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"hey Jay it's uh... It's been a while, we brought Hank back! And uh the reason why I mention this-er... Why I'm calling is because we wanted to invite you to our titans gathering, he suggested it. Even though you aren't a titan and let's be honest, never will be one again, we wanted to see you again so uhm.. when you get this voice message go ahead and call me back or just text me, bye!" Jason took a drag from his cigarette, he had been thinking about going to this gathering for a while but he couldn't shake the feeling that this might be a trap to send him straight to Arkham or let GCPD do whatever to him but then again why would they have Dick call? "Red Hood?" Elementory called. "Yeah?" He looked back. "Where are you going?" His sturn look made Jason look away, Jason never looked him in the face but this time it felt more cold... "Titans invited me to their gathering... Dick invited me..." His left had clutched his right arm and he began to sweat. "Why would they invite you? After what you've done? Hah!" Elementory shook his head. "You can go but you know what I ask of you in return." Tory crossed his arms. With that Jason continued his path.
As Jason arrived every warm face quickly turned cold as they stared at the guy they haven't seen since the end of crane. "...uh... Hi guys?" He tested. "Dick what is HE doing here?!" Dawn exclaimed. "I invited him." Dick put down the drink he was holding and walked toward Dawn. "To our yearly gathering? He ISN'T a titan!" Dick and Hank tried to calm her down by telling her that it's going to be okay and he isn't as violent as he used to be from their knowledge. "....I can just go." He murmured shakily. "What? No, it's fine... I guess..." Dawn stared at Hank with a confused expression.
The gathering went on after Dawn calmed down, nobody talked to Jason. 'Why did I even come? No one wants me here.' He thought to himself. "Hey Jay, it's cool to see you again, not all violent and blood thirsty, right?" Gar broke him out of his train of thought. "Oh.. Oh! Hey Gar." He awkwardly smiled. "What's the scar from?" He pointed to Jasons lip. Jason pondered if he should tell the truth and tell him about his mouth being cut open by a person he was ordered to kill or if he should just say he ran into something. "Oh that? I just ran $ a-" he was cut off by a call from Rachel. "Gar!" And as quickly as that conversation started, it ended. Jason picked up a beer, one drink couldn't hurt. Hank and Dick walked toward him, Dick had a fake smile plastered on his face while Hank had a happy look, it was to say the least, awkward? "Jason Fucking Todd!" His tone seeming irritated. "Hank?... I'm so sorry..." He gripped the bottle tight. "For killing me? That's a joke right?" Hank held in his laughter. "Look I'm gonna just go." Jason chugged his beer, set the bottle on a nearby table, well .. he thought he did, turns out when he was placing it, he was gripping it tighter than he should have, all of a sudden when he looked at his hand he saw blood gushing from the glass shards now stuck in his skin. "Oh shit, I... I didn't mean to..." He picked up the few shards on the floor as quickly as he could. "Are you okay? Your hand's bleeding a lot." Dick's voice was laced with concern. Oh but Jason's head was so filled with his mistake that he couldn't feel that they actually were concerned, he quickly threw away the shards and ran out the door, he didn't even notice they were following.
They stuck to the shadows close behind him, why? Well they weren't risking it again especially with what happened to Hank last time. He picked the shards out of his hand, it started to clot so he decided it wouldn't be that big of a deal, he kept walking, he walked past a familiar alley, backed up and stood facing it. The place where it all started, Crime Alley, a large alley, his mom and him lived in an apartment around here while his dad was out being a crook, he took a stroll down the long alley, to the right was where he often had to meet up with his mom's drug dealers when she was too high to go and pay the dealers, to the left down another path is where he lived on the street and where everything changed once an infamous mobile showed up. All these memories were cut off when he felt a splash of cool liquid that soon turned to burning hit the right side of his face, he gripped at his skin while he screamed. "Infirmity? Infirmity, I got him with the acid, I repeat, I burned him with the acid. What next?" The woman at the side of Jason spoke on a walkie talkie. Jason was now on the ground, slowly trying to not panic. "Hmm.. Alright boss, I'm on it." She put her walkie away and pulled out a long chained pocket watch, her boots cracked as she walked toward him but it was hard to hear over his screaming, burning, and internal thoughts. "Can I see your arm for a min?" She had a thick Australian accent, Jason guessed she worked for someone who he fucked with during his revenge arc. He shook his head no as he crawled backwards, he's seen her somewhere before but where? "Sorry bud but that was a hollow question, I need to make sure I didn't throw acid at a rando" she sighed, grabbing his arm and rolling up the sleeve to show a chip attached to the skin of his brachioradialis. "So you're Jason Todd? Former titan? Weak, alright pup you're coming with me" she pulled him up to his feet. "Not so fast spiral, he's property of Elementory." A man with large shades pressed his pointer and middle finger against the back of her head. "Fuckin meta humans" she groaned. "Visinity." She rolled her eyes and put her hands up. Visinity is a meta human, born with the power to manipulate one's blood cells upon a simple touch. "He's property of Elementory." His eyebrows furrowed. "Fine, fine..." She backed away. "Hey Red!" Visinity smiled as he wrapped his arm around Jason, Jason looked towards where Spiral was, key word WAS. "Huh she left already?" Visinity cocked his head. "Welp, Tory Ele wants to talk to you, said something like 'That little brat's done it now!' or something, not really sure since I was busy with other tasks." Visinity isn't all that good at shutting up.