Found by the huntress 7
Chapter 7: Saving The Harpers and The Munchkin
"Yes, this is my plan, Huntress, and I told you it was stupid." Red Hood tells Huntress as he ignores the pain in his foot.
"I also demand that should I win Talia al Ghul makes good on the oath she made to me to bring her children to their father, for Ibn al Xu'ffasch, the Son of the Bat, Damian al Ghul was not sent to his father during the time of strife the league suffered two years ago." Jason says as he removed his hooded vest. Ra's briefly casts a look of disappointment and anger at his daughter.
The duel would by tradition and league law be fought without armored protection for the upper body, as such men tended to fight it bear chested well the woman wore chest wraps or in modern times some form of bra. The conditions for victory are making your opponent submit or strike what would be a non-lethal stand-in for a killing blow. You can kill your opponent to win, but the League frowned on that, for it is taboo to kill a fellow member who has not betrayed the League. However, in the case of executions, should the challenger lose their fate is joined to the condemned.
"Ubu, my sword. I accept your terms Jason name you're second." Ra's calls as he sets the executioner's sword down and removed his cape and white shirt. The gathered members of the League of Assassin's part and formed a circle. A massive muscular seven-foot-tall broad man dressed in a black sleeveless v neck top and Arabic pants walks to Ra's carrying his Scimitar. Jason removes his armored top, half mask, and domino folds his top and sets them aside. Then, he pulled his sword sheath from his hooded jacket. Jason knew that, like when he fought Bruce, he would need to stay calm for this fight. Two assassins stand Roy and Jade up to allow them to watch the duel.
"The Huntress will be my second," Jason states as he hands his sword to Huntress.
"What do I do." Huntress quietly asks Jason.
"You hand me my sword, and if Ra's cheats, which he will not, you put a bolt between his eyes," Jason explains with a small smile.
"I can do that, but first," Huntress says as she grabs Jason and plants a hard but chasts kiss on his lips.
"For luck, you stupid dingbat. Now go kick Ra's ass." Huntress says with a smile.
Jason's answer is just a stupid grin as he hands Huntress his sword. That woman could kiss the life back into someone.
Ra's draws his sword from its sheath, which is left in Ubu's hands; as he makes it to the center of the ring, Jason arrives at the center of the ring. Helena offers the hilt of Jason's sword to him, and Jason draws it. Jason's sword is a European-style two-handed longsword he forged himself. The sword has a simple cross guard with a boat-shaped pummel. Ra's and Jason salute each other with their swords then begin circling each other. Ra's form is reminiscent of a rapier fighter, one hand behind his back, presenting as small a target as possible. Well, Jason's is more reminiscent of a Knight using a two-handed grip. The combatants begin to test each other's guard.
"Good form Jason, your footwork is sold too." Ra complements Jason before changing directions and attacking from the side, Jason deflects, and the fight's speed picks up. Jason blocks Ra's strikes attacking here and there but keeping his head, fighting with patience. The outcome of this fight is too important to risk with his impatience. Ra's is impressed yet somewhat thrown off by Jason's tactics that remind him of Jason's adopted father. Jason also carefully tests his physical strength to Ra's finding he is the stronger of the two. Ra's goes into a perfect flurry of strikes, and at the last second, Jason created his opening, taking a deep cut to his chest as he drops down and shoulder tackles Ra's, picking him up and slamming him to the ground keeping his sword in his hand. However, before he could bring his sword down to cut Ra's cheek as another gunshot rings out, and a bullet tears through his left lung. Jason continues to commit to the blow as another bullet tears its way through his right lung, third tears through his liver. The thwonk of a crossbow is heard as Jason's sword cuts Ra's cheek.
"I yield. Fetch water from the Lazarus pit, Fred, my medial bag." Ra's says, making it clear he lost the fight despite his daughters' interference. He catches The Detective's son as the man finally passed out, blood foaming from his lips with each breath. He knew Jason would not want to be immersed in the pit again. However, the water itself would be enough to heal his wounds as long as Ra's could keep Jason alive long enough for it to arrive. Fred hands him his medical bag as Ra's lays Jason on the floor. Then, the fastest runner of the League makes for the pit.
