A/N: es el 16 de Octubre de dos mil doce
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Things in italics (Robin) in this chapter mean that's what Robin wrote in his notebook.
WHISPER
"Boo!" I whispered shortly in the archer's ear. Robin cackled softly as he jumped several feet in the air. He landed groaning.
"Oh, God, please not these two, why me?" Whatever small amount of sympathy that'd come vanished in less than a second. Red Arrow turned to us. "Why do you enjoy torturing me?"
Rob and I shrugged simultaneously. "You make it too easy."
Red Arrow sighed, rubbing his temples, momentarily removing his hand from a silver briefcase. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Well," I say putting a finger to my chin, "I overheard Tempest talking to you about some assassination thing and the word 'assassination' always interests Robin, and I wanted some action, so we just snuck over here using my awesome speed. Also, there was the fact that Cat Grant was here. I've always wanted to meet her." I did a quick look-over at Red Arrow. He was wearing a simple black suit and tie with a white undershirt with dark shades to obscure the color of his eye color. "Nice suit, looking very snazzy." Out of the corner of my eye I saw Robin roll his eyes.
I looked around. "Um, where are we anyway?"
Red Arrow sighed again. I had a feeling he was going to do a lot of that. "We're in Taipei, Taiwan. You'd know that if you'd paid attention to Tempest." Taipei was cloudy tonight. And dark, but that's probably because it was night. We were standing behind one of the many pillars that were lined up to support the sunroof. The building behind us looked like an old-fashioned movie theater without the white sign. Paparazzi with flashing cameras were watched by security guards in the same attire as Red Arrow, and Cat Grant and her crew stood in a courtyard with some trees and a fountain. Near the doorway were two separate groups of people both looking like they were guarding someone. One was in suits and the other were in military uniforms.
"Hey!" I said, "I thought you didn't trust us; especially since we joined the Justice League."
"Tempest seemed more trustworthy than you too." He shot at us. Robin whistled. Nice comeback. I frowned at him.
"You're supposed to be on my side, Rob!" He shrugged. "So," I continued teasing him, "I heard you're looking for Cheshire. Is she your girlfriend?"
"No! Shut up!" He hissed clamping a hand over my mouth. I followed his line of vision to a black haired, Asian woman behind a stand. I knew instantly she was Cheshire. When I looked at Robin, he nodded to confirm my suspicions. Red Arrow pulled me down with Robin following and opened his silver briefcase. In it was a folded red bow with an arrow notched in it. I watched in fascination as it unfolded. I looked around and my eyes stopped at a figure standing up straight ahead. It was Cheshire in all her green kimono glory with a dark bazooka. She was standing on top of her stand, and carefully hefted the bazooka on her shoulder to aim at the white limo, surrounded my motorcycle riding guards, that was pulling up.
Red Arrow launched his arrow and it hit the bazooka. Cheshire let out a yell as the recoil and the arrow forced the missile to fly safely into the sky. The paparazzi flew into panic screaming. Security guards shouted in foreign languages. The groups of guards pulled out guns and escorted their person quickly away.
Cheshire leapt off the stand, jumping on people to get more momentum. She landed and quickly disabled guards. One grabbed her from behind, but she swiftly kicked two oncoming ones and freed herself. Withdrawing two sais she started running. Red Arrow revealed himself from his hiding place. I started walking forward, but Robin grabbed my hood yanking me back. I gave him a "What the heck?" look and he shook his head furiously. I sighed and sat down with a scowl.
Red Arrow jumped on the limo and launched an arrow in midair. It expanded to a net, but Cheshire cut it down. The two tackled with Cheshire topping him just as the bazooka missile crashed down. White stuff- confetti?- rained down as guards surrounded Cheshire. She looked around and held her hands up in surrender.
I felt something hit my head, and my hands from instinctively to it. I shot an accusing look to Robin, but he was looking the other direction feigning innocence. "What's the big idea, Rob?" He gave me a sheepish look. I scowled at him and looked back out. I rose an eyebrow. "Lex Luthor? Isn't he a bad guy?" Rob shrugged.
