"This is ridiculous," Raven said. She, Beast Boy and Cyborg were walking
down the street. It was dark now, the only light coming from the street
lamps.
"What's ridiculous about trying to find your friends?" Cyborg asked.
"One, if Robin HAS gone bad, he won't let us find him, and two, it was foolish of Starfire to run off like that."
"Fly off," Beast Boy corrected.
"Whatever. The point is she shouldn't have done it."
Beast Boy shrugged, "We WERE being pretty lame, though. Okay, I'm ready." He turned into a hound dog.
"Speak for yourself!" Cyborg snapped as he held out one of Robin's birdarangs for Beast Boy to sniff.
"Just forget it," Raven growled, "let's see if this dumb plan of yours works."
Beast Boy sniffed the birdarang, then began sniffing the ground, trying to find Robin's scent.
"Anything?" Cyborg asked.
Beast Boy shook his head and continued to sniff.
"Meanwhile," Raven said, "I'LL try connecting a psychic link with him. This might take a while, since I don't know his exact location." She closed her eyes and put her hands in the air, concentrating.
Cyborg looked at the both of them and crossed his arms. "And I'll just stand here," he sighed.
~
'I don't believe this,' Robin thought, pausing on a balcony ledge. He had gotten the beating of his life and Slade STILL made him go stealing that night! It was a good thing he had impressive stamina, or he wouldn't have been able to move at all.
The building had a large window and he suddenly caught his reflection in it. He looked very different than he did a few days ago. He could see the shadows of bruises on his face, and he knew there were even more, darker bruises on the rest of his body. Slade had been pretty careful with Robin's face, actually. Probably didn't want his dear apprentice looking bad in battle.
Bastard.
He had gotten plenty of bruises when he first started training with Batman, but it was never this bad. Then again, Batman had never beaten him within an inch of his life either.
He hated this. He hated being unable to talk to his friends, to be their enemy. He hated submitting to the monster Slade. He hated going against everything he believed in. He hated feeling helpless.
He hated Slade. With a PASSION. And actually, it frightened him a little how strong his hate was. He had never felt like that before. Maybe he really WAS like Slade.
'NO!' Robin thought firmly, 'I'm Robin. I'm nothing like Slade. And I'm gonna get back at him. Somehow.'
"When you're done admiring yourself," Slade growled in his ear, "maybe you could get on with the mission."
Robin jerked his head, wondering how long he had been standing there, staring. He quickly leapt off the balcony ledge and onto the roof of another building. Using the skills he used often back in the days he fought with Batman, he slipped through the skylight and into the building.
~
A few minutes later, a little light on Cyborg's arm started beeping.
"Huh?" Cyborg muttered. He had wandered away from Raven and Beast Boy, so they didn't notice. He checked his arm and pressed a button. A little radio came out.
"Calling all cars, calling all cars, suspect codenamed 'Icarus' is on the move, heading towards Town Square. He is armed and dangerous, I repeat, armed and dangerous, over!"
Cyborg clonked over to the others as fast as he could. "Guys! Guys! I found him!"
Raven turned towards him and Beast Boy changed from a hound to himself. "What do ya mean?" he asked.
"My radio picked up some police signals - it looks like Robin's stolen something again! He's at Town Square!"
"What are we waiting for?" Beast Boy cried, "Let's go!"
He turned into a Falcon and flew up into the air, followed by Raven. Cyborg blinked.
"Um, HELLO? AREN'T YOU GUYS FORGETTING SOMETHING!?"
Raven rolled her eyes, flew back down and wrapped her arms around Cyborg. Carrying him up, they flew off after Beast Boy.
~
"STOP IN THE NAME OF - ahhhhh OOF!"
Robin quickly got rid of the police officer standing in his way by using a simple disabling move. The officer crumpled to the ground unconscious. While Robin hated doing that, he was disgusted at how easy it was to evade the police. Don't they train these guys? Then again, that was why there were superheroes in this world.
Cradling some exspensive computer disk thing, he darted through dark alleyways. He turned a corner and saw several police cars blocking his way.
"Use your laser cannon," Slade ordered.
Hell no, he was not going to do that. Thinking quickly, Robin lied, "I - I can't! It's jammed!"
"Oh really?" Slade said, obviously unbelieving. Suddenly the laser cannon when off by itself, hitting a police car. The explosion was massive, throwing police officers left and right. Robin stared with his mouth slightly agape.
"I would recommend not trying that again," Slade whispered, "I can control certain parts of that suit any time I please - don't make me."
