"What?! Dude, that is nuts," Speedy hollered, waving his arms about. "I mean, what if Raven finds out?"
"She won't," Robin protested. "I have it all planned out. You just have to pretend to kidnap her, and I'll come along and rescue her. Simple!"
"Yeah right." Speedy sneered. "So, genius, how do I kidnap her without the risk of losing my life?"
Robin grinned. "I'll let you into her room. When she comes in, you jump out and cover her face with this chloroform cloth. She'll pass out for about half an hour, and as she awakes I'll come along, pretend to bash you up and save her while you get away. And you get a hundred bucks!"
Speedy looked at Robin from the corner of his eye. Obviously, boy wonder was trying to impress Raven with the oldest trick of all times. The money was tempting, and this could be very interesting.
"You've got yourself a deal, boy blunder."
Raven just got home from the library. She smiled. A whole stack of books to read, and best of all, no Robin and his stupid ideas. Life does have its bright sides after all; she thought as she slid open her room door. All of a sudden, a masked figure covered her mouth with a cloth. Shit, she muttered as she passed out.
Speedy stared at his watch. Twenty minutes. Another ten minutes and Robin would come and act out his heroic charade, and then he would get his hundred bucks. Easy. But if so, then why was he so nervous? He glanced at his watch, not noticing as a certain cloaked figure arose behind him…
Robin arrived on his R-cycle. He opened the doors to the abandoned warehouse. The perfect setting for kidnap, he thought. All of a sudden, he heard loud groans from inside, followed by someone screaming for mercy. Strange, he thought, was that in the plan?
Robin's mouth fell open as he threw open the doors of the warehouse. Raven was floating and throwing crates at a pathetically crouching Speedy.
"Robin! Help! I'm gonna die thanks to you! Arghh!"
"Rae!" Robin screamed, "Stop! Please!"
Raven glared at him, her eyes glowing red. "This !#!&#! tried to kidnap me! I'm gonna shred him to pieces! I'm gonna liquidify him!
Robin shouted, "Raven! It's Speedy! Stop now!"
Raven paused. "Speedy? Why would he kidnap me?"
"Ask the genius." gasped a bruised and battered Speedy.
Raven turned to Robin murderously. "Explain. Now."
Robin sat in his room, gently nursing his many bruises. Not only did he have to pay for Speedy's hospital bills, Raven was absolutely pissed with him. So pissed that he ended up with a collection of bruises himself.
A soft knock on the door interrupted his train of thoughts. The door slid open, and Raven stood outside, looking a lot less angry.
She floated in and looked at Robin's bruises. "Wow," she said, half in pity and half in glee. She sat down next to him and placed her hand over his many injuries. A yellow light glowed and the bruises vanished.
She folded her arms and looked at him sternly. "Look," she said, "This is just a warning. Never, and I repeat, NEVER do anything half as stupid again, am I clear?"
Robin nodded, and Raven teleported away.
As soon as she had left, Robin took out his notebook again. Canceling out the kidnapping scheme, he looked at the paper thoughtfully and jotted down: Buy her gifts, seek her forgiveness and impress her over a candlelight dinner, turnip-free…
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