Batgirl stormed into the common room. A week had passed since the pier incident, and both she and Robin were back to full strength. Good thing too.
"Ba…" Robin started to ask, but she walked right past him and immediately brought up a screen on the computer. There was a large article telling of Wildebeast and Hotspot going missing. "What happened?" Batgirl turned, her eyes glaring furiously.
"They've had this information for a week," she said. "Batman sent it to me just now." The Titans gaped open mouthed. Cyborg recovered first.
"THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE TELLING US TITANS ARE GOING MISSING?" he yelled.
"They didn't know, did they?" Robin asked darkly. "They're just determined to keep us out of the loop because they think we're just kids."
"They didn't know they were missing?" Cyborg asked, his rage momentarily replaced with confusion. "I mean, the article says it pretty clearly, and I thought they were pretty smart."
"Batman is," Batgirl and Robin chorused, turning to look at each other. Robin raised one eyebrow ever so slightly.
"He kept us in the loop," Batgirl said firmly. Robin scowled, reluctantly nodding.
"We need to check on all the remaining Titans and bring them back to the tower," he said. "Safety in numbers."
"What if they go after Jump City while we're away?" Beastboy asked, still staring worriedly at the screen.
"The Titans East?" Cyborg suggested.
~0~
Bumblebee, Speedy, Aqualad, and the twins arrived at Titan Tower. The main Titans stood in front of the tower, already ready for travel.
"Hey guys," Bumblebee greeted them, shaking hands with Robin before giving Cyborg a hug. The rest of the Titans took this as a sign and all began mingling with each other. Speedy walked up and shook hands with Robin.
"Good to see you," Speedy said. Robin nodded, giving him the smallest smile. Speedy glanced over Robin's shoulder to see a dark figure leaning on her motorcycle, surveying the proceedings. He glanced at Robin. "New member?" Robin shook his head.
"Justice League babysitter," Robin replied, trying to keep up his carful facade. Speedy grinned and started over.
"Hey Batgirl," he said. "So you're babysitting Robin now?" She laughed.
"If that's what he said," she replied, smirking back at Robin, who wanted nothing better than to fade into the ground.
"As always, I wish we were meeting under better circumstances," Speedy said. Robin felt something clench in his gut. I'm not jelous, am I? Batgirl rolled her eyes.
"When do we ever meet under good circumstances?" Speedy grinned.
"I could think of a way to change that," he replied, wagging his eyebrows at her ever so slightly. Robin's mouth fell wide open. Batgirl shot Speedy a look.
"I bet you could," she replied. "Good thing I can think faster than you." Robin grinned. Yeah Babs!
"That a challenge?" Speedy asked, keeping his previous tone.
"I'd call it a warning," Batgirl corrected him. Robin smirked at Speedy. Batgirl turned to him, and he quickly recomposed his face. "Don't we need to go somewhere?" Robin nodded quickly, turning to the rest of his team.
"Time to get going," he declared.
~0~
"We're on our way to the last known location of Wildebeast," Robin informed the rest of the Titans through his headset.
"Where is that?" Cyborg asked.
"It's…"
"Hey Boy Wonder, shouldn't we be checking on the rest of the Titans?" Batgirl asked. Robin scowled.
"What was that Robin?" Starfire asked. They hadn't had time to patch her into the T-ship's communicator, so she was communicating purely with Robin, and they were just hopping everyone could hear what she was saying.
"Nothing," he said.
"You did not…" growled Batgirl.
"Anyway, we're heading to…" BEEP. BEEP. Alright universe, I give up! He quickly snatched his communicator, but the beeping had already stopped.
"What's with the beeping?" Beastboy asked.
"I don't know," Robin admitted, checking his communicator over a second time just to be sure.
"We've got a problem," Batgirl threw in.
"What?" Robin asked.
"What?" Cyborg demanded.
"What?" Beastboy asked.
"We've got a problem!" Batgirl repeated.
"Bees sought a moblem?" Starfire repeated.
"WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM!" Batgirl yelled. Robin winced, immediately covering his ears with his hands. The ship pitched forward.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Cyborg yelled. Robin grabbed the controls again, pulling the ship out of a dive.
"I'm taking a detour," Batgirl said.
"What?" Robin asked.
"I just got a distress signal from Superboy," Batgirl replied.
"I'm right behind you," Robin assured her.
"What's going on?" Cyborg demanded.
"Batgirl and I are going to go help Superboy," Robin replied, setting the t-ship down for a landing.
"Why?" Starfire demanded, already in his face as he got out of the ship.
"Because wither or not he's being a jerk to us, we still need to help him," Robin replied, shoving his way past her and retrieving his motorcycle from the t-ship's storage compartment.
"Robin, why don't I go with Batgirl and…" Cyborg started. Robin cut him off as he rammed his helmate on his head.
"Cy, I've got a motorcycle, it's much easier if I go and you stay in the t-ship and go and find the rest of the honorary Titans," Robin insisted.
"So you and Batgirl can take this person?" Cyborg asked, planting himself firmly in front of the motorcycle, preventing Robin from leaving. "Are you sure?"
"Yeah Cy, I'm sure," Robin rolled his eyes slightly. "If Superboy's in trouble, having powers isn't going to help." He reversed and zoomed away.
"Be careful!" Starfire yelled after him.
~0~
Robin pulled up outside a wearhouse, quickly dismounting and leaving his motorcycle next to Batgirl's. Silently, he crept into the building. He faded into the shadows, edging around the side of the wall. Inside the room was Superboy, lying in a heap at the feet of… Mad Mob? Across the room stood Batgirl, who Mad Mob was lecturing about proper behavior.
"Listen," she cut him off. "We both know that I'm not going to suddenly change my outlook on life because you lecture me like a badly behaved kid. So just shut up." Robin rolled his eyes. Come on Babs, don't bait him if you don't know who he is and you don't have back up!
"I'm going to have to teach you some manners, love," Mob grinned, summoning forth several of his killer statues. Batgirl flipped out of the way of the lazar blasts, landing gracefully as her two Baterangs flew back into her hands and the two statues fell to pieces. She turned her attention to one of the saw wielding statues, and Mob lowered his cane towards her. Robin leapt from his hiding place, knocking the cane from his hands and sending him sprawling onto the floor.
"Don't touch her," he growled, slightly more aggressively than he meant to. But Mob shriveled away, so he figured that it was effective.
"Where are the manners?" he grumbled. "No respect for their elders, none at all." Batgirl walked over, snatching a green ring off the ground next to Superboy and stowing it in her belt. Immediately he seemed to recover, and she helped him to his feet.
"Who is that quack?" he asked, rubbing his head.
"Mad Mob," Robin explained, grabbing Mob by the collar.
"Who sent you after Superboy?" he demanded. Mob scowled.
"They said it would be easy, just toss the rock at him and wait till they got here," he grumbled. "Lying sods. I'll bet they knew this'd happen. They ought to learn some manners too, civilazations going downhill, ever since that bloody revolution…" Robin rolled his eyes, dropping him back onto the ground.
"If they're coming, we'd better get out of here," Batgirl said. Robin nodded, looking at Superboy.
"Can you fly yet?" he asked. He shook his head.
"He can ride with you," Batgirl said, leading them back to the bikes. She threw on her helmate, straddling her bike. Robin followed suit, letting Superboy climb on behind him. Batgirl glanced at him for a second before pulling out and speeding off. Robin waited a second before driving in the opposite direction.
