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Bats in Jump City Chapter 2
Titans Tower:
When the smoke had partially cleared, a large depression could be seen in the middle of the floor. Batgirl wasn't in sight.
"Starfire! Are you crazy?!" Robin yelled.
Starfire took a deep breath and replied calmly. "She had explosives similar to those you use." Was there even a little smugness in her voice? Nah, Starfire couldn't be that jealous… could she?
"EXPLOSIVES?!?" Batgirl's voice echoed in the large room. Robin and Starfire looked around the room in confusion. "I'm up here!" she yelled. A grapple was imbedded in the ceiling above them and Batgirl was dangling from it weakly. Suddenly the ceiling started cracking.
"Uh-oh." Batgirl screamed as the ceiling crashed and she fell through the air. Robin to the rescue. He caught Batgirl just before she hit on the floor, not noticing the deep blush on her cheeks. But before Batgirl had a chance to say anything, Robin had already dropped her on the ground not-so-gently and rushed from her side, sifting through the chunks of ceiling that had landed where Starfire had been standing.
"STARFIRE!!! STARFIRE!!!!" Robin yelled getting anxious.
"Um, Robin? I am right here." Starfire waved at him with embarrassment three yards away.
"Starfire! Don't scare me like that, I was worried!" Without saying anything else, Robin started kissing Starfire passionately.
Batgirl turned away from the couple silently. Raven floated down to her from the hole in the ceiling.
"I see we're going to be making some renovations to my room's floor." Raven stated in her usual monotone.
"Yeah, sorry about that Rae," Batgirl said blushing as she rubbed the back of her neck.
"Robin never told you what our names were." Raven said questioningly.
"Looks like he didn't have time to between making out with his girlfriend and forgetting about me…" Batgirl whispered softly.
"What did you say?" Raven said not quite sure if she had heard right.
"I said I've learned all about you through my research. I'm kind of a computer geek and Batman says you should never get yourself into something without knowing what you're getting yourself into. I hear you like to read." Batgirl pulled her cape mysteriously over one arm and then pulled it off with a flourish, presenting an old book to Raven. Raven's fingers traced the embossed title, Azerathian Magyk.
"How did you get this book? I've been searching for it for years!" Raven said almost sounding excited.
(Note: Robin still making out with Starfire in the background)
"Well, it seems Gotham has all sorts of people, including people interested in sorcery. I was catching a sorcerer in Gotham who studied magic from people, finding out all the information he could from them, and then killed them, taking all the books that were useful. Since the original owner had been a friend of Batman's and the book was left to him, he let me keep the book as a reward for catching the murderer. Seeing as 'magic' is spelled wrong, I figured it was ancient and that if I was visiting Robin, it might be of some use to you." Batgirl scuffed her foot on the ground, hoping Raven would take the book. It's not like I'm trying to suck up to Raven or anything, but it'd be cool to have a friend here… and oh, crap, you can hear my thoughts.
"I'm not a very good friend. That's more of a Starfire thing." Raven said smiling slightly.
"Yeah, but I figured she wouldn't exactly fall over herself giving me a hug." Batgirl said looking at the ground while Raven nodded understandingly.
"Well, I'd better go to bed. I hope we'll see you tomorrow." Raven levitated all the ceiling debris and floated back into her room, loosely patching up her room's floor.
Robin finally stopped kissing Starfire and they stood there for a few seconds trying to catch their breath. "Starfire, I think you should go to bed." Robin said after thinking a moment.
"BUT ROB–" Starfire objected.
"Goodnight, Starfire." Robin said and closed the door after her.
Batgirl was relieved. Not because she had some ultimate plan to seduce Robin and make him hers, or something crazy like that, but because she thought things might be a little less awkward without Starfire glaring at her behind Robin's back. Before she could say anything, though, Robin started yelling at her.
"What were you thinking, pulling out an explosive?" Robin scolded angrily.
Batgirl's eyes went wide with hurt at the remark. "You really think I'd want to bomb your stupid tower? It was COFFEE, alright? I made it here from Gotham City a whole day away by train and came here to visit with my best friend in the whole world and he just stands there and yells at me for wanting a freakin' cup of coffee. Do you even know why I'm here? DO YOU?"
Robin's eyes narrowed and he answered coldly, "Do I even want to know?"
"Middle of September and you don't even want to know what I'm not doing at school. It's my BIRTHDAY, you idiot. And you forgot it. Of all the things I could've done for my birthday, drive to Chicago to visit the Commissioner or stay at school in Gotham for a party with my friends, I chose to visit the boy I haven't seen in two years who doesn't even care!" Batgirl and Robin were yelling at each other now, and the whole tower could hear it. Okay, maybe Beast Boy and Cyborg were asleep but if they were awake, then they definitely would've heard it.
