(In this 'verse. Long story short, before Under the Red Hood, Jason Todd met the ex-Winter Soldier and they mutually adopted each other. Warnings for talk of violence/death/torture.)
...
Jason had already purchased a safehouse to be his base of operations; they move in just after midnight and Jason primes all of his alarms and cameras.
“It’s gonna a battle on three fronts,” he says. “Against the various bosses, the cops, and Batman. And that’s before we even get to the Joker.”
Jimmy shrugs. “There’ve been worse odds.”
Jason laughs. “You really are somethin’ else.”
.
They rest for two days, going back over every piece of intel Jason has.
Getting to the Joker will actually be the simplest part, if it is planned to the last detail.
“Do you still want to confront Wayne and the Joker together?” Jimmy asks. He thinks that is an inefficient way, but this is Jason’s mission. Whatever he wants is what Jimmy will ensure happens.
Jason sighs, leaning back in the chair. “No,” he finally says. “I just want the bastard dead.”
Jimmy asks, “Do you want to be the one to kill him?”
After a very long silence, Jason says, “As long as he’s dead, I don’t care who pulls the trigger.”
“There are slower ways to die,” Jimmy tells him. “If you like, I can make it last.”
He watches as Jason shoves the chair back, getting up to pace. “I’ve been plannin’ this for so long, Jimmy, so fuckin’ long. I don’t even – he beat me till I was almost dead and then he blew me the fuck up, can you believe that? And I, I was actually dead! And Ra’s dumped me in that goddamned pool and –” He covers his face in his hands, mumbling, “What’s dead should stay dead.”
Jimmy stands and goes to him; Jason turns to face him and Jimmy thinks, You are so young. And Jason is: he must be barely 20, if that. Jimmy doesn’t look much older, but he is. He, too, should have been dead long ago.
“I just want him dead,” Jason says.
Placing a hand on Jason’s shoulder, Jimmy replies, “He will die.”
.
That night, Jason has numerous nightmares. Jimmy remembers – Steve used to get nightmares after his ma died. Bucky would hold him to ward them off.
“Jason,” he whispers from his spot across the room after Jason wakes for the fourth time. “I might know a way to help you sleep.”
“Is it the good drugs?” Jason mumbles. “Fuck, m’so tired.”
Jimmy silently walks to Jason’s bed and slips under the thin sheet. They are roughly the same size so he cannot wrap around Jason the way Bucky wrapped around Steve, but perhaps touch will be an anchor nonetheless.
“Uh, dude,” Jason says, “what are you doing?”
“Holding you,” Jimmy says.
“Right.” Jason scoffs. “Whatever.” But he moves in a little closer, closing his eyes as his head rests on Jimmy’s shoulder.
Jason has one more nightmare but it does not wake him up.
Jimmy spends the rest of the night planning ways to get into Arkham.
.
Jason’s original idea involved him taking over the drug trade in Gotham. Their new plan does not. Because the Joker will not be removed from Arkham, Jason and Jimmy do not need to trick any criminals.
Instead, they begin hunting down the heads of the criminal organizations and executing them. It is much easier than eradicating Hydra.
.
The police had no place in Jason’s original plan.
In the new plan, the corrupt police officers are treated as the symptom of a disease and executed like the criminals they are. And as the police begin to die, a manhunt is started.
DCU animated/Marvel movies, Red Hood + Winter Soldier, PG, gen
(In this 'verse. Long story short, before Under the Red Hood, Jason Todd met the ex-Winter Soldier and they mutually adopted each other. Warnings for talk of violence/death/torture.)
...
Jason had already purchased a safehouse to be his base of operations; they move in just after midnight and Jason primes all of his alarms and cameras.
“It’s gonna a battle on three fronts,” he says. “Against the various bosses, the cops, and Batman. And that’s before we even get to the Joker.”
Jimmy shrugs. “There’ve been worse odds.”
Jason laughs. “You really are somethin’ else.”
.
They rest for two days, going back over every piece of intel Jason has.
Getting to the Joker will actually be the simplest part, if it is planned to the last detail.
“Do you still want to confront Wayne and the Joker together?” Jimmy asks. He thinks that is an inefficient way, but this is Jason’s mission. Whatever he wants is what Jimmy will ensure happens.
Jason sighs, leaning back in the chair. “No,” he finally says. “I just want the bastard dead.”
Jimmy asks, “Do you want to be the one to kill him?”
After a very long silence, Jason says, “As long as he’s dead, I don’t care who pulls the trigger.”
“There are slower ways to die,” Jimmy tells him. “If you like, I can make it last.”
He watches as Jason shoves the chair back, getting up to pace. “I’ve been plannin’ this for so long, Jimmy, so fuckin’ long. I don’t even – he beat me till I was almost dead and then he blew me the fuck up, can you believe that? And I, I was actually dead! And Ra’s dumped me in that goddamned pool and –” He covers his face in his hands, mumbling, “What’s dead should stay dead.”
Jimmy stands and goes to him; Jason turns to face him and Jimmy thinks, You are so young. And Jason is: he must be barely 20, if that. Jimmy doesn’t look much older, but he is. He, too, should have been dead long ago.
“I just want him dead,” Jason says.
Placing a hand on Jason’s shoulder, Jimmy replies, “He will die.”
.
That night, Jason has numerous nightmares. Jimmy remembers – Steve used to get nightmares after his ma died. Bucky would hold him to ward them off.
“Jason,” he whispers from his spot across the room after Jason wakes for the fourth time. “I might know a way to help you sleep.”
“Is it the good drugs?” Jason mumbles. “Fuck, m’so tired.”
Jimmy silently walks to Jason’s bed and slips under the thin sheet. They are roughly the same size so he cannot wrap around Jason the way Bucky wrapped around Steve, but perhaps touch will be an anchor nonetheless.
“Uh, dude,” Jason says, “what are you doing?”
“Holding you,” Jimmy says.
“Right.” Jason scoffs. “Whatever.” But he moves in a little closer, closing his eyes as his head rests on Jimmy’s shoulder.
Jason has one more nightmare but it does not wake him up.
Jimmy spends the rest of the night planning ways to get into Arkham.
.
Jason’s original idea involved him taking over the drug trade in Gotham. Their new plan does not. Because the Joker will not be removed from Arkham, Jason and Jimmy do not need to trick any criminals.
Instead, they begin hunting down the heads of the criminal organizations and executing them. It is much easier than eradicating Hydra.
.
The police had no place in Jason’s original plan.
In the new plan, the corrupt police officers are treated as the symptom of a disease and executed like the criminals they are. And as the police begin to die, a manhunt is started.
.
And then there is Batman.