[British and American] Jason Wayne's Struggle

When Dick woke up, he found himself lying in an unfamiliar room, with the cold medicine flowing into his blood vessels through the needle. He squinted his eyes and could see a ray of light shining through the gap in the curtains onto the bedside table.

Someone changed him into a loose and comfortable cotton hospital gown. He felt fresh and clean all over, and his wounds were bandaged well.

Someone was talking at the door of the room. Even though the other party lowered his voice, Dick could still hear what the other person said in such a quiet environment.

"Alfred, I'm in Blüdhaven... I'm sorry, Bruce must be very angry, I must have disappointed him... Dicky Bird was injured, I will take care of him here until he gets better... I will keep an eye on him..."

It was the sound of little wings, with a slightly nasal tone, as if it had just cried.

Dick stared at the ceiling, not knowing what to think.

Until Jason walked into the room, stood by the bed and asked, "You've been in a coma for 16 hours, do you want some water?"

Dick found that the child had a blank expression on his face, but his eyes were red and swollen, as if he had cried before. He nodded slowly, and Jason poured some warm water, carefully lifted up Dick's upper body and fed him a few sips of water. Until Dick turned his face away, Jason helped him lie down again.

Dick asked weakly, "Where is Roland's body? And Wolf Spider Woman, where am I now?"

When Dick mentioned those two people, his heart ached, but his sense of responsibility prevented him from letting go of this issue.

Roland, codenamed "Bombshell", is the second-generation user of this title and the boss of the Blüdhaven gang. A few days ago, he found out that Nightwing's real identity is Dick Grayson, and threatened to kill everyone Dick loves.

Nightwing cannot kill people, but he cannot allow Roland to hurt the people around him. He was defeated step by step and was almost beaten to death by the other party. At this moment, the superhero Wolf Spider Girl - Katarina, who had been trained by him and had an ambiguous relationship with him, appeared and shot Roland in the head.

Roland died because of him, and most importantly, Dick could have stopped him when Catalina took action, but he didn't, so the life should be counted on him.

He caused a man to lose his life, even though that man had almost killed Dick before, but he could not accept this. His principle of not killing was completely trampled upon because of himself.

Katarina also smiled at him, trying to comfort Nightwing with her body.

No, that was not a consolation. Dick was sure that being raped by a woman again in that situation would only make him more devastated. However, even if Nightwing said "don't touch me", he would not be able to resist a female superhero in perfect condition after suffering great damage both physically and mentally.

If Little Robin hadn't suddenly dropped from the sky and kicked Wolf Spider Woman unconscious, then what Catwoman once said would have come true (Catwoman said in Chapter 10 that Dick would suffer at the hands of a woman sooner or later, and it would not be surprising if he was raped one day).

"Roland's body has been dealt with. Wolf Spider killed someone. I wanted to hand her over to the law, but she escaped when I wasn't paying attention. We are now in Batman's secret safe house in Bludhaven. Don't worry, no one else knows about this place. I have already asked for leave from the police academy for you."

Dick covered his eyes and snorted.

He said in a self-deprecating tone, "Batman has a safe house in Blüdhaven that I don't even know about? Ha! That's really his style. How did you find me? The tracker again?"

Jason replied calmly, "But he still trusts you more than me. Safe houses and trackers don't prove anything."

He also has a tracker, and so does Ah Fu.

Dick looked at Little Robin in surprise, he thought that for Jason, who Batman trusted more was a sensitive issue, but he took the initiative to bring it up, which was very unusual.

He realized something.

"Why did you come to Bludhaven? Did you get into trouble?"

Jason shrugged, not denying it.

Now Dick was sure that this kid had definitely gotten into big trouble.

After explaining all this, Jason picked up his equipment box and went into the bathroom. When he came out, he had changed into a uniform.

"What are you going to do?" Dick asked.

"I'll be on night patrol for you until your injury heals. It's a mess here."

Little Robin said this and jumped out of the window.

Before his injury healed, Dick enjoyed two days of being taken care of. Specifically, apart from being dragged up to change the dressings and wipe his body, he either ate or slept the rest of the time, and he didn't have to worry about the night patrols.

Jason is not a noisy person. He goes out for night patrols at night, comes back in the early morning, then sleeps on the sofa. After waking up, he goes out. Dick doesn't know what he is doing, but when it is time for dinner, Jason always comes back with takeout.

They were all in a bad state. As long as Dick closed his eyes, he could see the blanket on Roland's forehead burst open and his huge body slowly fell down. Jason had a blank expression on his face and didn't say a single word to Dick.

Each Robin fears disappointing Batman, and unfortunately, both of them are in this state now.

However, Dick still felt that Jason took good care of him. As long as he spoke first, Jason would respond, even if he just said "hmm". The little robin showed Dick tolerance and consideration as he would any traumatized victim.

It was not until the third day when Jason came back injured that Dick ended his decadence and found out that Jason was attacked by a copperhead snake.

Dick immediately took out the antidote and injected it into Jason: "Luckily you managed to make it back. The copperhead snake's venom is very dangerous."

Little Robin tore off Domino's mask and replied calmly: "It's okay, I know I can't die."

He looked so indifferent to his own life that Dick patted him lightly: "If you keep acting like this, you'll die sooner or later!"

