4th Chapter is now up
Big thank you's to monsta-starr for being the only person to review the last chapter.
Also if your enjoying this, check out my other story which will be a part of a oneshot series called Part 1 Hatred.
The plot line is Stephanie returning to Gotham with a surprise for the Wayne family.
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I hope you enjoy it
Todd was the first one to wake up within the hous except for Alfred who was always up preparing breakfast, the small boy always got up earlier for he didnt want to miss any news about Red Hood, stretching his arms. He crawled out of the covers and towards the edge of the bed then he looked, surprise taking a place upon his face.
Moving back to his mommy, he leap onto her and this caused her to wake up with a groan. Sitting up, Stephanie rubbed her eyes and hugged her son back, he looked really happy and she didnt understand why.
"Whats got you all happy?"she asked.
"Thank you so much for the gift, I love it"Todd replied.
"What gift?"
He frowned as he looked at her, Stephanie was confused, she hadnt got anything for Todd then the small boy pointed to the desk at the other end of the bed. Stephanie followed were he was pointing and was shocked.
There sitting on her desk was a red hood, Jason's red hood.
She moved her legs over to the side and got out of bed, she walked over to it and looked at it from every angle. It didnt seem to be dangerous, taking a deep breath, she picked it up and looked inside but nothing however she could smell his scent.
Stephanie really did miss that smell.
"Can I have it mommy"
Looking down at her son, she smiled and handed the red hood over to Todd who beamed happily. He placed it on and began boucning around the room, acting like he was Red Hood and it made her smile, she then moved towards the window and looked out. Everything seemed to be normal but how did he get here, was it a joke from the others but if it wasnt...
What was she going to do now, Jason knew that they were back.
Getting dress, she would think this over during breakfast so she took the helmet off of Todd and place it down before helping him change into his clothes. Opening the door, she walked down the hallway but didnt notice that Todd had stay behind and ran to the red hood then placed it back on before running after her, he wanted to surprise everyone.
On the way to the living room, Stephanie had bumped into Barbara and the older women asked if she wanted to go shopping which she nodded to, she was in need of a few new clothes and she loved the style Gotham brought. Entering the room , she noted that the others were there except for Tim who had a lesson to teach. Dick patted the seat next to him and she smiled as she took it while Barbara sat on her right, Alfred brought in the food and they began to eat.
"Where's Todd?"Damien asked.
Stephanie looked around and noticed her son was not with her, about to call his name out something surprised them all.
"Hands up"
Todd had waited till they were all settle down before he jumped out, he laughed at their faces but stopped when Bruce had narrowed his eyes so he took off the red hood and placed it down.
"Im sorry"he said.
"Where did you get that Todd?"Dick asked.
"It was on the desk this morning in mine and mommy's room"He replied.
Bruce looked to Stephanie who nodded, she explained to them that she did not have that with her so he stood up then the others followed him to the batcave, Stephanie had picked up Todd and told them he was going to a special place. When they enter the batcave, Todd couldnt belive his eyes so once she placed him down, he ran off to look at everything while Damien followed after him explaing things.
Barbara sat in the chair and started typing, she brought up the camera's and then went through all the recordings of last night. They had seen nothing until Dick pointed something out of camera 12, the camera was right near Stephanie's window and they watched as Jason climbed up and through with something but left empty handed.
"So he knows"Dick said.
"I was afraid he might but I never thought he would come here"Bruce spoke.
"What do we do?"Barbara asked.
He explained to the others that he would install more security, Bruce just didnt want to have Jason coming, Todd was a fresh mind. He could be swayed either way and he didnt want Todd to be like his father, the was a something he regretted. Stephanie had heard from the door, she went to go find Todd but something caught her ear, moving away she found the two in the library.
"Damien can I be alone with Todd?"she asked.
"Of course"he said leaving.
Hearing the door close, she sat on the floor as Todd was still playing with the red hood, it made her smile. Todd turned to his mommy and took the red hood then crawled into her lap, she took hold of the red hood.
"What were you doing?"she asked.
"I was red hood and uncle D was robin"he replied.
She really wanted to tell Todd that Red hood was his father but she knew she could never do it in the house for Stephanie knew Bruce had camera's everywhere, he really didnt want Jason meeting his son, she knew he thought about the fresh mind but in a way, his mind was not fresh for the boy wanted to be like his father though he didnt know.
