A/N: Spartan here. Thanks to all who read and enjoyed. For anyone who wanted to know, Ternion is supposedly the official name for the Cinderblock, Plasmus, and Overload trio. Although I cannot say for sure, that's what all the main web sites say. Last chapter pretty much left things unanswered but that was my plan so I could answer everything in this one. So here is goes. Just to let anyone know, there's not a lot of action in this chapter cause of the explaining that's going to occur (and because of the last two chapters being pure action). But it will return. Anyways here's the next one. Read, Review and Enjoy.
IV: Broken Up
Three weeks later...
Robin stood by Raven's grave with a look of sadness that could be seen even through his mask.
For the past two weeks he had been coming here everyday. The first week he spent in the hospital. His right arm was still broken and he had a sprained left wrist. That was "excellent" considering the state he had been found in. A broken nose, four fractured ribs a torn calf muscle and his still broken arm. He had gotten the sprained wrist from trying to train again at extreme settings.
Cyborg was back in perfect health. All he had to do was get his wires replaced and new armor put on, a five hour process. However it was after where he spent most of his time replacing his fail safe systems and creating better armor protection plates.
Beast Boy was also fine now. He had a small scar on his head that still showed no matter what animal he changed into. It would be a while 'til it disappeared. His morphing DNA had actually shown to help improve his healing rate. He used to come with Robin everyday to see the grave before he finally let up.
Starfire was walking and talking, but her injuries still made it impossible for her to fight. Her arm was in a brace which see continuously took off because of the itching. She also had a broken leg which she had gotten from her hard fall and several burns on her body that still remained. Other than that she was her usual self, sometimes she even looked like nothing had happened.
But that wasn't the case. Something had happened.
Robin had failed his duties as a leader. The one thing that a leader never wanted was to lose one of their own. He had done everything wrong, walked right into a trap. But was a teammate really dead because of it? The rest of his team thought so. Even members outside of his team thought so. Everyone had come to the funeral. The remaining titans, Speedy, Aqualad, Bumblebee, Wilderbeast and dozens of others had come to give their respects to a hero. Only heroes were there that day, with the exception of a few villains. For some reason Jinx and Gizmo had also come to pay their respects discreetly. Raven would have never cared for this many "visitors". The titans came everyday but after a while they stopped. And just like all the other heroes they knew she was gone. They accepted her "death".
Robin didn't.
He couldn't. He wasn't like everyone else. The way he was trained, what he knew, how things happened, he couldn't just leave it alone. He had been trained by the dark knight himself, considered one of the world's greatest detectives. He had dealt with some of the trickiest criminals. He knew the system. He knew that six feet under in the polished wooden coffin there was no body. She had not been recovered. No one actually saw her die.
So how could she be gone?
What happened on that bridge after Robin blacked out was a mystery. It could be shown that Cinderblock, Plasmus or Overload knew what happened, if they could be found. But not one of them could be found after the chaos. Hundreds of minions laid dormant, pieces of them everywhere, but not even a trace of Ternion, the beast that Cinderblock, Plasmus and Overload were combined as, could be honestly identified. It was like they disappeared without a trace.
Just like Raven.
But it wasn't them he cared about, it was her and where she was. From where her grave was he could see the bridge they had fought their own little war on. It was being heavily repaired. Most of the bridge supports had been knocked out of place, hell most of the bridge had been knocked out of place. Part of it was in the water. Whatever Raven had done she had used a lot of power to do it. He needed information. If she really was dead he wanted to find her body. He needed to know for himself. But he could not do alone. The other titans couldn't help; they'd just say he's crazy anyway. Besides they were probably out with Speedy, Aqualad, and Hotspot who had volunteered to join the team for a while. They could handle any crimes out there. While they were busy he would take a trip to Gotham. He would see the man who made him who he was.
He would get some answers.
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Alfred Pennyworth strolled though the hallways of Wayne manor dusting off random antiques and expensive paintings. He hummed a soft tune as he moved towards a large scale living room. He stopped before the door to look outside a large window. It was dark outside, the only light coming from the moon. He smiled.