We watched as Red Arrow talked to Lex. His face had contorted slightly in rage. Or maybe it was hatred. Apparently I was right; Lex is a bad guy.
We watched as they started walking in the building and- wait! Holy guacamole! They were leaving us! I grabbed Robin's arm and ran, dragging him behind me. "Waaaaaiit!" I yelled. Red Arrow's eyes widened as we approached rapidly, and just as we were about to slam into the glass door promptly breaking it (Stupid breaks…), he threw the door open. Now my eyes were widening as we flew into the building. Panicked screams erupted, and I yelled, "It's alright, folks!"
Unfortunately, my assurance didn't… um, assure people of their safety.
I let out a very dignified yelp, and immediately shot Robin, who was trying to slow me down, a scowl for made a sound like he was laughing at me. I yelped because in front of me was a person who wasn't smart enough to move. I grunted as we hit- crashed more like it- into the person. Everything went temporarily black as I clenched my eyes shut. When I opened them again, the screams had stopped and now people were muttering in nervous and excited voices. I was belly down on the person's back. Robin had landed like the cat he was, and if you didn't understand that, it meant on his feet. Or relatively on his feet. Whatever he was in a better position than me, okay? He was sitting normally on between my feet. When I turned my head to look at the ninja, he flicked my forehead making me wince. Translation: Nice going, idiot. I blinked as a white lights blinded me, and then I groaned; facepalming myself anime-style. This was going to be in the news. Red Arrow was covering his eyes and shaking his head. I grinned sheepishly, and waved my hand.
"Get. Off. Me." The words sounded tense and angry; spat at me. I felt a harsh glare at me. I knew I could take it, I mean Rob's were worse, but I figured now wasn't the best time. The owner of the glare belonged to the person I was on top of. I gave a small, sheepish laugh at seeing the features of the person, which faded.
"Um, sorry," I said, and got up. Lex Luthor dusted himself off, retaining what dignity he still had.
"Friends of yours, Red Arrow?" he asked. Red Arrow took one look at us and shook his head. I forced my jaw to drop. "That little traitor," I mumbled evilly. "Tie them up." Lex commanded, "We can deal with them after." Some guards walked over and they dragged us to a pillar. When I say drag, I literally mean drag. We weren't resisting, but we weren't complying, so therefore, drag. They then wrapped some chains around us, tying us to the red pillar. Robin sighed looking around. I knew, and he did, that we could get out easily, but we decided to stay.
Rob then head butted me. It was a 'thank you' gift for getting us in this situation.
"Thank God you're here!" I shouted grabbing onto the metal bars that separated me from freedom. Oh glorious freedom. I'd forgotten what it'd been like to not have it. "I was worried you'd leave us here!"
"I was actually contemplating it…" Red Arrow muttered.
I grinned evilly. "Then Robin and I would have to resort to our 'Mass Destruction Breakout Techniques.'"
"What was that?"
"Nothing," I said putting on a picture of innocence."
He nodded, disbelievingly. "Right. Aren't you guys supposed to be in school soon anyway? I heard that Miss Martian and Superboy were starting today."
I leaned against the grey, stone wall of the cell. "Tempest, Rob, and I were against school. So the JL let us take some tests. We all got average scores, so Bats said, at first, we could do school online. But then later he changed it to one of the league members- most likely Red Tornado- to home school us." I smirked at his raised eyebrow. "Jealous?"
Red Arrow cleared his face of any emotion, coughing. "No."
I frowned, "Why did you ask for Tempest's help anyway? I mean, I know more about the computer than Tempest."
"I felt he was saner than you two." He replied.
"Hey!" I shouted, "That is so true!"
I felt a tap on my shoulder. Robin had gotten up from the steel bench that was connected to the walls. His eyes were serious and used his index finger to tap his temple. I waved him off to keep us the act. Good thing he understood that. If I'd done that anywhere else he'd of killed me. "Yeah, yeah, I get it."
"Get what?" Red Arrow asked the whites of his mask narrowing. He probably thought we were planning something full of evil and malice. Well, we would, but now wasn't the time for that.
