Painkiller

▪TWENTY ONE▪

Bruce was upstairs, packing for our trip; leaving Damian and Dick fixing up some things down in the Batcave and me on the couch. Jason left a little while back to go grab some of my clothes that I left back at the apartment. Before Jason left, he told Bruce about me staying with him; Bruce hasn't said a word to me since.

I was unsure if I could stay here, I don't know if I would be safe here to be honest. I would like to think I still have a home with Jason, but he's been acting... pretty weird latley. I dont think he likes me going off to save some girl from her psychopath father with a 50/50 chance of death. It's my choice, I feel responsible for this mess, I feel like it's my job to save her.

I leaned forward on the couch and rested my hand on my bad knee. The swelling went down, still hurts alot though. Bruce said I should be okay in a few days, but I don't know; I took a lot of damage. I tried standing up but I instantly felt a dull pain run all throughout my entire leg.

Both my knees felt wobbly, "Ow, damn!" I cursed a little too loudly then plopped back down on the couch,

"Need any help there?" Came the voice of Dick. My eyes flickered over to the older boy and he was wearing a white button up shirt and a pair of khaki shorts. I focused my eyes back to the front of me and shook my head,

"Nope, just wanted to see how much it would hurt. How long have you been standing there?" I asked, cocking my head slightly to the side as he plopped down next to me, almost landing on me,

Dick shrugged then pulled out his phone, "Not long, and that's kind of a stupid thing to do don't you think?" He asked,

I chuckled sarcastically and scooted over a little, "psh whatever."

"Don't cock an attitude with me, birdy. Hey, did you notice anything weird with Jason?" Dick asked, his voice changing to a more serious tone,

I shook my head, yeah I noticed a few things that seemed off but I had a feeling Dick was talking about something else, "define weird."

"Like you know," Dick started and sat up a little, "How he reacted when Bruce told him to stay with Kayla. Why the hell would he have to stay with Kayla?" He asked, obviously getting a little angry,

"I don't know man," I shrugged, "Uh, why don't you ask her or something?"

"That's what I'm doing," He uttered and showed me the screen of his phone. I saw the message that Dick sent, it read "What is it with you and Jason?" and that was all.

I knitted my eyebrows together and looked up from the phone and at him, "Don't freak out, I'm sure it's all nothing." I said, a little bit of me feeling guilty for the lying.

Dick pulled his phone away and started typing on the keyboard, not saying a word back to me. I rolled my eyes and heard the sound of Jason's bike pulling into the driveway, that bike motor was one loud thing, I can tell you that.

I turned my head towards Dick after I heard a small whimper type noise coming from him. Suddenly, a wave of anger flashed in Dick's eyes. It seemed like everything happened in slow motion; Jason walked in through the door, carrying a large backpack probably full of my clothes. Dick jumped up and threw his phone onto the couch. He basically jumped over the coffee table and stomped right up to Jason and aggressively slammed him into the wall.

Basically the whole mansion shook and everything was back in full motion. A mixture of Dick's yells and Jason's swearing filled the mansion room. I jumped to my feet in an instance, feeling the pain run through my leg. I shivered at the pain but managed to get over to Dick and Jason. I grabbed Dick by the shirt and attempted to somehow yank him off of Jason. I would think I am pretty strong, but Dick is stronger. He used his other hand to shove me away; of course that only made me angrier, making me charge at him again.

I started to scratch at him and continue to try to pull him off. At this point, Jason looked like he was about to throw a punch or two. Suddenly, I was pushed away again, but not by Dick. This time, it was Alfred. I lost footing and fell the the floor, my vision going blurry. My eyes focused back up on Dick, Jason, and Alfred and now Bruce decided to join the group. Alfred was holding back Jason, which he was doing surprisingly well at and Bruce was pinning back a wild Dick,

"THIS MOTHERFUCKER!" Dick yelled at Jason, only causing Bruce to tighten up his grip on Dick, "YOU'RE DEAD, TODD, DEAD."

"You don't kill wise guy!" Jason yelled, "plus, you two aren't even dating anymore!" Yelled Jason,

"Jason, shut up!" Bruce shouted, still grabbing onto Dick, "Don't encourage him!"

I was still on the floor, panicking. I looked from Bruce, to Jason, from Jason to Alfred, and from Alfred to Dick. I felt a hand on my arm and i looked up to see Damian dressed in a gray shirt and black shorts. Damian helped me up off the floor and I focused back on the group,

"Whatever!" Jason yelled, pulling away from Alfred's grip. He took the large backpack of of his back and threw it onto the floor, "here's your shit Warner." He uttered and stomped out the front door, loudly slamming it behind him.

Damian picked the bag up off the floor and handed it to me. Bruce finally let Dick go as you could hear Jason's bike engine fall away into the distance. I heard sighs coming from Bruce and Alfred, Alfred looked at Dick and then to me and shook his head in what looked like disappointment,

Dick took a deep breath, "He's just an idiot, I'm going to go pack." He mumbled and Bruce stepped in his path,

"Pack?" Bruce asked, "for what?"

"The Blüdhaven trip.." the said, his voice full of confusion,

"No deal. You're too hostile to go on this trip. I can't risk having you around with that kind of behavior. I'm sorry."

Dick looked down at the ground and then over to me. I couldn't make eye contact so I just looked down and scratched the back of my neck, "I'll be out." Dick mumbled and walked out the front door.

Bruce looked over at me and Damian, "You two ready?" He asked,

"Wait, Damian is coming too?" I asked, looking over at Damian,

Damian shook his head, "I can't accompany you on this trip, father. Thanks for the offer." He simply said and walked off.

"I'll meet you down in the Batcave. We leave in an hour." Bruce coughed and then walked to his office.

I nodded and put a hand on my knee, still feeling the pain all through my leg. I'm going to have to give Jason some time before I call him, I hope Dick is going to be alright too. I took a deep breath before swinging the backpack over my shoulder and i slowly limped to the elevator to catch a ride down to the Batcave.