The feasibility of working the night shift in Gotham

After leaving a note in his own bedroom, Jason embarks on his journey.

From Gotham to Lebanon to Ethiopian refugee camps in the Middle East.

When Jason raised a corner of the tent and saw the blond woman sitting in the tent busy, his body couldn't help shaking. Jason calmed down and said slowly, but couldn't hide his excitement, "Doctor Sheila Heywood?"

When the busy woman heard someone calling her name, she hurriedly put down the things in her hands to cover her face, then turned her head and raised a smile. Seeing the obviously different boy in front of her, she was a little puzzled, "What can I help you?"

Jason hurriedly arranged his clothes, he didn't want to leave a bad impression on women, but the journey was full of dust, and after confirming that the other two were not his biological mother, he went here non-stop, he just Make yourself look less bad.

Jason touched his face and finally spoke, his tone contained excitement, "Do you know, Jason Todd?"

"Todd?" Sheila was taken aback. She carefully observed the boy in front of her, his face shape and his eyes. Sheila couldn't help opening her mouth.

"Is that you? My child!"

Seeing that the other party recognized him, Jason couldn't help but threw himself into the woman's arms, "Mom!"

Feeling the moment when the woman's slightly stiff arms tried to hug him back, Jason thought that his efforts were not in vain.

Perhaps out of debt, Sheila Heywood treated him very well. She found a new tent for him, brought him food, stayed by his side even if she was busy every day, and told him about this place. myth.

They sat on the hillside in the sunset, Sheila said, "Ra will protect us, and his fire will burn all evil."

Jason didn't answer, but just smiled at Sheila. If God Ra really protects humans, why is there still war? In his opinion, instead of pinning his hopes on gods, humans will do it.But he thought about it again, maybe he couldn't contact Anyang through dreaming here, maybe there was also a reason for pulling God.

Jason and Sheila have been getting along very well, and he has already figured out that when Sheila's support date is over, they will return to Gotham together.Such a beautiful dream was shattered when he found the threatening letter on Sheila's desk, she embezzled medical funds and was discovered.

"I didn't want you to know this. You are a good boy. I can feel that you love your mother so much." Sheila said, she closed her eyes slowly, and when she opened them again.Her face became gloomy, and she pulled out a gun and pointed it at Jason.

"But I have no choice!"

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Jason was lying on the ground, with every breath, there was a severe pain in the ribs in his chest, the smell of blood gushed out of his throat along his throat, and he coughed violently.

All he got in exchange for such pain was the cold eyes of the blond woman who was smoking in the corner and the clown's increasingly piercing laughter.

The clown lifted Jason's hair, looked at Jason's face covered in blood, and shook his head, "Do you know why Batpapa doesn't like you?" He reached out and patted Jason's face, "Look The face of our little bird boy is ugly after being beaten by Uncle J."

"However, it doesn't matter if it's good or not, your Batpapa's favorite will always be Wonder Boy, not you."

"Bah! Fuck you, mental illness!" Jason spat a mouthful of bloody phlegm on the clown, blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, he struggled to show a sarcastic smile, "Even if he doesn't like me, he won't like you either."

"Are you still delusional that you are Batman's mortal enemy? You are nothing in his eyes!"

"It seems that this young man is still full of ambition." The clown sighed pretendingly, and then his face became gloomy. He picked up the crowbar with the blood on the end, "Uncle has to give the bad boy a good blow." Class is over."

The next moment, the front end of the crowbar hit Jason hard.

Blood soon stained the ground red.

"Are you dead?" The clown kicked Jason on the back. He elegantly adjusted the neckline of the purple suit, took off the blood-stained gloves and threw them on Jason's face. The clown's tone was slightly pity.

"Well, Uncle J still remembers your excellent performance in the opera house. You could give your life for that girl, but how much can you do for your mother?" The clown showed a look of original curiosity. Excitedly, he stretched out his hand to lift the white cloth covering the corner of the warehouse.

"To test you, Uncle has prepared the best gift for you!"

It was a bunch of time bombs tied together, powerful enough to blow up the warehouse.

"No!" Sheila Heywood's eyes widened in horror, and she rushed to the clown, "Clown! I will do what you say! Let me go!"

The clown slapped the woman's face with a disgusted tone, "Leave me alone." Then he changed his kind expression again, knelt down and patted the woman's face, and then dragged her to tie the woman to the post.

"As you can see, my poor Sheila, I look really bad when I'm angry. In order not to ruin my image, I can only guarantee that you can't speak to anyone anymore."

