[Comprehensive British and American] Family Matters

To be honest, if he hadn't watched Peter grow taller, Jason wouldn't even know how long he had been in this universe.After becoming a ghost, time has no meaning to him.Even when he was attached to Peter, he didn't feel tired or hungry, which was a weird experience that Jason didn't even know how to describe to him if he didn't have the same experience.

It's as if your consciousness and your body are operating separately. As a consciousness, Jason knows very well that he is not hungry at all, but Peter's body will send out a "hungry" signal.And what Jason felt was "Peter is hungry and needs to eat." instead of "I'm hungry and I need to eat."

He didn't know if it was because the body wasn't his after all, or because he was dead.Anyway Jason took it as a signal that if Peter's body felt it had to stop, then he had to tell Peter to stop.This is the "Peter Quill Body Use Agreement" that the two of them signed together after Jason stayed up all night to study the principle of energy guns, causing Peter to wake up the next day and then pass out two seconds later.

When Peter was 10 years old, Yondu dragged out a spaceship that looked like it was about to become a piece of scrap iron from the warehouse and handed it to Peter. The ship came with a basic spaceship maintenance guide and a set of tools.

"A spaceship of your own, Peter." Yondu patted Peter on the shoulder with his trademark smirk. "I never lie to children. She's yours. Happy birthday!"

Captain Saboteur left the warehouse swaggeringly with his crew, laughing loudly.Leaving the stunned Earthman and his possessed ghost behind.

"I knew he wouldn't give me a real ship! I knew it!" Peter circled the piece of iron that was once called a spaceship, poked the tail of the plane, and looked at the ship in despair. A small piece of metal skin fell miserably to the ground with just one finger, "I can't even buy a model of this thing if I sell it for scrap iron, hell!"

——It’s not that bad, he even gave you a guide for repairing the spaceship.

As a bystander, after seeing through Yondu's hard-spoken and soft-hearted behavior patterns, Jason deeply felt that watching this alien combination interaction could not be more interesting.Certain saboteurs apparently feel the same way, and they occasionally give Yondu a reassuring pat on the head after he hits Peter again, or offer Peter a word of encouragement if they don't laugh out of breath. better.

But there is still a part of the crew who can't stand Yondu taking Peter around.They either never say a word to Peter, or they say nasty things behind Yondu's back.It's nothing, Peter and Jason are not the type that everyone loves. The more troublesome ones are those who are always looking for trouble when they have nothing to do: deliberately bump into each other when passing by in the corridor, and watch Peter walk over while eating. Just deliberately took the seat he was going to sit, mocking Peter's... everything, from his Earth ancestry to his height and weight, in a whisper that everyone could hear.

Jason has a special way to deal with these people.Besides, under Yondu's iron-fisted management, the saboteurs are safer than the middle and lower areas of Gotham City. He doesn't have to worry about being wiped off his neck in the middle of the night after making a move. He couldn't be more obedient to his boss' iron-blood policy. (Jason watched a disobedient crew member get stabbed and kicked out as cosmic trash in the first month on board.)

If the gang boss in Gotham could have someone as courageous and courageous as Yongdu, he and Batman wouldn't have to go to the alley every night to beat people up.But no matter whether it's the Penguin, Maloney, or Falco, they just try to fill up their wallets.

Ah, far away!Now the focus is on the wreckage of Peter's spaceship...

"Come on, what the hell is written on it, I can't understand it at all!" Peter slid the electronic guide back and forth, Mo's fingertips looked like they were about to smoke, "I don't even have a fucking car I’ve opened it, and now I’m here to repair the alien spaceship. Is this something people do!”

Jason began to miss Peter who couldn't even swear, and would sulk when he was scolded.If Ah Fu saw here how Jason infected a well-behaved and cute kid into a little hooligan who would swear at the first word, he would definitely become the first person in the Wayne family to be deprived of the privilege of cookies for life.Just thinking about it is scary.

——Don't worry, it's like "Fast and Furious", we personally transform a spaceship of our own, isn't it cool?

