Unbeknownst to the bat family the Rogues of Gotham band together every time an old Robin retires or is forcefully taken out of service to put together pictures they either steal or make themselves of interactions with the Robins, be at mugshots photobombed by the Little Tikes or clippings from newspapers of there arrests the book is a time capsule of the little lights that shine hope into the bleakness of Gotham's Dark nights
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jervis is the one who to suggest they make the Scrapbook in the first place, after the original Robin retires from his position it's not only the bat that feels the encroaching Darkness creep back into his nightly Crusades. despite all the death traps and kidnappings the villains though some begrudgingly have to admit the kid had warmed himself a spot in all their hearts, so they make a scrapbook to a forever remember the time with him
some take the photos from the newspapers some steal them from the police officers of the times the little Scamp photobombed, but the photo Jarvis and Jonathan submit as a unit is very special to them. you see it was taken near the beginning of the relationship, a relationship that first started as a tentative teamwork but through the years bloomed into a mutually healing affair, they remember it so clearly just like it was yesterday
it was supposed to be an easy job, a camera delivery truck that Jarvis needs to get parts for something big he's working on, the plan was supposed to go
1. They map out the trucks destination and how long it's going to take it to get there
2, they follow the truck until they get to an isolated stretch of road
3, Johnny forces the truck off the road and I scavenge the wreckage for the parts
they gotten smoothly past the first two steps, with Johnny and Jarvis riding smoothly on the robo horse Jarvis Built For any job he made playing involving vehicles, John's just about to slide the horse to push the truck off the road and down the cliff below, but they hear the familiar rumbling of an engine somewhere in the woods below. And like a bat from Hell the Batmobile runs up the side of the cliff
Jonathan quickly pose the reins to slow the horse down to a stop, and the delivery truck stops with a hold of its brakes as well, the Batmobile Falls like a blockade horizontally on the road, and then there's a deafening silence all wait for those doors to open and The Dark Knight slither sinuously from his metal Chariot of Justice
the door is open. But it's not the looming figure of the bat that exits the car instead opens to reveal the cherubic face of a child that stands triumphant before the two vehicles
the child leans down on the concrete of the road and flips his body in a somersault that ends at the mechanical steed the Scarecrow and had her sit upon in bewildered silence, before they know it the cuffed and the child walks over gingerly to the driver's seat of the camera delivery truck to whisper something into the car
when the child returns he returns with a camera and snuggles in between the two super villains to snap a pic
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The reconvene to add to the Scrapbook when that horrible clown kills them all what he did to the second Robin, this meeting has a solemn air of a funeral as they Loom over the book taping or gluing their additions onto the blank paper, most pictures show anger on the face of a child that should be happy
the photo Jarvis puts on the paper looks like it wouldn't be out of place on a Halloween day, a smiling child in a robin outfit standing in Triumph above the equally grinning face of a man in a top hat
the thing was the photo was taken in October just two weeks away from Halloween, that day was Jarvis and Jonathan's First tag team climbed together as a couple, Jonathan left to make sure the canisters of fear talks and he was shipping to every Halloween store in Gotham were properly sealed and Jarvis was left to as look out for The Hideout
at first it's boring but then he gets a sense, a sense that tiny hands are about to be punching him, he thinks fast and stands for his chair just as the second Robin burst from the Shadows first raised and punching position, the quick stand up causes the child's Young but well-trained fist to impact into the Hatter's testicles
the crippling pain caused him to fall to his knees in absolute agony, the ear splitting squeal Echoes to The Hideout, the air splitting Screech quiet mere seconds after as a sound of police sirens fails the room
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Harley's is the one who breaks the news about what happened to the third Robin, and of the joke's demise, the kids that stream down her face are those of regret of participating in the breaking of a child and and the tears of a woman who lost the man she thought she loved
when they go to where they keep the Scrapbook the Joker's already put photos in it photos of the process of what he did, they don't know how they found the book but they suspect Harley blabbed, it takes all of the wills not to rip the book apart that very moment to burn it in cleansing fire of the corruption that lies on the blank pages
when the time lapse of corruption is carefully stripped from the blank paper that begin the Duty of memorializing another light
the day the photo is taken is the wedding day, they broke out of Arkham not to commit a crime but to stand before servant of God and swear to each other a thousand eternities
Jarvis stands at the entrance, hands clenching and unclenching around the bouquet, his wedding dress fits perfectly, everything is perfect but still he worries
all those worries seem to evaporate when he's out the altar staring is soon to be husband in the eyes matching Blues gays into each other and the and the world seems to be right in that very moment, they barely hear the monotone priest speak his part, but the world comes into sharp Focus when The Clash of glass rings from somewhere in the wedding hall
the third Robin stands a childish smirk of arrogance plastered on his face, he's saying something but they're too distracted looking to see if the bat is anywhere, when they see he comes alone, all it takes is a snap of one of their fingers and the catatonic guests spring into action, he fights violently but there's only so much is a boy his age can do against the might of relentless obedience
they tie him to a chair near the cake table, far enough where he can't reach the knives, when the vows are done they stand before him at the cake table, Jonathan's the one who first cuts into the cake, and there they are a fork full of chocolate cake covers before the steel face of a child, unfortunately during the vows he successfully to the gag and after the photo he took a sharp bite into Jonathan's index finger, which caused the domino effect ending in the cake table being turned over and a knife Landing right in his lap
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Jarvis and Jonathan bring the new Robin, to the Scrapbook
they know this Robin is Damian Wayne, daughter of Talia, who christened Jarvis the boys God uncle, they promised the boy they won't tell the soul and they intend to keep that promise
they tell the boy of his predecessors, they tell him when the day comes that he grows weary of his place as illumination to The Dark Knight that his memories will be forever shown in the Scrapbook, he made the light that shines dark much like his birth father but he is a light nonetheless
not a week later the boy brings the other Robins to see the book to learn of their importance not only to the everyday citizen but to the citizens that find themselves in the Eternal game of fighting The Dark Knight
the first Robin remembers his interaction with the hatter and Crow fondly
the second remembers and laughs
the third apologizes for ruining the cake
the hatter and Crow just smile, and they ruminate fondly on the day when they have children to make another scrapbook about