Live to Rise

Dead and Living part 2

I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING EVERYTHING BELONGS TO DC AND KAI MACIEL THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK
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Unknown Island

Present day

Yes. I missed my morning run." Kori reached out for the cooler and tossed Jason a water bottle. "Thanks, Kori. Where the hell is Harper?"

Koriand'r shrugged. "Roy said he wanted to buy new clothes since his old ones are growing too tight, though I don't see what the problem with tight clothing is. You earthlings give too much importance to those things."

Jason finished his water bottle and laughed. "I guess you're right, Kori. But you have to understand not everyone looks as great as you in any clothing."

"Thank you, Jason. You're not so bad yourself... or Roy. He smiles a lot more now, don't you agree?"

"I guess. I wasn't paying attention to his smiling patterns, but I guess he isn't as doom and gloom as he used to be."

Kori pulled her long hair away from her face. "None of us is. I'm glad. Oh! There comes Roy!"

Arsenal landed the ship and jumped to the sand. He was carrying several red bags which, with his red clothes, made him look like a long-haired Santa Claus. "Morning. I've come bearing gifts."

"It's a bit early for Christmas, Harper," Jason said, while Starfire stood up and floated towards him.

"What did you bring?" she asked.

"A bit of everything. I got us some tech and computers..."

"AKA more toys to you," Jason grinned.

Roy chuckled. "I do love my toys. I also bought more computers to aid our cause since two of them blew up on our faces last time we tried to hack into the JL computer. This time I bought Wayne Tech. You know, Jason, from Gotham. You said they had good quality."

Jason stared at the familiar logo on the computers. "Yes. Yes, they have."

Sensing his new friend's discomfort, Roy quickly placed the new tech on the bag. Like all Bat-Kids, Jason was extremely secretive when it came to his and Batman's identity. He only knew Nightwing's first name was 'Dick' (really?) because Kori had mentioned it. Aside from that, he only knew that his leader's name was Jason Todd, he was from Gotham and the second Robin, killed by the Joker about a year before Roy was found in Tibet.

Jason was cool. He understood what Roy had been through, which explained why he felt more at home with him and Kori than with Ollie and the Team. As far as Roy was concerned, these were his new teammates now, hopefully for a long, long time.

"What else did you bring, Harper?"

"I bought Kori a dress," Roy took out the white dress. "I saw you staring at it in the catalog."

Kori smiled, admired the dress and gave Roy a hug that lifted him up from the ground. "Thank you, Roy. This is a wonderful present."

"You're... welcome," Roy answered, his cheeks matching his clothes now.

"Well, it does feel like Christmas now," Jason said.

"You didn't think I'd forget you, did you, Jaybird?"

Jason smiled dangerously. "Call me 'Jaybird' again and I'll give you a nice present."

"Always so nice and caring, our beloved leader," Roy grinned mischievously and tossed Jason a new Red Hood helmet. "I have more spare parts if you want to build more. Though you really should stop blowing them up."