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#if his kneecaps are shattered. so hes really just doing community service
xysidhequeen · 1 year
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I adored the new chapter I get the feeling that Dick fully approves of Danny as Jason's boyfriend. Like Saving Jason from a second death and helping him adjust to the powers that came with his revival gave him major brownie points in Dick's eyes. But being generally a good person and having a similar sense of humor to himself means that Dick will skip the shovel talk and get to teasing Jason about his crush.
I literally can't wait for Dick to see Jason in Ghost mode. I get the feeling that Dick even though Jason hasn't told him his new name yet is going to recognize him immediately. I get the feeling that the magical rings of transformation that halfa's have are both going to be a great source of teasing and Evny. Teasing because doesn't the phrase magical girl transformation sequence ring any bells? Envy because Jason can now go from civilian to hero in less than the second.
Dick definitely approves of Danny as boyfriend material for Jason. Yeah he kinda chewed him out, but that just means he'll protect Jason. And Dick gets a brother in law who will indulge him in a pun off so Dick can't really lose here. I can't wait for Dick to show up again, he's already a favorite of mine to write and I didn't expect that at all. I'm actually going to have a minor new subplot added to the story where we deal with some stuff that apparently was happening to Dick around the time Jason came back (someone unfortunately informed me of Canon events. I asked for it. I just didn't expect them to be so awful, the events not the person)
Dick, meeting Phantom and Red Hood for the first time: my brother senses are tingling
Phantom: hey Di-
Red Hood, shooting Danny to shut him up: The fuck you want here hero?
Dick: >.> yo Jason you can stop pretending. There's like 5 people in spandex with a body type like yours and I know none of them would willingly come to Gotham
Red Hood: Well shit.
Dick will have so much new material to tease Jason with. He'll just start playing random magical girl show openers everytime he sees him. Even in costume. The goons are really confused because now they're getting beat up while the Sailor Moon intro plays in the background and WHY DOES IT FIT?!
A treat for giving me interaction which fuels me
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"Mmm, time to play whack a clown," Dannt sung softly as he twirled the bat, rings of light covering him and shifting his form to a more comfortable one. Danny let invisibility wash over him as gravity ceased holding any command over his body.
Danny took to the air and flew off, heading unerringly in the direction of the Asylum, the feeling of fear and rage growing as he approached.
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fuckingthefictional · 4 years
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Cross my heart- Part 5
Warnings: war related violence (death, murder, injuries, PTSD), swearing.
A/N: this was uploaded a while ago but as of now (3rd jan) it deleted itself and I’ve had to try and rewrite it from memory, so apologies if it’s shit.
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“Sergeant Fenton, you will report for duty at 0600 hours tomorrow morning.”
“Yes sir. Who will I be with?”
“Solo Mission Sergeant. You will be flying over a suspected German camp across the battlefield. You will either confirm or deny our suspicions by reporting back to us.”
“Yes Sir.”
She hated solo missions, they were about ten times more likely to end in death. She just hoped to any God that may listen that she was kept safe.
//
“Why’d you have to go?”
“Because they asked me John- I’m not going to be shot up a post for cowardice and disobeying orders”
“Look- just stay safe Liza.”
“I will, you stay safe too- I’ll be back soon I promise.”
She hoped for John’s sake that she did come back soon, even though she had already accepted her own death and was prepared for what was to come.
//
It was safe to say that she was not prepared for this, a simple flight observation task she was prepared for- but not a crash in German territories.
The atmosphere was seemingly black, as the smoke levitated off of the fiery wreck of the plane.
She was disorientated and in pain. It hurt, her leg was leaking warm thick blood. It painted her hands and stained her flight suit.
Her foot was being pinned down by a heavy piece of the planes’ body, while further up her leg there was a deep gash with some jagged metal buried in it. She’d given up with trying to take it out, as every time she tried it pushed deeper into her flesh.
She didn’t know what to do. She was in enemy land with no way of communicating that she was down. She was as good as dead- but she wasn’t going to go down without a fight. Not if she could help it.
She slowly began to pull her foot from the heavy trap as she bit down on her flight suit to mute her screams of pain.
She felt a release and looked down to see her leg was now free. There was a sense of relief as she shuffled back on her bottom away from the crash site.
Until she felt something hard it her back, something that didn’t feel like a tree. But more resembled a pair of boots and legs, she looked up and towering over her was a soldier.
He’d obviously been the one to investigate the site to see if there was anyone to be found. It was obvious that the German soldier wasn’t expecting to see a girl before him and was apparently in a state of potential shock.
She took the chance while she could, as she took out a pocket knife and plunged it into the mans neck.
She was sprayed in blood. She’d just killed a man- someone who’s parents, siblings, wife and children were probably waiting for to come home. Only for it to be destroyed by her.
She wanted to vomit up her insides, the sight of the older man with dead eyes made her stomach churn uneasily.
But she had to survive. Using her wits, she stripped him of his uniform and swapped hers with his.
She dragged his body to the wreckage and tossed his body into the flames. The fire rose higher with the new sustenance that it had been presented. There- now it looked as if you had died on impact.
//
47 men. 47 people who were never going to see their families again because of her.
The camp was now eerily quiet and it set her teeth on edge. It was now a ghost town and all life was gone- it was silent.
Her leg was numb now and her head had become woozy from blood loss. She had a few more additions to her list of injuries- a bullet wound here and there, she was in unspeakable pain as she found herself stumbling around as the world before her became disorientated and a mere blur.
