Jubilee Hall
By: TTFAN
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
"Guys…Where are you?" Robin asked rubbing his head as the debris cleared. He was in room that appeared to be a kitchen. He looked up and saw a hole in the ceiling. Robin looked around then moved to the next room. As he walking in he tripped on something… more like someone.
"Ouch. That hurt." A voice whined.
"Just great…" Robin muttered as Larry floated up.
"ROBIN! YAY, so what was your plan to beat the bad guy huh? Huh?" Larry asked as Robin twitched.
"It was a team effort thing. The idea was to split them up then take them down one by one…but I don't understand how they could've known…" Robin said.
"Well…you see that could be a problem." Larry said twiddling his thumbs.
"What do you mean?" Robin asked.
"Uh…you know when Deathstroke made us he implanted exact memories with them. They'll act sort of different, but they'll think like you guys do. Maybe Dick thought of the same plan." Larry said.
"Just great…how exactly can we do anything if they can predict every move?" Robin asked.
"Hmm…you could try something different. Something so out of how you normally think so that they won't see it coming, and you've got one thing that they don't have…me!" Larry said.
"…Maybe you're not so bad after all…we need to find Starfire for this plan to work." Robin said as an idea hit him.
"She's pretty, do you like her?" Larry asked.
"I…she's my girlfriend." Robin said proudly.
"Cool, where can I get one?" Larry asked as Robin stopped abruptly.
"Uh…"
"Argh, I'm going to kill that little dick wad, some plan." Animal Man said getting up rubbing his head. He was in a dim lit room. Most of it was empty, probably under construction. He saw a twitching hand underneath the rubble.
"Hello…what've we got here?" He asked removing several rocks to reveal a girl. He shook her a bit.
"Beast boy… where are the others?" Tara Markov asked opening her eyes slowly, getting up and dusting herself off.
"Beast boy?" Animal Man asked.
"Yeah, that's your nickname right?" Tara asked.
"It's Animal Man…but uh sure you can call me that." He said.
"What happened to your hair…and how long was I out?" Tara asked observing him. His hair was evenly split, longer, covered with what seemed to gel or water, not to mention he looked a lot more muscular.
"I…uh…a few days, didn't have time to shave or anything." Animal Man said.
"We've got to find some way to find the others. They could be in danger…" Tara said. Her eyes flared yellow for about a few seconds before she fell to her knees.
"That suit must've short circuited my powers for a while, looks like we'll have to work our way up the building." She said.
'She's weak now, kill her.' A voice screamed in his head.
'No…I'll wait. Maybe I can even use the girl as bait, all a part of the plan.' Animal Man reminded himself.
"Yeah…let's go." He said walking forward. She walked with him then stopped, staring at him suspiciously.
"Don't you trust me?" Animal Man asked.
"I just…never mind." Tara replied.
"Do you?" He asked again.
"Why does it matter?" She asked.
"I just want to know…" He said.
"Then yes, I trust you." She said walking faster so she was ahead if him.
"Perfect." He said with a grin.
"Starfire… Beast boy… Robin… Cyborg… Tara…?" Raven Roth called out.
"Aww…man…I think my arm got dented during that fall…" Cyborg said looking at his metallic arm.
"Cyborg…" Raven said walking towards him.
"What happened back there Raven?" He asked.
"Someone…or something must off set off an explosive. How do I know you're really Cyborg?" Raven asked.
"How do I know you're really Raven?" Cyborg asked.
"When's my birthday?" Raven asked.
"Uh…It's…wait a sec…-"
"Where was I born?" Raven asked.
"Well…er…"
"What's my favorite color?"
"Umm…purple?" Cyborg said.
"It's you…by the way…my favorite color is blue." Raven said.
"I didn't answer any of those questions right." Cyborg said confused scratching the human part of his head.
"Exactly, the real Cyborg wouldn't have remembered any of those-"
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean? Why don't I ask you a few questions?" Cyborg asked.
"We're wasting time. Even if I was a clone, why would I have asked you?" Raven said walking towards a door.
"Oh…wait what if you wanted me to think you weren't the clone by trying to see if I was a clone…" Cyborg said.
"Then you would've been buried under all that trash I had to dig you out of." Raven said.
"I bet you're setting up some kind of secret plan." Cyborg said.
"Whatever…if you're going to delay my effort to finding the others fine, go ahead you can't stop me, just prolong the inevitable." Raven said.
"Yeah…you're Raven. No one's ever that cranky." Cyborg said.
"If you still wore underwear, it would've been over your head." Raven said annoyed.
