[Comprehensive British and American] Family Matters

Jason wasn't surprised when Rashaw showed up at Thalia's house.To be more precise, he has been waiting for this day for a long time.With Lei Xiao's age and the manpower and material resources under his control, it is impossible for him not to know that Thalia brought him here from Gotham. The real question is: How much does Lei Xiao know?

"I see that your little pet hasn't made much progress, Thalia." Reshaw just glanced at Jason's blank face and stopped paying attention to him. He turned to Thalia and began to accuse in disappointment, "Your I'm sorry. If you can't concentrate on your work, then maybe I have to help you deal with distracting... projects."

Jason could clearly feel that Thalia's whole body was stiff, but she quickly regained control of her emotions, and answered Rashaw's accusation in a business-like tone: "I'm sorry, Father. I will immediately urge the following people are up to speed. It should be done within a week."

"Three days, I want to see the result." Lei Xiao frowned at Jason, then sighed as if irritable and helpless, and slowed down his tone to persuade Thalia: "I know you are right The detective is still obsessed with it, but a man like him is destined not to give up his war for you, even if you cure his disciple, the detective will not fall in love with you because of it."

Thalia bowed her head in silence.Lei Xiao snorted a dissatisfied nasal sound heavily, and led his men to leave Thalia's house.Until Lei Xiao's men left Thalia's territory completely, the first thing she did was to have people check the house thoroughly, and searched out all the surveillance and monitors belonging to Lei Xiao.

"Don't worry, Jason, I'll take care of it," she said, but Jason could see that Rashaw's presence had Talia make a decision, and he just hoped it wasn't too dangerous move.Jason has just begun to get used to the role of a mother in life, and he doesn't want to lose her so soon, especially when the person the mother wants to deal with is his physical grandfather. This kind of family war is a little bloody, even if Whether it is walking or skipping in the galaxy, Jason still has a little trouble accepting it.

Since then, Lei Xiao has appeared more and more frequently. Sometimes he will specifically mention Jason's situation. Regarding how he came back from the dead, it seems that for him, relying on Lazarus to maintain youth is not enough to fill his life. What Lei Xiao wanted to know more was how to climb back if he really didn't have time to jump into the pool, kicked his legs and breathed his last.

However, when Thalia and the many medical experts who had treated Jason were unable to give an answer, Rashaw began to clearly express his attitude that he did not want Jason to stay with Thalia.

"He's just a walking dead, not even the lowest-ranked soldier. It's just a waste of resources for you to continue raising him, and he will only distract you!" Reshaw threw a business card on Thalia, That was the contact information of a nursing facility director, "Out of respect for his mentor, send him away, this is a well-known facility, I will donate a generous enough fund, and they will take care of themselves." take care of him."

Thalia looked at the business card in her hand and crushed it into a ball of waste paper.

Her son would never spend the rest of his life in a nursing home in the middle of nowhere with a group of demented elderly people.He is destined to achieve a great cause, even if it is not for the League of Assassins, or for dear obsession, Jason will become a great hero.

"Mother?" Damian poked his head out of the room, just in time to see his mother's sinister expression.

He also heard his grandfather's ultimatum, and he knew that his grandfather didn't like Jason, because he, like the rest of the alliance, regarded him as a living dead without salvation.Damian has been obediently avoiding appearing in front of the other party when his grandfather appears. He doesn't want his grandfather to change his original decision of "send away" to "dispose of it" because of his relationship.

"Mother, what should we do?" Damian didn't want to send his brother to a nursing home, which would almost mean that they gave up the possibility of a cure, but he also didn't want to force Jason to suffer from the pain from his grandfather. anger.

Thalia's gaze was deep and deep, facing the forbidden area deep in the house that no one could approach.Damian followed his mother's gaze, and had a vague premonition of his mother's plan in his heart.

"He won't like doing this, mother." Damian whispered, looking at the room intentionally or unintentionally, "Why don't we let grandpa think that we have sent Jason to a nursing center, and then secretly Move him to another place and find a way?"

"No, Damian. I won't risk letting him fall into father's control, not even for a day." Thalia firmly rejected Damian's proposal, and she might have agreed with someone else , but this was Jason, she couldn't imagine that if Ray Shaw discovered Jason's bloodline, he would definitely turn him into a weapon against the dear detective.

She can't let this happen.

"The boy will leave tomorrow night." Thalia took a deep breath and walked into the hall to announce to the servants, "Go get ready, just bring the most personal items, and we will do the rest when we get to the nursing center." purchase."

The servants hurried back to their posts and started to move. Thalia stretched out her hand to call Damian, and said: "Good boy, go to Ubud, tell him 'Lazarus' and he will know what to do."

"Understood, mother." Damian nodded, took two steps back, then turned and ran to the place where Ubud should be on standby at this time.

Thalia leaned her forehead against Jason's door, closed her eyes and thought about the peaceful life they had shared during this time.She is willing to take care of him until the last moment, but this is reality.The happy time can't last long, and people living in this world can only swallow all the reluctance, stiffen their necks and move forward.

