[British and American] Jason Wayne's Struggle

Has anyone ever had the experience of waking up from a nap to find that the city where you were born, grew up, and spent most of your life has changed dramatically?

Many people in Gotham felt this way after the Hulk brought back the missing half of the population with a snap of his fingers.

Gotham has changed. All the super villains have been killed legally and reasonably. It turns out that Bruce Wayne's second son has grown from a figure skating elf into a political bigwig. As soon as he returned home to inherit the family business, he overturned and smashed the plates of many villains in Gotham.

Then Bruce came back, but his second son died before Bruce came back. His body was not found and he was buried in the family cemetery without even a funeral.

Jason, who turned into a gem, did not leave behind a body, so he only had a cenotaph. This time his grave is next to his grandparents', so tomb robbers will not dig into the Wayne family cemetery, and it is also convenient for his family to worship.

Although Jason strongly asked Tony to tell everyone not to hold a second funeral for him and not to bother him at his grave, many people still spontaneously sent flowers to his tombstone and said sorry before leaving, saying, "I didn't mean to bother you, I just wanted to express my gratitude to you."

This was also the second time Bruce lost Jason.

During the five years since he was away, his son took on tremendous pressure and changed Gotham. However, before he could enjoy his life, he fell to his death off an alien cliff just because of a piece of stone.

By the way, he may not have died from the fall, maybe he died from a broken spine. Anyway, Spider-Man basically doesn't come out after defeating Thanos. It is said that Peter Parker is currently seeing a psychiatrist recommended by Tony, and he needs special sleeping pills to fall asleep.

This kid died just like that, and this time he didn't even leave his body behind! Bruce read the report of his routine physical examination with Dr. Leslie a month before his death, and his heart ached so much that he was almost numb.

Jason had suffered a lot in the five years since he disappeared. He no longer had any bones that had never been broken, his stomach was in a serious condition, he had neuralgia so severe that he had to take painkillers to fall asleep, and his physical examination values ​​were all hovering on the danger line.

His child changed Gotham by burning his life, so that the child in Crime Alley would never have to cry again.

The last person who exchanged her life for the Soul Stone was Gamora. She gave the Wayne family a bag of red Aragon and said that she saw Jason in his death. He told her not to block his way home, so he pushed her away and walked into his death.

So Jason was heading towards his death consciously.

It was clear that he had just reconciled with Jason not long before he disappeared. Bruce thought that he could have a new start with Jason after dealing with the things at hand. He would take the initiative to call Jason to go home for dinner and sleep, care about the boy's health and career, and examine Jason's partner with a cold expression.

All is gone.

After the war, the Bat Family had a conflict with the Avengers. The Avengers planned to return the six Infinity Stones to their original time and space, but the Bat Family hoped to get the Soul Stone to resurrect Jason.

It was Strange who stopped them.

He said sternly, "Jason can no longer be resurrected. There is a crack on the Soul Gem, which means his soul has been damaged. So even if it is for his own good, it is best to let him sleep peacefully in the Sea of ​​Souls."

"Don't bother him anymore. He won't come back to the world for anyone else."

This is the best ending Strange has ever seen. Everyone is alive except Jason, and lying in the Sea of ​​Souls allows Jason to sleep peacefully.

Perhaps when his soul awakens from the long sleep of repair, he can use his power as the Sorcerer Supreme to explore the mysteries of the universe and have a new life in another dimension.

But if that happened, Jason would miss out on his life and everything he was familiar with forever. However, this was the method that would cause the least harm to everyone, and it was the one Jason would choose.

Strange fought alongside Jason and Tony tens of millions of times through the power of the Eye of Agamotto and the Time Stone, and then he took this chance of victory from Jason.

"Now we should send all the gems back."

Strange said this and took a few steps back.

Batman was silent for a long time before he said in a low voice: "Until you build a new time machine, the Soul Stone will be kept here with us."

"This is my only request as a father."

No one can refuse him.

Alfu waited for a long time at home, waiting for Bruce, whom he regarded as his son, and Dick, Tim and Damian, whom he regarded as his grandsons, to come home.

Damian held the cracked Soul Gem in his hand. Axel trotted over to him and stood on tiptoe to take a look. Damian leaned over to cooperate, and Axel rubbed the gem with his cheek lovingly, just like when Jason was still alive.

