Seventh chapter of this story.
I'm currently in Spain at La Santa, and i finished two chapters while here, so there's a double upload today.
She ran through the hall way and the Darhlak screamed in her ear. She tried to calm it down, but to no avail. She cursed herself and sped up.
"Hey Carmen wait!" Robin yelled behind her, but she couldn't hear anything. The Darhlak's cry was too loud and she only wanted it to stop crying. Suddenly she could hear something even louder than the Darhlak and whipped 90 degrees around and stared at the wall. She went over and punched a hole into the wall and a new room appeared. The whole room was dimly lit up in a red light and she could hear the Kroloteans screech and run around in panic. Robin stopped up and looked at them, preparing his weapon to attack them.
"Leave them be!" Carmen yelled and walked in. The kroloteans looked at her and she wiped them all away. They started screeching and Robin saw why Nightwing had once called her the Joker without a joke. She was cold and keen, smashing the kroloteans into the wall. She didn't flinch once and he saw why. There was a screaming girl on the other side of the room, screaming because she was being electrocuted. He walked in and the kroloteans didn't dare to approach him. They ran out of the hole that Carmen had made in the wall. He looked around and saw that everything was blinking.
"Carmen, what's happening?" he yelled and she looked back at him while walking towards the girl.
"She's overloading the entire system. They're tapping her for powers" she whipped her head towards the girl and reached her hand out "she's causing the pain onto herself" the Darhlak had stopped it's screaming and now looked at the girl in front of it with curiosity. She stroked the girl's cheek and she seemed to calm down. Carmen looked around.
"Find something that can cut" she told the Darhlak and it jumped off her shoulder and flew around.
"It can understand English too?" Robin asked and walked up to Carmen. All the kroloteans had fled the scene and Carmen looked at the girl.
"We have two minutes to get her out of here" she said and ignored his question. She stroked the girl's cheek again and Robin looked at her more closely. She'd calmed down completely but had been knocked out. The Darhlak came back with a tool that Robin couldn't identify. Carmen took it and the Darhlak went up to her shoulder again.
"What's going on in here?" they heard a voice behind them ask and Robin turned around.
"Beetle" He said and Carmen cut the chains holding the girl. She fell to the floor with a loud thump.
"Just in time" she said and picked up the girl "here you go!" she said and handed her over.
"What am I supposed to do with her?" He asked and she sighed.
"Get her out of here!" Carmen yelled "you have one minute!" he looked into her eyes and saw how serious she was and took the girl on his shoulder.
"Yes Ma'am!" he said and flew off. Robin looked at Carmen and she took a deep breath and looked at him.
"Get over here, now" she said in a commanding tone and made a huge hole in the floor. She soared above it and looked at Robin.. Robin widened his eyes and walked over to the hole. She reached out her hand and he grabbed it.
"30 seconds" she said and held him close and looked down. She soared down towards the bottom and sealed off the top off the whole.
"Will there even be enough air for the two of us? I mean, you have to make sure the blast won't reach us and-"
"I have already accounted for that, so don't worry" they reached the bottom and Robin calculated that they were about 10 meters into the ground. There wasn't any light down in the hole and he got a little claustrophobic. Suddenly everything started shaking and he got thrown towards the wall in the process. He got knocked out and Carmen looked at him in concern.
"Great…" she said and got down on the floor and looked for his neck. She was very careful and slowly traced her fingers across his face. She found his chin and moved her finger down to check his pulse "still there" she looked up and moved her right arm under his shoulders and took him up and secured her grip "now I just have to get out of here" she sighed and held her hand towards the ground above her. The Darhlak made small scared sounds next to her ear and she shushed it.
"Poor you, you have no idea what's going on" she said and it nuzzled against her cheek and made a sound that sounded concerned rather than scared. She looked at Robin and then back at it and sighed.
"He'll be fine, don't worry about that" she said and it made a happy sound.
"Where's Robin and Nemesis?" M'Gann asked when Blue Beetle came out of the building holding the unconscious girl. He stopped in front of her and looked back at the building.
"They stayed inside, I think Carmen dug them down" he looked at M'Gann again and noticed someone came running towards them "Nightwing?" he asked and M'Gann and Beast Boy looked behind them.
"Nightwing, why are you here?" M'Gann asked and looked at him.
"Thought you might need help" he looked up at the building "so is Robin still inside?" He asked and looked at Blue Beetle who nodded. Suddenly the ground started shaking and the building blew sky high. Nightwing looked at the building in terror as did the others. They didn't know if the ones inside had made it out or if Carmen had the time to dig herself and Robin down. Nightwing ran up to the burning inferno and searched for any sign of life in the mess.