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Talia liked Jason. However, she refused to let her son be weakened by his father's soft heart, and he would be the tool of her revenge against her father. So Talia drew her mouser and started unloading it at Jason. The stubborn bastard would not go down despite the hole in his lung, so she put a hole in his other lung and one in his liver.
'Fall, damn it fall!' Talia thinks, and she finally aims for his head. However, before she can pull the trigger, a crossbow bolt imbeds itself in the barrel of her gun, and she throws it aside as she draws her Dao's. Talia as the daughter of the Demon's Head, could get away with a lot with the members of the League. However, even she would be facing the consequences for interfering in this duel.
"YOUR DEAD BITCH!" Helena and not Huntress yells as she extended her new battle staff, a double-bladed spear, and slashed at Talia, which Talia blocks. Freed by the member holding her, Jade grabs two swords from two members of the League as she rushed to aid Huntress against Talia. Jade arrives in time to deflect a strike that would have impaled the hot-headed woman.
"Take a breath and calm down Huntress, we will take her together." Jade snaps at the younger woman. For women who have repeatedly tried to kill each other or perhaps because they have tried to kill each other so many times, Huntress and Jade work well together. Talia lasts for several minutes, even scoring a cut on each woman before finally knocking Talia to the ground.
"STOP!" Ra's yells as the two women are about to strike a killing blow. The unexpected cry caused all three women to stop fighting as the runner returns with a picture of Lazarus water. Ra's quickly removed the gauze he had packed Jason's gunshot wounds with and poured the water on Jason's wounds, healing him; however, the man is pale, and his breathing is labored. He had lost a lot of blood, and that was something only bathing in the waters of the pit could heal. Fortunately, he had plenty of O- in the blood banks of the medical center.
"Get Jason to the medical center and start transfusing him with O- blood. He is O- so only use that start with four units. Bring Mr. Harper as well. He will be fitted for a cybernetic prosthetic limb." Ra's orders as a stretcher is brought for Jason. Roy follows his best friend to the medical center. Ra's gets up, his green pants stained with Jason's blood, Huntress and Jade glare death at Talia, but both realize they are outnumbered and step back. Talia gives a cruel smile to the other woman, which Ra's slaps off her face as he glares at her.
"I Ra's al Ghul, The Demons Head, leader of the League of Assassins herby disinherit, banish, and permanently excommunicate Talia al Ghul from the League of Assassin's. You will be dropped in the desert one week's walk from the nearest town with a map, a compass, one thousand us dollars, just enough food and water to make it to that town. Your assets will be seized and given to Jason Todd. Were you not my daughter, I would kill you where you stand, Talia. This is a mercy that I am giving you. You no longer have the right to the al Ghul name. Take her out of my sight; I never want to lay eyes on her again. Should she approach a member of the League, both are to be killed without warning. Also, find my grandson and bring him to the medical center. Miss Bertinelli, if you would follow me, I will lead you to our medical center. You are to come to Mrs. Harper." Ra's says, glaring at his daughter. Talia kicks and screams, vowing revenge before Lady Shiva knocks her out with a Dim Mak strike. Shiva has wanted to do that for years. As Shiva's greatest regret was giving her daughter to David Cain, she was glad Batman had taken her in and despised Talia for how she treated her son. The two assassins give Shiva an appreciative look as they dragged Talia to a helicopter. She would be awakened then dumped in the desert as Ra's ordered.
Helena's heart freezes not because Ra's knows her name but because of just how much of Jason's blood is on the ground and Ra's. she quickly followed Ra's and Jade.
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A few hours later
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Jason woke feeling the same way he always did after suffering from and being treated for massive blood loss, which he has felt way too many times in his life. However, this time he is lying on a hospital bed. Jason realized he was in the League's medical center. He did not feel any pain from his wounds…and was still breathing, thankfully. His mind was clear, so he was not dipped in the pit. He figured they used the water to close his wounds.
