The New Members

Chapter 15

Red Mistress's P.O.V.

I whirled around.

Jason and Alex.

"What do you guys want?!" I snapped looking away.

Jason walked over to me and took my hand.

"Look, Robin. I know I've been a huge antiquated jerk and I apologize. I know you probably can't forgive me for acting as I did, but if you ever do find the goodness in your heart, I was hoping you'd be able to give me a second chance.Be able to give us a second chance." he whispered.

"Robin, I'm sorry too. I'll try harder to get along with him." Alex hugged me. "I just want to have my best friend back." she whispered in my ear.

I hesitated before hugging her back tightly. "I forgive you." I think.

I felt her relax as we hugged.

I turned to Jason.

"So do you forgive me too? Cause you forgave her so I was kinda-"

I grabbed his shirt and kissed him as hard as I could. I felt him relax as Alex did and in a heartbeat his arms were around me as he kissed me back.

"Ewwww! Guys!" Alex whinned.

Me and Jason broke apart. We both blushed.

"Sorry." We said at the same time, causing us to blush again.

"I'm glad everything's back to normal." Batman said, scaring the living daylights out of us.

"Bruce!" Jason stepped away from me.

"Jason." Batman stalked over to where we were. "Jason." he said again before throwing his arms around his son and hugging him.

Jason stood there for a second before hugging him back.

"I've missed you so much." Batman whispered.

"Yeah me too." Jason whispered.

WAM!

I watched shocked as Jason punched Batman across his face.

"Jason!" I cried. He signaled me to be quiet as Alex smirked.

"Look Jason. I'm sorry you died." Batman grunted, getting up.

"Is that what you think this is about? That you let me die? I don't know what's worse; your grief or your antiquated sense of morality. Bruce, I forgive you for not saving me. But why?"

Jason pushed us all into the zetatubes. Me and Alex were in a room with a screen. On the screen were Jason and Bats. They were in a building of sorts. All we could do was watch.

"Why on God's Earth-" Jason broke the door of a closet only to reveal Joker tied up. Jason grabbed him and threw him across the floor.

"Is he alive?!"

I gasped as Alex leaned over and whispered, "This is getting good. Better go grab some popcorn."

"Gotta give the boy points. He came all the way back from the dead to make this shindig happen. So who's got a camera? Ooh! Ooh! Get one of me and the kid first. Then you and me, then the three of us. And then one with the crowbar." Joker cackled.

Jason grabbed his gun and placed it to Joker's head.

"You'll be as quiet as possible or I'll put one in your lap first."

Joker frowned. "Party pooper. No cake for you."

Jason ignored him and looked at Batman.

"The entire graveyards he's filled; the thousands who have suffered; the friends he's crippled. You know, I thought... I thought I'd be the last person you'd ever let him hurt. If it had been you that he beat to a bloody pulp, if he had taken you from this world, I would've done nothing but search the planet for this pathetic pile of evil death-worshiping garbage and sent him off to he(ck)ll!"

Batman sighed. "You don't understand. I don't think you've ever understood."

"What? What, your moral code just won't allow for that? It's too hard to cross that line?"

"No. God Almighty, no. It'd be too danged easy. All I've ever wanted to do is kill him. A day doesn't go by when I don't think about subjecting him to every horrendous torture he's dealt out to others and then end him."

Joker grinned. "Aw. So you do think about me."

Batman continued. "But if I do that, if I allow myself to go down into that place, I'll never come back."

Jason scowled. "Why? I'm not talking about killing Penguin or Scarecrow or Dent. I'm talking about him. Just him. And doing it because... Because he took me away from you."

"I'm sorry. I can't." Batman turned to go.

"You have to. You're either gonna kill him or I will. If you want to stop me, you'll have to kill me." Jason untied Joker and put him in a head lock, a gun at his temple.

I gasped. "No." I whispered. Alex snickered.

Jason tossed Batman a gun which he caught.

"No." he said and he dropped the gun and turned towards the window.

Jason stood there shocked and aimed the gun at Bats.

"Its him or me! You have to decide!"

No response.

He pulled the trigger. Batman dodged the bullet and threw a batarang. It hit the gun and exploded it in Jason's hand.

Jason cried out in pain as his hand bled. He reached behind him and grabbed a small device. He pressed a button and activated a 20 second bomb. Bats looked at it for several seconds before grabbing Jason.