"What the hell is that?" Peter tossed the maintenance manual aside and started rummaging through the toolbox to check for maintenance tools that were Earth-like or not.

——My fault, I forgot that there is no such series of movies in this era.In short, cars, modified cars, drag racing, and family are also one of the important elements of this movie, but the main selling point is still a movie about cool drag racing.It's not interesting to say, it's fun to watch for yourself, but... I'm not sure if this universe will have the same movie series.

"Who knows, but I probably won't see it even if there is. I don't want to go back to the earth. Without my mother, it's the same everywhere. I'd rather go and look around in the universe. I'm a 'star-lord'. I should walk in the stars Between." Peter finally lined up all the tools, and identified the names of those tools according to the pictures in the maintenance manual.

——But the earth is your home, don't you want to go home?

Peter stopped checking the tools, and unconsciously turned a wrench in his hand: "I don't know... Home should be a place that people want to go back to, right? School is over, you will want to Hurry home because there is someone waiting for you at home. But when mom has cancer and has to go to the hospital, home is... just a house. Can you understand? Even if I go to live with grandpa, he will take care Me, send me to school, prepare three meals for me. But I still feel that I just 'stay' there, not 'live' there, it's still grandpa's home, not mine. "

--oh.I see.

Jason thought of the crappy little apartment on Crime Lane, of Katherine Todd's relatively stable life before she overdosed.And the days of the vagabond, and finally Wayne Mansion.Although he always said "street rats like us..." every time he had an argument with Bruce, as if he really thought of himself as... how did the media say it?Ah - "The Case for Charity".

But it wasn't like that. The day Jason moved into the Wayne Mansion was the day Jason's life, the day with hope and longing, the day it really started.

And everyone's life begins with "family".

Too bad he didn't get a chance to tell Bruce himself.

——Okay, let's not talk about this, let's identify all the parts on the spaceship before we start.I remember reading a few articles about thrusters yesterday, so I just wanted to compare the words with reality!

"It seems that there is such a thing, can you stop staying up all night reading books every day? I wake up every morning and feel that there is something strange in my head!" Peter held the maintenance manual and followed the above instructions to find the spaceship shell. Pick up the tool and start to disassemble the outermost sheet metal. "I didn't know any of the planets on the route before, but now I not only know their names, some of them I can even name the capital!"

——If someone helps you sleep and study, if you don’t like it, I’ll make you faint for three days.Hey, keep these few pieces, take them back to the room, I will use them to sharpen a batarang some other day.

"Bat what?" Peter asked, and according to Jason's request, he put the hardest metal plates of the bow next to the other scrap iron, "The bat in your universe can shoot darts?"

——You don’t know, our bats, tsk tsk, can shoot darts.Not just bats, our penguins rob banks, our ivy grows man-eating flowers, I was swallowed once myself.

"Jason, I will treat you as a brother. I don't read much, so don't lie to me." Peter pictured in his mind a short, fat, cute black and white bird that wobbles as it walks. The picture of the machine gun, "It's not a circus, how could a penguin rob a bank. Are you still talking about a murderous clown? Please, I'm not five years old, so I won't be fooled by urban legends."

— Haha, how do you know we have a circus and murderous clowns?My brother came from a circus, and I was killed by a murderous clown.Let me tell you, the crowbar is truly the holy sword of physics, it hurts so much!

Peter suddenly stared at the seat of the spaceship, as if he felt that the structure of that chair was unique in the world.

"You know what, I refuse to go to your place, I sternly refuse. There is definitely something wrong with that universe!" Peter jumped off the spaceship, wiped his hands on his pants, and went to the corner to pack up the toolbox.

--oh!It hurts my feelings when you say that, our Gotham City is the city with the most simple folk customs in the United States.

"If I believed you, you would be a ghost." Peter bent down and picked up the few pieces of metal that Jason specified, and carried them back to their small room with a grunt.

