#(Back-Bruner)

[lorkonsghost]

An au where Jason learns about Lance Bruner the actual first dead robin.

[elirium]

To go along with the collection of Superman's tiny kids, would you draw Batman's Evil Son, Lance Bruner?

more tiny random children

[nu-so]

absolutely!

I feel like Tim would know about Lance. Like.

Bruce and Dick don't say anything, Jason doesn't know. But Mr. stalker over here knows everything about the batfam.

So maybe Jasons arguing with bruce again on how he died as robin and tim (on like 2 hours of sleep in 48 hours) goes 'you weren't even the first one. calm your tits'

jasons demanding answers, bruce and dick want to know how he knows, and everyones kinda mad that they kept lance a secret.

it'd be cool if Lance did come back too, but he's just living his life in like. San Diego or smh as a beach body.

[batsimsposts]

Ok yall, i've seen a lot of misinformation on who was the first *insert superhero here* so here are some common superheroes who passed on their mantle and in what order each character was this hero. This post is meant to be informative.

This post has Batgirl, Robin, Flamebird, and Flash.

BATGIRL

- Bette Kane was Batgirl for seven years (1961-1967) and she was THE original batgirl. (Yup! Barbara was not the first!)

- Barbara Gordon was the most iconic Batgirl and most depictions of Batgirl in animation/live action are her. She was Batgirl from 1967-1988. (There are most recent depictions of her as batgirl but she was officially retired by DC editorial in 1988)

- Helena Bertinelli was Batgirl during the No Man's Land arc which ran through most of 1999. It happened for less than one year so if you don't want to count her that's fine. This list is more for educational purposes.

- Cassandra Cain was Batgirl right after Helena Bertinelli near the end of No Man's Land in 1999. She stopped being Batgirl in 2009 and came back in late 2010 with her new alias Black Bat.

- Stephanie Brown was Batgirl from 2009 to 2011 when DC launched the New52 timeline where she was reverted back to Spoiler.

- Tiffany Fox was Batgirl in 2014 during the league of Batgirls arc.

ROBIN

- Dick Grayson was the original Robin, his first appearance was in 1940 and his last appearance as Robin was in 1984, he was Robin for 44 years.

- Lance Bruner was Robin during a 1969 run of The Brave And The Bold. He died as Robin.

- Jason Todd his first appearance as Robin was in 1983 and he officially took over the Robin mantle in 1984. He died in 1988, being Robin for only four years.

- Carrie Kelley was Robin in 1986 during a Batman comic run. She later adopted the Catgirl mantle. (Alternate universe)

- Tim Drake became Robin after Jason died, his first appearance was in 1989. He became Red Robin in 2009 but got put back into the Robin mantle in 2019, he currently fills in as Robin when Damian is out of town.

- Stephanie Brown was Robin for three months (71 days) in 2004. She was only in a few issues and got nerfed like right after.

- Damian Wayne has been Robin since 2009, and is currently holding the Robin Mantle.

FLAMEBIRD

- Jimmy Olsen was Flamebird Pre-crisis

- Bette Kane was Flamebird post-crisis

- Ak-Var was Flamebird for a little bit

- a Kryptonian hero was also called Flamebird

- Kara Zor-El was Flamebird for a tiny bit

- Lois Lane used the Flamebird alias once

(aka Bette Kane was the one to use the Flamebird alias the most but the alias itself is such a small role that i cant even tell you dates or anything...)

THE FLASH

- Jay Garrick is the original Flash, his first appearance was in 1940. (Timelines are always messed up when referring to Flash so I'm only gonna out their first appearance.)

- Barry Allen was Flash after Jay Garrick, his first appearance was in 1956

- Wally West was originally Kid Flash, but became The Flash after some timeline shenanigans with Barry. His first appearance was in 1960

- Ivana Christina Molotova was experimented on and gained speed powers. She was Lady Flash for a while (1987) but changed her alias shortly before her death.