Wally West took off the bandages on his ankle and moved it around a bit. The speed power he had, allowed his wound to heal much faster. He got up and looked around for the others.
"Hey man, don't tell me, I'm the only one here." Wally said speeding over to Garfield Logan.
"Dude…my head's killing me." Gar said dusting himself off.
"…Looks like one heck-of-a fall." Wally said looking at the rubble and the large hole in the wall.
"Hey there's a map here…where should we search first?" Gar asked. They both stared at each other than grinned.
"The Kitchen" They both said in unison.
"SLOW DOWN YOU LUNATIC!" Toni Monetti yelled over the blaring music, watching the mph go from seventy five to eighty.
"Hey you said we should get to Jump as soon as possible." Jason Mc Culver said with a laugh.
"We're not going to get there if we're both dead." Toni said as he slowed down.
"Sure…spoil my fun." Jason said.
"Are you sure you're sober? You just had three cans of beer." Toni said, afraid they were going to crash.
"Yeah I'm fine, which way?" He asked as she pointed to exit 43. He turned the wheel and picked up speed again.
"TRUCK" She yelled grabbing the wheel and turning.
"That's it, I'm driving. Get your butt out off the seat." Toni said.
"Do not talk to the driver while the ve-hicle is in motion. I thought you had a permit." Jason said.
"I do, it's just- ARGH. Just stop the car and get out." She said.
"Are you forgetting we're in my car?" He asked as she muttered something along the lines of 'idiotic moron'.
"Look, I know how to drive fast and I am sober…least now. We'll make it. The plane for Steel City leaves in thirty minutes, in case you've forgotten." Jason said.
"Every second we're wasting time." Toni said.
"Heh. Now you're staring to remind me of bird boy, weird kid…" He said stepping on the gas petal and heading towards Gotham City's Airport…ninety miles per hour.
"Friends…are you present at this moment?" Kory Anders asked rubbing her arm nervously. She walked aimlessly for the past five minutes. The darkness was terrifying her, if not being alone. She finally spotted someone.
"Raven!" Kory shouted hugging the girl.
"Raven?" Rachael asked.
"Is that not your name friend?" Kory asked.
"Yes…Kory is that you?" Rachael asked skimming her memory for this person.
"Let us venture to find Robin to find learn of his elaborate plan to lead us to victory!" Kory exclaimed.
"Sure…did you see anyone else around here?" Rachael asked.
"I believe I had found a statue in that direction…it is how you say 'just plain freaky', for several seconds it had…blinked." Kory said.
"This statue looked human?" Rachael asked.
"Yes precisely." Kory said.
"We should go back…retrace your steps." Rachael said.
"But I have the awful feeling in the pit of my stomach." Kory said as Rachael walked towards the direction Kory pointed. Kory sighed and ran forward to catch up.
Tara stared at the security cameras.
"Something just doesn't feel right." She said as Animal Man aimed a taser at her.
BZZT
"Hey Garfield?" Tara said.
"What?" Animal Man grumbled smacking the taser a bit, it didn't seem to work.
"I just wanted you to know…you're the best friend I ever had." Tara said looking back at him.
"Jeez…Tara…same here" He said hiding the taser behind him. She walked towards him and wrapped her arms around his neck. He grinned as he placed his arms around her waist.
"Do you love me?" She asked.
"Yeah…I do." He said, before she placed her lips on his.
"You're a good kisser." Animal Man said as their lips parted.
"What kind of girl do you think I am?" Tara asked with a seductive grin.
"I don't know, you tell me." He said. Tara slowly grabbed a pistol from her belt as he placed his lips on hers again. His tongue slipped into her mouth as she brought the back of the gun to the side of his head.
CLUNK
"I'm not that stupid." Tara said wiping her mouth with her sleeve, then spitting as he fell to the floor.
"Pathetic pervert" She grumbled shaking her head. She found a first aid kit in the corner. She opened the box and found some tape in it.
"Interrogation time" She said unrolling the tape and tying his arms and legs to a chair.
"…And that's where babies come from…anymore questions?" Robin asked annoyed beyond reasoning.
'I am never having kids.' He reminded himself for the millionth time.
"Are you sure they're from the stork?" Larry asked innocently.
"You don't believe me?" Robin asked.
"Of course I believe you Robin, you know everything." Larry said.
"Ego inflation isn't good for you." Raven said bluntly walking in the room with Cyborg.
"Boy am I glad to see you two…Wait a second…you're both clones aren't you?" Robin asked suspiciously.
"I still have your baby pictures on my computer and I'm ready to sell to the highest bidder on e-bay." Raven said.
