Ch.65: Sup Titans, HIVE, Slade… Continued
Previously on The Abused
"Dickie?" Beast Boy repeated, a teasing smile on his face. Robin glared. Danny just giggled, batting his eyes.
Danny's green eyes fell down to where Robin's gloved hand was covering his mouth. Behind the hand, he was smirking. Raven, who was watching the child intently, read his expression and tried to get Robin's attention.
Before she could, Danny licked Robin's glove.
The traffic-light dressed teen let out a small yelp, retracting his hand while Danny laughed. Beast Boy and Cyborg were immediately laughing with the child, seeing Robin's grossed out face. Starfire tried to hide her giggles behind her hand and Raven sighed.
"Dude, you're wearing a glove!" Beast Boy said breathlessly. Robin glared at him before wiping the Ghost Boy's saliva on his head. The green-skinned let out a squeal before trying to get the spit out of his hair.
If possible, Danny's and Cyborg's laughter got louder while Robin smirked. Beast Boy continued to panic and stumble around the room, whining. Starfire giggled at her friend's actions. Raven released another long sigh in annoyance.
Starfire scooped the child into her arms, earning a surprised yelp, before she began to crush him with a hug. "Oh, he is so adorable!"
"That's what Dickie says!"
"SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Secret identity here!"
"Oh… Oops."
Danny giggled at Robin's exaggerated expression.
"So… I just run the course?" Danny asked the Titans at the control panel. They had swept Danny up in a storm and taken him to a large piece of flat land where, supposedly, there was a training course.
"Yep. We just wanna see how you do." Robin said, playing with some of the controls.
"Are you sure you want him to run it? He's, what, eight?" Beast Boy asked his leader (who could very well be insane). Robin gave him a dry look. "He defeated the HIVE in a couple of minutes. He'll probably-"
"Probably?!"
"-run the course with no trouble. He says he was trained by the Bat so…" Robin trailed. The Titans, even Raven, were giving him insane looks. The ebony-haired teen gave them a questioning look. "What?"
Danny looked at his imaginary watch. "When am I doing it?"
"Now." Robin said and before any of the other teens could object, the leader pressed the 'go' button and the timer started.
The course appeared out of the ground but Danny merely shrugged at it. He spread his arms out and ran forward, making airplane noises. He swiveled back and forth, pretending to be an airplane. Instead of fighting the machines, he phased through them and let the electronics pass through him. He let the intangibility drop when he passed the finish line.
The Titans stared at him with various emotions. Starfire had eyes wide in fascination. Robin was smashing his head against a rock in exaggeration. Cyborg was clapping sarcastically. Beast Boy was rolling on the ground, laughing. And Raven had a hand over her face.
"Did I do good?" Danny asked, batting his eyelids.
"You beat the fastest speed by a full thirty seconds." Cyborg said, pointing to the clock, which showed fifteen seconds. Danny grinned up at the half-metal teen.
Beast Boy took a deep breath while he used the control panel to get up. As he seemed to regain his breath, he began laughing and slowly fell to the ground again.
"Alright, let's try this again." Robin said, walking away from his head-bashing post and standing in front of the control panel again.
45 Seconds Later…
"We're going to need a new training course…" Raven stated plainly. The others simply had the same reaction to this round as they had the last.
Danny just tilted his head to the side, still smiling.
The course behind him was smoking, covered in ice and sticky ectoplasm, and was completely destroyed.
"Did I do good?"
"Next time, just put the kid on a leash!" Artemis said to Nightwing and Flash as they exited the portal. Batman followed behind with a roll of his eyes. Their little group had been through eight different dimensions using a portal dimension hopper thing-a-ma-jig, trying to find the lost nine-year-old.
Nightwing and Flash had received a royal butt-whooping when Artemis and the Bat had found out what happened to Danny-boy. They just continued to tell themselves they were not embarrassed and that "the burning is good".
The four heroes scanned their surroundings and saw five teens trying to fix a mess that was obviously caused by the nine-year-old, as he was being watched very closely by the other teens.
Oh, hey look… It was Robin.
The Ghost Boy saw his family immediately and gasped in delight. He squealed a 'yeah!' before flying over and tackling Batman to the ground with a quick hug. He then moved on to the other three and gave them quick hugs that made them lose their breaths but at least they hadn't been tackled to the floor like Bats. Then, Danny flew back to his mentor and sat on Batman's chest, talking a mile a minute.
Nightwing, after receiving his bone-breaking hug, jabbed Batman with his foot. "Hey, you ok? You look like you were hit a small, white-haired fighter plane."
Danny giggled up at him, making the older hero want to coo over his baby brother all over again.
Batman glared up at his first ward. "I'm fine."
The Dark Knight got up from the ground, putting Danny on his hip. The nine-year-old rubbed his head against the older's neck, almost making the Bat smile. Almost. (You were so close, Danny, so very close.)
