Oh. My. Glob.
Really, you guys? 28 reviews in three days? It made my day! I came home from school expecting like 6 reviews or something and BAM! I'M SO BUBBLY RIGHT NOW!
So, instead of doing biology homework on a topic I already know about, I'm updating. This is the last chapter that I have already written, so there will most likely be a gap between this one and the next one. I really don't know what to do for the ending. Do you guys want Batman to come and take care of Robin? Or have the team transport Robin to Mt. Justice where Batman finds them?Tell me in your reviews, please.
So, here we go. Chapter 2!
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Enjoy!
~Zara
Warnings: blood, shameless Robin torture, Joker being really creepy and messed up, vomiting…yeah.
"Now then," the Joker giggled, slowly unzipping one of the black duffle bags. "Let's get started."
The team, minus Robin, watched with bated breath as the Joker extracted something from his bag. They gasped at what they saw: it was a sharp carving knife, and the steel glinted evilly in the dim lights of the garage.
The clown cackled and waved the knife mockingly at the team. Then he bent down next to Robin, who looked indifferent. "Ready to shed some tears for me, Wonder Boy?" Joker giggled, running the blunt side of the knife down Robin's torso.
Robin growled and Aqualad thought numbly of how much he sounded like Batman. "Whatever the hell you do, Joker, I'm not going to cry for you," he said. The team marveled at Robin's courage as the Joker frowned. Then, suddenly, he slashed the knife at Robin's exposed forearm.
Blood oozed from the gash as Miss Martian sobbed. Robin, however, did not react.
"Oh, come on Robbie. That had to have hurt a teeny bit," Joker pouted. Robin raised an eyebrow, making the top of his mask rise slightly.
"Fine," Joker shrugged. He took up the knife again and drove it into Robin's left leg, right into his calf. This time, Robin winced lightly and M'gann cried even louder.
The Joker was still unsatisfied. He looked at the blood dripping off the knife clutched in his hand. He took a gloved hand and ran it along the blade. He licked the red off his finger, smacking his lips. Kid Flash looked away, gagging.
The Joker looked over at the older teens, grinning. "Crying already? We're just getting started!" he said.
With that, he turned back to Robin and cut the ropes off his chest, leaving his arms and legs tied. Joker unclasped Robin's tunic and yanked it off. Then, he slowly sawed through the Kevlar vest underneath, revealing tan skin and an eight-pack. The Joker licked his lips, staring.
He raised the knife again and brought it down to Robin's chest. He carved a letter "J" into the muscular skin and Robin grunted, blood dripping down his torso.
The Joker continued to carve his name into Robin's chest, the Boy Wonder letting out gasps every now and then. The team watched in horror, wondering how Robin wasn't showing more pain.
The Joker finished carving a "R" and set down the knife, looking crestfallen. Out of the blue, he grinned. "Of course, how could I forget?" he cried, slapping a hand on his forehead. He walked away from Robin, who was breathing heavily, to his duffle bag.
"F-forget what?" Artemis asked, her tough-girl façade fading.
Joker ignored her, looking through his bag. Suddenly, he stopped and stood up, holding a container of salt.
"N-no! Don't!" Kid Flash cried.
The Joker laughed and squatted next to Robin again. Robin tensed when he was what the Joker was holding. The Joker poured a fair amount of salt onto Robin's chest and Robin gasped loudly. Joker violently rubbed the salt into the cuts running across Robin's pectorals. At this, Robin could not keep silent.
He screamed as his chest burned with an unholy pain, writhing on the hard ground. Kid Flash and Artemis were crying now too, as they watched their "baby brother" scream. Aqualad had his eyes shut tightly as Robin's screams of agony echoed through the garage.
"Stop it! Stop!" Kid Flash yelled as Robin continued to thrash on the ground. The Joker didn't seem to hear him; he was sitting down, his eyes closed. He swayed as if listening to music.
Eventually, Robin's cries subsided and he was left with pants. He still did not shed a single tear.
"Finally, you sang for me!" the Joker said gleefully. "Was that really so hard, Robbie?"
Robin growled again. "Screw you," he hissed, still panting.