That's when he heard a toilet flush and looked in that direction to see Helena once again coming out of the bathroom, and this was becoming a habit. She had changed back into her tan shorts and tan button-up. He once again froze at the look Helena gave him as she marched up to him. But, this time, instead of hitting him, she kissed him hard on the lips…then she smacked him on the head hard.
"You better not scare me like this again for at least two months; God, why do I love such a stupid Dingbat," Helena exclaims in exasperation, then paled as her brain caught up with her mouth.
"I love you two, Helena," Jason says with a dopy grin and a scarlet blush as his heart skips a beat at Helena's comment. Helena just blushed scarlet as she returns his dopy grin with her shy smile as her heart fluttered as she blushed.
"Aww, you two are so sweet you're giving me cavities," Jade snarks from a chair on the other side of the surprisingly modern hospital room, a backgammon board in front of her. Jade and Helena had been playing to pass the time1.
"Oh. Good, your alive, Jade. Where is Roy?" Jason asks both adults blush's darkening. However, Jason also pulls Helena into his lap.
"Should be out of surgery soon. Roy is getting fitted with a cybernetic prosthetic as yesterday the dried-up old bitch cut off his arm. We also sent the brat to get snacks as he was getting annoying." Jade says with her playful Cheshire grin.
"I am not a brat; I am a warrior and don't talk about my mother that way, or I will kill you (smack)…awe, what was that for grandfather." A boy's voice comes from the doorway.
Entering the room is a boy, almost the spitting image of Bruce Wayne at twelve. His eyes are green, the features of his nose and eyes more like that of his mother Talia's. The boy was a bit shrimpy and still had some baby fat. He is well muscled but short for his age, standing about three feet eleven inches tall. He is dressed in clothing similar to his grandfather, except where Ra's green Damian wears red. He was pushing a cart he could barely see over containing refreshments. Then Ra's came in and swatted his grandson on the head for his comment.
"That is not how you talk to a high-ranking member of the League of Assassin's or how you treat other people grandson. Ah, Jason, your awake. I hope you will expect my apologies for how my daughter interfered with our duel. I failed as her as a father." Ra's says with a slight bow to Jason, shocking Damian and Helena.
"GRANDFATHER, WHAT ARE YOU DOING KOWTOWING TO THESE PE…AHw what was that for?" Damian's examples as Ra's once again strikes him.
"We are not royalty, and the fuddle system has been abolished for centuries. But, again, this is not how you treat people, grandson. Your father has a lot to teach you. I regret I was not more involved in your life. Having seen how your mother treated your sister, I failed you by assuming she would treat you the same way." Ra's says with exasperation visible on his face, which shocks Jade and Jason. They have never seen the eight-hundred-year-old man exasperated before.
"Mr. Harper will be brought in soon; he will be out till morning as he asked if we could give him a rapid detox, and we can and have. He is in a medically induced coma. Well, we detox him. Mrs. Harper, I will be personally monitoring his state throughout the night. We used Lazarus water to heal him after finishing the surgery so he will not need any pain medication. Jason, well, the pits waters should not affect you. You are the first person outside of legend and myth to be brought back to life with a pit, so to be safe, I gave you an injection of Lotus and will give you another tomorrow. I ask that all three of you spend the night as my guests. I will fly the five of you out in the morning on my personal jet to Gotham. However, if it's ok with you, I would like Sandra to accompany you to make sure Damian is delivered safely to his father." Ra's says calmly.
"I am fine with Shiva accompanying us," Helena says, understanding just why Ra's is sending the woman to accompany them.
"I am fine with my teacher accompanying us to Demons Head," Jade says with a smile.
"Helena is the boss, so I am fine with that," Jason says with a smile.
"I am glade. Mrs. Harper, I hereby release you from your commitment to the League. You may leave with them without worry. Now, if you will excuse me, I am going to give My grandson a crash course in proper manners and etiquette. Well, I watch over Mr. Harper. Ubu will escort you to your temporary quarters." Ra's says with a frown.
