First: THANK YOU FOR THE REVIEWS! XD I got 14 on chapter 7. (:
The next chapter might be the last, either that or I'll make it 10 chapters
ANSWER TO RIDDLE: A turkey holding its breath.
Congrats to Daughter of Poseidon041 for being the only one to get it right, lol
I especially liked the answer from celestialstarynight, though, 'A First Grade Art Project.
RIDDLE THIS WEEK:
The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it and the person who uses it doesn't know they are. What is it?
While the others were with Robin, Redbird turned around to the source of the yell. The first thing he saw was Matt, and Kelsey laying on the ground at his feet. Then he noticed the knife that had been stabbed into her throat. Blood pooled around her head. Horror filled the Matt's face.
"I... I didn't mean to." he said, choking back a sob. Tears rolled down his cheeks as he looked over to Redbird. "She came at me and... I just panicked!"
The Robin look-a-like rushed over to his side, and put a comforting arm around his shoulders. He didn't know what to say, and he probably didn't want to hear anything right now; Rick knew what it was like to lose a loved one. He remained silent as Matt cried.
After a minute or two, he led the distraught by over to the others. Nobody noticed the two as M'Gann finally looked up at the others. "I... I can't sense him or anything. It's like he's just... gone." the martian told them, her tone filled with frustration and disbelief.
"He can't be gone!" Rick said angrily. "He's still breathing!"
"I know; I meant gone as in his mind just isn't there. Either that or hidden away somehow. I can't tell. He's so guarded right now, as if to keep anything and everything out." M'Gann explained. Just when Rick was about to argue some more, Batman rushed over. He left Joker tied to a pole upside-down, giggling.
"We'll bring him to the cave, before he wakes up." He told them, as he picked up his little bird. Robin looked so small in fragile in the arms of the Dark Knight.
"Is he alright?" A voice behind them asked Rick turned around to see Roy, supporting himself with one hand against the wall. The Robin-look-a-like rushed over to the archer, just as he fell.
"We'll know soon." Batman told him, and then he noticed Roy's wound. "Joker's work?"
The two teens nodded, as M'Gann spoke up. "I just woke up the bio-ship." The sound of sirens met their ears. Matt was the only one that seemed worried by the sound. The police had come. Batman probably contacted them as soon as he could.
Matt turned to the Dark Knight. "Will... they arrest me? Am I going to jail? Or will I be killed? Will-" he started rambling, so Artemis put her hand over his mouth. A second later, she pulled it back, glaring at him and looking disgusted.
"Did you just lick my hand?" she asked. It was then Rick noticed that her glove had been torn off. Matt didn't respond, and instead turned away. Denying her the chance to yell at him, Batman pushed by her to get Robin out. Kaldur followed after, with Batgirl, Conner, and M'Gann following close behind; Matt hurried to follow. Wally walked over to Artemis, and without saying a word, put a hand on her shoulder and steered her out of the room back into the tunnel. Roy and Rick followed after, Rick still helping the archer.
"Are you going to at least tell Robin?" Roy asked quietly, so Superboy wouldn't hear.
Rick thought about it for a moment before shaking his head. "He doesn't need to know anything."
The archer looked surprised. "Don't you think he has a right to know? Our of everyone in the team-"
"No." Rick said forcefully, to shut him up. "He has a new life- a new family. I'm not going to bring back anything from the past."
Roy didn't respond as the police rushed past them to get inside. Satisfied that he had won the (short) kinda-argument, he continued to follow the others outside and to the bio ship.
"We got the chip out, but he still isn't waking up, and we've tried everything." Flash said, running over to the teens. They had all gone to the Watchtower, instead of the Cave, an hour previous. While they had all changed into their civvies, Robin had been immediately been taken away from them so that they could remove the chip.
Roy had also been taken away upon entering the Watchtower. He, like Robin, hadn't returned yet, but nobody was really concerned about that. They all had their thoughts set on their bird.