Robin just nodded slowly and bolted past the fiery wreckage.
He was in an especially dark part of town now, mostly deserted buildings. Plenty of places to hide until the police moved on.
Suddenly a very large green tiger jumped in front of Robin. He screeched to a halt and skimmed his surroundings. Cyborg and Raven were standing on either side of him.
"Now Robin," Cyborg began, "just chill out. We just wanna know what's going -"
Robin bolted, charging Beast Boy. He knew his team, and he knew that Beast Boy, as harsh as it sounded, was the weakest link. He was right. Beast Boy chickened out and, changing back into himself, darted to one side, letting Robin pass.
"Um. Titans go?" Cyborg said, a little flustered.
Raven rolled her eyes and went flying after Robin. She began firing dark energy at him, trying to get it to hold him down. Robin dodged it and ducked into a deserted building.
The place was dark and dirty, and he could hear rats scurrying about. Why did they leave buildings like this? So that guys like him could dodge the law in it?
He wondered where Starfire was. Maybe she was so disgusted with him she couldn't bear to face him. His insides turned.
Suddenly Cyborg appeared out of nowhere and clamped his arms around Robin. He struggled, but he couldn't break free from Cyborg's iron grip.
"I say it again - chill out! 'Cause I'm not letting you go 'til you come to your senses!"
Robin pressed some secret button on the suit and a helmet came out of the suit and over his head. Before Cyborg could decipher what this meant, electrical currents came out of Robin's suit, shocking Cyborg.
"AAAHHHH!!!" He let go of Robin and fell on his back.
Robin looked down at Cyborg, hoping he was alright. The electrical currents wouldn't do any permanent damage, but Cy was going to have a major headache in the morning.
"ROBIN!"
A large green elephant BAMED through the wall, followed by Raven. Robin darted out of the building and into the street again.
Suddenly a bright greenish light filled the dark area. Robin looked up to see Starfire floating above the buildings.
"Robin! Please stop!"
Robin was about to bolt again when Raven and Beast Boy appeared on either side of him. Raven noticed Starfire.
"Where the hell have you been?"
"Um, well," Starfire began, sounding rather flustered, "we, ah, have a guest!"
Suddenly a dark form appeared on the building near Starfire. It took Robin only a moment to see who it was, and when he did he gasped. 'Oh crap,' he thought.
Slade broke out in wild laughter, "Oh, this is rich."
"Who the fudge is that?" Beast Boy asked.
"Tall, dark, intimidating," Raven muttered, "it must be -"
"Batman," the figure growled.
- - (Dun dun DUN! Yep, this'll be interesting. So, I saw the episode! Wasn't it cool!? But I'm surprised they DIDN'T have Batman in the episode. I mean, first Slade's like, "Perhaps I will become like a father to you," and Robin's like, "I already HAVE a father," and a bunch of bats fly by and it's pretty obvious who he's referring to, right? THEN Robin robs some building, and it turns out its WAYNE freakin' ENTERPRISES! I mean, HELLO? Then I heard someone say that SLADE was BATMAN. O_o I THINK NOT! Wouldn't that suck? God, I hope that's not the case. Why would he do that? Anyway, I'll just continue with my ideas ^_^
Amara Aquilla ~ Hey, I love Starfire too, but this is really more Robin's story. Sorry. I'll see what I can do, though. ^_~
Kazima Kuwabara ~ IT IS BATMAN! Calm down! ^_^
Maria ~ Thanks! But, um, you WANT Slade to be really mean to Robin? O_o
Robin: Kiss off, sicko!
ROBIN! Be nice to the reviewers!
Robin: Grrrrr.
Slade: I think I like this Maria girl. Tell me, child, how old are you? I am a single white male, late 30's -
*TWACK!* Slade, NO DATING REVIEWERS!
Slade: But - I need LOVE!
O_o
Robin: O_o
Slade: *starts singing* 'Mariiiiia! I just met a girl named Mariiiiiiiaaaa!'
Robin: Dear God.
Slade: Sing with me, Robin!
Robin: HECK NO!
Slade: 'And suddenly that name will never be the same for meeeeeee!'
Robin: MAKE HIM STOP!
O_o Ummm well, Slade's torturing Robin now, so I hope you're happy.
Slade: 'SAY IT LOUD AND THERE'S MUSIC PLAYING! Say it soft and it's almost like praying -'
Robin: PRAY THIS! *POW!*
Slade: Oooh, there goes my back - 'Maria, I'll never stop saying MariAAAA!' *falls over*
Robin: Heh heh heh.
