This is one of the most important chapters of this AU.
Thank to Baby Clara for "betareading" this chapter!
IMPORTANT:
HELLO! I am preparing a very special 4 chapter series for my Au Daddy Robin! "Marinette VS Lila!" These chapters will be special because they will be from Marinette's point of view!
This is why... I call upon YOU!
I would like to write chapters with the contribution of my readers! This is my way of thanking you for taking the time to read my stories.
Any ideas or suggestions are welcome!
Chapter Accident (Daddy Damian)
Jon was having trouble breathing. He was holding his stomach, trying to stop the bleeding.
The earth was once again the target of an alien invasion. All available heroes had been called in to deal with the threat. Unfortunately, these aliens knew exactly what they were doing, they had brought several weapons loaded with kryptonite with them. They thought that by neutralizing the Kryptonians on Earth, their victory was assured.
However, they had underestimated the heroes of Earth.
The invaders were forced to retreat.
As revenge, the aliens were blown up, with a large quantity of Kryptonite in their ships.
Jon was near one of these tricked ships. He had breathed in microparticles of Kryptonite and also had a piece of the damn green rock stuck in his stomach.
His only consolation was that he was the only one who was hit in the explosion, and the rest of his family and friends were safe.
The problem?
The explosion had sent him far away. How far away? Jon had no idea. He didn't know if he was in space, or just somewhere in the sky. He didn't recognize anything anymore.
He tried to find his way back, but the pain was so bad, and his breathing so difficult, that he soon found himself in trouble.
Jon's vision was blurred.
Breathing was getting harder and harder.
He could barely hear what was going on around him.
The young hybrid began to fall.
Before completely losing consciousness, he thought he saw a silhouette. He saw green eyes, surrounded by a kind of black mist. He also saw a kind of green "bird".
So... was that the end? Had death come for him this time?
Looks like this time I'm going to join you...Damian...
-XxxX-
Damian had just come home from work. Exceptionally, he hadn't let Marinette accompany him. She had stayed home, safe, with Titus.
It was a day during which he only did heavy operations, he wouldn't have had time to give her any attention.
The truth was that when his daughter was around, he was unable to concentrate completely. She was a source of distraction for him.
It was not his daughter's fault. She was always wise and quiet.
He was the problem.
Every time he looked at her, he couldn't help but wonder if he was living in a dream.
This little girl was his daughter.
He had a daughter.
It had almost been two years, and he still couldn't get used to it. He didn't know that he could smile so much. Some things that he didn't understand before, suddenly became clearer.
He had always wondered why his father came to see him in his room to make sure he was safe. Why his father often ran his hand through his hair. Why Grayson loved to address him with nicknames...
Damian was experimenting these same situations with his little girl.
"Angel, I'm home."
Titus came to him, wagging his tail vigorously. He began to bark. Damian stroked his dog's head.
"Angel?"
He received no answer.
That was strange.
Damian went to his daughter's room and found it completely empty. He frowned. He started looking all over the house for Marinette, but the little girl was nowhere to be found.
Damian felt his blood freezing.
Where was his baby?!
Damian was panicking.
While he was thinking about calling the police or his father, a loud noise, like a firecracker, was heard. It came from the back of the house. Damian went there immediately. Titus at his side began to bark loudly.
When he arrived in the back garden of the house, Damian froze in astonishment.
There was some sort of giant green bird, in his garden, holding a person in its beak. On top of the animal was a person. It had a black cape and was surrounded by some kind of black mist.
The figure jumped from the bird's back and landed gracefully on the ground. At that moment, its cape fell off, revealing black hair and a pair of dark green cat eyes. Damian could clearly see two, small, black cat ears.
Their eyes crossed.
"Marinette?"
"Hmmmm?"
"Oh, that's right, you've never seen me in my Ghost form..."
A green light then flashed, and in the blink of an eye, a little girl with black hair and blue eyes stood in front of him. The giant bird disappeared at once.
"Father, look, I've captured an alien. I'm going to dissect it."
"What?"
Damian was still in shock, but his amazement only increased when he realized the identity of the supposed "alien" that his daughter had "captured". (He was also making a mental note to explain to Marinette that no, she could not "dissect" all the "creatures" she found "interesting", especially if those creatures were still alive).
He rushed to check the "alien's" pulse.
Thank God he was still alive.
"Father? Do you know this creature?"
"He's not a creature, Angel, his name is Jon."
He carried the young man inside the house.
"Angel, go get me the first aid kit. Hurry up."
She complied.
Damian tried to heal his... his what, by the way? Friend? Acquaintance? Brother?
As he tried to extract the piece of Kryptonite, Damian realized that ghosts were beginning to gather around him.
This was not a good sign at all.
"Father, is this "Jon" important to you?"
"He's... an old friend."
"I see."
Damian succeeds in removing the piece of Kryptonite. Jon started coughing quite violently. He opened his eyes painfully. Damian froze.
"D-Da...mian... "
To Damian's relief, Jon lost consciousness again.
Batman's son decided that the best way to help Jon was to bring him into direct contact with the sun. With a little luck, that would be enough to heal him.
"Marinette. I want you to take Jon and bring him as close to the sun as possible."
