"You seen Robin?" Cyborg asked, snatching a bag of chips out of the cabinet and walking into the common room.
"Nope," Speedy replied, idly flipping the channels on the TV.
"What about Beastboy?"
"With Mas y Menos," Superboy replied, plopping himself down on the other side of Cyborg.
"Starfire?" Speedy opened his mouth, but Cyborg cut him off. "With Bee and Donna, right?" Superboy smiled. Speedy laughed.
"We haven't gotten into a rut at all, have we?" he quipped sarcastically.
"Why aren't you with Robin then?" Cyborg demanded.
"Even I get sick of hanging with those two sometimes," Speedy retorted. "They're always finishing each other's thoughts, or suddenly looking up at each other and racing towards the computer and chattering excitedly." Cyborg smiled.
"I get that," Cyborg replied. Superboy laughed.
"You two have no idea," he replied. "I've dealt with both of them for longer."
"So when was the last time you saw Kid Flash?" Speedy asked.
"A while ago," Superboy asked. "Something's up between him and Jinx, you think?"
"No, really?" retorted Cyborg.
"So where is Robin?" Superboy asked.
"Locked in his room," Cyborg and Speedy chorused.
"Honestly, where else would he be?" retorted Speedy. Superboy smirked.
"If it was anyone but him, I think we'd all be thinking something else about him and Batgirl spending all their time shut up in his room," he replied. All three boys looked at each other, then burst out laughing. Cyborg grabbed a handful of chips.
"Better not let them here you say that," Speedy replied.
"They have been shut up in there for about a week," replied Superboy. All three laughed again.
"Chip?" Cyborg asked, offering the bag out to the other two.
~0~
Cyborg yawned, walking to the door of Robin's room.
"It's two in the morning, shut off your stupid noise," he snarled. "You hear me you spiky haired idiot." The door still didn't open, so Cyborg quickly overloaded the electronic lock. Immediately, the noise of explosions flooded out of the room, accompanied by the blinding lights. When Cyborg overcame the initial shock, he immediately pulled out the cord to the speakers. Robin was sitting slumped at his desk, while Batgirl was leaning against the bed, a laptop on her lap and papers strewn everywhere. Immediately, both started, jumping to their feet.
"What are you two doing?" he asked.
"What time is it?" Robin mumbled, rubbing his eyes. Batgirl put her computer down on the bed, stretching.
"It's two AM," Cyborg groaned. "Will you keep it down?" Without waiting for a response, he stumbled back to his room. Robin and Batgirl looked at each other.
"We need coffee," then concurred.
~0~
Superboy walked through the hall, suddenly coming upon Starfire and Wondergirl. Starfire's eyes were blazing green, while Wondergirl was pulling her back from the door.
"Calm down!" Wondergirl demanded in a whisper. Superboy rushed forward to help. "Get Bee!" He nodded, more than confident Wondergirl could handle the angry Tameranian. He barely rounded the corner when he ran into Bumblebee.
"What's up?" she asked.
"Starfire's pissed," he replied, starting back around the corner. Bumblebee rushed by him, helping Wondergirl pull Starfire away from the door.
"What's wrong?" Bumblebee demanded. Starfire glared at the door, suddenly burst into tears and stormed down the corridor. "I got this." Bumblebee ran after her.
"What was that?" Superboy asked, staring down the hall after them. Wondergirl smiled.
"Teenage drama," she replied. "You'd really think we'd have more important things to worry about, wouldn't you?" He smiled appreciatively, turning back to face her.
"So what set that off?" Wondergirl held her hand to her lips, and they walked through the doors. You could see the tops of two heads over the back of the couch, leaning against each other. Superboy smirked.
"Classic Dick and Barb," he whispered. Wondergirl nodded.
"Except they're more obsessive than usual, normally they'd be awake enough that we'd be sitting on the ground at this point," she replied, leading him back out into the hallway.
"Those two need an intervention."
"Something along the lines of 'sleep is a necessary bodily function, you should try it?'" Wondergirl asked. Superboy laughed.
"Or we wait till they're tired enough to draw on their faces," he replied. "That would get the point across."
"You two seen Bee?" Cyborg asked, walking into the hallway.
"Comforting Starfire," Wondergirl replied. Cyborg blinked.
"What?"
"Batgirl and Robin passed out on the couch last night," Superboy explained. "Starfire seems a bit upset by it." Cyborg rolled his eyes.
"Oh, I guess that's what they did after I threw them out of Robin's room last night," he remarked.
"You what?"
"They were playing some loud footage of an explosion or something in the middle of the night, so I went in, woke them up and shut it off. I guess they came out here for some reason." Wondergirl shrugged.
"I bet they were after coffee," Superboy said. Wondergirl nodded.
"Is it normal for them to be this obsessive?" Cyborg asked.
"I think they get it from Batman," Superboy replied.
"Usually they manage to get enough sleep to remain coherent though," Wondergirl continued. "Which is about five hours mind you."
"I think they're trying to prove something," Superboy reasoned. Wondergirl nodded. Cyborg stared at the two of them.
"Now you're starting to remind me of them."
"HEY!" The doors slid open behind the three of them.
"Why are you guys standing out here?" Robin enquired.
"No reason," the three chorused. Batgirl rolled her eyes.
"Anything new?" Cyborg asked quickly, attempting to change the subject.
"Nothing concrete," Robin replied. Batgirl nodded. "You guys going to come have breakfast?" With that, Robin and Batgirl disappeared back into the common room, leaving Superboy, Wondergirl and Cyborg staring after them.
~0~
Batgirl filled two more mugs of coffee, starting back towards Robin's room. Halfway down the hall, she sighed, turning around.