"Yup it's the originals, Stone isn't half metal and Rachael isn't always so…creepy." Larry said as Raven shot death glares.
"Who're you calling creepy?" She asked.
"Don't kill me." Larry shrieked hiding behind Robin.
"Why Rachael?" Robin asked.
"When I moved to Gotham from Azarath that was the name I used…" Raven stated.
"I hope the others are ok." Robin said.
"I calculated the area's where we were standing and…Kid Flash and Beast boy landed together, Tara's across the building and…Star's some where eastward." Cyborg said.
"Tara knows how to take care of herself…its Starfire I'm worried about." Raven said before a blood curling scream rang out. Robin darted towards the past each room as the trio followed.
"Let her go." Robin growled. Stone held the beaten up girl in a headlock, while Rachael was in a fighting stance ready to attack.
"One step closer and she's dead." Stone said.
"I don't think so." Raven said as her eyes turned white. A dark energy pried his arms open and Kory's body flew over to their side.
"Impressive…but you just made my job a lot easier." Rachael said as a filing cabinet was flung at them. Cyborg punched the cabinet as paper scattered everywhere. Cyborg and Stone circled each other both ready to attack. Raven and Rachael flung miscellaneous objects at each other.
"Robin get Kory to a safe place." Raven said before chanting her mantra, a bookshelf toppled over the clone. Raven's eyes widened as her counterpart lifted the bookshelf with ease and threw it back.
"Raven's right, they'll use you and Kory as a diversion, you two are just more people we'll need to look over…and take the kid." Cyborg said, referring to Larry, before being punched in the jaw. Robin took one last look at his teammates before carrying Kory to a safer distance.
"Dude…you just ate ten baloney sandwiches in five seconds." Gar said amazed.
"Hey I'm hungry." Wally said before he got hit with a green bolt of energy.
"Looks like we found dumb and dumber in the right spots, isn't that right Dick?" A voice said.
"Got that right babe. What shade of red would you like the room, honey?" Another asked, before a bullet sped past Gar, barely missing the center his arm, but it managed to form a deep cut on the side.
"Not cool…" Gar said placing his hand on the wound as Wally got up.
"Feels like I got thrown into fire, few words of advice, don't get hit man." Wally said as two figures approached.
"Robin what just…oh crud." Gar said as Dick aimed the pistol.
"Get down!" Wally said pushing him down to avoid the bullet.
"Can you turn into something like a T-rex and kick their butts or something? I'll jack their weapons and take care distract 'red'." Wally said as Gar nodded. Wally sped past Dick grabbing the weapon out of his hand.
"Huh? Shit." Dick said as Gar turned into a T-rex and hit him with his tail.
"Hello ma'am how's it going? You're looking particularly hot today." Wally said speeding from one place to another with Koriand'r's attack's trailing him.
"Quit hitting on my girlfriend." Dick growled.
"Whoops too slow." Wally said going from behind the table to the front of it.
"Beast boy now!" Wally shouted as Gar changed into a pterodactyl, using his claws to pick up and throw a metallic elongated table at them. They both sighed and leaned on the wall.
"Heh…aren't so tough now." Gar said before the table was thrown at them. Gar changed into a gorilla and caught it.
"Ouch…that actually hurt…now it's our turn." Dick said with a murderous grin.
"Come on Kory, please say something…anything." A voice said after pouring some water in down her mouth. Kory's eyes slowly opened.
"Robin?" Kory asked weakly. She was now in a white room filled with other beds and patients. Her wounds were also bandaged.
"It's ok, you're safe. Jinx and the HIVE opened up a small medical facility. We're away from all the danger…I just wanted to make sure you're ok." Robin said. She observed him for a while. He was still wearing the same orange jumpsuit, only now he had a belt filled explosives, 'freeze disks', and several red projectiles.
"What are those?" Kory asked pointing to them.
"Oh…uh they're called birdarangs…I sort of made them as a prototype. I guess I'll see you later." Robin said before turning towards the exit.
"Wait…please do not leave." Kory said grabbing his arm.
"I have to Kory…they need me." Robin said. He gazed into her worried eyes filled with pain.
"Will…Will I ever see you again?" She asked softly, he managed a weak smile.
"Don't worry…I'll come back in one piece, I promise." Robin said kissing her forehead.
"Richard…I love you." Kory said, her eyes brimming with tears as he walked towards the door.
"I know Kory…and I love you too… stay safe." Robin said walking out, he didn't look back. He wasn't sure if he would've left if he did.
A.N. It's hard to balence a project and this at the same time. BTW thanks for the reviews.