A Home for Davey
Davey the Revenant Au
It's becoming so clear that Davey doesn't belong here but Bruce couldn't let go that he seemed to fit so well sometimes. He had never given up on anyone let alone his children.
Davey just had special needs. He was still just a little boy. He had his whole life ahead of him.
At least he did.
Constantine hasn't given up trying to get Bruce to see the truth. Davey is dead. He has been dead for a long time now. But Bruce doubted it more and more. He had held Davey in his arms and can feel the warmth of his body and the pulse of his heart. He was a living being.
But he knew very well that "Living" and Davey were always at odds. Davey's obsessive desire to not just die but to be killed was what made him what he was. His singular desire was what kept him here on earth. Bruce could neither let him pursue it nor let him give it up. In either case, Davey would be gone for good just like Constantine warned.
There is no winning.
Jason wanted to take Davey. Allow him to fulfill his obsession and use it to help people. But Bruce could never agree to that. But his nature Davey must be harmed in order to harm others. Could Jason truly stand by and watch Davey wander into the hands of those whose only desire is to hurt children just so Davey can conduct his lengthy psychological attack—mentally tormenting his target to death.
Davey is also kept under constant watch because he can easily escape back into the world and sometimes he still tries. Part of him knew that if Davey did truly escape long enough he'd never come back. The pull of his nature would always overwrite any semblance of humanity he had learned.
It was selfish in a way.
Bruce knew how much Davey struggled in a world that had rules he didn't understand. He didn't understand why people feared or felt uncomfortable around him. He'll he had alienated most of the League and they wayed far from him. It hurt Bruce of course and the kids have tried to be there for Davey. But they knew is was tiring. Davey required 24 hour care and it's taxing cleaning up blood stains and dealing with the sight of the child corpses he leaves behind. Thank, God they disintegrate after a while.
Davey was a sweet kid though. He loved people in a pure way. He didn't expect anything from you but was thankful for any affection you gave. He wanted to be near you and be held. He was just so young when he died and it must have been so horrible for him to be so new to being loved.
But knew he needed to find answers. For Davey's sake. Constantine told him from the start to find Davey's resting place. Taking him back to where he died and performing an appeasement ceremony might be enough to let him rest but they may also have to let Davey finally find his original target. The one who killed him.
They managed to make a trail of each of Davey's kill locations to find where it all started. They narrowed down a location in Madison, Wisconsin. It felt random at first. What could have happened there to create a revenant?
Tim had his theories. He brought up the Native American legend of the Deer Woman. The Deer Woman was a spirit that targeted men who harmed women and children by luring them to their deaths. That is exactly what Davey did. His uncanny ability to find his targets, just by looking at them made sense.
That only made it clearer that Davey couldn't last among humans.
It was settled. They were going to have to take him back there. It was the only way to know for sure. There was a good chance that Davey wouldn't be coming back.
Dinner that evening was quiet. Tomorrow was Davey's last night here. Of course, Davey didn't know that. He just knew that everyone was paying extra attention to him. He got extra cookies from Alfred without having to ask extra nicely.
He didn't really understand what it felt like but he saw that Dick's eyes were red. He saw that in his shows on PBS that that mean sadness. He followed what the TV told him and hugged Dick.
He had learned a lot recently. Like be kind and caring to others because it's the right thing to do. Always comfort your friends and listen to what they need.
Dick said he was okay though. Davey didn't know what to do next.
Tim gave him unlimited tablet time though and he sat on Barbara and Cass's lap all night until he fell asleep at 8, a whole hour after his bedtime.
It was around midnight when Damian snuck into Davey's room. He picked up the 6-year-old and carried him off.
He didn't like Davey but he couldn't let this happen. He didn't know what was going through his father's head. He has never given up on anyone, even if the world thought they deserved it. Why give up on Davey?
Damian knew the answer. He didn't like the answer, none of them did. But was this truly putting Davey first? He didn't do anything wrong but be turned into a revenant. He didn't ask for this. Bruce said he was just going to look for an answer but he didn't need Davey to do that.
Damian didn't care how sad everyone was, they never asked Davey what he wanted. So he was going to stop them from making a stupid decision.
Jason was waiting outside in a car. Damian loaded the sleeping boy in the back and they drove off a quickly as possible.
