Before I get on with the chapter I just want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who read and reviewed this story. Seriously, 8 reviews on one chapter/prologue? I didn't think I would even get one :D But I do have one little problem...I can't read any of them *cries*. Has that happened to anyone else before? I can see that the reviews are there, but I can't read them. I tried going to the 'Moderate Reviews' thing, but there aren't any there either. If you have any idea at all how to fix this than please PM me, because it's really annoying me.
Anyhoo...
Disclaimer: I obviously don't own Batman or any of the DC characters, because if I did than the New 52 wouldn't exist...Except for Red Hood And The Outlaws. I love those XD
Chapter 2 - Trying
He still hasn't spoken a single word.
It's been a week and Jason's not sure if he should more be relieved or worried about this fact. On one hand, the kid stays in the corner all day and ignores Jason. But on the other hand...Well the kid stays in the corner all day and ignores Jason. It's like he's just a corpse sitting there, only moving when the guards come to get him and coming back even more bruised up to sit in the corner and cry again.
Something has happened to him, something in his past, and Jason has made it his mission to help him. Although it would help if the kid gave him a name to call him...
"Kid?" Jason says sitting beside him. This has become a part of his routine. Sit with the kid, try to get him to talk, eat his meals while sitting beside him, try to get the kid to eat something (and only succeeding at that about half the time), and the rest of his routine stays pretty much the same.
"Kid? Come on, Kid, can't you talk? Can you please say something? Anything?" The kid doesn't respond; just sits there staring at the wall. Every now and then a single tear will fall down his cheek, but nothing more. But then there will be times when he just starts crying for no reason (well there is a reason, he did get kidnapped and imprisoned by a mad man), and Jason's always there right by his side when he does trying his best to comfort the boy without touching him.
Jason tried that once, touching him, it didn't work out to well. All he did was lay his hand on the kid's shoulders, and his eyes immediately went wide and he started crying harder. No words or loud noises left his mouth but cries and whimpers were plenty of freak out for Jason to have to watch. It was like he was hallucinating just by someone touching him...like he could see something, or someone, that wasn't really there.
But he didn't stop trying, just stopped attempting physical contact since it obviously made the boy's condition worse rather than helping him.
When Jason hears soft snoring from the other side of the room, he looks over and smiles at the kid actually looking relaxed for the first time since Jason met him. He's not sure if the kid was just sleeping while he was, or if he slept while Jason wasn't in the cell, or if he just didn't notice, or what, but he does that this is the first time he's seen the kid sleeping in a week. The kid was exhausted, you could tell just by looking at him, but he was refusing to sleep for some reason.
Jason stands up and takes the small blanket from the 'bed', pretty much just a twin sized mattress on wobbly legs that feel like they're about to break when you so much as touch the thing, and puts it over the boy's small frame. He brushes some hair out of the kid's eyes, but frowns when the kid's eyebrows knit together and he starts whimpering. A nightmare. Jason's had his fair share of those, ans immediately feels great pity for the boy.
He hesitantly puts his hand on the boy's shoulder and starts rubbing his arm gently in hopes to calm the boy's dreams. It works, much to Jason's surprise, as the kid's face relaxes back into a peaceful sleep. Jason smiles before laying down in front of him and going to sleep as well. If any of Masks's men try to come in to get one of them during the night, he's pretty sure it's nighttime anyways since there are no windows in their cell, then he can at least protect the kid.
Again, it's pretty short, and kinda boring. But it's necessary, and the next chapter's got more excitement in it.
Please review, and hopefully I'll be able to read them soon.
And since it's past midnight...HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! :D