He opened the door and headed towards a large grandfather clock. He opened a small glass pane and pulled a lever. The clock slid aside revealing a small entrance. He walking inside and the clock slid back shut. He walked down a flight of stairs for a little of a while before reaching the bottom. He flipped a switch and lights came on. Inside, the light revealed a humungous cave. In the corner was a large computer and next to it was a lab. On another platform was a sleek black jet. Further down was a small port where a boat was stationed. On the side was a display window. There were five cases for five costumes. Two were missing.
Alfred walked over to the case and began to brush dust off it.
"Well now master Greyson did you stop in to say hello?" he asked.
In the shadows next to the case stood Robin his arms crossed.
"Hello Alfred" he said with a small smile walking out into the light.
"Hello master Greyson, it's good to see you again. My have you grow-"he stopped short upon seeing Robins face. "Is something the matter sir?
"I need to talk to him, is he in?
"No, he is currently out...fighting crime" said Alfred pointing towards the first display case with no costume in it.
"I see" Robin replied.
"Shouldn't you be leading a team?" Alfred asked pretending not to notice Robin's broken arm.
"That's why I'm here."
"Hmm" Alfred thought out loud.
"One of them is...gone" said Robin.
"Gone, sir?"
"Yes" said Robin regretting what he just said.
"Any way I can help" Alfred asked knowing what "gone" meant.
"Well...if everyone told you that something was true but they had no evidence would you go with them or would you try and find the evidence yourself" said Robin in one full breath.
"Well" said Alfred starting up. "I would try to find out what really happened to her for myself; it would be the only way that I was sure."
Robin thought about this as Alfred said it. Alfred already knew it was a girl and he knew that she was predicted dead. He wasn't dumb. He had seen many cases like this in his years of service to the caped crusader.
Robin knew what had to happen. He would have to find out where she was, himself.
"Thanks Alfred" Robin said with a smile.
"Your welcome sir but are you sure you don't want to stay?" Alfred asked. "He will be back shortly."
"No, its fine, you've helped me enough" said Robin.
"Your not ready to come back are you?" Alfred asked.
"I'll see you later, Alfred" Robin replied ignoring the question.
Alfred smiled. "Learned how to ride with one hand I see" said Alfred finally acknowledging
Robin's broken arm.
"Yeah, taught myself" said Robin getting on his R-cycle. "Oh and tell him that I will never fail at my job...cause I'm just as good as he is."
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Robin walked into Raven's room.
No one was allowed in there. He had heard of Cyborg's and BeastBoy's adventure in there but he wasn't fond of them for it. He reached for the wall and flipped a light switch. Nothing happened. She probably had it like this on purpose. God only knew she loved the dark. But Robin was just as used to the dark as Raven was, so it was nothing new. He looked around but saw nothing in particular that could help him in his search. He hated this. It was like she had just disappeared. He walked across and sat down on Raven's bed. The sheets were neat. He wondered in the girl ever slept in her bed for more than an hour. Sometimes he wondered if she ever slept period.
Why hadn't he found anything? It had been three weeks already. Way too long.
As if to be a sign, a flash of light lit up the room and vanished just as soon as it had came. Robin walked over to Raven's dresser where he had seen the light come from. On it was a black face mirror. The edges lit up and another flash of light occurred. Robin picked up the mirror and stared directly at it.
No reflection.
'What the-' Robin thought.
He touched the mirror with his index finger. It went through. He pulled it back suddenly.
'What's going on here?" Robin thought quizzically.
He reached for the glass of the mirror again this time with his whole hand. His fingertips brushed the glass then began to penetrate through. In an instant the mirror glowed an off white. Robin felt his whole body twist and turn as if it was expanding and shrinking at the same time.
It was then when Robin was swallowed whole by the mirror.
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A/N: Sorry, like I said this chapter was to explain what happened to the team after the conflict. Next chapter will explain what happens to the other bird. Also the fighting returns next chapter so prepare yourself for a few surprises. Again sorry for this chapter being boring but sometimes you just have to get the stuff out there. Also I'm trying real hard to get my chapters up sooner. Sorry to all who may be patiently waiting I'll fix that problem soon. Thanks for reading so far. Spartan out.