Author's Note

Today we will take a bit time off from Jason and see what Dick and the others are doing. Hope you'll enjoy

Family Stick Together

NO POV GOTHAM CITY

(A/N This will take place the same time when Jason disappeared)

Dick Grayson, AKA Nightwing, was making his way back to the Batcave. Tear marks still on his face after witnessing the "death" of his brother-in-arms Jason, clenching his fists as he stopped on the edge of a building. He pressed the ear piece and called Alfred

"Alfred, you there?" Nightwing asked

"Master Dick, I take it that you and Master Todd had a successful patrol?" Alfred asked, but Nightwing didn't answer "Master Dick?"

"Alfred, I... It's about Jason...." Nightwing said softly

"What's wrong? What happened?" Alfred asked, a bit worried

"Have everyone meet back up in the Batcave." Nightwing said as he started running again. After some time Nightwing entered the Batcave to see everyone standing by the batcomputer. Robin, AKA Damian Wayne, Red Robin, AKA Tim Drake, Oracle, AKA Barbara Gordan, Alfred, and of course Batman, AKA Bruce Wayne. They all looked at Nightwing, glad to see him back but noticed something

"Where's Jason?" Oracle asked, she had long red hair, white skin, glasses, and was confined to a wheelchair due to the Joker

".... We saw the Joker robbing a bank, we went to stop him but he had a new weapon made by Lex corps. I was down and Joker aimed right at me as he fired, but...." Nightwing clenched his fists and held back the tears "Jason.... Jumped in front of me and took the shot, and... He's gone..." Nightwing said as his voiced cracked a bit. The others were shocked to hear this, yes they were all not fully on the same page as Jason, but they still cared for him as he was family to them. Well, Damian and Jason didn't really have that good of a relationship, but still, they cared for one another in their own way

"My God, no..." Alfred said as he looked, heartbroken that he had to hear about Jason's passing again. And at the hands of the same mad man. But Batman... He was furious, but didn't show It, as once again the Joker aimed for the heart of Batman, killing one of his sons again

"The GCPD. I'm going to have a talk with the Joker." Batman told them as he headed towards the Batmobile"Red Robin, Robin, you make sure the city is safe. Oracle, I'll contact you once I have information on the weapon Joker used." Batman ordered them

"I'm coming with you. It was my fault Jason... I need to pay that clown back." Nightwing

"Fine." Batman said as he and Nightwing got in the Batmobile and drove out of the Batcave, Batman them contacted Gordan using the phone in the Batmobile

"Batman? What is it?" Jim Gordon asked, he was a middle-aged man with a bushy mustache and glasses.

"Gordon, you have Joker in custody?" Batman asked

"That psycho? Of course we do, we sent him to Arkham Asylum and had his goons over at the prison. We confiscated his weapons, I tell ya this thing is like something from the future. Guess it would make sense considering it was made by Lex corps." Jim told Batman

"Keep that weapon there, Jim." Batman said as he turned off the connection "Nightwing, I'll go to Arkham and talk with the Joker. You go to the GCPD and get that weapon, bring it back to Oracle and have her analyze it." Batman instructed Nightwing

"On it." Nightwing pressed a button and was then ejected from the Batmobile, using his grappling hook to soar towards one of the buildings as he headed towards the GCPD. Batman hit the gas and raced towards the Asylum, determine to get some answers. Batman pulled up to the gates and it opened up immediately as the guards knew exactly who it was. Batman pulled up and stopped, getting out of the Batmobile as he walked inside, having a guard escort him

"Batman, we weren't expecting you." The guard said

"The Joker." Batman said, the guard nodded as he headed towards where they were keeping the Joker. He led Batman down a hallway that had numerous guards all armed with assault rifles, and towards a large steel door. The Guard put in a passcode, eye scan, hand print, and voice code as the door then started to unlock. The guard then opened the door to show the Joker in a bulletproof glass reinforced steel cage while the Joker was in a straight jacket and chained up. The Joker looked up at Batman and started to chuckle that slowly turned to full-blown laughter

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I knew you'd come, Bats! Tell me, how are your little pet birds?" Joker asked, smiling madly

"That weapon, where did you get it and how?" Batman demanded to know

"Oh that? Well, I asked Santa to give me a brand new toy, but since I was a bad boy this year he gave me cole. So I killed him and took the toy I so happily earned." Joker laughed. Batman glared at Joker and walked up to the glass

"Where did you get it?" Batman asked once more, balling his fists

"Aww, but don't you wanna talk about your dear boy, what was his name? Oh, that's right. Little Jason." Joker grinned as he stood up, his legs chained up to a large steel ball but was still able to move a bit in his cage as he walked up to the glass "Tell me, Batman. How does it feel knowing that you lost him again, and you can't do anything about-" Joker was cut off as Batman opened up a small opening in the glass, one used to give food for the inmate, and grabbed Joker by the neck. Bringing the mad clown up to the glass hard as Batman did it over and over and over. Blood painting the glass as Joker's nose was now broken

