Harry Potter and the Secret Inheritance

Chapter 50

Bruce walked into the Batcave to see Jason in the middle of what looked like a mental breakdown, he wished that he could get Alfried, he was so much better at this stuff than Bruce but he didn't have time. He quickly ran up to his child and did his best to comfort him.

"Jason hey, can you hear me, If you can hear me then try to look at me okay?" Bruce spoke as he knelt down to be at eye level with Jason, he was relieved when Jason looked at him but it didn't mean much when the guy was still hyperventilating.

"What are five things you can you can see?" Bruce hoped this helped calm his child down, if not he didn't know what to do.

"I-I see you, the-the batcar, my old r-robin uniform, my shoes, and the batcomputer," Jasper stuttered his way through his response but as long as he was still alert Bruce didn't care.

"Okay, what are four things you can feel?" Bruce kept his hands on his son's knees, hoping that he was helping to ground him to earth.

"I-I feel the chair, your hands, my-my shirt, and my pants," Jason mumbled, calming down slightly which relieved Bruce.

"What are three things you can hear baby bird?"

"I hear the barcomputer hum, I hear your voice, and I-I hear the blood roaring in my ears," Jason started breathing a bit easier now.

"Good, good, now what's two things you can smell?" Bruce gave Jason a soft reassuring smile.

"I smell your shampoo and the scent of parchment," Jason glanced at the desk that held said parchment before looking back at Bruce when he tapped on his knee.

"What's one thing you can taste?"

"Um, I taste bile."

Bruce got concerned, "Do you feel the need to through up?" He relaxed when Jason shook his head.

"Want to talk about what this was about, are you okay?" Bruce knew that Jason went to confront Adriane, how couldn't he know? Jason might seem tough but he truly cared about those around him and Bruce knew that his son didn't want anyone else he cared about hurt by the Joker.

"You need to get someone with magic from the league down here, " Jason spoke, now that he wasn't panicking at the realization that he was trying to kill a man who was being controlled by evil dark magic he could realize that Bruce needed to get someone to confirm this information.

"Why, what's wrong?" Bruce asked as his face turned serious, in response all Jason did was hand the man the parchment that had been on the desk and watched as Bruce's face turned cold and unemotional. He knew that Bruce was just as shocked and horrified as he was.

His eyes widened when he heard what Bruce mumbled in his shock, "I almost killed an innocent man."

"WHOA Wait what do you mean?" Jason asked as he felt another shock flow through his body.

Jason saw the way Bruce froze before sighing, "When you were killed I was furious, I tried to kill the Joker myself but Clark stopped me, he held me back it's why we're not as close as we used to be before you died."

Jason couldn't believe it, Bruce had tried killing the Joker? All these years of hating Bruce, despising him for not getting revenge for his child's death, it was all for nothing.

Bruce had tried to get revenge, he had tried to kill the Joker for Jason, and now that he knew this any lingering anger vanished as he leaned forward and hugged Bruce, no his father for the first time in years.

Bruce wrapped his arms around his second oldest and closed his eyes, the two men stayed like this for the next few minutes before Jason let him go and looked away obviously embarrassed about what he just did.