CI: here we go, chapter 35! hope you guys are enjoying the 5-chapter treat!
Disclaimer: CrazyInsomaniac does not own the characters, just the plot --- hey where did Robin go?
Chapter 35:
He was woken at Dawn the next morning by the butler. It felt more like being shook awake though...
'Come down to the main room, Master Slade is waiting for you'
'Why dont you tell Master Slade to jump in front of a train?' he said but the butler ignored the comment and went away.
Sighing, He grudgingly made his way through the corridor and down towards the main room.
'Good, I thought i would have to come upstairs myself to get you' he said, his voice a bit agitated.
As if I care thought Robin.
'Your training starts now' he said and Robin had bearly enoug time to react as Slade gave him a good kick under the jaw.
Stumbling back, Robin's eyes narrowed and he blocked the next few attacks perfectly and then started attacking with his own moves.
He was doing pretty good until Slade caught his fist and twisted it backward near breaking point, making him cry out.
'Good Robin, but not good enough' he said as he kneed him in the back and threw him across the room like a rag doll.
Robin landed in a heap a few feet away but could not muster the energy to stand up again, he hadnt even had breakfast yet!
Slade walked towards him, his hands behind him 'You put up a good fight, but with my guidance youll be even better' he said and bent down to his eye level 'youll learn to like it, ill teach you things that your pathetic mentor could only dream of'
All right, thats it Robin thought angrily and quickly got up, wiping the small amount of blood from his mouth as he glared at Slade.
'You can never beat me, you can barely stand so I suggest you go have some breakfast' he said, his voice reflecting ausement.
Robin was about to lunge at Slade when Wintegreen stopped him and giving him a look that clearly said Dont-be-ridiculous-you-are-only-going-to-hurt-yourself and led him towards the dining room where Amy and Mont were already seated, Mont on a throne like chair at one end and Amy by his right side on a not-so-throne-like chair.
Robin's eyes widened when he looked at her. She was covered in as many bruises as he himself was and she supported a heavily bruised arm. Guess he wasent the only one in here who was 'under training' as he had first thought.
Wintegreen seated him in a chair towards the opposite end and placed a plate of pan-cakes in front of him.
Probably poisened he thought and decided that he was not hungry. He looked over towards the other two and found Mont eating in a humanly way and Amy staring at her plate in disgust after finally pushing it away with a stubborn look on her face.
Thier eyes met and they both exchanged wry smiles, yup, this was the beginning of a really wierd freindship.
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Cyborg and Raven had Robin's case files concerning Slade all over the kitchen counter and were examining them, thier eyes weary from lack of sleep.
Starfire was out looking for any clues or traces with James while Beast boy...
Well, he was...
Actually he was pigging out on the couch while flipping through channels with a bored expression on his face. It wasent like he didnt want to help, but the last time he had helped he ended up activating the 'lock down' mode of titans tower and they had to stay trapped in thier rooms for hours...
And besides, Raven and Cyborg had told him to do whatever he wanted to so he was doing it, right?
duh.
So now he was flipping through some channels which were showing boring stuff.
flipping
flipping
flipping
hello what have we here? Beast boy leaned forward in interest as they showed pictures of
dead, brutally murdered bodies found near the old abandoned airfeild.
'Yo Cy, Raven come on! you gave got to see this!' he called.
Both of them groaned 'If this is another wondeful Tofu commentry then forget it B, we're working' answered Cyborg, not looking up from the folders.
'Im serious! I think its a clue' Both of them groaned and finally left their work to see what he was babbling about.
'Numerous bodies have been found near this abandoned airfield. The bodies seem to have been brutally murdered. Athaurities say that this was just an accident' the newsreporter added and turned to talk to a polica officer.
'Accident my butt' said Cyborg, his eyes wide 'This is Slade's doing yall'
'How can you be sure?' asked Raven.
'I dunno but i have a feeling that it is. Cmon, lets get down there and search for clues' said
Cyborg and signalled them to come on 'Get your butt off the couch B, im serious'
'Aww, but they were going to tell me about a new brand of Tofu' Beastboy whined as he followed the two titans out the door.
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Meanwhile. Starfire and James had also spotted the scene.
'Do you think Slade is behind this?' asked Starfire as she hovered with James above the place.
'Only one way to find out' he answered and both of them lowered to the ground.
The sight of dead bodies made Starfire shiver 'I donot like this place, it gives me the willies'
James walked over towards one of the dead corpse 'ok, just look for clues, im going to interrogate this guy'
'How are you going to do that when he is dead?' Starfire asked in wonder.
James smirked 'just one of the perks of being a creepy red-eyed guy he said and placed his fingers on the corpse's temple, willing it;s dead mind to show what he had seen before his demise.
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Sparks sighed and shifted herself in her cozy sofa-chair.
She knew she was too young for the JLu, as Batman had so nicely pointed out but thankfully, Superman had fought her case and eventually, afetr earning hard, steel melting glares from Batman, had asked her to join.
Everyone had agreeed, except for Batman ofcourse but majority is athaurity...yay!
Being in the JLU had so many benefits, she could stay like this forever.
Unfortunately fate was not on her side.
Her phone rang noisilly, shifting her out of her cozy position and towards her desk next time, ill make sure to have a cell phone she thought.
She picked up the receiver 'Yellow?'
A male voice answered from the other end 'Yellow to you too'
'Batman!' she half-yelled in suprise and dropped the phone. She quickly retreived it and leaned on the table with her gloved hand resting on the edge 'how are you? hows bird boy? hows Alfred? hows Speedy? hows-'
'Will you ever stop?'
She blushed Batman made me blush, even on the phone! 'sorry'
'It happens'
'So...what up?'
'I need you to pay a visit to the titans because im busy with the penguin right now'
'What happened? is everything ok?' she blurted out, worried about the teenagers.
'I just need you to check up on them' he answered casually.
'Why dont you just call them?' she asked innocently.
'I cant rely on calling, last time they put up all sorts of excuses to keep me from finding out that he was missing'
'But nothing gets by you does it?' she joked
'I just need you to check up on them'
'Robin is not going to like this' she warned.
'Its his fault, he forgot to call' and with those final words, he hung up.
Sparks sighed and put the phone back on the receiver. If Batman had told her to light up the eiffel tower, she would have done it but facing Bird boy in a temper was worse then getting wet...
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CI: didnt think id Sparks appear now did you? suprise suprise!
by the way i dont know much about JLu but I just had to include her in it, thats all part of the plot
Robin: crazy plot you mean
CI: watch it porcupine!
Laterzzz
CrazyInsomaniac.