Joker scowled and kicked Robin hard in the chest. Robin did not react, but the others saw his bare shoulders tense and knew that he had cracked a few ribs, or bruised them, at least.
"Now, let's go on. You will cry for me, birdie," Joker said in a low voice. He went through the black bag again and this time extracted what looked like a taser, much like the one Robin carried in his utility belt.
The moment Robin saw the small device, he shut his eyes tightly as if bracing himself.
Superboy gave a roar of anger as the Joker fired the taser. Robin's back arched as he screamed again, violent volts of electricity passing through him. His body convulsed and M'gann threw up, not being able to hold it in.
Slowly, Robin fell silent, still convulsing every now and then. The Joker clapped and Superboy wanted to pound his face in. "Who hoo! You have such a beautiful voice, Robbie. I don't know why you like to keep it hidden," he said.
Robin glared at his from his supine position, panting and wincing.
He could already feel the burns forming on his right thigh, where the taser had struck. The scorched skin seared with pain as it rubbed against his leggings uncomfortably. If not for the bleeding stab wounds to his arm and leg, not to mention the cuts on his chest, he probably could have brought his hands in front of him. In training stimulations, Robin had always managed to get himself untied in hostage situations. But this most certainly was not a training exercise and he was injured, so he let go of any hopes of getting himself free. If he did manage to escape, the Joker would turn to his friends for entertainment, which was the last thing he wanted right now.
The Joker was giggling as he looked through his bag for a fourth time. He pulled out a crowbar and this time, Artemis was the one to scream. Joker laughed even harder as he brought the crowbar down on Robin's knee.
Robin felt his bone shatter and he let out a shriek of agony that echoed loudly in the garage. He felt tears of pain forming in his eyes but he refused to let them fall. The Joker seemed to sense that Robin was close to crying and he whooped. He brought the crowbar down again.
The older teens were all crying by now, even Superboy. M'gann was bawling. Aqualad and Artemis had their eyes clenched shut and Superboy let out angry snarls, trying to control his tears. Kid Flash could not unglue his eyes from the metal bar that was bashing his best friend. His emerald eyes were wide and he screamed as Robin received another blow, this one to the ribs.
"One birdie." Smash.
"Two birdies." Crack.
"Three. Oh how I love it when you sing just for me!" the Joker yelled in a sing-song voice. He raised the bar yet again over a bloody, barely conscious Robin.
"STOP IT! PLEASE, STOP! You'll kill him!" Miss Martian screamed, tears cascading down her face.
Aqualad was shaking with anger and grief as he watched the Joker think for a moment, examining the bloody crowbar he held.
"Nope," he said suddenly, looking up. "You're wrong, Miss Green. He didn't cry yet. Another hit won't kill him."
The Clown Prince of Crime grinned evilly as M'gann gave a wail of despair. The Joker slowly raised the crowbar over his head with both hands.
"NO!" Kid Flash cried. Joker ignored him and smashed the crowbar into the flesh of Robin's gut.
Robin's closing eyes flew open and he let out the loudest scream of pain yet. He felt the weapon dig into his stomach and he was definite that he had ruptured something. His back arched again and that only caused him more agony as his stomach muscles flexed. He could hear his teammates screaming his name but couldn't open his mouth to reply with anything else besides screams. He tasted copper rising in his throat and everything hurt so badly and he wanted it to end, to be with his aunt and cousin, his mamica and tati-
Suddenly, he couldn't hold back his tears any longer. Two tears, one from each eye, slid from under Robin's domino mask. The Joker took note of this right away. He threw the crowbar aside and jumped up and down.
"Yes, yes, yes! He did it! He cried, he cried for Uncle J!" he screeched. He sat down next to Robin and brought his face down very close to the Boy Wonder's, jittering with excitment. Slowly, his tongue flickered out.
Artemis gave a yell of horror and disgust as the Joker licked the tears off of Robin's face, leaving a residue of saliva on the soft flesh-
"GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Kid Flash roared, unable to take it any longer. "HE CRIED, YOU HAPPY? NOW GET AWAY FROM HIM!"