Raven was trying hard to meditate, but the commotion going on below her room was worse than having an excited Starfire sitting next to her; there were just too many emotions. Her room shook as she struggled to control her powers but in the end Raven flew out her room through the window and sat on the roof, far away from the hurt, anger, and regret.
Starfire, on the other hand, didn't feel the need to get away from the noise and was lying still on her bed, staring at the ceiling in thought. Starfire isn't a bad person just because she doesn't like Batgirl. Starfire probably would've liked Batgirl if she wasn't currently feeling way overprotective of her boyfriend. She felt so many mixed emotions and if there was any sort of crisis, she might not be able to use her emotion-fueled powers. Remembering a tip on how to sort out feelings, Starfire got a pencil and paper and wrote down all that she felt and why. Feeling a little better, Starfire tried to sleep through the sounds of the two yelling downstairs. Her list looked a little like this.
Jealousy: Robin has a deep connection with Batgirl.
Confusion: Is it just a friendship or has he tired of having me as a girlfriend?
Satisfaction: Robin is now angry with Batgirl because I do not like her.
Regret: Batgirl is sad. Have I caused this?
Anger: She had no right to just barge into our lives and upset Robin.
Downstairs, Batgirl was on the verge of tears, "When I decided I'd go visit you, Bruce wanted me to bring you this, Alfred asked me to bring you that, Tim wanted to do something or other, and it went on and on. Did I mention that nobody else remembered either? My birthday and I was loaded up like a pack mule with stuff for you. I thought I would be okay with that, because I'd be seeing you again and everything would be alright. I guess not. "
Suddenly, Robin perked up. "What did Bruce and Al send? And who's Tim?"
"JUST FORGET IT!" Batgirl yelled and turned around, "I'm leaving."
"Hey, you broke into my house, you scare Starfire, you break our ceiling, and you yell at me. You can't just leave!" Robin said blocking her path resolutely.
"One, Beast Boy left the door unlocked; I didn't have to break in, but, by the way, I could've broken in easily if I'd wanted to as I demonstrated with the computers. Two, I wasn't trying to scare her; she started blasting at me before I even had a chance to explain. Three, the ceiling broke as a result of Starfire's assault. And anyway, your ceilings are really, really weak. Five, just watch me." Batgirl somersaulted over Robin's head and ran for the door.
"YOU KNOW WHAT? FINE! LEAVE FOR ALL I CARE! AND JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, I DON'T CARE!! DO YOU HEAR ME?? FINE!!!" Robin yelled after her.
From the rooftop, Raven watched the girl run from the tower, hopping into a small motor boat and trying to get as far away from Robin as possible. As the sound of the motor died off in the distance, Raven felt the emotions fading as well and as much as she hated the thought, she was almost glad that Batgirl had left.
Starfire also heard Batgirl leaving. Sitting up, she crossed off all the emotions she had written down earlier and replaced it with one emotion.
Happiness: Batgirl is gone. There is no more need for any more confusion.
She heard Robin stomping angrily up the stairs. Starfire held her breath as he walked past her room, but instead he kept walking until he reached his own room and slammed the door behind him. That was code for "disturb me at your own risk". She sighed and picked up her list again, this time crossing off happiness and replacing it with a different emotion. She tried to sleep yet again, but stared unhappily at the ceiling for quite a while. The last feeling Starfire had written down was…
Disappointment: Robin feels angry and sad and will not be coming to bed with me tonight.
Jump City Hilton:
Across town Barbara Gordon stepped into a posh suite that billionaire Bruce Wayne had booked for her and her companion. Her eyes were still streaming tears. The black-haired, blue-eyed boy who'd been lying on the super-plush bed looked up at her with concern.
"What's wrong, Babs?" He asked.
"Just shut up, Tim, just shut up." Barbara said and collapsed into the other bed, sobbing. A few minutes later, Tim heard her breathing slow down.
"What's wrong, Babs?" Tim whispered as he tucked the blankets up around her. "Was it Dick? Whatever's wrong, you don't have to worry. I love you."
Author's Note:
Chapter 2! Batgirl and Raven are friends, kind of. Starfire is angry at Batgirl, kind of, but is feeling somewhat remorseful about being mean. Robin and Batgirl are really, really, really mad at each other, but actually Batgirl is feeling more hurt than mad because she really, really, really, really likes Robin… And Tim likes Batgirl. Don't know who Tim is? Timothy Drake: 3rd Boy Wonder. But let's just call him Tim for the sake of not getting him mixed up with Dick Grayson who shall be referred to as Robin. And I know Tim isn't really into Babs in traditional DC but I like to think that's mostly because of the obscene age difference. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the new chapter. Please review!
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