"Oh, him?" I point at Robin with my thumb. He smacked it away. "He just wants me to get to the point and ask you stuff. For starters: why were you at Taipei? Could you explain your little mission?"
He bristled at me 'little mission' comment, but seeing the look in my eyes he stopped. "Northern and Southern Rhelasia have been under peace summit. Well, the summit is now impasse. Did you see those two people surrounded by guards?" We both nodded. "The man in the tuxedo was Tseng, the Prime Minister of South Rhelasia. The other was Singh Manh Li, the Prime Minister of North Rhelasia. Those two, as you've seen, aren't exactly buddies. They'd agreed though, to bring in a neutral arbitrator. I heard a rumor that an assassin was coming in to, well, assassinate the arbitrator. Now that I've learned who the arbitrator is and who the assassin is, I want to find out why Cheshire was assigned to kill Lex Luthor and what the League of Shadows is after."
"Do you want our help?" I asked in a quiet and innocent voice.
"No!" He snaps, waving his hand swiftly as if swiping away the prospect of that. "I can do it on my own." Just as he reaches the door he says coldly, "Have fun in prison." Then he slams it shut.
Robin and I look simultaneously at each other. "Doesn't he know we can get out of here in either a subtle way or with a bang?" I say voicing both our thoughts, "Idiot for taking it alone."
There's a sudden boom and the choppy sound of a helicopter. I look at Robin through the corner of my eye with my eyebrow raised. "Ready?"
ROBIN
Security in Taipei is awful. I mean, at least get rid of our weapons. I know this cell is designed for interrogation, but c'mon. Escape was easy. All I did was take a kunai and cut a part of the bars out. Once I'd slipped out, Whisper placed the bar pieces in; I'd cut them at an angle so they'd be able to be put back in and stay there. Trust me, slipping through the tiny window was not easy, but I was small and flexible so it worked. I ended up using the space between the bars as a ledge to stay up.
I looked mournfully through the window. I didn't like leaving Whisper, especially since it was prison. I knew he could get out, but it still hurt. Whisper was sitting on the bench with his hands behind his head, his face expressionless. He caught my look and smirked. "Don't look so sad, Rob. That sort of look doesn't fit you." I scowled and moved my face out of his vision. It was out of character of me to be worried about someone, to even care about someone. But Whisper was one of the first people that I've actually liked. He's grown on me. "I'll be fine." The speedster continued, "I have to stay here to ward off guards." His mouth twisted into a frighteningly mischievous grin. "I'm going to be very creative about this."
I nodded at him. Then I used my grappling hook to swing onto windowsill on windowsill until I was on the roof. My mouth instantly formed a silent swear, and I darted from view. Red Arrow was there. This was reconnaissance. I was not to interfere. At least that's how my brain processed this little expedition. Well, too bad brain. If Red Arrow's life is in danger I'm stepping in.
At least that's what I told myself. You could never be too sure with the way I was raised.
Anyway, Red Arrow was knee-deep in red foam, that only Whisper would be able to identify on sight, and staring up at the sky and then back at a small device in his hand. Abandoned weapons scattered the rooftop. I followed his gaze and dully noticed the fading presence of a helicopter. It'd come a while ago, so I was used to it. My guess was Cheshire escaped, but not before a small fight happened. I wished I had Whisper's vision right now. He would probably be able to see who was in the helicopter if there was an accomplice with Cheshire.
I shook my head clear of the thoughts. I needed to focus on the mission. I did reconnaissance best.
There was one other thing I was better at, but that information is irrelevant.
I followed Red Arrow soundlessly. The guy has absolutely no observation skills whatsoever. I swear I gave him over a million chances to see him in the span of like 30 minutes. It killed me. I wanted to die of humiliation. Never had I made so many mistakes before. Yes, it was on purpose, but god! It was all for nothing! Once we'd stopped, I thought I was going to break down and cry for two reasons.
I had never been one of make mistakes. Purposely making them killed me.
