You know what, I lied. I am having way too much fun writing this and so it shall go on. This is honestly my favorite fic to write. I love cheesy romance and action but dark stories are so much more fun to write. Thanks to my readers :)

I won't let them break me down to dust- The Greatest Showman

Chapter 5

She slept the entire car ride back to the tower. He couldn't blame her at all, he knew she must have been exhausted. Both physically and mentally. He gave her a look over. She was really small, he had noticed. Not really the size he would imagine a demon being. Even a half demon like. It was also unfavorable when it came to fighting. And yet she survived the Joker, something he himself had been unable to do. Looking at her now he wouldn't think she was a powerful being with the capability of destroying the world.

Right now she was a kid who had just been put through hell. And he knew how that felt.

He felt a sudden desire to protect the young girl. He felt like they were kin of sorts. The "I (kinda) survived the Joker" fan club. Exclusive to two birds and a bat. And Quinn he guessed.

He chuckled at the thought but he still felt the overwhelming need to ensure she would be safe. That overwhelming need was telling him to turn around and kill the Joker but deep down he knew that wasn't something he should do just yet.

She deserved some revenge too.

He approached the harbor where he had a boat ready for them. Gently he picked up the sleeping girl who twitched slightly. She was startled and he tried his best to calm her with soothing words.

"It's okay," he said to her. "You are almost home."

She continued to sleep for the entire boat ride and he figured she would most likely sleep for a day or two if not more. By the time they reached ashore, it was around noon.

Once he arrived at the sands of the towers shore he skillfully avoided any alarms and made his way inside. He reached the living room with no issues but the tower was empty, the team most likely out searching and failing once more.

Jason decided to look around the tower to see if anyone was available to him. He placed Raven gently on the sofa, still wrapped in his blanket. He then ventured into the towers. He knew that the Bat-Son was somewhere locked up. He had hacked their system and eavesdropped. It was easy to do.

He found the containment chamber fairly fast. The kid was on the bed, lying down. He had yet to hear him.

"So this is where they keep you," he said.

The kid jumped up and was in attack mode instantly. The moment he saw his face, he relaxed and went up to the glass.

"Why are you here Todd?" he asked angrily. "Shouldn't you be playing a zombie in Gotham? Wait that's the Red-X suit, what the hell Todd?"

Jason rolled his eyes. Here he is back from the dead and the kid didn't even flinch. He guessed he would have had to know he was alive since it was his mother that helped him recoup. That didn't matter however for he had to get Raven into the infirmary soon to be fully checked over.

"I would be in Gotham if you all hadn't fucked up and tried to take on the Joker," he said. "I had a pretty bird to save, since none of you fools seemed to be able to succeed. I, on the other hand am not a fool."

He expected a sarcastic comment from the baby bat but instead, he got a look of complete and utter relief.

"You have Raven?" he said as if the sun had been lifted off his back.

"Yes," he replied. "She's sleeping on your sofa but its time she gets some medical help so call your team and get them over here."

Damian nodded and went to his communicator

"My father is with them and although he suspects you to be alive he will be surprised," Damian said pressing the distress signal. "If you try to hurt him you will have the entire team in your back, Red-X."

"Ill handle Bruce myself," Jason replied. "As for the name, call me Red-Hood. When you, I, and the pretty bird get revenge on the Joker, I want it to be as Redhood. Not X, X is too tame."

"You're suggesting a team up?" Damian asked smirking.

Jason nodded as he replaced his Redhood mask.

"Yup."

"Fine but let me out of here, the code is 9134."

Jason nodded and put in the code which opened the door.

Damian immediately headed towards the exit and to his friend. Leaving Jason to wander around.

...

He found her sleeping on the sofa just as Todd had said. He picked her up and carried her towards the infirmary. She was badly bruised up and if he could he would have taken off to find the Joker and he would have killed him.

He decided against that as he wanted to be with her.

He placed her on an infirmary bed and went right to work on removing those cuffs. They were stopping her healing powers. He managed to remove them but flinched when a few things exploded and her eyes opened with a white light. She fell back after a few seconds unconscious and then she immediately began healing which eased his worries.

Still, knowing what happened to her made him feel sick. She was the person he cared about the most he had realized. Now she was here with the faint blue glow she took when she was healing from a major injury. He hated seeing her there and he knew without a doubt the Joker would return. Whether for him or for her he wasn't sure. All he knew is that the Joker had a look in his eyes in those videos. A look of crazed obsession.

He would definitely be back.

"Damian," the voice of Koriand'r said. "Where are you?"

He stayed quiet but soon the team all rushed to the infirmary.

"Raven," Beastboy said with relief and heading to her side.

"Oh thank x'hal," Starfire said as she began looking over the sleeping demon.

The rest of the team stood around in awkwardness as Nightwing and Starfire both began getting medical supplies and various medications to help her heal what magic couldn't.

