Connor and M'gann walked into the kitchen, holding hands.
"Hey Wally! Artemis! What are you guys doing?" M'gann asked, pulling Connor towards the TV room.
"Hi guys. We're just watching clips of Robin on the news...wanna watch it with us?" Artemis asked. Connor just shrugged, while M'gann cheerfully accepted. The new video began to play the moment they all settled down onto the biggest couch.
The air was hazy, thick with what looked like artificial smoke, making it hard to clearly make anything out. Manic laughter could be heard at some point behind the smoke screen, along with grunts, yells, and the sound of rubble being moved around. A cold, high, sinister yet terrifyingly cheerful voice could be heard, seemingly coming from all directions as the smoke blocked all visibility. The disembodied voice jeered,
"Come to play with Uncle J again, Wonder Boy? How thoughtful, one does get lonely in this kind of work. So nice of you to lighten *thud* things *thud* up! *thud*," each of the last three words punctuated with what sounded like a blow.
"What have you done with Batman," growled the pained yet menacing voice of what was obviously the Boy Wonder.
"Come now, I thought it was me you wanted to visit? Now my feeling are hurt. Aw, well, you always were a party pooper about these type of things," the Joker stated, sounding disappointed. "Tisk tisk, playing hide and seek now Boy Blunder? Well, then, I'll have to get rid of this smoke screen now, won't I Bird Boy?" with a loud boom the Joker released what must have been a chemical bomb to dissolve the haze surrounding everyone, revealing to the camera the Joker, crowbar in hand and a hungry look in his eyes, searching the area for the Boy Wonder. Said hero was just visible, ducking beneath a turned over car, wrist computer out and furiously typing away.
The camera zoomed in on the Boy Wonder, who had blood running down the side of his head, burns on his arm, and serious scratches and bruises everywhere. However, the battered looking young hero suddenly had a look of triumph on his face as a light on the screen blinked. Shutting it down, he then crawled out from underneath the car, standing ramrod straight and glaring at the Joker, who had just spotted him.
"Finally come out to play, Wonder Boy?" the crazed clown jeered.
"Wont be happening today, Joker." Robin said in a cold, hard tone. reaching for his utility belt, he said, "To use your own words, Joker; 'this is going to hurt you a lot more than this is going to hurt me'.", and with that he launched three small, blinking spheres at the Joker, which exploded and let off green, noxious looking gas the made the Joker gasp for air as he moved away. The Boy Wonder attacked, grabbing the crowbar the throwing it so far it was out of sight, then dealt heavy blows to the madman, fueled by anger and adrenaline.
At some point in the 30 seconds in took to bring down the Joker, the maniac must have got a lucky hit in, for as the madman collapsed, Robin could be seen slowly, painfully moving away to lean against come loose cinder blocks. As if in slow motion, he sank to the ground, using a hand to cover what seemed to be a stab wound in his side, blood staining the uniform and creating a small pool below him.
Moments later, the police arrived in a flurry of lights and noise, taking the Joker back to Arkham. Materializing out of nowhere, the menacing presence of The Batman appeared, kneeling next to Robin. Although looking very injured himself, he gently picked up the Boy Wonder bridal style, and disappeared into the Gotham shadows in a way only The Bat can.
End Video.
M'gann was crying at the end of the clip, Artemis looked sick, Wally was a heartbeat from racing into Gotham himself just to reassure himself that his little bro was okay, and Connor looked angry, but also...scared? Nobody said a word, but sat in tense silence for several minutes before Wally went and clicked the next video.
Not sure I like how these are turning out...before I fall asleep I have the greatest ideas, then in the morning about the best I can do is 'See Spot Run'. Should I keep going with this? It's up to you guys to decide,
Hope Chapter 4 was ok :)