Time seemed to fly in, as Jason called one of his workers to bring a car, and soon enough, he was shoving her into it, still keeping a firm hold on her.
"Drive." Red Hood told the man in the front seat. "Now listen here princess, I've got quite a bit of dirt on the League, so if you try to escape, I'm going to release the information. And I wouldn't test me on my word, because I've been itching for a reason to let it out to the public for a while now. And if you don't believe I have information, I can show you once we get to where we're going." Red Hood explained. This made Nightwing's insides turn as she replayed what Red Hood said in her head. He had stuff on the Justice League? Oh, boy.
...
Soon enough, they arrived at a compound at the edge of Gotham, filled with busy workers all over the place. Wow. Red Hood has really built an empire for himself, hasn't he?
Nightwing choked on the carbon dioxide through the gag, as she was pulled out of the car and into the compound. As they walked towards the far away door, the workers around them all stopped and they stared at Nightwing, with a glint of anger in their eyes. Tough crowd.
Red Hood continued to pull her through the crowd until they reached the door on the other end. He hastily entered a pin and the door slid open, revealing very high tech... Well everything.
"Dave, bring up files JLD and JLJD." Red Hood commanded a man sitting at a control panel, in front of a giant screen. The man nodded quickly and got up the files with no hesitation. This files popped up on the screen side by side and Nightwing quickly began to read. Oh, this so, so wasn't good. Nightwing tried to speak, but all that came out was muffled sounds. Red Hood realised she was trying to talk and too the gag out of her mouth.
"How did you even get this information?" Nightwing asked, shock clear on her face.
"I used to work with the Bat as well, remember? This information is like a standard." Red Hood explained. Nightwing was so going to have a very stern talking to with Batman when she gets out of this.
...
Red Hood led her down a few corridors and stairs, until it was obvious that they were below the building.
"You'll be staying here, until further notice." The masked man explained, as he undid her bonds around her wrists, and snapped the shackles that were hanging from the ceiling in the room that they were now in. The way the shackles were placed meant that she couldn't go farther than a few steps away from the bed.
"Jason, listen to me. You don't want to do this. This is going to end badly, and you know it." Nightwing tried to reason with the man as a last attempt, but of course, all the man did was chuckle.
"This will only end badly if you try to escape. Remember that." Red Hood went to walk out of the room.
"Fine. But just know, I still have hope for you. Because I still believe that the Jason I know and love is in there somewhere. And remember this: I still love you, Jason. I never stopped loving you. Even when I found out that you had changed. I always loved you. And I know you. I think you forgot that. Out of everybody in this stinking world, I know you best. So I know that some part of you knows that you don't want to do this. Even with that stupid helmet on, I still know what you're thinking." At some point in Nightwing's rant, she got up and went as far as the chains would let her go, which was face to face with Red Hood.
"Shut up!" Red Hood shouted, punching the wall of the small cell room. "I already told you, your lies aren't going to fool me." Red Hood's voice deepened.
"They're not lies, Jason, and you know that! You just don't want to accept the fact that not everything changed when you did! So if you really think I'm lying Jason, take that helmet off your head and look me in the eyes and say it!" Nightwing demanded, as she raised her voice in frustration. Jason complied out of anger, wanting to prove the girl wrong. "The mask too, Jason." Nightwing said, her voice a lot softer than it previously was. Jason's face softened, as he peeled off the mask. His dark blue eyes flashed in the darkness. Nightwing hadn't seen Jason's eyes in so long. This still seemed so surreal to her.
"Happy now?" He said, sarcastically.
"Say it." Nightwing replied, her anger rising again.
"Say what?" Jason asked, acting confused.
"You know what, Jason." Nightwing answered again, anger continuing to rise, waiting for the man in front of her to break her heart. Why did he have to string it out like this? Why couldn't he just get it over with quickly. Jason was silent for a long time, looking at Nightwing's masked eyes, before his gaze shifted to the floor.
"I can't." He whispered slowly and immediately, Nightwing's anger drained out of her. Does this mean... Does this mean that he might remember her? A few stray tears slipped out of Nightwing's eyes, as Jason picked up his mask and helmet and hastily retreating from the room locking it behind him.
He couldn't say it.
She could still get him back.
She could still get her Jason back.
Her Jason.
The man she fell in love with when they were young.
"Who are you?" Rainey asked, as she stepped into the Batcave from the zeta tube.
"My name is Jason. I'm the new Robin." Jason said sternly, glaring at her harsley. "And who might you be?" The boy looked around the same age and height as her.
"The Robin who you're trying to steal your name from. I'm guessing Bat's said it was free? That's not really your fault, so I can't blame you for it. My names Rainey. Bat's partner who just left him, and is apparently already replacing." Rainey explained, laughing a little.
"Sorry bout' this. I mean, how could I resist the opportunity to become The Batman's partner!" The boy said excitedly.
"Don't worry about it. I hope you don't mind sharing a name for a while. I don't really want to let go of it just yet. But I promise that we wont have to share for too long. I'm moving to Bludhaven soon, and you know, new city, new identity and all." Rainey laughed nervously again.
"No rush on it. Hey, Bats is out at a late meeting, wanna go come on patrol with me?" Jason offered.
"Sounds like fun." Rainey answered, smiling.
Oh, the media was going to have a field day with this.
