An:it dawned on me on this chapter that i age bruce as 47 and clark as 33 same as bvz. Just because.
Chapter 8
"Thank God. Bruce youre okey? How? Where are the kids?"
Bruce wayne tolerated superman's noted that superman is indeed back in control of his powers judging by the fact that the guy was floating while trailing after him.
Bruce risk a glance at superman to find a wrinkle between his brow as the guy seemed to scan him. "Oh. X-ray vision." He mentally slap himself at that slip.
Bruce continued to walk towards his destination letting superman's endless prattling wash over him. Superman wasnt consciously aware that he keep seeing in xray and thermal since he get hypnothize into listening to the slow, calm heartbeat of bruce wayne.
"I was looking out for you guys everywhere but y'know it was…."superman keep blabbing as he waited patiently behind bruce. Bruce meanwhile was busy moving the clock's hands before the secret base open and then quietly he slip inside.
Superman wasnt aware of moving from the light to darkness as he trail after bruce downward in the staircase.
"...i think i forgot how to go back in seeing the normal way…"superman confess as bruce began to key in the coordinates of the tracker he had slip in one of the kidnapper today. Bruce memorized the coordinate and with a nod he made a decision.
"Stay." He order in batman's voice before he went to the changing room to change his outfit.
"...and then i think i rescued a kidnap person while i was looking for you guys…" Superman continued the moment batman showed up in all his gothic glory.
Batman open his batmobile and with a curt "get in" thrown at superman he slide inside the driver's seat.
"Bruce, what do you think youre doing?! Are you going to hunt the kidnappers? You just.. " superman was sputtering while batman fuss over his seatbelt to his liking. "...you are just an ordinary guy!"
Batman just revved the engine and made his vehicle fly.
Later…
Superman was like a personal balloon as he float while Batman tried to tinker open the padlock in the warehouse theyre tresspassing into.
Finally batman get tired tinkering and listening at the same time at superman's pleading. "superman smash." He pointed at the lock.
Superman easily crushed the lock in pieces. Batman stride forward deciding that a full front approach is best considering how talkative superman is.
"...so what do you…"superman was saying as batman hid behind crates. Batman easily tug and adjust superman's position to shield himSelf from the bullets as the guy recheck where his target is from his wrist computer.
Batman throw smoke grenade before he move closer to his goal and he was very unforgiving as he snap bones before knocking the men unconscious. "Superman laserbeam now." He growl when finally its only a huge metal door that stop them from their price.
Superman sigh at Bruce's utter pigheadedness and bossiness but he otherwise obey the dude. He grab a broom and start sweeping the floor especially when Bruce began throwing the bosses around. He tsked as he lift the man and batman (who was pummelling him while sitting on the former's chest )from the ground to get the blood out.
Finally, batman stand up, spent and satisfied. Without warning, he whack Superman upside down in the head. Superman blink. He gape when his xray thermal vision vanish and now he is seeing in a normal fashion again.
"Wait. Youre Batman?!" He shriek when he spied batman beside him. "I thought you would be ta-"
Batman shushed him with a finger on superman's lips. "Say taller and im going to elbow you in the guts, clark."
Then he produce his carkeys. "Go home. stay away from Gotham. I hate metas." with that he walk away.
"Not even a thank you batman?!" superman shouted after him.
The batglare aimed at him had Superman use his superspeed to escape from it.
"Youre an asshole, batman!" He screamed when he finally was floating in space - a thousand miles away from gotham just to be perfectly safe.
Bruce Wayne watch his babies for a long time before he fall asleep. Jason todd who had feigned sleep, finally made his move. He curse bruce for being too stubborn from falling asleep immediately.
He made his way to an empty private room and open the window and point the the grapple gun outside.(The grapple gun is courtesy fromBruce. He stole it) he activate it without looking where he is aiming at and then he quickly jump out of the window and went up, up, up,up…
He blink at a smirking superman when he reach the end of the line. "You and i need to talk, Red Hood."
"So you know my secret identity," jason recovered quick enough to smirk back."did batman knows youre still in his city?" Jason knows about batman's ironclad rule about not allowing metas in his city.
For a moment, superman look absolutely scared. Before he shake his head. "We need to talk Red Hood." he said before he grab jason properly and zoomed into his fortress.
Jason was turning red at the lack of personal space. "Youre not my type supey." he muttered.
"Sooo…" jason finally get tired waiting for superman to speak up and he already had his fill with ogling the super cool fortress. "Whats up in bringing me here S-man?" He said as he lean into things to look bad ass.
Superman rake a finger thru his hair. " youre red hood. Youre also Jason todd. Bruce's son. Why are you being an ass with your dad by leaving?!"
Jason sneer. "Youre spying on people now?"
Superman had a sinking feeling base on two situations with two different waynes that they had played him for a fool if all along rudeness was their normal way of doing. He wasnt looking forward to seeing dick and tim and oh my godddd sweet smol baby damian acting like miniature clone batmen.
"I keep an eye out for him up in the clouds as you guys sleep. This only reinforce my belief that he is a good father coz he worries, jason."
Jadon throw up his arms in the air. He said monotonously his past starting with meeting batman in crime alley and his training as robin then about the joker killing him and the rise of red hood. "He didnt kill the Joker." he ended snarling.
"Which is why youre going to just….what...forget these past couple of months where he have spend more time with you than hunting the joker? Seemed to me that guy have his priority right."
Jason todd rub his nape realizing the truth in Superman's words. "whatever." He mumbled.
Superman decided that thats the best thing jason could offer in acknowledgement. "Let's go back to the hospital."
"Okey. As long as you let me keep this cool outfit alright?!" Jason said as he point at his house of el tshirt and pants.
"Fine."
Bruce made a distress sound when he saw what jason was wearing the next day. He keep mum though because jason was here to stay partly to annoy him from what it looks like.