SO I know I've made you wait a while. I had to work out Robin's puzzle so it would actually work! Yeah, I have a lot of free time… of Tuesdays… look! A panda! (0,0)
"Robin, that looks really confusing." Wally was staring at the page that was covered in lines.
"Why it is just like a pattern puzzle. You just have to work it out. Zatanna, I'll need you to sacrifice your magic for a while for this to work." Robin said, he was still examining his paper.
"Gosh, already you're asking me to make sacrifices this early Robin? You're almost cruel." Zatanna said with a laugh. Everyone around Robin started to snicker.
"What? I don't get it." He said, his head tilted in a curious fashion. Zatanna went to stand and put her arms around Robin's shoulders. It was a hug, but the people around them could see it as something more. Robin looked over his shoulder to look at Zatanna.
"Um, should we try to get everyone's powers back?" he asked after a slightly awkward second.
"Yes please!" Artemis said, vibrating slightly. Robin smile at the enthusiasm.
Batman had entered the room just as Zatanna gave Robin his hug. Batman smiled, he was pretty sure Robin was slightly clueless when it came to girls. He watched as Robin looked over his shoulder, but as he moved his head their eyes connected. Robin, Batman knew, would be very confused. Batman watched for two more seconds as Robin announced they should probably start now. Then he made his presence known to everyone else.
"Hurry up Robin." Batman said his voice emotionless. Robin nodded.
"Ok listen up. Stand in this order. KF on my far left, Artemis on his left, Conner on her left, Megan on Conner's left, Kaldur on Meg's left, then Rocket and Black Canary. Assuming nothing will happen if you touch a person you've already traded powers with this should work."
"How do you know nothing will happen?" Rocket asked.
"Because, Rocket, Black Canary got Kaldur's powers through you, and you bumped into Kaldur when you first screech, and nothing happened." Robin said. Rocket nodded.
"Alright, Zatanna, stand next to me hear ok?"
"You know she'll always stand next to you Robin." Wally teased. Rocket, Artemis, and Rocket started to snicker, but were shushed by the bat-glare. Robin held his head tilted again, and Zatanna was blushing a little bit.
"Um, ok KF. That was… Well let's start." Wally was very interested in the floor.
"Zee, tap Wally. Good, now tapped Arty, now tapped Conner. Ok next tap Megan. Tap Kaldur, Stop! Don't move. Ok, Superboy go over and tap Black Canary, hurry up! Ok Kaldur tap Conner. Ok, Zee you can go tap Rocket now. Black Canary, tap KF and then tap Zee. Great! How is everyone?"
"How did you figure this out in like two minutes?" Rocket asked as she made some multicolored bubbles.
"I like math," was Robin's answer. Zatanna came and gave Robin a high five.
"Oh, don't touch each other, we don't really have to ability to untangle the powers again without bringing in the Justice League." His warning rang in his friends ears. "Oh, yeah, Batman, what did you want?" he asked hanging his personality completely around. It was now serious and determined. Batman turned and walked out with Robin right on his heels. Of course everyone else followed.
"When you were in the lab, did you get hit with anything?" Batman asked Robin once they were in the medical bay.
"Yeah, on the radio you suddenly said crap and broke contact." Wally said remembering the awful feeling he had that Robin might have been hurt.
"Well, I walked right into this giant, blue, beast-like man. But the man just looked at me and patted my head. Then he looked at my ear and ripped out my com. and crushed it under his foot. Then he just walked off with a weird flame thrower in his hands. It was weird." Robin retold his story. He looked around him, "uh, guys?" Everyone had raised eyebrows. Batman then started searching his hair.
"Found it." He said.
"What?" Robin asked.
"An injection sight." The answer made Robin frown. It was never a good idea to have some strange, unknown chemical in your system.
"It seems to have put a chemical in your body that didn't let the gas affect you. For everyone else, I think it will wear off about 48 hours after exposure." The team visibly relaxed with Batman's news. Robin still looked upset though.
"Um, if Robin isn't affective, can't you use the chemical in his body to create like a vaccine or something?" Superboy asked.
"You would think." Batman responded. "When I put Robin's unaffected blood into contact with some infected blood, it didn't just not react; it destroyed the infected blood." The words rang through the air.
"Destroyed?" Martian Manhunter questioned. Batman nodded.
"His blood quickly surrounded the infected blood his white and red blood cells that were in the sample attacked the infected blood until in had been torn apart down to the DNA."
"That's impossible!" Robin exclaimed. Batman turned his head to focus on his young partner. The message was clear, if it was impossible, why did it happen? Robin looked down. Green Arrow cleared his throat.
"So no missions until we have proof that the gas has worn off. Also, I think you should all stay here at the cave." He glanced at Artemis first then at Wally. "We will have someone from the league here to watch you though." He added. The two said heroes blushed. The other mentors nodded.
"I think Black Canary should rest. I'll volunteer to have the first watch." Red Tornado said. Batman's eyes narrowed. Everyone believed he didn't trust the android as much since his siblings had almost killed the team. Robin sighed.
"Well it will only affect them for about another day. I say we just do what we usually do, just with extra caution." He said. His teammates nodded.
"You will all stay here for tonight again. Red Tornado will watch you. You will train, but no sparing. I trust Black Canary can come up with a few exercises that do not involved physical contact." Batman announced his voice strong and held no room for disagreement. Everyone nodded. As the team went to get ready for the day Batman pulled Robin aside, "Don't do anything rash. I'll bring you home tomorrow." The last part was said with a squeeze to the shoulder so the two supers in opposite corners couldn't hear. Robin smiled.
"Yeah, me, do anything rash?" his face glowed in the innocence that they both knew he was pretending. Batman's face loosed just a little. He patted Robin's arm and followed the rest of the leaving mentors through the Zeta tubes.
How was it? Did I get to wordy at the end? I have a lot I want to get down, but the more you review the faster I post! I think I like the panda the most… (0,0)…