Hey everyone, welcome to Chapter 2. Just wanted to tell you some things about what's what in the Batman universe. First off, the Batman I am using is the one from the Batman cartoon that ran from around 2004-2006 (I may be wrong). The only exception to this is of course, Scarecrow, who did not appear in the series. Now back to our story.
Robin opened his eyes. He was in a wooden classroom, with the floorboards broken up in some parts.
"Huh? Where am I?" He asked himself. He got to his feet quickly, and checked his radio.
"Batman, Batman come in!" He said into the device. Static came through. Nothing. He then remembered what happened. He had fallen in to the pipe, and somehow landed in this room.
"Huh, this is weird. Looks like I have to find those kids by myself." He said to himself. He opened the sliding door that was common with most Japanese-style doors and stepped out.
Looking around, he could see a girl's bathroom, and a hallway that was completely abandoned. Remembering what the girls had told him before they were sent home, he peeked inside to see if a certain person was hanging by a noose. In one of the stalls was such a person. She-Seiko, he was told-was hanging with a rope around her neck, and her feet were dangling down to the toilet which she hung over
Seeing she was still alive, but barely, Robin jumped into action. Pulling out his signature red batarang, he threw the sharp object at the rope, which tore apart immediately. He then dove in below her to catch her from falling. Unfortunately, he had misjudged the girl's weight, and she fell right on top of him.
Robin let out a verbal "Oof!" As Seiko fell on top of him. Robin crawled out from under her, and dusted himself off. He then shook her repeatedly.
"Are you ok? Hey! Please wake up!" He said. Seiko opened her eyes.
"Mmmph... Huh?" She replied. She sat up immediately, and looked at the strange boy in front of her.
"I-I think I'm ok. Who are you?"
"Robin. Partner to the Dark Knight."
Seiko's eyes widened.
"The Dark Knight? You mean Batman?" She asked.
Robin nodded. "That's him."
Seiko was flabbergasted. "W-Wow! The Batman is here?"
"Uhh, well...Not exactly. I kinda just fell into this place. Where are we anyway? Last I knew I was at that school place." Robin replied.
"You were at our school? How did you find us?"
Robin sighed. "It's a long story. You've been gone for a bit more than you might think. We should find a way out."
"Wait, where's Naomi?" Seiko asked.
Robin shrugged. "Who?"
"Uhh, short, dark brown hair?"
Robin nodded. "Oh, yeah. She's safe. I'll explain. See, we tracked you guys here after we found that Scarecrow was moving supplies to your area. Batman found Naomi and some other girl, she had like, blue hair."
"Shinozaki? Scarecrow? This is confusing." Seiko said, rubbing her head. "Oh yeah, thanks for saving me, cutie." She added, putting on her cat-like smile.
Robin blushed. "Hey, all in a day's work. Any-who, we should get going. I'll explain some more."
"So, this...Scarecrow, he uses some kind of like, gas?"
Robin nodded. "It's called fear-toxin, and it causes people to be-well-afraid. It's possible you were affected by it when you were-well-hanging yourself."
Seiko looked down. "I...Thought Naomi was trying to kill me. I guess she wasn't."
Robin put his hand on her shoulder. "From the way she talked about you, I think she would rather hug you."
Seiko smiled. "Thanks, kid. So do you fight crime?"
Robin nodded. "All the time."
"Wow! That's so cool! You get to punch bad guys with the Bat!" Seiko exclaimed.
Robin laughed. "It never gets old. Oh, yeah. I didn't get your name. Shinohara, right?"
Seiko giggled. "Yep. But you can call me Seiko!"
Robin smiled. If he was gonna be trapped down here, he wouldn't mind being trapped with her.
Seiko then looked at his chest with interest. "Hey, Robin-kun, what's that? Some kind of gizmo?" She said, pointing to a small yellow dot.
Robin looked down. Robin groaned. He knew that dot all too well, after years of fighting a certain criminal.
"That's not a gizmo, it's a target! Get down!" He said, throwing him and Seiko on the ground, as a shot of yellow energy just barely missed them, singeing Robin's cape, and burning a bit of Seiko's hair.
"Hey, kid! Don't you ever knock?" Came a voice behind them.
The two whirled around. Directly in front of them was a figure, dressed in a yellow and black jumpsuit, with a strange device strapped to his back, which was emitting a yellow beam from the bottom. He had on some most peculiar gauntlets, with holes at the ends, with smoke coming out of them. The man was also hovering two feet off the ground.
Robin stepped forward. "Got tired of Gotham, Firefly?" He asked the man.
"Ahh, you know me, I like different atmosphere from time to time," Firefly said in reply. "Like you, bird-boy!" As he said this, he raised his hand so that the holes in his gauntlets were pointing directly at the two, and Robin, seeing this, shoved Seiko out of the way, and jumped back as another beam struck the floor where they had been standing.
"Seiko, run!" Robin shouted. Seiko got to her feet and stood back, not wanting to leave the boy behind.
"But-" She said in protest.
"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine! Just get yourself somewhere safe!" He yelled back. Seiko hesitated for a moment, but then gathered her stamina and sprinted down the hall. Firefly turned towards Robin again.
"Well then, ladies' man, shall we continue?" He said mockingly, before firing another bolt of energy at the boy. Robin dodged, and grappled onto Firefly's feet. Firefly noticed this, and attempted to shake him off.
Robin then took out a small yellow tube, and pressed a button on it, revealing it to be his signature bo-staff. He held onto the handle of his grappling hook while attempting to whack Firefly in any way to disrupt his flight ability. Firefly then took off, speeding away on his jetpack at several miles per hour, and Robin, who was still holding on, tried to dodge the incoming desks and other obstacles in his path. Then, as they rounded a corner, Robin saw a big shelf coming right at him, with not enough room for him to get through.
"Looks like I win, bird-boy!" Firefly said, as he zoomed straight through the space between the shelf and the ceiling. Robin was not so lucky, and found himself flying directly into the shelf.
"Oh, boy. This is gonna hurt."
