Konnichiwa minna! I have updated in my way… quite quickly I think, compared to the fact that I have eight stories running at the moment so ya! None of you got the question right but that doesn't matter… you're in for a surprise.
Boys Have Two Brains Part 1…
"So, Robin X, huh?"
"Yeah, I like things with an X-factor in them."
Motor engines roared into life as they tore down the surprisingly dusty road which was free from traffic. Both motor bikes raced down the trek for dominance. Robin X, who had Starfire clutching tightly onto his back, was in the lead. He took a sneaky glance at the Tamaranian Princess behind him. He also glanced tauntingly at Robin, who had Raven levitating behind him, still refusing to grab onto his waist. Robin growled under his helmet and turned on his turbo, leaving a surprised Raven behind to eat his dust.
"Yo Raven! Do you know what's up with Robin lately?" Cyborg yelled as Raven caught up with them. Raven shrugged her shoulders and glared at Robin; who could blame her, she was still trying to get the dust out of her system.
The black R-Cycle screeched to a halt as it approached the crime scene. The red R-Cycle pulled up slowly towards the other motorbike as Cyborg, Raven and Beast boy descended from the sky. Robin dismounted off his bike and marched his way towards Starfire and Robin X. He didn't get very far as he was encased in a string of shadowy energy. He was soon face to face with a rather pissed-off half demon. Her eyes flamed with fury as she slapped him and dropped him hard onto the cracked, solid ground. She soon stormed away and joined Starfire and Robin X. Robin slowly got up and rubbed his aching behind. He looked at Cyborg for some conformation, but received none of the sort that he was looking for. The trio of boys soon made their way up to where Robin X was helping Starfire off his bike.
"Many joyous thank yous to you Robin X." Starfire chimed as Robin X grasped her hand within his. He brought it up to his face and kissed it lightly.
"You're welcome, my dear Starfire," he assured her. Robin growled under his breath and walked further into the recently condemned mansion with a burial ground behind it. He grasped the door handle, only to realize that it was locked. He tried banging on it to see if it would open – no success.
"You know dude, maybe we should just leave this case." Beast boy suggested.
"And say to Bruce that I can't handle a simple case. I don't think so!" Robin spat back.
"Maybe we should just blast it down," Cyborg added charging up his sonic blaster.
"Or we could just use the key like any other ordinary civilian," Raven said in her monotone voice.
"And where is the key?" both Robin's asked as they both glared at her and at each other.
"It's under Starfire's foot…" Starfire hovered off the ground for a while and swooped down to pick up the shiny object. She giggled quietly to herself and handed it to Robin. Robin took it from, purposely making their fingers brush. Robin sneaked a smirk at his double and opened the door.
Dust, cobwebs and darkness soon overwhelmed them as they entered the run down house in their… pairs; Robin with Cyborg, Robin X with Beast boy and Starfire with Raven. They carried on walking, taking in as much as they could until Robin abruptly stopped in the middle of the room.
"Star! Could you give us some light?" Robin yelled. She nodded silently and within moments the room was bathed in a neon green light. Surrounding them, they could see a grand staircase in front of them, a shifty door to the left of them and a shifty door to the right. A lone bookcase, which was covered in dust, stood off-centre to them. Heaps of termite infested boxes lay around them and against the walls, but they didn't block any of the doors, or the stairway.
"We should split up," Robin X stated.
"Good idea," Cyborg agreed.
"I'll go with Star!" Both Robin's exclaimed. They glared at each other some more through their masks. Starfire 'eeped' when they both called out her name.
"Please friends, I do not wish for you to do the mean talking over me. I will go with Cyborg if you can not come to a civilised decision." She confirmed. Cyborg, Raven and Beast boy nodded in agreement. Robin X was the first to comply and said that he would go with Raven. Beast boy said that he would go with Robin. Robin's eyes were still transfixed on his 'brother' as he was lead away by Beast boy through the door to their left. Cyborg and Starfire took the door to their right while Robin X and Raven took to the stairs. A few minutes after they all departed their separate ways a shadow glided in through the open door and shut it silently and then dispersed into the millions of other shadows.