Within a few days, everyone who passed Peter's room noticed the extra black bat on the door.No matter what Peter said, it was Jason's preference, not his, and there was no way to avoid that as many as [-]% of the various gifts he received in the next ten years would be bat-themed.

reason?Thanks to the saboteurs for their warm camaraderie and Yondu's kindness:

"Captain, I checked. That sign is a mammal on Earth. Peter is probably homesick, but it's hard to say."

"Animals, size? What's their shape? What do they eat? Kraglin, go and find out if you can get some of them to keep on the boat?"

"Captain, that kind of animal probably won't be able to survive on the ship..."

"Then there is a chance to give him some more bat things, it's so simple to ask."

"Captain, Peter said he doesn't like bats, that's what Jason likes."

"You don't believe me when you say you're not smart enough, that kid is smart! Peter, Jason; Jason, Peter, it's all him!"

- Now this room finally feels like home.

"It feels like home! Do you live in a bat cave?" "Star-lord" Peter, who thought he had achieved a little success, was walking around in the sea of ​​stars with the vandals, looking at the ceiling of his room with blank eyes .

Finally, the last vacancy on the ceiling was filled upside down by the smart pet (customized bat-shaped model) given to him by Kraglin, and his room officially became a bat-themed park.

Even listening to the world's best dance music a hundred times can't heal his heart!

"Jason, I hate you."

——Thank you, I love you too.

"I mean it, I hate you, your skin is getting thicker."

——As ghosts, we also have to keep pace with the times.

"What would your father say if he knew you were such a rascal!"

——He won't say anything, he can only secretly smug, and then go to his colleagues to pretend that he is not tanning his son's tanning son.

"You all have problems!"

—Good night, Peter, sweet dreams.

***

Gotham City.

Batman disappeared.At least for the lowly thugs, Batman won't be bothering them.The incident caused by the Joker at the United Nations was the last time Batman was captured on camera. After that, almost no one in Gotham City saw a bat.

Although those old players swear that Batman has never disappeared, and there is even news that the sudden release of Poison Ivy from the Botanical Garden back to Arkham is actually the work of Bat, but for those villains who have no superpowers and dare not do big things For them, Batman is no longer spying on the whole city, which is a blessing for them.

Let the bigwigs play with the bat.These little people can live a happy life as long as they can get a little oil from the cracks!

The business volume of GCPD has reached the peak in half a century. Without the suppression of Batman, crimes surge like a spring effect. Gordon can't wait to split himself into two people for use.The Director just wants Batman to get back to his feet as soon as possible, no matter what troubles he's in. Gotham needs her Dark Knight.

before the situation really got out of hand.

Batman didn't know what Gordon was thinking.Even if he knew, he had to deal with the immediate problem first.That's a rampaging Dick Grayson.

A few hours earlier, Dick, the kind, bubbly, humorous first Robin and now Nightwing, leader of the Titans, had returned from a mission out of the universe.He didn't choose to go to work immediately, but turned around and went to Wayne Mansion.

The mission made him think a lot, and when he first introduced Jason to the Titans teammates, he didn't make it a point to emphasize that Jason was different from him.So other people seem to directly bring in the impression that Robin is equal to a young version of Dick, and the image of Jason does not meet their expectations, and for Jason, the last thing he wants to do in his life is probably a substitute for Dick. This is tantamount to giving both sides the worst start.

To be honest, Dick himself thought he handled the conflict poorly afterwards.For him, Titan’s partners have been friends for many years, and Jason is a younger brother who has just entered the family and is still familiar with each other. Even though he doesn’t want to choose sides, whenever he subconsciously listens When the Titans spoke, it undoubtedly made Jason feel isolated.

God knows Dick has no idea of ​​which side to support or which side to step on. If Batman and the Titans are in conflict today, Dick knows that he is probably the team member who appeased the Titans first, because he knows that Batman sometimes thinks too much , and Batman doesn't give a damn about which side Dick listens to first.

But Jason wasn't Batman, yes, and he realized it clearly when he calmed down.

