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The tension was as thick enough to cut with a knife.
The batclan was standing face to face with one of their most powerful and lethal enemies, a man responsible for making Bruce Wayne into Batman and by extension his protégés, one of them being his biological grandson, this was possibly the weirdest and most awkward family reunion ever.
Golden hues looked right at white, eyeless Lenses as Ra's' smile didn't falter, " I would be lying if I said I'm surprised to see you, detective and I see you've brought my former successor to me, along with the rest of your children, I assume this is because of a matter of utmost urgency".
Batman ignores Ra's' comment about his children as he keeps glaring at the demon, not showing any sign of emotion, " I came here for answers Ra´s" he grits while his children maintain their sights on Ra's' assassins.
The demon just smiles wider as he raises his hand and shakes it slightly, signaling the assassins to leave them alone, the ninjas leave and the room they're in enlightens with torches engraved in the walls, Ra's then turns around and walks up a flight of stairs to sit on a chair made of stone, his smile never leaving his face as he shifts himself in the throne "well, I may be of assistance, depending on the question of course, but it seems that for you to be here…..it must be something that has you and your family desperate, something unnerving must have occurred for you to take such measures. I'm intrigued".
Robin just scoffs at his grandfather's mocking "Tt, you already know what it is don't you grandfather?
Ra's' smile fades as he hears his grandson's tone "If I already knew, I would have told you, it seems that your time under the detective's wing has faltered your skills, Ibn al Xu'ffasch".
Robin clenches his fists in anger at the name "that's not who I am ".
Nightwing puts a hand on Robin's shoulder to soothe him and leaves a small sigh as he notices the muscles relax.
Bruce looks back at his sons and after he sees that Damian has calmed down he goes back into Batman mode and glares at Ra's "this isn't about Damian, it's about Jason".
The demon finds frowns in confusion, but that motion is immediately changed back to a stone gaze "why would I know anything about him? I have never had any interest in your fallen child, detective".
Tim walks up to stand side-to-side with Bruce "if that were really true, then you and Talia wouldn't have brought him back".
Ra's raises an eyebrow at the boy's assumption "I was not in favor of bringing him back from the dead, even if I didn't care about mister Todd, the dead should be left to rest, it was my daughter who looked after the boy, so I suggest you to not associate me with him"
Bruce was suspicious after he heard the demon's last words, he narrowed his eyes and curled his lip in frustration "there's something you're not telling us, I can see, there's something about Jason that has you bothered, Ra's, " he clenched his fists and he lowered his voice to a cold growl –like tone " I suggest you to speak " he words sounding more as a command than a suggestion.
The demon narrowed his gaze as well, he could almost taste the anger and frustration radiating from the detective, but nonetheless, he complied, "a while ago, I was about to reach a new level of superiority by using the power of the well of sins, a powerful source of magical energy, I was able to possess all of its capacities to mold the world as I wished, but I was defeated in the process, by your son and his entourage of pariahs. He had the audacity to defy me and humiliate me" he was scowling as he remembered his defeat at the hands of the outlaws.
Maybe it was the way he said it, or maybe it was all the time he and his sons have been looking for Jason, but Bruce didn't care as he let out a growl and jumped up the stairs and grabbed Ra's by his collar, bringing him inches to his face, snarling at the demon "DON'T WASTE MY TIME, WHERE DID TALIA TAKE JASON!?
Nightwing, Red Robin, and Robin stand at the bottom of the stairs with wide eyes as they see their mentor and father lashing out in rage, they don't say anything, who could blame Bruce for acting this way? Jason has been gone for 13 months, he still blames himself for his death, he still blames himself for what his son had become, even if Jason's back and in better terms with them, Bruce can't bear the thought of losing him again...of failing him again.
Ra's' scowl deepens at the question but after a few seconds he says "what has my daughter got to do with him?
His comment makes Bruce's grip loose, only slightly, but he then tightens his left hand wrapped around the fabric as he reels back his right fist to connect with Ra's' mouth "DON'T YOU DARE LIE TO ME, WHERE IS TALIA!?