"Nightwing!" M'Gann yelled and flew after him "it's too dangerous!" she landed next to him and regretted her action. She felt weak right away when she felt the heat of the flames around her. She collapsed and Nightwing looked at her. He picked her up and carried her back.
"What happened?" Beast boy asked and Nightwing put her down.
"Fire made her weak" he said and looked back at the remains of the building. He ran up to the building again, determined to find Robin. The others looked at him and M'Gann made a weak sound and tried to make him stop.
"Ow" they heard a voice say and looked at the girl who was waking up.
"Damn kroloteans!" she said loudly and sat up in Blue Beetle's arms. She looked at him and widened her eyes "EEK!" she yelled and he dropped her in surprise. She landed on her but and could feel the heat of the flames behind her. She looked back and held her head.
"Hey are you okay?" Beast Boy asked and she looked at him.
"Sure thing…" she looked confused and looked back to the building "anyone got any water?" she asked and looked at them.
"I don't think we could carry enough water to douse all that!" Blue Beetle yelled, his heart still pumping from the sound she'd made. She looked behind him and smiled.
"Sweet, trees" she walked towards them and the two boys looked at each other in confusion. She looked back at them "they contain water?" she said like it was the most obvious thing in the whole world. She still felt dizzy and looked back at the tree. She put her hand on it and sucked in air and moved her hand away from the tree, pulling the water out in the progress.
"Wow" Beast Boy looked at her and she smiled discretely. More water gathered around her and she looked at the burning ground a little away from them. She moved her arm towards it and it shot up and doused it all with what looked like rain. She felt her knees grow weak but she stood still and endured it.
"Got to put it out" she stuttered out and started panting. The effects of the extraction of her powers took its toll and she bowed slightly and held her hand on her knee for support.
"You okay?" Blue Beetle asked and she smiled at him.
"A little tired is all" she said and sped up the water.
Nightwing looked up when he felt the water falling down. He looked back and saw that the blonde girl had woken up. he sighed happily and kept on searching for Robin, or at least what would be left of him. He looked around but couldn't find any clues to where he might be. The water was helping a bit with the flames and he could see a little more. Suddenly his ring started vibrating and he took it out and looked at it. He looked around and the ring started moving. He went in the direction it moved and the vibration became stronger with each step. Suddenly he could see something move under the ground and ran to that place. He started digging and a hand came up from the ground and he grabbed it and pulled up. it was hard to make it move but suddenly he fell backwards and the one he'd been pulling in fell on top of him. He closed his eyes when his head hit the ground and the person fell on top of him.
"Eeh!" the person yelled and he opened his eyes. The person was mere inches from his face and he could fell its breath on his lips. He studied the facial features and felt his ring almost burning through his gloves with vibration. He smiled and took his hand up and moved some of the person's hair out off the way.
"Carmen" he said sweetly.
"Hm" the person said and looked him in the eyes "Dick?" she asked silently and he smiled at her. Her face turned loving and she collapsed on top of him. Robin was next to him, still unconscious. His breathing was normal and Nightwing looked at him.
"How'd you two end up underground?" he asked her and she looked at him.
"I dug a hole into the ground" she looked up "why's it raining?" she asked and looked back at him. She smiled and tilted her head slightly. She shifted her legs to be on each side of his and moved her arm under her head.
"Well" Nightwing began sat up. She smiled at him and moved her arms around his neck when he'd sat up completely "your sister wanted to put out the fire"
"I see" she said and smiled. She moved her head and nuzzled her head into his neck "god I missed you" she said and he laughed.
"Sure you did" he moved her head to look at him "Louise" he said and raised an eyebrow. She giggled and moved some hair behind her ear.
"So you saw through it?" she asked and smiled. She put their foreheads together and could hear Robin move slightly beside them. He nodded and she smiled "figures" she said and he moved his hand up her back to rest between her shoulder blades. She started blushing slightly and he pushed her closer.
"Could we maybe review our goodbye from five years ago?" he asked and she smiled.
"If you want to" she pulled him closer and tilted her head. She brushed her lips against his and could feel the rain make its way down the tip of his nose. She licked a drop of and smiled and brushed their lips together again.
"Nightwing!" they heard Beast Boy yell and she locked their lips together. She didn't care if it looked wrong, she'd been waiting for too long for this.
"Nightw-" Beast boy stopped up when he saw the two in front of him, his tail stiff into the air "I'll come back in two minutes. He was about to leave when he saw Nightwing hold up ten fingers "okay… ten then" Nightwing made a thumbs up and Beast Boy ran off again. Carmen broke off the kiss and looked at him.
"Why ten?" she asked and he pecked her on the lips again.
