|December 24|
Some there in the middle of Gotham 2400
"You can leave me at the intersection to the left" she jumped out of the high end vehicle running her way to the front door kicking it open she ran back down from the side a strong revving sound coming as the garage door opened she parked her vehicle next to his "I got an extra one if you need"
"Who the heck's house did you just break into!?" Robin exclaimed
"My house, I think- but hey! I got a motorcycle" she smiled throwing away the fact that the house's front door was semi broken and hanging from only two hinges "you shrug that off!" he exclaimed as he motioned to the door "how am I not surprised" he sighed slumping into the seat of the batmobile with a hand massaging his temples
"Good to know you have faith in my humanity, so you the motorbike or not?" she raised her brow
"This is amazing!" he cried with delight
"I made a couple of modifications, it can go twice as fast as your average motorbike!" she yelled from beside him. "I have one question" he turned "what!" she half yelled "how's your scarf not flying off to infinity and beyond"
"I don't know!"She laughed speeding up ahead of him her scarf flagging quickly behind her
Stopping at the cross road Jay moved the visor on her helmet pressing buttons on the GPS "we separate here, right?"
He moved to his wrist projection sliding his way through the map "yea we'll keep in contact with the com links, batman's just a few miles ahead of, us we should get going about now"
"The engine revved slightly as she sped away from the midpoint
'Rob' she called from her com
'Yea'
She held back a laugh 'it flew to infinity and beyond'
Robin flashed the light into the closed store, the light shining on old antiques and vintage items. 'What are we looking for?' Daniel whispered
"Anything that seems out of place" replied batman
Robin added in "the Riddler likes to keep his clues hidden so it might be a bit hard to-"
"found it" she piped "whatever it is" she held the object in front of her tilting it as she inspected it further
"what is it?" Robin asked
"Should I know? Because I don't" she pondered lightly "it's just a box, a small gray box, and two button like circles on each of its elongated sides see if you can find something like that."
"I'm in a jewelry store the are many things that match that description" he exclaimed shining his light into the large display cases "I found it" he placed his flashlight back into his belt reaching to grab the small box that was placed on the counter, just in plain sight.
"Easy no?" she smirked looking at her box "hey batman you find the one that's possibly in your area?"
No response
Jay waited for another respectable second "Hey rob see if you can reach batman I can't seem to get an answer from him"
"None from me" he answered promptly
Daniel examined the small box once again going into thought "you think some thing's gone wrong?"
"Possibly, we'll rendezvous at batman's point" Robin clicked off his communicator turning to go to the back window. A faint beep was heard, and he turned to the object at hand, holding it to balance ever so lightly on his hand. The device blinked a light green color cracking open in a dimensional manner spreading open to show a dark green hue. "Hello Robin" the villainous voice of the hologram grinned "Riddler, we already knew it was you" he stiffed "I see you have new partner, but then again so do I. let's see which team has a better end at the game should we say" Robin remained unaffected by the commentary but continued "What game, Riddler?" "just a simple one really, we both have certainty tasks to complete, whichever team does the best wins the prize they most desire" he played "what would we desire?" "If you win, you get your beloved mentor back," the hologram showed batman unconscious on the floor "and if you win?" the hologram returned back to the profile of the Riddler "we get to destroy our enemy, the batman" before he could continue the image disappeared and the small box closed
"Jay did you get that?" he asked
"My box just opened and a riddle just showed up, so I have no idea what you're talking about" she scoffed "Robin?"
"Let's go back to the bat cave" he silenced softly
"Robin, what happened?" she approached
"Riddler contacted me, saying he wants to play a game." He connected the device to the main computer taking a seat as he typed as sonic speeds "I don't know what kind but if we lose then batman will become an urban legend by the time I reach college"
"I got a riddle, that was the exact same one but he changed it watch" she pressed on the top of the box opening it a holographic image showing its image out 'Quad I may be but tri and change me you shall see, the center point is the key, connect me three, out of four, find out before the shore'
"What the heck is this even supposed to mean?" he blurted
"Let's think of what we already know, four and three are the bases, right?" she continued
"a square and a triangle, to the location. " he pulled up the map once again the red beakers showing the previous sites
"Connect me three out of four, we have to get a triangle out of a square, but after that it slightly baffles me, before the shore? Before as in time or as in, in front of something?" she looked down at Richard who sat in at the main computers chair
"here look, the pare is right next to the pawn shop, if we cancel this one out we should get three points, connect them, and we get the triangle, midpoint is the key…. And got it, this should be the place there keeping Batman" he hopped out of the chair to the stationing area
"Hey rob, how did the Batmobile get here?"
"Autopilot" she paused in front of the door
"You think he'll let us drive it?"
"When he takes down his cape, maybe just maybe there's going to be a slim chance"
"Dick face it your never going to get to drive this magnificent beauty,"
"How are you so sure?" he protested
"Knowing so little of him, even I know, he'll probably never put off the cape. But you know what!" she grabbed his by the shoulders and made him face towards her "Never give up on your dreams, no matter how imposable they are to reach, nothing is ever impossible"
"Robin faked a tear as he threw it off with a finger "Daniel you're right, I should never give up"
"You know you should really become an actor when you grow up, you would fit that perfect category just fine" laughed Daniel putting him roughly on his shoulder.
"You think?" he arched a brow
"Yes, yes I do. But any who we should probably get going" she tapped on her wrist
"yea it midnight, we should"
Hey, guys so I know it's a bit chopped up, but I've been very busy with other things and, other than a massive wall called writer's block, sickness, I got into a fight grounded, I don't know what happened but it's really short, I hope you can forgive me. but I will make a longer one, seriously it's like 1,240 words, how short, is very disappointed in myself but until next time thanks!