Ah Fu also reached out and touched the soul gem, and said gently: "Your soul is really bright and warm. Welcome home, Master Jason."

This old man, who had served the Wayne family for most of his life, shed tears when he looked at the Soul Stone.

Bruce began to dream. He hoped that he could reach the golden desert again, but he failed. Damian was more extreme than him. He went out and found trouble with a big villain, returned home with bruises all over his body, and then he became the first person to enter the desert.

But there was no Jason in the desert. Just as Strange and Tony said, Jason was sleeping in the boundless and bottomless sea of ​​soul. He closed his eyes and sank into a dream. No matter how hard Damian called his name facing the ocean in the desert, Jason would not wake up, float to the surface and hug him.

Natasha was also very sad. When she returned to the world, she learned that the student who used to write greeting cards and send gifts to her every Christmas and would invite her to dinner at home was gone. Which teacher would not be heartbroken?

Tony also felt guilty. Intellectually he understood that Jason's decision was the one with the least loss. No one suffered any loss except Jason himself, but this was what he could not accept the most.

Everyone was fine, but what about Jason? Was he going to lie there alone, unable to even open his eyes?

However, no matter how unwilling I am, it is of no use.

In order to avoid unnecessary changes in the situation, the time machine was built very quickly, and soon the day of return arrived. The people responsible for sending the gems back were still three teams. Captain America was responsible for sending back the three gems from the Battle of New York, the Winter Soldier, Nebula and Primal were responsible for sending back the Power Gem and the Soul Gem, and Thor was responsible for sending back the Reality Gem.

Bucky had offered to give the Soul Stone.

He never thought that when they met again, Jason would turn into a stone and be embedded in a glove. He had never even thought of such a fantasy thing!

He hopes that Jason can live well, realize his dreams, and enjoy life, instead of losing his life shortly after realizing his dreams.

He is still so young, only thirty-two years old.

He really regretted leaving Jason, he had never regretted it so much. If they hadn't separated, Bucky would never let Jason lose his life, but would jump off the cliff for him.

So after delivering the gem to Vormir, Buggy asked Lingxing and Nebula to stop at that point in time.

In the end, Lingxing knocked Bucky unconscious and brought him back by force. Otherwise, if everyone in this time and space went to Vormir again, they would probably see Sergeant Barnes who was 9 years older.

At this time, Damian was still unconscious due to serious injuries, so he missed the gem return event. After waking up, the young leader of the Assassin's League was silent for a long time.

Damian thought that he would probably never be able to accept Jason's death, not only because he was reluctant to let Jason go, but also because if even he gave up on saving Jason, who else could bring Jason back to the world?

He hugged Axel, his eyes gradually becoming firm.

"I will never give up on you, just like you will never give up on me."

Damian will never give up on Jason, even if Jason's resurrection does not conform to the rules of life and death, and requires a sacrificial ritual that seems evil to ordinary people. No matter what the cost, he will bring Jason back.

Damian began to act with almost paranoid persistence. He left the Assassin's League to the returning Talia and turned to search the world for a way to repair the damage to his soul.

He spent half a year searching all the magical places on Earth, including the temples in Tibet. Although he did not find a way to save Jason there, he turned the prayer wheels there and reverently added oil to every eternal lamp in the temple.

The person who finally gave him hope was unexpectedly Li Qianhuan.

The X-Men are made up of mutants, but there are also strong ones on the magical side, such as Colossus' sister, Liana Rasputin, a lady codenamed Mystique. Although she is not well-known, she is the queen of an alternate dimension called Limbo and one of the top black magic witches on Earth.

Jason had worked with Mysterio before through Li Qianhuan's connection, and they had become comrades with a tacit understanding when fighting off external magical threats.

So after knowing Damian's efforts, Mysterio took the initiative to ask Li Qianhuan to help her find Damian.

"I have a way to repair souls. There is a very dangerous monster in the border of hell. Their core converts life force into substances that replenish the soul. Although it is impossible to completely repair the injured soul by external force, it is enough to wake him up. But even if the soul is repaired, his body is already dead. If the soul has nothing to rely on, it can only continue to be trapped in the soul world."

Mysterio calmly asked Damian, "If you can't solve this problem, then after his soul awakens, he can only stay alone in the soul world, and then wait for you to fall asleep to see if he can connect to your dreams. That won't be much better. It's better to let him sleep."

