[Comprehensive British and American] Family Matters

This soul-tracking ritual is surprisingly simple.It is said that it was developed by witches and warlocks in the past, in order to ensure that the souls of their relatives were not robbed by people with ulterior motives after death, as a tool to threaten them.When he got the materials needed for the ceremony and the way of arrangement from Constantine, he almost thought that the other party was lying to him.

Three quarters of those voodoo ingredients can be found in Ah Fu's spice cabinet, and the remaining quarter can be found after a trip to the Indian specialty store in the city center.

"In fact, many spices were discovered because they were used as witchcraft materials, and then they were applied to cooking." Afu was the person who least doubted Constantine's ritual, but Bruce thought that maybe it was just that the old man didn't want to admit that he He was tricked by a liar from his hometown.

After all, it was not the first time that Constantine cheated people.

"It's all ready, master." Afu put down a basin of water in the middle of the ceremony circle according to the instructions, signaling Bruce to complete the last step, "Whenever you are ready, you can start at any time."

"Here we go." Bruce took off his shoes and socks, walked into the high-backed chair in the ceremony circle and sat down, stepping his feet into the water basin, the sudden drop in temperature made him shiver.

A Fu handed over a sharp silver knife, Bruce held the blade tightly with his left hand, pointed at the water basin in front of him, and nodded to A Fu.

The spray gun in the butler's hand burned the part of Robin's uniform cloak that he found in Jason's room and was secretly hidden by him. Bruce quickly pulled the silver knife out of his palm while the ashes fell into the water, and brought it out. The blood dripped into the basin at the same time.

Just when Bruce thought the ceremony had failed and he was deceived by Constantine, the sky and the earth turned towards him, and the surrounding scenery kept changing. He felt that his whole body was rising and getting farther and farther away from the ground.

Houses, streets, continents, oceans, and the entire earth began to melt and distort in his vision, like a painting that has been watered before it dries.Bruce was pretty sure he hadn't inhaled any chemical nerve gas or ingested any suspicious food, so... it must have been the effect of the ritual.

Is he out of his body now?

Bruce did what everyone would do, he looked down at his limbs and body, and he soon realized it wasn't a wise decision.

From the moment he lowered his head, he felt himself dive, like a bullet shot through the Milky Way, countless stars passed him, and for the first time in his life, Bruce saw... no, he "felt" the vastness of the universe , He saw the moment when a star exploded and a supernova was born, he saw a starship traveling through the Milky Way, and even a wormhole devouring the surrounding asteroids, and he just passed by.

He wondered if this was what Hal and the other members of the Green Lantern Corps saw every day.

The flight was still going on, but he had no way to change his course, as if something was calling him from afar, and he prayed that it would be Jason's soul in another world.

How is he?Will he be afraid if he is in a strange world?Are there any existences that threaten the soul?Is he also looking for a way home?

Thousands of thoughts flashed by, and in an instant, his surroundings were no longer a boundless galaxy, but a starship that looked like it had the word "evil party" directly pasted on its forehead.And below the starship is a city, a very advanced city, and small aircraft that look like mass-produced one by one are closely arranged into a wall on the way forward of the starship, trying to block the huge starship .

"This is a war!"

The thought made Bruce frantically search the sky for Jason, his boy on an alien battlefield!But he is too far away, even the outline of the city can only be seen, let alone a person (soul).

"Jason!" He called Jason's name, but he had no way of knowing whether anyone could hear him, "Jason! Where are you!"

The attraction pulled him down again, this time straight for the giant starship.Bruce went straight through the outer armor of the starship, and unsurprisingly, there was also a brawl here.It's just that compared to the thousands of troops outside, it looks like an alien guerrilla has rushed into the enemy's base camp.

The green-skinned woman wielded a sword and fought another woman who looked like a cyborg, and Bruce continued to weave through the battleship until he saw another small group of people fighting against the tide of soldiers rushing towards them .

A man with his upper body naked and his skin covered with dark red patterns brandished two daggers at the soldiers in front of him, and there was a tree... a tree?That's right, it's a walking tree. Although the tree's movements are not fast, it can overturn several soldiers with a wave of its hand, and it seems that it doesn't feel anything when it hits him with a knife and gun, only a few twigs Dry to the ground.

The place Bruce finally stopped was next to the only male who appeared to be from Earth.

