Bruce visiting Jack /Joker and getting him out of Arkham.
(AU where Joker never became a villian!
His real name is Jack)
Batman pov.
At first i didnt recognize the pale man. But slowly I relized who he was...Jack!
Oh-oh god!
"Sir, ar-are you okay?"
He looked in pain,crying trying to stand,but before he fell I catched him.
'Oh, Jack, what happend to you?'
"ah, everything hurts!"
"Everything is going to be al-"
"Please stay away!"
"Im not here to hurt you! Im going to bring you to Arkham so you can get help."
I picked him up to bring him into the Batmobile.
He tried to escape put lost his breath quickly.
"Everything is going to be alright. I wont hurt you."
"How do I know I can trust you?"
'I know you wont, and im sorry for breaking youre heart, J.'
"Because, I promise I will help you."
At first he didnt say anything, but then said something that broke my heart and hit with guilt
"Last time I trusted someone, they hurt me and that got me looking like this..."
' Jack, babe, I'm sorry! I want you back! I never meant things to turn this bad!'
"It's alright, you don't have to trust."
The ride was silent except for some laughter.
It was laughter from pain.
I wanted to hug him, comfort him,remove the mask, but if I did, he will have a break down... actually no, he would have a second one and propably a heart attack.
No, instead I put on some music which he slowly fell asleep
I gave him to the doctors and said "I will let Wayne know about him. He will be intrested to visit."
The doctors nodded and I went back to the Batmobile. Giving a last look at the small figure being taken for care.
Atleast I hoped.
Sadly I could only visit him as Bruce Wayne in a week. Harley decided to bring her crime to the next level. Luckily I could stop her and she was placed into Arkham. I requested her to be placed far away from Jack.
When I asked as Batman how he was, doctors said he was healing. They said it with a hint of disgust, but I trusted them so I left.
But today my trust fell.
They tried to turn me away, but I had none of it!
So I went to see Jack.
"What have you done with him?!"
"Mr. Wayne, we-"
"You, what? You were supposed to help him!"
"He was having problems."
"Yeah, no wonder he was. Out of all people you should know beating or giving somone unknow drugs is a risk! Were you trying to kill him?!"
"Sir, he is a criminal. He tried to attack a officer after -"
"Did you hurt him first?"
The doctor nodded.
"*sigh *I came for a visit, and after im done, I want to know everything whats been going on. And I will take him with me as well."
"Bu-"
"I will get the police involved. If you want to have a chance for a job, you will tell us the truth." I said and the doctor decided to let me stay and went away.
"Jack?"
"B-Bruce?" he looked at me with fear but also anger.
"Jack, I-"
"What do you want from me, Wayne?"
"Jack, look I came here to visit you. And apolagize."
"Apolagize?"
"Yes. I didnt mean to brake things up with you. I wanted to apolagize sooner, but couldn't. Im sorry."
I gently placed my hands on his cheeks and gave him a warm smile.
"This is all youre fault."
"I know, and I-"
"Dont say youre sorry. I heard it. I want to give you a chance, but I'm pretty sure you moved on from me."
"No!"
"Huh?"
"I mean no. I have not. It's true, I did try, but I relized that youre the one I care about. You trusted me, and I broke you. I see what this place is doing, and Im willing to help you heal, give you a place."
Silence...
"Why?"
"I-I still love you. Always have. "
With that Jack started crying, so I gently huged him, being carefull with the chain around his waist.
I noticed that they dont have cameras. So not only do they abuse him and others propably, but also don’t keep a eye on him.
"Y-you said -"
"I know what I said back then. *sigh * look how about we get you out of here and home, alright?"
"You do that... for me?"
As prove I kissed him and said
"Always."
* time skip to when Bruce is taking Jack home*
"J, you alraight?"
"*sigh * Do I look alraight?"
He was looking out of the window, staring on his reflection.
"I look like a monster..."
"It's not what I see."
"You must be blind."
"Jack, I see that youre a butefull man. Even with the white skin and green hair."
"Thank you...You didn't have to do this. "
'But I did... ' i think to myself, but give a kiss to him, before focusing on the road.
