Okay, I decided to lift the 5 review thing. DreamweaverAki, the pie is pecan, since I love pecan. Anyways, batman finally gets to see hs brids here.
Robin groaned as his shoulder burned. Since they were void of all other options, the team had elected to use hydrogen peroxide to flush out his shoulder. He knew it was the only choice, since without the peroxide as a disinfectant, the wound would no doubt be infected. Flesh would naturally fester and rot this steamy, muggy climate.
Still, the flesh burned, and he bit back a scream of pain. It'd been agony letting them do this, but he supposed it was better than death. He dug his nails into Sparrow's hand and thrashed, twisting and turning as the burning agony enveloped him.
"Shuim karno." (I'm sorry) Sparrow said quietly, stroking his hair, which was plastered to his forehead with sweat.
"Kaer las atch!" (Make it stop!) Robin cried, still thrashing.
Sparrow put her knee on his abdomen, pinning his arms down to keep him from thrashing and hurting himself worse.
"Yui-si nastissa." (I cannot) she said, biting her lip. It was killing her to see Robin like this. Of course, he would only admit weakness to her, only scream for the pain to stop in Romani.
She looked over at Megann, who was flushing the wound out with the peroxide. "Almost done?" She asked hopefully.
Megann nodded.
"Sigo las atch."(Soon it will stop.) she promised, watching the pain filled blue eyes and feeling his pain like it was her own. "Besh akana, ma mi duvvel's cherrikle." (Rest now, my Robin.).
Megann finally finished cleaning the wound an washed it out with water before bandaging it again. Robin sighed with relief and his head fell back against the pillow. His grip on Sparrow's arm loosened and he groaned, drifting off to sleep...
"Sov anikka, ma mi duvvel's cherrikle." (Sleep well, my Robin.) She whispered, planting a small kiss on his sweaty brow before standing to go.
She had watch duty with Roy again, and they were going to set some live traps to trap the crazed animals. If the animals they caught in their pit traps and nets were healthy, they'd be released, but if not, they'd be killed. It had been her idea, and Kadlur had approved, so she and Roy set out to do it, carrying on easily.
It was easy to carry on with the knowledge Robin was taken care of, even if he was in pain. She knew if Robin were awake, he'd want her to continue to help as much as she could and be clever... And there was no way she'd let her brother down.
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"Alright, Bruce, they're ready." Superman handed a case of the vaccines to Bruce, who hurried towards the hangar. They already had a team of heroes waiting on standby, and they all hurried onto the ship, powering it up and punching in the coordinates. It'd been four days, and he was worried about the team- more specifically, his children.
He was more relaxed, though, definitely more relaxed, because now they were taking action. He'd see his children soon.
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"Incoming!" Robin yelled. With his left arm in a sling and shoulder useless, he was handicapped, but he'd insisted he keep watch, since on day three he'd felt much better. They were going hungry now, food and supplies were running low, and they were all feeling the gnawing hunger of not eating for two days and the constant fatigue of living in fear of the crazed animals.
This time five gorillas charged forward, frothing and furious. Sparrow dove behind some log walls and small piles of sticks and mud they'd set up for cover.
Megann and Kadlur were defending the other sides of the hut, and Roy, Wally, Conner, and Artemis were hunting down other crazed animals.
"Sparrow, duck!" Robin ordered. The gorillas were throwing rocks and other things, and Sparrow ducked. Robin tried to throw a birdarang with his uninjured arm, but missed.
A gorilla jumped over the barrier Sparrow was hiding behind, going and grabbing her by the throat. She stabbed it with a birdarang and it fell, leaving her with the other two.
The ship was coming, suddenly, by the clearing, and Batman jumped down, launching his grappling hook and swinging down to find another gorilla had seized Sparrow by the arms and was shaking her like a rag doll.
Sparrow swung her legs up and stamped her feet onto its chest with as much force as she could muster, and the gorilla dropped her and staggered back, giving her time to grab a birdarang from where she laid and throw it with deadly accuracy to strike the creature in he chest, staggering to her feet and throwing another birdarang to slice into the last gorilla's neck. Blood spattered on her and it threw her into the wall of the hut before falling, dead.
