A/N Yay! Another update~ Enjoy!
He sped between cars as he raced down the highway and made his way rapidly toward the airport. It would take him almost no time at this speed, and he was counting on that. It would be no time at all before Oracle tracked him down, and even if she didn't, he wasn't going to be back in the cave in time, and Bruce would be waiting to tear him a new one. He tried not to think of it, as he pulled up in front of the airport. He switched off his bike and sped into the entrance. People watched, and pointed at him, snapping a picture if they could as he made his way to the front desk.
"I need immediate access to your surveillance.", he huffed.
The baffled woman on the other side of the counter just nodded frantically, almost as if she was being held at gunpoint. She lead him down a long hall where she let him into a small square room. Computer screens lined the walls, video tapes with scattered dates on them. Dick ran his gloved fingers through his hair.
Where the hell was he supposed to start? He had no idea what he was doing. Tim and Barbara did this stuff, not him.
"Damn it, O, I could really use you right now."
"Ask and you shall recieve,", her famous logo blurred into the screens in the room, her voice scratching through the musty speakers.
"How did you find me?!", Dick shouted
"There's a tracker on your bike, idiot. Why are you at the airport? What the hell is going on?"
Dick sighed. He was pretty sure he could trust her not to say anything, although pretty sure wasn't something he wanted to bet on, he could find Jason much easier with her help.
"Are you alone?", he asked hesitantly.
"Yes? Why? What's going on?"
"You can't say anything, okay? Not until I figure this out. But I need your help, so I need to trust you won't say anything."
He closed the surveillance closet door, and sat down.
"You're starting to freak me out. I won't say anything,", her muffled tone was serious, giving him the assurance he needed.
"Red Hood has Damian,"
He felt a little giddy inside while saying it. He still couldn't believe it himself. He had only so very recently gotten confirmation that Damian was even alive, and to think he was so close hurt him, but at the same time excited him to even think this was all possible.
"Are you serious? Are you sure?", she asked quickly.
"Yeah, I mean I wasn't at first, so I checked out a few things, and yeah..Yeah he has him. He's had him for about a week.", Dick could hear frantic typing and clicking from her end.
"And where did they go? I'll check everything. When did they get on the plane? Where were they staying? I'll run through street cams."
"Uhh,", Dick had to think, "I think they took off three days ago, when Batman called everyone together. A confirmed source says they were headed to Canada, but didn't say where. He had him at his apartment on Crime Alley."
"Got them.", she replied.
Her logo disappered from the screen, and a foggy video made its appearance. It was dark, but the streetlight just lit what he needed to see. Damian on the ground, naked and wet, and Jason making his way gently towards him. He seemed to have stepped on something or done something because as Jason took another step Damian looked directly at him, from what Dick could see his face was twisted in pain. Jason seemed to connect the dots because he was soon ripping off his own jacket and rushing towards Damian. He wrapped his jacket around Damian who struggled for a little before Jason got a grip on him and took off into the night.
Tears slipped from Dicks eyes, and he couldn't help but smile as his heart completely sank.
He was right. It was hard to grasp without seeing it, but sure enough, he was seeing it. Damian looked so small, so tiny. Dick envied Jason a little bit. To be there and comfort him, to hold him. Dick just wanted so badly to hold him.
"Okay, so according to the flight schedual three days ago, there were only four flights to Canada - Canada, who the hell goes to freaking Canada - Anyways, there's Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Saskatchewan.", she was quiet for a miniute, "I can't see them once they get into boarding, so I don't know where they went just yet. I'll check the other airports surviellance, and let you know,", she sighed, "I won't say anything, but you can't have everyone else on your back either, so just get back here okay? And we'll deal with this on our own. Oracle out."
He soaked in every word she said, but all he could do was watch the footage replay over and over again. When her voice cut out, the image vanished with her. His mind told him to get up and leave, but his feet were like lead, he couldn't move. He didn't want to go back to Bruce. He didn't want to leave this to Oracle, he wanted to run, he wanted to leave and go to Damian. But he knew he couldn't just yet. What the hell would he say if he just up and left to Canada? No, he had to be patient.
