anti-vigilante

helena bertinelli. 24. occasional psycho.

[purplevigilante]

bewarebatspoilers:

“And I thank you for that. I think I’m just a weeee bit too tired for bat-glares tonight. Or for the rest of my life.”

“I was over them by the first time I got one”

[purplevigilante]

red-and-undead:

Brow still furrowed, he became slightly less tense at her touch. Maybe it was because before this he had been in a good mood. Maybe he was just too tired to stay angry for too long. Shifting his weight, he looked her in the eye. “I can’t go back.” He then spat. “I’m dead. There is so much crap wrong with me that I’m begging to keep under control; going back there will only make everything worse.”

Helena didn’t quite know what to make of this situation. She knew that this would relieve Bruce in so many ways but she also couldn’t imagine making Jason’s life anymore harder after what he had already gone through. A few moments passed and she just wanted him to know that she was listening, that he had someone to talk to. Adding pressure again she looked into his domino mask, “I--- I know this is such a cliche thing to say but I’m here for you....and I know we’ve just got on first name basis but I wouldn’t want any harm to come to you mentally....or otherwise,” she said sincerely, and after a few silent moments she smiled a bit, “It’s Helena by the way.....I guess it’s only fair you know my name too.”

[purplevigilante]

mrcullenrow:

“Hi, I’m from the Wayne Industries’ tech department.”

“You called saying there’s a problem with your software?”

Helena rolled her eyes, “WayneTech....I can never escape that man,” she scoffed audibly before returning her attention back to her visitor, “It’s not so much a problem as it is a complete crash I really need to recover what I was....working on,” what she was working on was hacking the GCPD crime database but he didn’t need to know that.

[purplevigilante]

red-and-undead:

His eyebrows knit together, and he looked at her looking slightly more pissed off. “My family?” He scoffed. He then crossed his arms. “My family did nothing after I died. I can forgive that they weren’t there to save me, but you know what they did instead of avenging me? They replaced me. Some kind of love, there, huh?”

She could sense the hostility rising within him. She knew that she was only a few words away from never seeing him again and she couldn’t figure out if that would be a bigger loss for her or Bruce. She shook her head at his words, “Jason, no      its not that simple. Bruce’s heart still aches for you...to this day, he mourns you      they all do,” she explained, pausing briefly, “I know I wasn’t really around when you were....alive....I guess, but I do know that Bruce has never really gotten over what happened to you, you have to believe that,” with that she gave his hand a light squeeze for reassurance.

[purplevigilante]

bewarebatspoilers:

She shrugged. “Well, I was about to go full Spoiler for one, but now I guess my night just opened up.”

Helena chuckled a bit, “Well trust me, I just saved you from days of sour looks from Bruce.”

[purplevigilante]

thefirstbxtgirl:

“More or less.” Barbara shrugged. They’d had a lot of success, but it wasn’t hard to remember their failures as well. “I’m proud of him. Of all of them, really. Gotham’s never had so much protection.”

Helena nodded in agreement with what the redhead said. Biting her lip, Helena broke the silence after a few seconds, “Can I be honest with you Barb?” she asked but continued anyway, “Sometimes I don’t know if I’m a help or a hindrance to Bruce’s cause..”

[purplevigilante]

bewarebatspoilers:

She huffed. “He thinks he can do everything by himself, like he’s capable- okay, maybe he is, since he’s the Batman and all, but…” She bit her bottom lip. “Fine, Lena. I’ll stay back.”

Helena smiled a bit, “I totally get how you’re feeling. There have been so many times where I feel like I have to help him out but they usually just end up in him icing me out for a day or too..” she explained before sighing, “anyway what are you up to Steph?”

[purplevigilante]

red-and-undead:

“Oh, believe me, I’ve thought about it.” His tone was bitter. Obviously, his feelings towards the dark knight were nowhere near as positive as they used to be. “But I’m not exactly happy with Bruce right now.”

Suddenly Helena had completely forgotten about the initial reason that the pair had even been together. She had become so familiar with the Red Hood and had not a single inkling of how completely life-altering his identity would be. Closing the distance between them, she reached for his hand, trying to be sincere with him. “Listen, I can’t even begin to imagine what you’ve been through but Jason...you have a family, one that loves you..”

[purplevigilante]

red-and-undead:

He shrugged. “Well, about as alive as I can really be… This is my second time around the bend of life, after all.” He stood up, then raising an eyebrow. “Is it really that shocking?”

Helena closed her eyes for a bit before opening them, as if she was expecting him to be gone once she opened them. Knowing it was a ridiculous idea she simply continued her conversation, “Jason    have you told Bruce? You need to tell him”

[purplevigilante]

bewarebatspoilers:

“Hey, it’s not as much ‘unannounced company’ as it is ‘I’m going to kick this villain’s ass while you’re kicking another villain’s ass for the sake of your own sanity.’”

Helena nodded in agreement, her lips pursed, “I guess I can see what you mean. Still, he still doesn’t see things as clear as us, so if you wanna avoid a lecture, I suggest you let him handle it.”

[purplevigilante]

bewarebatspoilers:

“Already on it, Hun!”

“I wouldn’t Steph, you know how Bruce is about unannounced company..”

[purplevigilante]

red-and-undead:

“Well,” he began, sitting on the edge of the building and running a few fingers through his hair out of stress, “my name is Jason Todd, and technically, I’m a zombie.”

Helena froze at his words. Her breathing hitched when he was done speaking. Being somewhat in Batman’s inner circle she had heard about him and she had known that he was arguably Batman’s greatest failure. “J-Jason Todd?” she asked, not being able to control the stutter. “You’re alive..?” she subconsciously began backing away and she wasn’t sure why.

[purplevigilante]

“I swear that bat-signal is blaring 24/7. I don’t even get the point of a signal if its gonna be on all day. If I didn’t know any better I’d think that Bats had his hands full....someone should give him a hand.”

[purplevigilante]

red-and-undead:

He took a deep breath and grumbled, wishing he still had his cigarette to take a drag of. “Well, Huntress,” he looked her in the eye, “what do you want to know?”

She shrugged, not actually knowing what she wanted to know from him, she just knew that she wanted to know more. “How about a name, I think we’ve at least reached that point, don’t you?” she asked with a brow raised, “after that just feel free to let it all out...”

[purplevigilante]

red-and-undead:

He looked at her with a raised eyebrow. “Please, you don’t want it. It’s too depressing and I’d hate to put a damper on this night.”

Helena rolled her eyes, “Red, we're two young....I’m assuming, adults in the prime of our lives and we’re wasting a potential night of debauchery staking out a weapons shipment.....the night is damp,” she replied. 

[purplevigilante]

red-and-undead:

“Well, then good luck cracking everything else.” He stretched his arms out upwards. “The rest of me is pretty complicated.”

At his words Helena took a break from her observation of the docks and glanced over to her partner for the time being. She could sense the shift in mood between them. After a few moments of silence she finally broke it, “Well give me a lead...”

[purplevigilante]

red-and-undead:

“Way to go, detective.” He rolled his eyes.

She chucked a bit, “It was one of my easier cases to crack, I assure you.”