Hi. Sorry for the non-update…really, I am! And, as you all see, I have changed my penname. Deal with it.
Chapter 4: 2 and 2 Make…Um, 5?
Robin was in Gotham for a reason. He was chasing notorious assassins Cheshire and Arsenal, and had tracked them to Gotham. But then he met Raven.
And his whole life turned upside down.
Robin mulled over this while swinging through the streets. He had actually thought about it, and realized that his feelings were simply the shock of seeing a beautiful girl.
'You know that isn't true.' Nagged a voice in his head.
'Shut up.'
'Talking to yourself is the first sign of dementia.'
'SHUT UP!'
Robin sighed, then swung for home. Once he got there, he turned on his computer, and logged on to AIM. Raven was online.
ishconfuzzled: hey rich.
Uknowuloveme: hey ravey
ishconfuzzled: Hey, can I come 2 ur house 2morrow?
Uknowuloveme: sure. I live at 236 Millionaires Row.
ishconfuzzled: kk. BTW, DON'T CALL ME RAVEY!
ishconfuzzled has logged off at 10:49.
Uknowuloveme has logged off at 10:50
NEXT DAY!
"Whoa." Breathed Raven. "I knew he was rich, but…" She trailed away. The door of the huge mansion opened.
"Hey Raven." Said Richard. "C'mon in! Did you cut your hair?"
"Master Dick, you really should have let me get the door!" reprimanded an old-ish man with an English accent.
"Right. Sorry Alfred. Oh right, Raven, this is my…Alfred. Alfred this is Raven."
"Welcome miss. Cookies are on the table."
"Please, it's just Raven. And yes I did, Dick." She said, fingering her now shoulder length hair.
"Your Alfred?" questioned Raven. "You are the only person I know who has an Alfred."
"Really? Everyone should have an Alfred. Everyone needs an Alfred."
"His mind is better protected than yours." Said Raven abruptly.
"What?" asked Richard, amused but astonished.
"Cut the crap, Robin." Said Raven, emphasizing the word 'Robin.'
"Umm…my name isn't Robin."
"Oh really?" she said, raising an eyebrow. "Then what…" she said, and played a few chords on the grand piano. "…is this?" as the doors opened to reveal the Batcave.
"Okay." Surrendered Richard. "You got me. How did you know?"
"I can see secrets hidden in people or things. I don't know how or why. The piano's secret is not that well hidden." She said, nudging it with her toe.
"Ummm…Dick? I need to—what's going on?" said a man, entering the room.
"Are you Bruce Wayne?" questioned Raven.
"Yes." He said warily.
She shook his hand. "Nice to finally meet the Batman."
"Ummmm…Dick? Didn't we have an 'only-show-the-Batcave-to-a-girl-after-you've-been-dating-her-for-years' policy?"
"I didn't tell her! She figured it out by herself!"
"The piano told me." Said Raven, and shrugged apologetically.
"Okay. Well, who are your parents?" Bruce shot at Raven.
"Um…Arella and Trigon Roth."
"That explains it. Well, there are a couple of things I should tell you." He led them down to the Batcave. The computers automatically turned on. He typed in a few words, and a file came up. He turned around.
Dick, however, was staring at Raven.
"Uh…Raven? Are you alright?"
Raven was in pain. She had gotten a headache when she entered Dick's domain, but now it felt like a dozen voices inside her head were clamoring for help.
"I'm—" then she fainted.
Batman knew that it wasn't an ordinary fainting spell.
"Get her to the infirmary. Now."
They got her to the infirmary, at which time, she began to float.
"As I thought." Said Batman.
"What?" asked Dick.
"I'll only explain it once. Wait until she wakes up."
With a sigh, Dick dropped into a chair, and the two men began their silent vigil.
In Raven's Head
Raven appeared in a landscape of gray.
"Where am I?"
"You're inside your head, silly!" said a pink-cloaked girl who looked almost identical to Raven.
"Um, right. Why am I here again?"
"Because of him." Said the girl, pointing at a huge red guy with four yellow eyes and reindeer antlers. He looked at them, and the pink-cloaked girl squeaked and disappeared.
"Hello, daughter." He deadpanned.
"Um…who are you?" asked Raven in a monotone, even though she was quaking inside.
"I am Trigon, sixth demon of hell. I am your creator. I am your father."
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