Issue #42: Welcome to the (Bat) Family
4 Days Later
In the Old Subterranean Railroad Underneath Gotham City
Spoiler POV
"Hey, Tim, I just got these tickets to this show and-"
"Can this wait a second, Steph? I gotta check in with Wally back at the Tower." Tim told me getting out his communicator.
"Uh, Yeah, sure. No problem." I said forcing a smile that faded when he walked away.
"Tough break, kid." I heard someone say. I looked over and saw Clayface practicing some lines with Cass. "I'm sure he'll realize you're more important than this cape crap someday."
"Thanks Cl- Basil! I'm sorry I'm still not-"
"Hey, kid don't sweat it. What movie are the tickets for?"
"Oh, they're not movie tickets. They're concert tickets."
"Oh. Out of my realm."
"What about you, Cass? Do you wanna go?"
"No. Loud." Cass said.
"Hey guys, Barbara just called. That new guy Batman recommended is on his way." Luke said.
"I still don't like the idea of Batman using us as some sort of training force." Azrael said.
"You don't like the idea of you being in the training force." I said.
"Alright, you got me."
"Everyone, look alive!" We heard Batwoman shout by the computer. "Red Robin, get off the communicator. Your priority is this team right now. The newbie'll be here any minute now. And before he gets here I need to let you all know not to let him out of your sight for a second. This guy was an assassin in Gotham City and was a reoccurring criminal Batgirl did battle with. He's killed a host of D level criminals, half the Falcone crime family, and even shot the Flash. And since then he was apparently apart of a group known as The Suicide Squad that apparently massacred Gorilla City."
"Wait, and we're just opening our doors to this guy!?"
"He wasn't apart of the Suicide Squad by choice. He was held captive and since being freed, has been resigning on the Watchtower with no attempts to destroy it and recently defeated Livewire with the help of Black Canary. I've since talked with Canary and she claims he's trust worthy, and so does Batgirl. However, their trust is not my trust, so make sure you don't let him plan something right under our noses." Batwoman said.
"S-sounds Da-... Dain-... Bad." Cass said. "Don't like bad." After she said that the elevator to the headquarters was activated.
"Well, that must be him." Luke said.
"I dunno guys. We should give him a chance. Not all bad guys stay bad guys, Y'know." Clayface said.
"Basil's right. We should give him a chance." Tim said. The elevator opened and Batgirl was talking to someone with her back towards us.
"Just stay in here for a little bit!" She said before walking out with the door closing and an audible groan. "Alright, before he comes out, I just want everyone to try and be welcoming to him. He doesn't really want to be here, especially since he and his girlfriend had a really messy break up a few days ago where she... tried to kill him. But that's besides the point-" As she said this this guy phased through the elevator door eating from a box of donuts with a duffle bag under his arm. He had bags under his eyes visible beneath his shades and a five o'clock shadow going on with messy hair. "Anyway can you guys just be nice to him? He's-"
"Don't be nice to me. Because then I have to be nice to you and it starts this whole ecosystem of fake nice." He said before biting into another donut.
"I told you to give me a minute." Barbara said.
"Yeah, and I got bored." He said before he looked over at all of us. "...I bought donuts."
"No you didn't. I bought him them because he hasn't eaten in days."
"Well blame Batman for putting the little prison thing in between my room and the food court!" He said before looking over at us. "I'm (Y,N) by the way. I'm also (H/N). They tell you I shot The Flash, yet? They always do."
"Jeez, the kid looks like a young John Belushi... who's about ten minutes away from taking the speedball." Clayface said.
"Hey! I understood that!" He said happily before going "Hey! I understood that!" in a more angry tone.
"Batgirl, please tell me this is a joke." Batwoman said holding a hand over her face in disgust.
"Wow, Thanks Kate. Could've swore Babs just said be nice to me." (Y,N) said. Everyone's eyes widened.
"How do you know my name!?" Batwoman asked angrily.
"Jason." He simply said. "But don't worry, I'm gonna call you Batwoman still because if I keep calling you Kate I'm gonna get a dyslexic ass PTSD."
"Jason? As in Jason Todd?" Tim asked.
"Wait, are you Tim? Tim Drake? Wow, I finally get to meet my best friend's favorite brother! How's the Titan Brigade going?" (Y,N) said. "Alright let me try to guess who everyone else is. Got Clayface, Tim, Batwoman, friends with Barbara... the cute blonde one must be Stephanie." He said making me blush slightly. He looked kinda like one of those cute rockstars that dies before their time. Except he was only a few days away from dying and not like a year or two when they're a functioning member of society and at peak attractiveness. Wait is that what Clayface was saying?
"Uhhh, y-yeah. Hi." I said.
"Hi. Your father's a dick." He said. Great, he knows about Cluemaster. "You're probably nice, though. I'm drawing a blank on you two." He said looking at Luke and Azrael. "But judging by the wings on your suit and the lack of anything bat related on yours, you must be Batwing and you must be Azrael."
"Ha. Next world's greatest detective." Luke said with a small smile.
"Maybe if I paid attention in school more. And I'm not gonna lie, I'm drawing a blank on the ninja."
"Orphan." Cass said.
"What'd you just call me and/or 50% of the people in the room?"
"No, (Y,N) her code name is Orphan." Barbara said face palming.
"Oh... so what's her real name?"
"This has to be some sort of April Fools joke in October, right? There's no way Batman would have this slob join-" Azrael began to say before a silver batarang with a decal of a skull with a scope in the eye landed hit his chest and started beeping. We looked over at (Y,N) and that's when I noticed a modified version of Deadshot's wrist cannon on his arm that was holding the donuts now on the ground. He also had a trigger in his hand now.
"Listen, I may be three god damn Bloody Mary's in on day 5 of the shittiest week of my life but I'm still the best shot in Gotham and I'll be damned if I let some nobody call me a slob." (Y,N) said. Cass was about ready to attack before I held her back. Barbara grabbed the trigger out of (Y,N)'s hand and slapped him in the face.
"(Y,N), relax! We're all on the same team here!" Barbara said. Batwoman hadn't moved an inch since the initial attack and neither did the rest of us. (Y,N) looked around.
"Shit, did I already ruin it? Fuck, this is why I don't do the emotions thing!" He said. "I... Look, I'll see myself out. Don't worry, I'm not gonna shoot anybody. I couldn't even if I wanted to. I'm just gonna go get one more drink and go back to the Watchtower and figure out what the hell I'm gonna do now. Reteach myself how to not care." He said before phasing through Barbara and into the elevator.
"Wait, (Y,N)! We can still-" Barbara began to say before stopping defeatedly.
"Jeez. Poor kid."
"Yeah. He's clearly going through something rough." I said.
"I'm not going to lie-" Azrael said taking the batarang out of his chest. "He definitely shut me up."
"I'll say." Luke added. The whole time Batwoman was silently before saying "Everyone stay here. That's a direct order. You too, Batgirl."
"Where are you going?" Tim asked.
"Taking care of business."
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