#The villains have sidekicks.

[junesfool]

bingpup au bingpup au bingpup au bingpup-

lowkey/highkey likes the uncolored version more

[kizzer55555]

So apparently there is a limit to how many tags you can use. It cut off before I could finish. I was going to add that Tucker only speak in riddles (just to mess with people) as in everything he says, everything, is a riddle and only the other villain sidekicks understand what he’s saying. I’m debating if Riddler can understand him or just pretends to. Like Riddler is explaining his plan and when Tucker hacks into the entirety of Gotham’s security system on an old DS game, Riddler is just like “yeah, uh huh, I told him to do that.”

Also that Danny is ironically the most friendly looking and acting one out of the sidekicks despite being the most terrifying power wise. And that Jazz is absolutely terrifying. And that they all collectively hate Joker. Literally, they will just stop whatever evil plan they are doing to attack him, even if they are fighting the bats. Just all collectively freeze, turn to the clown, and go at it.

The villains of Gotham seemed to have acquired individual sidekicks. Fortunately, these sidekicks seemed to have convinced their respective mentors to give up killing. Unfortunately, all their plans have seemed to become more unhinged in recent weeks.

[kagekitsuneoflight]

It’s kinda funny that Jason is, in every sense of the word, the most normal Robin. Unironically, there wasn’t anything uniquely special about him before he was Robin. He was a street kid. His dad was a goon (which makes sense for Gotham. It’s a goon breeding ground) and his adoptive mom was a girl who fell in love with the bad boy, got disowned by her upper middle class parents and adopted her boyfriend’s infant son. Even his biological mother isn’t anything special! She was just a doctor who ended up becoming corrupt.

Jason Todd was no circus kid who could do an impossible signature trick. He wasn’t being scouted by some evil hidden organization.

He wasn’t the rich boy genius who lived next door.

He’s not the son of a supervillain (as lame as cluemaster is, he still *counts*).

He’s not the secret son of Bruce Wayne.

And he’s not a metahuman, nor did he led a whole organization of teens to fight when Batman couldn’t.

He’s the most regular boy to ever enter become a hero in Gotham. He wanted to do good things for the sake of doing good. He grew up poor with regular parents, where bad things happened to them. The kinds of things that could happen to *any* person living in Gotham.

There is nothing about him, pre-Robin and as Robin, that makes him Not Like Regular Kids.

His dad was a goon (who, depending on the run, was either killed by Two-Face OR. Just sent to prison and killed in prison! Which makes his backstory even PLAINER-) and his mother was a drug addict with cancer. Jason ends up homeless, and almost steals the bat mobile tires. The only thing that makes him stand out from any other tragedy befallen kid in Gotham is the fact he was bold enough to do that, get Batman’s attention, and continue to be bold enough to go against a crime lord (who was apparently his grandmother, the most interesting person in his family, but since she’s almost never brought up, she’s likely no more significant than a one-issue villain in the crime lord power hierarchy). Batman realized that Jason wasn’t going to really stop, and honestly he kinda grew on him, so he decided to adopt Jason, and eventually allow him to become Robin.

There just isn’t anything amazingly special about his backstory. The few moments where something could have been done to make it more interesting (like his biological mother) but ended up taking the most boring option. You can’t do much of anything now to enhance his past without upsetting much more well established canon, and not without making people wonder “well if his grandmother was such a big name in crime, why hasn’t she been brought up before?”

Jason Todd was a wonderful Robin (providing that he actually has a writer who likes him). He has a golden heart, he’s the voice of reason. He’s everything that a Robin needs to be for Batman. But compared to everyone else, he was nothing special. In a way, his lack of Not Like Regular Kids makes him stand out in a much more subtle way.

As if someone asked the question “Do I need to be someone special to be Robin?” And the answer was “You don’t need to be someone special, you just need to be brave, like Jason Todd was.”

[gothamite-rambler]

The only one Ivy doesn't hate in the batfamily (minus maybe Barbara)

Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn were in a botany sanctuary as Ivy worked on her latest plan to protect her plant family even if it meant death to humans, minus her girlfriend Harley. Ivy was planning to use the plants for something nefarious that she hadn’t disclosed to her girlfriend yet, but Harley didn’t mind helping her one bit.

