Drake

Chapter 22


Drake


Drake Household


Bruce drove to Tim Drake's mansion. The mansion once belonged to his father, millionaire Jack Drake. Jack Drake was killed by Captain Boomerang. The mansion was almost as big as the Wayne Manor but it was nicer. The Drake Mansion had granite countertops and white flooring while the Wayne Mansion was mainly made out of older wood.


Bruce walked up to the doors of his former Protégé. He knew when he walked in, Tim would give him a look. Bruce kicked down the door only to see Tim protecting his family from the Red Hood. Tim was protecting his two kids. Tim's wife, Stephanie was near the Red Hood with a gun pointed to her head.


Tim noticed Bruce kick down the door. "Bruce, help me and my family!" Tim exclaimed.


Bruce got out a Batarang and aimed it towards the Red Hood. "You're going to throw a reverse Batarang me. Once you throw it I will shoot her." Red Hood stated.


"Let her go, this is between you and me." Bruce commanded.


"No, this is between all of us Brucie, seven of us." The Red Hood stated.


"Seven of us? There's only six of us." Bruce said.


"I guess it's time you knew." The Red Hood replied. He took off his mask to reveal the face of Jason Todd.


"Jason..." Bruce said.


"No, no, no. Not quite." The Red Hood said. He pushed a button on the back of his neck. Jason's face changed into the Joker's.


"How?" Bruce gritted.


"When I killed JT, I didn't actually kill him. I stored him away, like I did to Timmy. Except with JT, I kept him in a more secure place than Timmy, so JT wasn't able to escape." Joker said. "Now I bet you're still wondering how am I in Jason's body. I'll be glad to answer that. Before I stored him away, I injected nanites into him that I stole from STAR Labs. These nanites contained everything about me and would let me control Jason when I wanted to. These nanites are in Damian too, Brucie boy. The nanites that I injected into him didn't work to their full potential though. They still worked enough to push him over the edge through. Hahahahahahaha!"


"So it was you this whole time." Bruce said. "Then why threaten Tim? You already did enough damage to him."


"That's because even though I'm controlling JT, I could still hear his voice. He hates you Bruce. He hated you before I locked him away. He still does hate you too. You left him to die, just like Damian, just like Gordo, and just like me. If you didn't go looking for a new Robin right away you wouldn't have this problem." Joker laughed.


"What about Damian?" Bruce asked.


"Oh he didn't hate you originally. In fact he had hope that you were going to come... Until I found him. I manipulated his mind Bruce, looks like people closest to lose their legs, their eyes, or their lives." Joker stated. "They always turn out worse after."


"Let my family go Joker. This is between me, you, and Bruce." Tim commanded.


"You're wrong. This is between you, me, Bruce, and the city of Gotham. It their fault the city's like this and they'll have to pay for it." The Joker stated. "I almost forgot my plan."


The Joker got out a remote control out of his pocket. The control had a switch on it. The Joker pulled the switch and three explosions were heard from the house.


"Those were bombs filled with versions of my nanites that are more advanced. They were made from the mutated Hydrogen molecules. Anyone who inhales the nanites will be under my control. The nanites spread and replicate. They'll cover the whole eastern border." The Joker stated. "Now I'm giving you a choice, try and find a cure for the whole eastern border or save the Drake family, a family that you owe everything to for failing them many times. I know you probably won't do this but don't try to call Superman and the Justice League or everyone drops dead at the hand of my command."

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