Freaky Dining Room…
"DUDE! This place is really starting to freak me out and we still haven't figured out who the bad guy is!" Beast boy whined several minutes after he and Robin had passed through the door.
"Will you just stop complaining?" Robin growled as he stalked away from him. Beast boy's face fell as he followed his leader through the scary dwelling. Damp, unusually moulded candles framed the pictures and tables from corner t corner. The pictures were dimly illuminated by the softly glowing candle in the corner…? Did I just see a candle…? Beast boy thought. He turned round to see if the candle was still there… and it was. He reached out to touch it, but it vanished in an instant. The part that freaked him out the most is that he was left alone in the room, filled with images of very old and ancient people. Their eyes seemed to stare at him and penetrate his soul with one key message… he was scared. A mass of question marks rose from the shadows and engulfed him in anti-matter until it choked him. The mass of question marks soon took on human form and picked up his communicator. The figure then walked over to where the glowing candle had reappeared and squeezed it tightly. In turn, Beast boy's body began to descend down an open vent in the floor.
Robin soon retraced his steps and glanced into the room that he had just passed. "Beast boy…?" he whispered into the empty area. His brow curved upwards as he didn't get a response. Taking another glance around the room, he cautiously walked to the next… which just happened to be a balcony. He rested he palms on the rusty gate and leaned his full body weight, mindlessly, on it. A screw began to crack…
Freaky Bedroom Landing…
Robin X and Raven walked side by side with each other, taking a glance at various, grotesque objects around them. Portraits, vases, candles and statues seemed to dominate the area as they walked along the surreal, but rather expensive carpet. Their foot prints embedded in their wake as dust surrounded their feet with every step they took. Raven glared at Robin X one more time before opening her mouth.
"What's going on between you and Robin?" she asked. Robin X looked down at her and smirked. That smirk soon disappeared and turned into a frown as he shrugged his shoulders.
"He's just pissed that Batman sold his position to me."
"It still doesn't justify you taking Starfire under your arm."
"I don't see what the big deal is. I mean, I just introduced her to my- our lil' sister as they now get on really, really well. I'm just looking out for her."
"By her you mean Starfire?"
"No, by her I mean Larissa. She is… the most important person to me. She's always been able to make me smile. We have so many things in common, but two things stand out the most."
"And what would they be?"
"One – We've both had tragic pasts and enjoy each others company…"
"Two?"
"Two – Err… I'm not really sure I should be telling you this," Robin X stated as he brought his hand to the back of his neck and scratched it. Raven stopped in her tracks. Robin mouthed a faint 'what?' Raven walked a few paces in front of him and bent down low to the ground. Robin stared at her, in disbelief.
"Raven, what the hell are you doing?" She looked up at him as a miniature smirk tried to play on her lips.
"Should you be asking the spawn of Hell that sort of question?"
"I know people more powerful than the Devil… in fact, we're related…" he snorted. Raven didn't show it, but she was unnerved by his answer.
"What do you mean by… related?" Raven queried.
"Wouldn't you like t-," But before he could finish his witty come back a clouds of forever twisting question marks flowed up from the holes in the walls and floor, swallowing up the mysterious girl. Robin X tried to grab her before she lost all consciousness; but had no success. Confused, he charged at the swirling mass, which carried an unconscious Raven, only to be left with a splitting side pain as he realised that the mass had disappeared and his side had landed on broken glass. Blood oozed from his wound slowly. He grunted in pain as he tried to pry the glass that was embedded in his wound. He didn't have as much success as he had hoped. Quickly, without a second thought, he darted back out through the door he and Raven came, back down the stairs and barged through the door that Cyborg and Starfire had walked through fifteen minutes earlier.
Freaky Entertainment Room…
Fifteen minutes earlier Cyborg and Starfire walked through the door and marvelled at their surroundings. The area that they were now in had been cleared away of any clutter that had been their previously. The space was truly magnificent, it would seem that they had just entered a ball room, but that was not all. In front of them, say about ten metres were rows and rows of elegantly cushioned chairs, facing towards the back of the room. In front of them was a bronze plated stage with silver finishing's. To the right of the stage seemed to be a music section which Cyborg decided to investigate, Starfire agreed and decided to take the stage. After searching through all their music, Cyborg claimed that their music taste was not very good… in fact it was dire. In moments when he lifted up his head he came face to face with a swirling mass of question marks. "Oh boy!"
