Help Me Todd

8. Nightmares

At a random League of Assassins Hideout in Gotham
"Have you found Damian yet," said Talia.
"No, not yet ma'm, do we have permission to hurt him if need be?" asked one of the assassins.
"No, he is still my son. If he even has one scratch, you and your group will all be killed."
"Understood."
At the Wayne Manor
"Calm down Bruce, he was trained by assassins," said Dick.
"Yes, Master Bruce, Damian is tough," said Alfred.
"Yah Bruce. Damian is a strong kid. You don't need to worry. He'll turn up somewhere," said Tim.
Bruce had called Tim and Dick to help. It had been about a week since Damian had run away. Bruce was trying to keep calm, but he was breaking.
"DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO. DAMIAN IS MY SON AND I FAILED HIM," said Bruce, he had finally snapped.
Everyone, including Alfred, had taken a step back.
"Bruce-"
Before Dick could continue, tears streamed down Bruce's face.
"I don't know what to do...," cried Bruce.
Everyone looked shocked, Bruce was the Dark Knight, he never showed emotion, much less cried. Alfred walked up to Bruce and hugged him. Tim and Dick joined in.
"I'm sorry for snapping at you. What if something happened to him? He's my son. He's just a 12 year old boy," sobbed Bruce.
"It's ok Bruce, we'll find him."
"Wait guys, didn't the note say something about his mom or something," said Tim.
Dick face palmed.
"Let's call Talia, Master Bruce," said Alfred.
"Yes."
Bruce picked up his phone and dialed Talia's number.
"TALIA, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY SON," yelled Bruce.
"Hello beloved, I was going to ask you the same thing," replied Talia. Bruce suddenly realized that Talia must have pressured Damian into joining the league.
"Talia, I know you asked Damian to join the league. What did you do?" asked Bruce.
"I now realize that I may have been a bit harsh on our son, but he needs to come back. Don't you think it's been long enough." said Talia.
"No, Robin stays with Batman."
"Very well, I shall call if I find him."
"Well?" asked Dick.
"She doesn't have him, but he ran away because Talia wanted him to join the league," said Bruce.
"I'm gonna kill her," said Dick.
"Wait, why haven't we asked Jason to help," said Tim.
"I don't really think he cares about Damian. He probably doesn't know anything," said Bruce.
"Yah your right," said Dick.
Back at Jason's Place
"Come on, it's time to go bed demon," said Jason.
"I wanna patrol, Todd," whined  Damian.
"We patrolled last night, at least take a night's break," said Jason.
"Never."
"I swear we can patrol tomorrow night and the night after that. I'm just really tired," said Jason, yawning.
"-TT-"
"Please, for me."
"Fine."
"Yay."
After Jason made sure Damian was asleep, he went to his room. He was finally getting sleep but then he heard screams.
He immediately shot up and ran to where the noise was coming from.
It was Damian.
"NOO, STOP, NOT THEM, I'LL DO IT I'LL DO IT, PLEASE STOP." There were tears streaming everywhere.
Damian was having a nightmare. He thought that Talia had captured his whole family and had killed them because he had not joined the league.

Jason couldn't believe his eyes. Damian had never looked so innocent and vulnerable. He ran up to Damian and shook him. Jason pulled Damian into a hug. Damian didn't argue and sobbed into Jason's shirt.
"Todd? Your alive," sobbed Damian.
Jason stroked his hair and hugged him even more.
"Yes, demon, I am."
Damian continued to cry for a couple minutes.
"Shhhh, it's ok. Why don't you go back to bed?" asked Jason.
"Ok," replied Damian.
Jason was about to get up but Damian stopped him.
"Could you please stay Todd?"
"Of course."
Jason laid on the bed next to Damian and hugged him. He knew how scary nightmares could be. He could still feel Damian cry into his chest.
"It's alright, Todd has you."
And with that, they both drifted to sleep. Damian didn't have any more nightmares that night.