Two of a Kind
CHAPTER 7: Escapees
Continuing from chapter 6…
Once outside the underground structure, the four Titans stopped now that they were out, and decided to check to be sure they were all ready to head to the Council.
"All right, are we ready?" Adia asked - even though there was an odd touch of knowing to her voice as she looked at her teammates.
"HELL, we are." Fira agreed loudly, still rubbing one throbbing ear as her boots continued to pound the ground with her every step. "And I'm gonna - "
"Wait!" Robin commanded immediately. He lifted a gloved hand in shock, his pointer finger pointing behind Raven. He let his hand drop to his side, putting both hands on his belt as soon as he realized he could have had the answer a long time ago. "Adia, where are they?"
"Gone." Adia said acceptingly.
Raven's head snapped back toward her black shield. "AIH!!" She screeched, letting go of the field. "HOW DID THEY GET OUT?!"
"I suspect a drawing utensil of sorts." Adia said, looking at Richard. "But don't worry. We'll see them again."
Richard shook his head with a chuckle. "My goodness." He crossed his black-gloved arms. "I guess they're a bit more capable than we had all suspected."
"Unless..." Fira considered, staring darkly at the empty space behind Raven where the two should have been. "...they're invisible..." She whipped her chocolate bangs out of her eyes as she lifted both guns level to where their heads would be. "...there's only ONE WAY to FIND OUT!!" And with that, she shot three bullets...but only to have them hit the cement sewer wall a second later.
Raven looked over at her blankly. "Yeah. Great. Good job, Fira." She let the shield down, throwing her arms out and looking around the area incredelously. "So what do we do NOW?! There's no TELLING where they went!"
"My guess? Hell." Fira stated blatantly, crossing her arms in frustration. "Now I say we go to the tower and TRACK their ASSES."
"That might be our only option." Robin agreed, pulling out his communicator. "But I'm gonna let Damian know to keep an eye out."
"Aw NO!" Fira shouted exaggeratedly, throwing her head back. "GOD NO!!" She walked forward and tried to snatch the communicator out of Robin's hands. "Don't CALL that BASTARD!!"
"Fira -" Robin lifted the communicator up, down, around, behind his back, forward - anything to keep it out of her greedy reach. "Don't! That's - no - jus - FIRA!"
"Oh, let's not do this." Adia stepped forward with an exasperated sigh, taking the communicator from both of them, and then placing it back neatly in Robin's hands while she used her other arm to hold Fira back. "Fira, leave him alone. He knows what's best."
"Oh, PFFT!!" Fira scoffed as loud as possible, before crossing her arms stubbornly. "Well, I HATE his I-know-best ASS."
"And that's okay." Robin reassured her, not looking up from dialing his other friend's number. "Believe me..."
"Just be sure to tell him that he needs to actually CALL US if he spots them." Raven sighed, leaning against a lamppost wearily. "And not try to take them on with Marty and Sylvan in tow. They did that with Punk Rockit a couple weeks ago."
"Yes, but they were successful." Adia reminded her gently. "They really are a very good band."
"Yeah, and they could've been a very good dead band too if something had gone wrong..."
Click. "Hello?" Robin's call was answered.
"Oh," Robin's focus on the other two girls' conversation was suddenly broken, and he looked back down at his communicator. "Hey, Damian! Just wanted to let you know a few things."
"Yeah, what?" The black-haired boy gave him a skeptical look from the little screen. "And don't even THINK about blaming ME for those two roadsters. I didn't have ANYTHING to do with it."
"No, no. I'm not blaming you for a thing...but I would like your help. We found them and caught them...but they escaped. They escaped from Raven's shield, to be exact. Therefore they're out on the run right now and we need you to keep an eye out."
"What kind of goddman FREAK could get out of Raven's shield?!"
"Apparently those two."
"Brilliant. So you want me to keep an eye out for them...?"
"Yep. They're on the loose...and they might be coming your way."
