Hello hello! TheConcernedF0X here with the third installment of Red Hood: Origins. As always please if you like the story please do review, fav, or follow! Or do 2 out of 3! Or 3 out of 3!

Cimar: I wish I could say things will get easier for Jason soon, but unfortunately he doesn't have the luxury.

Well short author note, so story time!

Major General David Daggermane was a 47 year old aged lion and a lifetime soldier. He had fought many battles and won them all, and was well rewarded and decorated because of it. Right now, he was in the back of a blacked out SUV, a lit cigar in his mouth, and on his way to collect a mammal. One of his assistants, a female deer psychologist named Adrianna Telvanni , was sitting across from him looking a photo of the mammal they were collecting. She had a few questions she just had to ask.

"Sir, why in the world are we on the way to collect a fox? And why does this fox require us to actually collect him in person? Why not collect him the same way we've collected all the others?"

Daggermane chuckled at his assistants stream of questions about going to collect this fox. Mostly because of her blatant distaste simply at saying the word fox, he didn't hold the same sentiment about it as her. Taking a long drag from his cigar he leaned forward and took the photo back from her and turned it to look upon the mammal they were going to collect and said. "I'll answer in the order you asked. We are collecting a fox, and this fox in particular because he is incredibly unique, and the hyena will want to use him for his particular experiments I'm sure. He will also be well suited for our experiments, trials and such. I actually think he'll be out top contender for the solo position."

Adrianna scoffed and replied "what makes this fox so unique, and what makes this fox so well suited that you think he'll be a 'top contender'?"

Daggermane chuckled again before saying, "this fox is so unique because he has an incredibly rare form of high functioning autism. It's made him incredibly intelligent and adaptive. Advanced problem solving, photographic memory, superb memory retention, and the ability to recognize, decipher, and solve incredibly advanced and complex patterns. That INCLUDES the patterns of mammals. This alone will peak the mad doctors interest. He also can't feel physical pain, his pain receptors are fried. This fox will be his favorite toy to run all of his tests and experiments I'm sure. What makes him so well suited is that at 16 he has seven bachelors degrees and official brown belts in seven different martial arts. Hapkido, taekwondo, Judo, Jiu jitsu, Krav Maga, Pencak Silat, and Kali."

Adrianna gave him a look of utter shock as he broke down this fox's abilities she could only let out a surprised. "Oh."

Daggermane took another drag from his cigar and leaned back into his seat. "Yeah, oh indeed. He's gonna be hard to dethrone from the top of our board. Now as to why we are collecting him personally…his full name is Jason Wilde Todd."

Adrianna recovered from her shock and replied. "Well that explains it, he's the son of that Todd that just died and is in an orphanage. You wanna assure you can take him in a way it's not suspicious and such."

Daggermane snuffed out his cigar as he simply said "correct."

The third occupant in the back of the SUV, sitting next to the doctor had kept quiet during the entire trip so far. He was the head of security at the facility, and thus was asked to come with the general to collect this fox. As the General had stated he would more than likely be a security issue and cause a lot of problems because of the fox'sskill set. The General also believed this fox would be the one to be the first to try and escape the facility. He looked forward to the fox trying, or any of the mammals they had gathered for that matter. He looked forward to a lot of things, like watching the mad hyena doctor do his experiments and tests on the fox. The hyena hated foxes even more than he and the doctor did.

Thinking about not mad Doctor he looked over at her, they had a…..interesting relationship. And by relationship he meant they spent copious amounts of time aggressively fucking. Not that he didn't mind, he licked his lips just thinking about what he was going to do to her later and have her a predatory smile when she glanced at him. But cut it short when the General looked back their way so me mused on her role in this. Her role as the phycologist was to observe all of the subjects through this giant experiment and all other trails and experiments in between, excluded the mad doctors of course. She would observe and evaluate all of the subjects and advise how they were reacting and coping mentally. She also would advise on how best to manipulate the subjects. Finally she had some extra duties regarding this fox now, and he could tell she wasn't excited about it and nor was he.

But, at the same time he had to admit this fox's skill set was indeed impressive. He also and to admit the extra steps the General was taking for this fox in the end made sense. If everything about this fox was indeed true he could end up being a prime candidate for everything they had planned and a royal pain in the ass at the same time. Also it meant when the fox became a pain in the ass he would get to punish the fox, and oh he would very much enjoy that. But as much as he will enjoy that and watching the mad hyena run his experiments and tests on the fox. There was one thing he had to bring up, so the grey wolf spoke.

"General, how we can be sure the mad scientist isn't going to end up killing this fox? You know he HATES foxes, hell he got fired from the government in the first place for running all those nasty experiments on foxes that ultimately killed them in the first place."

