Robin and Robyn

The door to his room opened and woke him up. Cyborg stuck his head in through the half open door.

"Robin, are you awake?"

Robin stood out off the bed and began to put his suit on..

"Yeah, what's up?"

Cyborg came into the room. He was starring down on the floor.

"Oh…we…don't…maybe it to early…"

Robin, who was almost dressed, turned around and confronted his friend.

"WHAT?"

Cyborg looked up. There was a worry expression on his face.

"It's Slade! He is on the videophone."

Robin froze for a second, but then he just pulled his shoulders and walked over to the window.

"I will come in a minute."

Cyborg nodded and walked out of the room. He left the door open as he walked back to the living room. Robin could hear Slade speaking on the videophone thought the open door.

"Good afternoon, Teen Titans."

The Teen Titans were gathered in the room. Only Robin was missing. Up on the screen Slade looked around and saw it.

"Well, well, well…"

Slade shook his head.

"…still missing your precious leader!…"

He made a rhetorical pause.

"…I thought you would have found him by now…"

He stopped for a second and looked like he was thinking the things though, then he came closer to the screen.

"…or he is really dead?"

"Slade, always so dramatic. What do you want?"

Robin stood in the door. It was only him, who noticed that Slade sighed in relief.

"Well, so you are back!"

Robin walked over to the screen and stared at Slade for a second.

"Yeah, I'm back! Don't tell me you just rang us up to check that!"

He stepped away from the screen and threw himself on the sofa.

"By the way, Slade, did you like my Christmas present?"

Slade was clearly surprised.

"What?"

Lazy Robin raised his head from the sofa.

"Well, since you haven't giving us your address, then I had to find an other way."

Slade was clearly interested.

"And?"

"Well, I had a little conversation with our common friend."

"Who?"

Robin just stood up from the sofa and walked out of the room. Back on the screen Slade become more and more irritated until he ended the call.

The rest of the titans stood back in the room and didn't know what just had happen. Beast Boy was the first one, who came out of the trance.

"Err, what exactly just happened?"

Cyborg walked over to the screen like he expected Slade to come back.

"I don't know…"

"It's very simple…"

Robin had come back.

"…Slade has always been fascinated with me, so I thought: why not give him present."

Beast Boy's jaw literally dropped to the floor.

"Did you give him a present?"

Robin nodded.

"Yeah, I did."

"WHAT?"

The other titans were stunned, but Robin just smiled as he saw their faces.

"It's not like you think. There isn't an actual present, but hopefully Slade will use the whole holiday to figure it out."

Raven understood where he was going.

"So, you sent Slade out on a hunt for something there doesn't exist, so he doesn't made trouble in the meantime."

"Yeah, that was the plan."

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The T-car drove up the driveway to the children's home, where Mrs. Williams greeted them. First there were a worried look on her face, but as she saw them coming close she forced herself to smile.

"Welcome, it's so nice to see you all again."

She greeted them by shaking their hands, but as she greeted Robin she hugged him.

"We are so thankful, that you wanted to help us fixing the last thing before the play."

They went inside, bur as Starfire passed Mrs. Williams she stopped.

"Mrs. Williams, have you hear any news about Elmer?"

A dark cloud came over Mrs. Williams face as she answered.

"No, nothing. It's like he never had existed."

Robin saw the tears in her eyes. He really wanted to tell them about Airmid, but something stopped him. It was easier this way.

Robin was the last one, who walked in. Mrs. Williams stopped him in the doorway.

"Jake…oh, Robin, Gary wants to talk with you."

She talked so low, that the other couldn't hear her. He nodded and walked over to Gary's office, where he knocked on the door. Shortly after the door was opened. Not by Gary, but by a man in a black suit. Robin stepped into the office. Gary was sitting by the desk.

"Robin, this is Agent Briscoe."

They nodded a silent hello to each other.

"Agent Briscoe is here to get Sam."

