"Hey, Little Hoodie."

Escape

Renegade's P.O.V
"Finish them".

I panicked. I couldn't do this. 'snap out of it, Renegade! You're being controlled'. I yelled mentally at myself. I felt like I'm a robot. My hand automatically reached a sniper from my belt (demon butthead told me to save it for a special 'occasion') then pointed at Batman.

"Please don't".

"Let it happen".

"Hey, Renegade". Red Hood said to me as I slowly approached closer. "Do you truly want this? I know you have something good in you. Whatever kind of control Ra's had over you, fight it. You're a kid. A living human, not a killing machine".

I believed what he said. A battle was raging inside my head.

"You deserve a chance to live a normal life, Renegade". He continued as I was getting closer and closer. "Heck, you could be my little sister!".

He wants me to be his little sister!?

"I can be your big brother and so is Nightwing and Red Robin. Batman will be your dad and you can serve as a playmate to Robin".

"Hey!". Robin exclaimed angrily.

"Red Hood's right, Renegade. Find a will of your own". Red Robin stated.

"Yeah, he's right!". Nightwing agreed with Red Robin. Batman silently nodded.

"So what do you say, Renegade?". Asked Red Hood. "Will you let me have the honor of calling you Jane?".

Did he just gave me a-a name?! I was this close to shooting batman: me<------------>Batman

"You can do this, Renegade. Fight!".

"Don't!".

"Fight".

"I'm warning you!".

The hand that was holding the gun was shaking. A single tear rolled down my cheek.

"Fight!".

"Stop!".

"FIGHT!".

"Noooooooooo!".

The words Red Hood said to me clicked my brain. "What do you say? We can give you love, home and a family every kid like you wants because you deserved it more than anyone. I'll ask you one more time: do you want to live with us Jane? With me?".

My shaking self let the gun fall out of my hand. I suddenly felt a slight pain in my head. I knew the programmed task was slowly erased. I fell down my knees and hands on the floor, crying.

The internal battle ended. I won. I finally found a will of my own.

I don't know how they escape the restraints but I felt arms hugged around me while in the background the others are fighting Ra's.

"Welcome to the family, Janeybird". Wow. My first nickname. Those were the last words Red Hood said to me before he picked me up then fell asleep, exhaustion took over me. This is the first feeling of protectiveness I had ever felt in the few months of my life.