Harley (curious): So, we just spray this stuff you made on all of them?

Ivy sprayed her favorite flower with an extra spritz of her strange fertilizer, growth serum while nodding.

Ivy: Mm-hm, that’s all I need you for, babe. After that, I’ll just say I worked alone.

Harley (simpering): You’d really do that for me?

Ivy (with no hesitation): You’re my girlfriend. Of course, I’d take the fall for you.

Harley grinned, her heart swelling with delight. That smile, however, quickly turned to tension as she pointed behind Ivy. Ivy sighed, already guessing who had shown up.

Ivy (not turning around): Hey, Batman.

Batman (disappointed): You were expecting me, and yet you’re still doing this? Why?

Ivy: I’m clinically insane and on a mission to protect Mother Gaia! Sorry I care about the planet!

Batman (angry father voice): We’ve been over this!

Ivy (turning around): Do not talk to me like I am a child! Also, hey, Nightwing!

Nightwing, standing behind Batman, smiled brightly, clearly pleased that Ivy noticed him.

Nightwing (waving): Hi, Pam!

Batman (surprised): What? Pam?!

Ivy: That’s my name, but only friends can call me that.

Batman (taken aback): Friends?!

Harley: Aww, that’s sweet.

Nightwing (agreeing with Ivy): Yeah, we're frenemies.

Ivy (smirking): Exactly. We have different ideas of being a hero and protecting the planet, but he deserves kindness. Plus, look at that handsome face! Definitely not the face of a douche canoe who stole my best friend and made her a boring good guy. I still think she’s lying about your relationship. You have minute man energy if anything.

Nightwing (raising an eyebrow): Damn, she really doesn't like you.

Batman growled angrily but he quickly refocused on the mission at hand.

Ivy (crossing her arms): Hey, Nightwing, if you’re fighting with him to defeat me, you’re free to go—but I understand if you have to do his bidding.

Nightwing sheepishly avoided eye contact from his father, who was glaring daggers at him.

Nightwing: He… he probably wants me to stay and fight.

Batman sighed in exasperation, frustrated with how well Ivy and Nightwing got along. Nightwing chuckled nervously.

Nightwing: I’m not helping her commit crimes! I just agree with a few points in her mission statement, and if there's a way to help her legally, I will help to her. She even gave me a pamphlet.

Batman (covering his face): Every day… I feel like I’m living in an endless nightmare with you two!

Ivy (snidely): Batman, flattery will get you nowhere.

Batman (to Ivy): How come he gets to call you Pam?

Ivy (shouting): I like him! He’s a good kid!

Nightwing beamed, clearly flattered.

Nightwing: Aww, thank you.

Batman: Oh Lord, Nightwing, sit this one out. You don’t want to get hurt by your “friend” who is evil!

Nightwing: All right! Call me if you need me to jump in or talk to Pam.

Batman (irritated): Stop calling her Pam!

Nightwing (mockingly): Nope, it bothers you, so I'm gonna keep doing it.

Nightwing walked over to where Harley was standing, who waved hello to him with her usual unintentionally terrifying grin. He sidestepped a few feet away, making Harley pout.

Ivy: Good kid. Batman, don’t be pissy, that I’m on decent terms with him. He gets me. And no, I didn’t hit him with my pollen or anything. He’s smart, and I respect him. He gets my mission like Harley does… He’s neat. He’s a neat man.

Nightwing smiled happily at the compliment.

Batman: All right, that’s what I call him! Don’t use that on him!

Ivy chuckled, clapping sarcastically.

Ivy: Aww, did I hurt the Man of Steel's feelings because his sidekick is nice? Guess you can't keep your temper in check!

Batman: That’s Superman! I just… I need a freakin’ minute!

Batman walked away, shaking his head and muttering questions about Nightwing being so close with a villain. The sanctuary suddenly felt a lot more chaotic than ever before.

Nightwing: Oddly enough, you're not the only crook who I'm frenemies with.