His appearance doesn't look like Jason at all, his dark blond hair is slightly curled, and his dark brown eyes are still shining with a funny light even in a situation where the enemy is outnumbered, and he doesn't mean to flinch at all— - This is a bit of Jason's shadow.It's a pity that he didn't know what device was activated, and put on a mask to cover his expression, preventing Bruce from continuing to observe.

The wonderful gravitational force didn't pull Bruce to move anymore, he could only watch quietly in this scuffle.

Then he saw something was wrong, the man on earth kept talking to himself, and the object of his talking to himself was——

"I know, Jason, but we can't blow up their boiler room right now!" the man said, shooting at a soldier who was rushing towards him, successfully knocking the enemy bullets to the ground, "I know this can cut off the Electrical supply for the whole ship but the point of the whole mission is that Gamora has to destroy the separate battery in the center control room... How do I know what's going on with her and I can't psychic! So yes, we have to be here Guarding wave after wave... damn it!"

An enemy from behind jumped on the man's back, lifting him into the air and throwing him backwards.When the other soldiers saw the man lying on the ground, they looked like dogs that had been hungry for several days and saw their prey. They all rushed towards him with their weapons raised high.

"Quell!" The man—Quell's companion tried to rescue him, but more soldiers rushed forward and surrounded them separately.Bruce didn't understand why the power of the ritual made him see this. Maybe this Quill was related to Jason's soul, but he himself said that he would not be psychic, and Bruce suspected that in the situation just now he was lie.

"I'm fine! I'm fine!" Quill lay on the ground and kept shooting at the enemy, trying to make room for himself, and there was a special mechanism under his boots, Bruce glanced at it and speculated that it might be some kind of propulsion If Quill's enemies are smart enough, they should take this opportunity to destroy his thrusters...

Quill kicked the enemy's chest, and when the enemy flew out, a ball of sparks spewed out from the sole of his shoe.

...or wait until Quill breaks his thrusters himself.Bruce looked at Quill calmly and exclaimed: "My propeller! It's so expensive!"

Why doesn't his Gotham have such self-defeating enemies?

Quill used the only remaining single-leg thruster to lie on the ground and glide crookedly backwards, and finally got out of the enemy's encirclement and stood up again.

"You'll take over, Jason! Well I know! I'll get the cushioned one when I get back, but that one's going to be a bit of a pain in the ass... my old swan, Bruce!"

When the alien warship thousands of miles away from home was named, Bruce had no idea how to react, and in fact he had no room to react.Judging from his lack of physical body, even if he wants to help, he can't do anything.

But the next development made Bruce almost forget how to write the word "response".

"Okay, I told you to change your equipment before departure, but you didn't listen. It's better to have a broken leg than a broken leg." Quill's tone of voice changed, and his way of fighting also changed. The kicks and dodges with some familiar shadows now completely overlapped with the boy in his memory.

"Jason?" Bruce stared blankly at Quill, no, Jason rushed up and kicked the soldier in the stomach, while the other was in pain, he grabbed his armor and threw him to other nearby soldiers Among the soldiers, the group of soldiers who were trying to catch their companions staggered for a while, but before they could stand up, Jason had already approached the guy he regarded as the target of the throwing force on the back of the neck and slapped his hands hard. Knock the elbow down, let him lie down directly in front of his companions, then grab the soldier closest to him, use him as a fulcrum to throw a beautiful somersault, and smash the "fulcrum" hard when he landed.Turning around while squatting on the ground, he shot with both hands｜guns at the soldiers on the left and right who wanted to fight back.

After this series of actions, it was definitely Jason.

In this place, there is no one who can perfectly replicate his own fighting routines except Jason.

"A bunch of hot chickens, bah!" Jason ran to help the tree man and another big guy without stopping, cursing along the way, "Shit!"

Ah Fu's language education seems to have not only regressed back to the original point, but also developed towards a negative value.

"Drax, Groot, hurry up before the next wave comes." Jason finally knocked down the soldiers blocking the door with his gun, and waved to his companions.

Bruce saw that Jason seemed to be quite familiar with these two aliens, and that Quill "transformed" into the "Bruce" that Jason called before, and couldn't help but doubt the relationship between this "Quell" and Jason.And Jason's relationship with Quill's alien friend.Quayle clearly has some way of communicating with Jason, so what about the two aliens?Did they know Jason existed?Because Jason obviously has no objection to having them around.

