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Malevolent Bidding

Robin's p.o.v.

The medal door slid open. My hand was just hovering about to knock, I should have known better.

"You sure about this?" Raven's dark voice greeted me. I couldn't even see her; the hallway had already grown dark.

"Slade does his bidding at night, we have a better chance of getting in if he's not there."

This seemed to assure her. She slid it open a little more and slipped out of her room. She still seemed mad as she passed by me. Purposely hitting a shoulder to mine. I hadn't seen her since the interaction earlier today. Normally I would have guessed she was meditating, but with that chip currently there was no need.

I smirked and followed her vanquishing trail.

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"And your sure you know where his lair is?" Raven was still eyeing the bike looking for a plausible reason for getting on.

"Yes," I threw a leg over and scooted back making room for her in front of me.

I think she growled as she swung a leg over seating herself. Even if I imagined it I knew she had twirled her cape around so it hit me purposely. Fixing it and not offering an apology was as it took.

I slid my arms onto the bikes handles. Making sure I brushed her stomach of course. The telepath stiffened and lowered her hood; there was a quick dispersion of smoke around us.

I smirked and revved the engine. As if on cue she grabbed the handles as well.

I hit the gas and we shot out. This time there wasn't any cursing.

Haphazardly I drove, as always. A few sharp corners and one near mishap I thought Raven might say something. Disappointingly she kept quiet.

The sudden quietness made me a little edgy.

I rounded another quick corner and stopped sharply, a small deli on the out skirts of the city had just come into view. Just close enough to main street to give it business. I slowed as I pulled into the parking lot.

It was nearing midnight quickly, the deli was still open but the parking lot was vacated. I killed the engine at a spot in the back. It was just covered enough by the deli building to not be noticeable. The night made an excellent cover as well.

Raven was quick to get off. Effortlessly and graceful she was at my side as I got off.

"You do have a plan right?" She had an eyebrow raised and an unsympathetic look adorning her features. Mockery anyone?

"Of course," It was plainly said. This was a dangerous night; I let my obsessive leader side take over. Plain and emotionless, we both seemed to match.

I grabbed Ravens arm and dragged her across the parking lot facing out of town. When I let go she pulled up her hood and adjusted it to stay.

"See that building?" I pointed to yet another old warehouse. It was a little ways walk, but silence was always a crafty companion. It looked worn from its lively days, dark and graffiti littering the walls.

"How we getting in?" She sounded more in charge, any previous confrontation between us vanishing. We both had to work hard to pull this off.

"Look at the roof," There was an oddly placed air duct. The building blueprints slowed it to lead into the building. It was only two stories, which gave us good odds. It just had to be in there. She nodded seemingly to see the duct.

"Lead the way," I gave a nod, my mind was already working out possible scenarios. Identical scowls now fit upon us.

Checking I had my weaponry I took off on a run. I trusted Raven could keep up.

We moved with the shadows of the night nearing the building. Cloudy skies and a sliver of the moon didn't make it hard. But the shifting light did present a challenge. Slade could be lurking anywhere; he could have cameras planted as well.

A neighboring building had an outside stairwell. Mutely I jumped up the stairs, Raven in tow. I was slightly impressed she made less noise than I did. The only noise from me was the light pressure it took to step.

When we were level with the building roof the two of us stopped. I quickly judged the distance, seven or eight feet wasn't too bad. I looked at Raven for confirmation she could make it across. Her cape bobbed slightly.

I backed up on the little space on the stairs. When I had enough clearance I took forward running.

Pressing and relaxing muscles my feet hit surely. The edge neared and my boot took the final step. The slight wind rustled my hair, for a moment I was airborne.

Quickly I prepared the landing. The dusty top neared. With a swift muscle memory I performed a front rolling flip on the roof to stop my momentum. I ended up standing, a little dusty, but fine on the roof.

I turned around to motion for Raven. I stepped back seeing her already running to the end of the stairwell.

She stepped off a moment, her cape waved in what little wind there was. Instead of my landing she seemed to perform a slight roll with more grace. It reminded me slightly of Jinx's acrobatics.

She straightened herself as though nothing had happened, nodding we both looked toward the duct. There didn't seem to be any detection equipment anywhere on the roof.

I looked down at it, it seemed smaller than the blueprints had said. Of course that could have been upon account of the thick inches on dust and grime attached to the walls. I didn't stop to think about that though. I gave Raven a last assuring glance and jumped into the vent.