The Tamaranian Princess however was idly drifting from one platform to the other. The stage seemed to be organised in an Opera sort of manner. (No wonder the music was bad.) The 'on-stage' area didn't seem to prove a threat. Star was about to call out for Cyborg until she heard a slight scurrying sound. Her eyes travelled around until she found the source… an army of black widows heading her way. Alien instinct soon kicked in as she powered up her star bolts in the attempt to evaporate them from existence. To her dismay, each blast meant two more poison filled tanks with legs. When she and Robin first started talking about survival methods his first rule was… well after a lot of rules was… 'If all else fails… SCREAM AND RUN! But in your case fly'. Not very heroic but she decided to follow it because she trusted Robin… right? In a mad dash, she hovered from her position and soared into the abyss of 'back stage'.
Not paying any particular attention to where she was going, Starfire slammed head first into a hard plastic figure. A loud cluttering sound was made as she toppled through the darkness. Once settled, she stood up, dusted herself off and regained dignity. Slowly, she lit up one of her star bolts and bathed the room in her neon green glow… only to end up screaming again. Only this time, she was in hysterics. Not feeling the unbridled joy that she needed to fly, she ran in various circles around the disgruntled and broken mannequins before charging out back onto the stage.
Looking behind her, she didn't see Robin X appear in front of her a yell, "Starfire STOP!" But it was too late. They both ended up on the floor; causing Robin X to endure more pain than he had bargained for.
"Hey Cutie, what's got you so spooked?" he asked her kindly, ignoring the pain that he was going through. Starfire found herself unable to speak and helped Robin X up; her hand carelessly dropped to his side and came away with a trickle of blood.
"You are injured? Did I cause your injury? If I did, for that I am so sorry for crashing into you!" Star pleaded, "Is there anything I could do to help?" Robin smirked at her answer and muttered a faint 'maybe' before putting his lips upon hers. Her eyes went wide, but she soon melted into the sensation.
A faint buzzing could be heard as they broke away from their kiss.
"Robin…X, what is that… noise?" Star asked, not really wanting to know the answer.
"Sounds like…," he glanced at what was after them, "On second thoughts… just… RUN!" he yelled as he grasped hold of her hand and pulled her through a set of doors and slammed them shut. Starfire gasped as she realised what her ambience was… a private cemetery…
With Robin…
SNAP Robin screamed with a surprised yelp out of his peaceful day dream as he was admiring the magnificent view; when his world and being came crashing down. Due to his quick reflexes he managed to latch onto the forever crumbling ledge. He looked down again at his view from a different perspective. The vivid colours of azure, emerald, ivory, ruby and auburn fused in with one another to create a murky grey ambience beneath him.
"Great, just great," he muttered underneath his breath without thinking that someone might actually be listening. He soon concentrated on swinging his legs back and forth to see if he could latch onto the ledge by swinging into the air and leaping. While swinging, a few cracks appeared beneath his gloved hands and started to grow, making small stones fall into the grey abyss. "Oh, please don't break!" Robin moaned as he realised that he would soon fall. Then, as if a ray of sunshine had just appeared over him, which it had he thought out loud, "My utility belt!" How could I have forgotten?
"You must really be a dickhead…" a mysterious voice murmured.
