Chapter X: Horrors of Babysitting Pt. 2

Robin and Jack continued to follow the trail of diaper tuff. The adrenaline was still rushing through Robin's veins, so it was easy to spot the trail. It trailed downstairs to the gym. Robin motioned to Jack to split here. Jack nodded, and flew into the air Raven's style, before turning invisible. Having lost sight of Jack, Robin continued on his own.

A quiet scuffle came from behind some weights. Robin allowed himself a smirk before he silently crept forward. Batman had taught him to never underestimate his opponent, but Robin knew that was when you were after anyone who was over a month old. After all, whoever was there was just a newborn right?

Robin continued to creep forward, and looked over the weights. He saw Bluefire enjoying herself by swinging a 200lb. weight before it him smack in the face. He flew back into the air ten feet and landed on his back with a grunt. Bluefire burst out laughing, and Robin was barely able to see Bluefire fly away, while he just laid there, his face smashed and bleeding and his back broken.

Meanwhile, Fayrii, Beast Boy, and Cyborg were having no luck. Fayrii had stopped walking by now and was hovering, his hood off. Eventually, they ended up by the kitchen. Beast Boy now threw his hands up and made his appeal to the heavens distressed, "No! I've lost my son! I'm doomed! Doomed, doomed, doomed, doomed!"

"Easy BB, it's not the end of the world," Cyborg commented.

"Yes it is! Raven's gonna kill me! And since she's emotionally distressed, she's gonna raise me from the dead and kill me again!" BB cried out. Cyborg and Fayrii paused a while to consider this. Then it dawned on them that they would be killed too.

All three of them began searching faster.

"I wonder if Raven's thinking about us right now," Beast Boy mumbled gloomily.

"I've been thinking of what Beast Boy is doing right now," Raven said to Starfire as they walked around, looking for what they needed.

"Do not worry, friend Raven," Starfire assured her. "I think they will be able to sit the babies."

Jack returned to visibility and zoomed over to Robin. "Robin! Are you alright? What happened?" he asked, healing Robin.

"I got hit by Bluefire," Robin mumbled, standing up. Jack looked at him funny.

"She hit me with a giant weight," Robin explained, looking around. "She went this way!"

Robin and Jack jogged down the hallway. A trail of diaper tuff led upstairs, to the roof. Robin's face lost all color, and he darted up, Jack gliding behind him. The roof door was open, and Robin darted over to the edge. Jack glided next to him.

"Did you think she fell?" Robin asked desperately.
"Don't worry, Robin," Jack assured. "Even if Bluefire did go over the edge, she would fly and catch herself. She's pretty smart for her age."

Robin looked down. "Yeah, but what if…"

"Bluefire!" Jack exclaimed, turning around. A little Bluefire was sitting behind them, looking cute.

Robin turned around, to see her, but as he did, he took a step back into midair. Robin fell back and started to fall down the tower. He was too surprised to react, but simply fell, looking up. Unfortunately for Robin, Jack hadn't noticed him.

"Well, you have been trouble," Jack chided the baby as he picked her up and rocked her in his arms. "Wouldn't you agree, Robin? Robin? Robin, where are you?"

Jack turned and looked down in time to see Robin hit the ground. Jack made a pained face, and carried the infant down to see his father.

Cyborg and Beast Boy followed Fayrii through the tower, unaware of Robin's sudden descent. They all walked to the main room. Here Whitefire and Mirgath were found.

"Yes! Mirgath! It's you!" Beast Boy cheered, running forward to pick up his son. Unfortunately, Mirgath had not seen them, and had turned into a grizzly cub. Mirgath somersaulted forward, and instead of reaching his son, Beast Boy slammed into the window, triggering a defense system. A sonic cannon unfolded itself from the wall and blasted Beast Boy for a minute, then folded itself away again. Beast Boy was ashes.

Carefully, Cyborg tried to tip-toe forward. Whitefire picked him up and slammed him into the ground a couple times, then throwing him out an open window like a rag doll (one must remember that Mirgath was scared of Cyborg, and could mind talk with Whitefire).

Fayrii was not an idiot. So he climbed into a ceiling corner, and stayed there, frightened. The infants had no motive to leave, so continued to sit there and make baby noises. Since he didn't know what to do, Fayrii began consulting The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a wholly remarkable book. In it he was given an answer: just sit there.

Coincidentally, a The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book appeared out of a wormhole from ten years in the future, saying:

This book is a wholly remarkable book. It contains all your needs and information wants. In fact, this book is a better guide than the Encyclopedia Galactica, not a wholly remarkable book. Even better, this book showed Crown Prince Fayrii Lijaro how to survive babysitting on Earth, which had been thought to be mostly harmless.

Starfire and Raven walked into the quiet tower. It seemed strange, but they ignored it and walked into the TV room. Jack was the only one who could greet them. The three babies were sleeping in cradles. Robin was in an iron lung. Beast Boy was being reconstructed by DNA specialists. Cyborg was being built together by mechanics. Fayrii sat huddled in corner, rocking back and forth.

The girls dropped their things and ran over. "Jack, what has occurred?" Starfire asked.

"Robin fell off the tower, Cyborg was ripped apart by Whitefire, Beast Boy was blasted by a sonic cannon, and Fayrii was driven to the edge of insanity," Jack replied in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Perhaps the boys should have gone shopping…" Raven mumbled. Starfire nodded her head in agreement.