Lonely Paths Come Together
Chapter Three
Before meeting Raven
Robin's P.O.V
You only see what your eyes want to see,
How can life be what you want it to be?
You're frozen,
When your hearts not open,
I am on patrol like every night. I have already stopped a thief from stealing from a jewelry store, kid stuff, and way too easy for me. He didn't put up much of a fight. I don't have a team, after Batman, I decided just to go solo. I never really liked a team holding me down. Its not that I think I'm better than everyone, it's just I like to be alone or I'm just used to being alone all the time, one of the two.
You're so consumed with how much you get,
You waist your time with hate and regret,
Your broken when you hearts not open,
So here I am now, jumping from building to building looking for any thing out of place. The city seems to be in a state of silence tonight. It is very cold tonight, and even I am somewhat chilled. I stay on alert for another hour, and seeing as nothing is happening, I am prepared to return home, when I jump on a certain building, look down and see some man holding on to a small girl, she doesn't look more than ten years old. I am now on full alert, so I crouch down so the two in the ally way can not see me.
I can't see the man's face, only the back of his head, which looks to be covered with some sort of medal. The man is holding on to the girl's wrists and I see him lean over and whisper something to the child, I hear the girl yell at the man.
If I could melt your heart,
We'd never be apart,
Give yourself to me,
You hold the key,
"No, let me go." I see her try and kick the man, but I know it is futile, seeing as he is several feet taller, muscled and much older than the child. I can hear the man speaking to her.
"Quit fighting, you know it won't work, you belong to me now." I hear the man say aloud. Hearing this I decide to intervene.
"She belongs to no one." I call down to the man as I stand to full form. I do not believe they can see for I am still in the shadows.
Now there's no point in placing the blame,
And you should know I suffer the same,
If I lose you,
My heart will be broken,
"And who might you be?" I hear the man ask, as he looks up at me. I can see his face now, and I was right, he is wearing a mask, that looks to be made of medal and that only shows one eye. He is very muscular, and tall, I can not tell his age for the mask hides what I truly want to know.
I reply back, "Let her go and I just might tell you." I had learned awhile back never to give out names to quickly, until you know the threat completely.
Love is a bird,
She needs to fly,
Let all the hurt inside of you die,
You're frozen when your hearts not open,
I hear the masked man chuckle at me and say, "You are brave, I'll give you that. But no, I won't let her go, she belongs to me. So if you don't want to have any physical damage done . . ." I do not let him finish his sentence, since I have heard these very words before, and they lead no where, except to violence, so I try to act fast in situations such as these.
I swing down from a pole, and slam the man in the chest making sure I hit hard enough to surprise him and send him back wards. I breathe a small sigh of relief when the man lets go of the girl as he flies back. I stand between the small girl, making sure the man saw his newest threat in front of him.
If I could melt your heart,
We'd never be apart,
Give yourself to me,
You hold the key,
The masked man recovers fast and says to me, "You will pay for that." The man charges me, but I already know he would do this so I am prepared for the assault. When he gets close I do a round house kick to the man's head sending him flying to the right, but he does a flip in mid air and lands perfectly on his feet. I see the man place his hands behind his back, his body seems to be very relaxed, and he seems to be very calm for someone that isn't getting his way.
You only see what your eyes want to see,
How can life be what you want it to be,
Your frozen when you hearts not open,
I see him look at me with his one eye and he says to me, "You are a formidable foe." He then turns to the girl on the ground and says to her, "We will meet again my bird." I see the masked man turn and disappear into the darkness that the ally way provides. I turn to the girl and see that the cloak that had previously been hiding her face and eyes had fallen to her shoulders and now showed her head. I looked at her eyes, they appeared to be a dark purple, which were almost black. I help her up, and dust her off.
"You have beautiful eyes," I complement the girl before asking her name.
"It's Raven." She replies to me.
"Raven, I like it, I'm Robin." I tell her, and we shake hands.
"Thank you for saving me, although I'm sure I could have beaten him myself." She says to me in a bold voice.
If I could melt your heart,
We'd never be apart,
Give yourself to me,
You hold the key,
"You were doing a fantastic job from where I stood." I give her a sarcastic reply, but I decide to go gentle on the small child and I smile down at her. She gives me a retort before I ask if she has a home, and her reply is no. I think I am out of my mind when I say that she can come and stay with me. She tries to say something about not wanting to intrude, but I go out of my way and tell her that it gets lonely where I live and that I could use some company. She agrees though after this, and I hold her hand as we both walk out of the ally. I keep wondering who that masked man was and why he wanted this scrawny child.
If I could melt your heart,
We'd never be apart,
Give yourself to me,
You hold the key,
I don't know what I will do with her now. For some reason I don't mind the company, for deep down I know I do get lonely and long for someone to talk to and for someone to just be there, no matter how much I say I like to be alone. I look down upon the child, and wonder just what I have put upon myself.
If I could melt you heart.