Bruce
"I'm sorry, Bruce, I don't hear Jason's heartbeat."
Bruce stared at his cup of coffee. He had told Clark everything that had happened with Jason and had hoped his friend would be able to find Jason's heartbeat. He hadn't.
"It doesn't mean that he's dead—"
"He's not. Jason's a fighter."
"—it means that when he came back, his heartbeat changed. It's why I didn't notice he had returned from the dead."
"Can you say that louder? I'm not sure everyone heard you."
"I'll keep an eye out for him, Bruce. I promise."
"Thank you, Clark."
Bruce took a sip of his coffee. He didn't know what had happened to his son, but he would find out.
Dick
"Roy, please, help me find him."
"Maybe he doesn't want to be found," Roy spat back. Dick had no idea what had gotten into Roy and Raven, but neither had agreed to help Dick look for Jason. The rest of his team had volunteered right away, promising they would keep an eye out for his younger brother and let Dick know if Jason was seen.
"You don't know what you're talking about, Roy," Dick said.
"Really? You kept his resurrection a secret from everyone, including his friends. Of course, the kid is gonna get sick of it eventually and leave your asses behind."
"Maybe this is what Jason wants, Dick," Raven chimed in.
"How do you know? Do you feel his emotions somehow? Do you know where he's at," he asked desperately. Dick was seeing in real time how Jason's disappearance was affecting Bruce. The man was more violent with criminals, broodier and talked even less unless it was about a case.
Tim had gotten quiet and stayed away from the family for the most part unless it was during patrol, and Damian had become cranky. Dick needed to find Jason and bring him home; they needed to fix what was broken.
"I don't know his feelings, but I can guess. From what you've told us, you left him alone and without his family as support. Maybe he was tired of being in the same city as the people ignoring him and wanted a fresh start. I refuse to be the one to cross someone's unspoken boundaries if they have made their feelings clear."
"Guys, Jason needs to come home. He's not well."
"All I'm hearing is what you think Jason needs; no wonder he left," Roy said, angry. "I hope you and Batman never find him. You don't deserve him. You guys abandoned him; you left him with no family, and since you didn't tell anyone he had returned, you left him with no friends."
Roy walked away from Dick.
Dick looked at Raven imploringly, "I'm sorry, Dick, I can't. He's made his choice; maybe he'll come to you guys in the future."
And Dick was left alone.
Tim
Tim followed the anomaly. It started when Jason was last seen and lasted for three weeks. There had been cold fronts, and the readings had stayed steady. Then they disappeared.
Tim and Barbara had decided to keep these things to themselves as they were unsure it had anything to do with Jason.
(Tim's guts said yes, it did.)
They had decided to build a program that would trace the same anomaly throughout the United States. If they found nothing there, then they would expand their search. Tim also had a background program running for sudden and unexpected cold fronts.
He would find Jason; his family depended on it.
Damian
His mother had agreed to help him.
She hadn't asked for anything in return. Damian suspected it wasn't out of the goodness of her heart but because she didn't like not being in control. She didn't know where Jason was; whether she would admit it or not, she considered Jason hers.
(Damian didn't know if Talia considered Jason her son or tool, maybe both, but she wouldn't let him out of her grasp.)
Damian hoped he had done the right thing.
Alfred
Alfred looked through the mail and stopped at a white envelope addressed to him. There was no return address.
Alfred opened the letter with shaking fingers.
(He knew that handwriting. It's been years, but he knew it was Jason's.)
There were two sentences.
I am alive and well. Don't look for me; you won't find me.
