I ran.

I hadn't yet figured out where, since I didn't really know anyone that lived in this part of Gotham.

My soaked clothes were heavy and cold. Had I not been running I would've been freezing.

I really wanted to get up onto the rooftops and parkour from house to house, but with my hands cuffed it would be a suicide mission, so I was confined to the ground, much to my dismay.

In my mind, I was going through a list of all the people I knew would help me, or at least not try to kill me.

I was starting to lose hope, realizing literally no one lived close by when suddenly I turned a corner and was knocked to the ground.

I looked up and, fuck me gently with a chainsaw, it was Jason.

He was staring at me with wide eyes.

"Um, hi?" I said, offering Jason a small smile.

Jason didn't say anything. He was probably scared. After all, he didn't know I was Robin.

"Look, kid. I'm not going to hurt you. I promise" I said, letting Jason see my cuffed hands.

"Aren't you a murderer, or something?" Jason hesitantly asked.

"Well, yes. I do quite like to commit first-degree murder occasionally" I replied casually.

"So, I'm running from Batman. Wanna help me?" I asked after a moment of awkward silence.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" Jason mumbled before he turned around and started to leave.

" Is that a yes?" I called after him.

Jason stopped in his tracks. He sighed before turning back to me.

"Fine! I'll help you. But you'll owe me one"

Jason was smart, I'll give him that. Having me in debt to him was huge. I never accepted any deal of that sort, but this was Jason we were talking about. It would be fine.

"You have yourself a deal, kid" I grinned, offering to shake Jason's hand.

Jason accepted the handshake and helped me up while he was at it.

He started walking away, expecting me to follow, which I did.

"My dad's out at the moment, but we'll have to sneak you past my stepmom. I doubt she would want you in the house, no offence" Jason explained.

I remembered Jason had told me his stepmom was a drug addict. I wasn't a big fan of junkies. They were way too unpredictable. So I was completely fine with avoiding her.

We walked in silence for a few minutes. I noticed Jason kept me in sight the whole time. He kept his guard up. I would've been offended if it wasn't for the fact that I currently had eight weapons on me, most of them were knives.

We eventually came to a stop in an alley.

"Well have to get in that way," Jason said, pointing at a fire escape.

The fire escape was a fair bit off the ground, but a dumpster and an abandoned van had been made into a staircase.

Jason climbed up to the fire escape with some difficulty and motioned for me to follow.

I climbed up a bit more gracefully.

"I live on the fourth floor, and the fire escape will take us right into my room. We'll have to be pretty quiet though, so my stepmom doesn't hear us" Jason explained.

"Yeah! Sure! No problem." I replied.

We began climbing the stairs until we got to the fourth floor. Just as Jason had said there was window leading into what looked like a fairly normal teenager room.

Jason opened the window and climbed inside, me following.

Jason grabbed something from a desk.

"Your hands" he demanded.

I held out my hands and Jason studied the cuffs for a moment before basically stabbing them with a pair of pliers. The cuffs broke and opened.

"Wow! That was easy" I mumbled, rubbing my wrists.

"Make yourself comfortable, I guess" Jason shrugged.

I felt a bit awkward just standing there, but it felt like an asshole move to sit down anywhere in my, still wet, clothes.

A forceful shiver ran through my body. Jason's eyes widened in realization.

"You must be freezing, dude!" he exclaimed.

"Well, yeah, I'm kinda cold. Not that I can't handle it" I replied.

"Hold on a second," Jason said.

He then started rummaging through what looked like his closet.

"Here," he said, handing me a pile of clothes.

"Oh! Thanks! You really didn't have to" I thanked him.

"Yeah, well, it's really not a problem" Jason assured me.

"You can change in here. I'll just go see if I can sneak some food or something"

And with that Jason left the room.

I decided to take my mask off for a bit. It wasn't exactly the most comfortable thing in the world.

I then took on the challenge of taking off my suit, which stuck to my skin like glue. When I finally got it off I hung it over a chair to maybe dry a little.

Putting on the dry clothes felt amazing. Jason had given me sweatpants, a t-shirt and a hoodie. The hoodie, I was especially thankful for.

I put my mask back on and went to open the door to the room.

"I'm done, dude," I said to Jason waiting outside.

Jason came back inside, holding a packet of chocolate chip cookies, and two bottles of Fanta.

"I couldn't really find any food, so hopefully you like cookies," Jason said apologetically.

"Are you this friendly to all murderers you invite to your home?" I asked jokingly.

Jason punched my arm, "Oh shut up!"

"Hey! I'm not complaining" I defended myself.

Jason sat down on the bed and dragged me down with him.

" Let's eat!"

"What do I call you?" Jason asked after a few minutes of silence.

"My name's Renegade, but people usually call me Ren" I replied.

"I'm Jason" Jason said.

"Well, nice to meet you, Jason"

"Yeah, you too"

I couldn't help but notice how similar this was to when I first met Jason. I was even a bit worried he would make a connection. I had a feeling he wouldn't snitch on me, or anything, but I still didn't want him to know. It could be dangerous for him.

"So why were you running from Batman?" Jason asked.

"Well, that's kind of a long story. I was annoying the Penguin, and all went well until some guys just barged in yelling Batman was coming. So I hid on top of a chandelier and watched as Bats cleared the whole place in like a minute. Then Batman was about to arrest Penguin, but Penguin ratted me out as the Joker's son, and Batman caught me when I tried to escape and I was knocked out. Then I woke up in Batman's car, but I managed to escape by pushing the car door open and jumping off a bridge into the water. Then I waited until Batman left before I just ran away. Then I bumped into you. And I have a feeling Batman is still looking for me" I concluded my explanation.

"Oh" was all Jason replied.