Red Arrow's complete obliviousness was enough to make God swear at him.
Though I do admit the guy was rather focused on his task, and the mistakes I may have made might've been not big due to the fact I was used to staying hidden. Oh, well.
The place we stopped at was a Japanese (A/N: I think it's Japanese.) style dojo was laid out and had everything albeit, it had red double doors. The earth on the outside of the dojo dropped down steeply to the pond surrounding it.
That's where I was. I had my back against the wall and I was facing the water. My breath was matching the small wave sounds, and my body was hidden in the shadows. My eyes were closed. There was no point having them open considering I couldn't see them. Unless I suddenly gained x-ray vision, I wouldn't be able to see them. I knew though that Red Arrow was somewhere above me on the roof.
"Did you have to make such a flashy exit?" Cheshire asked angrily, "You really make me want to kill you." A male voice laughed.
"You wouldn't succeed even if you tried." I frowned. I knew that voice. It was Sportsmaster. Just perfect.
"Knock it off." My eyes snapped open. Every fiber in my body was screaming for me to bolt. I took a slow silent deep breath and forced myself to stay. I couldn't stop my mouth from forming a snarl. Good thing I'm mute. What was Ra's al Ghul doing here?! I knew he was part of the League of Shadows but why was he in Taipei. I doubt it was because he liked the city. Just to be sure, I pulled down my facemask and put on a blank black mask that only had three horizontal slits in it: one for my mouth and two for my eyes.
"Master," Cheshire greeted.
"Cheshire, I'm disappointed in you." Ra's continued, "You failed your mission. Not acceptable. Lex Luthor has survived and will remain a thorn in my side. The assassination was supposed to ensure the failure of the peace summit. After all, peaceful nations don't hire the Shadows. And the Shadows aren't supposed to leave traces for those to follow like that boy."
I heard a whooshing sound followed by a clanging one. I deduced that Red Arrow shot an arrow and someone had deflected it. Then there was a bunch of clanging, grunts, metal ringing, and thuds. A cloud of dust exploded on one of the towers. Then it stopped. My eyes snapped open and I looked up. I could see a dot of red, Red Arrow. I rolled my eyes. That was quick to get cornered.
"I hear you go by Red Arrow now," Sportsmaster scoffed, "more like broken arrow." Alarm shot through me as I saw Red Arrow's stance relax. I hurried my steps of retrieving my suction cups and wrapping them onto my hands and feet. Then I started climbing. I mentally cursed as Red Arrow's form showed he was speaking. He was revealing information! This is just what Master had warned me about. But this was also good information. Master would be pleased.
I was climbing up the wall in a way it seemed spiderlike. Red Arrow was revealing our weaknesses and strengths. All of which I already knew. I smirked when he got to Whisper, Tempest, and me. Fortunately there was limited information. I didn't miss Sportsmaster's and Cheshire's confused glances at our names. They probably were confused and thought we were still with them.
I jumped onto the roof slamming the flat of the suction up down on Red Arrow's head. The word 'hyper-active' was cutoff. I inwardly smirked at who he was probably talking about. My eyes weren't on the archer though. I was staring right into Sportsmaster's eyes. His eyes had widened in surprise but he recovered. "Kira!" Cheshire shouted in alarm. They were calling me killer? How pleasant.
"Kira, what a pleasure." My head snapped towards the owner of the voice. "Did the Justice League send you? After all, Red Arrow just reported the most intriguing news. Or did he send you? Imagine his shock at seeing his apprentice join the other side. How disappointed-"Ra's al Ghul was interrupted by a kunai whizzing not even an inch away from him. I knew my eyes were burning with something malicious. He grinned. "I see. I'll have to have a talk with your master."
As soon as those words left his mouth, Cheshire attacked. Her leg came swinging out from my left. I blocked it with my suction cup hooking it under my armpit. I then kicked out with my right leg and hooked it under her other leg. Then I tugged pulling her down with her yelping. Then I unhooked her leg and my leg and kicked her from behind with the same leg. She fell with a splash into the pond.
Red Arrow didn't even have time to fall from my earlier hit.
