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Bats in Jump City Chapter 3
Titan's Tower:
Somebody was knocking hard on the door to the tower and Beast Boy was way too tired to check who it was before opening the door. Who was there kind of shocked him…
"Robin? What are you doing outside?" Beast Boy asked screwing up his eyes as if that would help him see the person in the door better. "Did you get locked out?" Beast Boy asked giving a groggy smile.
"Uh, actually I'm –" the boy at the door started.
"Whoa, dude, I never thought I'd say this but you look a little short. I mean, even shorter than usual." Beast Boy started laughing.
The boy at the door blushed and was about to say something when Raven passed by. Seeing Beast Boy rolling on the floor laughing insanely, she stood him up and steered Beast Boy away. Beast Boy zombie-walked into the main room and sat there drooling.
"I'm sorry about that; he usually doesn't start speaking in complete sentences until after noon. Who are you?" Raven inquired. The boy was dressed in a red collared shirt and baggy jeans with a backpack slung over one shoulder, but looked neat and had spiked black hair, and a hint of blue behind his sunglasses. His body type was very similar to Robin's and for once Raven understood Beast Boy and why he had mistaken the boy for Robin.
"My name's Tim Drake. It's nice to meet you Raven." Tim flashed a dazzling smile. Raven felt charmed at once, but remembered that this was Robin's mini-me; of course he'd be nice and charming and, duh, cute.
"I'm not going to ask how you know my name. You're a friend of Batgirl's?" Raven said leading him into the main room. "Oh, be careful over there, we had a bit of a ceiling collapse last night."
"Yeah, Babs told me about it this morning." Tim smiled as he looked up at the cracked ceiling.
"So she's alright. I didn't think she would be after the shout-fest that she and Robin were having last night." Raven said.
"Not quite 'alright'. She didn't feel up to coming back today so I'm delivering the goodies to Robin for her." Tim replied searching the room for Robin. All he found was a zombie Beast Boy with a bowl of cereal in front of the T.V. Starfire burst into the room then and ran up to Tim with delight.
"Robin! You have left your room finally!" Starfire grabbed Tim in a giant hug. Tim motioned to Raven from behind Starfire's back, but Raven shrugged her shoulders and smirked.
"Um, Starfire, I'm not Robin." Tim said carefully prying himself away from Starfire. "My name is Tim. I came to give some stuff to Robin. Did you say that Robin was in his room?"
Starfire nodded sadly. "Robin has not left his room since his argument with the Batgirl. Why did she have to come? Everything would have been well if she had never come. This is surely her fault." Starfire wailed.
Tim felt his fists clench and Raven coughed lightly. Starfire looked startled back into reality. "Starfire, let's go meditate. Tim, you can find Robin's room can't you? It's fourth floor, second room on the left next to the disturbingly bright room that's Starfire's."
Tim nodded and took the elevator. On the second floor, Cyborg entered the elevator and looked at Tim strangely. Before he could say anything, Tim held up his hand and sighed. "I'm not Robin. My name is Tim."
Cyborg laughed and shook hands with Tim. "I'm assuming you're a friend of his, then? How about a game of Ultimate Stank Ball sometime later?"
"I've actually never met him, but he's been my idol for the last two years. And what's Ultimate Stank Ball?" Tim asked amusedly. "Never mind, I have a feeling I don't want to know, so no thanks, I've got to talk to Robin." The elevator opened and Tim stepped out of it. "Hey, I might take you up on that offer some time, though." The both smiled and Tim walked off. After passing the 'disturbingly bright room,' Tim reached a simple room that looked completely plain. Guessing it was Robin's, he knocked hard on the door.
"GO AWAY!!"
Tim was about to do just that, but remembered something that he'd learned from Batgirl. He knocked again and listened carefully. After hearing Robin's voice (seemingly) yell the same message at him, Tim heard something whirring and realized that Robin wasn't yelling at him, a recording of Robin was. Smiling, he expertly picked the lock and went inside. The room was almost completely dark, and its décor seemed to be The Bat Cave. Robin was sitting with his shoulders slumped at a desk. When he looked up at Tim he barely seemed surprised. It looked like Robin hadn't gotten any sleep last night as there were shadows under his eyes. "So you're Tim."
"So you're Dick." Tim walked over and took out a small silver ball from his pocket and set it on his desk. He'd taken a cup from the kitchen, filled it with water, and dropped the silver ball into the cup. It instantly disintegrated and became a cup of coffee.
