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Tim's absolutely done with whatever this shit of a family is. He's not part of it and doesn't want to be, he's far too angry. It all came out after changing but Tim's not taking in anymore bullshit and frankly he's done with this family. Well he's done with Bruce.
Taking his keys he stormed over to his bike ignoring the way everyone screamed at each other he could hear someone calling after him but he didn't care. Starting his bike he sat down and turned the bike on and got some people to look in his direction but he doesn't care he wants to get away from this mess.
he took off speeding out of the cave causing echoes throughout the cave he doesn't care what speed he's going at he just needed fast he can feel the air through his hair.
When he got out of the cave he was met with a dark sky and darker clouds with heavy cold water hitting him soaking his hair. He should probably care about getting sick but he doesn't. He can see the road flooding but that doesn't waver him. If anything that made him go faster he didn't know where he was going but it didn't matter as long as it was away from them.
But he should have paid more attention, he should have slowed down, should have never taken the bike out.
It was too late turning a corner too fast, the bike was off balance and the tires were above the water. The tilt was too much as the bike slid causing him to fly forward bouncing off the road into a wall. There's ringing in his ears and his vision is blurred but he can see a yellow glow close by but it's turning red before it goes black.
Before
It was pouring outside. Tim was shivering. He had to end patrol soon and he can't stay out any longer. “I'm heading back to the cave to finish a report” Tim said he got the okay and headed to the cave on his bike. He was low on medicine at his nest so it's why he was heading there to begin with.
He made it to the cave and went to med bay area and grabbed antibiotics and popped two into his mouth before heading to the showers. Once the heat hit him he relaxed the cold going away. He got changed into sweatpants and a t-shirt. He figured he'd stay the night or at least stay until the storms were over.
When he was done with the shower he headed towards the Batcompeter to work on his report. He didn't realize how much time passed by until he heard the others pull into the cave. Looking over to greet them did he notice that Damian was injured. Getting up he rushed over towards the med bay and got the supplies they needed out.
“What happened out there? What are your injuries Damian” Tim asked as Bruce helped Damian get on the bed so Tim could get a better look at the injury, ignoring the look Bruce gave him. “Tt it's just a cut on my calf drake” Damian responded by rolling his eyes. Looking at his leg it was a five inch long cut and looked to be deep enough that Damian would need stitches. “Okay I'm going to cut the pants and stitch you up” Tim said pulling the rolling chair towards the bed and grabbed the tray he prepared and put it on the rolling table.
Sitting down he put on gloves and grabbed the cover and cut the fabric making the wound more viable. He got the non lint pads and started to wipe away the blood once most of it was gone he was still bleeding but not as much he grabbed the alcohol.”this is going to sting” Tim said making Damian roll his eyes once again “tt I have had worst things happen-” Damian got cut off by the high pitched sequel he let out as Tim poured the alcohol over the wound finding a bet of pleasure in doing so. After he was done cleaning it he started to stitch up the wound. After doing eight stitches as a precaution he could do without the extra one but Tim wasn't risking it. He looked over at the rest of the group as they were discussing what happened tonight.
From what he could overhear was that at the warehouse Damian and Bruce were watching waiting for a shipment to come in. When it did and they went in everything was going good until a goon got a lucky strike on Damian. Letting out a sigh Tim looked at Damian and realized something else happened. Never once has Damian ever shown Tim an ounce of fear and there were tears in his eyes. Noticing that while everyone else was at the Batcompeter now screaming at each other, Tim realized something terrible happened that night.
Looking at Damian he knew it had to be because he did something.”hey so what exactly happened to night Damian” Tim asked and he saw how Damian hand clenched and with his hands being ungloved he can see his knuckles turning white. After a beat passed by did Damian speak. “I broke fathers number one rule” that broke something in tim. The way Damian's voice was softened by fear how shaky his words were and just how broken he was. “So what was it on accident or on purpose.” Tim asked, making Damian snap his attention to tim.
“An… accident…. I- after the goon slashed my leg I lost balance and fell to the ground next thing I knew he was on top of me with a knife to my throat.” Damian explained making tim angry but quickly faded as he realized Damian was crying. He pulled Damian into a hug and let him through his explanation." I-i didnt mean to.. I reacted on instinct… and he died” Damian said, sobbing harder. Tim started to rub his back; he can still hear the family fighting. “You acted in self defense, nobody should blame you if anything they should be worried about you not being over there fighting over whether or not you killing was justified” Tim explained to Damian, making Damian pull back in shock and look at Tim." I don't care if you killed you had to protect yourself I know we don't get along well but your always be my little brother and I will always love you and as long as you and I live I will still love you and be your big brother no matter what.” tim said making something flash across Damian's face.