Yeah, I must be a- HEY! Who said that? He glanced upwards to the direction of the voice, but only saw the shadows that were there before. He shrugged mentally and reached down for his ever trusty utility belt… which wasn't there. He gasped out loud and almost lost his grip on the forever crumpling ledge… not to mention endangering his life. To his alarm, the ledge's crumbling had gotten louder as the crack became more evident and the ledge itself became so weak that it couldn't even support its own weight… Robin panicked. It was the only thing he could do all of his life achievements that he wanted to achieve flashed past him. Capturing Slade. Gaining Batman's ultimate respect. Going out with Starfire. Marrying her. Having children with her. And if he could fit it in getting rid of Tim and gain Larissa's trust. Ooh, what a list it was… Suddenly, the ledge crumbled and tumble below Robin, he screamed in fright as he knew the last moments of his life were going to be alone. Tim would get Star and live out his dreams. He was about to hit the ground until… WRAP
The Boy Wonder glanced upwards and saw the last person he would expect to save him. He opened his mouth to express his shock but was cut off by,
"Save it Boy Blunder! What kind of action hero leaves home without his action toys?" his younger sibling asked cockily as she hauled him up over the edge.
"What are you doing here Larissa?" Robin said in almost disgust.
"I came here to give you… this!" she exclaimed innocently as she produced a shiny yellow blocky belt. Robin growled and snatched it from her fingers. He put it on and started to walk off in the opposite direction. Larissa gazed at him for a few seconds before rolling her eyes. Lawd a merci… She started to kick the broken slabs off the roof; one ricocheted off the side and tumbled against the wall landing with a satisfying smash. Larissa grinned to herself and spun around to find Robin staring at her. He raised an eye-brow and asked,
"What are you wearing?" Larissa twirled around and replied with a question,
"Do you like it?" she queried in a child like tone. She raced towards the nearest mirror, dusted it off and admired her reflection. She was wearing a Xena-like outfit: the base colour was black while the patterns were a metallic blue to match the highlights of her hair. Her boots came up to her knees. A silver chain belt hung smugly around her waist, once every so often hanging up above her hips. Held within the belt was a pair of silver Sai's, gleaming brightly in the little light they had. To complete her look she had black and metallic blue armbands and a black cape with blue lining. Robin's mouth didn't morph into an answer.
"I guess I should take it as a no?" Robin shook his head.
"It's just… I've seen this outfit before and Batgirl said it was hers." Larissa chuckled.
"She wishes. I designed this outfit and Alfred helped me make it. Clever… no?" Robin nodded with a slight smile on his face. "Glad you like," she murmured as she sprinted down the hall in all different directions.
"Hey! Wait up!" Robin called after her, mimicking every move.
With Robin X and Starfire…
Starfire gulped as Robin X took her hand and pulled her throw the rows upon rows of tombstones. An owl cooed in the distance, making Star jump in fright.
"Dearest friend… I do not like this place. It unnerves me. May we go now please?" she asked timidly. Robin X smirked at her innocence and remembered the reason why he fell in love with her. He pulled her in close and stroked her hair to calm her down. Looking lovingly into her emerald pools through his mask he whispered,
"We'll get through this… I promise." Starfire nodded in response, fully trusting in his words. With great caution, they trekked through the cemetery in total silence. Starfire's eyes darted around like bees to honey. Each little noise added to her fear factor. In need of reassurance, she snuggled up to Robin X some more. A content smile was on both of their faces.
"ROBIN!" a voice called. They both spun around to find Larissa running towards them with a rather worn out Robin behind her. After a few seconds, they all sat down on the ground and discussed their findings. They soon came to the conclusion that Raven, Beast boy and Cyborg were missing… and question marks seemed to appear a lot in the conversation.
"I hope that we will be able to find our friends soon," Starfire sighed.
"I hear that!" Robin X agreed. Robin glared at him.
"What are you talking about? Beast boy, Raven and Cyborg don't even know you. Heck, I don't even know you!" Robin growled.
"Not knowing your own older brother. Tut-tut."
"I'll give you tut-tut," Robin snarled as he punched his brother in the gut. Star cringed as more blood spurted out of his wound. In reflex she quickly lifted Robin X out of Robin's reach.
"Robin, please stop! Can you not see that he is injured?" Larissa glared at Robin and jogged over to Robin X who was breathing deeply. Her hand hovered over his wound and started to glow blue.
"Larissa stop!" he groaned. The glowing stopped and she looked sympathetically at her eldest brother.
"I'm healing you… what your problem?"
"You should be saving your energy instead of wasting it on me."
