Okay, so I've wanted to do this for some time. I'm putting my Shades Of Scarlet on hiatus, kinda let newcomers get caught up to the stories. In the meantime, I'm gonna write a tale about the Bat Family, because it's so much fun. Imagine this live action, with the cast being...

JASON TODD - JENSEN ACKLES
DICK GRAYSON - JARED PADELECKI
DAMIAN WAYNE - PICK A KID
TIM DRAKE - I DUNNO
CASSANDRA CAIN - NO CLUE
BARBARA GORDON - NOPE
ALRED PENNYWORTH - MICHAEL CAINE
BRUCE WAYNE - CHRISTIAN BALE

It was a normal day in Gotham.

By normal, we mean it actually was normal. Not ridden with crime, or deep in winter's fog. It was a sunny, warm day, perfect weather, and you could almost feel the spring coming.

Jason Todd hated it.

Granted, Jason hated almost everything, but this was an especially bad day for him. His team, the Outlaws, had been disbanded, and he himself was under some heat from the Justice League for "excessive power" used during the last crisis that had threatened Earth. He personally blamed Superman, thinking the Kryptonian was getting a little too alien loving.

And then he remembered Starfire was an alien. And that brought him back to his depression.

Surprisingly, the only person who had stood up for him was Batman himself. Jason had always thought his tactics were too harsh for Bruce, but apparently his one rule didn't extend to alien bastards. Maybe there was hope for him.

Jason got up from his couch. He was renting a small, dingy apartment in the Narrows, right on the scene in case there was danger. He walked over to his fridge, on the hunt for a beer.

His phone rang, and he immediately became more annoyed. No one knew his number, so a wrong number was the worst thing he could expect.

He was wrong.

"Hey, Jason?"

Jason flinched inwardly as he recognized his elder "brother's" voice.

"Dick?" he said. "How the hell did you get the number?"

"Oh, nice. Y'know, normal people usually answer with, hi, how're you doing?" Ever since Koriand'r had regained her memories, she had gotten back with Dick, and the two were planning on getting married... again. But it made for an even more annoyingly cheerful Nightwing.

"What do you want?" Jason grunted, opening his beer. It popped with a fizz.

"Don't chug that drink," Dick warned. "I need you to do some driving for me."

"What?" He took a swig anyway, loudly. He heard Dick sigh.

"I, um... forgot, Bruce wanted me to pick Damian up from school today. Well, uh, I, uh, can't, I forgot I'm doing... stuff." Stuff... could mean anywhere from special League work to a date with Kory. "So, can you pick him up for me?"

Jason swished the alcohol around in his mouth, letting it burn his mouth. And then he realized what Dick was asking, and choked. He almost lost the liquid, but managed to force it down. He coughed, gasping for breath.

"Uh, Jason? Are you okay? It's only a small favor."

Jason held up a hand, before realizing Dick couldn't see him.

"I'm fine," he choked. "Did I hear you right? You want me to be like some fucking parent/guardian that picks up their kid at school? I'm a fucking assassin!"

"Yeah, I did just ask you to do that," Dick answered, sounding irritated. "And please watch your mouth around Damian. I know he's probably heard it all by now, but he's still eleven, for God's sake..."

Jason gaped.

"I can't believe I'm hearing this," he said.

"Well, first off, what else are you doing? Lying on your couch and guzzling beer, eating bon-bons, watching Opera re-runs."

"I'm not-,"

"Second, you owe Bruce. And you owe me. This could pay off both debts."

"Whoa, wait. I don't watch Opera, and what the hell are bon-bons? And I don't owe you anything."

He heard Dick breathe, as if he was waiting for him to remember. As a matter of fact, he did remember, Nightwing had saved his life, multiple times.

What a way to pay that off...

"Fine," he said, in a tone that said he would rather gargle razor-blades. "But this pays everything off. Understand?"

"Deal. Thanks, Jay."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever..."

He heard a click that said that Dick had hung up. He put the phone down, before he stared at it.

"Wait, where the hell does he go to school?!"

Remember, this is just for fun.