Jason asked sharply, "What about you? Are you better than me now?"

They stared at each other fiercely, neither of them willing to give in. Dick was surprised that his usual good temper always disappeared when facing Jason.

Jason pushed Dick away angrily: "Afu asked me to come here. He thought you could get some experience and advice on fighting with Old Man, but you just lie here like a loser!"

Dick was pushed to the ground. He was stunned for a moment, then he covered his face and smiled bitterly.

"sorry, I……"

"I don't want your apology!"

Jason stood up, bit his lower lip, hesitated for a while, and lowered his head: "Forget it, I shouldn't count on you, you look worse than me."

The atmosphere was silent again, and they were once again speechless. Fortunately, Dick's confused mind finally cleared up.

While Jason was asleep, Dick went to the balcony and called Alfred, and finally learned from Alfred what Jason had done - Little Robin beat a rapist Dick to death with a bat dart, and it would be fine to understand that as Robin castrated a person with one dart.

As a result, Jason had his first heated argument with Bruce. Halfway through the argument, Jason broke down and started crying and smashing things. Bruce had to hold Jason tightly in his arms to prevent him from hurting himself when he went crazy, and used sedatives to calm him down.

Afterwards, Bruce put Jason in solitary confinement and said he would take him to see a psychiatrist the next day. Of course, the night patrols would also be stopped. The deeply traumatized child carried his bag and ran away from home that night with Alfu's tacit approval.

Dick was so shocked that he was speechless.

Dick Grayson, AKA Nightwing, silently closed his legs.

Well, considering that a lady almost forced herself on his dick a few days ago, and today he learned that Little Robin castrated a rapist's dick, Dick felt that he didn't want to hear any more topics related to dick in the short term.

Although Dick had long known from the way Jason was ruthless towards criminals that this kid had a bad temper, he never expected that Robin, who always obeyed Batman, would do such a thing. He believed that Bruce must have been shocked when this kid took action.

Dick frowned. "He could have handed the bad guy over to the GCPD instead of destroying his...tools."

Ah Fu replied, "We all know that this is a more rational approach, but that criminal had been to the GCPD before and had been in jail. He got out in less than a year by paying money. He also threatened the girls who reported the case, saying that they would die a miserable death. Master Jason's classmate was also one of the people who was threatened. The poor girl was forced to move to New York with her family."

At that time, Jason was determined to protect Sunny, and followed them personally, secretly escorting them out of Gotham, ensuring that they could go to New York smoothly and start a new life there.

So when Jason saw that disgusting rapist sending people to stop Shanny's family, he couldn't help himself. He not only knocked down the thugs who intercepted Shanny's family, but also took care of the main culprit. He just acted a little harshly.

Ah Fu sighed, "Based on Master Jason's behavior, we judge that he has severe vicarious trauma. His empathy has always been stronger than that of ordinary people, and therefore he is more prone to anger."

Alfred told Dick that until he dealt with Bruce's side, little Robin would temporarily live in his brother's house in Blüdhaven, and the old butler hoped that Dick could take good care of his younger brother.

Dick was still in a daze until he hung up the phone.

“Vicarious trauma?”

The child's behavior was indeed consistent with this symptom, which seemed to explain why Jason was willing to patiently take care of him for several days. After all, Dick's previous experience could be considered an attempted rape.

Jason's voice sounded behind him: "Yeah, they think I'm vicariously traumatized. You think so now, don't you?"

Dick turned around and saw Jason standing on the ground barefoot, his green eyes defiant and sharp after taking off his blue contact lenses.

……

【“That kind of person obviously harmed so many innocent girls, leaving them with nightmares from then on, but he was only imprisoned for less than a year before he was released to continue enjoying his wealth and glory and continue to harm more people? Dream on! I won’t let this kind of person have an easy life! I won’t let him have another chance to harm others!”

“Don’t look like I did something wrong. I didn’t do anything wrong! You don’t understand how horrible this kind of thing is. You haven’t experienced it. You haven’t seen those girls being held down with only despair in their eyes. You don’t know how much pain those children are in…”

As Jason shouted, he became more and more agitated. His pupils contracted violently, and his breathing became heavy. He was panting without any intense movement, and he was completely out of control.

Bruce paused the video, pinched the bridge of his nose, and sighed deeply, with all the files on Jason's past that he could find spread out on his lap.

Jason had been molested by the man of his foster home, he knew that, but the kid had obviously been through a lot more in those dark years that Bruce couldn't find out about.

The child's personality was too sensitive and his living environment was too harsh, but he also had such a strong ability to empathize, which meant that the misfortune that had infected him was even more terrible than Bruce had imagined.

So in the end he could only hold Jason tightly and let Ah Fu give Jason a sedative. After Jason calmed down, his hysterical crying gradually turned into soft sobs.

Bruce still remembers that he patted Jason's back and said soothingly, "Go to sleep, sleep first."

Then Jason asked groggily, choking, "What should I do if I have a nightmare?"

Even Batman didn't know what to say at that moment. Jason was a victim of the dark side of Gotham, and his heart was full of scars from the past.

He could only wipe the tears from the little robin's face with his fingertips and whispered, "I will put Paddington next to you, and he will hold you all the time."