And kicking the ball back to Bruce is a bad move.Even though he knew Bruce wouldn't say "Dick drove you back," he still didn't feel like a thing.

Dick had planned it over and over again, and this time was sure to bring Jason and the Titans on good terms.It doesn't matter if not everyone likes him, the important thing is to expand Jason's social circle, God have mercy on their group of vigilantes and the social network full of secrets that test humanity under the mask.

Entering the mansion through the side door familiarly, Dick’s first thing is to go to Jason’s room to hide the gift he brought back, the stones he picked up in space, the special place is that one red and one blue are on the same block On the stone, he took a little effort to make the stone look like two simple birds.Dick thought about making the red and blue birds stand side by side, or one up and one down, and finally decided to let the blue bird sit on the red one—he has already recognized the reality, the elder brother is here to enslave the younger brother of.

But as soon as he opened Jason's room, Dick knew something was wrong.

The room looked like it hadn't been used in weeks.It was not because the room was not cleaned and it was full of dust. It was obvious that Ah Fu still came to clean it, but the sheets, desks, bookshelves and other daily necessities all exuded a cold atmosphere.Some are similar to newly completed houses that have not yet been occupied by the owner. The builder has cleaned them spotlessly, but it can be seen at a glance that the house lacks popularity.

"Jason?" Dick suppressed the panic in his heart, and went to look at his old room. Maybe Jason ran to "occupy" his room as a declaration of meaning?

No, his room was the same as Jason's, neatly tidy, but there was no sign of anyone using it.It was all screaming that something was wrong, but no one had informed Dick, and he hadn't even received a communication from Batman since he was within Earth range.

So Dick made his most intuitive decision to go to the Batcave.

What greeted him was a display cabinet with Jason Robin's uniform, right next to the bat computer, no matter how much the user focused on the screen in front of him, he would definitely see a corner of the uniform from the corner of his eye .It was as if the person wearing the uniform was standing right next to him.

This is not right.This is so wrong.

He knew that Bruce would keep prototypes of all the uniforms as the basis for the next improvement, but those uniforms were safely stored in the entire cabinet against the wall.Only this Jason's uniform still had obvious repair marks on it, and it was definitely not A Fu's craftsmanship that was rusty.This position, this way of arrangement, Dick has only seen one place, and that is the armor that a great man once wore in the museum.

Simply put, displaying the clothing of the dead.

"Bruce." Dick didn't need to look back, the glass display case had Bruce standing behind him, looking awful.

"Dick." Bruce nodded in greeting and walked straight to the Batcomputer.

What made Dick's hair stand on end was Bruce stopped in front of Jason's uniform, his bloodshot eyes were facing Jason's domino mask, and then revealed that Dick had only been lying in bed sick or having nightmares in the past. Only when he saw it, Bruce used a reassuring smile and said, "Jason, you have to wait for me a little longer, okay?"

Not to mention that when the screen of the bat computer lights up, the entire page is filled with information about souls, resurrection of the dead, magic rituals, and the like.

"Bruce, you scared me." Dick carefully stood beside Bruce, observed the other's expression, and at the same time raised his hands to make himself appear non-threatening, "What happened here, where is Jason?"

"Jason is gone." Bruce didn't leave the screen at all, and Dick turned his head to look at it. It was a record about demons resurrecting the dead, probably through the channels of the hunters and recorders in Winchester. brought.

"What do you mean by leaving?" Dick had already guessed the answer, but he didn't want to admit it, it was Jason!He is only 15 years old!

Bruce frowned at the information, opened another file and read it again, and answered Dick in a mechanical and cold tone: "The clown killed him. He was seriously injured, detonated the warehouse, and Jason died of suffocation. But judging from his injuries, even if he didn't die, he would have suffered permanent brain damage."

"What? The clown? How could it be...Among those psychopaths in Arkham, how could you let him face the clown by himself! Even back then, you wouldn't let me be alone with that lunatic for more than 5 minutes!" Dick Knowing that his voice is getting louder, but he can't control it so much, the whole thing is too crazy, "And you didn't think about notifying me for such a big thing for a minute? Huh?"

