Live to Rise

Red Hood vs. Robin Part 3

"Dammit! Goddamnit! Now what am I gonna do?"

Jason glanced at the sleeping face of his replacement, still refusing to believe what had happened. He had almost killed him, he had been so close.

That wasn't what he wanted. Beat the living shit out him? Yes. Scare the crap out of him? Absolutely. Kill him? No. No matter how much he hated this kid, even Jason had to admit it wasn't his fault for replacing him. He had not done anything wrong.

He couldn't kill him and he couldn't just leave him at the mobsters' mercy. So, Jason had brought him to an abandoned building.

"Well, first things first. I've got to keep you off the grid."

Unfazed, Jason opened the younger boy's mouth and grabbed a tiny jammer. After looking around the kid's white teeth, he finally found Batman's tracker chip on his molar and destroyed it.

"Humm!" the kid groaned with pain as Jason took his hands out of his mouth.

"I like this as much as you do, babybird," he said, looking at the sleepy blue eyes. "Time to wake up, sunshine."

Robin's eyes quickly changed from confused to terrified as he realized that he was strapped to a chair and alone with Red Hood in a unknown house. When he finally noticed the mirror in front of him and that he wasn't wearing his domino mask, he seriously started to freak out.

"What are you doing?!" he yelled, trying to break free from the chains only to realize that his gloves and shoes were also missing. "What did you with my clothes?"

"I took them and the toys you need to get rid of those chains for the time being. Now stand still and quiet."

As soon as Jason touched Robin's thigh, the boy screamed and tried to move away, almost falling to the ground if Jason hadn't caught him.

"For Christ's sake, kid! Who do you take me for? A creep? Relax, you're definitely not my type."

Robin's eyes followed the Red Hood's hand as he touched his thigh again. "What are you doing?"

Jason ignored him as he found what he was looking for. "Bingo!"

Before Robin could say anything, Jason made a cut on the boy's uniform and removed the second tracker.

"How did you know I had that?" Robin asked, confused and uneasy.

"I know a lot of things," he answered, crushing the tracker before Robin's terrified eyes. "Now Bats doesn't know where his precious bird is."

Robin glared at the older teen. "If you think that's gonna stop them from finding me..."

"I don't. I know they can trace you back to this place, which is why we won't be here when they realize you're missing, Mr. Drake."

Jason had to admit that he was quite pleased with Robin's shocked expression. "What are you talking about?"

"Would you prefer if I used your whole name? Timothy Jackson Drake?"

The kid's pupils became very small dots. "I don't know what you are talking about."

"Sure you do," Red Hood went on. "I gotta admit you're pretty good at lying, but your body language needs a little work. You should let Bruce know."

Robin became stiff and his face even paler from shock. Slowly he pulled himself together and his blue eyes pierced Jason's helmet with an intense gaze.

"Who?"

Jason smiled under his hood. So the kid was trying to protect Batman. It was sweet, really. Useless but sweet.

"Oh, you know... Bruce Wayne, the richest douche in Gotham. Likes to dress up as a bat and beat up criminals. Has this giant cave under his mansion. I'm sure you know all that."

Robin rolled his eyes.

"You're crazy. If you really think Bruce Wayne would waste his money playing vigilante, then you really need help."

Jason shrugged. "Whatever. You can deny it as much as you want that it won't be any less true, babybird."

Robin glared at Jason again. He didn't like the nickname. Perfect.

"What are you going to do with me?" the boy finally demanded to know. "If you kill me..."

"If wanted you dead, you'd be dead already. I could have killed you on that alley," Jason interrupted, forcing the boy to stare at him.

"Why didn't you?"

"I have my reasons," he answered carefully, hating the fact that this kid and seen him break. Never again. "As for my plans for you, I thought about it and I'm going to take you with me."

Robin stared at him with his narrowed eyes. "You're... going to take me with you? What makes you think I would go anywhere with you?"

Red Hood moved closer, their knees touching. "Because I know where Dr. Robb is."

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Hey guys it's Bronwyn!

I'm really sorry I haven't updated in a month I've just been really crunched with homework music tutoring that I totally forgot about updating. I'm going to try my best to update this Saturday or hopefully Sunday.

Don't worry I wasn't killed by clowns or anything.

Bronwyn

P.S The story is almost completed and I'm thinking about writing my own book/fanfic but I have no idea if I should or not