"Great. I'll put my glasses on."
Robin chuckled. "You and Cylie both. However, you do need to be careful, Damian. As harmless as they may seem, they did escape Raven's shield, one of them can speak REALLY LOUD, and...just...just trust me on this."
"Gotcha. Damian the Not-So-Titan out."
Click.
Raven shook her head slowly. "He's always in such a good mood after he eats..."
"Yeah..." Fira scoffed, rolling her eyes and turning the other direction. "...I say send 'im to hell."
"Of course you do, Fira." Robin tried very hard to keep his hatred cool. "You always do..."
"HEY!" Fira shouted, pointing a harsh, accusing finger in the other leader's direction. "WATCH IT!!"
"What?" Richard raised both his gloved hands in defense weakly, a slight whine ending his question. "...what did I do now...?"
"You frickin' BASTARD."
"...please tell me what I said - "
"You KNOW what you SAID."
"What if I don't - "
"Then I'll just go 'head and BEAT YOUR ASS!!"
"TRY it."
"FINE!!"
And with that, the inevitable happened - the two fellow leaders began to wrestle on the dirt ground beneath them.
This was, of course, followed by two exasperated groans from Adia and Raven (Raven's more pissed than Adia's, of course), and Adia waited patiently until the Azarathian of the two reached out with her magic and GRABBED the two fighting Titans, pulling them apart and suspending them in the air a safe distance from each other.
"FIRA!!" Raven shouted at the brunette, shaking her furiously in her bubble of magic. "WHY do you have to be so STUPID!! You can't pick a fight EVERY second of EVERY day!!"
"Oh, yes she can." Adia raised a knowing eyebrow, moving toward the twosome calmly. "You should have seen her in Diagon City. Fira, calm down."
Fira struggled fiercely nevertheless against the black force of the aura of magic. "No WAY, ADEEDA!! GOD!!" She pulled back and forth, kicked, punched, stretched, writhed - nothing. "SHIT!!"
"Give it up, Fira." Robin stayed calm in his own captivity, waiting patiently to be let down. He briefly licked a trickle of blood from the corner of his bruised mouth. "Raven, could you put me down now, please?"
"Oh, yeah, sorry Robin." The Azarathian quickly responded, gently lowering her leader to the ground and releasing him from the hold of her magic - right before turning her gaze back to Fira. "You gonna calm down at some point...?"
The back-alley Titan, after another good five minutes of struggle, finally relinquished her anger into a pissed-off serenity. "There. Calm. Happy?"
"Sure." Raven glared at her, dropping her to the ground and then looking over at Robin. "So are we heading back to the Tower now?"
"Yep. And we'll try to get a signal on our new friends." He winked at the cloaked young woman briefly before turning to Adia, "Sound good?"
"Sounds perfect." Adia responded with a smile, turning and starting to walk calmly in the direction of the Tower itself. "Let's go then. There is no time to lose."
"But what if we can't find them?" Raven asked, looking a bit worried as she tested a small version of her black shield in her hands, trying to make sure it was still stable. "What if they... find some freak way of getting out of our sensory systems...?"
"We can try any way." Robin nodded in reassurance, before turning around. He began to walk back down the path to his motorcycle. "...even if we have to set Logan on them..."
"Oh, CH'YEAH, that'll do it." Raven rolled her eyes, releasing the shield. "He'll just flirt with them the entire time, and then he'll turn around, and they'll be GONE."
"Pfft. Ch'yeah." Fira agreed, throwing her hands up in the air loosely. "That's all the bastard ever does."
"C'mon you guys. Let's go." Robin chuckled. "Adia, you're with me. Fira find a way home. Raven...beat you there!" And with that, the masked leader ran forward, snatched up Adia in his arms and raced back toward his motorcycle. Within seconds he was revving it up - his helmet safely set on Adia's head behind him - and he was OFF!!
That had to have been the fastest Robin had ever rode his blazing red vehicle...
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