DISCALIMER: I own nothing. Nada. Not The Teen Titans, not Batman. None of it's mine except the story line, and I'm not making any money from this, it's all for fun...(I think that's everything...).
SUMMARY: When an old enemy of Robin's comes to town, so does Batman. The Titans learn of Robin's past, and much more... but what about his future?
NOTE: See! Told you I'd get it posted before you got to review. And -HAHA to you, Alexnandru Van Gordon, two chapters posted without you geting to review -hahahahahahahaha! I win at last! Ahem, sorry about that... I'm basing what it would be like in somebody's mind on "Nevermore", y'know, with the different sides in different coulour and so on. Just thought I'd let you know. And I know Raven's mind is like that 'cos she has to keep her emotions under contoll and all, but everybodies got emotions, and different sides to their personalities. Anyway, story time...
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
CHAPTER TWELVE
Raven slowly opened her eyes. She looked around herself. She was in a circus. She stood up. She was standing near the enterance to a big-top. She looked down the aisle towards the centre where she noticed two small boys. She walked a little closer, being careful not to be seen. One of the boys looked to be about thirteen or so. He was quite tall and slender, but with a young face and short brown hair. The other boy looked younger, about ten, maybe eleven. He was quite a lot shorter, but also thinner with black hair. They were both dressed in sweatpants and t-shirts.
"You try it," The older boy said, "You're lighter. I'll be able to lift you." With that he knelt down on one knee and placed his hands infront of him as if he were going to give somebody a leg-up.
The younger boy nodded before walking away several feet. He took a deep breath and ran at the older boy, who lifted him into the air. The younger boy then did a sumersault before landing.
"You did it, Dick!" The older boy shouted. "Way to go, little robin." He said, ruffeling the boy's hair. The younger boy playfully batted away the older boy's hand.
"Boys!" A woman, who Raven couldn't see, called. "Stop playing and come here." She said in a soft, but authorative, tone,
"Coming, Mom!" The younger boy - who Raven had guessed was a young Robin - called, before running off, closely followed by the older boy.
"That's all I have left now." A voice behind her said, startling her a little. "Just memories."
She turned around to see Robin standing behind her. He was dressed in his Titans costume, except his cape, which was grey. "Sorrow." She sad quietly, almost to herself.
"Yeah," Grey Robin said, looking down at the floor. "If you don't wanna talk to me, I can leave." He said, turning slightly.
"No," Raven said, placing her hand on his arm to stop him. "I need your help."
"My help?" He asked, looking and sounding confussed.
Raven nodded, but before she could speak, someone else did. "Hey, can I help too?" The voice asked.
Raven turned again to see another Robin, this one in a blue cape. "And you are?" She asked.
"I'm happiness." Blue Robin said, smiling. "How ya doin'?" Before she could answer, he'd moved over to Grey Robin. He nudged him slightly. "Hey, cheer up, Smiley." He said, laughing a little to himself.
"Maybe he should help you." Grey Robin said, ignoring Blue Robin. "He'll be more usefull anyway. I don't know anything." He looked down at the floor again. "I'll just screw up, like I always do."
"Do you always have to be so negative?" Blue Robin asked him.
"Then why do you stay here with me?" Grey Robin asked. "You don't like me anyway!"
"I never said that!" Blue Robin said. "I said why do..."
"Erm," Raven interupted. "I hate to interupt you two, but can you help me or not?"
The two Robin's looked at each other, then at Raven. "Sure." They said in unison, though one voice sounded a lot more jovile than the other.
"Ok," Raven said, looking at both of them. "Robin's ill. I need to know if anything," She paused, looking for the right word. "Unusual, or different has been happening lately."
"I wouldn't know." Grey Robin said, "I don't leave the circus." He said, sadly. "Nobody likes me, so I just stay here."
Blue Robin smiled. "If you wanna know about that kina stuff, you need to speak to Orange. He'd know." He turned to face Grey Robin. "And people do like you, it's just that you're always so." He shrugged. "So pessimistic. Lighten up a little." He laughed.
"Erm, Orange?" Raven asked. She was finding it a little hard to keep track of the conversation.
"Yeah, Orange." Blue Robin repeated.
"He's wisdom." Grey Robin said. "Or curiosity or whatever."
"Where do I find him?" She asked, looking at Blue Robin. Grey Robin was likely to just moan about how nobody liked him, again.
"You need to go throught there." He said, pointing at the far side of the big-top. "I don't know exactly where he'll be though."
"Thanks" Raven said. She turned to leave, then turned back to face them. "Can I ask you guys a question?" They both nodded. "Why do you stay here together?" She asked. "I mean, you're both so different."
"We both like it here." Grey Robin said. Raven looked at them confussed.
"All Robin's happy momories are here." Blue Robin explained. "Although, most of his happy memories make him sad aswell." He said, indicating Grey Robin.
"Oh." Raven said, understanding a little better. "Well, thanks." She said, making her way over to the other side of the big-top. As she approached the door, she heard somebody scream. She turned around in time to see three people, a woman, man and the older boy from eairlier, falling to the ground. She turned away before they hit the ground, but she still heard the sickening 'thud'.
"Just memories."
She looked to her side to see Grey Robin looking at her.
"Just Memories." He said again, before vanishing.
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Raven walked through the door and found herself in a dark room. She waited a few minuets for her eyes to adjust. Not a room, a cave. The Bat Cave. She walked along for a while and found herself in a more open part of the cave. There were some stairs heading upwards to her right, to her left, what looked to be a large computer screen, a chair and another door. In the centre of the large - was it a room? - on the floor, was a large circle, with a shutter like device closed over it.