"Tell me right now!" Batman growled angerly at Joker, but he laughed, spitting out some blood

"Hehehe, alright. Lex and I made a small deal. He gives me a special toy to play with and I give him some of my Joker gas. I didn't know what the weapon does exactly, but now I know after killing your little reject birdy again." Joker laughed again as blood dripped down his face from his broken nose. Batman glared at Joker and slammed his face against the glass one more time before letting him go. Closing the small opening and walking away

"We're done here." Batman said, hearing the Joker laugh

"I still win! I broke you, Bats! And I broke your little family!" Joker taunted as he kept laughing. The guard then shut and locked the door as Batman left the Asylum, getting into the Batmobile and driving off

Back over with Nightwing he stood on the rooftop as he waited for Jim to bring him the weapon, he saw Jim come out from the elevator with the weapon in hand

"This is it. Be careful, Nightwing." Jim said as he carefully handed the weapon over to Nightwing

"I appreciate it, Commissioner." Nightwing said as he then jumped off the rooftop, using his grappling hook to fly up towards another building. He then called Oracle with his ear piece "Oracle, you there?" He asked

"Read you loud and clear, what's up?" Oracle asked

"I have the weapon Joker used on Jason, any word from Batman?" Nightwing asked

"He got some intel as to how Joker got his hands on that, he'll explain at the Batcave." Oracle said

"Alright then." Nightwing said as he ended the communication, he then started to hop down the building after seeing the Batmobile coming by, standing on the side of the road as Batman pulled up. Nightwing them climbed in and sat down as Batman sped off to the cave. Nightwing had the weapon in his lap and Batman glanced over to see it was pointing at him. He looked back at the road and, without looking, grabbed the weapon and moved it so it was resting against Nightwing's shoulder. Batman then entered through a secret tunnel that led to the Batcave and then parked the Batmobile, getting out along with Nightwing. Nightwing walked over to a table and set the weapon down as Oracle rolled over to the table and started to examine it with a special pair of glasses

"These will help me break down the weapon and figure out it's function." Oracle explained as she stared at the weapon for a few more seconds "Wait a minute. This..." Oracle rolled over to the computer and started typing something in

"What is it?" Nightwing asked

"This isn't some laster gun or death beam. It's a handheld teleporter." Oracle said

"A what?" Nightwing asked

"This weapon isn't actually a weapon. It sends anything it hits to another dimension." Oracle explained "That means..."

"That Jason is alive." Batman said, Nightwing had the biggest smile on his face

"He's alive! Yes!" Nightwing cheered

"But is still lost in an unknown dimension." Oracle said

"Is there anyway to tell where Jason was sent to?" Batman asked

"Hmmm... I'm not sure. I can check but it might take some time." Oracle said "How did Joker get his hands on this?" She asked Batman

"The Joker and Lex Luthor formed a small agreement. Lex gave Joker the weapon while Joker gave Lex some of his Joker gas." Batman explained

"Why would Lex want Joker's gas?" Nightwing asked

"Probably to use it on Superman. As far I know Joker's gas affects everyone, it might work on Superman." Oracle said

"Then we gotta warn Superman." Nightwing said

"Nightwing, have Red Robin come here and help Oracle with figuring out where Jason went and how we can bring him back. Then go with Robin to patrol the city, I'll go warn Superman." Batman ordered them as he then went to stand on a platform, pressing a button on his wrist and was soon boomtubed out of the cave and in Mount Justice, where the Justice league help train some of the younger and new superheroes.

Nightwing called in Red Robin and was about to head out until he turned to Oracle

"You think Jason is okay?" Nightwing asked

"It's Jason. He's a survivor, he'll be fine." Oracle said, she then turned to Nightwing "Don't blame yourself for what happened. It's not your fault."

"But it is. If I had just gotten up, or moved, or not be down, then Jason would still be here. He wouldn't... He wouldn't have needed to take the hit." Nightwing said softly. Oracle rolled over to him and gently held his hand

"Any of us would have done the same for each other. We're family. And Family stick together." Oracle said as she smiled at him, Nightwing smiled softly back at her

"You're right, Thanks Barbara." Nightwing said, he then called Red Robin in while he then went out to go protect the city of Gotham. Red Robin came back to the Batcave an hour later and went over to Oracle

"So, this is what Joker used on Jason?" Red Robin asked

"That's right, although Jason isn't dead. He was instead sent to another dimension, which dimension and where, we need to figure that out." Oracle explained

"A multidimensional teleporter? Whoa, talk about serious hardware. Let's see what we can do." Red Robin said as he went over to the computer and started to help Oracle with breaking the weapon down, not litaraly, and finding out what made it tick

Over with Batman he had stepped out of the platform within Mount Justice and headed towards Superman, who was talking with Green Lantern

"Superman." Batman called out, Superman turned to Batman

"Batman, good to see you." Superman said kindly

"We need to talk. Got a second?" Batman asked, Superman nodded as they headed to a more private room to speak

"What is it, Batman?" Superman asked

"The Joker and Lex Luthor had made an agreement, and Luthor had given Joker a device from his company." Batman explained

"Lex and Joker? Was anyone hurt?" Superman asked, knowing full well on just how dangerous Lex and Joker can be, but working together is a recipe for disaster.