This ceremony was supposed to answer Bruce's questions, but now he only felt that he had more questions.

Another large group of soldiers poured in from the only exit, and even Bruce was worried about Jason and his weak three... The two of them and the tree team squeezed a cold sweat until their tree strode forward and stretched out their hands. A row of soldiers was skewered like a skewer, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" screamed angrily and swung left and right. With a hand retracted, the road ahead was clear, and the tree man turned around to face Jason and Drax. An innocent smile.

Bruce made a mental note to never let this tree land on Earth.Even if you land, you are not allowed to step into Gotham!Poison Ivy will love this tree to death, maybe she will want to marry her piranha to the treant!

Jason's team finally assembled in the so-called "central control room".Including the green-skinned female warrior Bruce saw first, but none of this is the focus of Bruce's concern. He is concerned with Jason-what Jason is concerned about.

It was a purple stone embedded in the center of the hammer held by the only person in the control room.It is reasonable to speculate that this guy is the boss of the starship, and that gem is the purpose of Jason and the others.The hammer wielder swung his weapon at the enveloping net formed by the small battleships outside, and the starship immediately burst out with a stronger thrust to press those battleships directly.

"No!" Bruce could see the small warships clearly now, each of which had a driver sitting on it, and the connection between those battleships formed some kind of energy network to prevent the black starship from advancing.This crush not only smashed through the energy grid, but also directly crushed countless pilots to death.

"Eat my hadron charge | front | gun!" Jason held a device that looked like a small fort on his chest, and under the vigilance of his companions, he fired a cannonball at the hammer holder.

Bruce had never seen this kind of weapon before. It was small in size, but it exploded like a small-scale nuclear bomb.He doesn't expect the man to eat the bullet and live, but Batman knows to always prepare for the worst:

For example, Jason's teammate (a raccoon! A raccoon!) would drive a spaceship directly into a suicide attack, directly sinking the entire battleship, (fortunately, the tree sacrificed itself to protect them), but even so they The enemy is still unharmed and came out holding a hammer and talking nonsense.

"Look! Qaidar people! Are your guardians these scumbags?" He held up his war hammer and pointed at Jason (Quayle) and his companions who were lying on the ground, the tree had turned into a tree. There were twigs all over the ground, and the raccoon who had driven a fighter plane into them before looked at the twigs with a mournful expression on his face.

Bruce never thought he could see such vivid expressions on an animal's face.

"I can finally avenge my father, and his father." The hammer bearer clenched his weapon with both hands, making a gesture that resembled a prayer to the sky, and the purple stone glowed dangerously in the center.

Bruce didn't know what the rock was, but he was sure that if the hammer touched the ground, it would have been a disaster.But... the aliens present seemed to be civilians. If the energy grid that was smashed at the beginning was all the troops on this planet, then Bruce didn't expect them to come to the rescue.

If it was him, he would choose to destroy the war hammer first, and prepare a container to isolate the stone. After the biggest threat is eliminated, he can figure out how to deal with this blue alien.

There are only two ways to destroy Warhammer in one fell swoop. One is to fight him head-on and smash his weapons during the battle. If Superman or Wonder Woman is here, they will probably choose this method to attract the enemy to attack and let the people escape. way of fighting.

But in this way, it is necessary to face the power of the alien itself, as well as this purple stone, which obviously has a great background.Bruce asked himself that he couldn't do it, he would choose the second way, distract the enemy's attention, and then carry out a sneak attack.Usually he would use smoke | fog | rounds or flash | light | rounds here, although it is not sure how the alien's perception works, it is often the most effective to attack the vision.

Jason should also choose the second method, but he didn't know that he would use...

"Ooh-oochild, thingsaregonnageteasier."

Under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, someone suddenly began to sing before this galactic crisis, and twisted his body in a somewhat stiff rhythm.

"Ooh-oochild, things'll get brighter."

He was smiling, but that smile didn't look like it was sincere at all.It was because his movements of twisting his waist and swinging his hips were unnatural from the beginning, and gradually began to move rhythmically.

"What are you doing?" The alien who originally held the warhammer raised the weapon in his hand in front of his chest, looking at the dancing people in front of him cautiously and fearfully.

"I'm dancing! Don't interrupt, Peter, I'll mess up if you don't count the beat! Sorry, Ronan, that's not talking to you, I'm dancing, do you want to dance together? Come on, don't be shy, I It’s also the first time I didn’t dance very well.”

