I promised the next chapter would come out sooner~ ;)
So Young Justice episode 10 is scheduled to air on September 16. About time! D: However, for most of us internet-folks, episode 10 will kinda be like a rerun. I remember when it came out on CN's website. :D Ahh... best mess up that website ever had. And episode 10 is even on youtube! xD I love the internet.

I hope you enjoy the chapter~! :D

He knew Bruce wanted him to avoid the big criminals, but he couldn't just ignore a break-in that was happening right under his nose. Besides, he would make sure the police was alerted. He could take care of himself until they arrived.

Dick landed quietly on the roof of the museum. He crouched down, opened the skylight, and peered into the building.

He raised an eyebrow when he recognized who was- no, who were stealing artifacts from the museum.

Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn looked like they were having the time of their lives. Harley was twirling around with every other step she took, the ends of her jester hat twisting with each movement. She showed Ivy a valuable necklace she had nicked, giggling at the wide smile Ivy gave her.

Dick smiled as he watched the two. They were cute when they were together. It was a shame he would have to break up their little party.

His smile morphed into a smirk.

A quick flick of the wrist, and the fire alarm was set off. From the rooftop, Dick could see the shocked expressions on the women's faces. He shifted his weight onto the other leg, eyes still on the supervillains below.

Ivy soon noticed the batarang piercing the fire alarm and cursed under her breath. She looked around, expecting to find Batman to pop out of the shadows. Grinning widely, Dick opened the skylight a bit more and threw a lasso at Harley.

Her shriek told him he met his mark.

Dick cackled loudly as he jumped into the building. By the look on Ivy's face, she was completely irritated now. Dick's laughter had echoed around the museum, and thus, Dick's location was yet to be discovered.

"Come out, boy wonder. It's rude to keep a lady waiting," Ivy said coolly.

"I don't know... I don't think Batman would want me to," Dick replied in a sing-song voice.

"How disappointing. And here I thought Batman would have taught you basic manners."

"Well, you see, there's an exception for supervillains. If you were a kindly old lady who wasn't trying to rob a museum, I- whoa-!"

The world turned upside down as he was carried towards Ivy. Dick looked up to see a vine wrapped around his right leg. He was dangling mid-air before Poison Ivy; it was not exactly the most ideal situation.

"You placed some of your own plants in here beforehand," Dick said.

"Very good. You're quite the detective."

"Unfortunately, I just can't seem to kick my habit of conversing with my enemies. Batman would scold me so!"

"I prefer talking to you rather than having to play the silent game with Batman though," Ivy cooed.

"Really? Well, that's a relief. I was a bit worried that my chattering was annoying."

Dick threw a birdarang into the dark. It exploded, and a shrill, piercing noise rang out. The vine dropped him and retreated.

"By the way," Dick said and straightened up, "I'm pretty sure the police is here by now. And I'm completely sure my back-up's here."

"Back-up?" Ivy snarled, and then yelped as she was knocked backwards.

"Ivy!" Harley cried out.

The blur of yellow and red that had barreled into Ivy screeched to a halt next to Robin. A blinding grin swam in Dick's vision.

"Hey, man. Did I miss anything?" Wally held out a fist.

"Not much. Thanks for coming," Dick bumped it with his own fist.

"So, who's the hottie?"

"Trust me, you don't want to get involved with her."

"Who knows? It's worth a-"

"Trust me."

They avoided getting a concussion from an enraged Harley, who was currently wielding a large mallet. Dick caught sight of a vine slinking away from the ropes that had previously been subduing Harley. That was annoying, Ivy's plants were making this more difficult than it had to be.

"She's cute too," Wally commented as he swooped down to pick up Dick. He dodged Harley's successive swings with his super-speed.

"Dude, seriously, no," Dick crossed his arms.

"Alright, alright. I'm just saying..."

Wally maneuvered around various display stands that had been emptied by Ivy and Harley. While doing so, he also had to dodge oncoming vines and Harley's violent swings and carry the boy wonder.

"It's a good thing you're so light," Wally yelled.