"The last 5 minutes, Sheila, my good friend, if I were you, I would catch up with the little bird, he trusts you so much, and wants to help you so much." The clown paused, his words were full of ridicule

"Give him some love and he might forgive you."

With that said, he laughed and hit the door lock, turned and left.

He didn't want these two people to live in the first place, the clown thought, but if the little bat arrives, that's all, if it doesn't!He really wanted to see Batman's pained expression, the expression on which he destroyed everything.

The clown is intoxicated, this will definitely be the best thing he has ever done!

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Accompanied by a strong cough, Jason woke up again. The clown's violent blow once made him fall into a brief coma. Looking around, the clown was no longer there. Even so, Jason saw the bomb in the corner at a glance. The countdown on the bomb is 3 minutes away.

Jason cursed, staggered to his feet and walked towards the door.

"It's useless, the clown locked the door." Sheila Heywood said, she couldn't help crying when she looked at the bloody Jason, "It's my fault, it's my greed that killed us."

She cried and begged Jason's forgiveness, "forgive my child, forgive my mother."

Jason ignored Sheila. When the woman took out a gun and pointed it at him, he had lost all trust in her. He slammed on the door in pain. He didn't stop until Jason confirmed that it couldn't be opened.

Jason closed his eyes in pain, realizing that this might be the end.

No!There are still people who can save him and save them.

With perseverance, he crawled behind Sheila, untied the rope that bound the woman tremblingly,

"Jason?!" Sheila looked at his action in shock, and couldn't believe that he would save her.

"I'll save you... Batman will save you." Jason gasped, watching the rope fall from the woman, "You're free... go to the other side of the door, and when he comes he'll put the You get out."

Sheila glanced at the countdown, it was 2 minutes before the bomb went off.

"No, I'll stay here." She knelt down beside Jason, tentatively trying to hold Jason's hand, but Jason avoided it, and Sheila withdrew her hand awkwardly.

The two quietly waited for the arrival of the god of death.

Trembling, Jason took out the pendant doll in his belt, and handed Batman's one to Sheila, "Open it for me."

Sheila noticed that Jason's eyes were fixed on the doll, like a treasure, and she didn't dare to turn over the back of the doll and tear it apart.

Cotton wool mixed with a large number of dried pink rose petals fell out, along with two photos that Sheila recognized. One of the men in the photo was Bruce Wayne, but she did not recognize the man in the other photo. girl.

She looked at the place where Jason put the photo on his chest, and couldn't help but ask, "Who is that girl?" She had actually guessed that with that movement and that look in her eyes, she was so wrong, she killed her Definitely not only this child, but another child.

Unexpectedly, Jason's reaction was not as she expected.

"Did you see her?"

He asked tremblingly, with emotions that Sheila couldn't understand in his eyes.

Jason ignored Sheila's yelling. When Sheila saw Anyang, he already understood that she was doomed, but when the countdown came to an end, he still couldn't help but stand in front of the woman. to fight for her last chance.

This time, I will return the love of flesh and blood to you. I don't owe you anything, mother, even though I was looking forward to you so much.

He lost consciousness amidst the roar of the explosion.

At the same time, Batman, who was driving towards the warehouse, witnessed the explosion.

"No!"

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Batman ran in the snow, he staggered up the ruins, he came too late!Find his child in the sea of ​​fire in the middle of the night!

Why!He blamed himself over and over again, why he didn't find out earlier, why he noticed Jason's abnormality but didn't respond!Why are there still fights between the two!

"Why! You can give it to Dick, but you can't give it to me!" Jason's roar still echoed in his ears, "Don't give up on me, Bruce! Don't let me go!"

"No, Jason, son." Batman retorted, and the combat gauntlet flung debris after debris from the ground until the outer layer of the glove was worn away, and bright red blood slowly flowed out.

"I never gave up on you, I won't let you go, Jason, son, it's you who don't leave me."

"Bat..." The woman's weak voice came from the ruins.

It's Sheila Heywood.

Batman knew her, he had read her information on the computer, he picked up the woman and asked.

"what happened!"

Her blond hair had become scorched black, but her eyes still lit up when she saw Batman.

"You're here...he's always believed...that you'll come." Her voice gradually trailed off, and the woman's eyes that were the same as Jason's had completely lost their light, "That's great...children. .you waited till..."

"It's all my fault... the clown...he..."

Sheila Heywood left this world completely without finishing her words.

