Well, here's the newest chapter! I don't really have much more to say other than enjoy!
Beast Boy's POV
Me and Starfire slogged through the sewers. The insides were a sickly green, with cracks on the walls, which were circular. The floor was filled with water that came up to our knees.
"Please, why are we returning to these sewers?" She asked from behind me, "Did we not already look through here many times?"
"When we were looking, we just thought he was lost." I answered, not bothering to turn to look at the girl, "Now we know he was with Slade. And looking here, the last place we saw him before the betrayal, could give us some clues."
She nodded, although muttering to herself about how there were no betrayals. I chose to just ignore her.
After a few long minutes spent in silence, we found ourselves before the wall that Cinderblock had broken.
We both walked into the otherside. I looked around, the structure seemed to be more normal, but there were supports everywhere. Or more there were pillars but now presumably during the fight they had been broken. The floor, ceiling, and pillars were all the same color as the walls of the old sewer had been. However the walls of this one were yellow.
Starfire turned to me, "I still do not get the point of all this." She said, "We know he fought Cinderblock. The damage here proves it. And when we first returned to this spot and found Friend Robin gone, Cinderblock was unconscious. And since there is no reason Cinderblock may have done the attack in the first place unless he was under Slade's orders, then Friend Robin could never have been a spy."
I turned to her, "Star, while you're right about all of that," Ok, it took me an embarrassing long time to realize that, but she doesn't need to know. "But where did Robin go after the fight? How did he come into contact with Slade? There has to be some proof around here."
We resumed our search through the rubble, but to no avail.
"Are we certain Slade did not come here himself?" Starfire asked, "Or that the device used to communicate is still here?"
I paused, thinking about what she said, before turning into a dog and sniffing for the third scent that could have been here.
After a little bit, I turned back to a human and announced "All the scents from that day are gone. But one of those is probably what happened."
She nodded, "but who would know which?"
We both paused for a moment in thought, before saying in sympathy "Cinderblock!"
Later, at Jump City Prison
The room was dark with only a flickering light that hung from the ceiling. In front of us was a gray table, and before that was a large chair with restaurants holding out interrogee in.
He was all gray, blocky, and big, making it hell to keep him in. His facial features were limited to red eyes and a big mouth.
"Alright, Cinderblock," I began. "I don't know if you've heard the news but our Teammate Robin recently betrayed us for Slade." I leaned in closer, "And you were the person who separated us beforehand. So what do you know?"
Silence.
"Maybe I was a little too subtle last time so let me make this clear." I said, "If you don't start talking now, you will regret it."
A grunt escaped the beast, but nothing more.
Before I could react, Starfire placed her hand on my shoulder. "Beast Boy, I do not believe the Cinderblock is physically able to speak."
I turned to her, "Well then what do we do?"
She paused, "I supposed we must find another means of communication."
"I mean, obviously!" I yelled, "But how do we communicate?! He can't talk besides grunts, I doubt he writes, and he certainly doesn't know sign language!" Not that it would matter considering neither of us do too, I mentally added.
She looked towards Cinderblock and then back to me, before saying "I think I know what to do."
She walked towards him, leaned across the table, and pulled him into a kiss.
On the sidelines, I tried to say something but found myself frozen. She broke the kiss before making a grunt of her own.
He responded, making her eyes glow seemingly in response. After she yelled at him (in the grunts) some he replied with a grunt that got her to calm down.
The two remained like this for a while before Star turned to me and said, "It was the trap of sorts. Friend Robin defeated Cinderblock but Slade had given Cinderblock a device, revealing his location. Friend Robin presumably followed it, but he knows no more than that."
I shook my head, waking myself up, before saying "Star, what was… that about?" guestruring between her and the block beast.
She shrugged, "On my planet lip contact allows us to learn languages. Although from what I have put together on Earth it means more.
"But it does not matter, as I learned his language and got us the information we needed, yes?" Star added.
I nodded, shaking myself out of my weirded out state. "That's great. So now we know that Robin was on our side during his time on the team and how he and Slade got into contact. That's a beginning."
She nodded as we walked out together, "It's a beginning but there is still much to figure out."
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