- John Fox is a Flash from the future (27th century) that went back in time to ask Jay Garrick for help. His appearance was in 1990

- Jesse Quick was The Flash after Wally West was integrated with the speed force. She had the powers of Liberty Belle as well as a connection to the speed force. Her first appearance was in 1992

- Bart Allen was first Impulse and then Kid Flash, he became The Flash after Wally West's disappearance. His first appearance was 1994 (as Impulse)

- Avery Ho became The Flash during DC's Rebirth era. She joined the Justice League Of China and was one of the best Flashes with Bart Allen and Wally West. Her first appearance was in 2016.

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This is all for now, let me know if theres a superhero alias you want me to do <3

[wildshadowtamer]

Looking Back On All That - Batfam Fic

Hey look, i can still write! Yes, i'm back, and with a Batfam meets the Justice League fic, except its really self indulgant.

Gen - Batfamily meets the Justice League - Hal Jordan POV - Brief Blood and Injury - 1 Chapter - 7k

Link Is Here

Theres nothing too heavy in here, but please check the tags just in case. Shoutout to my Lance Bruner fans, all two of you.

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Looking Back on All Of That

by WildTamer Batman introduces his kids to the Justice League, things don't quite go as planned, and Hal Jordan regrets his choices. (or, Batman Has Too Many Kids who meet the Justice League over the years) Words: 7502, Chapters: 1/30, Language: English Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics), Justice League - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Gen Characters: Bruce Wayne, Barry Allen, Diana (Wonder Woman), Dinah Lance, Oliver Queen, Carter Hall, Shiera Hall, Arthur Curry (DCU), Hal Jordan (Green Lantern), Clark Kent, J'onn J'onzz, Dick Grayson, Bette Kane, Barbara Gordon, Lance Bruner, Luke Fox, Anita Jean, John Vance, Duke the Dog (Batman), Original Dog Character(s) Relationships: Batfamily Members & Justice League, Barry Allen & Hal Jordan (Green Lantern), Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne, Bette Kane & Bruce Wayne, Minor or Background Relationship(s) Additional Tags: Early Batman Bruce Wayne, Batfamily Meets the Justice League (DCU), Dick Grayson is Robin, Bette Kane is Flamebat, Barbara Gordon is Batgirl, Lance Bruner is Macaw, Luke Fox is Batwing, Anita Jean is Wren, John Vance is Batboy, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Luke Fox joins the Batfamily early, Hal Jordan is trying his best, Possibly OOC, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Human Trafficking, implied - Freeform, Bruce Wayne Has Too Many Kids, Good Parent Bruce Wayne, Blood and Injury, HalBarry if you squint, Young Luke Fox, Young Anita Jean, Young Dick Grayson, Young Barbara Gordon, POV Hal Jordan (Green Lantern) via https://ift.tt/502deyX

[yellowjacketsfashion]

As seen in VHS format in Van’s back room in 02x06.

Synopsis From Rotten Tomatoes:

Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) is a banker, Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner (Tony Goldwyn) over a shady business deal, he is left to roam the earth as a powerless spirit. When he learns of Carl's betrayal, Sam must seek the help of psychic Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg) to set things right and protect Molly from Carl and his goons.

Currently Streaming On: Pluto Tv, Paramount+

Discussion is welcome! Please leave your thoughts and opinions on the movie in the replies (and be respectful of others)!

[sing-me-under]

I’ve finally decided to post this because I have many thoughts on many things and one (1) person asked about it. Awhile ago, I complained about how boring I found Reverse Robins AUs. In that post, I also made a comment about how much creative liberty there could be in this AU, and this is the result.

“Who is included? Is it just the bats or is it all the generations? If it’s just the bats, what are their relationships with the other heroes? Did their fates swap too or are their destinies written in stone?”

This AU reverses the order in which the Batkids become Robins/Bats. I want to keep their fates relatively close to comics canon, so they’ll join at the same age as they do in OG timeline, meaning their ages aren’t necessarily reversed. The ones who became Bats as adults (Bruce, Luke, Jean-Paul, Helena, Kate, etc) keep their original timelines. I also couldn’t decide if the other kid heroes were reversed, so I keep it intentionally vague… I dunno. It could go either way.