“As long as you are safe and come back to life, that's all that matters to me Damian,” Tim said, giving Damian a smile."Now you rest here and let me knock some since into them” Tim said moving Damian into a comfortable potion and kissing his forehead before turning away.
Facing away from Damian he dropped his smile and calmly walked over to where his brothers and Bruce were yelling at each other. He watched as dick was trying to calm both Jason and Bruce but he could tell he was Jason's side. Making it over to them he stopped and waited listening to Jason and Bruce go back and forth until he snapped.
He stepped between them placing a hand on their chest and pushed them away from each other making their Aguring come to a stop and all three of their attention snapped to him. Taking a breath he glared at Bruce to stand down and from the body language Bruce did not like that.
“Mind telling me why you guys are over here Arguing when your son-” Tim said looking at Bruce before looking to his left at his brother. “And our little brother is currently injured, it might not be critical or anything but it is an injury that needs eight stitches” Tim said giving all three a glare he noticed how Bruce's jaw clenched and can see did and Jason having at least some type of guilt written over it.
“You need to stay out of this red Robin” Bruce spoke meaning this is going to be some hurtful shit. “No you listen here Bruce Wayne you son is injured and you are more worried about the fact that he killed someone in self defense” Tim said now full on facing Bruce both now glaring at each other. “You don't have a say in any of this” Bruce spoke and well that pissed Tim off and really he probably should have kept his mouth shut.
“I do in fact have a say would have liked for Damian not to kill the man if so then you would have been okay with having another dead son-” Tim got cut off with pain shooting through his cheek Neely making him stumble. The cave was quite reeling in the fact that Bruce had just hit him. “...did you just hit me Bruce?” Tim asked, feeling a smile come on his face as he looked Bruce in his eyes. He could see the fear that flashed over Bruce's face before taking a step forward. He can hear how Jason was starting to yell at Bruce with dick but Bruce and Tim weren't listening to them nor were they looking at each other.
“Got to say Bruce was not at all surprised,” Tim said, making Bruce freeze." What is that all you got can't say anything so you resolve to be physically” Tim said, bringing his arms to his chest and crossing them. “You weren't needed and never have you wanted Tim. This issue doesn't have anything to deal with, this is a family issue” Bruce said, causing Tim's smile to drop. He knew things were going to be said but he didn't think Bruce would out right dammit it. He hear let out a noise of surprises and sees Bruce smirking like he won.
“You aren't my son, never have and never will be” Bruce said, sounding so sure he won something over Tim. Jason stopped yelling and just looked at Bruce. “Your right I have never been you son Bruce” Tims calm voice caught Bruce off guard and Tim noticed and smiled at him.
“Truth is you were my son the day I became Robin. At thirteen I had to parent you making sure you ate and slept. Having to watch you so you didn't kill yourself because you where suicidal having a gun that I had to wrestle out of your hands. Having to sedate you so you can sleep or even help fix your wounds because you didn't care if you died on patrol. I had to drag you to bed because you drank until you couldn't remember the reality you lived in." Tim said shouting at Bruce every jab he made Bruce took a step back and Tim followed him. “So yeah Bruce you weren't my parent and I wasn't your son no if anything I was your parent." Tim spoke calmer this time around he turned to the Batcompeter, grabbed his bike key and walked away.
Taking five steps he looked back at Bruce “oh and don't be a hypocrite about your no kill rule you and I know you killed 3 people but only I know that you really killed 7 I bet those other four deaths drive you insane since you don't know who they are” Tim said smiling at Bruce. Tim can still feel anger as he marches over to his bike he can hear Jason and dick yelling at Bruce.but what made him freeze was Damian standing at the med bay railing shouting his first name but Tim couldn't handle it right not.
Present
Opening his eyes he sees orange filling his vision he can feel an intense heat making him sweat. He tried to move but couldn't because he felt too weak to even open his eyes so moving was out of the question.that doesn't include the that he felt enormous weight on his legs. He could barely breathe.
Every breath felt painful he could taste iron in his mouth and feel something dripping out of his mouth. But his entire face felt wet and realized it was the rain. He just couldn't see that the rain was mixing with his blood and the puddle he's laying in is his own blood.