"Because I need ten minutes alone with you" he looked at Robin "well… almost alone at least" he looked back up her and smiled.
"Why?" she asked and licked his cheek free from water. The water had stopped and the fire had died out. He smiled and held her chin.
"I haven't seen you, Carmen, in a very long time" he pulled her close and kissed her lips softly. She shivered slightly and smiled at his kiss. Robin moved onto his back and sat up. She looked at him and back at Nightwing.
"Oh he's gonna be traumatized" she laughed and kissed Nightwing again. He smiled into the kiss and opened his mouth, not caring if Batman walked in on them. He moved his hand from her back further down and moaned quietly. She moaned back and opened her mouth to him. She let him win over her, not even trying to win over him.
"My head" Robin said and held his head. He heard the strange noises from beside him and looked to his side, regretting he'd done it the second after. He quickly scooped away from the noises and turned around. Carmen heard the movement and could feel her need for air coming up. She tried to pull away but Nightwing held her closer and she moaned loudly.
"Would you two stop it?!" Robin yelled and Nightwing broke the kiss and laughed. Carmen gulped in air and rolled off him and looked at Robin.
"Sorry" she said and stood up. She reached out her hand to Nightwing and pulled him up. He pulled her close and smiled into her hair. She blushed and Robin looked away.
"Lovebirds" he mumbled and she giggled.
"That's what you get from your ring bearer" she said and looked up at Nightwing's face. They took out their rings and smiled.
"Ring bearer?" Tim asked and looked at them "so I might have to do things like that too?" he asked and Nightwing looked at him.
"Why would yo-" he looked back at Carmen "how'd he, when'd he?" she put a finger on his lips and smiled.
"Don't know" she answered and looked at Robin "but Jacqueline might have something to do with it" she winked at him and he took out his ring and looked at it.
"It should vibrate if you're close to the person its sister belongs to" Nightwing and looked at him "the closer you are, the more it should vibrate" he looked back at Carmen and smiled. Robin tried to feel if it vibrated and suddenly he could feel it. He looked around and noticed that the girl they'd rescued was running towards them.
"C!" She yelled and Carmen turned her head. She let go of Nightwing and ran towards her sister.
"Jackie!" she yelled happily and grabbed her sister and swung her around "my sweet lil sis!" she shed a tear and Jackie looked up at her.
"Cry baby" she joked with tears streaming down her face" they both laughed and Carmen ruffled up Jacqueline's hair.
"Maybe we should head back to the cave?" Nightwing asked and looked at the two girls "you two need to recover, especially Jackie" he looked at Jackie who smiled brightly. Her eyes caught Robin and she stared at him. Carmen looked at her sister and then at Robin. The two were staring into each other's eyes and Carmen smiled.
"Would you look at that" she looked at Nightwing and let go of Jacqueline "another bat fell into the bird's trap" she said and smiled. He looked at the two and smiled too. He waved his hand in front of Robin and didn't get any reaction.
"Well you birds are talented at setting traps too" he said and slapped Tim lightly. Carmen slapped Jacqueline lightly too and the two shook their heads, almost as if they'd been in a trance.
"What?" they both asked their slappers and they laughed slightly.
"Let's head back to the ship" Nightwing said and looked at Carmen "unless you want to try this awesome motorcycle I've got" he smiled at her.
"Well, ah won't say no to a motorcycle ride" she said in her Louise voice and laughed. They walked back to the little group away from the house and Carmen looked at M'Gann with fear in her eyes. M'Gann had regained her strength and looked at Carmen. Carmen took some courage to her and walked up to M'Gann. She took her hand out and M'Gann jumped back slightly.
"Name's Carmen and you are?" Carmen asked and M'Gann looked at her. She reached out her hand was pushed away by Blue Beetle.
"Name's Blue Beetle, pleased to meet you" he said and winked at her. She looked surprised and then laughed.
"Sorry, I'm already taken" she said and Nightwing put his arms around her. Blue Beetle backed away with his hands up and Carmen figured that Nightwing was giving him a death stare. She just smiled at him. She looked at M'Gann. M'Gann looked at her, still trying her best not to hurt Carmen. She walked up in front of her and reached out her hand.
"M'Gann M'orzz" she said and Carmen shook her hand, still cautious. Nightwing smiled behind them and picked up Carmen bridal style.
"AH!" she screamed and looked at him "what'd you do that for?" she asked and he smiled.
"You need rest, right?" he asked and she blushed.
"I can walk you know" she said and he started walking towards the sphere cycle.
So that was that chapter, and big kiss scene, yay X3
so i would very much love it if the at least just one or two of the people reading this would review, because I'm getting kinda low selfesteem here...
