Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans. That's why I invented Jerry. :-)
Note: This is a Robin/Starfire fanfic told from a different person's point of view. Also, I think Robin is seventeen despite being vertically challenged.
Bats in Jump City
Gotham Train Station (11 p.m.):
A sixteen year-old girl stepped out of a cab and motioned to the boy sitting with her to come out. She had thick red hair and bright blue eyes but quickly pulled up the hood of her sweatshirt as if she felt self-conscious without something to cover her face. The boy stepped into the light of a street lamp and you could see that he was fifteen, with spiked black hair and blue eyes behind a pair of sunglasses. As the cab drove off, leaving the teens standing with a backpack each, the boy turned and started to ask a question but the girl had already headed toward the ticket counter, eager to reach their destination.
"Excuse me, sir. We need two tickets to Jump City, please." She was polite, but the fact that the employee handling the counter couldn't see her face at all was troubling. Those two look like the personification of danger, the employee thought to himself while smiling back at the girl, I bet they're part of some gang.
"So, what are you kids doing making a long trip to a dangerous city like Jump, in the middle of the school year?" he asked the teens making conversation.
"Well, Jerry," the boy said glancing at the man's name tag, "I've always had this dream of going and meeting the real Robin and his team the Teen Titans. They're like the heroes of heroes, and I hope I can be as great as–" the boy got that far before his companion smacked him lightly on the top of his head with her palm.
"I'm sorry, sir. He tends to ramble sometimes," the girl apologized crisply, "We wouldn't want to bother you with the tedious details of our trip."
Jerry decided that asking anymore would make him seem prying, and so he merely handed them each a ticket and wished them a fun trip.
The mystery girl thanked him and dragged the boy away at a faster pace than his feet could move. Once they were twenty yards away, she smacked him again on the top of his head and admonished the boy. Jerry hadn't heard what the girl had said but he definitely heard what the boy said as he replied back with annoyance. "If you want low-profile, then try taking off the hood, Ms. I-look-like-I'm-about-to-pull-a-bank-job!" Whatever she replied it must have been about his sunglasses-at-night look because he self-consciously touched them and turned a bright red. As the teens faded from Jerry's sight, he wondered silently who they were and if they really were gang members. And as interesting as they were, in an hour, Jerry had no memory at all of the two.
Jump City Pizzeria:
The Teen Titans: Victorious as usual (what else would you expect when they were dealing with Dr. Light?) and celebrating with a night out for pizza. Beast Boy was telling another one of his 'hilarious' jokes.
"Okay guys, so why did the fish get bad grades? Because he was below C level!" Beast Boy said rolling on the floor with laughter as his teammates simultaneously groaned. "Do you get it? C level? Sea level?"
"Come on, guys, let's get out of here before one of us dies of boredom listening to Beast Boy's jokes," the team's leader Robin stood up and intertwined his hand with Starfire's. Yes, the two of them had been dating since the whole Tokyo thing and it was a beautiful relationship filled with chocolates on Valentine's Day, kissing all the time (when not on missions), and saying 'I love you' back and forth. Anyways, since Robin and Starfire began dating, a new driving diagram had been drawn up as Starfire decided to ride with Robin on the R-cycle instead of flying and Raven sometimes chose to fly rather than listen to Cyborg and Beast Boy in a car for fifteen minutes.
Raven and the T-Car reached the tower at the same time and waited patiently for Robin and Starfire to come so that they wouldn't accidentally be locked out (it's happened more than once to Beast Boy).
Meanwhile, Starfire was telling Robin about the many things that she missed from her home planet. "I love my life here and I love you, but sometimes… I miss my family. I miss Galfore, and my brother, and I wish they could visit me."
"Yeah, I know what you mean, Starfire, I know what you mean…" His voice trailed off as he remembered his parents, the Flying Graysons, and then Bruce, Alfred, and Babs. He didn't have to worry about any awkward silence after that, though, because they'd finally reached the tower and saw Beast Boy anxiously waving his arms at them (too much soda…). With a laugh, they both raced to the door.
"Hold-up guys, something's not right." Cyborg said reading a monitor built into a wall. "These computers say that there's someone in the main room checking out some minor data stored in our mainframe."
"Dude, as long as they're not in the bathroom." Beast Boy said hopping on one foot and biting his lip.
Robin made shooing motions toward Beast Boy and sighed when he saw the green teen sprinting off down the hallway. "Cyborg, how on earth could anyone have gotten into the tower? They'd have to be as good at computers as you are to get past the lock on that door."
Cyborg shook his head, though, "My sensors are sure."
"Let's go in, but be careful. We don't know who we're dealing with." Robin said, bracing himself for battle.