Ivy (shrugging): I believe you. A couple of Arkham inmates say they like you.

Harley stepped closer to Nightwing, nodding with a surprisingly normal smile for her.

Nightwing: That's nice! I'm glad that I don’t have Batman energy all the time.

Batman (calling back): Don't say that like it's an insult!

Ivy: It kind of is. You can be a headache ninety-nine percent of the time.

Harley: That one percent means she doesn't completely hate you. That's reserved for the Joker.

Nightwing covered his mouth, chuckling, while Batman kept his distance, counting to ten silently in his head to let go of the fact that Ivy saw him as less grating than the Joker.

Batman: I'm going to accept that as a compliment and focus on the mission.

Ivy: Okay, douche canoe.

Batman (whispering to himself): Not going to let her get to me.

[meteor752]

What the fuck is up with Hook

Why is he at some random prep school? He’s already got the hook hand, so Peter Pan has already cut it off meaning he’s been to Neverland, also he says he’s a captain so like why the fuck are you here

I hate this movie so fucking much, nothing about it makes sense to me, why is Hades a teenager, why did they make some fankid of a Sofia the first villain instead of using one of the many Disney Villains that exist, why is Maleficent a lackey, why am I devoting so much of my time to try and make sense of this movie

[vampirecatprince]

Part of me needs Agent Stone to pull Harley Quinn and become a beloved mainline accomplice to Robotnik

[wandixx]

Dani gives people heart attacks and brings down a lot of trafficking rings, making friends along the way. Everything by accident, really

Dani traveled around world, hadn't she? While doing it, she had to meet a lot of interesting people.

Like heroes or villains.

In civies or not or both who knows.

But to actually learn things about someplace you have to spend more than one night there. Like, idk? Month? Probably more but I doubt she would be able to sit in one place for any longer. In many places she is shorter.

Month is long enough to create some connections though.

Enough to get someone to realize when you disappear...

Yeah, Dani on her way of gremlin and self discovery ghosted bunch of people without second thought. They'll probably forget her in few months anyway. And she was everywhere in USA. She didn't left American soil only because she didn't want to be too far from Danny in case of emergency. Before anyone tells me he was in space so he could fly to her wherever on Earth she would be, Earth's atmosphere ends about 100 km above sea level and officially this is border of space. Telecommunication satellites are between 8000 to 12000 km up. It's about how wide Atlantic Ocean is.

Plus y'know, time. If she needs help, she probably can't quite wait until he flies all the way to Hong Kong, Wladywostok, Rio de Janeiro or wherever she is.

So America it is. For now at least. When they're 100% sure she is stable she'll fly elsewhere.

Anyway people who she ghosted are used to batshit crazy stuff but "this tween is alone on her road to self discovery and just left for new city" isn't first thing anyone thought about. Maybe outside of Martians. They know. Everyone else? No idea what happened to this tiny, chaotic, snarky, probably meta child.

First thought though?

She got kidnapped.

So now 3/4 of Justice League, some individual heroes and bunch of less intense rogues are scrambling around their cities tracking every trafficking ring they found glimpses of, trying to find Dani.

Flashes work with Captain Cold on this and seem to slowly descend into madness. At the same time, Dani eats ice cream with nice museum lady from Washington who introduced herself as Diana. Then she helps at animal shelter with kind stuck up boy called Damian. Oh, Danny likes aliens, let's visit Martian Manhunter. Maybe she'll manage to get autograph for her template. Wait Space Cops? Kinda sucks but Danny would probably like their signatures too. Let's go. Oh, Superboys are fun mess with and older one is like her! This Nightwing guy puns like Danny but she always feels like he looks at her weirdly. Billy should eat more, magic or not, fighting is tiring. Good thing she has Sam's money to buy him burgers.

She has time of her life while people she met are slowly dying.

She probably doesn't even hide that she is traveling but for whatever reason they don't think she actually left.

They don't bring it up on any meeting because no matter how concerned they are, it's not really whole league type of business. And Martians just discreetly enjoy chaos.