Rick looked up at the superhero from where he sat on the floor. "Maybe it's just the knockout gas?" he suggested. Nobody else spoke; there wasn't really anything to say.
"You can all come in to see him." Flash continued. Immediately, all the teens, except Matt, bolted up from where they sat on the floor. Before they could be stopped, Wally and Conner sped into the room that Flash quickly pointed out to them. The remaining teens in he hall (minus Matt) followed, suppressing their urge to run in like their teammates had.
M'Gann, once she entered the room, walked over and sat on the side of Robin's bed. Everyone else gathered around. There was an I V next to the Boy Wonder, and the beeping coming from it was echoing around the empty room.
Batman was in the shadows behind them. Only Rick noticed the Caped Crusader. He walked over. "You don't think he'll wake up." he said. It wasn't a question.
He shook his head. "We have tried everything. Even Martian Manhunter tried. Nothing worked; I think we were too late." his tone was cold. "Will you be returning to your family?"
Rick hid a wince, and shrugged. "I'll stick around as long as I'm needed." he told the Dark Knight, who nodded.
Conner turned to the two, eyes narrowed in a glare. Thank god he doesn't have heat vision. "He will wake up." he insisted angrily, as M'Gann took his hand in hers to calm him down, and all the others were quiet as she obvious told them what Conner had over-heard.
Wally seemed plain angry. Artemis, who was at his side, put a hand on his shoulder, and spoke to him so only he (and probably Conner) could hear.
"Robin will be fine. After all he's been through, he has to be." the Martian insisted, and the Caped Crusader looked at her curiously. Or at least, they guessed it was curiosity.
Batman approached M'Gann. "You try."
She looked at him, shocked and curious. "I-I can't! I don't know how to, and even if I figure it out, what if something goes wrong? How-" she said so fast that the Flash would have been proud. Rick walked up to her.
"M'Gann, calm down. From what I've heard, you're more powerful than Martian Manhunter himself, and you may be the only one that can bring Robin back. If you never try, you'll regret it forever. Trust me." He told him.
M'Gann relaxed and her nervous expression turned to one of curiosity. "You must be a big brother or something." she commented. "You remind me of one of mine."
Rick flinched again, but only the martian and Batman noticed. M'Gann didn't say anything about it, and walked over to her youngest friend. Standing in front of him, she squeezed her eyes shut to concentrate. Everyone watched. When her eyes opened again, they just gazed, unblinking, at Robin.
Wally and Superboy were the first to try and approach her; they were immediately thrown back by an invisible wall of energy surrounding her. As they crashed into the wall, Roy walked into the room. He seemed find now... as if he had never been hurt.
"What's going on? Nobody tells me squatch around here." he grumbled, sounding cranky. His eyes found his 'little brother', and his annoyed, grumpy expression faded as he sat down in a chair next to the bed. Artemis stood up from where she had been sitting in the seat next to him, and walked over to help Wally and Conner up.
Rick walked over, and took the now vacant seat next to the read-headed archer. "They tried everything they could to wake them up- now M'Gann's trying. Kid Idiot and Supermoron couldn't see that and walked right into an energy field surrounding her." he explained, ignoring the clones glare. Wally just grinned, knowing his new friend was just kidding.
"How can you be smiling when your best friend is in the condition he's in?" Artemis snapped, when she saw his smile. It faltered slightly.
Rick sighed. "I think it's good Wally can still smile; at least he'll be fine, no matter what happens." he said, as he turned to face the two. Kaldur walked over from the opposite side of the bed to join them. The raven-haired teen noticed the Atlantean had a limp, and stood up so he could sit down, as there were no others in the room. Kaldur, noticed why she stood up, nodded a thanks to her and took the seat.
Flash then zipped into the room. "Bats, Diana wants to kno- AGH!" While stopping, the fastest man alive tripped over Wally, who was chilling on the floor. He crashed right into Rick, and they both toppled over onto the floor.