"How can I tell you that you are not on Earth at all, and you can't make calls there." Bruce's matter-of-fact tone made Dick feel his stomach acid churning, burning his chest and hurting, "Don't worry, we've taken care of it All the follow-up matters."

Dick couldn't bear it anymore, he directly pulled Bruce's chair, forcefully turning the man who had withdrawn into his indifferent shell to face him.

"What do you mean? What do you mean by dealing with the follow-up matters? I'm his brother, for God's sake! And I can't even attend my brother's funeral?"

"As I said, it's not your fault that you're in space. Is this what you want to hear? Now you can go upstairs to Alfred and ask him to take you to Jason's grave, if you still care His words. I have other things to do."

Bruce slapped Dick's hand off the armrest and turned back to the Batcomputer.

It was at this moment that his profile touched Dick's fist.

"Bruce, you bastard!" Dick stared at Bruce while maintaining his punching posture, "What do you mean by 'I still care about his words' of course I care about him!"

"Don't make it sound like you don't want to deal with Jason throwing him back in Gotham, and don't tell me you suddenly went to space with the Titan because this mission can't do without you." Bruce flashed Dick in the face The sense of guilt can be seen all over the place, suppressing a small pleasure rising from the bottom of my heart.

"I'm sorry I'm an unqualified big brother, but what about you? Are you a good daddy again?" Dick watched with satisfaction as Bruce crouched up with a fist and teeth, and that punch would come up to his chin at any moment , but he gave it all up, "I don't see it, otherwise Jason would greet me with a joke now, instead of leaving a uniform in a glass cabinet! What a perfect dad!"

Dick didn't expect Bruce to use a slap instead of a fist against him.

"I don't need you to tell me what a failed father I am." Bruce's face was livid, as if someone had stabbed him in the heart, "I'm trying to make up for this, if you don't want to help, then go Go ahead. Go back to Bloomhaven or wherever you want, I don't care."

Dick laughed back in anger, and pointed at the numerous files on the bat computer that could be called religious fanaticism.

"Is this what you mean by remedial? Why, you want to make a deal by summoning demons like others, and wait ten years to be dragged to hell? Do you think Jason will accept this kind of remedial?"

"If this is the last resort, I would exchange my life for Jason. And ten years later, I believe he will be strong and mature enough to not need me. It's also enough for me to make contingency plans, and I don't think there's anything wrong with such a deal."

Bruce's expression of mastery made Dick suddenly feel that all the anger on this man was not worth it.When Bruce locked himself into his world, there was basically no one to impress him and change his mind.

"How could I forget that's the kind of person you are, always in control, that's why I left in the first place. Now Jason... I know you must be grieving, but are you serious? Reviving the dead... This... ...This is already crazy! Do you even want to control his life now!"

Bruce's response was to ignore Dick.

"As you please. But I will not participate in this scheme to desecrate the dead, let them rest in peace, and never forget that they are the respect for them. I thought you understood, Bruce."

Dick put his present down next to Jason's uniform.

The slender blue bird stretched its wings and made a posture of flying into the sky. On his back was a chubby red robin with cute and miniature wings that did not match the proportion of the body.On the base is Dick's handwriting: GIVE ME LITTLE WINGS.

It wasn't until Dick left the Batcave completely, and the surveillance video showed that he rode directly out of the Wayne House, that Bruce turned around, looked at the palm-sized stone sculpture at the foot of the display cabinet, bent over and stretched out his hand to carefully pick it up Covering his chest, he staggered a step or two when he got up, and almost bumped into Jason's display case.

"Got to put this in Jason's room." Bruce hurried upstairs, pushed open Jason's door, and put the stone statue of the red and blue robin next to Jason's Batmobile tire, nodding in satisfaction. head.

When Jason comes back and sees the gift, he will be pleasantly surprised and happy, right?