There is a lot of ways it can get resolved (or not) but I kinda thought about Jon introducing his old buddy Damian to his new buddy Dani because he thinks they would get along and they just stare at each other for long moment before:

"Dani..."

"Dami!"

"WHY DID YOU LEFT WITHOUT A WORD! WE THOUGHT YOU WERE KIDNAPPED OR DEAD!"

Some screaming and revelation that Killer Croc was looking for her too, Dani hits moment of realisation.

"Wait, is this what people think when you just up and go?"

"Honestly? Yeah"

"Oh, Ancients I did this to so many people. So many..."

Idk, just Dani traveling and leaving people behind.

Do with it what you will

[taco-drinking-bleach]

The thing about a good character is that they are dynamic, they have more then what is the base line. A character can say one thing but really mean another but due to trouble explaining themselves or fear they sound rude. A character can care deeply about people but push everyone they know away as a way to keep them safe. On that note, this is another reason I like Yanqing. Yanqing seems strong but he in weak in other ways. He needs to grow he needs, much like a flower needs water, to have chance. He needs moments to show his character so more people understand him. They sum him down to a childish person who is just a son. But a person is never JUST a son, they are never JUST one thing. Yes he is childish but he is BRAVE, he is strong willed, he is SMART. Smarter then most people give him credit for. He may make brash moves but a mistake doesn't define you. If you spend years cooking and being a master chief, if you burn one dish you don't STOP being a master chief. You have just burned a meal like you did when you were young. Yanqing runs off to PROVE himself to HIMSELF. To show he has worth that he feels like he lacks. He wants to be the best because he is told he is able to. He fears not being able to reach Jingyuan's expectations because he has failed to realize that he has already done it, that Jingyuan care is deeper then what he can do, that he will ALWAYS be proud of him. This isn't even at the fault of Jingyuan, sometimes you just don't feel worthy. To be put on a pedestal isn't to be set away from criticism, and to be good doesn't mean everyone is kind. His own words harm, his own thoughts make him brash. Yet he can problem solve, he can help others, he is dedicated and he has passion. He is a child that will grow into a great leader, and will have amazing lore. I love this little guy, and he is gonna have so many cannon events happen to him it will be devastating

[nixylubouv]

💫Writing Prompt #62

After years of working together, Hero and Sidekick fall in love and get married. Sidekick is a gentle soul and Hero is all for fighting in the name of justice, a perfect golden couple. During one fateful fight against the villains, Sidekick sacrifices themselves to save Hero.

The last thing they remember is Hero’s distraught face, clutching their body close and begging them not to die. Sidekick ‘awakens’ years later, finding out that Hero had managed to revive them somehow. Sidekick is grateful for the second chance with their beloved, and doesn’t question it when Hero insists they stay at home and rest. Everything seems picture perfect, but Sidekick starts to notice long stretches of time when Hero disappears. Hero’s increasing persistence that Sidekick not look at news from the outside world is getting suspicious. On a day Hero is away, Sidekick manages to contact their old friend. Since Hero’s death, there’s a terrifying new Supervillain in town. They utterly annihilated the old group of villains and now reign supreme. Sidekick is horrified, insisting that they and Hero should come and stop this. Their friend is silent for a while before hesitantly saying, “….Sidekick. Hero is Supervillain.”

[theshaddowedsnow]

The absolute best way for a Billy Batson identity reveal to happen is if he somehow, hilariously, befriends Flatline, who introduces her new friend to her boyfriend Damian, who decides they're also friend and introduces him to Jon, who then introduces him to his dad, and so on and so on until the entirety of the Justice League has met Billy EXCEPT for Captain Marvel and can never get them into the same room together

It takes two months of trying to arrange for Captain Marvel to meet Billy before they figure it out.

[loganslowdown4]

Remus: Let’s play a game!

Janus: *in a very bad mood* Sure. I spy with my little eye, someone who needs to shut the fuck up…

Remus: Hmm, is it me Double D? 😁

Janus: It’s always you!