"What?"

The agent, who was around the same age as Gary, came over to Robin and laid a hand on his shoulder.

"Son, I can't tell you about the case, but it is absolute importance, that she comes with me."

Robin shook his hand away and walked over to the desk.

"Gary, what is going on?"

"She is leaving, but she doesn't take it so good. We…"

He looked over at Agent Briscoe for a second.

"…I need you to talk to her, please."

Robin sighted and agreed.

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He gentle knocked on the door, but nothing happened. He tried again.

"Sam, it's me!"

He heard the door being unlocked and opened the door. He wasn't prepared for the sight, there met him. Sam's room had always been a mess, but this time it looked like a bomb had expose in there. There were clothes everywhere. On the floor, on the chair, on the bed, but Sam wasn't nowhere to be seen.

"Sam?"

She came out of the closet with an armful of clothes as an answer to his question. She stepped over to the bed and began to stuff the clothes down in a suitcase, which were on the bed. Robin walked over to her and stopped her by putting hand on her shoulder.

"Sam, it's okay?"

She shook his hand away as she turned around and faced him. He could see she had cried, but the anger was writing all over her face.

"How do you know? It wasn't you who saw you parents being killed in front of you!"

"Sam…"

He tried to take her hands, but she pushed him away.

"Don't Sam me, that's not my name!"

"But Sam…"

"MY NAME IS ROBYN O'HAGAN…"

It was like the truth stroke her in the same moment as she said it out loud. She stopped all resistance and the tears began to come up in her eyes. He took her into his arms and comforted her. They stood there for a long time, before she stopped shaking. Then he made her sit down on the bed and sat down next to her.

"Sam…Robyn, but how?"

She wiped her eyes.

"I'm in witnesses protection. I'm the key witness to my parents' murder."

"But I just thought… didn't you have any family."

She smiled scornful for a second.

"That wouldn't help, when it is your own family you are testify against."

"What?!"

"My father was a member of IRA. He had joined them in a very young age together with his older bother, Sean. After some years my father met my mother and they felt in love. They married and got me."

She wiped her eyes.

"My father, he wanted to stop. He wanted to get out of IRA, but they told him it was impossible, so he stayed. Then an undercover agent messed the whole thing up. They thought my father was working together with the agent, so they made him kill.

The tears flowed down her cheeks.

"He broke into our house in the middle of the night and killed them."

"Who?"

"Sean, my uncle. He killed his own brother and his wife in cold blood!"

She broke down on the bed and cried. He comforted her, but it was like the tears never would stop. After a while there got longer and longer time between the snuffles and he tried to made her smile.

"Robyn and Robin; it look like we both have a secret identity."

She didn't move, but he could see that she smiled.

"Who would have guessed this were going to happened when we stepped into that car?"

She sat up and looked him deep into his eyes.

"Jake…Robin, I don't…"

She leaned forward and kissed him.

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"Raven, have you seen Robin?"

Raven dropped the knife in despair.

"No, Starfire, I haven't seen him since last time you asked me. Which were just five minuets ago. Why don't you search after him at another place."

"Okay."

She flew out of the kitchen and was just about to go into the living room, when she heard some voices. She followed them up the stairs and over to a half open door. She stopped. She shouldn't be there, but something forced her to do it. She looked through the half open door and her heart stopped. With tears in her eyes she turned around and ran down the stairs.

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He pushed her away and looked down on his hands.

"Sam…oh, Robyn, I'm flatter, but…"

"But you aren't in love with me."

"Yeah…no…I mean…"

"It's Starfire, isn't it?"

He nodded.

She gentle pushed his head up with her hand.

"It's okay. I had to try. Have you told it to her?"

He didn't say anything, but she read him like an open book.

"She is in love with you, you know!"

"What? How do you know?"

It knocked on the door. Gary and Agent Briscoe came into the room.

"Sorry to disturb you, but it's time."