensy bit. She blew on it and then took out a bandaid from her pocket. Cas may be stupid, but she is prepared… Mostly because of the stupid things she does but that's unimportant.
"That was incredibly stupid." Internally Cas jumped but she didn't react.
She swung her feet around the edge of the building so she was facing inwards.
"Nice to see you too Robin." Robin just scowled, clearly trying to hide a small smile.
Fifteen minutes later and Robin was petting a cat whilst Cas dumped out Cat food.
"That was a very stupid idea." Robin said for maybe the fifteenth time. "It was impulsive." Cas frowned.
"No it wasn't"
Robin just looked up at her. "How."
"I planned it out. I researched it and I found the building I wanted to jump across and measured it and then I practiced jumping across the grass."
"Jumping across grass is different than jumping across buildings." Cas just shrugged. "If this is like the crazy things you were saying that you do with Jason, then I'm very concerned."
"He didn't know." That seemed to shock the boy wonder. "What? I don't need Jason to be stupid. How do you think I met him in the first place. Because it definitely wasn't smart." She said with a snort. "Plus I don't think he'd like the idea of me hopping across buildings too much." Robin just made a small mmm sound.
"Just don't do it again. It's dangerous." Cas wanted to say that living in Crime Alley in general was dangerous, but she stopped herself.
So instead she said, "Ok," you know like a liar. But Cas didn't like being a liar so she added a quick, "I'll think about it." Robin groaned and rolled his eyes.
Cas just laughed and the two continued to go throughout Crime Alley feeding the cats.
So y'all as per usual pls enjoy and review as it makes me write faster. Also if y'all like Ao3 more, I just made an account and am transferring all my stories there. It's Red_Hood_Bats
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