But she refused to give up, she thought about Harry and John and how she promised them that she would make it back.
The thoughts of her brother fueled her determination, Harry had always said- when in doubt, trust your gut. So she did.
//
Scrape. Pat.
Scrape. Pat.
Scrape. Pat.
The sounds of the shovelling were starting to drive her to a state of insanity. She had been stuck in the German’s tapper tunnel for what felt like a year- but was really only 32 hours.
She threw the soil behind her, as she kept limping forward. Every inch of her ached, it burnt in agony- and all she wanted to do was succumb to the darkness and join the 47 she had murdered.
But she refused, she kept digging as she hoped and prayed for a way out.
Her prayer was answered when she heard muted voices. Pressing her ear up against the compact soil, she concluded that the voices were speaking English.
This only fueled her encouragement, as she begun to dig faster and the dirt walls crumbled away. Finally a dim light enveloped the pitch black that she had been in for all those hours.
She was free.
And then she was thrown against a wall, she struggled against the strong force as her head cracked against a wooden support beam.
She was panicking and this only intensified when she spotted the glint of a silver blade.
She just had time to move her body slightly to the left before the knife plunged into her shoulder. She screamed out in pain.
“I’m fucking English!” She shouted, “Stop!”
The man’s blue eyes had been filled with confusion and frantic frenzy. She could have fucking swore she recognised those eyes.
“Why you wearing a fuckin’ German uniform then?” A different man who was pointing a gun at her head spoke up.
“Look if you go through the tunnel you’ll find 47 dead Germans.” She stammered, “I killed them- there’s also an allies plane, it’s mine I was shot down.”
The men seemed to confer with eachother as they decided to take the trek and see if their ‘captive’ was being truthful.
//
The next time she woke up she was in a bed, bandages wrapped around various parts of her body.
Her entire body ached and it was only when a nurse entered the room that she realised she was in a hospital room.
The nurse informed her of the injuries she’s had, a shattered kneecap, 3 bullet wounds, a stab wound to the shoulder, and gash in her thigh, a near cracked skull.
And yet the thing that hurt most wasn’t physical, it was the news that she had been honourably discharged from her airforce squadron.
She felt worthless, like all her effort and time that she had invested was just gone.
She had written to John and Harry, explaining what had happened and how she felt unsure of the future.
And then she was shipped off to a rehabilitation centre for recovering soldiers. It was nice to get some time away- where she could learn to walk properly and to heal up.
//
“What the fuck do you mean?”
“Miss Fenton, please sit down.”
“It’s Sergeant!”
“Sorry, Sergeant Fenton, Please sit down.”
“You’ve taken everything from me!” She cried, “and your biggest issue is that I’m not sat down?”
“We apologise. It just isn’t appropriate to give you an award for your services.”
“My services? It was not my job to become partially disabled and to nearly get killed.” She began to rant, “You said this would be over by Christmas years ago! And here you all are, sat in comfy offices. As we’re fighting for our country and laying down our lives only to you not giving give a shit!”
“That is enough!”
“It is the fucking truth- and you would be shot for cowardice!”
“We are going to ask you to leave.”
“Gladly!”
It was the letter that arrived two weeks later, that letter was the needle that broke the horses back- the letter that informed her that Thomas Shelby, her saviour, had received extra medals for her services.
//
Harry woke up to the screams again, Eliza wasn’t coping at all. And it broke his spirit to see his little sister struggle like this.
Eliza was beginning to lose sleep as well, she was beginning to lose her functioning side of logic.
That became apparent when John ordered a drink at the bar and it was apparent that Eliza had not heard him.
“Liza?” John waved his hand in front of her face.
Eliza finally came back into the present. It was obvious that she wasn’t sleeping well as the dark circles under her eyes popped out and the pale shade of her skin made her look ill.
“You look shit.” John said bluntly
“I can’t do this anymore- I’m not sleeping, I’m barely functioning.” She began to tear up.
John took her out from behind the bar and took her to the private room, so that his friend could cry in her own space.
She sobbed as John held her frame, he put her on his lap as he rocked them both in an attempt to calm Eliza down. It barely worked but soon enough her heavy sobs were replaced with quiet sniffles.
“Talk to me Liza.”
“It’s Tommy- I’m falling for him and I can’t stop myself.” She sighed and rubbed her face, “but the fucking history between us.”
“What history El?”
She began to unbutton her blouse as she pulled down the fabric to show the old stab wound that ran along the junction between her shoulder and collarbone - It was long and jagged and it stood out against the milky skin.
“He was the one in the tunnel that night, the one who attacked and stabbed me.” She shook violently, “I’m falling for him but every time I look into his damn eyes all I can see is the knife and the pain.”
John just kissed her head, as his own tears began to spike at his eyes.
The door flung open, Eliza didn’t realise how wrong the position they were in looked. What with her hair messy and her button undone all while being sat on John’s lap.
It became even worse when she realised who had just walked in. It was Tommy. He looks furious and betrayed.
“So this is why we couldn’t be together Aye?” He spat, “Because you’re whoring around with me brother. You’re a fuckin’ slag Eliza.” He turned and left as Eliza frantically scrambled to her feet in an attempt to explain.
But it was too late, he had left.
She’d added another injury to her list in that moment- fucking heartbreak.
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