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After a long thirty minutes I stopped abruptly. We had both squeezed ourselves into the grimy duct. I felt Raven stop behind me when her hand had touched my boot. There was the duct opening right in front of me. It overlooked a large room.

I peered through the slits. We were defiantly in the right place.

I squeezed over in the small space sitting on my legs and pulled Raven next to me. There was a little light from the warehouse and it spread to us through the slits. Raven's hood was down, the light was outlining her eyes and spread across her face.

I turned my attention back to the real focus. I leaned in a little to get a better view. There was equipment of all kinds below. A main giant screen sat a little to our right. It was fuzzy but silenced.

My eyes passed over some of the tables below. Each of them were covered in gadgets, it looked like Gizmo's workspace. Further away, next to the giant screen was a small table as well. This had a black glass containment on top of it. That had to be it.

I memorized the room's necessities, in case of needed escape. There were two other ducts, no telling to where they lead. There was also a door across from us some ways. A few windows were on our left. Sparks of moonlight were there, someplace we wouldn't venture unless it was crucial.

There didn't seem to be anyone in the room, but that didn't mean anyone wouldn't come.

I scanned the walls looking for any cameras; there was only one near the door aimed to track anyone entering.

I poked Raven's arm that was pressed into mine, she too was looking intently below. She looked at me a moment, her expression, as always blank. I pointed to the black box near the TV.

She glanced quickly and nodded. I pointed to the camera to make sure she'd seen it.

She gave me a bored look.

So that was done. I focused on the grate in front of me. Screws on the outside held it in place.

I put my hands to my belt feeling for the right gadget. I could feel Raven's eyes watching me through what little light we received.

I grabbed a pen-like knife. It was a strange metal Starfire had once given me. Supposedly it was the strongest metal on Tameran.

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It had sliced right through the grate metal. Raven and I were now looking upon the room without an obstruction to our viewing.

The floor was about fifteen feet below, even landing on the crate below still made it a good ten or so feet.

As much as it could harm me later I knew I had to do it. I leaned back a little getting my legs from under me. Raven seemed intent on watching out the duct already knowing what I was doing.

Unbuckling I pulled off my boots. I should have known better that to bring them. As noiseless as I could be with them I'd never make a jump this high with them. They would clatter loud.

I set them behind me. Raven turned to me nodding. Her boots were the same material of her cape; no doubt she was fine wearing them.

I glanced down locating a spot to land, right behind the crate looked good to me.

I gave Raven a quick nod and moved to the edge of the duct. It was a little like walking the plank to a sea of sharks. Bottoms up.

I pushed myself out, feet already looking for ground. There was a quick rush of wind and my now socked feet touched. I let my legs bend to absorb the shock of my landing.

With success I moved over and looked up. I saw the bottom of her boots before the girl joined beside me. She was soundless, bending her knees slightly with the shock. It took only a moment for her to fix her cape and then we were ready to go.

It was fifteen or twenty steps to the table, and then we'd have to figure out how to carry that thing back. It looked big enough to be troublesome through the route we had just come.

I looked around again judging the shadows.

I pulled Raven up next to me and leaned in as close to her ear as I could.

"You go, I'll cover ya," I whispered in the lightest possible sound that could still be heard. She looked at me nodding and pulled her hood back up.

Her steps were light as she made her way across the room, taking the shadows for cover.

She round across from the TV in the shadows between the windows and television. I bit my lip hoping this went well; there still hadn't been even a breath of Slade. The air was stiff in the wake. Keeping an eye always on Raven I made sure to be watching the riding and falling shadows near the window.

She was almost there now, table only a few feet from her. I noticed faintly my entire body was rigid; I should have gone not her. I had a bad feeling.

I watched her touch the black, from this far it seemed a tiny spark was let off at touch. It reflected off a metal ledge that was above her.

It was sudden, but I noticed the air drain. There was no noise; the tension had been sucked out of the room. This wasn't a good sign.

Raven noticed and spun around to face me. She might have given me a glance, but it was so fast I might have imagined it. She wanted to ensure my position wasn't given away.

"Ah Raven," A tall figure stepped out of a growing shadow near the window. The air in my throat caught and stuck there.

I should have gone.

She shifted to look at the man who was closing the distance. Within range the light glittered off his mask.

"Slade," Her voice was cold and stiff.

"Decide to stop in?"