"Hey, be carefull."
"Yeah, yeah." I say and smile.
I quickly looked at him and decided to get some stuff at the store.
"Huh?"
"Wait here, I'll be back soon, okay ?"
"okay *sigh *"
I go to get food for him. He looked like he didnt eat anything.
I buy him some donuts for now and a milkshake. But before I left, something cought my eye.
A rainbow blanket.
"Excuse me! How much for this?"
Was it expensive? Yes, but I only cared about giving Jack some joy.
"Hey, I'm back! Got you some stuff."
I get out the blanket and wrap it around him, and gave him his food.
"F-for me?"
"Ofcurse!"
"Thank you." he gave me a smile, so I smiled back.
* almost home *
"Enjoying the food?" I ask as he almost finishes his last donut and nods.
'Good'
"J?"
"Hmm?"
"I want to ask you... What happend after I kicked you out (without a reason) and before the accident?"
He gave no answer, instead looking down and shaking.
"Jack?" I ask as I noticed tears falling down his face.
"Just, just drive... "
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To be honest. DCxDP where the reason Danny meets the bats is Ace the Bat-hound
Like, just think about it for a second. Danny is in Gotham for college, or maybe he just moved out to find a city where having mad scientist parents isn’t actually that unusual.
He can see ghosts.
The ghosts know this.
Now he’s getting harassed left and right by spirits trying to get closure. Fine, whatever, most of them are a one-and-done type deal, and the amount of ghosts trying to get his help steadily decreases.
Except for this one very stubborn dog.
It just keeps showing up and leading him to crime scenes! He doesn’t know how many “anonymous tips” he can call in to the cops before they trace his phone! And this dog, this incredibly good boy, will not stop trying to help the city. He’s never met anyone with such a strong sense of justice, let alone a dog. Can dogs even have a moral compass?
And so Danny just accepts the fact that Ace isn’t going anywhere and becomes his reluctant sidekick/dedicated medium. He leans into the whole thing, dressing up in a mix of traditional magic-user attire and accessories that pay homage to the ghost dog.
He becomes somewhat well known. The psychopomp detective following around the shadowy figure of a German Shepard? That’s unusual! That’s weird! I mean, it’s not the weirdest thing in Gotham, sure, but he’s a new vigilante and he’s got a ghost dog that people can only see when it’s around him. Someone’s gonna notice.
Damian, as Robin, is the first to reach out to him.
Ace doesn’t know Damian but he does know a Robin, and while this isn’t his Robin, he’s still friendlier than usual. Danny’s panicking because oh god the bats are here and also is this kid gonna steal my ghost dog, Damian is absolutely delighted by Ace, and Ace is just happy to see a Robin again.
Damian decides that the psychopomp isn’t a danger to anyone, and there’s no reason to put this encounter into his reports, really, and perhaps Danny can help with some of his cases in the future.
Danny is sweating bullets because Damian basically tells him that he’ll keep him secret as long as he gets to play with Ace. Ace is happy that he’s finally getting some bat affiliated crime-fighting assistance.
And so, Danny is now both Ace AND Damian’s reluctant assistant. At least whenever he’s in trouble, he can always call a middle schooler to help him.
(Is Robin even in school? He’s out patrolling damn near every night, and he stays out late as hell. Does he have a bedtime? He should.)
Eventually it gets to the point where Damian is going over to Danny’s house. When he first sees it, he has a damn bitch you live like this moment, to which Danny responds that not everyone has the money to afford a nice place. Damian counters that he could at least take the time to clean up, and Danny replies that he’s working, going to school, and being a vigilante assistant to a ghost dog, something’s got to give.
Danny nearly has a heart attack when he checks his bank account the next day and sees that someone transferred him 10,000 dollars.
And so they get into a routine. Danny and Damian fight crime with Ace at night, and occasionally Damian stops by during the day to play with Ace and have Danny help with his homework.
(Damian is smart enough to do it on his own, but some of the instructions are written incredibly confusingly, and he would never admit to needing help to his family. Danny is just glad that the kid is in school and cares about his education, blissfully unaware that he’s basically emotionally adopted him.)