"WHAT, I HAVE A SISTER!" Damian finally exclaims in delayed shock.
"You have three sisters' kid, one half-sister, Helena she is three, one adopted sister Cassandra she is fourteen and your twin Athanasia she is twelve like you. You also have three brothers, all by adoption. Jason here is your older brother, Tim is seventeen and was the youngest boy before now, and Richard is your eldest brother. He is thirty." Helena explains in the same voice she used with a student who is confused about something. Damian looks like he had his little mind blown. It might be the blood loss, but Jason swore he saw smoke coming out of his baby brother's ears.
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Gotham The East End a two days later.
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Jason stopped the rented red SUV where they could get a good look at the entrance to the Immaculate virgin mission. He is dressed in a pair of blue jeans, a red t-shirt, and his favorite brown leather jacket. Next to him is Helena in a pair of black cargo pants, a purple shirt, and a black leather jacket. They watched the taxi pull up and drop off a young quarter Vietnamese girl dressed in a Gotham academy uniform at the entrance of the mission. Roy dressed in a pair of blue jeans, a red t-shirt, a red hoody, and red baseball cap, and a Wayne medical cybernetic arm model number 52 prosthetic arm in white. He stared at his living, breathing daughter through a monocular and teared up. He had agreed with Jade that it was safer for his daughter not to have her in their life. Jade is dressed in a pair of ripped blue jeans, a green t-shirt, and a green hoody smiles as she watches her daughter through another monocular.
"You two should go say hi to her." A woman says from the back seat.
Lady Shiva, AKA Sandra Wu-San, is a 40-year-old tall, beautiful Chinese woman standing five feet eight inches tall. She has long black hair falling to the small of her back, a challenge to all the fights and brown eyes. Sandra has long, strong, toned legs, wide childbearing hips, large B cup breasts, a fine rump heart-shaped you could bounce a quarter off. A thin layer of fat covered her strong core she could not get rid of after her pregnancy ended 14 years ago. She is dressed up in a black pants suit with a red button-up shirt.
"No, she is safer without us in her life. Let's get the munchkin to his family." Roy says with a frown as his daughter enters the mission.
Sandra frowns at the parents but did not argue. She could understand the logic behind their feeling, given what happened to Lian. Sandra's biggest regret in her life is how she let her own daughter be raised also quitted her tongue. She was glad she was able to kill David Cane two years ago. She was glad her daughter was being raised by Bruce now. Bruce even sent her pictures of her baby and sent her a new W-phone every year, that he paid for the services. She is proud that her daughter uses her skills to protect people as Batgirl, even if she did not like her wearing the bat emblem.
"Why is it so freaking cold here?" Damian asks from his spot next to Shiva. He is dressed in a pair of slacks, a turtleneck sweater, and three hoodies and still felt cold.
"It's Gotham brat; it's even cold for six months of the year," Jason says with a grin as he starts the car the head to Wayne manor.
"How does my family stand to live in inhospitable conditions?" Damian asks, mystified.
"This is nothing; it gets a lot colder, kid," Jason says with a teasing smirk as Damian goes pale.
"I am going to die this winter, die, freeze to death. I am going to freeze to death." Damian says with result seriousness.
"Don't be dramatic, Mr. Wayne. You will adapt to the cold. Here a heating pack should help warm you up." Sandra says respectfully as she pulls a heating pack from her purse.
"Thank you, Shiva," Damian says as he takes the pack with a smile.
"The dials above you control the heat, kid. You can turn it up." Jason says as he starts the SUV, ready to head to Wayne Manor. Sandra changed the heat vent to the max and hottest setting and directed her vent to blow on Damian. None of the adults liked the look of the storm clouds blowing in from the sea.
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To be continued
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This is an easter egg reference to The secret origin of (the first) Huntress (Helena Wayne) in DC Super-Stars #17 in 1977. Helena's first words are: Drat! The phone had to ring just as I was about to trounce you at backgammon, daddy.