I caught the archer, my smirk hidden at Sportsmaster's eyes. They looked like they were going to jump out of his sockets. I set Red Arrow down gently. Then I took on the suctions and put them in one of my million pockets. I put my hands on my hips and cocked my head, taunting Sportsmaster.
The blond man growled, frustration eating away at his mental warnings about this being a bad idea. He lunged. I sighed, doesn't he realize we have limited space and we're on a roof? Apparently not. I sidestepped and used his momentum to kick him in the center of his back. He flew into the water with Cheshire.
I turned around with Red Arrow leaning against me. I completely ignored the burning gaze that enveloped me entire being and left, running across roofs and leaping over the gaps. Once the gaze was out of range I relaxed a little. A pang of fear rippled from my core. Ra's was certainly going to tell him. It was part of the plan to get close to the Justice League, but he's still going to have to punish me to assure the others' worries. I rolled my shoulders to release tension. I couldn't worry about that now.
I felt Red Arrow stir and I stopped. I set him down and sat cross-legged across from him. I got out a notepad and pen, and pulled up my mask while putting away the mask. Now, I was ready for him. The whites of his mash widened and he bolted to his feet. He caught sight of me and nocked at arrow in my direction. "You!" he growled. Nice to see you too.
I gave him the notebook. The message was written in glow-in-the-dark ink so he could read it. It said: Relax, you're away from them. He threw the notebook at me, and I caught it with my reflexes. "What. Happened." My eyes narrowed at the demand. I didn't like being told what to do.
The truth, or the fluffy version?
Red Arrow frowned. He knew something bad had happened. "I remember Sportsmaster saying 'I hear you go by Red Arrow now, more like broken arrow.' and next thing I know I'm here." He told himself. I nodded, absorbing the information. It turns out Red Arrow doesn't remember when he's giving information. So, he's not a traitor by will. The archer met my eyes. "Tell me what happened." He was calmer now.
You better sit down. Just do it. He sat down. You are a traitor.
He exploded. Maybe that wasn't the best way to put it. "What?! What do you mean I'm a traitor! I've never betrayed the Justice League! I know I've been mad at them, and righteously so, but I would never betray them! I wouldn't even dream of it!" When he was done his rant he was standing and panting. His fists were clenched, his body tense. "How dare you accuse me of being a traitor!" Ah, so there's a mole! I knew I was good at interrogations, but I wasn't even trying now! Note to self: people tend to blurt out information when angered suddenly. That would be useful further in life. Tempest was right: you learn something every day.
Red Arrow's face turned chalk-white as his brain registered what he said. He sat down a muttered a shaky swear. I probably shouldn't of said it like that, but you are the traitor. You just aren't conscious of it. I don't know how this happened to you, but after Sportsmaster said 'broken arrow' to you, you started revealing information. Unfortunately, I was too slow to stop Sportsmaster from giving more orders.
The archer laughed, but it held no humor. "Great. I'm a traitor."
I smacked him on his head. Idiot. Remember you didn't know you were doing it.
He whirled upon me. "That doesn't make a difference! Ol- he was my family! I was alone and he gave me a family! I know this for certain! How could I betray my family!?"
Well this is going to give my hand cramps, but I have to get Red Blabber-mouth here to stop ranting. Listen, you may have betrayed them but you never did it on purpose. As you said before, he, whoever 'he' is, is your family. I bet you would never betray them willingly. Now, this whole 'betrayal thing' can stay between the two of us. Do you trust me?
He looked up from the notebook in disbelief. Okay, apparently he didn't trust me. If I was Whisper in his mask, he'd make pouty eyes and start fake crying while wailing something like, "Why?! Why don't you trust me, Red Arrooooow!"
Fortunately I wasn't Whisper.
I snatched the notebook from his grasp and furiously wrote in it. I shouldn't have left the holo-computer at Mt. Justice. If I knew I was going to have to communicate so much, I would've brought it and saved my hand from cramps. The plan was to help Red Arrow and let Whisper do all him animated talking. I never counted on getting arrested (Thank you, Whisper!)!
