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The inertia from the explosion violently hurtled Robin through the air. His body twisted uncontrollably and he was thrown backwards, hit the pole, and slumped downwards.
"Agh!" screamed Robin: his back was in pain from the impact with the pole. The young vigilante reached above his head, grabbed onto the wood pole, and swung three times around, finally able to vault himself off the pole on the third. Seconds later, the fire from the explosion rushed past his previous position, leaving nothing but ashes and a burned pole in its path.
The young hero somersaulted vertically and landed on his feet. He breathed heavily, his costume moving up and down violently with each breath. Robin glanced at Batman and then ahead of him. With no time to recover, he glanced and estimated quickly- he saw 20, maybe 30, Joker lackeys surround himself and Batman.
Jason nervously thought, "This is it. This is going to be my last chance to prove myself to Batman." Batman glanced at Robin and realized that all of his months of training this boy would be wasted tonight, no matter how hard he tried to prevent it.
Robin effortlessly reached behind his back while simultaneously jumping about 17 feet into the air. Two Batarangs were deftly clenched in Robin's hands. Robin's hand moved and the Batarang violently soared through the air; a Joker lackey screamed in pain. Blood slowly trailed down the lackey's ear and face: seconds later he was unconscious.
"One down." Robin wasted no time: he pulled
his left hand behind his back and ferociously launched the second
Batarang. The Batarang flew at a female Joker crony dressed in pink
sweatpants, a yellow t-shirt, and pigtails with pink barrettes. She
looked on in uncontrollable fear as the Batarang grew seconds closer to
impact with her. She jumped onto her hands and pushed one foot back in
preparations to kick away Robin's Batarang. Inches before impact, she
violently kicked her foot forward and the Batarang hurtled towards
Batman.
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"Uhguh," whimpered two Joker thugs
that Batman had just hit in the face. Blood oozed out of the corners of
their mouths. The thugs' bodies moved towards the ground: Batman raised
his right foot and kicked the lackey on the left side of his stomach.
The lackey lay sprawled across the ground, while his partner was inches
away from hitting the floor. Batman raised his foot and, in what seemed
like a polished and natural motion, he delivered a kick to the man's
face, immediately knocking him out. Batman turned angrily to see one of
Robin's Batarangs flying at his face; he leaned back and then lunged to
the right.
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Batman looked back at Robin with
an expression of puzzlement and anger. He flipped backwards twice, and
when he neared landing position he turned sideways and kicked a Joker
crony in the mouth, watching on as the man's teeth shattered and
sluggishly fell out of his mouth. Batman swiftly kicked the Joker's
second-rate sidekick in his stomach, throwing a swift punch towards his
face. Batman turned around to do a quick scan of the room. He saw three
Joker flunkies running towards Robin and wasted no time.
Quickly pulling out what two of what resembled two balls on a rope,
Batman vigorously twirled them around in the air and seconds later
smoothly launched them at the flunkies approaching Robin. Seconds later
the goony right behind Robin fell- his knees bound together, and as he
fell towards the ground his chin broke with a sickening crack. The
sounds of breaking bones slowly echoed around the room. Before Robin
had time to react, two more of those ball-and-chains subdued two
lackeys that had been rapidly approaching Robin.
A knife flew past Robin's ear and narrowly missed the Boy Wonder, when he turned around he saw three lackies standing and grinning.
"Batman, we don't have time for this," Robin uttered to Batman. The dynamic duo looked at each other and simultaneously shook their heads in the motion of yes. The two stood by each other and, in sync, took out their cables, launched them across the room and swung across them. They were safely out of harms way and Robin glanced at Batman. Batman took out a Batarang and menacingly launched it towards the Joker's cronies. Thousands of volts of electricity surged through the Batarang, and every lackey fell to the ground with the impact of the Batarang. Each flipped off the cable; once they landed, they ran towards the direction of The Joker.
Batman and Robin each had their own fears in mind. Batman feared for Robin's life, and Robin feared Batman would never take him seriously. He would always be second fiddle to Dick Grayson, no better than Barbara Gordon, and the worse possible choice for a Robin. All the years of 'tough love' and harsh treatment from Batman and still he wasn't good enough for him. "AGH! What can be done to please that man?" Jason calmed himself down just enough to think rationally.
The two ran for what seemed like ages. They finally came upon The Joker, and saw him dangling and Robin's mother dangling above acid. Robin had nearly completed his mission -he was almost estatic after all of these years he had been re-united with his true mother.
"Hey Robbie Boy! How are ya'? Your mother and I were just hanging. Of course, she's doing the hanging," the Joker maniacally laughed. Robin ran across the platform, the only thing that separated The Joker and himself from one another. Once across, he lunged towards The Joker and placed his hands around The Joker's neck.
The Joker managed to utter the words "All this pent up hostility ain't good for ya', be cool." The Joker moved his hand up to a flower near the collar of his shirt and lightly squeezed it. An ice vapor was dispersed into the air. The Joker kicked Robin off of him and watched him stagger and gasp heavily for air. He took advantage of Robins' weakened state. He ran full speed towards Robin, and sent him flying over a handrail.