Damian is used to being in Danny’s company.
Eventually, when going over a case with the family, Damian absentmindedly remarks that he’ll have to ask Danny about some of the clues that they might be missing. Nightwing asks who he means and Damian makes a face like he just swallowed a lemon.
Cue shitstorm.
Who is “Danny?” Why is Damian willing to ask for help from anyone, much less someone outside of the family? Does he know who Damian is? Has Damian been compromised? What the hell is going on?
Damian now has to explain that Danny is the psychopomp with the ghost dog who he might have met hunted down while on patrol and conveniently not mentioned, but he’s not a bad person, really, and he lets him play with Ace, and he’s been quite helpful on certain cases due to his ability to talk to ghosts.
Bruce insists that the family meet Danny. Damian, hoping that he won’t just skip town the second he hears the news, relents.
Danny is surprisingly eager to meet the bats, considering his earlier fears.
Damian, blissfully unaware of what’s coming, sets a time and place to meet.
Once everyone is there, he gives Bruce the earful of a lifetime.
Robin is in middle school! Danny knows that there’s no way to stop the boy from going on patrol, but you could at least shift his schedule so he gets enough sleep on school nights! Does the Bat even know where he is half the time?! (No) And why isn’t he comfortable asking his family for help with both cases and homework? Did they ever even notice how much time he was spending at Danny’s house? If Danny was a bad person, he could have seriously hurt the poor boy! Shame on you!
Nightwing is mortified that Damian didn’t trust him enough to tell him about any of this. Red Hood is laughing his ass off, because yeah Danny is making good points but he’s also chewing out the literal Batman. Tim is recording the whole thing. Steph is delighted by the absolute gall of this Danger Twink™️, and already planning to add him to several groupchats. Damian is more embarrassed than he’s ever been in his entire life.
You, he points to Nightwing, did your academic life feel supported when you were a Robin? Nightwing is too stunned to speak. Red Hood, eternal shit-stirrer, says that oh, we all prioritized patrol over our education, that’s just how it is. Red Robin actually dropped out of high school to avoid distractions, did you know that?
Danny honest-to-god shrieks at this.
He finishes his angry rant and leaves, everyone too stunned to stop him.
And as it turns out, Tim wasn’t the only person recording the whole thing.
The entire internet is blowing up with Psychopomp The Danger Twink™️’s rant. People are taking sides. Things are getting messy. Red Hood literally admitting on-camera to previously being a Robin is somehow not the main focus here.
Eventually someone connects some dots from the video, as well as stories circling the internet about the psychopomp. A ghost dog named Ace, who is the literal only reason that the psychopomp is fighting crime at all, which seems incredibly fond of Nightwing and Robin.
A crime-fighting dog who wants constant attention from both the current and original Robin.
Oh my god, Ace the Bat-hound died and became a crime-fighting ghost.
And, somehow, that’s still not the strangest thing going on in Gotham.
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Vlad was injured by the GIW, and fled through a random experimental portal they had.
He landed outside a smoking warehouse in Ethiopia, next to a dying child.
The kid was beat to hell and back, and worse off than Vlad himself.
There was a clown, ducking into a car, covered in the kids blood.
Vlad, desperate for an outlet for his anger at being stupid enough to be caught by the GIW, immediately turns around and hunts the man down.
By the time he's done with the clown, he's even eaten the man's newly formed ghost, permanently ending the threat.
Which leads to his current predicament; the dying kid is still dying, and he's calmed down enough to know he would feel bad later about letting some random kid die like this.
Luckily, he saw some ninjas while he was killing the clown, and after a short conversation, they agree to take the boy.
Vlad feels accomplished.
After all, what child wouldn't want to be raised by ninjas?
Meanwhile, Jason, delirious from pain and smoke inhalation, thinks he saw Batman murder the Joker and then turn around and sell him to Ra's Al Ghul (Vlad in his ghost form has pointy things on his head, and Jason was so fucked up he thought it was the cowl).
Jason's still fucked up and pissed when he comes back, but for entirely different reasons.
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