Thanks. You have so much confidence in me. But I can understand why you wouldn't trust me. We just met and I have to admit, we are very suspicious. But please, if anything happens, at least trust me with this. I was such a liar. I was probably going to hell when I die. I'm an awful person. You just need to calm down. You and I can figure this mess out, but for now just lock it up. It's not important.
He sighed. "Fine," he said reluctantly, "I'll trust you, only you though."
"Aww, Red Arrow doesn't trust me! Why does he love you, Robbie!"
Red Arrow jumped. I tilted my head and looked over the archer's shoulder. Whisper stood on the edge of the roof with a put-off expression on his face. I raised a hand in greeting, ignoring the nickname. Were we on the roof of the prison? I didn't even notice. Maybe it's my insomnia catching up with me. I haven't slept in several days after all. Whisper tries to keep up with me to keep me company, but in the span of five days he sleeps at least ten hours in total while I sleep none. Though, it is touching he wishes to keep me company.
"Don't do that!" Red Arrow hissed.
Whisper cocked his head. "Do what?" he said in a picture of innocence. Red Arrow put his face in his hands.
Then he lifted them. "Wait! Aren't you supposed to be in prison?"
"Oops?" Whisper shrugged. I smirked.
"Oops?" Red Arrow screamed, "Oops?!" He ran at Whisper who yelped and ran in a streak of black. "Do you want the Taipei police after us?!" The two ran across rooftops screaming at each other comically.
I sighed, picked my fingernails, and stared at the moon.
I'd gotten Red Arrow to calm down eventually and not attempt murder on the speedster (Meaning I let them run for another half hour.) and Whisper and I went back into the cell while Red Arrow went to see if he could get them to legally release us. During that time I found out that Whisper had not heard anything else besides that last line. It helped that half the conversation was on paper; paper that was promptly burned by a lighter while Red Arrow and Whisper were playing tag.
We were in the cell for at most ten minutes when an officer with Red Arrow walked through the door. He spoke a short rapid sentence and left. Red Arrow unlocked the cage. "They're letting you out." Gee, I couldn't tell.
He set off at a fast pace. As we walked past a cell that had a hole blasted through the wall and yellow caution tape blocking it, he caught us up with what was happening. "The Rhelasian leaders aren't happy about Cheshire's assassination attempt. So, Lex set up a traditional tea ceremony. I still think Cheshire or Sportsmaster will try to kill Lex again. That's why I'm standing by as a guard. I want you two to stay in the shadows and keep an eye out for any assassins."
"Define 'keeping an eye out for assassins.'" Whisper said. Red Arrow shot him a glare and continued.
"That is your specialty right? At least for Robin it is."
"Hey!" Whisper protested, "I can be stealthy!" Red Arrow looked at him in disbelief, which softened when he saw my nod of confirmation. I wasn't going to lie; Whisper was named 'Whisper' for a reason.
And that is how I ended up in another great hall. This time though, I was hiding near the ceiling in the shadows of a pillar (What's with all these decorative pillars?! Rhelasia needed to get some different variety.) This hall had reflective gold walls and was thinner in width. The floor was carpeted dark green, and along the walls were various giant, gold, Asian statues. The tea ceremony was on a long table at the end of the hall with Lex Luthor, the Rhelasian prime ministers, and other people in the centered one with paparazzi snapping pictures left and right in front of them. Two statues of gold lions facing each other were at the ends of the table. Like the rest of the statues, they were giant.
I'd swathed my head in a translucent, black cloth leaving only my eyes uncovered. Red Arrow was standing behind the table between the lion statues with other guards. Whisper was all the way near the entrance in the corner of the room between a pillar and the wall. From his posture, I bet he was playing Angry Birds on his iPod (It was a part of his cover as the hyper-active speedster.). Even though the room was gigantic, Whisper's eyes have always been stronger than the average human being. Maybe it's a speedster thing, but he can see farther than the human eye and doesn't need any sort of eye protection when he's running.