Bruce didn't know what expression was on his face now, but he thought it was probably not much different from that Ronan.

"Move to the music! Hehe~hehe~hehe~" After a set of movements of touching buttocks and kicking legs, no one dared to really dance with the music, even when the green-skinned woman was called She also shook her head violently.

Bruce is suddenly thankful that he's invisible.And his unsmiling image is so successful that even in this case, he believes that the rest of the Justice League dare not call him: "Hey! Bat, it's your time to jump!"

They... should... dare not, right?

Well, it must be confirmed that they dare not kill them.

"What are you doing!" Ronan seemed to have lost his patience.

Jason grinned, Bruce recognized this smile completely, it was his expression when he successfully tricked others.

"We're distracting you, idiot."

A cannonball from Raccoon and Darax went at Ronan, this time not at a man but at his hammer, and shattered the weapon very well, the purple stone lost its base Started to fall towards the ground.

"No! Jason!" Bruce yelled at Jason almost frantically, but he couldn't do anything, he could only watch the stone being taken away by Jason who flew forward by a tiny margin.And he started screaming in pain almost the moment he hit the stone.

The whole world seemed to be a purple vortex. Bruce looked at his child, even if he lived in someone else's body in a wonderful way, and was tortured by the things in his hands, he insisted on not letting go. hand.He didn't know that if it was him who held a deadly weapon that could destroy a planet, he might choose not to let go, but as long as he thought that it was his son who was tortured to death crying in pain in front of him, and He actually has to endure such pain in this remote place...

"Please, Jason, let it go! Let it go!" If he had a body, he would have pounced on it and snatched the damned stone away, but he didn't, he could only watch and beg.

Fearing that this would be the second time he faced Jason's "death", in the form of a ghost.

***

There was another person begging Jason just like Bruce——

—Jason, Jay, please, let me out!

——Please, this is my idea, I was the one who said I was going to pick up the Infinity Stones.I should bear the pain too!You are the one who suggested that Ronan blew himself up, please!

—Jason!you will die!You still have to go home, you can't die here, you still have to go home!

- Jay, I know you want to protect me, you've been protecting me, from day one until now, but you really gotta let go, bro.You've got to hold me accountable for once, not one of those stupid pranks, but a real, life-and-death one.

—Jason, please.I can't be a naive and willful Peter forever. I want to truly become a "Star Lord", a person who can truly bear the title of hero.

Jason listened to Peter's pleading, he knew what Peter was thinking.He also knew that what Peter said was right, he would go home after all, especially since he was no longer a dead person "over there".

He can't come out forever and be Peter's ghost goon, helping him deal with pain and annoying people.Say all the good words to comfort him when he is angry and make him feel the best in the universe.

Jason knew that he was overcompensating on Peter, but he was actually trying to fill the void in his heart. He lacked the shelter from the wind and rain of his parents in his childhood, but he still worried about the insecurity of being rejected and compared when he was around Bruce.So he did everything he could, and he watched Peter form an "annoying but only dad/son we can teach/little brother" relationship between Vandals, Yondu.

He was [-]% sure that Yondu would die for Peter without batting an eye.He's also sure that most saboteurs are willing to give Peter a hand when they're not in trouble.

But he was still reluctant to let Peter change out.

It hurts.It's not just that Peter's body is hurting, he can feel that his soul is being eroded by the Infinity Gem bit by bit. It wants to tear Peter apart, and the first step is to tear out himself, the most easily handled foreign object.

But who is he, he is Jason Todd-Wayne, Hell Rejects, so he won't be overwhelmed by mere pain.But please tell him about the man—the man he'd been telling little Peter about as a bedtime story.

The man he'd always considered his father, no matter what anyone said or what the legal papers said.

The person he most wanted to see before he died, the person he most wanted to say thank you and sorry for.

Please tell him this is just another hallucination before his death.He can't be here, he should be in Gotham, fighting crime at night, beating up Arkham's psycho.Putting on a bad face for the rest of the Justice League, leaving everyone on pins and needles wondering if they did something wrong.

He shouldn't be here, let alone try to hug himself, begging himself to let go every time.Bruce never asks for help.