General Daggermane nodded and replied "I had the same concerns which I brought to that mad hyena along with the foxes profile. He looked it over and giddily said in his German accent 'zis fox is too tantalizing to kill! No! ze experiments I can run on him! So many! So much data! So many options! Killing him would be counterproductive zes! Ze fun I will have with ze fox!' I made sure to warn him he wasn't to break or cripple the fox either. He simply hugged the file and said 'of course! Of course! No breaking ze fox!'"

Doctor Telvanni raised an eyebrow at that. "Do you honestly believe that mad hyena?"

The grey wolf chuckled and said, "I know I wouldn't."

General Daggermane gave both mammals a blank look and replied, "Of course I don't trust him you two. We call him the mad doctor for a reason, but he's too useful to not keep. Which is why you Derek Southhowl will have two guards watching the mad doctor whenever the fox is being ...examined."

The grey wolf, now identified Derek Southhowl nodded and said "I'll see to it. Just for the fox?"

General Daggermane thought on it for a moment and said, "on second thought, better do it for them all."

Doctor Telvanni added her two cents in saying "good, that hyenas is as unpredictable as he is a genius. I can't evaluate the psychological aspects of the subjects after a session with the mad doctor if he kills them."

Security Chief Southpaw nodded and said, "quite right Adrianna."

General Daggermane rolled his eyes at the two. He knew they were fucking despite their attempts at hiding it. But they must often forget that there are cameras literally all over the facility, not just where the subjects would be held. Regardless, he didn't care as long as it didn't affect their respective works and they kept it professional. "Yes yes I know you two. We've taken all the proper precautions for the mad hyena. I even instructed some of your mammals to install cameras in his lab. He will be monitored closely. Now that that's settled, can we get back to the topic at hand?"

Adrianna and Derek both nodded, Derek saying "yes, so what's the plan to get this fox to come with us?"

Daggermane nodded a few times. "Well for starters, we will lay out his predicament for him. Then I will tell him of a 'military project' we are working on and think he would make a perfect candidate for. I'll tell him this project will train him to be an advanced military specialist. We'll tell him that when he turns 18 he can leave the project or stay and join the military. Of course that part will be extra bullshit. But, we will have to be very careful. This particular fox may not pick up on social queues very well.. But he is a smart fox, if he picks up something is off we're screwed. That means he'll decline the offer and then that means we'll have to take him by force which will complicate a lot of things and honestly unless you pull a team Southhowl I actually doubt we would be able to acquire him. So you two better be careful with what you say. Although, we might be in some luck. The mammal in charge told me when I called apparently after his mother's funeral Jason stopped talking, so if it's true he shouldn't ask any questions. Now settle in, we should be there soon."

20 minutes later

They finally arrived at the orphanage, a quaint two story brick building. They didn't bother looking at the name, they didn't plan to be here long enough to care. Walking in they were immediately greeted by the headmistress of the orphanage a female badger. They were also greeted by the sight of a male wolf and deer, both of them sporting fresh injuries. The deer was holding a paper towel to his very clearly broken nose and the wolf was lying on its stomach a rhino sized ice pack on his back and the left side of his face swollen up.

The badger greeted them. "Hello you definitely must be Major General Daggermane, and colleges. I'm so glad you've arrived here. Jason needs to go, or he's going to be arrested and a problem."

The group gave each other collective looks before Derek eyed the two mammals again. Pointing at them he said "I take it Jason did this?"

"Yes very perceptive of you. He wasn't even here an hour. Chad here definitely has at least one cracked vertebrae and you can clearly see Daniel's nose is broken badly. I don't know exactly what happened. Jason of course isn't saying anything and these two are in too much pain to give me a straight answer. I was actually just about to look at the security footage to try and make heads or tails of this. Care to join me?"

Once again they collectively looked at each other before nodding. Daggermane took the lead saying, "lead the way."

The badger led them into a small room with a desk, computer, and a chair which she sat in. As she typed away to pull up the security footage Doctor Telvanni had a question of her own. "You said you questioned Jason on what happened?"

The badger glanced at her and said "correct."

Adrianna pulled out a pen and a pad of paper. "Could you explain to me exactly how he reacted when you questioned him?"

The badger gave her a quizzical look regarding the pen and pad of paper as a response. "Oh, I'm a resident psychologist, considering Jason's condition and the fact he just lost his mother the general thought I could be of some help."