"I'm sorry, Jason. You can hate me and hate me as much as you want, but I have to. I'm sorry, Jason." Thalia sniffed and wiped her face.When she started to walk again, she was already that cold and strong woman again.

There's a secret under Thalia's mansion.

A long time ago, Lei Xiao O. Gu discovered a miraculous spring, "Lazarus Pond", which can rejuvenate the aged and heal the seriously injured.

He relies on the power of the spring water to live forever. It can be said that the spring water is the source of life for the head of the devil. Such an important existence can only be handed over to the person he trusts the most, and that person is his youngest daughter Thalia.And tomorrow is the day when Lei Xiao must return to the spring to absorb his youth. His physical decline is the reason why he has come here many times in a row.

In all fairness, Thalia didn't want Jason to touch that spring.

She has seen the effectiveness of the spring water with her own eyes, and knows how crazy it will bring to the user. Even if her father has dealt with the pool water for many years, she still feels terrified every time he experiences the baptism of the spring water.The man who walked into the spring was her father, but what always rose from the spring was a crazy beast.Only after the initial enthusiasm recedes, the beast will turn into a human again, but those inhuman factors will never leave the user's body, but are buried deep in the flesh and blood, waiting for the opportunity to erode the user's reason .

But Thalia has no other chances. The League of Assassins has all eyes and hands. No matter where she flees with Jason, Reshaw will find them.Things will turn around only if Jason regains his consciousness and leaves by himself, leaving her to deal with Lei Xiao's anger.In the past, no matter how angry Lei Xiao was, he would never kill Thalia, which was her biggest hole card.

Hopefully she can survive her father's wrath this time too.

***

Jason knew something was wrong.

Thalia dressed him in tight-fitting winter clothing, and put ordinary civilian clothes on top of him.Even she herself gave up her usual long skirt and put on a simple and neat combat uniform.Jason recognized the look, and even though Thalia had covered it with a coat, he could still see it from the cut line that showed through the collar of the coat.

"Come on, we don't have much time." Thalia led him quickly into the depths of the mansion. Jason had never been taken to this part of the mansion, but he knew it was some kind of forbidden place. When the wandering soul wandered around the house, as soon as he approached, he would be blocked firmly by the servant who didn't know where he was hiding, and then someone quickly led him back to his room.

His doubts were quickly resolved by Thalia.

Jason looked down at the pool of green water at his feet, and Thalia's struggling watch, biting her lip, reflected on the swaying water.He watched his own reflection and that of Thalia's being shattered by the sound of him being thrown into the water, and the whole world was consumed by green flames.

He remembered that he begged Catherine hard, begging her not to touch heroin anymore, but Catherine still chose the latter without hesitation between him and drugs.

It was the first betrayal in his life.

He thought of Catherine's medicine head rubbing her body against him, touching him and telling him "you're such a beautiful boy" until he slapped the other person's ailment like a rag.

That was the first time he knew what aggression was.

He remembered that when Dick saw him for the first time, he said to him: "You're just a punk, you shouldn't be Robin at all." And he had to bear the undisguised dislike of his predecessor.

That was the first time he understood what it meant to be rejected.

He remembered that when he told Bruce that the cause of Gazonas' death was that he slipped and fell from the building, the disbelief was clearly written in Bruce's eyes, and there were countless accusations against him for being too violent afterwards.

That was the first time he experienced the pain of being doubted and denied.

He thought of Sheila Heywood and the Joker's crowbar, the exploding warehouse.

That was the first time he embraced death, because the woman he called his mother offered him as a barter to a madman.

Everything made him feel angry.Why can these people hurt him at will?What did he do?Why can they hurt him again, slap their ass and go back to their happy days, and glorify this as "life has to move on" bullshit?

——We should let them taste his suffering, his pain, make them regret, let them admit their mistakes.

The pool water whispered softly in his ear.Such tenderness even made Jason feel that Chizi was also feeling pain for him, that Chizi loved what he was hurting, and Chizi understood him.

—they must be made to pay.Let them see our wounds, draw our wounds on them, and they will understand.

Yes, it should be done!Make them... wait, that's not right, that's not true.Bruce came to him, and Bruce promised to take him home!Bruce hadn't turned his back on him, and even after he'd proven himself to be an unreliable assistant, Bruce still hadn't given up on him.

And Peter, the little bastard, who else would share music with a ghost that had taken over his body?There's also Yondu, Destroyer, Infinity Galaxy, and the overkill Guardians of the Galaxy.

Yes, he was injured.He was badly hurt.But who's to say he didn't get more?

Thalia, she cared about him, took care of him, protected him.Jason isn't entirely sure what's going on between her and Bruce, but her love isn't fake.Neither is Damian's.The proud little prince needs to find a high-sounding excuse for every act of concern, and express his care in roundabout ways.I also especially like small animals-er, is Groot an animal or a plant?

He should protect them, not hurt them!

——They reward you with a little kindness, but that doesn't mean that your injuries don't exist anymore.Don't they need to pay the price?Don't forget that she was the one who dumped you in the first place.

