Partners with Raʼs al Ghul (Book two of FwMJ)

Chapter 3

"Repeat that again for me, would you. J is what?" My voice cracked while the rest of my body stayed paralyzed. I watched as Ra's face remained ice cold. My heart rate spiked as my breathing became ragged. Ra's looked down on me and sighed, turning around.

"The Joker is gone." I was furious, purely, utterly, furious. No... He can't be. He's lying. He's just lying. I sloshed through the snow and grabbed on his shoulder.

"That can't be true. J wouldn't just die that easily. I know him. He's stronger tha—" Ra's slapped me across the face. The sting silenced me for a moment. In that time, Ra's sighed once more and placed his hand on top of my head. He looked up towards the mountain before looking back down at me.

"Di Angelo, it's time to grow up. He's gone." I clenched my hands into fists.

"I want proof."

"I thought you'd say that." Ra's took a breath and pointed back towards the base on top of the mountain. "Follow me, I'll show you."

So I walked back up the mountain scowling and hurt. He didn't even bother to tell me. Didn't even cross his mind. Ra's was quiet for a long time, only looking back to see if I was still following him. 

It took about ten minutes to scale the mountain and then another ten minutes to go through the winding tunnels underneath the base. Soon after going through endless amounts of left turns, we arrived in a room with a rather large box in the center. I slowly approached the box, dropping to my knees after seeing the body inside.

"It's really him." A tear fell down my face, and I hugged my chest. "Why is it him?"

"Things happen di Angelo. Things just happen." I looked back to Ra's.

"Why?"


Lol, sorry 'bout the short chapter.