Satisfied with the explanation the badger answered her question. "Best way I could describe it is he was impassive honestly. When I started to question him he turned to me halfway and when I got to the subject of just what happened he let out a snort and that's about it. So I focused on his eyes, they were completely neutral same as his expression. When I explained just what injuries they had I could swear though for the briefest of moments I saw a glint of amusement in his eyes. But he stayed blank and expressionless the entire time."

Doctor Telvanni jotted down her notes, making sure to underline the part about his potential look of amusement at hearing about the two mammals injuries. "Interesting."

Finally the badger pulled up the correct camera and time. "Ah here we are."

All of the mammals present leaned forward to watch the screen as the badger hit the play button. It started with Jason entering the commons room, a black duffel bag in his left paw. The noted his attire, a red shirt, a brownish tan faux leather jacket, and tan cargo shorts. As he entered the wolf and deer almost immediately got up and approached him, Adrianna could tell immediately just off body language and such that the two did not have good intentions. She also could tell Jason was very aware of the fact and less than pleased.

They watched as the two began speaking to Jason, them occasionally pausing to laugh at the joke they made about him. It continued like this for about two minutes before there was a sudden shift in Jason's behavior he slowly put down his duffel bag and put his sunglasses that were on his head on top of it. They watched as the wolf and deer laughed at his actions…it was short lived. Jason shot out a savage right jab right into the deer's nose shattering it in one punch. He then instantly put a right hook into the left side of the wolf's face, grabbed the wolf's shoulders and pulled him close and kneed him hard in the ribs. To finish the wolf off Jason grabbed his shoulders and picked the wolf up off the ground slightly and then spun him, letting him go after a half rotation. The wolf slammed into a wooden beam hard, part of its spine catching the edge badly.

Derek Southhowl was impressed. The fox took the deer down and shattered its nose with a single punch, and then took out the wolf with minimal effort. Even if the two had fought the fox Southhowl wagered it would have been the same result, just with extra steps. "This fox has strength, one punch and he shatters a deer's nose and unless that wolf has weak skin swelled its face real good. The throw was simple yet effective. Not to mention the little effort it took to throw the wolf."

General Daggermane was just as impressed. "I knew this fox was going to be something special."

The video ends with Jason calmly putting his sunglasses back on his head and picking his bag back up before stepping over the two mammals. The badger headmistress leaned back in the chair and gestured to the screen. "So that's what happened. Chad and Daniel instigated the fight. I wonder what they said that made Jason snap, he seemed to not care up until that point."

Doctor Telvanni chimed in at that. "I do. I can read lips quite well, they were speaking ill of Jason's recently deceased mother."

The headmistress made a face and said, "sheesh, yeah that would do it I wager. Well, even so that he didn't start it, he still needs to go. I feel like a lot of trouble will come of him being here, a lot of mammals heckling him and provoking him into attacking them."

The General nodded at that and replied, "well we'll take him off your paws, if he will allow us too. But I wager he will. So, can we go see him?"

The Badger headmistress stood and said. "Sure, follow me."

*Jason at the same time*

Jason was currently busying himself with repacking his duffel bag, making sure to take care of and refold each and every piece of clothing. After he had put that deer and wolf in their places with his fist he had gone to the little room he would be staying in until they kicked him out at 18. He casually unpacked his bag, a small smile on his face as he did so. It had felt so good to hurt those two assholes, when they first came up and began insulting him he had been content to wait them out. Banking on his casual non reactions to cause them to get bored. But, when they brought his mom into the equation…it was time to put them in their place, and he did so casually.

Jason wasn't concerned with getting in trouble for it either. He wasn't answering the headmistresses questions on what had happened, and he knew the other two were to ashamed of getting their asses so casually handed to them by a fox that they weren't answering them either. So she would have to look at the security footage and there was no way to refute what would be shown.

Nevertheless, after Jason unpacked his bag he went out and kept out of the headmistresses line of sight while keeping his ears tuned into to her doings. Then when the lion General walked in with his two associates his curiosity was peaked immediately. Though it would never show, partly because he didn't really know how to.

When he quickly became the topic of discussion and the General coming to collect him curiosity became interest. Once they went to go look at the footage Jason turned and went to repack his bag. He didn't even know what exactly the General's collecting of him would entail but he knew it would be much better than staying in this place. At the very least it would be much more interesting.

Done!

Next time on RHO! Jason meets the General for the first time and ends up making a decision he will regret for the rest of his life and gets to meet the mad hyena.

I have two other stories, A Father Figure and A True Brother: The Prologue, if you haven't read these stories of mine go check them out! Also go check out my friends BrutusDeagon and Tamiri-chan's stories as well!

Make sure to keep an eye out for the next chapter of A Father Figure in the coming weeks!

All right I think that was it! So this is TheConcernedF0X signing off! See you next time!