Anyway, here’s the order of reversal:

Matt McGinnis

Terry McGinnis

Mia “Maps” Mizoguchi**

Duke Thomas (We Are Robins)

Damian Wayne

Stephanie Brown

Cassandra Cain

Tim Drake

Jason Todd

Lance Bruner**

Barbara Gordon

Dick Grayson

Summary under the cut

It began when Matt McGinnis became the anonymous detective, Robin Hood, seeking to uncover the damning secrets of Gotham’s corrupt upper class. His work inspired dozens of teenagers across Gotham. The most notable was the We Are Robin movement, which protested against corruption in politics, law enforcement, and corporations.

Bruce Wayne returned to Gotham just as the W.A.R. movement turned into a burgeoning teenage vigilante force. He found himself corralling angry teenagers way out of their depth just as frequently as he spent scaring the shit out of criminals — often simultaneously.

Terry, fresh out of juvie, attempted an assassination of the corporate mogul who had ordered his father’s death. He was stopped by Batman, but Terry found his new calling as a vigilante.

Duke was another teenager Bruce kept running into, and this one, Bruce decided to mentor and foster.

Sometime after Bruce took in Duke, Talia appeared with Damian, and they played happy family. It didn’t last much longer when Ra’s Al Ghul appeared to take back his heir, and Talia gave up her life with Bruce to lead her father away. For a while, it was just Bruce, Alfred, Duke, and Damian.

Because “Robin” was the catch-all title for any teenage vigilante in Gotham, Steph took to the streets as another Robin to stop Cluemaster. Steph endeared herself to Damian like an annoying little sister, and soon enough, she became a beloved member of the Batfamily.

Cass appeared after the Cataclysm. She had been particularly attached to Stephanie, both in and out of costume. After Steph was killed by Black Mask, she switched gears and assigned herself as Bruce’s protector, both in the streets and from himself.

Tim was another child Cass liked to follow around Gotham. It was because of Cass that Tim figured out Batman was Bruce Wayne. Tim hatched a plan to bring Damian back to Gotham as Batman’s Robin but was uno-reversed and ended up taking on that responsibility himself.

Jason stole Batman’s tires. Bruce had been so endeared by him and quickly adopted him. Jason did not become Robin until after Bruce was “killed” by Darkseid. Shortly after Bruce returned, Jason was betrayed by his bio-mother and killed by the Joker.

Toward the latter months of Jason’s time as Robin, Barbara Gordon debuted as Batgirl. Ever since she had been a young child, she had idolized Steph’s iteration of Batgirl. She didn’t really get close to the Batfamily until she was hired as Dick’s babysitter.

Dick Grayson’s parents died midst-performance. Bruce had been drawn to the similarities between their parents’ deaths and directly took him in once it became apparent Haley’s Circus had no legal claim on Dick’s guardianship. It had taken literally the entire collection of vigilante family and friends to keep Dick within an acceptable radius of where he should have been. Dick eventually won in the battle of perseverance and became his own Robin, donned in his family colors instead of the traditional black and red.

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**characters who are included in the reversal but are not part of the batfamily. I have a very specific plan for Lance, and it involves Hush.

@ethereallyoccultazalea I hope you found this interesting because I will be posting more about this AU now that it's been unleashed.

[composer-of-chaos]

DC should bring lance bruner back

[outrhunninkarma]

Bruner x poke nsfw art

Obviously its nsfw, you're in my priv after all

CW: Wand vibrator?

Character: Bruner, Poke

B r o k e

Heres a low quality pic of the one I originally wabted tp post

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Now heres the one you're getting

I needed to bring back Rabbit Hole Bruner

I had to 🫶

I shoukd use Tumblrs camera more

It makes ir more visible...