Artemis, being very unlike herself, let out a long 'awwwww'. Nightwing, being very much like himself, did the same as his archer friend. Flash just grinned.
The other five teens, who the four forgot when Danny greeted them, stopped in front of the group and the two teams looked each other up and down.
"It's mini-me!" Nightwing yelled, grinning at the younger Robin who was un-amused. The other two boys on the Titans team cracked up behind their leader. Starfire let out a small laugh. Raven smirked.
"Huh. Seems like this Robin hangs out with you too much, Bats." Artemis said teasingly, lightly smacking her superior's chest. The Dark Knight rolled his eyes again, enjoying Danny's smothering too much to be annoyed by the blonde.
"You kidding? He's hasn't talked to his mentor in months." Cyborg said, patting his leader's shoulder. Robin face-palmed.
"That means you and your universe's Batman aren't on speaking terms. I remember when that happened in our dimension. Night was a stick in the mud for months." Flash said, smiling. Nightwing rounded on him.
"I was not!"
"Was too!"
"Was not!"
"Was too!"
"Was not!"
"Boys!" Batman barked. The two stopped and cast their innocent but nervous smiles at the older hero. Artemis and Danny cackled at their expressions.
The Titans made amused gestures.
"Sorry we're late!" Kid Flash said, skidding to a stop by the Titans. He unhooked his arm around Jinx's waist. The Titans gave the pink-haired girl astonished looks.
"You're supposed to be in jail!"
"He bailed me out." The pink-haired girl said, gesturing to her boyfriend. The five teens glared at Kid Flash, who rubbed his neck sheepishly. The two that had showed up finally caught sight of the small group of older heroes and the nine-year-old.
"It's like looking back in time." Artemis said, nudging her fiancé. Flash nodded in agreement.
"Uh… 'Back in time'?" Jinx asked, latching onto her boyfriend's arm. Artemis caught the gesture and rounded on Flash. "You dated a villain?"
"OOOOOOO-" Danny started before Nightwing slapped a hand over his mouth, laughing behind his own. Batman smirked in amusement.
The Titans just looked between the pair of Flashs and wondered what the freak was going on.
Flash held up his hands in surrender. "Uh, Baby, come on, this is-"
"When were you going to tell me about this?" Artemis hissed.
"Baby, Honey, come on! This is another-"
"Don't 'baby, honey' me, fool!"
"Arty, this is another-"
The Bat-Family laughed quietly, watching the whole thing amused. The Titans were confused while Jinx and Kid Flash looked at each other with 'what the heck?!' looks.
Danny slowly slipped a camera out and began recording. Nightwing practically started dying since he didn't want to laugh to bring any attention away from the fight going on. Batman just shook his head, sighing.
Today was supposed to be something else but you people wanted a second chapter of this. XD
Kadzait: I don't understand why.
No one cares you don't know why. Just let it go.
The 'Jinx-meet-Arty' thing came from The Keeper of Worlds, the Dick-Wally-Artemis people came in for THEBOXGHOST113,
Kadzait: *simmers*
Thanks to these people for favoriting and/or following this story: The Keeper of Worlds and Senrod2.
Reviews:
The Keeper of Worlds: Oh look, Arty met Jinx. Didn't go too well either. XD
Crimson Leo: Haha! Slade has been messed with! And I appreciate the help! :D
Allietheepic7: Glad you liked! Don't think I'll do YJ though (so. many. dimensions.) but THANK YOU FOR THAT IDEA WITH JOHNNY AND KITTY! :DDDD
Halfagirl-astronaut: Hahaha! It twas an amazing idea! I'm so happy you think I'm crazy. XD
Poohbearmorris: Oh look! More of your favorite Robin! YEAH~! XD
ThunderWulf: Slade is awesome. Creepy. But totally awesome. XD
KainVixenheim: FRIKKIN YES. THAT WOULD BE SO FUNNY. XD
Mischief Freddina Weasley: Glad you enjoyed! :D
THEBOXGHOST113: I loved that idea! It was so much fun to write! XD
Andrea and Naturberd: So many ideas! Brain overriding! XD
Skymuse: Glad you liked! I LOVE RAIN TOO! XD
Bibbledoo: Hey! Robbie's ticked! XD
BringbackDannyPhantom: PUMMELING! And whatever shreds Rob was able to keep for his secret ID might be lost because of Night. XD
IWasNeverReal: Hahaha! Look, your prayers were answered! Hope you enjoyed! And ditching Chem... I would do the same thing. XD
Anonymous: I know, right? Now they just have the crappy Teen Titans Go! show. Grrr... -.-
TomgirlBre: I kinda wanted to see Slade kidnap Danny and then Batman beat the crap out of Slade... But that's just me... XD
JennaUtena: Glad you're enjoying! XDDDDDDD And thanks again~! :DDDD
GreenDrkness: Thank you for that wonderful idea. And yes, there is a second part. XD