"I was just leaving." She didn't step back when Slade got closer. I felt a heated rage clawing up my throat with hot nails.

"Oh I should insist you stay," He stepped again, there was a whole three feet space now. I noticed one of Raven's hands behind her back gently rested on the table ledge. Something about it made me watch her hand rather than Slade. I was already itching to run out, my skin burned.

"I have other matters to attend to," Their conversation sounded civil, if you over looked the venomous ways in which each was speaking. Ravens hand motioned. I quickly noted it looked like sign language.

I hunted my memory for knowledge of leaning the alphabet. Yes, I did know it. Vague, but there.

I caught a letter, B. Then a Y.

Then a letter looking like a fist. I could have killed myself for not recognizing it.

That gave me BY. Bye? Did she want me to leave? I couldn't do that, was she insane? My skin was still prickling, urging me to get out of hiding.

Coward.

"My dear you have seen too much, I cannot allow that," Slade stepped again; he looked ready to reach out and grab Raven.

I took a moment to look behind myself. There was an exit, a fire door of some sort. However exiting now would cause a ruckus, there was little way I could get back up into the vent now. My skin was dry still, Slade was so close, if I could just sneak up…

"Good-bye," Raven spat just as Slade had taken a step forward. I took the time to watch, if I was going to leave (which I was sure that's what her 'good-bye' meant) I had to make sure she'd get out. I had to ignore the part saying to go to her.

I trusted she could handle herself.

She spun around and delivered a kick to Slade's torso. I had crawled back toward the door; it was especially dark in this corner. When the blow struck I unlatched the door, the noise barely noticeable. Slade had cussed and turned to try and get at Raven.

With that Raven jumped up. I was lost a moment before remembering the metal ledge above them. Satisfied she'd make an escape from there I slid out the door, and left bat-a-rang in the door so it wouldn't shut and make more noise.

The hard concrete below me reminded me of my loss of shoes. I put that to the back of my mind. I was already dipped in shadows so I followed them away from the building. I had to get back to my bike and wait for Raven.

We had gotten away sure, but that damn box still sat in his lair, next time to be more heavily guarded. I hated myself for not going in her place, it was wrong to endanger a team member. I started running back toward the deli, it felt odd though, the night makes you feel as though you're not alone.

I sprinted some more, my breathing still even. I saw the blinking sign of the deli and sighed. I rounded across the back of it to meet up with my bike, just as I had left it.

I rubbed my neck trying to work out the stiffness as I walked near my bike. The parking lot was still vacant. I sat down on the cushioned seat waiting. Slade didn't seem to have even known I was there. That meant his real focus was on Raven. But I shouldn't assume anything, Slade was a cunning man.

I tapped the handle worried again. I should go back, I should have never left. I kept myself there a moment later, she had yet to appear. The prickling that had vanished when I left Slade's lair returned.

I jumped up to head back, a plan already winding its way into my thought process. There was a slight rustle behind me. Quickly I turned around snapping out my bow-staff.

"At ease," My ears visually perked, it was the monotone of only one female…

I covered the distance in the blink of an eye just as Raven stepped out of the shadows. Leadership thoughts left me, I was aware of my staring. My bow-staff shrank and I returned it to its place on my belt.

"Don't tell me you were worried."

I smiled a little and the girl pushed back her hood. She looked calm, with a little undid anger. She also seemed more out of breath than me.

"I shouldn't have made you go in there. I put you at risk and for what? We didn't even get the stupid thing." My voice was angry mirroring a dredge of emotions.

"Who says I didn't get it?" My eyes snapped to Raven's at this comment. I remember seeing the black box thing there when she was escaping. She smiled, a cruel scary smile.

Raven moved her hands out placing them together one atop the other in front of herself. She shut her eyes seeming to be concentrating, as she usually would for her powers. Slowly she separated her two hands. Black mist and friction bubbled in the space.

It was growing, shaping. It was taking form.

I gasped, confused and delighted at the same time. The shape she was forming looked oddly familiar of the black box supposedly still in Slade's lair, supposedly…

Hahaha how's that for a cliff? I realize this was VERY boring chapter so next will be action/romance packed, out this weekend I hope. Also only a few chapters left. . Love to all my reviewers –Beast boy as kitty plushies for all-

Side note: no cable here –weeps- so everything is season 1-2 only, although before the whole betrayal, terra of course is absent.

-Dragonslayer527