Anyway, the Prime Ministers' were arguing. I was blocking all unnecessary noise out, my eyes scanning every inch of the place.
Then I saw it: A woman rolling a cart towards the table in a Chinese red dress and her face painted white. I'd recognize that body anywhere. I unclipped the belt that connected me to the ceiling and launched myself at the woman. A normal person would've been terrified at the prospect, but I was no normal wind hit my face harshly and several people screamed as they saw me: a flying black figure. A was barely a foot away when Cheshire saw me. Her eyes widened and only highly trained reflexes saved her from being beheaded. She darted to the side and my tanto slammed through the cart. I saw a red button flash and years of experience told me it was danger. Before I could process what I was doing, I'd pushed the cart so it was facing a wall and kicked it fiercely. It rolled at a high-speed towards my target. I ran to it and gave it another kick- roundhouse this time. It crashed though the wall and science kept it high in the air. Within the short span of time of it being still aloft, it exploded. Two sounds broke out: a large boom that made my ears ring and a giant shattering sound as the wall collapsed-neither helping my ears and both overpowering the screams and yells as pandemonium erupted. I was thrown back and crashed down. Pain exploded everywhere, but was stronger in my back. Great, I'd probably cut it from the pieces of the wall as I fell. I bounced off my back and crashed again on my stomach. This time something broke my fall. When my vision returned I was greeted my Cheshire shoving my off roughly.
A wicked grin grew on her face as she realized who was in front of her. She drew a sai and threw it at me, at point-blank. There was no way I was dodging that. I briefly wondered if I was going to die, and if I survived what my handicap would be. A flash a red appeared in my peripheral vision and a red arrow knocked the sai down. As Cheshire shot a glare at Red Arrow, I back flipped, kicking her sharply in the jaw and landing in a crouch. During it, my hearing returned slowly and I heard Red Arrow's voice shout, "Idiot! Get in here and help her friend!" With a responding, "Wait a moment! I'm almost done this level! Curse you green piggies!"from Whisper. And then, "What? Do I even want to know? Just get in here! We don't have a moment!"
They have such a lovely relationship.
My ears perked at the choppy noise of a helicopter. My head snapped towards the hole the bomb had created. Sure enough, a helicopter was there with a squadron of black clothed men including Sportsmaster. They left the helicopter, and guards entered the battle field, but they were going to be more of a nuisance than help. Just then a black streak with blond top zigzagged through the squadron, effectively taking most of them out. "Need help?" Whisper smirked at Red Arrow who'd walked down to be next me.
I thought the archer was going to respond smartly, but he said, "Take Sportsmaster! Cheshire is mine."
"So territorial," Cheshire said, "And only on our third date."
"Woah!" Whisper exclaimed, "You guys are dating?!"
"No!" Red Arrow snapped at him.
Cheshire put a hand to her chest. "I'm so hurt, Red Arrow. I thought you loved me."
"Shut up!" he snarled and shot an arrow at her. She jumped out of the way as the arrow exploded. Then they both started to fight. I tried to stand up and my vision swam and my hearing faded and then out. I crouched back down placing a hand on the floor to steady myself. I hate giant bombs.
I felt a hand and my shoulder and nearly beheaded the owner of it only stopping an inch away. Whisper barely flinched; his mask was off. "You okay?"
I nodded my head and winced at the sudden dizziness. I unwrapped my head and felt the back of it then brought it to my face. It was red. I rewrapped my head. At least the cloth that was originally used for camouflage can be a bandage. Then something hit my chest. "Rob!" Whisper yelled.
I opened my eyes. Oh great, it's Sportsmaster. "You and I have a score to settle." He snarled angrily pulled his fist back for another punch. When he released it, I moved to my left, effectively dodging it. Then I brought my legs up in a straddle and slammed the heels of my feet on either side of his head. He threw it back and screamed. I took this opportunity to roll backwards and then throw a kunai. It embedded itself in his shoulder causing another yell. He yanked it out throwing it back at me. I moved slightly so it flew mere inches by my head and grabbed it by the loop at the end of the handle. I then shoved it back it its pouch after wiping off blood. Then he drew a small hammer. I arched an eyebrow and drew out a bo-staff. We exchanged blows, his hammer more powerful than me, but my agility and speed with a smaller weapon hitting him and dodging the hammer. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Red Arrow and Cheshire doing the same with different weapons. The difference in our fights is I'm holding back.
