"Kidnapped!" shrieked Starfire. "That is NOT a logical explination! Robin does not get kidnapped! He is Robin!"
"Starfire, get a hold of yourself." said Raven, grabbing the girls shoulders, looking her square in the eye. "Look. Robin has a lot of enemies. Any of those enemies that found out he was in a coma, would be glad to try and kidnap him, whether for ransom or his secret identity, or what. We just have to think about who could've done this."
"See, we can narrow it down." Said Cyborg. "It had to be done by someone who had spies in jail."
"Huh?" Beastboy scratched his head.
"Think about it. The kidnappers would know the only time to get Robin, would be when the rest of us weren't around. So, they'd set up the jailbreak, so we'd be busy."
"And while we were busy, they got Robin." said Batgirl, seeing where this was going.
"Exactly." Confirmed Cyborg. He pulled a whiteboard seemingly out of nowhere. "So, lets eliminate who it couldn't have been, and figure out who could've been the spy. Which major villains did y'all capture?"
"Me and Star found Rancid and Adonnis." Piped up Beastboy.
"I got Dr. Light and Billy Numerous, as well as Control Freak and Kyd Wykkd," said Raven.
"I mostly came accross the normal ones, but I got some big guy made of rocks, and a magician." she stopped for a moment, then snapped her fingers together."Oh! And some blonde chick who wouldn't shut up, she was riding on some mutant... thing.
"That would be Cinderblock, Mumbo... and Kitten, Batgirl."
"What kind of name is Kitten?"
"Heh. Robin thought the same thing when he took her out on a da-"
"It was NOT a date!" shouted Starfire. "He was blackmailed into it by her father, so it does not count!"
"Any of you find her dad, by the way?" asked Raven.
"Okay, who is her dad exactly?" asked Batgirl, who was very confused.
"Some weirdo, Killer Moth." Immediately, Batgirl went in a fit of laughter.
"Killer... Moth? Really? He- a daughter? Ha ha ha ha ha!"
"Uh... dude?"
"Sorry, sorry..." she wiped away tears of mirth. "Me and Robin faught him when he was just starting out... first villian we took out together. He was just some scrawny little high pitched voice guy making coffe runs for the Penguin!" She couldn't help it, she began to laugh again. "He turned into some mutant thingy after being exposed to some chemicals. Before his chemical bath we'd knock him out before realizing he was there! He has a daughter! WOW." everyone just stared at her. "Anyways..."
"I found Killer Moth, when Beastboy and I split up." Announced Starfire. "His involvement in Robin's kidnapping is slim."
"BB, you find anyone after you and Star split?"
"Yea, Overload."
"Okay, and I found See-More, Gizmo and Mamoth." said Cyborg writing their names, along with the others on the left side of the board. He drew a line down the middle. "Now, what villains weren't in jail that have a grudge against Robin?"
"Slade." everyone choroused, almost immediately.
"And Red X, since Robin made the suit and all, plus he just found out X is his brother." pointed out Beastboy.
"I believe Katarou should be placed on that list." anounced Starfire. "Also, my sister, Blackfire should as well."
"Professor Chang," the sourcoress said.
"Brother Blood wasn't in jail, but he doesn't have anything against Robin. He only has it out for me." Said Cyborg, as he wrote then errased the name of Blood. "You got any names, Barb?"
"Plenty." she said, with a roll of her eyes. "Joker, Penguin, Twoface, Scarecrow, Bane, Clayface, Catwoman, Firefly, Black Mask, Harley, Kabuki Twins-"
"Okay! Okay! We get it! There's a lot of villains in Gotham!" shouted Beastboy, getting her to stop talking.
"Do any have a personal vendetta with him, enough to come here?" clarified Raven.
"Well, Scarecrow's already here," she began. "Joker would try to get him to mess with Batman, but if he was going to do that he would've years ago. Same with most of them. He never really had a personal enemy like Slade... I'd have to say Twoface, yea, definately him... Maybe Black Mask and Ragdoll, and oh, how could I forget." Her voice turned bitter. "Tony Zucco."
"Who?"
"You know, the guy that killed his parents?" asked Batgirl, exasperated that they didn't know.
"Oh. He never told us who it was that killed them."
"So, the main suspects for the kidnapping would be Slade and Scarecrow, Red X, Blackfire, Katarou, Twoface, Black Mask, Ragdoll and Tony Zucco." Raven summed up. "Now we just need to eliminate names."
"Red X does have that whole thing with Robin, but he's more an Anti-hero than a supervillain. He's helped Robin dozens of times. Plus as he's been sure to point out, he's just a thief." Cyborg crossed him off.
"Scratch off Blackfire too." said Starfire, walking back in the room.
"When did you leave?"
