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Chapter 4- Mélodie Rossignol

"Kathrynne!" I squealed and ran over to my big sister. We hugged fiercely, neither of us noticing the Titans behind us laughing happily.

"Oh Sara, I've got so much to tell you- This man took me and-"

Alfred interrupted her, "I'd like to know just as much as anyone, Miss, but you might want to get some food and water before you tell you about your kidnapping."

Kathrynne nodded, blushing in embarrasment, and admittied, "It's been so long since I've had a proper meal, I'd almost forgotten I need food. This girl though, she food always bring me half of the meals that horrible man gave her. I think I would've died if it weren't for her, to be honest."

"Did she wear a silver mask and a black dress, by chance?" Robin asked, stepping forwards. Kathrynne nodded,

"How'd you-"

"She was there when I found you in my room. She was leaning against the wall like she owned the place."

"She didn't leave until you woke up. We turned back to talk to her and she was just, gone." Raven added.

"Yeah, she never left until I ate all the food she gave me. The other man, Slade I think, never let me out, but she'd take me for walks so I wouldn't get claustrophobic or something. She also talked to me, at first she said it was only because if regular humans or animals are completely isolated, they'd go insane." Kathrynne told them.

"Let's go get you something to eat, shall we?" Alfred took her by the elbow and led her downstairs.

30 minutes later...

"Alright, what happened?" Robin prodded her.

"Well, I was woke up at midnight. I wasn't really sure why, but when I looked around, I saw myself dead in the bed net to me. I screamed really loudly and this girl appeared next to me. She had her hood up and a dark cloak. She sprayed me with something and I fell asleep again. then, when I woke up, I was trapped in the glass cylinder, and whatever I said was blocked out and I could hear them, unless you flipped this switch, but they could't hear me. The same girl was there, and her hood was down but she was wearing that silver mask. I wasn't really sure why because wearing a mask and a hood seems a bit pointless, but they were talking about Sara and me. They stopped talking after she promised to steal something from Wayne Enterprises, the Titans Tower, the Titans East, and Gotham City bank."

"So that was who stole the gun!" Bruce exclaimed. "Security tapes didn't show anything- she must have something that allows her to regulate her own body temperature and become invisble." He nodded to Kathrynne to continue her story.

"She showed me video of you once, Sara. There were cameras planted in your room and she always updated me on how you were, though she said her reasoning was she was fed up with me asking her and she had gotten permission. Apparently I'm more submissive when I know your alive. She talked to me every day before she went to bed. She actually sleeps during the day, unless that man sends her on missions. I hate him! I mean, he wasn't too bad to me, but he forced her to steal and attack people, but he held some kind of leverage over her. She even admitted that she only got about an hour of sleep every week, but she can work on nothing apparently." Kathrynne scowled. I noted how attached she seemed to this girl.

"What else did she tell you?" Bruce inquired.

"Not much, she was a bit sercretive. But she said she wanted to help me and that she was going to get me out. She also told me her name was Nightingale and that she had to steal because if she didn't, everyone she loved who was left would be killed. She told me that she's not a bad guy, bu Slade wants people to think she is. Nightingale said that Slade isn't really that bad, he just had a horrible childhood, just like her. Even though she's forced to steal, she tries to do the least amount of damage possible to that company. She sometimes steals extra from the companies and banks she's made to steal from and gives a bit to people on the streets. That's basically it."

"So, she's not a bad guy, but still is a bad guy?" Beast Boy questioned Robin.

"Did she tell you her real name?" Robin pressed, completly ignoring Beast Boy's question.

"No, she gave me a hint. It has to do with music, the french language and birds, apparently. Oh, and she told me if I needed another clue that I should talk to a prince of some sort. She said you guys know him?"

"Aqualad!" They exclaimed.

"What's the clue?" Aqualad asked me after he arrived and greeted everyone.

"Nightingale said that it has to do with music, the french language, and bird." Kathrynne repeated.

Aqualad's eyes grew huge and happy, "Mélodie Rossignol! She was a French girl, she was abandoned by her parents. They tried to drown her, though she never told me why. She said she didn't want to talk about it. Her American name is Melody Nightingale, though. Melody saved my sister, the princess. She healed Oceana by literally giving her her life. Somehow, she survived, and wsa able to breathe underwater because she got some of Oceana's abilities. She was very shy and modest and refused the celebration in her honor. We still had it, of course, though Melody had to be dragged to it by Oceana."

"You seem surprised, dude. What happened to her? Did she leave Atlantis?" Beast Boy queried.

Aqualad's chipper mood faded, "She never wanted to go back to the higher waters, though back then I didn't know about her parents. I finally got her to come up with me because back then I loved to go to the surface. We were jumping out of the water and one of the islanders threw a spear at my chest. She pushed me back into the water and she got speared instead of me. I tried to pull her back down to Atlantis, but they caught her in a net and took her on land. We tried to get her back, but she physically couldn't leave the islands territory. I thought she was still on the island, or dead. Guess not."

We were all silent for a minute or so, until Alfred spoke up, "Well, we must get her and her friends to safety, shouldn't we?"

Everyone roared in agreement.


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