Chapter 11
1st Person POV
I wince at the sight of Nightwing crashing against a nearby tree. He pulls himself up but I can see him grab his arm in pain before diving back into the fight. My hand clenches around the familiar handle of my sword before running to Nightwing's side.
"You got a plan?" I ask. He grins.
"Of course I do," He bends down, "Maneuver 7."
"I don't know what that means," I growl, not familiar with his fighting protocol, and panicked over the situation
"I'm going to throw you at him," Now he's speaking my language. I jump into his hands and he thrusts me up and towards the android in front of us. My foot makes impact with its face and the force sends him stumbling backwards. I drop to the ground surprised at the significance my foot had. Don't think I'll ever get used to that.
A cold metal hand grabs my waist and flings me upwards. I desperately fall into the shadow plane before I hit the ground. Rolling over, I moan. I'm pretty sure that a few of my ribs are broken. Nightwing stands up and searches wildly for me. I can do this. I can do this. I combined two dimensions I can definitely defeat my big brother's toy. Shifting back into the real world I can feel my body weaken. Maybe success will be a little harder than I thought.
I can create a shadow version of anything. I don't because it's harder to maintain some things than others. Seeing how I'm going to collapse soon I give it everything I have. What better to defeat T.A.S than T.A.S. himself? I hear my brother yelling as a shadow of the monster swirls into existence. My arms shake with the effort of puppeting the giant.
3rd Person POV
Nightwing hesitates at the edge of the battle field. It takes all his effort not to jump back into the fight but he knows that this is her enemy. Wow. And he thought he was a good detective but he still has no idea what the hell is going on.
Ronny swings her arms and the shadow of the robot strikes the original sending the metal beast flying backwards. The earth shakes as the android hits the ground. Ronny pushes the shadow forward. The android rises to its feet. It grabs shadow T.A.S.' neck. Ronny stumbles; her apparition falters and pales. Nightwing can see that the android is focused on its assumed victory. He darts behind T.A.S. and plants a bomb. The machine spins around swiping at Nightwing. His arm hits the young hero, sending Nightwing flying back. The small device on the metal surface of the beast's form beeps. An explosion sends shredded pieces of the android crashing down around the battle. Flames lick the ground and crawl across the dismembered robot.
Sharp winds ripple over the scene as Viper's helicopter carries him off. Ronny's shadow shifts away. Nightwing heaves himself up and assesses the destruction. Ronny stands before the rubble. She sways before collapsing.
"Ronny!" Nightwing yells. He runs towards her choking on dust and smoke. Pulling her into his arms, he lowers his ear to her chest. The weak beat of her heart lets him exhale in relief. Nightwing lifts the unconscious girl into his arms and carries her back towards the cave. He doesn't notice the faded colors of the beach nor the odd shift of the trees.
Robin surveys the area. Batgirl signals to him. He reluctantly heads her way looking over his shoulder to see if there's anything there. When did he get so paranoid? He looks around her but doesn't see anything out of place.
"What are we looking at?" he whispers.
"Nothing," Batgirl says. Robin's brow crinkles in annoyance, "Don't look at me like that. I can't find M'Gann." Her voice cracks with worry. A cry echoes from over the ridge. Batman's protégés' heads snap towards the sound.
"M'Gann," they exclaim in unison before running to meet their teammate.
M'Gann faded form stands in the middle of an abandoned lot. Her eyes gleam green as she both density shifts to avoid the lasers slicing around her and attempts to telekinetically move the enormous ship above her.
"What the hell is that?" Robin mutters.
"Whatever it is, its bad news." Batgirl states before racing away. Her dark cape fluttering behind her. Robin follows close behind her. He knows he should contact Nightwing but the lasers preoccupy his thoughts.
Robin skillfully throws one of his birdarangs at the giant metal ship. The small device detonates with an impressive blast but it makes little difference against the beast. With a frustrated groan he launches more birdarangs, one after the other and watch them explode against reinforced metal. He should really call Nightwing. An uneasy feeling creeps up on him and he spins around to be met with an army of dark clad soldiers descending from the aircraft. Great. Just great.
Batgirl slides to a halt as the hanger of the ship opens and a wave of people jump to the ground. They storm towards the severely outnumbered trio equipped with weapons that rivaled Batman's tech. She turns to search for Robin. Her heart pounds wildly with anxiety. Do they stay, fight, and most likely lose, or retreat without any information on their target? Miss Martian stumbles with the effort of using two of her abilities at once. Her density shifting slips and in a split second she in encased by a net shot from the mass of people.
Batgirl ducks, narrowly avoiding a fist. Staying and fighting it is. She leaps up and back tossing a few foam pellets at the advancing crowd. It slows them down but only on her end. Robin holds them back with his staff. Years of martial arts experience keeping him ahead of his opponents. Batgirl notices a few of them surrounding M'Gann, hands outstretched to lift her up. Without thinking she throws an incendiary grenade. The blast knocks the soldiers back but a fire flares and roars around Miss Martian. Guilt floods Batgirl's mind as she remembers her friend's vulnerability to fire.
She darts forward in the realization of her mistake but she doesn't notice the man behind her. A net wraps around her legs sending her tumbling to the ground. Batgirl lands on the dirt with and oomph. She kicks to untangle her legs. A sharp sting at the back of her neck halts her progress. The world blurs and fades from view as her head hits the ground heavily and her eyes fall shut.
Both of his teammates are down. He growls as Batgirl's unconscious figure is lifted limply into the air craft. He can't just let them get captured. But he has no idea how to get them out of this one. More and more people flood out of the air craft. Robin curses under his breath as he's surrounded by mysterious agents. The best he can do is try and make sure he and the girls don't get killed. Maybe get some Intel from the inside. Nightwing is really gonna lay into him when he gets home. Great job as mission leader rob.
Fury stares down the uncooperative boy across from him. These villains just keep getting younger. The young man won't give him anything to go on; his mannerisms completely stolid beneath his dark mask.
"I'll ask you again. Are you involved in the recent confrontations with the Avengers?" Fury's patience is wearing thin but he needs to believe that this is his connection. This is a kid. A kid involved in the life, like Spiderman, like Nyx. This kid could help him find them.
Robin scrutinizes the Man in front of him. A black eyepatch covers his left eye. The other so covered by a dark eyebrow it is barely there. His expression is so animatedly furious that it's comical. He keeps asking him if he fought with the Avengers. Robin has no idea who the Avengers are nor has he fought with them recently. The way the man asks him questions is so familiar, kind of like Batman grilling him but he's a villain. Right? As the man's voice drawls on, Robin is getting annoyed. It's his turn to play detective.
The young man cuts off Nick's interrogating,
"Who are the Avengers? Is that your organization? Are they connected to the Light?" The boy fired off questions one after the other as if trying to answer them with more questions. Nick's frustration elevates but the Light caught Fury's interest.
"What's the Light? Is that who you're working for?" Their conversation spirals into unproductive questions ricocheting off of each other. To the two men their topics have no context, but if either listened they might find that neither of them are what either thinks.
Authors Note: Sorry this chapter is a bit of a jumbled mess. There's a lot to get through. There will probably be a few more chapters like this one. More like definitely. There will definitely be more chapters like this. I'm probably going to have to watch the show again to get a feel for Robin 'cause I'm not super happy with him in this chapter. Other than that I hope you enjoyed and please review.