"So… she really keeps coffee in bomb canisters?" Robin said eying the cup suspiciously.
"For stake-outs. It's not like the Bat's going to let us fall asleep on the job. Drink up, Dick. Or are you going to smash it to bits and insist it's poison?" Tim hadn't meant for it to come out like that, but when it did, the statement sounded harsh.
"I'm sorry," Robin mumbled.
"You have to tell Babs, not me," Tim said setting down his backpack. Reaching into it, he pulled out a plate covered in plastic wrap. "This is from Al. His legendary… chocolate chip cookies. Enjoy."
"Cookie?" Robin asked offering Tim a delicious piece of carefully blended chocolate and dough made with care by the loving manservant Alfred. Tim smiled and accepted the cookie.
"This," Tim said with his mouth full, "is a new communicator made by Bruce."
"The Titans already have communicators!" Robin said with an equally full mouth. Hey, Alfred's cookies are the best. You'd sell your soul for one if they really existed.
"Yeah, but the Brotherhood of Evil wasn't the only one listening in on your conversations if you catch my drift." Tim said smugly.
"So you were listening in on my team's plans?!?!" Robin replied in mock outrage, typical Bat-attitude (or should I say Batatude! Ha! My first pun…)
"Daddy always did love you better than me. Come to think of it he probably loved you more than me, Babs, and Jason put together, which ultimately means that you have no private life that Bruce hasn't been listening in on." Tim stated with a smirk.
Just then, somebody knocked twice on the door, as Tim had, figuring out that the voice was a recording. As the door opened, Babs walked in wearing a green sweater and jeans.
"You should really fix that thing with different recordings." Babs said and stood still looking at Robin for a minute.
Then, as if on cue, they both hugged each other, tightly.
"I'm sorry, Dick, I shouldn't have just come unannounced like that." Batgirl said after they had finished hugging.
"I shouldn't have overreacted like that and I'm sorry I forgot your birthday. Will you forgive me?" Robin apologized.
"Duh," Babs said and they hugged again.
Tim slipped away quietly, making up an excuse about Cyborg and Ultimate Stank Ball. As the door closed behind him, Tim leaned against the wall and sighed.
"Well aren't you Bats just the happiest people I've ever met?"
"Yeah, I doubt you'll find anyone more… happy, than we are, Raven." Tim said giving her a small smile.
"You know, I'm an empath so I'm fairly understanding. And if you just want to say something, I'm not exactly someone who'd spread it around the city." Raven offered.
Tim took a deep breath and spilled. "Robin loves Starfire, Batgirl loves Robin, and I love Batgirl... And Starfire hates Batgirl."
"And how do you know Batgirl is in love with Robin?" Raven asked quietly.
"You'd have to be blind not to know… blind or Dick." Tim said dryly.
"Well… It wasn't that hard telling me all that, was it?" Raven said comfortingly.
"Actually… it was, but thanks for listening Raven." Tim said smiling a little brighter. "You won't tell anyone right?"
"Hello, I have a life, you know." Raven and Tim walked off laughing.
Robin's Room:
Robin and Barbara sat laughing at the desk.
"So Babs, Tim's a really nice guy." Robin said.
"Yeah, he was really comforting this morning when I was upset. It was really sweet." Barbara said remembering.
"So… are you guys going out?" Robin said without further delay.
"WHAT?!?!" Barbara practically choked on the cookie she'd been munching on. "Uh, Dick? Tim is a really great guy, but I was kind of more interested in another guy." She wasn't lying. Tim is great. Actually, Tim is so great, it's like he's almost Dick.
"Really… who are you interested in, then?" Robin asked curiously.
You! You, you, you, you, you!!!
"Oh, uh…" Barbara was saved from having to answer as Robin's personal computer started beeping and a report for a robbery came up.
"Batgirl, I've got to go. Somebody's up to no good in the city." Robin turned away from her and printed out the report.
"Mind if I tag along?" When Robin turned back to her, Barbara had changed from mild-mannered civilian to Batgirl, butt-kicking super-heroine.
Robin smiled and they both raced off.
Author's Note:
He he. Third chapter, are you guys as happy as I am? Anyway, no more rambling for me. REVIEW!!!
JaxWin
P.S.: I'm thinking of 3 villains… I'm kind of leaning toward one already but it'd be cool to see what you guys want
A) Red X
B) Slade
C) Killer Moth
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