"Just now. I checked with the athorities, and she is still in prison. Surely she could not have orchestrated such a plan from another planet."
"Katarou shouldn't be on their either. Like X, he's only out for himself. Plus last time Robin saw him he was in Asia," thought Beastboy. He was crossed off too.
"It would seem Zucco is more against Richard than Robin," stated Raven. "And besides, if Zucco even thought of trying to get out of jail, I'm sure Robin would find out and make him pay."
"Goood point. So that leaves Slade, Scarecrow, Twoface, Joker, Black Mask, and Ragdoll. Actually, now that I think of it, Ragdoll never really had anything against Robin. They just ended up getting paired in fights a lot, since they could both fit in such small spaces." Batgirl then clarified, "He's a tripple-jointed contortionist. Plus, he has more fun messing with Catwoman."
"What about that Black Mask guy? And Twoface? Who are they, and why do ya think they'd have it out for Rob?"
"Well, Black Mask never particularly liked either me or Robin. We stopped him and fended off his lankeys while Batman dismantled a bomb. I just think he'd be a suspect, since he hates kids, and he's got hundreds of people working for him. Smart people. He plans everything."
"Okay, and Twoface?" she sighed.
"Oh they go wayyyy back. Lets just leave it at this: Twoface kidnapped Batman and the new DA, hung them from a trap. Robin had to pick which one to save: the DA, or Batman. Obviously, he wasn't going to pick. He tried to save the DA, assuming Batman'd be able to escape. He forgot Twoface's obsession with the number two. There was a second trap, which the DA fell into. Twoface then beat the crap out of Robin, with Batman looking on. Almost killed Robin. Batman got out of the trap, and saved Robin. The DA was killed. He still blames himself."
"Okay, so that dude's a very good suspect. Not sure 'bout the mask guy though."
"So that leaves Slade, the two-faced one, and the Scarecrow and Joker."
"How would Twoface know about Robin being in a coma though?"
"He wouldn't have been able to know. Neither would Joker," said Raven, shaking her head. "Not unless they were told by someone who knew about it."
"Slade or Scarecrow." Beastboy finished. "So all that this work proves is what we already know- that Slade and Scarecrow are involved."
"Yea, but we know someone else must be. None of the security footage from the breakout showed even a glimpse of either of 'em. Someone has got to be workin with them."
"The only one I can think of at the moment would be someone in the Hive 5. They've worked with Slade before." Raven pointed out.
"Yea, but that's when Jinx was working with them. And she was in charge. When they worked with Slade, it was her, Gizmo and Mamoth."
"Wait a second!" exclaimed Batgirl. "Man we're idiots! Why didn't we just look at the security footage to find out who kidnapped Robin, then find out who was the spy later?" Everyone slapped their forheads at their stupidity. Everyone raced to the security room. They started the tape at when they left. They fast forwarded through the first half hour, having it be of Robin jerking around because of his nightmare. As they fast forwarded through part of it, he disapeared.
"Stop!" shouted Raven. "Rewind back about five minutes. He just seems to disapear on fast forward. We have to see who did this!" everyone watched intently, as a black glove reached from the shadows, seemingly out of nowhere. The gloved hand was placed on Robin's shoulder, and with a little bit of glowing, they both vanished. "STOP!"
"I get it Rae! Sheesh! You don't have to scream in my ear!" said Beastboy, rubbing his pointed ear.
"Oh, so that narrows it down." mumbled Cyborg sarcastically. "Who wears black gloves and can transport?"
"Kyd Wykkd. He could've gotten out of jail, transported here without setting off alarms, grabbed Robin, and went back to fight." Raven immediately responded. "Besides, he's probably able to transport out of jail whenever he feels like leaving. Anyone else?"
"Madame Rouge," responded Beastboy. "Did anyone actually, you know, catch her when we froze the Brotherhood? She kinda disapeared. Plus I know she wouldn't have stayed frozen. But she can't transport..."
Batgirl had been silently mulling things over. Something didn't add up... "What if the person who took him wasn't evil?" she asked.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean... I left it up to Tim to tell Batman I was staying. Knowing him, he would've come here to make me question my decision, so I was sure 100%. It's only been like, two or three days since we all came here and broke up your little game. What if Batman came to talk to me, found Robin, and took him?"
"But how would he transport?"
"Justice Leage has transporters. He could've been transported here, went through the window of the med bay and avoided the security cameras. He'd think he'd sneak out, but then stop, seeing Robin. Not knowing what was going on, and being too impatient to wait for answers, he would've used his transporter to take Robin either to the Batcave or the JL headquarters."
"So if Batman took him, he'd either be in a cave or outerspace!" Cyborg exclaimed.
"Basically," she said with a shrug. "How's about we call him, see if we've found our 'kidnapper?'"
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