[gece-misin-nesin]

People on reddit who say "Jason Todd" when theyre asked "one dc character who should have stayed dead" are soo rage inducing to me. Like yes, I am obssessed w Jason but also. ALSO. "because his death was a very important thing for batman mythos but now that hes back its worthless" bitch are we reading the same comics??? Jasons death i literally more relevant now that hes back than it was while he was dead. Back then it was just the occasional "oh jason was reckless impulsive angry *insert any insult abt ur dead son/grandson here* etc." from Bruce where he would feel his manpain and angst abt Jason and the "wow jason was such a loser lol" from t*m and uhh idk what was going on w dick tbh. Anyway that was all jason was reduced to for SEVENTEEN YEARS. And also if you ask me Jason fulfills a niche in the "batfam" that can't be filled by anyone else. (Sans Lance Bruner perhaps but who even remembers him. Also he was robin for a day to impersonate dick so its not the same) And before the Helena stans come at me, yes she also kills but she sinply doesn't have the same relationship with the bats that Jason does and thats a fact. She has no prior history with them and there is no "familial" relationship. I really got off point but like. Jason never being resurrected would have been such a missed potential for a great character imo. Same goes if he is killed off now, when we've already seen what a writer that cares abt him can do with him(there are some parts of Winick's writing I don't like but compared to..certain others its immensely better).

Conclusion: People who want jason dead are just haters.

[amagi2000]

Among what is known:

1. The CCP approved and even subsidized Walz’s student exchanges.

2. A CCP diplomat and other CCP government officials attended Walz’s gubernatorial inauguration in January 2019.

3. The CCP Diplomat left the Walz inauguration to meet with Walz cronies at Minnesota’s premier globalist non-governmental organization (NGO), Minnesota Global.

4. Walz has close connections to a Twin Cities-based organization that houses an alleged secret CCP police station—one of only seven secret CCP police stations in the U.S.

5. Then-Congressman Walz praised a CCP-backed event that he attended with CCP diplomats in 2018. 

6. Less than one year into his first gubernatorial term, Walz was an honored guest speaker at multiple CCP-backed influence operation events in 2019.

7. Walz has a long history of making outlandishly pro-CCP comments.

[rhunsui]

That side character i said yesterday was.....

The one,

The only

*drumroll*

Not Spooky...

But

Bruner!

Yep, hes the 'certain side char' that literally no one was waiting for!

Now you definitely are not thinking, Why Bruner? Well, im gonna tell ya whether you like to or not! Cuz you can skip anyway! Theres a TL;DR by the way...

(TL;DR is 'too long; didnt read')

Anyways, the reason that the certain dude is Bruner is cuz he's actually part of the lore! Not a big role, but he kind of plays a part in Helly's past.

Wondering why? You probably arent, but, yk how in the pilot episode of RoboPoli, Bruner was supposed to be part of the rescue team?

Now, in the RPTA, its normal for students to drop out due to the inability to keep up, not everyone's a rescuer!

Im not trying to say that he was an ex-rescuer, im trying to say that when Helly was still RPTA (Rescuer Preparation and Training Academy, ill talk about it in a diff post), One of Helly's coach's mentioned something about Bruner being a past-student there but dropped out.

But Bruner was different, Bruner was doing just fine in the RPTA, he was good at the training, he could keep up. But one day, he just.... left.

Bruner's only explanation about his dropout was, 'Rescuing isnt for me.' After that, his whereabouts were unknown, they thought he went back to his hometown, unfortunately the academy had no info on Bruner's family to know if that were true. So of course he would be remembered by the trainers and coaches of the RPTA.

The way Helly knew about Bruner was like what I said, a coach mentioned Bruner at some point and Helly just so happened to remember it. Bruner was also a common example that the trainers used for the students. What i mean by that is the trainers record their students, Bruner's recordings were usually used and sometimes they would tell the students a bit about Bruner. There is also a file of Bruner somewhere in the faculty room...

Enough about the RPTA, I'll be telling you about Bruner himself!