Batman got up silently, he walked to other places in the ruins, he saw him, his son covered with scars, he quickened his pace and rushed forward.

"B...is that you?" Jason's voice was breathless, the explosion and beating had made him unable to see clearly, but he could still feel, feel Bruce's hand.His father's hand was stroking his face inch by inch.

"It's me, I'm here!" Batman's voice couldn't hide his joy, "I promise son, I will cure you!"

The cold was Jason's only feeling, and it overwhelmed everything else.

"But I'm cold, B." Jason said.

Batman stopped in his tracks, and he suddenly realized that the gradually losing pulse and increasingly cold body temperature were telling him that it was too late.

He closed his eyes in pain, tears trickling down his cheeks.

Jason looked up thoughtfully, "Are you crying, Bruce?"

"I've never seen you cry, it's a pity I can't see you now."

He wanted to laugh at his father as usual, but he couldn't draw that arc.

The feeling of weightlessness became stronger and his breathing became shorter. Jason murmured, "Is this the feeling of death... She lied to me, she didn't feel anything even though she said anything."

Jason didn't give Batman a chance to continue talking. The imminence of death made his brain more and more chaotic, and he began to say indiscriminately, "Bruce, I don't want to die yet, please, I don't want to die yet, I want to Watch with you...watch Star Wars together, want to go to the ball game with you...want to bring her to see you..."

"Sorry, Bruce." Jason cried, sorry, Bruce, sorry for my impulsiveness, for my mistrust, for being a bad Robin, for letting you see this unfortunate scene again .

Jason's words came to a sudden pause, he managed to open his bruised and purple eyes from the beating, his blue eyes looked at Batman blankly, and smiled at him one last time, leaning against his father's arms as before.

"But, Bruce, it's great that you're still here..." It's just that he will never see other people again, and Anyang and the others have made an appointment.

Jason's hand tightly clenched on his chest loosened slowly and feebly. The charred but shimmering pendant, the pink petals and the two photos that Jason had been holding tightly had no owner. The shackles of power flew into the air with the evening wind.

Under Batman's amazed gaze, those mutilated pink rose petals that had been burned by the fire poured out from all corners and swirled around them spontaneously.

"is her.."

Is she here?Is she coming to pick him up?Jason closed his eyes slowly, unable to say anything further, the darkness had completely wrapped him up, and they gently lifted him up.

Before his vision completely turned into darkness, Jason saw, at the end of the night, there were pink roses flying all over their heads, and they slowly merged into the image of a woman.

The woman seemed to see him too, she showed him his favorite bright smile, and stretched out her hand to him.

Jason thought, in this case, perhaps death would no longer be such a terrible thing.

He took that hand and walked slowly into the darkness.

Far away in Gotham, Julie in the office received an instruction from the computer, which meant that a Gotham person died.

She clicked on the computer page, but froze in place for a long time.

Jason Todd stopped breathing in Bruce Wayne's arms!

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The author has something to say:

Reveal the flower language of pink roses: declaration of love, first love, engraved in my heart, like your bright smile (from Baidu).

Congratulations to Sister Yangzi and You Sen for reaching the finale of the first episode BE, the vow of love that can no longer be fulfilled (see the countless flags the two made for details, such as when the time comes, we will be together, I will always watch you, he wants to have a long life in the future Sister Yoko's invisible flag, no one can touch me)

There are also some small details, such as those two photos, one is a photo of you Jie and Bruce, and the other is a photo of him and Yoko sister. He listened to Yoko’s suggestion, hid them all behind the doll, and stuffed them took some flowers.He knew that most people couldn't see Sister Yangzi, so he was not afraid. When Sheila took it out and asked him who it was, he guessed that Sheila was doomed to die.

For example, Robin's pendant. Before leaving, Yangzi sister injected a mana into it to protect Jie. If Jie hadn't been lifted up (choke the neck), its power can probably protect you Sen ( In this way, the half-disfigured face in the death of the family may be lost, and the two may raise rice together. I have to say that the official operation is sometimes tsk tsk)

However, when it was used at the time, mana sensed outstanding things, but because it was not an operation of physical damage, it intimidated Raven (see the previous article for details), because only in this way would there be residual mana.

Therefore, what Jie saw was an illusion!

Yangzi doesn't know yet, it doesn't matter, she will know right away.

Sheila Heywood in this article is from the work Batman: A Death in the Family. "

What Jason said, but you still came, it’s great to adapt Kikyo’s words, but you still came, that’s more than enough