[randomalistic]

LOOK AT THIS MAN. I just had my queer awakening for the 2nd time

[speckeltail]

We're so close to something better left unknown, I can feel it in my bones.

one more fanart for the sidekick diaries for @the-modern-typewriter feat. increasingly insane interpretations

[writing-on-the-wahl]

Betrayed

Hi hi friends!! I wanted to post today but I have been working on not one but TWO snippets- one hero x villain (songbird part threeeeee anyone?!? 😈😇) and one urban fantasy (dragons and wolves and mages, oh my!) to post and neither of them are quite where I want them to be yet.

But fear not! I will be posting them as soon as possible:) In the meantime, here is a short snippet I wrote AGES ago based on this prompt by @gingerly-writing:

Prompt #2784

“You can’t give me to [villain]! You can’t! You’re supposed to be my friends!”

“We’re also supposed to save the city. And right now, that’s more important than saving you.”

Sidekick couldn’t keep the panic out of her voice nor the trembling out of her bound hands as she was led, well, dragged, out of the car towards where three men in black suits stood waiting next to a black SUV parked beside the pier. 

“Please! Please don’t—" Her voice cracked as those she had once called friends pulled her to a stop a safe distance from the men. Hero and Hero’s Soulmate gripped her arms, stopping her futile attempts of escape. 

“Her, in exchange for the city’s safety?” Hero’s question sounded more like skepticism than confirmation, and if terror wasn’t pounding in her veins, Sidekick would have been offended. 

The figure in the middle, the man who’d been wreaking havoc on the city for years, nodded, his deep voice smooth and certain. “You have my word.” 

That must have been reassurance enough, for in a flash, Hero and his team—the team she’d been a part of—were back in their car and speeding away. 

She cast a quick glance around the deserted pier, the gentle glow of the fading sun staining the calm water with soft streaks of pink light, a far more appealing picture than the sharp lines and harsh blacks of the supervillain and his men.  

She could try to make it to the water. 

But her hands were bound. She wouldn’t last long. 

They would pull her out, and most likely be furious with the delay. 

She swallowed her fear and turned towards the three men. They hadn’t made any move to come closer. 

Dark sunglasses blocked out their eyes despite the fading light, and a shiver ran through her. 

She closed her eyes as her mind filled her head with all the things that could happen now that she was here, defenseless, sold to buy freedom for everyone else. 

“Come.” 

The quiet word from the man in the middle carried across the distance between them, and she instinctively took a step back before lurching forward, terrified she’d displeased the one whose mercy she was now at. 

It took an eternity and no time at all for her to reach the front of the SUV. She stopped, unable to bring herself any closer to the man who had the power to bring the city to its knees with a flick of his fingers, who had instead demanded her. 

Her breaths were loud in the stillness of twilight, and she kept her head down, as though memorizing each inch of her shoes was the most important thing in the world. 

“They taught you to fear me.” It wasn’t a question, and it was filled with displeasure.

She flinched. 

Then flinched again at the angry noise he made at her flinching. 

The gravel crunched until she could feel his presence before her. 

Warm hands caught her bound ones, lifting them. She hardly registered that the bindings had been cut as he turned her left arm to expose the dark swirling mark on her inner wrist. 

And in turn revealing the matching mark on his. 

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[iwritewhump]

"We have to go back and save them! They'd do the same for us!" + taken hostage + dragmarks

day twenty-two of whumptember

1763 words

warnings: cursing, vague discussions of growing up with an abusive guardian, being taken hostage, implied drugging

~

Villain knocks on Hero’s door, a small smile on his face and bags in his hands. Hero opens the door and pulls him inside. She slams the door after him and holds his shoulders. “You weren’t followed?” 

He shakes his head and ducks out from under her. “I wasn’t. Promise.” 

She sighs and nods, “Of course you weren’t. I just…I worry about Supervillain.” 

“Me too,” Villain says, shifting his weight. He clears his throat and swings his bags at his side, “Is there somewhere you want me to put these?” 

“Oh!” Hero says, covering her face with her hands. “Of course! I completely forgot to clear out the guest room so you can set them in there as long as you don’t judge me for the mess. Sidekick is in there too but he’s not staying the night, that’s just where he keeps his stuff.” 