Bruner was actually very popular during his RPTA times, which kind of the reason he's a lil selfish and loves praise. Honestly, he was probably popular cuz he liked to sneak away to private places to play ball...

Now as to why he dropped out, its because he never wanted to be a rescuer to begin with!

Yeah, he didnt wanna! So why is he even IN the RPTA to begin with?

Well, thats because of his family tree!

His fathers side of the family is a whole line of rescuers, so Bruner was forced to become a rescuer to keep the family tradition going.

Bruner always wanted to be an architect/builder, so when he was forced into training his entire childhood to get accepted, he obviously hated it! Sure, everyone in the academy was nice, but being a rescuer was not what he wanted to be! He may like the attention rescuers get, but he doesn't want THAT much attention, it would be too much for him!

So by the time he was 18, he dropped out of the RPTA to run away and pursue his dream.

The place he ran to, the one and only Broomstown of course! However, his family does not know anything about Bruner's whereabouts... The only ones who know are his cousin's (Aka, Bruny's) family which is on his mother's side. Bruner also got most of his genetics from her side. Bruner trusted them because it was his auntie and cousins that played builder with him, and they didnt care about what Bruner would be, they also promised not to tell!

So thats it, Bruner's story! I guess he's kind of the only one with a proper backstory... But hey, at least he has one, ya know?

Heres the TL;DR -

Bruner used to train to be rescuer, didnt wanna, ran away to Broomstown and his family dunno except cousin's fam (Bruny). Helly heard of Bruner cuz trainers talk abt him sometimes back when he (Helly) was in training.

[lunar-rcp]

☆ fun rcp facts ! ;

Roy's VA also voices Johnny's dad! (I believe he also voices Keaton, but I'm not too sure about that one.)

Poli's VA voices Tommy (that one fireman in Roy's series) & Mark!

Rody and Ash ketchum share the same va!

Back onto Rody, he also shares the same va as Posty.

Bruny and Bruner share the same VA!

The British VA of Mr.Wheeler, one of the crane triplets, (it wasn't speficied on which one), and Spooky all share the same VA.

Marinette's VA voices Susie.

[notjustabadguy]

One Night (Part 1: Carl)

A Ghost (1990) fanfiction

For both Sam Wheat and Carl Bruner, there was one night that felt like an eternity. Two different men, two separate nights; and yet, in some ways, these two endless nights were two sides of the same, single, story.

...

Part 1: Carl

Carl paced anxiously. What in the hell was taking Willie so long? He was supposed to call two hours ago now. Carl tried to reason with himself: Willie hadn’t struck him as the most… reliable person. He was just… passed out drunk, or strung out on some shit, something… but surely, surely he’d gotten the address book. How hard could it be? How hard could it possibly be to get hold of one lousy little scrap of paper with some numbers scrawled on it? Even a piece of shit like Willie could do that.

Two hours, 19 minutes overdue. Carl kept trying to distract himself, and failing; he turned on the television, tried to watch the news, and then switched it off almost immediately. He picked up the newspaper from the counter, found all the lines of print blurred together in his mind into an incomprehensible mess, and threw it down in frustration. He tried the television again, blindly flipping channels; a rerun of I Love Lucy was on. Lucy was wailing about something. He clicked the Off button furiously, and Lucy diminished into blackness. He couldn’t stop sweating.

Three hours and seven minutes. Carl felt like screaming. Willie had been caught. He must have been. Carl kept waiting for the sharp, official rap on his door; the coldly formal voice to announce, “Police!” It didn’t come.

The phone rang. Carl uttered a strangled little half-cry and leapt for it in one fluid motion. “Willie! What—”

But it was Molly’s voice that came back to him. “…Carl?”

Her tone stopped him dead in his tracks. Her voice was hoarse and wet, filled with tears, and hardly above a whisper. It was also empty, flat, listless, like all the life, all that special Molly sparkle that he loved so much, had been drained out of it. She didn’t seem to have even registered what he’d said. And then only her harsh breathing, and the faint static of the phone line. He thought he heard an intercom somewhere dimly in the background.

