Bruce
Crime Alley was mourning the loss of its hero. Bruce refused to believe Jason was dead.
Neither he nor his other children had been able to make any headway in their hero persona. In the end, Bruce went to Crime Alley undercover as a homeless man. No one had seen hide or hair of Red Hood in almost two months. Everyone thought that Red Hood had died; it never occurred to them that Jason might have left.
(He was alive; his son couldn't be dead again. There hadn't been a body.)
Bruce looked at the camera footage on the day of Jason's disappearance. Unfortunately, there weren't many cameras in Crime Alley, so he only occasionally caught glimpses of Jason's red helmet.
(Why hadn't he fought harder to add more cameras in Crime Alley? Bruce could've funded better security for the place. He had wanted to respect Jason's wishes but look where that got him.)
"Hey, B, still looking at the footage? Found anything new?"
Bruce didn't take his eyes off the monitors but answered Dick's questions.
"No, nothing new."
That was the frustrating part. Nothing new popped up, no matter how often Bruce looked at the footage. There had been no anomalies, no significant rogue attacks, and Jason hadn't gotten into any fights with other drug dealers. The little footage he saw of Jason had him interacting with some of the women he protected or handing out bags to some of the kids. There was nothing that indicated that Jason was planning to leave.
(He left. He had to have left. His safe houses were full of dust and empty.)
"Bruce, maybe it's time you stopped looking at the footage."
Bruce paused the video and glared at his eldest. Dick put his hands up.
"I'm not saying let's stop looking for him. I'm saying looking at the same thing over and over again isn't going to help us find him."
Bruce glared at the last clear video they had of Jason. He knew Dick was right, but he had no idea where to start. No one in the hero community knew Jason was alive again. Jason didn't have any friends or allies outside of Crime Alley. The last time they had spoken, he had ended in a shouting match because Bruce had asked Jason if he knew anything about the disappearance of a child rapist over a year ago.
Bruce regretted many things in his life; not making things better with Jason was now at the top of his list.
"What do you suggest we do?"
"Maybe it's time we brought in others to help us."
Bruce frowned. He didn't like bringing in other heroes regarding Gotham's or his family's affairs.
"Listen, I'm not saying we tell the whole hero community, but I can ask some team members to help. I'll tell them to keep it to themselves. I know Roy would love to help when he finds out Jason is still alive. Kori can travel the world and maybe keep an eye out. Victor can hack into systems worldwide, and Raven can probably sense him. He has returned from the dead; that has to leave some signature."
