Hey! I'm Back! Whoo! Okay, so I know some of you are a bit peeved about Scarecrow up and disapearing, Robin randomly summoning awakendom, ect. ect. but don't worry! Scarecrow is far from gone, Robin and the others will be in deep shit, half the DCU will have been here by the end of the story... in short, yea, the last few chapters have been shitty, but it'll all be made up for! :D-
Superman reached Jump City within two minutes. Scanning the city, he quickly found Cyborg, and rushed over to him. "Cyborg, is it?" The half metal teen, not expecting Supes to fly down into the city, was shocked and it showed.
"Su-Superman? What are you doing here?" he asked... stuttered... same difference.
"I got two SOS's from your city here. Care to explain? The emergency button isn't a toy."
"The first SOS was probably from Batgirl! No time to explain! We need you to get her down, before she falls down here herself!"
"Where is she? And what's she doing here?" asked Superman.
"I'll explain later, just grab her!" Cyborg shouted, pointing to the clock. "She's got about a minute before she falls to her death!" Superman, holding back his questions as he realized the danger of her situation, flew up to the clock tower in time to free Batgirl. As he flew up, Cyborg muttered, "Emergency button, huh? Coulda come in handy over the years..."
"Causing trouble for the titans?" Superman joked, as he flew Batgirl down. Luckily, the shocker was a one time thing.
"Actually, I am a titan now."
"Oh? News to me. You'll have to tell me about it later. We've gotta get Robin now."
"He got in contact with you?" asked Cyborg, estatic.
Confused, Supes answered "I'm assuming it was his SOS, seeing as none of your team seems to know about the emergency button..."
"Thank God..." mumbled Batgirl. "Wherever he is, he's at least out of that god forsaken coma from hell..."
The man of steel looked back and forth between the two teens, wanting an explination. "So? Why are you and Robin both sending me an SOS when there's a whole team here? And not to mention, where is your team?" Cyborg sighed, and shook his head.
"Starfire's taking Beastboy to the hospital right now."
"Hospital?" asked Batgirl, worried. He just nodded.
"The burns were worse than we thought. And Raven... is a bit preoccupied."
"How so?" asked Superman, worried. "Is she okay?"
"If by 'okay' you mean dimension hopping to keep certain demons at bay while sensing whatever pain Robin's in thanks to their little bond or whatever."
Superman just shook his head, clearing his thoughts. Way too many unanswered questions. "Well, what about Robin? You said something about a coma?" The two teens shared a look. Batgirl talked for the both of them.
"Well, you know how Scarecrow broke out of Arkam last week?" she asked timidly. It was a start. Together, Cyborg and Batgirl condensed the story to about this:
1. Batgirl joins team after Robin basically blows up, beats up Batman, and shares his identity
2. Scarecrow and Slade team up.
3. Robin goes into a fear endused coma, curtousy of Scarecrow's fear toxins, which were jacked up by Slade, so he felt the physical pain
4. Raven realized that Robin had been obsorbing her pain ever since their mind meld, and now was returning the favor, though sometimes invoulenterily, and she saw the not so happy dreams. Did they mention if it kept up she'd die?
5. Slade captures Batgirl on a stealth mission
6. Same villian gives Starfire the choice to find Batgirl or Robin. She chooses Batgirl.
7. Batgirl's saved, Raven's now dimension hopping, Beastboy's being rushed to the hospital for serious burns, and Robin's apparently out of said coma.
8. finaly, they have no clue: Where in the World is Carmon Sandiego? Er... Robin?
"So, that about sums it up," they finished awkwardly. Superman just stared. That all happened in just a week? It was a living nightmare! And maybe he wouldn't take it so personally with other heroes, but the titans? They were just kids! They should all be in high school, worried about who was dating who, not who got kidnapped by what!
"Why didn't you call the League sooner?" was the stupidity that spurted from his mouth, and he immediately regretted it. Sure he was annoyed, but he didn't want to sound like he was condecending their work.
"With all due respect sir, things weren't so out of hand till the last day or two. Robin was kidnapped, while still in his coma, less than 24 hours ago. Batgirl was kidnapped last night. Before this, we've stopped the Brotherhood of Evil, the gosh darn end of the world... this all seemed a bit... juvenile at first in comparison. We didn't need help until just now, when everything royally colapsed." Superman sighed, knowing it was true.
"Alright. Fine. I'll go look for Robin. You two go get some rest and check if your team mates are okay."
"How the heck are you gonna find him? The city's huge!"
"X-Ray vision comes in handy," he said with a smirk. The big blue boyscout would find Robin if it was the last thing he'd do...
Robin woke up. Again. Accept this time, he was chained to a table. VERY evil scientist like. His gloves, belt and cape were all gone, leaving him with none of his usual lock picking devises. Who should enter the room, but the antagonist! "What do you want Slade?"
"I already told you. Surely you can't have forgotten our little chat, Richard."
"Screw you."
"Your parents wouldn't appretiate such language now, would they?"
"Dont you talk about them!" the boy wonder seethed. "You don't know anything about them!"
"Don't I? I probably know more about them than you do. But that's besidest the point."
"Then what is the point to this litttle chat?" Slade, not being able to hold his temper in check anymore, walked over to Robin nonchalantly and slapped him in the face.
"That'll be enough out of you, apprentice! Now, listen closely. I don't like to repeat myself. Last time, you picked the wrong choice. You'll turn on your friends whether you like it or not!" Robin glared at the masked demon in front of him, seeing there wasn't much else he could do but wait for Superman. Well, If he got his SOS anyway...
"I found your little emergency button, or whatever you called it. Needing Superman to come save you? Aren't your days as the 'boy hostage' over? But we don't have to worry about Superman. I've got most of the area doused in lead paint. His X-Ray vision will be useless."
"Yea, 'cause half a dozen buildings that just so happen to be superman-proof aren't suspicious."
"That's the point. The buildings also all contain a good ammount of kryptonite dust. He'll have the strength of a mortal, with none of the fighting skills or superpowers. My robots, and you, will make quick work of him."
"ME? Yea, like I'm going to go fight Superman! And what about my friends? You really are crazy!" A button pressed. An electric current shot through Robin's body. He surpressed the urge to scream bloody murder.
"Now, lets try this again... YOU will fight Superman. Perhaps even kill him, if you get lucky. You'll enjoy every minute of it. The titans? No need to worry about them."
"What did you do to them?" Robin shouted, immediately worried. Slade just chuckled.
"Don't worry, their all alive... well, mostly. I'm not sure about your demon friend, seeing as she's currently trying to outrun her father's control over her by constantly switching dimensions. The annoying green one won't be a problem for long, and the others are too emotionally unstable to do anything."
"No. They'll fight. They'll win! You'll be defeated, and so help me god, you'll pay for all the suffering you've caused!"
"Using the most cliche'd lines in the book won't save you. Nothing can. Now, if you're still against obeying your master, I'll have to do one of two things. I could make you relive your past nightmares..."
Robin felt a needle being jabbed into his arm, and a feeling of fuzzyness coming over him. "Or, I could just make your life a living one!"
Fighting it as much as he could, Robin still fell into the realm of unconciousness. Slade smirked menicingly. "Pleasant dreams..."
*love? hate? think its crazy enough to earn an animaniacs episode? stupid enough to join the simpsons? let me know!