"Nightwing and Red Hood went to stop the Joker from robbing a bank, and... Red Hood was hit with the device." Batman said, although his voice was neutral, Superman could tell that it hurt Batman

"My God, he's..." Superman assumed the worst

"No, luckily it wasn't a weapon of destruction but rather a teleporter of some kind. One that sends who is shot upon to a different dimension. In exchange Joker gave Luthor some of his Joker gas." Batman explained

"Then I'll head out and find Luthor, I'll get some answers. And thanks for the tip." Superman said

"I'm coming too. And that's final." Batman told Superman, the Man of Steel merely nodded as he knew this was personal for Batman. Superman was one of the few who knew of Jason's resurrection and him being a Vigilante. They both headed out and then stepped on the platform, Batman pressed a few buttons on his wrist and they were both sent to Metropolis. Batman and Superman then headed towards Lex's tower, with Superman holding Batman's arm while he flew

"Why do you think they made this little deal?" Superman asked Batman

"Oracle said that Joker's gas affects everyone, Luthor probably thinks that he can use it on you." Batman explained

"No, Luthor is too smart to just leave it like that. He's planning something." Superman said "We gotta be careful." He said as they saw the tower in the distance. Soon Superman and Batman crashed in through the window and stared down at Lex Luthor, who was sitting behind a desk doing some paperwork. Lex sighed as he put his pen down and looked up

"Superman. Batman." Lex nodded at them "To what do I owe the pleasure of this... Vist?" Lex asked them as he sat behind his desk, not at all scared or intimidated by 2 of the worlds greatest Heroes. Batman marched up to Lex and slammed his hands on the table

"That teleporter you gave Joker, why'd you give it to him? What do you plan with Joker's gas?" Batman asked

"I'm afraid I don't know what you mean, Batman. I did not make any deal with your little clown friend nor am I in possession of this "Joker Gas" you are referring to." Luthor said, Batman narrowed his eyes and then grabbed Lex by the collar of his suit, slamming him down in the table and lifting him up

"I'm not in the mood for any games. I know about the deal you two made, and I know that you gave Joker a device that can teleport who ever is shot with it is transported to another dimension. You're going to tell me everything." Batman said "Or else." He threatened

"And I'll have you know that I can press charges on you both for breaking and entering, assault, and Destruction of private property." Luthor said

"We have the device, and Joker told me you two made a deal." Batman told Lex, Lex smirked

"Oh really? I don't think that'll work, no one will take the word of a mad murdering psychopath. And you..." Lex held up a remote in his hands "Don't have anything." He then pushed the button and dropped it. Batman went wide eyed and slammed Lex up against the wall

"What did you do?" Batman demanded to know

"Batman, stand down." Superman said as he held Batman's arm. Suddenly a beeping was heard on his wrist, Batman let Lex go and went to take the call while Superman kept an eye on Lex. Batman opened the call to see Oracle

"Oracle, what happened?" Batman asked, Oracle coughed a bit and then answered

"The device, it blew up. We don't know how but it's gone. Red Robin was able to get us out of harm's way when it started beeping but we lost most of the data. It's gonna take even longer to find Jason." Oracle said as she coughed again

"Are you alright? How's Red Robin?" Batman asked

"We're fine, just a little scrapes. The system took care of the fire but the damage is already done." Oracle said

"Once you both recovered, head to the tower and pick up any information you can get. We are not giving up." Batman told them

"Never planned on giving up. Oracle out." Oracle then ended the transmission. Batman glared at Lex as the man just fixed his tie

"Now then, unless you two plan on wasting more of my time, get out." Luthor told them. Batman marched towards him but Superman got in the way

"Batman, we don't have anything to actually hurt Luthor. We have to go." Superman said

"I'm not leaving." Batman told Superman

"I wasn't asking." Superman said, both of them staring each other down. Batman glaring at Superman, and to be honest... Superman sweated a bit, knowing full well that Batman is more than just a man in a batsuit, but didn't back down. Batman then headed towards the window and jumped off, using his cape to glide down. Superman stared at Luthor as he had a grin on his face, superman then flew out the window. Lex Luthor walked towards the destroyed glass of his office and smirked

"Exactly as planned." Lex said to himself as he walked away, his hands behind his back as he smirked.

Over the next few days Oracle and Red Robin would work furiously on trying to put together all the pieces of what little information they got on the device, having sleepless nights and a lot of Big Belly Burgers. While they did that Nightwing, Robin, And Batman would continue to watch over the city, but noticing that some of the bigger threats on Gotham... Would be quiet. All of them having an uneasy feeling in their guts as they knew something big would come.