"Sparrow!"
Batman ran over to her, feeling his fathering instinct take him over as he gathered her into his arms. Her costume was in tatters after four days of constant wear and battle, covered in dried sweat, blood and grime.
"It's alright, it's alright, Daddy's here..." he said quietly, brushing her blood-crusted hair away from her face.
"Dad?" Sparrow asked, looking surprised. All the others who'd come, Superman, Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, and Flash, all rushed over.
"I'm here, Sparrow, what is it?"
"Put me down! I'm fine, geez. I've been fighting like that for days..." Sparrow squirmed and managed to get free, landing on her feet.
Batman studied her, slightly surprised she could take blows like that and be fine.
"Sparrow!" Robin staggered over, and Batman stared. His eldest had his arm in a sling and looked slightly pale, but was smiling.
"Dad- I mean, Batman." Robin said, flushing slightly. "This virus isn't rabies. It's something else."
Robin calling Batman Dad hadn't escaped the leaguers, but they chose to ignore it for now and face the matter at hand.
"We're immune to it, though." Sparrow said.
Superman raised an eyebrow. "Really? How?"
"Delta 42. It's a genetic mutation. The virus can't latch onto our cells because of it." Robin said.
Flash nodded. "I've heard of it. It was a mutation that makes people immune to most viruses... It protected people from the black plague."
Megann and Kadlur raced up just then. "Batman!" Megann said, looking relieved.
Batman nodded. "The league will take it from here. Get onboard the ship, all of you."
Robin shook his head. "Conner, Roy, Artemis, and Wally are out hunting down the infected animals."
"Not anymore we aren't. Glad to see the league take over, for once." Roy said,smiling slightly as everyone trooped onboard the ship.
"We'll administer vaccines to the villagers. Would you say you have a handle on the infected animals?" Wonder Woman asked.
Sparrow nodded. "Definitely. The gorillas were the last wave, and we set pit traps for them. I'd say leave a few people behind to guard..."
The team sat, resting, for awhile, before the league elected to leave superman behind to oversee things and the rest of the league returned to the ship and departed.
Batman turned to look at his proteges, and they both knew what he wanted and went to he back of the ship, sitting down on the seat and waiting. He came over a moment later and helped Robin gingerly remove his arm from the sling, being surprisingly gentle as he peeled the bandages back from the wound and cleaned it before wrapping it once more.
Sparrow wasn't injured, she was just merely exhausted and bruised from being out n he front lines for so long. She, to everyone's surprise, crawled into Batman's lap, curling against his chest, pulling his cape over her like a blanket to hide herself, and Batman absently stroked her hair until she fell asleep.
He looked over at his eldest. Robin's eyes were glassy from pain and fatigue. "You sure you're alright?" Batman asked.
Robin nodded briefly before curling against Batman's side, using his own cape as a blanket as well. At the moment, they certainly did look like Bats.
The other League members were already seeing to the other's minor injuries. It was the unspoken rule that Batman always tended his children unless the situation was life threatening.
Kadlur slowly approached Batman. He was unused to seeing the Dark Night's gaze look so... ender... as it rested lovingly on his children as they both slept.
"They both did well. Robin insisted he keep watch even after he was hurt, and Sparrow- you saw her, I assume. She fought like a demon." Kadlur said. To his surprise, Batman chuckled.
"She always did. Thank you, Aqua Lad. Go rest now-you look like you need it."
Aqua Lad was about to protest when he saw the look in the dark knight's eyes.
"Don't deny it, Aqua Lad. I've dealt with my own long enough to know you're about to collapse. We'll debrief in the morning."
Kadlur nodded and headed over to his teammates to get a few more hours of much needed sleep.
Batman smiled slightly as he continued to stroke Sparrow's hair, and Wonder Woman sat down beside him.
"They're alright, I take it?" she asked, voice taking on a motherly tone. The two birds were like everyone's children, but they had something special with Batman...
"Nothing that won't heal in a few days." Batman said, nodding. Really, he was just happy they were alright. He smiled at the memory of his little girl fighting like a true hero in the field... His children were alright. So maybe, just maybe, there was a God.
Thank you. he thought, before returning to just watching his children sleep.