"The most important thing is that his soul is deep in the Soul Sea. If we want to repair his soul, we must first enter the Soul Sea. However, the Soul Sea is very large, and if we can't find someone, there is a 99% chance that we will get lost in it."

Damian said calmly, "I have a way to revive his body. It's okay to jump into the sea for him."

That's no problem. Jason's former friends such as Arthenis, Bizarro, Roy, Yinsen, Mindy, Li Qianhuan, Laura, Cassandra, Katie, and Kurt gathered together and joined Damian's "Resurrection Jason Team" together with Lingxing and the Orange family.

Laura said she was already 24, almost 25, and if Jason wasn't around, who would sing "What's Up" for her? Even for this, she had to bring Jason back.

Kurt scratched his head with a smile: "Oh, Katie and I are already married, and we may have a child someday. If Jason is not here, we don't know who will be the godfather of the child, so we can't let him continue to sleep in the sea."

In the past, they teamed up to save the world, but this time they joined forces just to bring Jason back.

None of them would give up on Jason. As long as there was hope of saving Jason, they would go through fire and water without hesitation.

Damian, Lingxing, Li Qianhuan, Mindy and Laura took a spaceship to the alien planet to get the Soul Stone. The rest of them entered the border of hell and hunted monsters together. During the process, they were almost wiped out, but Doctor Doom Doom suddenly appeared and Kong Kenan, who didn't know how he met Doom, rescued these young people.

There are two more people who refuse to give up on Jason.

The environment in Vormir is harsh, cold and dry. The Soul Gem was placed in the center of the stone platform where Jason died. Damian picked up the gem that was still shining with warm light, put it in his chest and warmed it with his body temperature.

He smiled and said, "Don't worry, the cracks on your body will disappear soon."

"Jason."

Damian recited the name slowly in his mind.

"Jason Todd... Jason Todd Wayne, Nijim O'Goo..."

These are all your names. No matter which name it is, it is destined to tie our lives together.

My life was given by you. Because of your existence, Damian was able to be born, and he was born with four times the physical strength, four times the power, four times the speed, four times the wisdom... and four times the lifespan.

You also woke me up from the brink of death and told me on a tape that you would always love me. You were my anchor, keeping me from losing my mind no matter what I faced.

Damian took the core of the Warcraft and held the Soul Gem, slowly walked into the Lazarus Pool, dived into the green water, and closed his eyes.

This time it's my turn to save you. I have four times the lifespan, and it would be great to use half of it to restore your soul. That way our lives would truly be connected forever.

From now on, our souls will be connected, and we will become a family closer than blood relatives, and it will be natural for us to love each other.

Jason thought he would sleep forever in that sea of ​​souls, but one day, he suddenly heard a call.

Someone was calling him "Jason". He opened his eyes and saw Damian appear on the sea, reaching out to him with all his strength, trying to grab him.

"Damian?"

He held the hand in confusion, and was pulled upwards with force. With a splash, he was held up by Damian and floated up, and found himself in the green pool again.

This environment is so damn familiar.

Jason choked on the water. He narrowed his golden eyes and laughed against Damian's shoulder. "Are you serious? It was bad enough to be resurrected once in the Lazarus Pool, but you're going to do it to me a second time?"

Damian hugged him tightly, his wet hair hanging on both sides of his cheeks. He closed his eyes and smiled and said, "I got you."

Jason only woke up temporarily, but soon fell asleep again. Damian carried him to the edge of the pool. Before he passed out, he felt his friends wrapping him in a blanket, calling his name with joy. Some held his hands, and some lay on him and burst into tears.

He wanted to laugh, yet felt extremely at ease, and finally fell asleep peacefully again in this noisy environment.

The sleep lasted for three full months. When he woke up again, Jason found himself lying on a soft big bed. Looking at the decoration of the room, it seemed to be the room he had in the League of Assassins when he was Najim.

He sat up slowly, walked to the bed, and reached out to touch the sunlight. The sunlight in the Middle East was still so hot that it made people's skin burn.

A familiar, slightly hoarse voice sounded behind him.

"Welcome back to the human world."

Jason came to his senses and turned around, and saw Talia smiling with tears in her eyes, looking at him very tenderly. That expression was very familiar, it was the one Talia had when she was soaking in the Lazarus Pool.

"Jay, long time no see."

Jason was stunned for a moment, then he also laughed: "Yeah, long time no see."