Chapter 5: On Crazy Party
They arrived a few minutes after ten many hour after the fundraiser started but there still were many more to go. Getting in wasn't hard at all, no one was checking for innovations anymore. Lucky break Starfire whispered. Beast Boy made a sound that meant he did not like it, this was a two hundred dollar a plate fundraiser they wouldn't just stop checking invitations in the middle of it. Then again, they were among the elite of the elite and there were a weird breed.
The room the fundraiser was in had six equally placed Roman columns along the room, a dance floor in the center of the columns, food taking up one whole side of the room, tables scattered everywhere and open doors heading to a balcony overlong the whole city. Candelabras covered the ceiling with a soft glowing light and to top in off the entire room was covered in Italian marble. It all was very stunning for them but they recovered. Beast Boy said he'd start with the gossip; turn took Raven's hand and proceeded to lead her to the dance floor. The band was playing a waltz, both Raven and Beast Boy moved along the dance floor seamlessly, listening in on the other dancers.
Cyborge flirted with all the ladies and Starfire took the men. An hour latter Starfire was introduced to Dick. Starfire did her best not to mention Robin, but Dick was defiantly not at the fundraiser in spirit, he was very distant. He did ask her to dance, the band was playing swing and Dick was very good at it.
"Judging by Starfire smile, she is at least having a very good time." Raven commented to Beast Boy. They had moved out on to the balcony, to get some air and think. They were on the top floor of the building that almost towered over the city, all forty stories up.
"There has to be some connection between Robin and Wayne, but what?" Raven asked with Robin gone she was starting to sound like him.
"We'll find it, I'm sure." Beast Boy said encouragingly. Deed down Beast Boy knew that unless they caught a break soon, whatever's going would be over.
Raven smiled a small smile and said, "at least one of us is positive." Proceeding to rest her head on Beast Boy's shoulder, " and comfortable." It was a party and no one would notice or care except Starfire who shot her a look.
The bell rang midnight and gunfire, before anyone new it people in masks stormed in shooting in the air wildly. No one moved not even the Titans; if they did they would most likely stop them but with all the entire automatic weapons any attempts to the stop them would result in loss of life. Cybogre stood in the back corner, Starfire in the back of the dance floor next to Dick, Beast Boy and Raven stayed frozen to each other fearing to move but straining there ears to hear.
Soon after the gunmen came in the Joker entered the room. Whatever the Joker was saying it was not logical. It seemed only Bruce Wayne and the Commissioner seems to understand. They took money and jewelry and begin to leave. However, the Joker turns around to say something to Bruce and fires a round. Bruce doesn't fall; Dick jumps in the way of the bullet. The Joker runs in the direction of the balcony, is about to jump off when another round is fired and another and another each hitting the Joker.
The Joker now on the ground bleeding not thirty yards from Raven and Beast Boy, a man in a Tux stood over the Joker with revolver aimed at the Jokers head. The man's thumb on the butt of the gun; at this point the security had guns aimed at the man in the Tux. The Commissioner came out, his gun aimed between the man in the Tux and the Joker.
"Don't do this, it's not worth it." The Commissioner said. The man in the Tux still stood there, no emotion of his face except for his eyes, which showed pure rage.
The Commissioner came over to the man in the Tux and puts a hand on his shoulder. Raven squeezed Beast Boy hard, the tension was high and she thought any movement would make him. She did not wish to see anyone die tonight.
"The courts will give him justice. Do you think Dick would want this? Alfred, please put the gun away."
Alfred did. Once the parametric got to the Joker they found out it was not the real Joker just someone dressed up like him. Didn't matter anyway he did on the way to the hospital. Dick however made it to the hospital alive but in a comma. Bruce and Alfred never left Dick's side.
"It turns out that Alfred is Bruce's butler." Cyborge said.
"This still makes no scenes." Beast Boy said, "Why would someone dress up as the Joker and rob a fundraiser and shot at Bruce Wayne?"
"One other thing," Raven said in a daze "Where is Batman and Robin, something this weird and big going down in there city and there nowhere to be scene?"
"Well Titan's tonight we have a new mission, find Batman and Robin." Cyborge stated.
"Something tells me that is not going to be easy." Raven stated coldly.