Josh: Hey guys! CrazyInsomaniac cant be here so im updating for her, she got involved into an...er...accident.

But she told me to update for her so im just writing what was in her rough notes.

Disclaimer: Refer to previous chapter...

Chapter 38:

Amy stared at the ceiling, the wheels in her mind turning over time.

She could have gotten Robin out of here...

But he had refused...

That idiot...

Why didnt Robin take her offer? He knew that she had the capacity to manage over here, he reminded her of her elder brother. Maxy, she called him as it was his pet name, he used to call her beatle.

Tears welled in her eyes as she remembered how he had taken care of her, both mentally and physically when their parents had died in a bomb explosion near the US embassy building...

(flashback)

'Its gonna be ok'

'No its not'

'Yes it is'

'How can you say that?' the little girl yelled at him, tears in her black eyes 'Mama and Papa are dead'

'So?' the 15-year old boy retorted, his voice firm. He had short spiky hair and the kindest, warmest black eyes she had ever seen; he was wearing blue pants with a baggy black shirt over them which almost swallowed up his whole form and had a sad smile on his face.

'Mama and Papa are not dead' he said softly. She looked at him as he took her frail hand in his own and squeezed it gently, making her look directly into his eyes 'They are always with you'

'Where?' she asked, rather dumbly. He gave her another smile and placed her hand on her chest, right above her heart 'In your heart'

She looked confused for a moment but then her face softened as she finally understood what he was saying.

'C'mon, lets get you some tea which you like so much' he said and led the distressed twelve year old towards the flats they lived in.

(end flashback)

Oh Maxy she thought sadly as a tear slowly crept from her eye and down her cheek, she made no attempt to stop it as the other tears started flowing, along with her memories...

(flashback)

They were in one of the small dark alleys which were littered with rubbish. 3 years had passed since the horrible accident and both brother and sister had grownup in the roughest of enviroments, the toughest of people and had lived the harsher side of life.

But Now, they were stronger, faster, more intelligent and much more sensible than they used to be.

Amy had grown taller, with her hair reaching down till her waist, her skin no longer soft and delicate like it used to be but now rough and well adapted to the enviroment. She was wearing torn, baggy blue pants and a muddy white shirt, which was all that was left of her past but the kind twinkle in her eye was still there.

Amy's brother had grown taller and skinnier as well, his hair was surprisingly still spiky and he was wearing torn and dirty black pants with the same black shirt (also torn) he had worn three years ago, reminding him of why he must take care of his sister and surprisingly, it was still baggy on him, but just a bit shorter.

These three years they had survived together, battled together and were still battelling the society which is still so cruel.

Truth hurts.

Yeah, it definately does.

Amy and her brother had grown more closer to each other than ever before and that gave her hope that they could pull this off.

Too bad fate was against her.

'Amy, come over here, I think I found you a blanket' came his warm voice and Amy slowly made her way towards her brother who was holding a wrinkeled blue blanket in his arms.

'But Maxy, what are you going to do?' she asked as she draped the blanket over her slim shoulders.

He gave her a smile 'Im ok' he said and smirked 'Nothing can penetrate the Max fortress of immunity' making her roll her eyes.

'Come here idiot' she said and pulled him down, then shared the blanket with him 'Immunity my butt'

'But Amy-'

'Shut up'

'But I-'

'Shut it'

He gave a tired sigh 'You never listen'

She gave him a crooked smile 'Nor do you'

No sooner had she said that, five masked figures came into view with guns and sticks in thier hands.

First wanring bell: masks and armed...

Both siblings immediatly got up but Maxy pushed Amy behind him as a sign of brotherly protectiveness.

The five men were not intimidated the least, they quickly made thier way towards the pair and pretty soon, there was a big fight in the small alley.

Her brother was quite strong, but the men were much stronger and one of them crept up behind him and hit him voilently with the butt of his gun, making blood pour out from the wound.

This angered her and she quickly caught her fallen brother in her thin, yet strong arms and laid him on the cool road.

But she had to take her anger out on someone...

