Not Robin Anymore
HOW I took to liking my new identity, I'll never knew. I became Nightwing with very little confusion. I started all over at that school, and became, dare I say it, popular. I had friends I had never known before, all because I was a villian. True, many of them didn't really get me, they just hung around me because I became top in all of my classes. I don't even remember the Titans all that well.. not to mention, the days when I was the captian of that pathetic team. Good thing that... what was it! Oh well. Whatever happened, I definately benefited from it. Brother Blood even said, soon, I shall be going on the feild trips, which happen every couple of days. In fact, tomorrow, is when I should go to my first one, and I can't wait. It is horribly lonely without Jinx, and maybe even lonely without Gizmo and Mammoth to boss around.
Truth be told, I am only friends with Jinx. She is the one who understands what I am going through, and I understand how she is treated like the second banana to Mammoth and Gizmo. I promised her, that when I am around, we are equal partners. "R--Nightwing, when you ever learn that you aren't equal partners with ANYONE? You try to surpass people, unless you mean to use that partnership purely for your advantage. I suppose it is harder for you now, since you have friends. or maybe just a friend.. But you'll never learn." she had said, rolling her eyes. I just sighed and shook my head.
We sat down on the day I had made my transformation from Boy Wonder, Robin, to Nightwing, a student of HIVE, and a powerful one at that. Gizmo and Mammoth immediately picked a fight with me. "Get out of our seat, newb, before we make you." he commanded. "It is Nigthwing, formerly Robin, so shut your big, fat, stupid mouth." said Jinx. She then whispered,"HE'S supposed to be the smart one, and I am the one who recognized you, even though you look quite alike." I laughed a little, and Gizmo yelled,"I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE YAPPING ABOUT! YOU KNOW I AM BETTER THAN YOU, BOTH MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY!" "Gizmo, don't be so high on yourself. You depend on gadgets, whilest I depend on my powers. I don't skip gym. I am the one who makes the best grades. Face it, Gizmo, you are the one who is under me. I demnd you treat me with more respect." she said, fists clenched. Man.. I love it when she gets like this! I couldn't help but think.
"HA! Yeah right! Girly, you are below me and him, you know it very well. And Nightwing... you should be bowing to us! Me and Gizmo, we are the top students at HIVE. You should know that by now!" said Mammoth, and he pounded his fist on the table. "Guys, we are getting into a fight over Nightwing sitting at the table. Before you guys do something you'll regret, I suggest you sit down and just eat your breakfast." said Jinx. "YEAH RIGHT! How about this, you snot-brain, me and Mammoth will race you and Nightwing in combat practice. DEAL!" said Gizmo. We nodded to each other, and said,"DEAL!" "First team to cross the finsih line, and we mean team, wins." said Gizmo. We nodded in agreement all at the same time.
After a tense breakfast, in which me and Jinx kept staring at Gizmo and Mammoth, daring them to try to fight us, we headed to Combat Practice. Since we didn't get ot go yesterday, due to the other teams taking to long, we had to go first today. We were called, and went to the front of the room, ready to race. "GO!" cried the coach, and we all took off in a sprint, me and Jinx in front, for we were taller (as opposed to Gizmo) and weighed much less (as opposed to Mammoyj).
Pillars of lasers shot up from the ground, and I pulled Jinx away from being charred by the dangerous beams. She smiled lightly at me, but it wasn't her usual smirk... However! Mammoth tried to shove me and Jix into a pillar, while I still had a grip on her hand. I twisted, and, making sure to keep Jinx out of harm's way, used her to be able to kick off from Mammoth, making HIM go into the pillar. "It felt like we had almost practiced that one." I said with a smile, as we kept running towards the finish line. She nodded and said,"We probably did at some point." We saw Gizmo flying overhead using his wings, trying to dodge the beams. We kept up, barely, but we did, at his pace.
Suddenly, boulders on unbreakable steel wires began to move from side to side across the feild. I jumped on one, and Jinx followed. She jumped on one, and we kept doing that. Gizmo was having an easy time of it, so I whispered to Jinx,"Swing left when I say 'Go.'" She nodded reluctantly, and as Gizmo was on the left side, and screamed "GO!" We both used as much momentum as we could come up with to make the wire go deeply into Gizmo's right wing, making him fall to the ground, below the swinging rocks. We jumped off of the last couple of rocks, and headed closer and closer to the finish line.
Arrows shot out of the walls before I could notice it. Jinx stopped one from hitting me in the head with her powers, and we both watched each other, making sure that neither one got hit. Mammoth didn't seem to be affected by the arrows at all, and kept running forward instead. He got to the finish line first, but he had forgotten one thing: Gizmo was still hobbling along on foot, without his wings, and a hurt leg from the fall. Me and Jinx passed the finish line at the same time. Gizmo hobbled along as quickly as possible, and finally passed the finish line.
"WE WON!" cried Jinx happily. "Yeah!" I yelled. "Mammoth gets a 100, Jinx and Robin both get a 90, and Gizmo fails the course." said the coach, before announcing the next team."You guys didn't win! I passed the line first!" said Mammoth. "Yes, but we passed together as team FIRST." said Jinx smartly as we both walked up to the bleachers. "Nightwing, we make a pretty good team." said Jinx with a smirk. "We should do it more often." "Definately." I agreed. "Hey.. you know that dance this Friday?.. (two nights from now) You wanna go with me?" I asked, nervous. "Sure." said Jinx. She hugged me, and then we went to talking about how badly we had beaten Gizmo and Mammoth, JUST loud enough for them to hear it.