~Gotham City~
Jason Blood had just returned home when he noticed another presence in his home. There is only one who is able to break into his home without setting off any of his spells and he isn't in the mood to entertain him but he knows the price of staying in Gotham. "Chaos, or should I be calling you Joker now?" He asked nonchalantly as he hang up his hat and coat.
The spine-chilling laugher that has stopped many in their tracks filled his home as Chaos, or as everyone knows him, The Joker, steps out of the shadow with a grin in his face. "It has been too long, Jason Blood. How have you been? Are things still good between you and Etrigan? Or is the demon still mad?" He chuckled like a mad demon is the funniest thing to him.
"What do you want, Chaos? You have your Order, you have no need to bother me." Jason said with bitterness in his voice.
"Come now, don't be like that! I came with good news~" Joker smirked before sighing dramatically. "But if you don't what to know I won't force you to listen to your oldest friend. It is not like it has something to do with you missing great great great great something grandson." He shrugs as he turn to leave. "Oh well..." He laughed as he is immensely grabbed and spin around.
"Where is he!?" Jason growled as he grab the front of Joker's suit.
Joker laughed as he push Jason off him. "So violent." He smirked as he straighten his suit. "But to answer your question, he is back home right now. He was taken by the Court of Owls and they were the ones behind his parents' murder." He said as he sat in front of the fireplace and cross his legs.
Jason clutch his fists. "They did what?" He growled. "How dare they! Do they not know their place? Why did Uriah not stop them?"
"Don't forget, Uriah's orders was to follow the Court until the new Order has taken his place. There was nothing he could do if the Court is disloyal to the mission." Joker pointed out as he watch Jason pace around. "He was trained to be a Talon, but he's back home where he is safe and around family. He...*She* would be happy everything is falling back in to place now."
Jason snort. "Even after so long you are keeping her gender a secret. Does the new Order even know the truth?"
Joker shake his head. "I've not told him the full story like I've promised... But he has the right to know."
"He has no right to know anything but the most basic of information and half truths about his predecessor." Jason turn his back to Joker to make tea.
"What if I tell you *who* the new Order is? I wonder if you'll change your mind~" Joker chuckled as he flop onto his back to stare at the ceiling.
Jason turn to glare at Joker. "What is that supposed to mean? Who is the new Order?" Of course he knows better than to believe he is a real demon or monster. Etrigan would have noticed if he was either a monster or a demon.
Joker chuckled as he shake his head. "Nuh-uh~ I kept you a secret from Brucie, letting him think that I am the only one following him around before he left and I told you about Thomas. I think it is more than fair that you give me something in return before I give you more~"
Jason clutch his fists but know he can't do anything to the Joker no matter how annoying he is. "Very well, what do you want to know?"
"I know you are in the magic side of the boy band that has been sticking their noses into Gotham's business, tell me what they know." Joker said seriously, all joke left him as he got down to business.
Jason sighed heavily, of course he'll want to know. "They have not found much. Gothamites has been tight lip and tighter on any news that could escape their city. We have been asked to look into Gotham's history to find out where her magic came from."
"And of course you have not said anything, right?" Joker is smiling widely with a threat behind his words.
"Of course not! I've made a promise to Eloise, I would not give out Gotham's secret!" Jason growled at Joker for thinking he'll break that promise.
"You've promised her that you'll take care of the family you two had made, the descendants of your son and yet one of them was in the hands of the Court of Owls for years and after that his parents were murdered by their orders." Joker pointed out.
Jason dig his nails into the palm of his hands as he looked away. "I would admit, I have not done my best to protect them but I have always done my best to look out for our family!" He turn back to glare at Joker.
Joker chuckle as he hold up his hands. "I didn't say that you didn't. You've done your best but you've really dropped the ball here." He smirked as he look up at the ceiling. "Not that you could have stopped Bruce from being picked the next Order."
Jason had turn back to pour himself a cup of tea to calm his nerves when Joker dropped the bombshell on him. He let the teapot fall from his hand as he pounce onto Joker as he is sitting up, slamming him back to the ground as he grab the front of his suit. "What did you say?" He snarled.
