Manhunt
"I'd drive all night just to get back home"
The thwacking sound of the helicopters overhead were beginning to get irritating, and I kept my head ducked, struggling to see my own feet through the dark sunglasses.
This was...strange.
I'd chased down alot of psychos in my day, at the risk of sounding elderly, and it never really occurred to me what it must feel like to have an entire city looking for your head on a silver platter. With Slade, is was like I was virtually nonexistent. No one knew about him, and no one knew about me. The only ones looking, or even trying, were the Titans. Whether they wanted me back or not, it was still a pretty closed off group. This was...massive, in a sense. Any body with one eye knew what I looked like. In a matter of hours, they had posted my face on every building, flyer, and television screen in Tokyo. They had released six thousand newspapers warranting thousands of dollars for my skin. My face...my name...murderer. Wanted: Robin the Boy Wonder.
It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have to look at it all the time.
I wondered where Star was, or Raven, or Beast Boy and Cyborg. Probably running, probably looking for me. Probably scared. I got them into this. I couldn't wait, and I couldn't let it lie. Now, we're all fucking wanted by the fucking Tokyo police. It was all my fault. And--damn it all--if I didn't get my R-Cycle back, I might have to earn the title.
I wonder if Bruce knows about it. He's probably at the Watch Tower. They get news cast from every sector of the world. I'd been there, and it's constantly ringing with televised reports of the latest minor-to-major felony taking place in whatever third world country had TV cameras. He--and the entire Justice League--was probably looking at my face, looking at those words, over and over, as fast as they flashed on the screen looming over the city.
I'd never hear the end of it.
I imagined him, sitting there and watching my face flashing on that screen over and over, thinking about what a waste of air I am.
I decided that, if I get out of this, I'm going to stay on the good side of the law.
Author's Note: You know, I do like reviews ever once in a while.