Marinette looked at him for a moment, then nodded her head. For the second time that strange afternoon, he saw his daughter turn into a humanoid cat.
"By the power of Azarath!"
She raised her little hands, and the strange green creature reappeared. This time, Damian managed to identify it as an eagle. The animal then took Jon in his beak and flew into the sky.
He watched the animal fly away.
The ghosts were still present.
Damian could see that they were talking to each other, but he could not hear them. Indeed, the ability that Marinette had shared with him only allowed him to see the ghosts, but he could not interact with them.
The young father could not tell how much time had passed, but after a while, Marinette de-transformed and looked at him.
"The alien is fine. He's gone now."
"I see..."
Damian ran his hand through his hair.
He was extremely relieved.
Then a question finally came into his mind. He looked at Marinette.
"Angel, why were you outside? Why did you bring Jon back?"
She looked at him for a moment, in silence, before answering.
"Do you see these ghosts around us?"
"Yes."
" These people all died today. As I saw them wandering around the sky, I decided to go and see what it was all about. That's when I saw the alien falling out of the sky."
"He... fell from the sky?..."
"Yes, there seems to have been an alien invasion attempt or something like that."
"... I see... "
For his mental health, Damian decided to simply accept Marinette's explanations, without asking any more questions. He had had a particularly busy day; he had just seen his daughter turn into the emo version of Catwoman.
He had had his fill of strange events for the day.
Damian went inside and Titus followed him. He had to clean up the blood that now lay in his living room. Marinette followed him very closely, while the ghosts dispersed under the girl's orders.
However, Damian was still too disturbed by what he had just experienced and did not realize that a figure had been watching them closely the whole time.
This figure had a long black cape, short ebony hair, and very light gray eyes. Its skin was so white that it made the snow pale. It had a scythe in its hand.
But Marinette had spotted it.
-XxxX-
Death was amused.
The child in front of her had stood up to her in a particularly adorable way.
The little girl had used the wandering souls around her to block the way between her and the future deceased. Normally, this young hybrid should have died today. But given the child's act of insolence, she couldn't help but make an exception.
The little girl gave her a glare before rushing inside the house.
Death smiled.
Her daughter seemed to be in great shape.
She had done well to chose that half-demon girl to carry her child for her. After all, she was Death, and Death was not supposed to give birth.
Death had committed an irreparable act. When she had taken human form to wander through the world of humans, she ran into her ex-boyfriend.
The God of Destruction.
This alley cat had abandoned her to run after the Goddess of Creation.
However, she was in a playful mood. The Cat quickly fell into her trap, and they spent some quality time together.
Alas... She probably should have returned to her God of Death form, rather than playing around with the God of Destruction in human form.
The impossible happens.
An Accident.
A mistake.
Life took shape in her.
Death knew full well that this child would be an abomination in the eyes of the other gods.
The child would not only be immortal but would possess the essence of Death and Destruction.
A mixture of incomparable power.
An extremely dangerous combination.
So, in the hope of hiding her secret, Death roamed the dimensions to find a creature powerful enough to carry the child for her.
She found her happiness on earth.
A half-demon teenage girl (daughter of her nephew Trigon) who was having an affair with a forbidden fruit (the kid had Lazarus Residue in him, in other words, this brat had the essence of the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Creation).
It was perfect.
Death then changed the nature of the baby, so that it took on a human form. So the gods could not feel the baby's presence.
It had been years now...
To Death's greatest amusement, no one had yet realized the trick.
Death couldn't wait to see how this story would end.
She was beginning to enjoy the mess.
She had definitely spent too much time with Plagg.
-XxxX-
"Jon... What you're saying is impossible... Damian is dead."
"I saw him. I'm sure he's the one who saved me! Well, him and... the weird little girl... "
Clark looked at his son as if he had gone crazy. Kon, who was also present, had listened to the exchange in silence. He felt extremely uncomfortable, but seeing his little brother so agitated made his heart ache.
Tim was definitely going to kill him.
"Hmm... I think Jon is right... About Damian..."
His "father" and his little brother turned to him at the same time.
"Tim... told me the other day that Damian had visited the Manor."
He saw Clark frown. And most importantly, he saw Jon's eyes widen in shock.
"W-What?"
" Tim also said that Damian had a daughter."
"HE HAS WHAT?!"
Clark was the one who reacted the most vocally.
Jon, on the other hand, looked at him with his mouth wide open.
"Then... the little girl..."
"She was probably his daughter. It also means that you were somewhere in Greece. Apparently, he lives nearby."
Jon's amazement quickly gave way to anger.
Was Damian alive all this time?
How could he have done such a thing to him?!
All these years, he had felt guilty about his disappearance.
All those times he had cried over his missing friend...
All this for nothing?
He was living his life quietly elsewhere and had even started a family?!
Jon made himself a promise.
He was going to gut Damian.
- For those who didn't understand it, "Death" in this story corresponds to "Sabine Cheng" ;).
I can FINALLY tell you about it!
Here's how each story works:
Two "Marinette" are biological kids.
Two "Marinette" are adopted kids.
- Each Marinette corresponds to a character trait of the "Original Marinette", but amplified.
- Each story works by "peer". This means that one story is the perfect mirror of the other but in a negative way. (It's up to you to find out which ones are linked xD)