They all burst into the room simultaneously, Cyborg readying his sonic cannon, Starfire's hands and eyes glowing green, Robin with ready with a bird-a-rang, Raven with her black energy floating freely around her, and Beast Boy – still in the bathroom…
Their intruder had been leaning casually against a chair placed in front of a computer, face to the screen. Hearing the Titans enter the room, the intruder spun around quickly.
Cyborg's sensors took in the girl's appearance in .2 seconds; A tall-ish, skinny girl about Robin's age, wearing a black skin-tight suit covering her entire body, all the way up to the mask that covered her neck and the top half of her face. At the top of her head, two dark points stuck up from her mask like ears and a thick ponytail of red hair fell from the back of her mask. A short cape fell from her shoulders, yellow on the inside, black on the outside, like so much of her costume. Her boots and elbow-length gloves were yellow and a lopsided utility belt was hanging off one hip. One last thing: printed broadly across her chest was a big, yellow silhouette of… a bat.
In .3 seconds, the girl had launched herself at Robin and nearly knocked him over. Starfire almost blasted her to bits but found that Robin and the mystery girl were hugging, not taking part in a to-the-death battle.
"ROBIN! It's so great to see you!" the girl cried.
"Titans, meet Batgirl. She's like my own little sister." Robin said escaping from Batgirl's killer hug. He swiped at the tear that had escaped her mask and asked mockingly, "Are you crying?"
Batgirl brushed his fingers away with a smile on her lips but thought again about what he had called her. Was she just a 'little sister' to Robin? Not the time, Babs, she thought to herself, pull yourself together, this is so not the time to cry. She noticed Raven's eyes on her, and smiled a little brighter... and then thwacked Robin on the top of his head even harder than she had hit her companion back in Gotham City.
"THAT WAS FOR NOT WRITING, THAT WAS FOR NOT CALLING FOR CHRISTMAS, THAT WAS FOR NOT TELLING US WHEN YOU LEFT THE COUNTRY, AND THAT WAS FOR NOT INVITING ME TO HELP KICK BROTHERHOOD OF EVIL BUTT!!!" Batgirl yelled at Robin, accentuating each accusation with a slap.
"New fiend – apologies, friend – Batgirl, why are you attempting to injure Robin?" Starfire asked without trying to hide the jealousy in her voice.
Batgirl looked at the Tameranian and sighed inwardly. Starfire was beautiful, her hair was like a bright fire and Batgirl's was pale orange. Starfire's green eyes shone with unbridled emotion and Batgirl knew that Starfire wasn't going to like her. Judging from research and first impressions, it's no wonder that Robin's so in love with her… and not a certain other, Batgirl thought sadly.
"Sorry, Babs, I'll make sure to call you up the next time we have an international evil threatening to take over the world." Robin grinned, oblivious to Batgirl's emotions, unlike Raven.
Raven kept her face blank as usual but could have cringed feeling the waves of sadness coming off the new comer. She wanted to know what was up, what could make someone so sad, but reminded herself of peoples' rights to their own thoughts.
Beast Boy walked in whistling and headed for the T.V. but stopped suddenly in front of Batgirl and his jaw dropped (just because she isn't as pretty as Starfire doesn't mean Batgirl isn't pretty period) "DUDES! Who is she?"
"Stop looking at my sister like that, I might have to kill you for it," Robin said protectively. There goes the 'sister' line again…
Beast Boy retreated behind Raven, cheeks turning red (ha, ha, red on green. Am I the only one who thinks it's funny when Beast Boy blushes?)
"Well, lil' lady, do you have place to stay for the night? We'd be happy to let you crash here." Cyborg offered graciously.
"Thanks, but no thanks; I've got arrangements at the hotel across town. I just wanted to come visit for a bit before heading back, talk to Robin a bit… if it's alright with you guys."
"Of course it's okay; any friend of Robin's is a friend of ours," Cyborg said and went back to his room.
"Whatever," Raven said, and left to meditate.
Beast Boy mumbled something inaudible and followed Raven out of the room.
Starfire hovered uncertainly, eying Batgirl critically.
"So what's up?" Robin said, choosing to ignore Starfire for once.
"Hold that thought, Rob," Batgirl said as she began searching the pockets of her utility belt. One button here and a bat-a-rang came out, another button there and a grapple shot out. With a cry of triumph, she held up a small silver ball.
"AHA! You are a traitor and are trying to bomb the tower!" Starfire said shooting as many star bolts as she could make, all at Batgirl, ignoring Robin's protests. When the smoke had partially cleared, a large depression could be seen in the middle of the floor. Batgirl wasn't in sight.
Author's Note:
Hi, I really hope you like my story so far, and just in case you're going to get mad at me, this is not a story about Robin breaking up with Starfire so he can hook-up with Batgirl. This is kind of a story about Robin and Starfire told from another person's point of view. Anyway, please review!
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