"Dad?" Jason couldn't help opening his mouth, only to realize that he had stood outside Peter's body at some point, but Peter didn't seem to have mastered his body yet, and Gamora next to him stretched out his hand and yelled to let Peter He succeeded in holding her, but Peter's body was still unconsciously eroded by the power of the gem.

"Jason!" Bruce tried to cup his face, but his hands could only pass through Jason's form, "Jason, I'll take you home! I promise you, I'll take you home !"

"Dad!" Jason wanted to say, sorry, thank you, but he was so stupid that he couldn't say anything other than this one word.

"Jason, I will definitely take you home! Wait for me, son!" Bruce's body seemed to be pulled back by a rope, but Jason couldn't take a step, he could only watch as Bruce moved towards His outstretched hand gradually moved away.

"No...no...Dad! Dad! Don't go!" Jason also stretched out his hand, but his feet were still firmly nailed in place, "Dad! Bruce!"

His feet were free, but no matter how he chased, Bruce's shadow finally disappeared in the purple storm of the infinite stones, leaving him, Peter, and other partners who rescued the Qaida team, as well as an angry man with a distorted expression. Ronan.

"That's impossible!" Ronan growled, "You're just a bunch of mortals!"

When Peter opened his mouth, Jason couldn't make any other expressions other than smiling proudly like a fool with tears in his eyes.

"You said it yourself, bitch." Peter held the Infinity Gem in his hand, but his body was no longer hurt by the power of the Gem. He and his partners were the same, holding hands firmly and shoulders , stood together with their heads up high and faced the opponent they thought they couldn't beat.

"We are the guardians of this galaxy."

The whole war started by one ball ended with this one ball.

Ronan was wiped out under the power of the Infinity Stone, leaving Jason and Peter face to face in the purple storm.

"Wow, I didn't expect this to be the case for the first real face-to-face." Peter shook the hand holding the Infinity Stone, "Sorry I can't shake hands, but I don't think we brothers need these anymore, Right, Jason."

"Damn it's so right. You little bastard, you searched the entire galaxy and finally found someone who can control you." Jason shook his head with his hands on his hips helplessly, "I guess this is both the first meeting and goodbye Hey!"

"Wait, you're Jason? Peter's schizophrenia?" Rocket pointed at Jason with the hand that wasn't holding Drax, "How did you get out?"

"Well, technically I'm not Peter's schizophrenia, I'm a ghost from another universe called Jason. I'm sorry about Groot, I know he's a good friend of yours, and I appreciate it his sacrifice."

"Huh, that idiot." Rocket's tone was fierce, but the drooping ears showed how frustrated he was, "here, I don't know why the ghost can appear suddenly but... I'm sure that idiot wants to protect You are one of the people, so... take it quickly!"

Jason took a branch of Groot from Rocket and held it carefully in his hand.

"You will fight with us until death! You are my friend, Jason the ghost." Drax's serious expression, as if swearing, and his straight-line brain that can't handle metaphors made Jason give up explaining himself Not just died in battle, and his name is not Ghost Jason.Choose to simply nod at him.

"Thank you, Drax."

Gamora is much simpler and clearer. She raised her hand with Peter and squinted at Peter: "Don't worry, I'll break his leg before he does something stupid." (Peter: Hey! )

"Uh, don't break it too seriously, just take the one you pick up and go back as a principle, okay?"

"No problem." Gamora tightly clenched Peter's hand, causing the latter to open his mouth wide and unable to make a sound, but he could clearly convey his pain, "He will be well taken care of."

"I totally believe it." Jason finally waved to his brother and friends, "I hope we can see each other again, and Peter, be nice to Yondu, even Star-Lord needs a daddy he can rely on .It was a suggestion from Robin."

Gamora took out the suppressor and buckled the Infinity Stone.As the purple storm dissipated, the figure of the black-haired human boy also disappeared before their eyes.Rocket collapsed and sobbed at the branches all over the ground with Groot, and Drax silently stroked the top of the raccoon's head to comfort it.

Peter haggles with Gamora and Yondu about where the Infinity Stones go.

"Guardians of the Galaxy" became the name of their team, and Qaidar gave them generous treatment as gratitude for the heroes who saved the planet, and expressed their condolences for the loss of a companion.

No one but a few of them knew that in that battle they had lost two companions, not one.

But that is the secret of their team.

The Milan set off toward the universe again.

In the name of Guardians of the Galaxy.

(Drax: So is he called Jason the Ghost or Robin?)