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"Who's Elizabeth?" Beastboy's question rang through the cell.
Robin froze, how did he answer that question?
Before he could answer, the cell door clanged open. A girl with blond hair and blue eyes, wearing a battle suit stood in the doorway. Her face was expressionless, but her eyes held something that could be related to remorse.
"Rachel, I need you to come with me." her voice was so timid, the statement was more of a question then an order.
Rachel raised a dark eyebrow. She did not look like she was about to obey, "And why should I do that, Terra?" her cynical question echoed through the dank cell. A robot appeared behind the girl, Terra, followed by another. The two robots entered the cell and approached Beastboy, who backed up against the wall.
"I wouldn't mess with me, if I were you." The green boy warned as the robots cornered him. Robin prepared to leap on one of the robots to give Beastboy a running chance, when the boy transformed into a growling green wolf.
Well, at least now Robin understood the boy's name. Reaching for his utility belt Robin decided to aid the boy beast anyway, but noticed that he was simply grabbing at air. Doubtlessly Slade had stolen his belt. Shaking the thought aside, Robin side kicked one of the robots while Beastboy attempted to tear the other one apart.
Two huge rocks knocked both boys up against the wall, and stone cuffs trapped them. Rachel jumped forward to try to save her, acquaintances, but Terra stopped her. With a flick of the blond's glowing gold hand, a sharp, pointed rock, resembling a spear, appeared infront of Beastboy's chest, more specifically, his heart. (1)
"I suggest you come with me, little raven, or your friends may meet with an unfortunate end." Terra growled.
"Beastboy..." Rachel glanced wistfully at the boy she had only known for a few hours, but had somehow become attached to. Shaking her head Rachel approached Terra, "I'll come with you," her voice came in a harsh whisper, "but the minute my friends are out of danger..." allowing her threat to trail off, Rachel pushed past the earthbender into the hall.
Terra dropped the two boys, "You're wanted too Robin, and I hope I don't have to tell you what will happen if you don't come."
The hero boy followed Terra into the hall. The steel door clanged shut, leaving Beastboy in the dark, with the only company of two sparking robots.
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Rachel walked behind the despicable blond traitor. She watched were she was going, memorizing the turns, plotting a course to free herself. Robin was walking close beside her. Rachel had grown custom to referring to him as Robin, which she had been doing too much of in her mind since she first saw him, even though she knew that wasn't his name.
"Rachel." snapping her head up Rachel looked at Robin, his voice had been so quiet she almost missed it. "Why did Terra call you a raven?" he spoke again once he was sure she was listening, making sure Terra didn't hear.
Rachel paused in step, she hadn't missed how Terra had addressed her, she just didn't realize that Robin had also noticed. It also surprised her that he somehow knew it was important enough to bring up, and bring it up in a way where no one else heard. She did have a distinct idea as to why, but she had been avoiding thinking about the subject all together.
Quickly picking up her pace once again, Rachel returned to walking beside Robin. "I'm not positive, but I do have an idea." she murmured slowly, not quite sure wether or not this was the kind of information she wished to share with a boy she had just met.
One of the corners of Robin's mask rose, giving the impression of him raising an eyebrow.
"I don't know..." the voicing of her concerns aloud thoroughly confused the poor hero boy.
"But you just said..." Robin contradicted, his detective mind already assessing the possibilities of what she could mean.
"No, I just," she turned her blazing violet eyes onto him, "How can I trust you? I barely know you." her voice managed to affect him more then a billion screaming people could, and it was barely a whisper.
Robin was used to having people trust him instantly. Everyone seemed to trust the hero, no matter how long they had known him. He didn't have an answer, so he kept silent.
They followed Terra in silence through the various halls, gradually changing from dungeon-like stone walls, to white bricked corridors. Stopping infront of a white door, Terra opened it. Both captives again followed the blond blindly into unknown territory.
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Jynx oversaw the removal of the chip in Miss Hart's head. It had miraculously been successful, and judging by the girl's vitals she would soon awaken, giving Slade the knowledge he had long been awaiting.
As the last two pawns of the master scheme entered the lab with Terra, Jynx prepared a syringe filled with adrenaline. Pumping the drug into Elizabeth would hopefully speed up her waking.
When Rachel noticed her best friend standing beside the bed of an unconscious girl in the hospital-like room, her heart rate double, her stomach twisted painfully and she felt woozy. It hurt enough just knowing Jenny had betrayed her, but seeing her, so unfazed, the way she just seemed to fit in here.
It made the dark haired girl want to vomit.
"Ah Rachel, Robin, so nice of you to join us." Slade's sinister voice came from a dark corner of the room.
How fitting, Rachel mused, the monster hides in a dark corner.
"Slade." Robin snarled, the boy clearly had a grudge against the other masked man (which, from what Rachel knew of him, wasn't unlikely).
