Jason had lost track of time, set silently in the office trying to comprehend his situation. Why did this type of thing always happen to him? He was current inside his daughters head and he has to save her, not knowing what awaits him ahead. He finally got up after probably an hour and made his way out, slowly and cautiously sneaking around the small and broken down house he was in. He peered our the window, the small town that laid itself out before him silent and looking as if the apocalypse had happened. He took this as a good sign, going to the front door and walking out to explore his surrounds. "Alright...whatcha got for me?" He started walking around, finding the silence and abandoned cars and houses eerie. He pulled out the talkie, pressing the talk button and waiting to hear Selina.
"Jason? What is it?"
"So what exactly is this world suppose to be? Shouldn't there be like...I don't know...people?" He asked, trying to listen for any signs of life.
"There was but I doubt any of them are...people right now. The stability doesn't just affect the environment but it affects its people. If the world starts to crumble, it's people will lose their sanity."
"So basically I've been sent into some zombie apocalypse type world inside my daughters head?" He took her silence as an answer. He sighed, stopping and resting his hand on his hip and looking down. "Selina, there are no people around and by what your saying that worries me. Deeply."
"It worries me too. Be careful."
"Don't plan on dying anytime soon, Sel. So I'll be careful." He started walking again, clipping it back into his belt as he heard a small crash in the distance. He quickly hid behind one of the cars, peeking around its corner to see a man in all purple and messy green hair walking out of a building. He was tossing a small remote like device up into the air as he whistled, a wide and creepy smile plastered on his nearly all white face. He looked as if he was some kind of clown. "Well he's different." Jason mumbled, watching him closely. Once the man was far enough away from the building he turned, holding the remote high up in the air.
"And now, as a welcome for our new friend who has yet to show themselves, a light show." He pressed the button, causing a massive explosion and senting a the building into flames, debris flying everywhere. Jason ducked back behind the car, bracing for the force it cause and shuttering at the maniacal laughter the strange man had.
"What the fuck is up with this guy?!" He peered over the Hood, finding the man walking off before vanishing into thin air. His eyes widened, quickly running toward that area. "Did he just...how the hell?" Be stood there dumbfounded until he heard another noise from the burning building. He quickly took cover, hearing staggered footsteps coming out of the building. He look a quick look, seeing what a burning person roaming around unphases by the fire. "Right...the 'zombies'" He muttered to himself, slowly and quietly walking away from the building to try avoiding having to fight them. He only had his knife after all and until he found a gun or something better, he wasn't willing to give that knife up to some flaming and mindless being.
After what felt like hours of wondering and searching, the radio started to act up. It was making a static noise everytime he began walking in a certain direction, as if it were leading him somewhere. Curiousity started to peak as the static got louder when he neared what was starting to sound a lot like gun shots. He slowed his pace, seeing someone in a military grade uniform shooting and trying to fend off a small horde of the creatures. His eyes widened when he got a better few of the person, a small bit of panic now forming in the pit of his stomach. "Barbara? Shit...shit shit." He started frantically trying to find something, anything to draw the attention away from her long enough for him to get her and hide. He managed to find an empty glass bottle in the trash in a nearby trash can, tossing it and anything else from the can the could make noise away from her. Once the horde started dwindling down and she killed the last of the creatures that remained, he ran over to her pulling her away as they made their way behind one of the buildings. She had tried to struggle away from him before they hide, still full of adrenaline.
"Get your hands off of me!" She nearly yelled, ripping her arms away from him when they were a safe distance away.
"Barbara, it's me. Jason." He tried to calm her down, putting his hands up defensively and letting her get a better view of him. She stood in shock for a moment before sighing in relief, smiling softly.
"Thank god. I didn't think Selina would actually convince you to come."
"...She didn't exactly convince me. But that doesn't exactly matter right now." He told her, peeking around the corner to make sure they were still in the clear. "We need to find a place to hide."
"My safe house isn't too far from here, come on." She gestured for him to follow her, reloading her gun and starting toward their destination.
After a while of sneaking around they made it to a locked up building, Barbara putting in a code before the door opened and she lead him in. "So what did you mean when you said she didn't convince you? You aren't exactly the easiest to beat in a fight."
"She sedated me. Probably knew I wouldn't go quietly and brought it just in case." He explained, sitting down in one of the chairs. "She said you guys had some plan that hasn't gone well?" He asked, raising an eyebrow at her to hear her side of the situation. As much as he wanted to believe Selina 100%, she hasn't always been one for truth.
"Right. Well it was suppose to be a simple plan. We had sent in Kara and Lex-"
"Wait Kara's here?" He sat up more, leaning forward in his chair. "She didn't tell me that.
"She didn't? Why?"
"You think I know what goes through her head all the time? She's Selina fucking Kyle."
"Right...Well we had sent her and Lex in here. They were suppose to help keep Leia stable in here. They were the first two sent in to find her when she went dark. When we lost track of them, they sent me and a few others to find them and Leia and get out." She explained, typing something into her computer. After she finished, a device next to it had switched on and seemed to make the environment around them seem...different. His radio and any electronic in the room shut off.
"What did you just do?"
"They have ears everywhere still, despite what they let Selina know. Can't risk them finding out our actual plan. Tim, Kara, and I developed a virus that would replace Leia as this worlds core. If it works like we hope once were all out of here it'll malfunction and crumble and kill any Cadmus operative that still has their chip installed. Thankfully we don't." Jason chuckled, shaking his head as he leaned back.
"That's...quite a plan you got there, Babs." She smiles, glancing down.
"Well hopefully it's a successful one at that."
"Right. Well, while we're in here...got any spare guns I could have? All Kyle left me was a knife and while I am still skilled at hand to hand combat, I just saw some crazy fucker disappear into thin air and I'm thinking a knife isn't quite gonna cut it against him."
"So you saw him? The Joker?" She asked, looking back to him.
"Is that what they call him?"
"It's what he calls himself." She started scrounging around to find her spare gun, diggging through boxes and bags. "He was one of the first to join Cadmus in their volunteer groups to go into here. The corruption turned him into...well that. He's been setting traps and causing fires and explosions all over this place. If you can, avoid him. I don't think he's one for playing fair."
"I'll keep that in mind." He said, watching as she came over with a pistol and a small bag of ammo. "This'll do."
"If you find Tim or one of the other agents, they should have more ammo or guns for you." She told him, going to turn off the machine. "Now. While I have you hear, I have a job for you. Town hall is where we built one of the stabilizer to keep Leia and the world from getting too corrupted. I have a feeling it either got damaged or turned off when this all started and if you wanna have an easier time finding Leia and Kara, you're going to have to get that up and running again. The worlds starting to break apart." She explained, handing him a map with a route to town hall drawn onto it.
"Alright. I can do that." He assured as he holstered the gun, strapped the small bag of ammo onto him, and shoved the folded map into his back packet.
"And be careful. The Jokers been hanging around there a lot lately, and I think he knows what the machine is used for. He's gonna try stopping you at any cost from turning that thing back on." He nodded along, starting toward the door. "Contact me when you get there so I can't tell you how to fix it."
"I got it Barbara. Be safe, alright? I want us all safe and as unhurt as we can when we get out of here." He told her, smiling at her when she nodded in agreement. He saluted her off before heading out, making his way to the town hall.