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Redhood was doing a patrol around the crime alley, when he spotted a very nostalgic premise.
'Hey little bird, lets keep a secret'
Jason saw green at the memory though it wasnt exactly because of anger, he wasn't exactly sure why escpecially because he doesnt really remember Dick ever saying that.
He went inside Mike's Diner
"Hello welcome in- Oh what brings you here Red Hood? You usually come on fridays."
Jason looked at the older man named Mike, seeing that despite how long its been the only thing that has changed is the colour of his beard.
"Hi Mike, thought I just check in"
Jason responded, thought his attention was quickly diversed as disheveled young man whom he presume to be around his late twenties
"Hi Mike, hows its going?"
The young man said joyously though it felt off, like he didn't belong.
The young mans appearance, standed out even though by not much, his clothes were clean and creepily white alike to the ones arkham patient's wore.
"So what would you like to eat?"
The man asked, but there was no one else there.
"So me and my brother will be having the Tuesday special."
"Alrighty! Two Tuesday specials coming right up"
The young man sat down in the corner and began mumbling to himself as if he was with someone else, thankfully for Jason, Mike was quick at cooking.
"Two Tuesday specials, ready!"
The man quickly grabbed his order and left.
"What was his deal?"
"Oh, We call him crazy Jay every Tuesday he comes orders the old Tuesday special we dont even have it on our menu anymore
He used to be a regular with his brother, before his brother died, six months after he started to show up every Tuesday without fail and I guess replay his delusions.
Hes a John Doe at arkham no ever claimed the lad and the doctors believe its better to let him replay this delusion every Tuesday."
This made Jason curious even more so since his story matched his.
"Why call him crazy Jay tho?"
"Well other clients, heard him muttering the name Jason and since hes a John Doe anyway we just call him Jay."
"I see..."
Jason didn't want to believe this man to be his brother, I mean Dick was the golden child there was no way that it was him.
So Jason did the only reasonable thing in his mind which was to break into the manor and ask Bruce himself
"Bruce.." Jason spoke slowly to get his fathers attention
"Jaylad?" Jason couldn't bring himself to look at his father's face full of guilt and sorrow
"Where is Dick?" Jason asked, but when he saw his father's face he knew, he won't like the anwser.
"I don't know, after learning of your death he just went m.i.a during one of his mission with the titans..."
It was unsual for Bruce's voice to crack, it caught Jason off guard
"There an arkham patient, who's a John Doe. I saw him in the crime alley in mines and Dick favourite restaurant, apparently they let him out so he can replay his last memory with his brother, and I was thinking that he might be Dick"
Jason just begged he was right that be wasn't giving his father a false sense of hope
"I also dug a little and found out that he attacked the joker and almost killed him."
Jason decided to add
"So, Bruce would you... like to find Dick with me?"
"There a pretty good chance our John Doe might be Dick."
Jason asked quietly even though he had no way of knowing Bruce's anwser, he just hoped that Bruce would agree.