Chapter 4: Early Release
Raven's P.O.V.
I flinched back. Alcohol burns! I thought. Black Canary put her hand on the back of my head to keep me from moving. "I saw you fighting." She threw the gauze away, "Who trained you?" "My dad. He wanted me to be able to protect myself on the streets of Gotham." I laughed, "I guess it came in handy tonight." I looked over at Robin. He was lost to the world thinking, what I was pretty sure was, about what happened tonight. Canary started talking again, "It's good to know how to protect yourself in case anything like this ever happens. Your father had the right intentions." She turned to Robin, "You alright?" he nodded. "'Kay. I'm going to go check on the others." Canary got up and walked off.
Robin watched her leave and pulled a chair up in front of me. He looked at me. "Man, your gonna have lots of bruises." He put his hand on my cheek and traced the edge of my mask. It was a miricle that it was still on! He tried to pull it off. I grabbed his wrist and turned my head away, "No." "Why not?" he said pulling his wrist back. He looked in my eyes. Man I was happy I had my brown contacts in, my bright green eyes are kinda a tell-tell sign off who I am.
I sighed, "You have your secrets," I touched his mask. "And I have mine." I touched mine. "My dad tells me I don't need to stand out in any way. No matter what" I looked into the whites of his mask, "You have to know how that is."
He pulled his chair next to mine and gently placed his hand on mine and looked in my eyes, "I do and I hate it. I am sorry that you have to be in this situation." I put my other hand on his, "It's not so bad. If I wasn't in this situation, I wouldn't have come here tonight."
I looked at him and smiled, "I don't want to be rude, but what time is it?" Robin looked at his watch, "10:27, what's up?" I looked at him appologeticly, "I have to go. My dad should be home now and he'll want to see me." We stood together and he walked me to the huge double doors of the ballroom. I kissed him on the cheek and thanked him for a great night and walked out.
I walked a few blocks checking to make sure I wasn't being followed. I turned into an alley and took a deep breath. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"