Joker laughed and smiled madly up at Jason. "You heard me! The new Order is Bruce Wayne!"
"You are lying! He can't be the new Order!" Jason growled as he tighten his hold on Joker.
"Oh but I am not! Why do you think I started following him with you after his parents were murdered? Because I care about yours and Eloise's descendant? That's your job. I care about my new baby brother not being killed!" Joker laughed.
"Let's see if you'll lie to a Demon! Gone, Gone the form of man! Rise the Demon Etrigan!" Jason snarled as flames surround him and his form shift into that of a demon.
Etrigan growled down at the grinning Chaos as he grab him by his neck. "I care not for Gotham, Order nor Chaos. I care about the Wayne family, we should have taken them away when we had the chance!"
Joker laughed, not at all scared of the Demon. "You know that you can't, they are the royalty of Gotham. They would still end up back here. After all, their ties to Gotham is stronger than any family." He smirked. "Their very first Gothamites is the first Order, after all."
"Order is no family business to be passed down. Had they not suffered enough? I would burn Gotham to the ground and you with it myself if it would get them away from the role." Etrigan growled as he tighten his hold around Joker's neck.
"But no one else fits the role! Don't you think Bruce is a lot like her? Kind, caring, loves children, especially their own, but loves tricking people, scaring them. He even looks so much like her! Like Anthony! He even has the same smart, red hair, green eyes, taste in partners like both mother and son had in common." Joker chuckle as he teleport out of Etrigan's hand and use magic to fix the teapot so he can make another pot of tea. "You've watched Order, Eloise, work, you've watched her son grew up, do you really think their descendent who is so much like them, do you think that Bruce would let you burn down the city he loves without throwing himself before your flames to protect it?"
Etrigan growled and snarl at Joker but he can't deny his words for he knows in his heart that he would do just that. He is too similar to the two humans who had wormed their ways into his heart. "I will rip off your face before I continue to speak to you. Gone, Gone oh Etrigan! Return once more the form of man!" He growled as flames surround him and he shift back into Jason Blood.
"You two are such drama queens." Joker giggled as he hand Jason a cup of tea.
"You speak the truth..." Jason said with dread in his voice as he accept the cup. "I don't like it."
"Never said you had to like it, just accept it and continue to make sure no one finds out anything they aren't supposed to." Joker toss a file he pulled out of his jacket to Jason. "Bruce said that the government are seriously considering what they should do with us. You should look into it. See what the heroes know about Gotham and what the government is telling them." He turns to Jason with a smirk on his face. "You have a very good reason to want Gotham safe~"
Jason takes a deep breath to calm himself. "I'll do what is needed. Now get out."
Joker laughed. "What a bad host you are." His laughter did not stop until he had disappeared right in front of Jason's eyes.
"Damnit." Jason growled as he set the cup down and turn to look at the painting of his wife and son. "Why are you Waynes so stubborn?" He asked with sadness in his voice and longing in his eyes as he takes in every detail of his wife and son, from their jet-black to their gem like blue eyes that has been passed down to their descendents, like he has not done that a millions times before, before heading to his office to read through the file Joker had given him.
/I wasn't sure how I wanted to write Jason Blood and Etrigan when this crazy idea came to me! I hope you enjoy it, tell me what you think of it! And what and/or who you would like to see next!
Here is the list I use to remember what age they are when they are became heroes and adopted:
Bruce becomes Batman at 21
12 years different, adopted less than a year of Bruce becoming Batman
Dick is adopted at 9 become Robin at 10
1 years different
Barbara join at 11, one year older than Dick
3 years different
Roy is taken in at 14 become Arsenal at 14
3 years different
Jason is adopted at 10 become Robin at 10
Same age with Cassandra being the oldest of the two
Cassandra is adopted at 10 become Batgirl at 10
1 years different
Stephen joined at 10
1 year different
Tim is adopted at 8 become Robin at 8
2 years different
Duke adopted at 9
3 years different
Damian brought home at 4
Same age
Carrie adopted at 6 become Robin at 6