"Whatever." She snapped her fingers and a bolt of dark blue energy sprang towards his wound. "I didn't feel a thing." Starfire smiled at Larissa and engulfed her in a massive hug.
"You have saved Robin, I thank you a thousand times over!" she shouted gleefully. Larissa smiled unevenly and pried Star away from her feeling light headed. I don't feel too great… She thought while her eyes rolled to the back of her head. Robin, Robin X and Starfire gasped as Larissa descended slowly towards the ground, against a rigid and cracked head stone. Star cautious stepped towards her and started to poke her in the arm.
"Don't!" Robin X warned as he carefully picked her up out of Star's current reach. Robin walked towards them and helped Starfire up, afterwards he put his hand on her shoulder for support.
"What happened to her?" Robin asked. Robin X looked down; trying to avoid his gaze as well as Starfire's, but it didn't work.
"You should let Batman explain it to you," was his answer. They remained silent for a few moments and all they could hear was the faint breathing of Larissa, the steady beat of Starfire's heart and the still wind blowing from west to east.
"… Or maybe… you should just let me tell you…" A slurred voice came from the shadows. Three heads spun round to the source to find a rather 'gay' man dressed in bright green with black question marks on and around his leotard. They all blinked and Starfire opened her mouth to ask a question.
"May I ask who you are?"
"Of course you can my young lass! You may call me Riddler as these two Boy Blunder's can't even introduce an old friend." Starfire blinked again.
"I see that you're confused young lass. Well, here's a riddle for ya! What has lots of questions, no answers and sounds like a swarm of bees?"
"……………"
"So listen my lass and lads… your about to find out!" With a snap of his green gloved fingers; a swarm of question marks engulfed Star, Robin, and Robin X (who, by the way, is still carrying Larissa) in a ferocious cloud, choking them to death, numbing all senses. Within moments the horde died down and the adolescents were gone.
Riddler smiled to himself and pulled out a communicator.
"Yo Mr. J… Their on their way and tell that other guy that she's with them!"
I thought I'd never get this chapter done. Not long, but SATS are hell! Thanxz to all the people who reviewed as usual! I love you guys cos you ROCK!
Jania 12: YAY! You like Larissa, don't know long that's gonna last but look at all the life saving she's done in this chapter. Tim/Star relationship is the only one I have going on at the moment, might change in the next chapter. How did you know that, even though I think I made it a bit obvious. Oh well. Well, the Joker was involved, but no one mentioned Riddler. Mwhaha! Thanxz a lot for the support!
Blonde Shadowcat: Thanxz, yes Larissa does get her heritage from her mother and it will be explain in the story to Raven. Keep asking questions, I like answering them. By the way, I have read your stories, it's just that my computer won't let me review. Keeps coming up with that HTTP (some number) thing. I'm sorry, but I think their ace!
solodancer: Larissa is my favourite OC of all time. She just rules! This story is going to turn out so confusing. I hope people will figure it out. Months…very good definition of quickly. I Thank you most of all for your support. Couldn't have done it without you! X's and O's
Rose: Yes you will know… eventually… … very eventually. Larissa is mostly based off me yes. Except for the powers… but that would be so cool. Babs is in the story so that Larissa can torture her and so that all the Robin fans out their can rest knowing that she won't torture Robin that much. I love all your reviews, they make me smile so much! He he, keep on writing and you're a wonderful author… as well as reviewer and most importantly friend. hugs Now I'm gonna review your story.
Starfan1: I think I can just feel the love from this side of the internet. You really keep to your promises don't ya? That's the whole idea, I love torturing Robin, and he's such a cool character to torment. You're so sweet. Thanxz!
Lil' LIK Star: You played it safe… Thanxz, hope you enjoyed this chapter, even though I hate it.
anwen: I forgive you, even though I did miss you, Preps are so evil aren't they, they deserve all the punishment they can get… even so some of my friend's are semi-preppish. Luv ya Thanxz!
Terra: I knew a few people would hate me for that but, it goes with the plot… To answer your question… eventually… after five major things happen… they have a moment in the next chapter if that helps? Thanxz for reviewing!
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