Nodding, Villain smiles and leans to look down the hallway, ���Is it the one at the end or…”

“Right! Sorry, it’s a bit of a circus here right now. Superhero’s been working on this big huge thing and he’s making my life a living hell because he comes up with the “big idea” and I have to figure out how it actually works out.” she runs a hand through her hair and sputters, “It’s the second door on the right.” 

Villain forces a smile and walks down the hallway to the second door on the right. 

Light shines through the cracks of the closed door so Villain knocks. He turns the handle and pushes the door open just enough to peek inside. 

“Sidekick?” He asks, reaching his hand through the crack. “Hero told me I could put my stuff in here, can I come in?” 

The door opens the rest of the way and Sidekick smiles widely, “Sure thing! Just put it somewhere over there, I try to keep my stuff on this half of the room so just stay out of it, yeah?” 

He looks at Villain and raises his eyebrows, expecting a response. Villain nods and walks over to his side of the room before setting his bags down. He falls back on the bed and stares at the ceiling and exhales deeply. 

Sidekick lays down next to him and sighs, “Whatcha thinkin’ about?” 

“Oh, you know. I abandoned the person who raised me for the people she despises most in the entire world.” he taps his thumb on his chest and frowns, “I guess I wish I left a note or something. Just to tell her why I left.” 

Sidekick nods and turns his head to look at Sidekick. He bites his cheek and opens his mouth to say something, then closes it. He takes a deep breath and knits his brows together, “Why did you leave?” 

“I dunno, I guess…” Villain looks up and shrugs. “I guess I finally realized that she didn’t actually take care of me. And that the majority of my childhood was abusive and she’s been using me my entire life. But that’s just…” he shrugs again and looks at Sidekick. “Can that stay between us actually? I don’t really want Hero to know about that.” 

Sidekick nods and hesitantly takes Villain’s hand in his, ignoring the crushing weight in his head telling him not to. Villain lets him take his hand, so he squeezes it tightly and pulls it onto his chest over his heart. 

They lay there for a few minutes, hand in hand over heart, until Hero knocks on the door and walks in. They both shoot up from the bed and Sidekick scurries to his desk. Hero tilts her head and shoots Villain a knowing smile before speaking. “Superhero will be over in a few minutes. Did Sidekick tell you the plan?” 

Shaking his head, Villain unzips one of his bags and takes out a granola bar, “No, we were-” 

He cuts himself off by taking a bite and shakes his head again. “No, he didn’t tell me the plan.”

Hero nods and leans against the desk, “Maybe he can do that then?” 

“Sure thing!” Sidekick says, fiddling with something from his desk. “We’ll come out when Superhero gets here.” 

Hero smiles forcefully and turns around. She stops in the doorway and smiles cheekily, “Let’s keep this open from now on, yeah?” 

Villain’s face goes red and he turns away from her. He finishes his granola bar and slides down the wall with his hands over his face. 

“Oh. My. God.” Sidekick says, chuckling. “What the fuck just happened?” 

Villain falls into a fit of laughter and waves Sidekick over to him. “I think it’s something we can ignore until after we get this plan over with?” 

Sidekick nods. “But maybe we can still…” he trails off but holds his hand out on his leg, an open invitation for Villain to take. Smiling, Villain wraps his fingers with Sidekick’s and pulls his hand into his lap. “So the plan is for you to distract Supervillain while Superhero and Hero sneak up on her from the back. I’ll be with them but really just in case they need a third pair of hands. Which I hope they don’t because I’d love to do this again.” 

He smiles and squeezes Villain’s hand. Villain smiles back and stands up. He walks to the door, still holding Sidekick’s hand and finds his way back to the entryway. 

Superhero is already there, leaning against the wall with his hands in his pockets. He pushes off the wall and walks up to Villain. His eyes narrow and his nose almost touches Villain’s forehead. 

“You’re not working for her, are you?” he whispers. 

A shiver runs down Villain’s spine and all he can bring himself to do for a response is to shake his head. Superhero takes a moment, his breath hot on Villain’s face, before pulling away. He nods and claps Villain on the shoulder. 