Whisper was taking out the squadron. I think he could feel he wasn't needed in our fights against the professionals. I would've watched him longer to see his progress, but an object approaching rapidly in my peripheral put my focus back to Sportsmaster. "Stop holding back!" he yelled with a thrust from his hammer. Oh, he noticed? Maybe he's smarter than I give him credit for. Maybe it was the lack of perspiration from my part while he was sweating buckets. He threw his hammer down at me with both hands. I put both of my hands on either side of my bo-staff and forced it under the giant part of the hammer so it stopped it."Maybe this will make you focus: there's a traitor amidst you."
I forced my eyes to widen. That was right. Red Arrow was passing on information unwillingly, and Sportsmaster didn't know it was me who stopped Red Arrow earlier because I'd put on a mask. This was just too good. Unfortunately, Ra's al Ghul probably knew it was me.
Sportsmaster laughed, jumping back away from me. "Didn't expect that, did you?" I forced myself to have a look of shock and start shaking.
"Whisper!" Red Arrow shouted, let's finish this. The speedster nodded and started weaving his way around the allies and the enemies. Slowly, he herded them together. Then he let himself act as a regular speedster. When I say 'regular speedster,' I mean he allowed himself the vacuum of wind that happens when he runs. Soon a tornado formed with them in the center. Whisper directed the tornado to the hole the bomb had formed and stopped running. The tornado dissipated out the window. The squadron screams echoed through the air as they fell to their deaths. I turned away, closing my eyes.
When I opened them, Whisper was smiling cockily with his arms crossed. "Who's next?" he asked looking between Cheshire and Sportsmaster. When they didn't respond, Whisper charged them. I saw Sportsmaster's eyes dialate, and Cheshire throw down something. Smoke erupted from it and we all started coughing. A figure shot out of the smoke. Before I get throw a kunai at the assassin, a woman who'd been standing behind Luthor stepped forward. Her arm transformed into the muzzle of a gun and she fired. A sharp sound rang out and the assassin fell like a down bird.
The smoke cleared. I held my bo-staff warily as I looked around and then lowered my guard slightly. They were gone. I swiveled my head to Luthor and his… god knows what. The dignitaries were surrounding them, impressed. I wasn't and I knew for sure Red Arrow and Whisper weren't.
Everything went dark and I nearly fell over. I forced my heavy eye lids open. Whisper had caught me. With a shadow over his face his eyes looked like they were glittering. "Dude, you faced a bomb head on, faced Sportsmaster, and haven't slept in four days. When we get back to Mt. Justice, you are going to sleep." I nodded weakly. I'd been running on adrenaline this fight and Whisper was right.
"Robin are you alright?" Red Arrow had joined us.
Whisper grinned. "Rob's fine. He just needs some sleep."
The speedster helped me up and we looked at the damage. "So…" Whisper started slowly. We looked at him. "Who's going to tell Batman?" Red Arrow's face turned chalk-white. I looked at the destroyed wall and ceiling, the knocked down statues, and the scarred walls.
Oh.
THIRD POV
Lex Luthor and Ra's al Ghul clinked glasses, toasting Lex Luthor's success. "Now they will see the light." Ra's declared.
A pair of upside down eyes stared unblinkingly at the scene. Then they disappeared.
A/N: I finally updated! I'm sorry for the lateness of it, and I have no excuse. I'm sorry but please expect them to be like this for now on. Also, I drew a wolf a couple days ago and I put it as my avatar for my profile. Could you perhaps see it and tell me your thoughts on it?
Please respond in any sort of way. (Even though I don't deserve it.)
-wolfeclipse25
WARNING: THE NEXT CHAPTER IS NOT GOING TO BE BASED OFF A EPISODE.