"What do you want?" A voice asked out of the darkness.
"I'm looking for Orange." Raven asked.
"Orange?" The voice scoffed. "Get the hell outta here."
"Please." Raven said, unmoving, "I need your help."
"What do you want?" The voice asked again. No, wait, this time it was different. Not as harsh. Robin, this time with a green cape, stepped forwards out of the darkness.
"I need to find Orange." She said again. "Robin's ill." She looked directly into his eyes. "Sorrow and Happiness said that Orange might know..."
"Sorrow and Happiness are idiots!" Robin shouted, though not Green Robin.
"Shut up and let her finnish." Green Robin called into the shadows.
"She has no business being here." The other Robin said. "We should just get rid of her."
"Ignore him." Green Robin said, smiling appologetically. "Orange is somewhere up those stairs. I don't kow where exactly though." He said, shrugging.
Raven nodded. "Thank you." She said, turning to leave.
"Wait, Raven." Green Robin called after her. She turned around to find him standing right beside her. "Just ignore Red. Everyone else knows why you're hear."
"Red?" She asked.
"Him over there." Grenn Robin indicated into the darkness. "Anger." He explained. "He gets a little grouchy from time to time."
"Anger?" Raven asked. "Shouldn't he be," She shrugged.
"Robin's anger is more a part of him than yours." Green Robin explained, as if having read her thoughts. "He doesn't need to keep it locked up. We don't have to fear him."
"Didn't think you were afraid of anything!" Red Robin called.
Green Robin ignored him. "If you need any help kicking whatever-the-heck-this-thing-is ass," He said, smiling, "Just let me know." With that he ran of back to the shadows. Raven could here the two Robins arguing then what sounded like a fight broke out between the two. Raven stood there for a moment. She guessed the Green Robin was probably his courage, or something along those lines. After a while, she made her way up the stairs.
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Raven opened the door at the top of the staircase and walked out into a grand enterance hall. The floor was wooden, and a grand staircase leading from the centre of the room upstairs. Pictures adorned the walls and a chandelier hung from the centre of the room. "Wow." Raven said quietly to herself. Bookcases filled with classic literature lined the walls, while floor to celing windows covered the far wall. She was lost looking around herself when she noticed a Robin sitting in the corner, knees drawn up to his chest. This one was cloaked in yellow, and looked to be slightly smalled in build than the others. "Hello." She said softly.
Yellow Robin looked up at her sadly. He looked as if he'd been crying. "You're here to help, right?" He asked, his voice sounding like that of a small child.
Raven nodded. "I'm here to try and help." She said, walking over to him and kneeling by his side.
"I'm scared." He said, looking up at her. "Red was saying that he might join up with him, but then he'd be too powerful and..." He started to cry. "I don't wanna die." He said, burring his face in his knees.
"It's OK." Raven said, placing an arm around him. She'd guessed this was Robin's fear. "Do you know where Orange is?" She asked him.
He nodded. "He's usually upstairs." He said between sobs.
Raven smiled at him. "Thank you." She said, standing and heading towards the stairs.
"Be careful!" Yellow Robin called after her. With that, she started up the stairs.
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She made her way upstairs to be met by several doors. She opened the first door. The room - it looked like a bedroom - was empty. She tried the second door. It was also a bedroom. She was about to close the door when she noticed a Robin - this time purple -standing at the window, staring out at nothing. "Hi." She said, walking in.
"Hi." He said, not looking at her. "Sorry you got caught up in this." He said, sadly. "Sorry you're here." He continued, still not looking at her. "I'm sorry. It's my fault."
"Robin," She started, but he cut her off.
"It is." He said, turning to face her. "It's pretty much all my fault, and I'm sorry."
Then Raven clicked. Guilt. She decided not to arguee with him. If he was guilt, no amount of talking would convince him it wasn't his fault anyway. "Do you know where Orange is?" She asked him.
Purple Robin nodded. "His down the hall." He said, quietly.
"Thanks." She said, leaving. Purple Robin turned back t look out of the window. "My fault." He said quietly.
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Raven entered the last door. It was a study, flled with tall bookcases. A large, oak desk sat in the far corner. At it sat Robin. Orange Robin. "You've been looking for me." He said, not looking up from the book he was reading.
"I need your help." She said, walking over to him.
"You're looking for him." Orange Robin said, closing the book, but still not facing her. "He's not here." He said. "You need to leave this place. Travel north and you'll come to your own tower." He turned to look at her. "That's where he's hidding."
"Who is he?" Raven asked.
"He is what's making us ill." Orange Robins said. "He's what's killing us."
Raven shook her head. "I don't understand." She said. "If you know that he's here, that the illness isn't real," She shrugged. "Then why can't you stop him?"
Orange Robin smiled a little. "He's too powerful." He said, looking away out of the window. "He's made each of us weaker. Even if we fight together, he's still to strong." He sighed. "He's holding Robin at the Tower." He continued. "If you can defeat him, and free True Robin, then you'll have won." He looked back at her. "If you cannot, then we die."
Raven nodded. "North?" She asked.
Orange Robin nodded. "Take a left when you leave," He told her. "You'll find the garage. Take one of the bikes from there." He stood up and walked over to her. "It's a long trip. And you don't have a lot of time."
"What if I need help?" She asked, looking into his eyes.
"Just call us." He said. "We'll be there."
Raven nodded her thanks and left the room.
TBC...
There you go. Two chapter for ya. Ok, so they were short, but that means they equal one longer chapter (" ,), maybe not. Anyway, let me know what you think (hinty hinty!)
Lataz, JayBird0009
