[British and American] Jason Wayne's Struggle

"This rescue operation was a failure. All the important people ran away. The ones left in the base were cannon fodder, and many people died. After I report to the Justice League, we will definitely be scolded."

Dick said this, and finally tapped a few times on the keyboard to finish writing the action report.

There was insufficient preparation before the operation, the intelligence had not been fully gathered before the operation began, and they were nearly killed in the explosion just seconds later... Dick felt that he was not unjustly scolded. If Robin had not acted decisively, two girls would have been trapped and could not have been rescued. But even so, they almost got caught in it.

He pinched the bridge of his nose and remembered that his waist was still hurting. This was the injury he suffered when he rescued the murdered mutant children at the Hydra base. However, it was normal for vigilantes to have multiple bruises on their bodies. He often suffered such injuries during training, and it would be fine without taking medicine.

Dick turned to Roy and asked, "Where's Jason?"

Roy spread his hands: "He is in the medical room. The youngest mutant who was rescued has been pulling his hand and won't let him go."

Donna refilled Dick's cup with coffee. She smiled and said, "This is the coffee that DC Cecilia gave me. It tastes good. Thanks to Robin's decisiveness, all the kidnapped mutants were rescued, and the girl who was most seriously injured is out of danger."

The best thing is that no one actually lost their life.

Dick responded, asked where the medical room was, and walked towards that direction. It was he who brought Jason to New York, and now that the matter was over, he couldn't help but ask about it.

When I got closer to there, I heard a long and leisurely singing voice coming from the ward. A voice that had already changed a little and was a little hoarse was singing "500 Miles" softly, gently and softly, quite hypnotic.

Dick stood by the door and saw Jason sitting cross-legged on the bed. The little girl who he had knocked out of the nutrient trough with a crowbar was leaning in his arms, her eyelids drooping, and the furniture around her showed signs of damage.

20 minutes ago, when the little girl woke up, Jason was stitching her hand wound at the doctor's. As a result, the little girl started to make a fuss. Jason came over when he heard the noise. Then he successfully learned from the little girl that her name was "Laura". He asked her to put on her clothes obediently, eat some liquid food, and cooperate with the examination. Now he was trying to coax her to sleep.

According to genetic testing, this girl is a female clone of Wolverine who is still on a mission outside. She also has claws made of adamantium in her body, but judging from her appearance alone, she is just a weak and harmless little girl.

Jason wasn't actually a person who had particularly great skills in coaxing children, because no one had ever taught him this skill, and no one had ever coaxed him, but where he lacked in skills, he made up for it with instinct, so yes, the current Robin had always had good luck with children.

After a while, Jason put the little girl down on the bed, and the girl opened her eyes alertly again.

Jason stroked her forehead and said, "It's okay, go to sleep, Laura. It's safe here and no one will hurt you again."

The girl stubbornly grabbed the robin yellow cape, so Jason took it off and covered her with it, then leaned against the bed.

He whispered, “Laura, you are very tired, you need to get some sleep.”

The little girl hummed softly.

"I don't want you to leave me. I want you to keep singing to me."

Jason laughed, "Then my throat can't take it."

Laura thought for a moment, then said, “You can rest, I’ll get you some water.”

Jason nodded. "Let's talk about this after you wake up. I don't discuss this with a kid who doesn't want to sleep."

Laura pouted and closed her eyes. After a while, Jason walked out of the room, completely ignoring Nightwing who was standing in the corner. He walked to the windowsill and looked down at the bandage on his arm. He then spread out his hands, which also had small scars on them. These were all scratches he accidentally got when he was knocking on the nutrition tank and pulling out the needle to save people.

The night wind blew little Robin's hair into disarray. There was a hint of melancholy in his green eyes, and his expression was tired and peaceful.

Afterwards, Jason went to check on the other rescued mutants, talked with Dr. Cecilia for a while, took a tube of ointment, cleaned his wound himself and prepared to apply the ointment.

Dick's voice sounded behind him.

"You haven't disinfected the wound yet, but you plan to apply medicine directly?"

Jason looked back at him and said lazily, "I'm very sleepy."

Dick reluctantly pulled him to sit on the chair and said, "Then wait until you have taken the medicine before going to sleep."

Jason muttered something like "Dickie Bird is so annoying" and just sat there quietly, letting Dick disinfect him, apply ointment, and bandage him.

Dick also retorted: "You always say I'm annoying, call me Dickiebird, dickface, dickhead... Every day you complain about me here or there. Is there anything about me that you like?"

Jason replied slowly, "Yes."

Dick paused for a moment, and didn't ask what Jason liked about him. He just curled the corners of his mouth.

"You behaved well, but you were still too impulsive. If you had worse luck today, you would have died in the base with us."

Jason retorted, "I'm not afraid of dying."

Dick replied: "But Alfu will be sad. He worries about us every day. Let's stop him from worrying."

Jason snorted, "You're no better than me."

"Yeah, we're all little assholes."

Dick sighed again. "Bruce and I are all assholes. It's not easy for Alfu to have three of us. But you're better than me. At least you can help with cooking, doing housework, and chatting about literature with Alfu."

Jason also sighed: "But I'm not you. I can't bring them happiness like you. I'm not the golden boy, not boywonder, and I don't know acrobatics or gymnastics."