The world went cold.

“Molly? Molly, what’s wrong? Molly, what happened?”

A long, shuddering breath. “Carl? We’re—I’m in the hospital.”

“Hospital?” No no no please no… “Molly, are you okay? Are you hurt?”

“I’m… I’m fine.” She uttered a short, painful gasp. “Sam…”

“Molly, is he okay? Molly, is Sam hurt?” But he already knew. His mind was racing wildly. Ok, Sam’s hurt—it sounds like maybe badly—but he’ll be okay, I know Sam, he’ll be fine…

“Carl…”

A long pause. Carl’s heart was beating frantically. Finally, he couldn’t stand the silence. “Molly—!”

“Carl, Sam’s…” A brief, strangled sob. She took a steadying breath, and began again. Her next words were lost and hopeless. “…Sam’s dead.”

Nothing made sense. Nothing connected. Time was frozen. Carl knew he must have said something—something soothing, comforting, he supposed, from Molly’s reaction—but he had no idea what. She said something in return. His brain on autopilot, he carried on talking for a minute or two, still not knowing what he was saying, then hung up. The soft, plastic click of the receiver shattered the painful stillness of his apartment.

That was his last clear recollection of that night—the click that symbolized that the world was breaking. He might have screamed. He thought dimly that he was screaming, but afterward, it occurred to him that it might have only been inside his head. Time stood still, and the screaming went on and on, and everything was colder than he’d ever imagined it could be.

At some point, he must have slept. He woke up, fully dressed, on his bed, curled up like a child in the grip of a nightmare, his hands clutching feverishly at his sheets. His head throbbed with a slow, thumping ache, and his tongue was dry. His lashes seemed to be glued together, and when he pried them apart, the weak autumn sunlight filtering through the white curtains stung his eyes. There was one blissful moment where he wondered vaguely why he felt so rotten; then it sank into him, slowly and relentlessly, the knowledge suffocating. He closed his eyes again hopelessly and forced himself back into unconsciousness.

He woke again, at some point later in the day—the sun was brighter then—and once again retreated almost immediately into a sleep blacker than death. And again. When he woke the fourth time, though—the sun was gone, the street outside now gray—thirst drove him out of bed and into the bathroom. He drank deeply from the tap, gulping greedily, then splashed the cold water onto his face. He felt a little better.

He examined the face in the mirror, which hardly looked like his own. The eyes were bloodshot, the skin around them dark and raw. He would need to do something about that. He couldn’t let people… let them wonder. All his muscles felt weary; movement was slow and painful. He pulled himself into the kitchen. He didn’t think he’d ever feel hungry again, but he still boiled water for noodles.

Sam was gone, and that was awful

(and it was my fault but he wouldn’t think about that)

but he was still here, he was still alive; he had to move on, that was all there was to it. He would go see Molly tomorrow. He could help her. He would call in from work for a few days—they’d understand… in fact, they might be suspicious if he didn’t. He’d be able to get the address book from the loft later. Everything would be… everything would be all right. This was his one chance at life, and he couldn’t afford to waste it.

[canyonkingdom]

you're all going to hell two

(chapter 2, part 2)

tw: $3lf-h@rm

"A suicide?"

Everyone was agape.

"We have confirmed Mickey's death as a suicide." Poli said, straightforward.

The townsfolk gathered around Time's Square, in shock by the announcement the rescue team had made.

"What?" Helly muttered, scanning the crowd's shocked faces. "Didn't Poli just say it was a murder-"

"Shut it."

Her voice.

The drive home was miserable.

Poke could feel the tension underlying in Bruner. His ugly feeling of remorse and shock, the guilt they both felt, it killed them deep inside. But it hurt Bruner more than it should.

Bruner tried to stop tears. "Good riddance, you know?"

Poke's eyebrows furrowed.

"One moment I was bitching about him and... what if we didn't watch him die?"