A trail of blood goes down Ra's' lip after the punch, but his face is still one of confusion and annoyance "I don't know my daughter's whereabouts, in fact, she's been missing".
Bruce just lets out another growl as he grabs Ra's with both hands throws him off his throne, -Ra's falling a fair amount of feet behind the birds. Bruce jumps to land at the bottom of the stairs and walks to once again stand among his sons, his anger doesn't fade, but a hint of confusion invades his voice as he asks "what are you talking about?
Ra's coughs and pulls himself and brushes the dirt off his clothes before he answers "I sent my daughter to take care of a transaction between my ghost accounts in Switzerland, there were large amounts of capital in risk and the Interpol was trying to obtain them so they could track them back to me, I sent her and a group of elite assassins, so they could obtain the currency and neutralize any potential threats, months passed before I sent another team to retrieve them and bring them back to my headquarters, they found all of my assassins dead and my accounts dry, I've searched through all possible locations and found nothing".
After hearing Ra's' words, Bruce calms down a little to address the situation "When did this happen?
Ra's moves forward to get closer to the batclan "thirteen months ago".
It's a good thing that they're wearing masks because the three birds raise their eyebrows in surprise, the look at each other and at Bruce as if they all knew what the others were thinking.
Damian breaks the silence to ask his grandfather "how can you be sure she wasn't kidnaped, grandfather?
Ra's shakes his head at his grandson "the only person capable of taking out the team I deployed would be her, so it appears that she's gone to hiding".
"I think I've heard enough". Bruce thinks as he stands in front of his children and gives them a sign with his right hand behind his back to make them aware that they're leaving, they all see the sign and prepare to make their exit, Bruce gives one final glare to the demon before he speaks slowly and menacingly "If you're lying, I'll be coming for you" and with that he throws a gas pellet, causing black smoke to surround them and just like that the batclan has vanished, leaving Ra's with his thoughts and speculations about her daughter.
Minutes after the confrontation with Ra's, Bruce, and his sons are waiting for the batplane to arrive and take them home, Tim is the first one to speak after a seemingly eternal silence "Bruce, it can't be a coincidence that Talia and Jason disappeared at the same time, do you think they met up in Switzerland?
Bruce looks up at the sky "It's possible, but to be certain, I'll make a global facial recognition as soon as we get to the cave", seconds after finishing, the batplane is spotted soaring across the sky before it stops above the batclan. They all grapple up to the ship and sit on their designated seats.
Dick slumps back in his chair and lets out a loud groan "God, this is getting frustrating, Where the hell is Jaybird?
Damian lets out his trademark sneer "I agree with Grayson, this whole situation is of utmost annoyance".
Bruce turns his head a little to keep eyes on the metaphorical road to speak to his sons " I know this is tiring and you wish we could stop, but we're not, this your brother and my son we're talking about, we're not stopping until we find Jason" with that he turns to once again focus on piloting the ship.
Damian and Dick lower their head in shame, even if the didn't mean it, they came across as spoiled kids that wanted to quit as soon as things got intense, Dick looks up to see as his father pilots the plane "I haven't seen him this angered or determined since Damian died, he's come a long way", and it all comes back to a solemn silence, although there's now a bit of hope.
floating slightly above the ground, there is a figure watching as the batplane flies along the night sky. the figure shakes its head at the ship and spins to then vanish from he dessert and as the figure fades away, the moonlight shines across a wave of silver white hair.
well, there you have it, another chapter in this story, this is something that I wanted to continue but I hadn't been able to, but now there it is
Ps: I got favor that I need from you guys, I need you to send me a Jason pairing, and not just any Jason pairing, a pairing that you deem as almost unthinkable, doesn't matter which girl, hero or villain, Dc or Marvel, I just want you to send me a pairing, and leave the rest to me, 'cause I got a surprise for you.
(fiddles his fingers evilly) mwahahahahahahahahaha.