Jason had never really gotten over the fact that Bruce let the Joker walk free. The man had killed Bruce's son, and yet the Batman determined that his no-kill-rule should stand. He'd never really gotten over that, but he'd move past it.

Which is why he was standing in the crowd at a press conference, near the front and flanked by Dick and Tim, with Damian in front of him. A protective gesture that was surely caused by the laughing madman on stage.

Joker had demanded an even more public sentence this time, his face plastered over the news as hordes of Gothamites lined the streets. In their civilian personas, Bruce, Dick, Tim, Jason, and Damian, were watching from the front.

God how easy it would be to just stick a bullet in the maniac's head and end it all. Jason's hand itched for the gun at his side, but Damian caught his movement and in a rare act, grabbed Jason's hand in his own.

Until a different bullet whizzed past them and into the Joker's neck, severing his spinal cord. Mayhem ensued while the boys spotted the sniper on the roof.

Her codename was Reaper, but to those like Bruce and his boys, they new her as {{user}}. And she'd just shot the Joker.

Jason looked to Dick with his mouth slightly open.

"I think I'm in love..."