Poke wanted to punch him so bad. The realization only hit Bruner when the deed was done. Yet it was more,

evidence against the rescue team.

"If we left, we can't give Mickey justice." Poke gestured sadly.

Bruner hissed.

"Why would they lie?" Poke gestured to Bruner, who was too focused on the road and his bitterness.

"Amber killed Mickey. What the hell would you expect them to do? Admit their crimes?" Bruner griped, though he felt little remorse. The car picked up in speed.

Poke immediately regretted what he did. He looked away from Bruner, sadly eyeing the washed out grays and blues that formed Broomstown.

"They need to learn the truth, Bruner." Poke suddenly alluded, his hands shaky.

"We're gonna get- I'M gonna get outcasted!" Bruner shouted, the pain in his voice seething. "Do you really think they would believe two fucking construction workers over the most respected people in town? Of course not! Everyone knows they are all too nice to commit a crime!"

Poke winced. "But Mickey won't get justice-"

"Justice, my ass!" Bruner berated, the car was zooming. "If only that bitch didn't follow us, if only he didn't act out, if only he wasn't drunk, he would be fucking alive right now!" his voice cracked, "If only we tried to save him, if only we-" tears spilled, "If we weren't- if I wasn't- if I didn't do that, he would still be-"

The car was now moving around intensely. It took Poke's hands for Bruner not to drive them into heaven.

"I- i'm sorry." The car stopped in front of their apartment.

"Calm down." Poke gestured caringly, "Let's talk about it inside."

"This isn't what we talked about at all!"

Roy's loud, angry voice echoed through the room. Amber was blank.

"We're gonna say it was a murder, Roy." Amber argued, hurt in her voice.

"They're grown adults! They won't cry about it like what you expect them to do!" Roy jeered back, his metal hand slamming on the table. Amber winced. "This isn't a fucking-" "Language." Poli interrupted blatantly. "And Amber has a point. The townsfolk are all idiots. Even if we do tell them it's a murder, they would immediately forget about it and move on with their lives. Saying it was a suicide just has a less probability of any investigation."

Roy seethed. "No, man. You don't get it-"

"I do get it, Roy. They act stupid, we treat them stupid. Just deal with it."

Roy scoffed. "We shouldn't treat them like babies!" All the while, Helly watched uncomfortably. He wasn't used to everyone fighting and shouting at each other without a care for their feelings.

He stared down at the camera in his hands,

a picture of blood staining some bushes.

"That was crazy!" Cap preened, making a soft left turn. "Who knew it would be... like that..." "That's bullshit, man." Posty muttered, looking over the backseat to see a completely distraught and terrified Cleany.

"I- I don't believe it..." Cleany sobbed. "He wouldn't..." "That's the point." Cap sighed. "As much as I want to believe he killed himself, there's no reason for him to. I bet my bank account it was probably that woman who killed Mickey. Her record fucking says it all."

The car drove uncomfortably. The atmosphere tightened.

"What about Spooky?"

Cap raised an eyebrow as he looked at Cleany. "What about him?"

"Did you forget already?" Posty whined, groaning pitifully. "Fucking idiot."

"Yeah, yeah, just tell me or i'll kick you out of this fucking car." Cap snared, rolling his eyes.

"Spooky saw Mickey get killed."

Silence.

"Oh yeah." Cap muddled.

Cleany shivered. "Would the rescue team just dismiss hi account like that?"

"I doubt it." Posty claimed. "But there is chance they could be-"

"Lying?" Cap continued, the horror in his voice unscathed.

Cleany was getting scared by the minute. "But- but why would they lie about-"

Posty hissed. "I'm next, am I?"

The other two froze from that statement.

"I was wrong?"

Camp was in utter shock. He leaned against the seat of the forklift as he collected his thoughts.

"Hey!" Lifty said, trying his hardest to lighten the mood. "It's ok to be in the wrong!" he smiled, yet Camp knew deep inside he felt in pain. "Just..."

"No," Camp said sadly. "It's fine."