Riiiiiiight. Sorry if anyone's forever traumatized by that. ^_^
"What's ridiculous about trying to find your friends?" Cyborg asked.
"One, if Robin HAS gone bad, he won't let us find him, and two, it was foolish of Starfire to run off like that."
"Fly off," Beast Boy corrected.
"Whatever. The point is she shouldn't have done it."
Beast Boy shrugged, "We WERE being pretty lame, though. Okay, I'm ready." He turned into a hound dog.
"Speak for yourself!" Cyborg snapped as he held out one of Robin's birdarangs for Beast Boy to sniff.
"Just forget it," Raven growled, "let's see if this dumb plan of yours works."
Beast Boy sniffed the birdarang, then began sniffing the ground, trying to find Robin's scent.
"Anything?" Cyborg asked.
Beast Boy shook his head and continued to sniff.
"Meanwhile," Raven said, "I'LL try connecting a psychic link with him. This might take a while, since I don't know his exact location." She closed her eyes and put her hands in the air, concentrating.
Cyborg looked at the both of them and crossed his arms. "And I'll just stand here," he sighed.
~
'I don't believe this,' Robin thought, pausing on a balcony ledge. He had gotten the beating of his life and Slade STILL made him go stealing that night! It was a good thing he had impressive stamina, or he wouldn't have been able to move at all.
The building had a large window and he suddenly caught his reflection in it. He looked very different than he did a few days ago. He could see the shadows of bruises on his face, and he knew there were even more, darker bruises on the rest of his body. Slade had been pretty careful with Robin's face, actually. Probably didn't want his dear apprentice looking bad in battle.
Bastard.
He had gotten plenty of bruises when he first started training with Batman, but it was never this bad. Then again, Batman had never beaten him within an inch of his life either.
He hated this. He hated being unable to talk to his friends, to be their enemy. He hated submitting to the monster Slade. He hated going against everything he believed in. He hated feeling helpless.
He hated Slade. With a PASSION. And actually, it frightened him a little how strong his hate was. He had never felt like that before. Maybe he really WAS like Slade.
'NO!' Robin thought firmly, 'I'm Robin. I'm nothing like Slade. And I'm gonna get back at him. Somehow.'
"When you're done admiring yourself," Slade growled in his ear, "maybe you could get on with the mission."
Robin jerked his head, wondering how long he had been standing there, staring. He quickly leapt off the balcony ledge and onto the roof of another building. Using the skills he used often back in the days he fought with Batman, he slipped through the skylight and into the building.
~
A few minutes later, a little light on Cyborg's arm started beeping.
"Huh?" Cyborg muttered. He had wandered away from Raven and Beast Boy, so they didn't notice. He checked his arm and pressed a button. A little radio came out.
"Calling all cars, calling all cars, suspect codenamed 'Icarus' is on the move, heading towards Town Square. He is armed and dangerous, I repeat, armed and dangerous, over!"
Cyborg clonked over to the others as fast as he could. "Guys! Guys! I found him!"
Raven turned towards him and Beast Boy changed from a hound to himself. "What do ya mean?" he asked.
"My radio picked up some police signals - it looks like Robin's stolen something again! He's at Town Square!"
"What are we waiting for?" Beast Boy cried, "Let's go!"
He turned into a Falcon and flew up into the air, followed by Raven. Cyborg blinked.
"Um, HELLO? AREN'T YOU GUYS FORGETTING SOMETHING!?"
Raven rolled her eyes, flew back down and wrapped her arms around Cyborg. Carrying him up, they flew off after Beast Boy.
~
"STOP IN THE NAME OF - ahhhhh OOF!"
Robin quickly got rid of the police officer standing in his way by using a simple disabling move. The officer crumpled to the ground unconscious. While Robin hated doing that, he was disgusted at how easy it was to evade the police. Don't they train these guys? Then again, that was why there were superheroes in this world.
Cradling some exspensive computer disk thing, he darted through dark alleyways. He turned a corner and saw several police cars blocking his way.
"Use your laser cannon," Slade ordered.
Hell no, he was not going to do that. Thinking quickly, Robin lied, "I - I can't! It's jammed!"
"Oh really?" Slade said, obviously unbelieving. Suddenly the laser cannon when off by itself, hitting a police car. The explosion was massive, throwing police officers left and right. Robin stared with his mouth slightly agape.
"I would recommend not trying that again," Slade whispered, "I can control certain parts of that suit any time I please - don't make me."
Robin just nodded slowly and bolted past the fiery wreckage.