Placing her coat on, Stephanie looked to Dick and Damien. She was leaving with Barbara to go shopping so she trusted to leave Todd with his uncle's, well she wanted to take him but she knew Bruce wouldnt allow it. Todd hugged his mommy asking if she could bring him something and she nodded, once he watched her leave through the door with aunty B, he turned to his uncle's and grinned.
"So what do you want to do Todd?"Dick asked.
They watched as Todd ran to Alfred who was holding the red hood and handled it to the small boy, he placed it on and pulled out some small throwing knife's. Dick was surprised, he wondered where the small boy had got them, Damien walked slolwy to Todd but his nephew threw one and he had to move quickly dodge it.
"Im Red Hood and im chasing you so run"he said.
Alfred smiled as he could hear the grin in the voice, the other two didnt believe their nephew but a few more barely dodge throws they ran for it. The butler shook his head and walked away, he was going to help Bruce with the security. Walking down to the batcave, he could see the man had already started without him.
"What are they doing?"he asked as he stood up.
"I believe Todd is chasing them with Damien's throwing knife's"
This made Bruce smile but then he turned back to the computar, handing some tools to Alfred and clicking a few things. They both left the cave to set up the extra camera's but they werent ordinary ones, if someone passed them it would trigger a sensor that shot out fire. Damien ducked, some where he had lost Dick and hoped his older brother was ok, Todd was so evil, it was almost looking at a mimi Red Hood.
"What is she teaching him?"he mumbled.
Dick took a deep breath as he managed to climb up into the shadows, the boy had good skills but needed adjustment, when Stephanie got back he would defaintly ask. Hearing the door open, he thought it was Todd but it was Damien calling out to him, knowing his nephew wasnt here, he climbed down and approached his little brother.
"You alright?"he asked.
"Yeah you"Damien replied.
Feeling safe in the room, they did not see something move behind the couch nor the rope that was hidden. Suddenly Dick heard the click but was too late, rope began to pull and twist everywhere. How did they miss this, Todd came out laughing as Damien and Dick were hanging upside down. He had gotten his uncle's and now they were in his control, the small boy pulled the red hood off and held it under his arm.
"What to do now"
"Todd cut us down please"Dick asked.
"Im not Todd but Red Hodd"
Hearing the door open, they all looked to see Alfred smiling so Todd ran over with a big grin.
"My trust company what should we do with them?"
"Well it is lunch leader"Alfred said.
"Yay"Todd said as he ran out the door.
Alfred walked over to Damien and Dick then untied them, he opened the door for them and they walked out following Todd to the living room for lunch. Stephanie was really enjoying her time with Barbara so far they had visited three shops yet she couldnt find anything to wear though she had gotten a few new clothes for Todd.
They had stopped for lunch and Barbara took this time to ask.
"Will you want to go back into fighting?"she said.
"Maybe but I dont where to start though"Stephanie replied.
The two girls had to mask their conversation as the place they had chosen to eat was busy, Stephanie really did want to go back to being a crime fighter but there was no one she could be and she had to think of Todd now. Barbara then told her she could take batgirl back and herself could be batwoman, they could pair up like the boys had done.
"I really like that"She said.
"Then we could have the boys have the night off and look after Todd"Barbara replied.
Stephanie nodded and the two carried on with their lunch unaware they were being watched, he had to give the message but he didnt have a chance yet however if he couldnt get one, he would make one.
Moving on, Barbara had taken Stephanie to a store that she might like and indeed she was right, the younger girl began pulling off clothes of the rack and filled the basket. She had moved to look at the shoes but when she looked back up to see Stephanie, she couldnt and Barbara began to panic. The place was packed and she couldnt see her friend anywhere.
The black dress was so cute but she knew she could not afford it, she was lucky to have Barbara offering her the money and she would defiantly return it all back when she found a job. Placing it back, she grabbed her basket and moved but suddenly she bumped into someone.
"Im so sorry"she said as she picked up the person things but the guy grabbed her arm and pulled her.
She was about to fight him back but when she got a good look at his face, Stephanie followed him.
"Roy?"she said.
"Its so good to see you Stephanie"Roy replied with a grin.
"What is this about?"
How stupid she felt asking that, she knew it was related to Jason for Roy was his bestfriend and right hand man.
"I have a message and something for you"he answered.
Fourth Chapter done
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