"I know you're back there," she called. Immediately Starfire emerged from the shadows. "Why were you following me?"
"I do not trust you," Starfire replied.
"And?" Starfire faltered, surprised by her reaction. "Look, I've had people not trust me before. Unless you're here to tell me why, I've got something I'm supposed to be doing." Starfire hesitated, and Batgirl turned to leave.
"You are not a part of this team," Starfire started again.
"I'm aware." Batgirl continued to walk away.
"You may not hurt my friends." Batgirl stopped, turning to look back at her.
"Noted." The two glared at each other. "Anything else?"
"Just remember that," Starfire snarled before she walked back down the hallway. Batgirl stared after her until Starfire's hair disappeared around the corner. She took a deep breath. It's her problem, not yours. Get your head back. What'd Bruce say right now? She shook her head quickly. That's right. We've got a job to do. She walked back to Robin's room.
"I've got coffee," she announced, handing him one of the mugs.
~0~
Robin and Batgirl sat atop Titan Tower, staring down at the ocean. For the first time in a week, they were without Batgirl's laptop or mounds of paper evidence.
"So what now?" Robin asked still staring out at the sea.
"You tell me," Batgirl replied. They fell back into silence, watching the sun play off the waves as it sank towards the horizon. "They'll do something soon." Robin nodded, setting his jaw.
"We can make it on our terms," he replied. Batgirl smiled ever so slightly for just a second.
"This confrontation's coming," she stated. "Wither we like it or not."
"I know," Robin admitted, bringing one knee up to his head and resting his chin on it. "I don't have to like it."
"They'll just keep coming back," Batgirl added, lying down backwards to stare at the sky. Robin sighed, nodded and lay down next to her, resting both hands on his chest. Batgirl glanced over at him. "We're going to be alright Dick."
"How do you know?" he asked, turning his head to look at her. "What if someone gets hurt?"
"We keep fighting," she replied. "We always do." Robin smiled slightly.
"What if it's not enough this time?"
"Well, there's always Bruce," she replied. Robin chuckled.
"True." Robin looked back up at the sky as they settled back into silence.
"Hey," she said, causing him to look back at her. She set her hand on . "We're in this together Boy Wonder, always are."
The two tensed and jumped to their feet to meet the red figure of Madam Rouge.
"You two make an adorable couple," she drawled. Robin drew his staff and Batgirl took an attack stance. "Are you really going to fight me?"
"What're you doing here?" Robin demanded.
"Well, you are hardly hiding," Rouge retorted. She lunged at them, both diving out of the way, fighting back, but Rouge just bent out of the way. Rouge grabbed Robin's staff, twisting it out of his grasp. Suddenly Batgirl was at his back.
"We aren't winning this," he whispered. She nodded, deflecting another blow.
"We just got to hold out." It was Robin's turn to nod as he managed to grab Rouge's wrist, but she responded by looping it around him. She lifted him, starting to cut off his air supply. Batgirl disengaged with Rouge just long enough to throw six batarangs at Rouge, forcing her to release Robin as she dodged out of the way. Robin fell to the ground, gasping, as Rouge attacked Batgirl with full force. Robin got to his feet just in time to see Rouge manage to knock Batgirl's feet out from under her from behind.
"Over here!" he yelled, grabbing one of his exploding disks and throwing it. Rouge bounced it back at him, and he just had time to dive out of the way before it exploded.
"Robin!" Batgirl yelled as the force of the explosion carried him across the roof. Rouge turned back to Batgirl, who had leapt to her feet. Batgirl fended off the initial attacks, frowning. She'd lost her element of surprise, since Rouge knew she couldn't leave the roof top anymore, or try to distract Rouge, because she wouldn't leave Robin. Rouge tried to knock her feet out from under her again, but she did a hand spring out of the way, only to be knocked over backwards halfway through. She hit the ground hard, gritting her teeth. Those Titans had better come up here soon.
She managed to get back to her feet, but Rouge was on her again. It was all she could do to stay standing. Finally, Rouge managed to out maneuver her, grabbing her legs. Next thing she knew, she was falling through the air. She grabbed her grappling hook from her belt and firing it desperately in the direction she wasn't falling, hoping it was up. She managed to gather her bearings enough to see the ground whizzing up at her. The comforting jerk of the line catching was slightly more painful than usual; however, she sighed in relief as her fall slowed. Unfortunately, Rouge cut her line and she immediately found herself plummeting once more. Fortunately, her line had at least managed to turn her right side up, so she landed on her feet, bending her knees and rolling in an attempt to absorb the blow. All she really succeeded in doing was raising a larger cloud of dust and sending herself rolling down the slope of the island for a few seconds. She groaned, opening her eyes and trying to stand. Immediately her vision clouded. She vaguely saw Madam Rouge's outline atop the tower. Robin!
"No…" she groaned, but Rouge disappeared.
"Batgirl!" she heard someone yell. Immediately Wondergirl's face flashed into her vision.
"Oh Barb, what did you do?" she immediately breathed, looking her over. Roof! she tried to yell, but it came out "r…"
"Don't talk, you just fell off a roof," Superboy demanded from somewhere outside her vision. Batgirl raised her fingers, causing her whole body to ache, and started tapping out in Morse code. Someone grabbed her hand.
"Don't move too much," Kid Flash demanded.
"R…Robin," she managed to choke out. She saw Wondergril's face falter for a second.
"Wally," Wondergirl said, and the pressure on her hand disappeared.
"What's going on?" Batgirl heard someone demand from far away. Was that Speedy?
"We need to get her inside." Why did Donna sound so far away? Then the world faded away.