And the five men were gonna get it.

She fought ferociously and finally knocked them all out. Breathing heavily, she made her way towards her brother who was weakly calling out her name.

'B-Beatle?'

'Yes Maxy?' she answered as she tore a part of her shirt and wrapped it around his head. He smiled and touched her face with trembling hands 'You dont know how proud I am of you'

She smiled back 'Shhh, dont talk stupid' she said gently, silently celebrating at the praise.

All of a sudden, Maxy's eyes widened 'Look out behind you!' he said and quickly shoved her aside.

The dart, which had been aimed for Amy's back, hit him in the chest. His eyes widened and he fell back as the drug started kicking in.

'NO!' Amy yelled and caught him once more, peering into his half-closed eyes 'Maxy, dont you dare leave me!'

He groped her hand in his trembling one as his eyes closed 'Ill never leave you, Ill always be with you...in your heart...' his voice trailed off and his eyes closed.

'MAXY! NO!' she yelled with tears with her brother's thin form still in her arms and tried to shake him awake.

But someone grabbed her from behind and before she could protest, that someone had pressed a chlorofoam-soaked cloth onto her mouth and nose, making her see black.

And that was all she remembered before she ended up over here.

She had kicked and screamed and protested with everything she had on her first weeks here.

But soon stopped, there was no point.

First her parents, now Maxy

She was all alone

(end flashback)

All alone...

Those words burned in her mind and anger welled up inside her. Robin was her freind, just like her brother.

Mont had taken someone special from her.

She was not about to let him take another one.

And you could bet on it.

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The batwing lightly touched the roof of titans tower and the Batman stepped out of it to face the guilty faces of the teenagers who were waiting with uncertain looks on thier faces.

Now they were going to get it...

'So, mind playing it by me again?' he said in his usual tone which was now straining to restrain the anger building up inside him, making them all shudder.

None of them spoke a word, they seemed to be staring at the ground until Raven finally gathered the courage to look the man in the eye.

Which was really difficult, mind you.

'Robin disappeared a few weeks ago and we have been trying to find him'

'Do you know who took him?'

'Slade'

Batman's fists tightened at the mention of his name 'Do you have any proof?'

As if on cue, James stepped out from behind the teenagers with the same smile on his face 'I delivered him to him'

Batman was having a real hard time controlling his anger now.

'And you are?' he asked, trying to keep the annoyance and anger out of his voice but didnt succeed.

'Dr.James Thompson, at your service' he relied and gave a short bow.

'Right' he looked back at Raven, a steely look in his eyes 'And you are trusting him because?'

'He...' she looked back at the others who were making signs at her to stop 'said he wanted to help'

'And you trust him with that?'

'Yes' she answered with confidence.

Dont lose it, Dont lose it, Dont lose it

He closed his eyes breifly and took deep breaths, controlling his temper with all the will power he had.

Sparks was staring at him with a concerned expression, he could feel her eyes on him.

But that did little to improve the situation.

He gave a sigh and rubbed his temple 'This is what happens when you let kids fight crime unsupervised' he mumbled to himself and then looked at Raven 'We have a lot of work to do'

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Wintergreen and the butler quitely stood quietly near the doors where there two superiors were talking.

And by the looks of it, All was definately not going well...

'We have to seperate them'

'I know'

Mont looked at him with s steely glare 'I donot want your apprentice ruining my apprentice with his stupid western ways'

Slade glared back and gought the urge to hit the man 'And I donot want your apprentice teaching Robin about Pakistan so he can escape'

Mont sighed, 'point taken' and set back against his seat 'What do you porpose we do?'

'seperate them'

'By keeping them busy?'

'My point exactly'

Now the real fun begins...

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Josh: I know the ending kinda sucked but That was the only thing I could think of!

Anyway, update soon and tell me how to improve! as I will be filling in for CI for quite some time...

Oh! and by the way, she checked her mail in the hospital (dont ask how) and says thanx for all the great reviews and that shes really sorry for breaking her hand at such a time...that idiot, I tell ya