Well done to those of you who guess the previous chapter was Easy A! Well done to UniLiliCornia for getting in there first! Here is another chapter! Can you guess the film? And to make it a little harder, can you decipher which characters are meant to be which? Put your answer in the review! If you have any ideas for chapters, PM your ideas! Enjoy. K xx
Robin sighed, stretching his back out as he mopped the remaining patch of dirty floor in the hanger. He had been in the hands of the HIVE for the last few days, no thanks to Slade. So far he'd managed to keep a low profile but when that spider freak (the one currently dating Killer Moth's daughter, Kitty) caught sight of him, Robin had ended up pinned against a wall with the guy's hand around his throat. Without any of his gear, he was pretty much a sitting duck.
Thankfully, Slade had come to his rescue. Despite the situation not being his fault, Dick had ended up being the one to endure punishment. Cleaning the floors of the entire base.
He'd been at this for several hours with only one of the little morphing twins to keep him company. He quite liked the twins, they weren't particularly intelligent but they weren't out to kill him either which made them more pleasant company than pretty much everyone in the HIVE base.
'Wel, this has been a fun day.' Robin said, resting against the mop. 'Making lots of new friends, like that spider psycho.'
The morphing changed into a pretty accurate version of the guy, which made Dick chuckle.
'A little uglier.'
The morphling adapted the face to be over animated which earned a full laugh from the boy wonder. It was then that his saviour come captor emerged from the corridor. Upon seeing the man, the morphing scuttled off, most likely to find their twin.
'Well, thank heaven for little miracles.' Slade said, coming to inspect Robin's handy work. 'Alone for an hour and the hanger is still in one piece.'
Robin suddenly felt embarrassed. If it hadn't been for Slade, he probably would be in the med bay right now...if not the morgue. As much as he hated to admit it, he owed the man.
'Um...look, I er...what you did...' He sighed. 'Thanks.'
Slade looked him over with his one good eye. He could see the boy was embarrassed by the event from earlier, he could also see the boy was lost and his captivity seemed to only be part of the problem.
'Didn't your father ever teach you to pick your fights more carefully.'
He saw Robin frown, his expression growing hard as he returned to his cleaning.
'Your father not the teaching sort?'
'No, he's more the keep you at a distance and hold your mistakes against you sort.'
Slade raised an eyebrow. He figured Robin was currently talking about Batman. He knew the two had parted ways but he wasn't exactly sure on why. It seemed this was a sore topic for the boy if his body posture was anything to go by.
'I'm sorry about that.' Said Slade, and he genuinely meant it. He was a father himself, sure he had his flaws but if there was one thing he prided himself on it was teaching his children how to survive. It seems all the Bat had done to his Bird was teach him to fight and make him angry. It would explain the lost look in the boy's eyes. To walk away from your family at such a young age was hard enough, throw in the fact he was a vigilante and the reason in his past he had decided to become one (there had to be a reason, this wasn't a life you chose on a toss of a coin). The end result was a very young, very troubled and confused young man.
Robin shrugged.
'It's no big deal. I'm doing just fine.'
'Is that so?' Slade watched the boy a little longer, a plan formulating in his head. 'Well, since you are under my care, like it or not I'll be pounding a few skills into that thick head of yours to keep you out of trouble.' He poked the boy's forehead with his finger, earning a swat from the boy who suddenly looked more angry than lost.
'What?'
'From now on I'm not letting you out of my sight.' Slade continued.
Robin dropped the mop and squared up to the mercenary. 'You can't do that!'
'You won't so much as eat, sleep, or scratch youbacksidede without my say so.'
Robin growled. 'Don't do me any favours!'
Slade grinned from behind his mask, he took the boy by the shoulders and started steering him back into the HIVE. 'You can be sure of that Robin. You can be sure of that.'
