Yay! More reviews! Keep it up people! I love you all! Okay on with the story! For the first time ever anywhere, not available in stores anywhere, I give you, Chapter Three!
The Many Faces of Robin
Chapter Three
Depressing Nothing
Robin and Starfire were walking along a dirt path and all around them there was nothing. It was rather depressing. There were a few trees here and there, but they were all dead. The flowers were wilted and there was no grass, just dirt. Absolutely nothing.
Starfire clung to Robin's arm, "I do not enjoy this place. May we turn back, please?"
"Sorry Star, we've got to figure out how to get out of this place," Robin answered.
"Did not Leadership say we had a while before we could talk to Knowledge?"
"Yes, but that doesn't mean we can't find him."
While they were talking, they had failed to notice that the dead trees were becoming more plentiful and larger, though they were still dead.
"Besides Starfire…" Robin screamed and fell down as he tripped over something.
"Robin! Are you damaged?" Starfire exclaimed, helping him up off of the ground.
"No, I'm okay," he replied. "What the hell did I trip over? Pardon my French Starfire."
"What?" she asked, looking at him with a confused expression on her face.
"Never mind. What did I trip over?"
"I believe it was that thick string," Starfire pointed to a rope tacked down to the ground.
Robin followed the rope up with his eyes. The rope went about thirty feet into the air and connected to a large dark gray carnival tent. Several more ropes tied it down, too.
"Come on," Robin said, motioning for Starfire to follow him inside.
They walked inside the tent, but it was like no carnival they had ever seen.
There were no stands, it was just an almost empty room. The only thing there, was a high-wire and trapeze stands centered perfectly in the middle of the room. To add to the gloomy mood, everything in the room was also a dark gray.
"Uhh…" Starfire shuttered, "I think I liked it better outside."
"Don't be scared. Everything is going to be alright," Robin assured her.
Starfire found very little comfort in his words and went back to clinging to his arm. They walked towards the equipment in the middle. Suddenly, Robin realized something was familiar about this place.
"I remember where I've seen this before…"
"Robin, there is somebody hanging from that wire up there," Starfire said, pointing to the high-wire.
Robin followed here finger and too saw someone hanging there. Before either could say something, whoever it was, opened their eyes.
"Oh, it's just you, I thought for sure you were someone else," the person jumped down and walked up to them. Sticking his hand out he said, "I'm Sorrow."
Starfire gasped and looked at him. He was wearing a pair of dark gray pants and a light gray sweater. However, what surprised her the most was that he had no mask on and instead, he had bright blue eyes. Both Robin and Starfire stood there gaping at him.
"Where is your mask?" Starfire asked him.
Sorrow cocked one eyebrow, "Okay, first of all, neither of you shook my hand."
Robin took his hand and shook it.
"Okay, second, didn't you see the sign that said 'Now Entering Richard's Mind'? How on earth could you have missed it? Happy put it in extremely bright colors. Personally, I hate it. It's too… happy. But no one really cares what I think about anything," he finished, folding his arms.
"Are you okay? You seem kind of…" Robin started.
"Sad? Duh, my life is terrible. Ever since our parents died, life has just sucked."
"Your parents are dead and your name is Richard? Robin, what is going on here?" Starfire demanded to know.
"I'll explain later." Robin turned towards Sorrow, "Do you know…"
"Nobody even seems to notice how miserable we really are. Or maybe they do and they just don't give a crap. The only one who understands in the other Sorrow, who lives somewhere off that way," he gestured towards the left.
"Wait, there's two?" Robin exclaimed.
Sorrow sighed, "For some emotions, there is one for Richard and one for Robin. I can't believe Leadership didn't explain this to you."
He began to climb back up the ladder to hang from the high-wire again.
"Okay… Do you know where to find Knowledge?" Robin asked him.
Sorrow put on hand on a trapeze swing before hooking his legs around it. Gently, he began to swing himself back and forth.
"Look, why don't you just leave me alone. You can't help me," Sorrow said.
"I'm not trying to help you! I'm trying to get you to help us!" Robin was clearly getting very frustrated with him.
"If you're going to be mean, I'm just going to ignore you."
"Fine! Don't help us, you little…"
Starfire clapped her hand over Robin's mouth and dragged him out of the tent.
Once outside, Starfire looked at him and said, "You have some explaining to do."
Robin sighed, "See, my parents and I used to be acrobats…" he trailed into the long story of how he became Robin.
"…and now here I am," Robin finished.
Starfire had tears in her eyes and she threw her arms around him.
"I'm so sorry!" she sobbed, "I had no idea."
"Yeah, well." Robin decided to change the subject, kind of, "It's kind of funny. It's my story, and you're the one who's crying.
Starfire let go of him and glared for a minute, "You have beautiful eyes, you know. It's foolish to hide them behind a mask."
"I have to keep my secret identity," Robin replied and smirked at her.
"Which isn't a complete secret anymore," Starfire said.
Robin smiled and pulled her face down to meet his. They kissed for awhile before Robin pulled away.
"As much as I would love to sit here and make out, we have work to do. Yeah, Sorrow was a goldmine of information," Robin said with a sigh.
"Very well," Starfire said, kind of sad, "let us go then."
They began to walk down another path, this one made of brick, as they left the tent behind.
Little did they know, someone had been hiding in the shadows of one of those lovely dead trees, watching them. Whoever it was, turned around and ran the other way.
Review Thing Time!
Samanthe2121- That is a great idea, but what would I call him? Memorable? If you can think of a name, I might just use your idea! Oh and thank you for the review!
KaliAnn- Yeah, I decided that I didn't want to make my story too similar to 'Nevermore.' I hope that doesn't upset you or anything frowns... Thanks for the review, though.
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Blackbirds- Yay,a cookie! Please don't give me Brussels sprouts, I despise Brussels sprouts with a passion!
Akiismarina- That is a difficult name to spell... Anyways, I don't like monkeys, so I'll have to make sure to update my story...
The Lone Psycopath- YES! A follower! Terra does make a grand lawn ornament, but I don't want to have to see her on my lawn every morning... And, that is a really great idea, all I have to do is find a color I haven't used. If it makes you feel any better, I don't really care for lovey-dovey stuff either, but I have a soft spot for Robin and Starfire.
Keep up the reviews people! Once again, I love you all!
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Just out of curiosity, does anybody know what state Jump City is located in? If so, please tell me...
Anyways, there we have chapter three! I hope you people enjoyed it and I hope you all review. Even if you didn't like it, review anyways, flames ARE excepted!
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