He was in an especially dark part of town now, mostly deserted buildings. Plenty of places to hide until the police moved on.
Suddenly a very large green tiger jumped in front of Robin. He screeched to a halt and skimmed his surroundings. Cyborg and Raven were standing on either side of him.
"Now Robin," Cyborg began, "just chill out. We just wanna know what's going -"
Robin bolted, charging Beast Boy. He knew his team, and he knew that Beast Boy, as harsh as it sounded, was the weakest link. He was right. Beast Boy chickened out and, changing back into himself, darted to one side, letting Robin pass.
"Um. Titans go?" Cyborg said, a little flustered.
Raven rolled her eyes and went flying after Robin. She began firing dark energy at him, trying to get it to hold him down. Robin dodged it and ducked into a deserted building.
The place was dark and dirty, and he could hear rats scurrying about. Why did they leave buildings like this? So that guys like him could dodge the law in it?
He wondered where Starfire was. Maybe she was so disgusted with him she couldn't bear to face him. His insides turned.
Suddenly Cyborg appeared out of nowhere and clamped his arms around Robin. He struggled, but he couldn't break free from Cyborg's iron grip.
"I say it again - chill out! 'Cause I'm not letting you go 'til you come to your senses!"
Robin pressed some secret button on the suit and a helmet came out of the suit and over his head. Before Cyborg could decipher what this meant, electrical currents came out of Robin's suit, shocking Cyborg.
"AAAHHHH!!!" He let go of Robin and fell on his back.
Robin looked down at Cyborg, hoping he was alright. The electrical currents wouldn't do any permanent damage, but Cy was going to have a major headache in the morning.
"ROBIN!"
A large green elephant BAMED through the wall, followed by Raven. Robin darted out of the building and into the street again.
Suddenly a bright greenish light filled the dark area. Robin looked up to see Starfire floating above the buildings.
"Robin! Please stop!"
Robin was about to bolt again when Raven and Beast Boy appeared on either side of him. Raven noticed Starfire.
"Where the hell have you been?"
"Um, well," Starfire began, sounding rather flustered, "we, ah, have a guest!"
Suddenly a dark form appeared on the building near Starfire. It took Robin only a moment to see who it was, and when he did he gasped. 'Oh crap,' he thought.
Slade broke out in wild laughter, "Oh, this is rich."
"Who the fudge is that?" Beast Boy asked.
"Tall, dark, intimidating," Raven muttered, "it must be -"
"Batman," the figure growled.
- - (Dun dun DUN! Yep, this'll be interesting. So, I saw the episode! Wasn't it cool!? But I'm surprised they DIDN'T have Batman in the episode. I mean, first Slade's like, "Perhaps I will become like a father to you," and Robin's like, "I already HAVE a father," and a bunch of bats fly by and it's pretty obvious who he's referring to, right? THEN Robin robs some building, and it turns out its WAYNE freakin' ENTERPRISES! I mean, HELLO? Then I heard someone say that SLADE was BATMAN. O_o I THINK NOT! Wouldn't that suck? God, I hope that's not the case. Why would he do that? Anyway, I'll just continue with my ideas ^_^
Amara Aquilla ~ Hey, I love Starfire too, but this is really more Robin's story. Sorry. I'll see what I can do, though. ^_~
Kazima Kuwabara ~ IT IS BATMAN! Calm down! ^_^
Maria ~ Thanks! But, um, you WANT Slade to be really mean to Robin? O_o
Robin: Kiss off, sicko!
ROBIN! Be nice to the reviewers!
Robin: Grrrrr.
Slade: I think I like this Maria girl. Tell me, child, how old are you? I am a single white male, late 30's -
*TWACK!* Slade, NO DATING REVIEWERS!
Slade: But - I need LOVE!
O_o
Robin: O_o
Slade: *starts singing* 'Mariiiiia! I just met a girl named Mariiiiiiiaaaa!'
Robin: Dear God.
Slade: Sing with me, Robin!
Robin: HECK NO!
Slade: 'And suddenly that name will never be the same for meeeeeee!'
Robin: MAKE HIM STOP!
O_o Ummm well, Slade's torturing Robin now, so I hope you're happy.
Slade: 'SAY IT LOUD AND THERE'S MUSIC PLAYING! Say it soft and it's almost like praying -'
Robin: PRAY THIS! *POW!*
Slade: Oooh, there goes my back - 'Maria, I'll never stop saying MariAAAA!' *falls over*
Robin: Heh heh heh.
Riiiiiiight. Sorry if anyone's forever traumatized by that. ^_^