Burn it down: chapter 4

Burn it down

| WATCH TOWER

| MARCH 24, 3:45 EDT

Jason didn't know how long he had sat there, next to the bed of his dead brother. It could have been minutes, seconds; hours… at this point he didn't care. All he cared about was that he failed Dick. He'd let him die, he could have helped in some way. He didn't bother to clean the blood off his face where it was slowly drying. He deserved it, deserved to have his brother's blood on him, as a reminder that he had failed.

He knew he couldn't have known about the explosion. But he still failed Dick. He growled at himself just as the door opened. Doctor Leslie Tompkins walked into the room. She looked at Jason; he was in the shadows, his eyes covered in dark red blood. She stepped back for a second, startled at the sight. "Jason…" was all she said. She walked over and helped the young man up. "Tim's waiting outside for you…" she said, knowing they were short on time. Jason slowly walked out just as the team walked in.

Tim was sitting in one of the many chairs. Jason went over and sat next to him, placing his head in his hands, not wanting Tim to see the blood on them. A few other doctors ran by, not even glancing at them. All of them ran into the room. The door was shut and locked and that now the two bothers were cut off from their older.

"Tim… can you please tell me what happened?" asked Jason carefully. He didn't want to upset his little brother.

"Dick… Dick and Conner were at the mountain with Gar, the girls were having a bridal shower for Raquel so they weren't there, I-I don't know everything but from what I know Blue Beetle and Impulse were attacked…"

"Attacked by who?"

"The Terror Twins, Jr., some girl no one knew, and…" Tim stopped, remembering that when Jason died Kaldur was still leader. Jason didn't even know that Nightwing had become leader.

"Who else Tim?" asked the boy again.

"Kaldur…" Tim said slowly.

"Kaldur? But-but why was he working with them? And who is Impulse? What are you talking about Tim?"

"Impulse is the grandson of Barry. He came from the future to here. As for Kaldur…" Tim sighed before continuing. "Kaldur went rough; after Tula died Nightwing knew something was wrong. He became more edgy. And then you died and he gave up on trying to figure it out. A few weeks later Kaldur left. The next thing we know he's attacking along with Black Manta's crew. And then we figured out that the reason he left is because of two reasons.

"One: the league let Tula die, and two: Black Manta is his father apparently." Jason didn't know what to say, so instead he stayed in silence and let his brother finish. "Anyway they got attacked and Impulse decided it was time to retreat. So he ran up to Kaldur and took the device that he was tracking them with and ran off with Blue Beetle.

"When they got back to the cave Nightwing took the device which apparently was a tracker itself. The team was attacked and Impulse, Gar, and Blue Beetle were taken. Nightwing and Conner along with Wolf and Sphere were left to die in the mountain with a bomb. Nightwing had Sphere take Conner and Wolf out of the Mountain. But he wanted to make sure no one else was in the Mountain. He…" Tears came to Tim's eyes. "He didn't make it out before the Mountain exploded…"

Instantly Jason's grief turned into anger. He growled and lifted his head, startling Tim. The younger boy looked at the blood on his brother's hands and face. "I'll kill him…" Jason said quietly, to quiet for Tim to hear.

"What?"

"I'LL KILL HIM!" Jason shouted. Suddenly Wally ran in along with a girl with black hair and a boy with dark skin who had a hood over his head. Jason looked at them, looking at the boy closely. It was Kaldur. Was Wally an idiot?! Why would he bring him here?! Wally was caring a backpack on him and was panting. Jason knew what it was but now he could care less. "YOU DIRTY TRAITOR!" Jason shouted.

The three looked shocked. "Jason?" Wally asked. Jason paid no mind to him. He jumped and lunged and Kaldur.

"YOU KILLED MY BROTHER!" Jason said, jumping and tackling Kaldur to the floor. The girl jumped to stop Jason but it was too late. The boy had pulled out a gun and had pointed it and Kaldur head. A shot echoed through the hall.

| GOTHAM CITY

| MARCH 24, 3:45 EDT

Kaldur had hacked into the database and learned that the heart was in Gotham city. The three had set into motion. Artemis and Kaldur were going to change making sure they were unrecognizable by anyone and meet Wally by the broken down phone booth while the Speedster got the heart that would save his friend's life. Wally ran faster than he had in years. It was his old mission all over again. He thought it had been boring and unfair back then. He thought it was unfair that he had to get a heart to some girl while the team got to work with the league.

It wasn't until after the mission that he truly appreciated it. So now here he was again, running as fast as he possibly could, going for a heart that was getting dropped off at Gotham general as he spoke. The young adult ran past buildings that he and Dick had used to sit on when they were younger. They were just sitting up on the roofs in hero costumes talking about a movie that they had seen, or a girl who was really cute. But that was all over now and his friend was dying.

How could he have been so cold and stupid? Why did he have to lose that connection with his friend, his brother? He started to slow down, panting. He growled, running past the Gotham cemetery, the place where Dick's parents had been buried so many years ago. He could just imagine another headstone next to theirs. He growled and shook his head; there was no way he was thinking like that. With a sudden burst of energy he sped up. Going faster than he had even gone when he was Kid Flash.

He came to a quick stop right in front of Gotham General. He could see two men with the heart in the building; going to take it to a room that Dick probably would never make it to. He ran into the building. Halting right in front of the two men, both startled jumped back. "Give me the heart." He stated.

"But we need to get this to room 4B, didn't you hear, Dick Grayson's dying, he got into some big car accident." So that was their cover up.

"He's not here, I was sent to get the heart. He won't make it here."

"He's that bad?" one of the men asked.

"Yes," Wally stated. Slowly and hesitantly the men gave Wally the heart. Without even saying goodbye or thank you, Wally ran out the door and down the street. He ran into the alley way where Artemis and Kaldur were standing. Kaldur was wearing a dark blue hooded jacket with the hood over his head and black jeans with dark black boots that were obviously too big, most likely to give his webbed feet more comfort.

Artemis was wearing a black jacket with the zipper down halfway showing a green shirt and black jeans with black converse. Artemis's colors were the ones that Dick used to wear when he was in civvies…

"I thought it would be nice to wear his old colors…" Artemis stated, knowing what Wally was thinking. Wally just nodded.

"I'll go up and hack the system to not announce you guys. Okay?" Wally told them. Both nodded and Wally went into the phone booth.

| WATCH TOWER

| MARCH 24, 4:00 EDT

KID FLASH B-0-3

The computer announced as he walked into the watch Tower. He cringed at how loud it was and went over to the computer console. He hacked the computer to make it so that the two could come up without being recognized. He then pressed down on his comb unit. "You're good," he said to Artemis, who had the other comb. The light to the zeta went off and Artemis and Kaldur appeared.

Wally nodded to Kaldur and the three sprinted off towards the infirmary. The three got there in only a few seconds only to stop. In front of them was Tim and… Jason…? Jason had his hands and eyes covered in blood and he was growling something under his breath.

"What?" asked Tim, wondering what his brother was saying.

"I'LL KILL HIM!" Jason shouted, he turned towards Wally, his eyes narrowing. He looked from Wally, to Artemis, to Kaldur. His eyes glued on Kaldur, his gaze bore into the young adult. Then, the boy's eyes widened. "YOU DIRTY TRAITOR!" he shouted.

"Jason?" asked Wally in confusion. But Jason didn't even look at him. He jumped at Kaldur and knocked the ex leader onto his back.

"YOU KILLED MY BROTHER!" Artemis went to pull him off but it was too late. Jason pulled out a gun out of his holder and pointed it at Kaldur's head. A gunshot echoed through the hall.