"Uh- Sorry!" Flash said, helping him up. He looked over at his nephew, who was grinning sheepishly as he got out of the way of the door. "Anyways, Diana wants to know if you'll send someone for her when Dick wakes up."
Batman glared at the speedster. "I'll send your nephew." he told him, before the Flash sped out of the room again.
"You alright?" Roy asked, looking over at Rick. It took him a few moments to realize something. The glasses were on the ground, broken. He knew something else was wrong, but he wasn't sure of what until Wally ran over, and pulled his friends hair.
"Wally, what the-" Artemis was silent when a whole mask and wig was ripped off Rick's head. Surprised, Rick turned to the speedster, with angry blue eyes.
"Why did you have to do that?" he spat. The red-heads eyes widened.
"Dude... you're a girl!"
M'Gann was immediately enveloped in darkness when she entered Robin's mind... or what was left of it, that is. She couldn't see anything at all. Though she had never been in the Boy Wonder's head before, she knew this wasn't even remotely close to what it was supposed to be like.
"Robin!" she called, even though she already knew she wasn't going to get a reply. She started off, deeper into the boys mind. After walking for a while, she crashed into an invisible wall. Curious, she pressed both hands against it, just to see if it would move.
Instantly, a black substance started to crawl up her arm, and she tried to get away. It held her there, though. As it quickly started to wrap around her head, she began to talk (more scream) telepathically. "ROBIN, STOP! CALM DOWN, IT'S ME, M'GANN!"
The black substance froze, in a tentative way. It wasn't sure whether to continue, or retreat.
"It's alright; I'm only trying to help." she said, and the substance slowly crept away. Letting loose a breath she hadn't realized she was holding, she put her hands up against the wall again. This time, it allowed her to push through. Cautiously, she walked forward.
A light shone in her face; a bitter, freezing gust of wind greeted her. She could hear leaves crumpling under her feet. Once her eyes adjusted to the light, she looked around. All that surrounded her was dead trees. As she was about to turn back, a joy filled laugh filled the air. It was familiar; she knew it was Robins. She immediately flew off towards the sound, making sure not to miss anything.
Her search was over when a young boy tumbled over to her, from behind some bushes. When he stopped, and saw her, his eyes got wide. "You're... greeeen!" he said.
M'Gann could tell he was about eight or nine. Despite his smaller size and lack of glasses, she knew it was her friend; a younger, happier version. Crouching down, she looked at him in the eyes. "Robin, are you alright?"
He nodded, and smiled. "Yep, but I'm not the one you're looking for" he said, before pointing to the trees behind him. "Try over there." he told her, pointing, before running off into the bushes.
The Martian watched where he disappeared for a moment, before standing up straight, and flying off to where he had indicated.
She immediately saw a boy with a mask on... but his outfit was wrong and he was at least sixteen. He looked as though he had been waiting for her.
"It's about time." he said, and then pointing off to his left. "I'd hurry; it's only a matter of time before he can't return."
"Thanks!" M'Gann said, before flying off. Avoiding the branches, she kept an eye out for her friend. She couldn't sense him close by since, well, she was in his mind. It was frustrating.
Cautiously, she continued through the trees. Eventually, she stopped, realizing he was having no luck spotting Robin. She looked through the trees, hoping to see the familiar bird. She heard leaves rustling to her right, though there was no wing. Hopeful, she flew off in that direction.
She entered a small clearing. It was the first healthy part she had seen so far, and from what she could see, it wasn't going to survive much longer. She could see it dying as leaves began to rapidly dry up and fall.
In the center of the clearing, she saw a boy sitting on the ground, knees brought up to his chest. She cautiously approached him. At first, she thought that it was yet another version of Robin... but it wasn't. She was horrified by the state he was in. He was so pale, that he actually seemed transparent... as if he was fading away. He was dying.
"R-Robin?" M'Gann stammered, as she reached him. He looked at her, curiosity shining in his now dull and lifeless eyes.
"Who are you?"
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