“It’s nice to have you on the team!” 

Hero makes herself known and clears her throat, “Now that we’re all here I think it’s time we get going. Villain, you can get us to her house?” 

Villain blinks a few times, unaware of that being one of his tasks. “Uh, yeah. I can do that.” 

“Good. Because that’s the only way we’re taking her down.” She walks past him and bumps his shoulder. Pausing right after, she whispers, “Don’t fuck it up.” 

She opens the door and ushers everyone out the door, “Let’s go! We’ve got a Supervillain to defeat!” 

~

“Ok, this is the spot,” Villain says, unbuckling his seatbelt. He pushes up from his seat and puts his hand on the handle as Hero parks. Sidekick reaches over and puts his hand on Villain’s arm, trying to be comforting. Villain tilts his head so his chin rests on Sidekick’s hand. He almost smiles and gets out of the car. 

Just before he slams the car door, he says, “I’ll leave the door open. Give me a minute then you can come in.” 

On the walk up to the door, Villain’s heart starts to race. His hands get sweaty and his breathing speeds up. He shakes his shoulders and exhales sharply, pushing the anxiety down. 

“Supervillain!” He shouts, opening the door. “I’m home!” 

He can hear her running up the basement stairs. She skids into the entryway and throws her arms around Villain. She puts her chin in the crook of his neck and inhales deeply, “I was so worried about you! You left your phone here so I couldn’t track you and you didn’t leave a note saying when you’d be back!” 

She pulls back from him and holds his shoulders. She shakes him harshly and smacks him, “What were you thinking just leaving like that? You know the rules!” 

He swallows thickly and looks at the ground. “I’m sorry, I wasn’t thinking.” 

“That much is clear.” She scoffs. 

Villain turns her around so her back faces the door right as Hero pushes it open. 

The door creaks and Hero freezes, eyes wide. She pulls back and presses against the outside wall, praying Villain can cover it. 

“What was that?” Superhero hisses from the other side of the doorframe. 

Hero presses a finger to her mouth and shakes her head. She mimes opening the door and opens her mouth just enough to make a faint creaking noise. Superhero nods and takes a step away from the door just as it opens. 

Supervillain peers around the corner of the doorframe and gasps, “Villain the wind brought us some visitors and a squeaky door!” 

She snaps her fingers and Henchman walks onto the porch, Sidekick’s limp body held close against her. Villain’s face turns pale and his heart drops. 

“You knew?” he breathes. 

Supervillain rolls her eyes and shoves him out of the house. “Of course I fucking knew. Your betrayal was very obvious.” 

Sidekick’s head moves and he moans weakly. Henchman’s grip on him tightens and he whimpers. “Well, that’s our cue.” Supervillain says. She waves Henchman into the house and slams the door. The deadbolt turns and Villain throws himself against the house. 

Hero and Superhero watch as he bangs against the door, shaking the wreath on the front of it.  They share a look and each grab one of his arms. They start to pull him back and Villain screams. 

He wails, “We have to save him! She’ll kill him! She’ll ruin him and she’ll hurt him and she’ll kill him! We have to save him from her!” 

Hero wraps her other arm around him and squeezes him tightly, “We will. But right now we need to go and come up with a good plan that’ll actually work. This was half baked at best and Supervillain knew it.” 

Villain shakes his head and kicks his feet, trying to land one on either one of them. Superhero wraps a huge hand around Villain’s arm and lifts him into the air. 

“It’s time to go,” He spits. 

Villain shuts down, he stops fighting and lets the pair drag him back to the car. Hero opens the door for him and he gets put in the backseat as she starts the car. 

Superhero leans over him and clicks the seatbelt. He lingers and sighs. “I didn’t want to leave him either. But he’s tough, he’ll be fine.” 

Villain doesn’t have it in him to scoff. He closes his eyes and draws his legs up to his chest. “It doesn’t matter how tough he is. She’ll beat it out of him. Whatever we end up doing…it better be fast.”

[dukeofthomas]

I will forever maintain that Jason would've been fine and Not a vigilante without Bruce making him Robin