Lifty kept driving stesdily despite his crashing mood. "What if the rescue team was lying?"

Camp never turned at someone so quickly. His jaw dropped.

"Why... why would you think that?" Camp scoffed.

"It's just weird, y'know?" Lifty's cheery voice reprimanded. "I know the rescue team won't lie about something so serious but... it just sounds weird. For someone like Mickey to kill himself."

Camp struggled to form the words. Yesterday Lifty was comtemplating the possibility of Mickey's death being a murder and making plans to harass Spooky (which, ironically, Camp followed). And now he was agreeing.

Camp definitely needed an ally.

"He's an asshole." Camp remembered his previous words. "It doesn't make sense."

"I know, right?" Lifty's obliviousness annoyed him deeply.

The two were silent for the whole ride.

Camp thought about it more and how they brushed off Spooky's account. The red lights sneers his mind like gas.

It wasn't a suicide.

Spooky felt like he was thrown under the bus.

"Wha- why?" his voice cracked, "They're lying. I saw it with my own eyes. They were lying!"

His fingers scratched deep in his scalp, to the point he drew blood. Spooky noticed his stained fingertips, yet he kept going, crying depressingly.

"I can't believe..."

He began to feel dizzy, the blood didn't fare much better.

I can't believe it.

nighttime

The headquarters was eerily quiet. Helly watched as everyone sulked on the matter. Amber was pissed at Roy, Poli was pissed at Roy, Roy was pissed with everybody.

One murder suicide can ruin lives.

Helly solemnly walked to his room, which was unsurprisingly taken up by the glowing light of the moon.

"Another day." Helly said bluntly. Normally he loathe going to bed, but after everything, he just wanted to forget that Mickey's death ever happened and live a happy life with his team—his family, once more.

But he felt terror.

He picked up the camera from his shelf and scrolled through the pictures again. The one with blood-stained bushes never ceased to scare and confuse him. Helly contemplated all the wrong reasons of this misconception.

He wanted to believe there was more than the eye can see.

Zooming into the picture, his eyes kept preening into more and more red liquid into the screen, wondering what actually happened.

As he plopped himself on the bed, he heard the crumpling of a paper. It caught him offguard and jumped off the bed.

"Huh?" He picked the paper up, revealing inky handwriting. Helly's interest perked up, terror striking mentally, as it read:

Spooky a witness, tho stupid, but ppl might beleive believe his ass, fucker

he should be gone he shouldn't know abt mickey

His eyes widened horribly.

Helly quickly grabbed his camera and quickly took a picture of the note before crumpling it up and throwing it behind the cabinets. His utter disgust was not a secret and he felt like screaming so loud he cluld break glass.

Of course, he was overreacting. But he could only pinpoint one person who would write such a thing. Who would do such a thing.

Her, ain't it?

Work has never been more miserable.

Bruner chucked in more bags of cement into the growing pile. His hands shaked as he turned the wheel. All he could think about was the rescue team's word. How they would blantantly plagiarize their own image as trustworthy.

"Dude, that's too much!" Dump chatisted from his vehicle. "Put some back in the pile."

How could they do that?

Poke, on the other hand, took it surprisingly well. His emotions were in check and he kept his mind away from the rescue team and Mickey. He worried for Bruner's sanity.

They still haven't decided on a verdict to their plan of telling everyone about who killed Mickey, but it was for another time. Bruner was unstable.

"Are you feeling okay, man?" Max asked the deteriorating Bruner, his eyes sunk deeply.

"Honestly, fucking no." He sighed out. "I just want to-"

"Normally, you would be bitching at this time, but..." Dump paused depressingly. "Gone."

"You can go home, man. We'll tell the boss." Max said nicely, a small smile to compensate.

Bruner smiled back deep from those sad eyes.

-///-

there are so many driving scenes i can't

anyways chapter 2 the complete version is here, i just love idiot townsfolk rooting into the plans of a broken mastermind

now you can all wait for so long so there can be another death; place your guesses /j