Slade chuckled. "I'm dreadfully sorry I didn't have better accommodations set, but we have been busy." The man had made his way across the room and now stood at the head of the hospital bed. As he placed a hand upon the sleeping girl's cheek, Rachel could sense a sick form of accomplishment radiating off the smug man.
"Sir, we are prepared for whenever you are ready." Jynx's voice came out cold as stone, emotionless.
"Good," Slade spoke curtly now, and Rachel found she greatly preferred this to his twisted, polite, yet snide, and sarcastic voice. "Give the injection now, the sooner she wakes the better."
Rachel noticed Robin was stiff beside her. His mask was pointed directly at the form of the girl in the bed, and Rachel could only assume this was where he was looking. Worry shrouded the boy, and Rachel's mind filled with questions.
Did he know this girl?
Who was she?
More importantly, what were Jynx and Slade talking about? An injection of some sort, to wake her... what was wrong with her?
Rachel didn't blink as Jynx slid the needle into the girl's arm.
"Elizabeth..." Robin whispered, the white's of his mask wide, giving the impression of his eyes being wide with fright.
The rhythmic beeping of a heart monitor sped up, quickly surpassing the average heartbeat, and hitting a dangerous range.
"What's happening?" Rachel's whisper was lost beneath the suddenly screeching beeps.
Noise filled the air, Rachel felt her ears pop. Pain shot from Elizabeth's body into her own. Drake. Elizabeth's foreign thoughts overtook her own. Please help Drake. Rachel fell to her knees, clutching her throbbing skull. He didn't mean it. He knew I'd be safe...had to keep me quiet...I'll ruin everything...save Drake, please...please...
Fading into blackness, Rachel felt Robin's strong hands gripping her shoulders, someone was calling her name... She felt a blast of power leak out as she finally fell into a deep sleep.
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Robin retracted his hands quickly as power burst out of the small girl's body, burning him. Rachel fell to the ground as black energy sliced through the small room, breaking all the medical equipment attached to Elizabeth, splitting the door in half, and causing more the half the tiled roof to fall in ruble.
Terra's hands were instantly glowing, catching a slab of plaster just before it landed on Elizabeth's sleeping form. Robin knelt down beside Rachel and was about to lift her off the ground, but was pushed aside by Jynx. Muttering a spell, pink magic escaped from the pink haired girl's hands, wrapping itself around Rachel and lifting her off the ground.
Raven floated onto a bed that wasn't covered in the dust and ruble she had caused, near the one that Elizabeth sat in. Robin blinked in disbelief, sitting in her bed, looking around confused, was Elizabeth. She was awake!
He was about to hurry over to the poor girl, his hero instincts kicking in, but found himself restrained by Terra. Jynx was tending to Rachel, while Slade hovered over Elizabeth.
"Ah, Miss Hart, so kind of you to finally awaken." Elizabeth's head snapped over to stare terrified at the masked man who had just addressed her.
"W-Who are you?" her timid voice trembled and cracked, she hadn't used it in a while and she was clearly petrified.
SLade chuckled wickedly, he just loved to see people squirm in fear. Robin struggled against Terra's restraining arms, but the small girl was surprisingly strong. "I will ask the questions here." Slade stated strongly. He grabbed the girl's shaking chin, forcing her to look at him. "Tell me the secret identity of Red X" Elizabeth let a tiny squeak escape her mouth. "Oh yes, I know you know, now tell me, unless I need to torture it out of you?" Slade didn't sound as if he'd mind torturing her very much...
"Elizabeth!" Robin called, drawing everyone's attention to himself.
"Robin?" within Elizabeth's green eyes something clicked, as though she had suddenly remembered everything that had happened. "Robin! You must help Drake!" suddenly she was struggling to reach the Boy Wonder, but Slade held her back. "He doesn't mean it Robin! You have to help him! He's good, but that monster makes him do it!" the girl was screaming now, "He's coming! The little raven is in danger!" Her eyes widened in panic, "Trigon is coming!"
And just as quickly as she had woke, Elizabeth was suddenly unconscious again. Robin easily broke through Terra's frozen grip, much to easily. He ran to the girl and ripped her out of Slade's hands.
"Elizabeth? Elizabeth wake up! You have to tell me, who is Trigon? What is going to happen?" Robin was suddenly struck on the cheek. Slade's blow knocked him backwards, sending him sprawling onto the ground.
"Take my prisoner back to the cell, and leave him there." Slade turned away, signaling Terra that both her and Robin had better be gone by the time he turned back.
Terra practically dragged Robin out of the room and down the hall. He soon found himself thrown back into the cell, just as he had been only a few hours ago. Only this time he was conscious, and Rachel wasn't in the cell. For some reason, even with Beastboy there, the whole cell seemed much emptier without Rachel there.
"Robin?" Beastboy's hand touched his shoulder, "What happened? Where's Rachel?"
Robin felt his throat choke up. He was going to cry, he hadn't cried since he was eight! He felt so helpless... just like he did that night at the circus...
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(1) runon sentence, i know, but i couldn't figure out how to fix it