Dick looked at Jason in surprise: "You don't need to be me."

Jason is good enough as long as he is himself. Even though his past was a bit bad and his temper is not very good, Jason possesses precious excellent qualities and extraordinary talents.

During the time he spent with little Robin, Dick had already recognized Jason's abilities and character from the bottom of his heart, and began to look forward to what he would become in the future. And to be honest, living with Jason can be said to be a very comfortable thing, as long as one is a little deaf and has a strong heart.

Jason has good living habits. Apart from occasionally sniffing cigarettes, he has no bad habits. He has some obsessive-compulsive disorder and mysophobia, and his house is always clean and tidy.

He loved food, so Dick could smell the aroma of food when he walked home, and the hot white steam would rise from the plates, warming his whole body;

He likes music and art, so his apartment is filled with a classical guitar and many sheet music and movie discs.

After getting along with each other for a long time, Dick felt that it was really good to live with Jason. If he didn't know that Robin would return to Batman sooner or later, Dick thought it was a good thing for Nightwing to have more partners.

Dick has been lonely for too long. Ever since he lost his parents, there has been a place in his heart that has always been accompanied by loneliness. Later, Bruce and Alfred walked in there, but Dick took the initiative to leave them for independence. Later, Titans was established. The friends were all very good, but they could not replace the position of family, and neither could girlfriends.

It's not that he doesn't want to continue being with his girlfriend for a long time, but the career of a vigilante is too dangerous, and it involves others too deeply, so the result is never good. If they don't open up to each other, they will break up. His super-hero girlfriend, who he can open up to, is busy with her vigilante career, which is more important than love. Without knowing when, they will drift apart and can only break up and remain friends.

Jason's arrival filled Dick's lonely time and made that cold apartment feel like home. Maybe as a robin, Jason's style is different from Dick's, but he is still great. It is normal for Bruce and Alfred to like Jason. Dick likes this kid very much.

Well, actually, once you get used to it, Jason's temper can be considered a unique personality. He's not purely gentle and harmless, but he's a great vigilante partner and family member. It's good to live with him, it's good to fight alongside him, and it's even better to have Robin standing in front of you to protect you.

However, at this moment, looking at Jason's head drooping, Dick didn't have the heart to force him to wake up and say things like "You don't need to compare yourself with me, you're good enough."

And whether it is Dick or Jason, one of the things they are most similar to Bruce is that they are more likely to have problems expressing their emotions when facing people close to them.

He wanted to say, "You are already a qualified Robin. I like your sharp skills and decisive character. You also have excellent fighting ability and a sharp mind. I am very optimistic about you and look forward to your future", but in the end he could only say, "The wound has been bandaged, go to sleep."

Because both of them were so tired, Dick simply fell asleep in the same bed with Jason in his arms.

The next day I was kicked out of bed again.

Dick covered his bruised head and climbed up in pain. He defended himself by saying, "I pay attention to my stomach health, brush my teeth frequently, and even stop drinking coffee. I drink tea every day. I don't have bad breath anymore!"

Jason got up and grabbed a handful of hair. The child yawned and said, "I know, it's me who cooks porridge for your stomach and makes tea for you, but you still have bad breath in the morning and your skin is so oily."

Dick felt angry and sad. "I had amazing skin when I was your age, okay? But an adult vigilante has an irregular schedule. I'm not bad at all because my T-zone is a little oily!"

That's the truth, Jason will still dislike what he should dislike.

I say again, it really takes a strong heart to get along with Jason Todd!

Little Robin didn't notice nor care about his brother's inner conflict, because the next day he took Laura to see the 14-year-old Asian girl who had just escaped danger - Li Qianhuan. This girl could create energy balls of various colors and detonate them, and she was also an expert in gymnastics and roller skating.

Perhaps because they both had the experience of wandering the streets after their parents passed away, Li Qianhuan and Jason got along quite well. She even joked, "I was scared when you and your brother smashed the nutrient tank, but thank you for saving me anyway."

Laura was also very friendly to Li Qianhuan. It was said that they had even laid on the same test table when they were in the Hydra base, making them friendly neighbors in another sense.

When Wolverine returned from his mission, Dick and Jason were able to witness a good show of father and daughter recognizing each other. The atmosphere was certainly not very good, after all, both the old and young Wolverine had stern faces, but Professor X kept smiling and announced that Laura would become the youngest member of Xavier Academy, and Li Qianhuan would also be admitted after she recovered from her injury.

Some of the rescued mutants were abducted, and they are the type who still need to find their parents and families. Others who no longer have families will directly become part of Xavier College in the future.

Seeing that they had found a home, Jason felt relieved. He said hello to Dick and ran to Queens to visit Andrea.

It wasn't until he returned to Xavier College that he saw a luxury car parked in the parking lot.

When he saw the license plate number, little Robin's green eyes lit up, but he quickly puffed up his cheeks, looked around, found a wrench as quickly as possible, squatted beside the car and started tinkering with it.

Little girl Laura squatted beside him at some point and asked in a tender voice, "Jay, what are you doing?"

Jason snorted and waved to the little girl: "Come here, I'll teach you a skill to eat."