He stood up finally, and slowly made his way back to his bike. Breathe, he reminded himself, just breathe, everything will be fine.
Lunch went pretty much exactly how Jason had imagined. The food came to them piping hot, and despite the peculiar mix of pulled pork and maple syrup, it ended up being delicious. Jason tried to coax Damian into eating, but he just stared off blankly, leaving his plate completely untouched.
Jason pushed his own plate aside, and leaned over the table.
"D, please,", he tried using Dick's nickname for the boy, "Can you try and eat?"
But Damian just stared on, the pools of his eyes void of emotion.
"Is everything okay?", Jack asked making his way back their table, "Does he not like it?"
"No,", Jason sighed and sat back, "It's not that. He just...he won't eat."
Jack put down his notepad and sat down next to Damian. Jason just watched, silently begging Damian not to have a fit.
"It's okay,", Jack smiled, "I used to work with special needs kids. Sometimes you just need to get their minds off it."
Jason watced as Jack looked out the window, looking for something.
Is that what he thought about Damian? That he had special needs? It wasn't the worst thing..but what was he going to say when Damian recovered? If he recovered..?
"Look little guy!", Jack pointed, "It's a robin! Tweet tweet! See?"
Something snapped in Damian, and Jason couldn't do anything but watch it happen.
His face twisted in pain, and he clenched his chest before letting out a sharp scream. Jack jumped from his seat and turned to Jason. But he didn't move. Not right away.
His heart sank as Damian grabbed his head and continued to scream. His face went red, tears spilling down his flustered cheeks.
Jason found his legs to be heavy, like cement boots. He couldn't move. This was all too much for him. The first time he freaked out was when he heard Dick's voice, and now this with the robin outside.
His mind was still to fragile to remember everything.
"Dylan!", Jack cried, "Dylan what should we do?"
The fear laced in Jack's voice snapped Jason out of his thoughts. He slid over the table and plopped next to Damian. He grabbed the boy and held him close, despite his violent thrashing.
"Yalla tnam Rima,", Jason began to sing softly, "Yalla yjeeha el nawn, yalla theb essala,", it was a lullaby he had heard Talia singing once or twice. It was soft and slow and he could feel Damian going limp in his arms, his screams fading, "yalla theb essawm.."
He repeated the song twice, and continued to rock Damian.
This couldn't keep happening.
When he was done, he sat Damian back down, and watched as the boy sat there, motionless, dull.
"What was that?", Jack asked, the shock slowly leaving his face.
Jason just sighed, "He just...it happens sometimes. I think it's getting worse though."
"No,", Jack smiled, "The song. It was beautiful."
It kind of caught Jason off guard that Jack wasn't bothered by Damian's outburst.
"Uhm,", he smiled and looked over to Damian, "I've heard his mother sing it before. It's Arabic."
"It's beautiful.", he smiled, "Is he gonna be okay?", Jack asked looking over to the silent Damian, his cheeks still wet from the fresh tears.
"Yeah,", Jason sighed, "He just needs to sleep now. I'm sorry for all of this, we should probably go."
"Yeah,", Jack smiled, "Yeah he looks like he needs sleep. Why don't you give me a minute, I'm done working anyways, so you two can come back to my place."
"Your place?", Jason slid his arm under Damian's legs and sat him on his lap.
"Yeah,", Jack smiled and watched Jason stand, holding Damian against his chest, "there's more than enough room, and he can sleep and we can...get to know each other. I mean, if you want."
Jason smiled, "Yeah. Yeah we'd like that."
A/N Alright! I hope you guys enjoyed it! There'll be much more to come! So, I just wanted to address a few things. Jason Todd is bisexual (it's pretty much canon) so, if you have a problem with Jack then, I don't know what to tell you. Also, the food they're eating is food actually served here in Canada and it's super yummy! Keep reading, and leave reviews!