It's not like this!No no no!

—You will understand, you will soon understand.Until then, your anger will show you the way to go.

"Ah!" Jason struggled to splash in the pool water, and Thalia covered her mouth on the bank, staring at him fiercely, there was a faint glimmer of water in her eyes, but Jason couldn't tell if he was fascinated by the pool water Or something else, "Don't! Don't, don't, don't! Don't force me! Shut up!"

Even though he wasn't submerged, Jason could still hear those voices.rustle rustle, lingering.

"Jason, my God, I got you Jason." Thalia's arm hooked Jason's neck, pulling him hard to the shore, "Come on, come on, we have to hold on tight Time. Bear with me, huh?"

"Be patient...be patient. Okay, okay, no problem." Jason followed Talia's frantic footsteps and rushed out of the house. The cold wind made him shiver, but he gritted his teeth and continued to run with Talia.

But Lei Xiao yelled angrily behind him: "Talia! You did a good job!" Thalia gasped and stopped and looked back in horror. The beasts that came out of the gate were ready to attack them.

"Run! Jason! Don't stop!" Thalia pushed Jason's back hard, and turned around to face Lei Xiao who was approaching them.

Jason can't run, he can't just watch Thalia get killed by Ray Shaw, how can he do that?

"What are you still standing there for? Run!" Thalia pushed him a few more times. Jason staggered a few steps, moved his lips and didn't know what to say, and had no intention of continuing to run, "You idiot!" Son, if you don’t want to live, Gotham doesn’t even need to dig another grave for you! Run! Run!”

"Mom..." Jason grabbed Thalia's hand tightly, but she still pulled it out firmly, "Don't do this!"

"Damian!" Thalia yelled, and a small shadow shot out of the woods like an arrow, grabbed Jason and dragged him into the woods, even if Jason stumbled when he started No intention of slowing down.

"Mom!" Jason watched as Lei Xiao rushed to Talia's side, knocked her down with a slap, and pulled her up by her long hair.

"Don't look! Are you trying to make mother's thoughts all in vain! This is not the time to make you sentimental, and I don't accept that my brother is such a mentally retarded man who tears in the face of the wind regardless of the occasion!"

Wearing a dark cloak, Damian pulled Jason in the front and turned left and right into the woods.Until they saw an equally dusty and unremarkable car, the driver Jason had seen several times, and he belonged to Thalia.

"Ubu, mother can't catch up, let's go." Damian pushed Jason into the back seat, climbed into the passenger seat, and gave instructions to Ubu at the same time.

Jason found an empty duffel bag in the back seat, and knowingly began to peel off the clothes soaked in the pool water and stuff them into the duffel bag.At this time, his inner thermal combat suit showed its effect, and the cold feeling in his heart gradually subsided not long after the wet clothes left his body.

"Don't worry, grandpa won't kill mother." Damian looked over from the front rearview mirror, probably feeling that Jason's expression was too miserable, and decided to give him some comfort.

"Really?" Jason zipped the duffel bag and kicked it into the corner, "You know, or do you think?"

"I..." Damian seemed to be stuck in his throat, and his face flushed, "I... I made a reasonable guess based on what my mother told me about my grandfather!"

Jason gave Damian a dead fish eye, in exchange for the child's unconvinced hugging his chest: "I want to comfort you, since you just went through a bad experience...even Groot thinks you An ungrateful bastard."

"I'm Groot." The little tree man crawled out of Damian's cloak and sat on the child's shoulders.

"Hey, watch your words! I'm worried about her!" Jason pointed at Groot threateningly, and gave the little tree man a dirty look.

"Your worries are meaningless to the situation. Mother has already arranged everything. We should act according to her arrangement, so that mother's previous efforts will not be in vain!" Damian insisted on his position and refused to back down.

"This plan shouldn't include my mother's life!" Jason also defended his line of defense while attacking violently.

"I said grandpa wouldn't kill mother!"

"That's your 'speculation,' and speculation means that it's not a solid fact. You have no evidence to prove it!"

"I am based on reliable information..."

"How can my mother's statement be considered reliable information? God, she is commenting on her own father. Of course, she will beautify the content. If the statement of the party can be used as the only evidence, why do you need witnesses?"

"You are making trouble for no reason!"

"I'm Groot." (I'm on Jason's side.)

"Look! Groot knows you said that because you found yourself unable to refute me. Well done, Tree."

"You... you... ah!" Damian yelled violently, and pressed himself stiffly against the back of the chair, refusing to say another word.

"Remind you, Dad won't accept that kind of attitude." Jason also folded his hands on his chest, leaned back angrily, stared out the window and refused to speak.

Ubud, who was driving the car, looked straight ahead at the road ahead and kept silent. He didn't mean to interrupt the two ancestors in the car.After all, not everyone can contradict the little ancestor next to him without getting a samurai sword on his neck.

Ubud doesn't intend to test his luck. He wants to work for a few more years, and early retirement is not in his career plan.