Response time! Sorry this took a while… at least, I think it's been a while… I've kinda lost track of time now, but I just wanna make something known quickly! Ok, after this, my other story, I Die Without You will be updated, and it will be like this until they are both done, where this will get a chapter, I Die Without You gets a chapter… get it? Just wanna let you all know now, I do have a plan for updating

Japanrules555: I would very much like to bring Rath into this, but I'm not going to for fear of butchering his character. I do agree though, that he is very funny, but I'm not the best at writing humor, so I don't wanna bother right now. Maybe if I do a pure Ben 10 story, then I might

CHiKa-RoXy: I'm just gonna start with something totally unrelated to your review, but… WHAT IS UP WITH YOUR SCREENNAME? Just kidding! But really, hahaha it takes me so long to spell it and get all the letters right!

I'm really happy I made you smile though! And tears are good too! These little happy tears now are practice tears for when I take over the world with insanity and everyone is laughing until they cry! =D

Chapter 5

Rogues Are We

Nyack NY

5:26 PM

"Hellooooooo Nyack!" Joker sang as the trio drove by the "Nyack Welcome's You" sign.

"Shut up," Hunter said from the driver's seat, one hand on the wheel, the other resting out the open window.

Joker crossed his arms and pouted, "Well, you're no fun!"

"No fun at all!" Zombozo agreed.

Hunter slammed on the brakes, "If you want to leave, then go right ahead. No one is stopping…" he trailed off, sticking his head out the window.

"What's up, Candy Cane?" Joker asked, leaning up to the front of the car.

"I smell an EVO nearby."

Joker clapped his hands gleefully, "Sounds like fun!"

"Let's go get it!" Zombozo yelled, shoving the door open and hopping out of the car.

Hunter got out of the car and opened up the trunk, revealing an arsenal of weapons, varying from bazooka's to small daggers. He pulled out a belt of grenades and pulled it over his shoulder, then removed a shotgun from a shelf on the side of the trunk. He then pulled out two more shotguns and handed them to Joker and Zombozo, loaded his own, and smiled, cracking his neck, "Let's go."

The trio stalked through the streets, ignoring the terrified looks the people gave them as they walked. Before long, the ground started shaking and an EVO popped out behind them. It wasn't huge, but wasn't small either.

Joker started laughing again as he turned and started shooting at the creature, who in turn, opened it's mouth in a roar and began whapping at the villains. The roar was cut short, though, when a grenade was thrown into it's mouth, causing the creature to blow up within a few seconds, splattering blood and guts everywhere.

Joker stood next to Zombozo, simply staring at the place where the EVO had just been seconds ago, before sending a high five at the shorter clown, jumping up and down laughing, screaming "Let's do it again!"

Hunter ignored the two as a crowd of people ran over, thanking the man for his help.

"My name is Tom," a man said, stepping to the front of the crowd. "I'm the mayor of Nyack. On behalf of the town, I would like to thank you for getting rid of that EVO for us."

"Has there been any other trouble lately?" he asked, wanting to be sure to destroy any EVOs he could while in the area.

"Now that you mention it, a couple weeks back, a man dressed as a bat came through here. Now, I'm not saying he was an EVO, but he had some kid with him, seemed pretty mysterious about things."

Joker turned around at that, skipping over to the man, "You mean Batsy is here?" he asked, cackling evilly, "That means that Jolly Ol' Robbie is here too!"

"Ignore him," Hunter said in response to the strange looks of the crowd. "We'll be on our way."

Hunter grabbed Joker by his bright purple jacket and pulled him to the truck, Zombozo skipping behind them.

"That the Batman you were talking about?" Hunter asked as he let Joker go at the door of the backseat.

"Yes!" Joker said, hopping into the car, "And if Bats is here, then Bird Boy is here too!"

"Well boys, looks like we're switching targets," Hunter said, pulling out of his crooked parking job and turning around, driving away from Nyack.

The Plant

6:04 PM

One week later

Bruce had refused to leave my side since he and Wally had arrive, which I didn't mind at first, but after several days, some privacy was much needed. My moment of alone time finally arrived when he would leave at 6:05 to get dinner, coming back at about 10 after with two trays of food.

As soon as he left the room, I sighed in relief. Alone at last. I loved Bruce's company, but I still needed some space. I lay in silence for about a minute when I felt something. It wasn't like an itch or a tingle, but more like something was there that hadn't been in a long time. I focused really hard on the source, wondering where it was coming from, until I realized. I lifted up the sheets, like a child checking under the bed for monsters before going to sleep.

There it was again; a twitch. It was very small this time, but it was there. I looked closely, and tried to tell my toes to move. I jumped back in surprise when they did! I kept wiggling them, over and over, my smile growing bigger every time they moved.

I looked at the clock; 6:07. Bruce wouldn't be back for another 3 minutes, but it was like Christmas morning, waiting for your parents to wake up just to open the presents, when you've been waiting for hours. I did all I could in the moment, knowing my legs still wouldn't support me yet. I screamed.

"BRUCE!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. He didn't come, so I tried again. Still, there was no sign of my mentor, so I tried once again, wishing he were part Kryptonian. Superboy could have heard me.

"Bruce!" I tried one last time, and this time was greeted by a panicked Bruce Wayne, running through the door, dropping the trays of food on a small table on his way in.

"What's wrong?" He asked, looking around the room in a frenzy, trying to find any kind of attacker, but then his eyes settled on me, and he began to form a Batglare, but stopped when he zeroed in on my smile, on the way I was still holding up the blankets and hurriedly looking back and forth between my toes and him.

He didn't say anything else, just rushed over, looking at what I was, a massive smile appearing on his face. If a Batglare could bring the temperature in a room below 0, than that smile could have brought the room to a deadly warmth, and there would be rainbows and butterflies everywhere.

"It's moving," I finally whispered. "I can move again!"

I used my free hand to pinch myself as hard as possible, just to be sure this time, but it was real. I was back. I was going to be Robin again!

…to be continued…

Ok, this one didn't end up as long as I'd hoped, but this seemed like a good spot to end it… I tried going further, but nothing was really working, so the next will be longer! Hope you liked it!

Also, the first three people who can tell me what musical the chapter title is from, you get a prize! Like, oh, I dunno, a Young Justice one-shot or drawing, of your choice! (No slash, though, because I really don't like it and don't do it…)