His legs were pinned by his bike which explained why he couldn't move his legs.his bike crashed into the wall setting too a blaze he was slowly going to get burned alive. Managing to move his head down did he realize he was going to die.
A metal pipe is pierced through his upper abdomen and guessing by his breathing and where it is. It had hit his lung and barely missed his heart. Meaning the fire wasn't going to kill him first no it means the pipe well be the death of him along with bacteria.
All Tim could do was lay there waiting for someone to come and from what he could gather was that people were outside standing around him from a distance. Phones where he can't hear a thing he just hopes at least one of them called for help.
But Tim wouldn't know as his vision went white and his body stopped moving and limp. Everyone held their breath as they realized what happened.
On March 23 at 5:15 am Timothy drake-wayne had died in a mortal cycle accident. The person to confirm his death was Robin as he was the first person on the scene.
People swear they saw Robin crying when Robin discovered that Timothy was the one in the accident. He waited with the body holding his hand until the ambulance came to take the body away. Robin continued to watch the empty space and it hit everyone that the impact of Timothy's death meant something to Robin.
Then a woosh was heard and Superboy was there with his leather jacket he looked at Robin and the spot he was staring at. Superboy spoke to Robin in a hush tone before he pulled Robin into a hug everyone there witnessed both Robin and Superboy boy crying into each other's arms.
No one knows what to do. The world stopped as they all watched the death and aftermath of Timothy's death. When the cops came by the manor later to inform them of Tim's death did they witness how dick Grayson broke Jason Todd eyes filled with anger and Damian Wayne stayed quiet he was no longer present. But Bruce Wayne stood at the entrance with a face of guilt before realizing another son of his was dead. And he failed once again.
Once the officers left, did Jason shout at Bruce blaming him. Dick cried until he couldn't while Damian walked away in silence. He didn't let anyone know he found Tim's body. The way Tim's Lifeless body was laying there with a pipe through him.
When Tim had left he called out to stop him but failed too. He walked over to where Bruce was and yelled at him through the pain about what he said to Tim was wrong and the fact he will never forgive Bruce as he was not his father anymore. He grabbed the keys to the Batmobile and went after Tim or tried to. It was till he heard a call about how there had been a mortal cycle accident did he speed over to the location and pray to God it wasn't Tim.
When he arrived he saw a crowd of people pushing his way through the crowd did he see it. A body laying unmoving a pipe through his chest and his legs being pinned by the burning mortal cycle. A very familiar mortal cycle Damian's heart dropped and he ran over to see Tim lying there His head smashed open and his neck broken. Damian broke at the sight and cried because he knew without checking Tim's pulse that he was dead.
He held Tim's hand in hopes that he can feel that he isn't alone and that Tim knows that someone still loves him. He doesn't know how long he stayed there as the ambulance showed up taking Tim away from him. He heard a woosh next to him and saw Conner standing there asking why Tim's heart stopped beating here.
“He's dead” Damian managed to say, causing a tense silence to fill them before he got yanked into a hug making both of them cry.
Driving back felt surreal; the pain in his leg couldn't compare to the pain in his chest. When he arrived at the Batcave he went straight to his room to change and lay in bed waiting he couldn't look or think he couldn't even feel. When a knock filled the Manor and Bruce yelled for them to go did everyone find out about Tim's death.
He knew they had to call Cass and Stephanie to let them know he figured Barbra would get the news from her father. He just couldn't bring himself to do anything but walk away from the mess into Tim's room and lay in his bed.
When Stephanie found out she thought it was cruel joke until she saw the news and videos online did she break down crying. Cassandra refused to look at Bruce she was often found in Tim's clothes looking at the photos he took. Barbara felt guilt of not being on comms that night and knowing that she could have prevented the death of Timothy Drake Wayne.
But they all stood in front of Tim's grave. They were joined by the hero community and what shocked everyone was the rogue in Gotham showing up and villains outside of Gotham were present and a boy with blond hair stood there crying into Conner's shoulder. No one knew that Tim had a Civilian friend. Lady Shiva stood next to Ras as they watched from afar. King snake and lynx stood on the other end. Everyone was tense but nothing was happening. Nobody knew his connection or the fact he had so many enemies. Even Lex Luther came to say his peace knowing the only person who was smart enough was gone.
In the end Tim died alone but he didn't die unloved. Who knows maybe in other universe he lives.