Yay! The site is fixed! :D Thanks everyone for your reviews! Some people guessed who the kid was. There were guesses for Dick, Tim, Damian, and even Colin. BTW, in reply to J23K, this is an AU story.

This is kinda a big chapter, so...I'll just let you guys read it.

Disclaimer: For the third time on this story...I DO NOT OWN THEM!


Chapter 3 - He Can Talk

It's a month after the kid shows up before Jason finally hears his voice, although the reason behind it makes Jason want to punch something.

He had been doing better with the kid; he would acknowledge Jason when he talked to him. He still wouldn't speak, but he answered yes and no questions so long as they weren't too personal for him. So far Jason has learned that his favorite color is red, he was living on the streets before he got kidnapped, and he likes bananas...Jason couldn't think of any other questions to ask so he just started asking random ones.

He lets Jason touch him without going in 'freak out mode', as Jason calls it, and whenever he gets a particularly bad beating he allows Jason to help him with cleaning and patching up his wounds.

Jason was actually very proud of his progress with the kid, although he still didn't know his name. He tried guessing, but when you can only ask someone yes or no questions then it's a little harder. He had settled on calling him 'Kid' half the time and 'Babybird' the other half because in his words: 'You're scrawny and tiny like a little baby bird would be, and I don't know your real name so unless you tell me that's what I'm gonna call you.'.

The kid never did tell Jason his real name, but he suspects the younger boy likes it when Jason calls him 'Babybird' since he sees a small, very very very small, smile grace his lips everytime the older boy calls him that.

He was sitting in his cell, worried out of his mind like he is everytime they take the kid out, when he hears screaming coming towards his cell.

"NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!" the screaming person sounds like they're struggling to get away from someone. Jason can hear the choked back sobs in the person's voice and knows that something bad happened. He doesn't know what the kid's voice sounds like, so he has a bit of hope that that's not who it is, although somewhere inside he knows exactly who it is. But even that doesn't make it any less shocking when they toss the kid inside kicking and screaming. When his back hits the wall with a thud he curls into a fetal position and cries while mumbling incoherent words. But, hey, at least they're words, right?

"Kid!" Jason runs over to him and pulls the boy into his arms, and is majorly surprised when the kid latches onto his shirt like his life depends on it. And, who knows, maybe it does. It wouldn't be the first time Mask threatened to kill off one of his prisoners.

"Kid...Babybird, what happened?" Jason asks expecting the kid to shake his head instead of giving a real answer like always.

"Wh-Wh-y?" he squeaks out, his sobs not lessening for even a fraction of a second.

"Why what? What did they do to you? I need to know so that next time they try to take me out of here I know how hard to punch them." Jason says in a calm voice although that's exactly what he plans to do.

"Th-Th-They..."

"They what? You can tell me, Babybird, it's alright."

"R-R-Raped m-me." he says in a small, quiet voice before full on sobbing again, and Jason immediately wraps his arms around the boy more protectively. He's to shocked to do anything more. He didn't think that they would...That they would be so cruel as to...He's definitely punching someone in the face later for this one.

But for now, Babybird needs him. So he stays with the kid, because for once, someone actually needs him. Actually wants Jason around, and although he wishes the situation were different, he couldn't be more thrilled about that fact.

After a good long while of them sitting there, the kid sobbing his eyes out and Jason trying, and failing, not to cry as well, Babybird finally calms down enough to mumble something Jason can't quite hear.

"What was that, Babybird?" he asks in a quiet voice since it looks like the kid's about to fall asleep.

"Tim. My name is Tim." he mumbles before falling asleep curled up against the elder. Jason smiles down at him before pressing a kiss to his head, and not caring what possessed him to do so. Just thankful that the kid is safe for now, and hoping to get a good punch in to whoever did this to his Babybird.


And the kid's identity has been revealed! XD

Poor Timmy, my story is being so mean to him :(

Well, some people guessed it, but some didn't have a clue who it was so I'll call that one a win XD

Anyways, I'll be updating more frequently now so keep an eye out for updates :)

Review, because I love reading them. And now I actually can read them again XD