Prompt:
"Murder wasn't on today's agenda."
"It's not on anyone's."
"No, it's on mine, just not until next Thursday."
Jason was swinging side to side gently in one of the swivel chairs by the Batcomputer. He was slouched down, wearing his full Red Hood getup except for his, well, red hood. Bruce and Tim were by the batmobile discussing whatever their plan was for tonight's patrol.
As Jason's eyes caught sight of me he pushed himself upright, no longer slouching in such an extreme extent and gave me an ever so slight smile as I plonked myself down in the chair beside him. Tonight I decided to make Alfred have the night off and I would be assisting Bruce and Tim on the computer.
"What are you doing Jason?"
He leaned his arms onto the desk before laying his head down onto them. Looking up at me with a blank expression.
"I'm bored, I wanted to go on patrol tonight but he insisted on taking the Replacement."
He began to pout, he was always more comfortable with being playful around me and Dick rather than the others. It was also rather amusing seeing a huge dorito of a man who was armed to the teeth, sulking about not being able to go out with his adoptive dad.
"And why is that Jaybird?"
He didn't reply, instead he stiffened as the voice of Bruce reached our ears. He was talking to Tim about their plan for tonight. It had become clear as to why he wasn't bringing Jason along with him tonight.
"Joker has something big planned, we need to find out what."
The rest of what Bruce was saying to Tim was now lost on me. Joker was the reason why he had decided to take Tim with him tonight instead of Jason. Tim would follow his every command and move, Jason on the other hand...
His back was now straightened and his eyes were trained on the dynamic duo. He was intently listening in onto their conversation, trying to get any information of where they would be going so he could follow them.
"Well murder wasn't on today's agenda."
"It's not on anyone's"
"No, it's on mine, just not until next Thursday."
He was still being playful despite his clear desire to tail Batman and Robin to the Joker so he could finally kill the mad clown. The fact that he was being playful with me still meant I still had a chance to get him to change his mind about going.
"Who is getting murdered on Thursday?"
I kept the tone of my voice as casual as possible as I logged into the Batcomputer. Pretending not to care about his intense anger towards the Joker. He finally looked back at me then, clearly not expecting me to play along with his comment.
"Oh you know, the usual, crazy serial killer."
I nodded, there are plenty of those kicking about Gotham city.
"Why on Thursday?"
He thought for a moment before scooching his chair closer to mine, leaning his elbows on the desk once more. I glanced at him, noticing the softening of his features and the departure of Bruce and Tim.
"Well the psycho is gonna be out on Thursday. That'll be the prime time to get him."
By now Bruce and Tim had left the batcave, my mission was complete, Jason was now in a full blown rant explaining his plan on catching a serial killer on the upcoming Thursday, instead of potentially getting himself killed, again, by the Joker... again.
