A block away, Rebecca rolled across the street to a small grocery store. She found a cart, and grabbed onto the handles. She pushed herself up, and leaned over the handle of the cart. "Now, one foot." She stepped foreword, keeping as much weight as she could on the cart. "And the other." Soon, she was inside the store, wandering up and down the aisles. Robin eventually found her, but let her stay until she was too tired to keep walking. "Ok, just one more-whoa!" She slipped, hitting her chin on the handle. "You ok?" Robin walked over. "Yea, just one more try." She grunted as she tried to push herself back up, but she just couldn't do it. Her body was too sore for her to move anywhere. "C'mon, I think you've had enough." Robin kneeled down next to her and smiled. "You've made great progress though." "Yea sure. Now all I need to do is figure out how to keep a cart with me 24/7. Then I'm set." She laughed. He stood up still smiling and offered her a hand. She tried to reach up and grab it, but could even do that. He chuckled. "Ok then. Guess I'm just going to have to carry you." He squatted down and picked her up bridal-style and walked outside. "Hey, didn't you leave the wheel chair here?" "Yea? Why?" "Well...it's not here." "What?" She looked around the best she could, but all she saw was an empty parking lot. "Damnit someone stole my chair!" "Well, I guess we shouldn't have left it there...Don't worry. It'll be easier just to give you a ride anyway." He walked over to his bike and slowly set her down in front. "Besides, I thought you hated being in the chair?" "I do, but it's still useful." He chuckled and slipped on a helmet as he sat behind her. He reached his arms around her and grabbed the handle and started up the engine. "Lean you head on my shoulder so I can see." He revved the engine and sped off, forcing her to lean back against him anyway. She didn't realize how tense she was until she finally relaxed a bit. Her muscles ached from exhaustion, but the cool night air helped ease her pain.
Soon, there were back at the tower. Robin made sure she made it to the couch by carrying her there and placing her softly on the cushions. "You know, I think I like this couch more than that hospital bed." She smiled. "I don't blame you. I've been stuck there a few times too. There's 23 ceiling tiles in there and each one has between 234 and 357 dots." She laughed at him and shook her head. "Guess I shouldn't be complaining then hu?" He shrugged and yawned. "Yea, I'm gonna crash. It's already 2 am." "Alright. Good night Robin." "Good night." Rebecca watched him stretch and walk out of the room. She reached under the couch, where she kept her bag with her stuff in it. She unzipped it and started to rummage through. In the inner pocket she found her moms key. "The box...I wonder if I could take a look at some of that stuff?" She thought for a moment, before yawning and putting it back. "I'll go tomorrow. Maybe there'll be something useful in there." These were her last thoughts as she slowly drifted off to sleep. When she woke up the next morning, a green tabby was purring in the floor next to her. "Hey BB. What time is it?" It meowed and looked over at the clock on the wall. "10:00 hu? I guess that's enough sleep." She grunted and tried to sit up, but fell back on the couch. Her muscles were still incredibly sore from last night. The tabby jumped up in her lap and hissed at her. "Hey, what's wrong?" She asked. It turned around and gently slapped her in the face with its tail before jumping off and morphing back into Beast Boy. "Robin said you're not supposed to go anywhere today. So I'm supposed to make sure you don't." "Where's everyone else?" "They're out getting pizza. They promised to bring us back some." She sighed. "So much for today." "What?" "Well, I was hoping to go somewhere today. It's not too far from here...At least I don't think it's too far from here..." "Where?" "Gotham City." "Really? What for?" "Well, that's where I lived before Niero came along. There's something there I'd like to check out." "Really? Robins from there too. I'm sure he'd like to go see Batman." She raised an eyebrow. "Batman? How does Robin know Batman?" "They were partners." "Really? Wow...I had no idea." "Yea. Batman taught him everything he knows. Including his up-tight leadership attitude." She laughed and slowly sat up. The story if the circus boy floated back to her head, but it didn't surprise her. Beast Boy tried to protest, but knew that it was pointless. She stretched as far as she could, making her muscles scream in agony, but once she stopped they felt much better. She tried to stand, but she fell again, and figured she should wait a bit before trying again. "Wow, you really did make some progress last night." "Yea, but man am I sore." "Well, Robin told us you were-" "Pizza! Everyone dig in!" Cyborg ran in through the door, dropped 5 pizzas on the table, and started eating his. Raven and Robin came in shortly behind him. "Hey, how are you feeling?" "I've been better." She smirked and tried to stand up again. Beast Boy quickly grabbed her arm before she could fall back on the couch and steadied her. "Thanks BB. I think I'm ok now." He slowly let go of her, and grinned when she didn't fall again.
Everyone watched, ready to jump if she fell, as she slowly limped over to the counter and sat down. "That...That shouldn't be possible." Cyborg dropped his pizza in awe as she reached for a box of pepperoni and started eating. "Told you guys." Robin grinned and sat down next to her. "Hey Robin, there's somewhere I'd like to go today." "Hm? Where?" "I wanna go to Gotham." He looked at her curiously. "What for?" "My mom has a security deposit box there. I'd like to see whats in it." He nodded. "I remember. Alright. I'll call Batman and see if he's doing anything. Maybe we can stay with him." She nodded and grabbed a second slice. "Rebecca, why did your mother choose Gotham City to place her box?" Starfire asked and set down her mustard and pickle pizza. "She didn't choose Gotham Star, It's just where we were. I was born in Gotham." "Truly?" She nodded. "I think I'd like to go back and see how things are there. Maybe... visit some old friends." "Oh this visit sounds wonderful, may I join you?" Becca looked at Robin, who shrugged and swallowed his pizza. "As long as someones here to keep and eye on things. You guys think you can handle things while I'm gone?" "Yea no problem!" "Well be fine." Raven silently grabbed her cheese pizza and walked towards a corner, but before she could make it, the alarm sounded. Cyborg jumped up with half a pizza hanging out of his mouth. "Mmrufhmhm!" "What?" He swallowed it and yelled, "It's Slade!" Rebecca froze as the Titans all ran for the garage. No one noticed her pale face. "Stay here!" Robin yelled at her as he ran out the door, and soon she was alone. She quickly got up, and limped towards the couch where the remote was. She flipped through the channels and saw that they all were showing the same thing. "This is News Channel 16 reporting live from Bay Bridge, where a man wearing red and black armor is holding a little girl over the edge of the bridge. No one seems to know exactly who this little girl is, but local authorities say that the man holding her is Slade, and caution everyone in the city to stay away from the bridge. No one knows exactly what Slade is planning to- wait, we have a reporter who has managed to get in close to Slade." The screen changed to Slade, holding the girl by her jacket over the side of the bridge. "Titans!" He yelled. "Try to save her now!" and he let go of the girl.