The Joker looked up, feigning surprise. He pulled out the pocket watch that hung from the chain on his pants and squinted at it. "My, my, my, is it that time already? It feels like time flew, doesn't it, Wonder Boy?" he chuckled, nudging Robin with his shiny black loafer.
Robin did not respond. He was lying on his side, eyes seemingly closed and every inch of his visible skin was covered in blood. His leggings were tattered and blood still flowed from the gash on his calf and the many lacerations afflicted by the crowbar. A bit of blood suddenly trickled down Robin's jaw from his mouth and Kid Flash froze.
He's internally bleeding. Oh god, oh god, oh god. He-he's internally bleeding! Robin's dying!
Kid Flash looked over at Artemis and knew that she too had noticed the scarlet coming from Robin's lips. Her eyes were as wide as his and her breath was coming in pants.
"Robbie?" the Joker whined. "I asked you a question!"
Robin remained silent and the Joker blew a raspberry. "Well, I have to get goin' anyways; Batsy and the others are probably wondering what's taking you kiddies so long. It's been fun though, right?*" he asked, but the only sounds he was answered with were the cries of the older teens.
"Fine," Joker grumbled. "Don't answer me."
He set about taking off his bloodied gloves and lab coat. He stuffed them into the, until now, unopened duffle bag. He stashed the crowbar, salt, knife, and taser back into the bag that he had taken them from.
When he finished packing, he stood up, slinging both bags over his shoulders and dusting his hands off. He giggled as he walked to stand in the doorway of the garage. Slowly, he pulled out a remote-like device from his suit's breast pocket.
"I suppose I should let you all go now: don't want Robbie to bleed out, now do we? Then I wouldn't be able to hear him sing anymore!" the Joker said. He fingered the remote in his hand and the team realized with a jolt that it was the device that would turn off Aqualad and Miss Martian's collars.
"But first," the Joker whispered, unzipping the bag in which he had put his coat and gloves, "a little…parting gift for my little bird; who knows when I'll see him again?"
With a flourish, the Joker pulled out a small pistol. M'gann and Kid Flash screamed again while the other three struggled at their bonds yet again.
"No, no, no!" Artemis cried, tears staining the tan skin of her face. "You-you'll kill him! Look at him! He can't-he can't take another hit!"
The Joker roared with laughter again and Superboy had never felt such a murderous rage. "Don't worry, blondie! I'll make sure not to hit something important…" Joker said, readying the pistol.
Aqualad felt his breath catch in his throat as he watched the maniac, who seemed to be deciding where to shoot Robin. Then, the clown's face split into another grin. He shut one eye and pulled on the trigger. Oh Poseidon, this is my fault. I am the leader, this is my fault. Robin is only thirteen, is a mere child, it should have been me-
BANG!
The small bronze bullet flew at Robin and Kid Flash saw it as if it was traveling in slow motion. It lodged itself right into Robin's gut, just above his navel.
Robin's masked eyes flew open completely again. The Boy Wonder let out a scream that shook the earth as the force of the bullet threw him onto his back.
"ROBIN!" Superboy roared as the others gave screams of despair. The Joker laughed madly and then spoke, raising his voice to he heard over the screams.
"All done! I'll see you all again someday, soon, preferably. Until then," the Joker lowered his voice and began backing out of the garage, "tell Batsy that I send my regards."
With a swift motion, Joker pushed the off button of the collars' remote and fled from the garage, laughing at the top of his lungs.
And the team was left with the broken, bleeding bird on the ground in front of them.
*Joker's line from Under the Red Hood. That movie made my cry the first time I saw it :'((((
That's chapter two done! I hope I didn't over-do Robin's injuries too much, but I needed it to be intense. For the future chapter(s), I have some choices. I could either just do a medical chapter where the team keeps Robin alive until they arrive at the Cave, or I could do that AND either a Robin or other team member POV chap. Please tell me what you guys want in your reviews. THANKS! And just so you all know, there will probably be a bit of a gap between this chapter and the next update becuz spring sports season is starting.
Oh, one last thing: has anyone else noticed that Jesse McCartney makes the SAME grunts and groans for Robin in EVERY Young Justice episode? Lol, just wondered if anyone else noticed, I find it odd :p But still, it's cute ;)
~Zara
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