"Let's see if the birdie has wings."
The Joker looked on while Robin fell through the air. Robin looked up at The Joker helplessly; paralyzed and seconds away from the impact that he was sure would be the end of him.
"It's funny how I came here to prove myself and now am gonna fall because of it," Robin chuckled, bitterly and softly, to himself. Batman launched a cable and a whiz was heard spreading across the room. Batman wasn't a second too early- he sailed across the room, grabbed Robin, and landed both of them safely on the ground.
"Ah, what the hell," said the Joker as he grabbed Robin's mother and pushed her towards the railing. She helplessly screamed for mercy.
"Shud id up," said that Joker as he slapped, struggled and tossed her over the railing into a 'bath of acid,' as he put it. She cringed has body hit the acid, wincing and pain while her skin peeled away while she fell deeper each second. Her screams were to no avail.
The Joker put his hand under his chin: "Well, if the momma bird can't fly, then I see why Batman had to save the baby bird's little keester."
Robin looked on in anger at the spectacle -his mother was just burned to death by acid. He hatefully looked at The Joker, and while The Joker talked Robin heard no sound. A tear slowly formed in his eyes. "After all these years without her, I lose her again." Robin's eyes lit ablaze. His muscles visibly tensed, his jaw line hardening.
"Aww! Is the little birdie mad?" teasingly asked The Joker.
"You're gonna die!" Robin said as he prepared to lunge for The Joker.
In his own menacing way, the Joker spoke: "Not if I kill you first, 'cause it's duck season boys and I'm ready to hunt." He maniacally cackled.
Robin let out a loud grunt and lunged for The Joker; Batman stood nearby in awe of Robin's anger. "This is one battle Robin has to fight on his own."
The Joker jumped down from above and ran towards Robin. Robin threw a punch directly at The Joker's face, knocking him square in the eye. The Joker's eye swelled up, and he asked Robin, "How could ya' hit me?" With that, he reached behind his back and pulled out a giant boxing glove. He turned a lever, and seconds later the glove shot through the air, sending Robin flying across the room and landing in a wall. Debris from the wall cracked off and fell around him; Robin slowly stood up, looked at The Joker and forgot his pain. He yet again charged towards The Joker.
"Some boys just never learn," laughed The Joker. He took out four long knives and threw them at Robin.
Robin saw the knives coning and dodged to the side; he thought he was out of harms way until The Joker shrieked "Watch your back, birdie!" The knives halted in mid-air, opening up into nets, and before Robin had the chance to dodge out of the way, the nets closed in on him.
Robin screamed in agonizing pain as thousands of volts of electricity surged through his body. He stumbled around violently. With each second more electricity moved throughout his body. The Joker saw the vulnerable state Robin was in, and he ran forward towards 'The little birdie' and kicked him in the stomach three times. Blood splattered from his mouth.
Batman looked on at Robin's struggle and moved to help him, but was knocked back by Harley Quinn. "Mista J. says no one is to interrupt his fun," Harley said as she shook her finger. She added "'Cause if they do he'll be very angry." Harley took off her backpack and withdrew a giant hand from it. Maneuvering the hand, she threw Batman out of the building. He lay on the cold ground outside, covered in debris, and looked on helplessly at the spectacle inside the building.
"Aaaaaaaaah!" screamed a battered, bruised and bloody Robin, seconds after The Joker had hit him over the head with the steel bat. Robin reached behind his back and pulled out a Batarang, cut the rope and rolled from under it. Robin stood upright, and ferociously launched another Batarang at The Joker. A gaping wound appeared on the Joker's face.
"Kid,
you're gonna pay for that." The Joker began to laugh once again. Harley
Quinn used the hand that she pushed Batman with earlier to pull Joker
towards the outside with her.
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Hundreds of
lights flickered in the warehouse windows, accompanied by the same
number of explosions.Victor Fries walked through a side panel in the
building and moved towards Robin.
"In the words of my great uncle: DIE JASON JUST DIE!" said The Joker. He turned towards Batman and said bitterly, "Don't worry, Batbub. If I knew your identity, you'd be roasting right along with him."
Several explosions shook the warehouse and The Joker and Harley ran away from the building. One final explosion sounded, and the building demolished. "Jason..." Batman said.
Jason was a young boy: he grunted and pulled the tires of The Batmobile- Batman sat and watched the young boy, seeing not a common criminal but something, somehow, something more
Sweat dripped down Jason's face, he breathed heavily and kicked towards Bruce's foot "You're doing fine kick harder you're doing good keep it up Dick could do 200 push ups in 10 minutes when he first began training I know you can do the same maybe even better"
'But Sir, I'm sure Master Wayne holds you in just as high of regards as he did or does Master Grayson" Alfred's voice reaching over to Jason's ears, Bruce lurking down the dark corridor, hearing, yes, but not comprehending the consequences
He had treated Jason so harshly and Jason didn't know that Bruce was just that way.
It was the only way he knew how to be.