"How did you find her?" Batman, his father, said breaking the silence.

Damian refused to look at him and he knew the drama was about to unfold as Redhood appeared from literally out of nowhere and gave Batman a strong punch in the face.

Chaos erupted as both Nightwing and Blue Beetle tried to attack Redhood. Damian just watched. Starfire went to help up Batman and Beast Boy had turned into a venomous snake and was protecting Raven.

"Stop," Batman yelled.

The entire room halted.

"The Redhood," Batman said staring at Jason. "I assume you were the one to save Raven."

The room all looked to the Redhood.

"You guys weren't going to do it anytime soon," he said snarkily. "Didn't like seeing the kid be brutalized by your worst creation. Hits too close to home."

Batman looked to Nightwing who gave him a knowing look.

"How many people did you have to kill to find her?" Batman asked.

Damian felt his face twitch in anger but let it go. It didn't matter how many crooks had died, Raven was safe He wanted to punch his father now too but this was Jason's fight.

"None," he said smugly. "I'm just better than you."

The team was awkwardly silent. No one knowing what to say.

"I'm out of here now but remember what I said kid," he said looking at Damian.

He nodded in reply.

"Thank you," Kori said trying to diffuse the tension." You have brought our friend to safety."

"She isn't safe as long as he lives," Red replied as he walked out.

He was followed by Batman.

"I must ask you all to leave the room," Starfire said. "I'm gonna get her fully checked over and cleaned up."

Damian and the rest of the boys nodded and left. Jaime and Gar went to their rooms, DIck went in search of Batman. Damian decided he would wait for Kori to finish and stay with Raven.

...

Batman followed Redhood to the roof.

"Jason," he said sternly. "Stop."

Jason paused and turned to look at his old mentor.

"So you did know," he said gruffly. "And here I thought you'd forgotten about me."

"I questioned Ra's," he said. "He told me it all. I've known for almost two years."

"And yet you never called," he said sarcastically.

"Why are you doing this Jason?" Batman asked with a slight desperation in his voice.

Jason took off the mask.

"I don't think you have any right to question me," he said with a scowl.

It stayed quiet for a moment, a soft breeze ruffling Jason's hair.

"I blame you for this," he said facing the batman. "I had thought that after what happened with me, or with Babs, I thought that maybe you would put the ultimate stop on the Joker but here he is. Living, killing, and now he's raping."

Batman stared at the man in silence.

"Nothing to say, Bruce," Jason growled.

"Jason," he said. "Killing the Joker won't solve anything. We both know that."

Jason let out a ferocious growl and stalked towards the man.

"Killing the Joker would have saved a 15-year-old girl from being tortured," he said grabbing him by the front of the cowl. "Getting rid of the monster the moment he killed anyone would have saved hundreds. It would have Babs, it would have saved Raven...it would have saved me too."

Jason felt the presence of Richard behind him and the hand he placed on his shoulder. A comforting gesture but an unwelcome one. He shoved the hand away.

"You can try and save the Joker," he said as he walked away. "I won't guarantee I won't hurt you. It's all up to you Bruce."

"And I will handle you based on your actions," Batman replied. "Leave Damian out of this."

Jason began to walk towards the edge, ready to find a way down. He turned and looked at Batman and Nightwing.

"I don't make decisions for him Bruce," he replied. "I won't stop him. That's all you."

With that, he jumped down only to break his fall with jet-powered boots.

…...

"Physically She will be okay," Kori told Nightwing. "Only time will tell how her mind will be but she is a strong girl. I think she will recover."

Nightwing nodded.

"Is Damian still with her?" He asked.

"I'm afraid he won't leave her side for a while," Kori replied.

"I'll let him have his time today but I'll talk to him later."

Kori nodded and the two headed to their shared guest room.

...

She was floating in a sea of colors. Red, green, and purple. They made her feel nauseated. She felt like she was continuously being drowned by the colors and by the laugh. It wouldn't go away.

She could still hear him she could still feel him.

She was being dragged lower and lower.

But then there was a hand reaching out to her. It wasn't a pale nasty hand. No, it was a peachy color and it was reassuring. She grabbed it and then she wasn't drowning.

...

She woke up with a start. Everything was so bright that she couldn't see. She didn't know where she was and she felt a sense of fear and dread but then she felt his arms wrap around her and his calming soothing words.

"Hey, it's okay. You're safe, you're in the tower. It's okay."

Then the fear went away and all she could feel was his emotions. He was slightly afraid too that mostly he was relieved.

So she relaxed and wrapped her arms around him.

"I want to scream," she told Damian.

"I'm not stopping you," he said hugging her to his chest.

And into his broad chest, she finally screamed.

...

I promise I won't try and go on hiatus again. I really do enjoy writing this.