"Could you imagine me fat?" Dick yelled back while throwing birdarangs at numerous pots containing Ivy's plants. He hoped he'd gotten most of them.

"Ugh... the mental image is scarring me," Wally shivered.

"It's your own fault for imagining it."

"Oh, FYI, I saw Red Arrow along the way."

"What? What's he still doing here?"

"Still?"

"Yeah, he was here yesterday too."

"Hmm... dunno. Can I go get him? It'll only take a sec."

"Wai-" Dick said as Wally let him down and dashed out, "-t. Geez..."

The sound of swishing air alerted Dick of the danger that took the form of Harley's mallet. He flipped out of the way as the supervillain swung down. Before she could raise her weapon again, Dick rushed at her and elbowed her in the stomach. She staggered slightly from the blow, unable to react in time to avoid the vial of chloroform thrown at her. The container shattered on her chest, causing her to flinch, and then drop to her knees drowsily.

Harley was flat on her face by the time Wally came back. A disgruntled Roy stepped out of the speedster's arms. "Why did you bring me here?" he growled.

"Rob needs all the help he can get," Wally pointed at Dick, who was currently struggling with a vine that had managed to wrap around his wrist.

Roy froze briefly, having just noticed Dick. Then, he calmly walked over and sliced the vine with the sharp end of one of his arrows.

"Alright," he muttered, "who's the target?"

"Poison Ivy."

"Oh, so that's her name," Wally raised his eyebrows.

"You still shouldn't get too involved with her," Dick snorted, "Anyways, Ivy controls plants and likes to play with toxins. Watch out for anything that looks like pollen; some are mind-controlling agents and some are-"

A gigantic root crashed down, separating the three. Dick dove to one side while Roy and Wally dove to the other. He groaned as he looked up at the aggressor. The root came from a plant that had grown exponentially. On the very top of the plant, a large pink flower was blooming. Ivy was sitting on the flower, patting the plant lovingly.

"Seriously disastrous," Dick ground out through clenched teeth. He really wished he had Freeze's freeze gun right now. Due to the size of the monster plant, he couldn't take the risk of setting it on fire. Rampaging plants were scary plants.

Dick's cape whipped around, indicating the presence of his friend.

"Are you okay?" Wally asked, checking every visible part of him.

"I'm fine. Listen, take Harley out of here and hand her to the police. Then look for the thermostat in here- set it to the lowest temperature."

"Who put you in charge?" Wally smirked.

"I'm so awesome that I don't need anyone's approval," Dick smirked back, "Now go!"

Wally gave him a mock salute, and then sped off. He picked up Harley, making sure her head didn't roll out too much as he ran.

The speedster came back inside in no time and began looking for the thermostat. While Wally ran around the museum, Dick made his way over to Roy and pulled out a small spray can of acetic acid. He nudged Roy on the arm. "Got any freezing arrows with you?" he asked.

Roy nodded and switched the arrow he had been readying.

"Good. Now once KF comes back-" Dick started.

"Found it! Turned the temperature down all the way to 35 degrees," Wally appeared by them.

Dick flashed Wally a grin before chucking the spray can at the underside of the monstrous plant. "Red, hit the can!" he commanded.

Just as the arrow pierced the tin container, the air vent directly above Ivy's plant blasted out chilly air. Much to the three heroes' surprise, the plant shrunk to almost half its size. Ivy was now clinging onto the flower on top of the plant, her lips drawn back in a snarl.

"Huh... didn't expect that to happen," Dick said as he pulled out another can, "Maybe we should try to get the flower this time."

The plant thrashed when it was hit the second time. It shrank even more, causing Ivy to fall rather ungracefully on her butt. She tossed back her hair, her snarl even more apparent, and gave one last command to her plant.

Dick jerked back when he realized the plant was charging at him.

"Umph!"

His vision went black. The breath he was taking in was labored. He couldn't move his mouth to cry out. Something was clutching his forearm. There was a gentle pressure on the back of his head. It was strange; he felt no pain.

Then he recognized the faint smell of cologne, freshly cut wood, and a scent he couldn't quite describe but he liked anyway.

Dick pulled back and looked up. He prayed to god that his face wasn't as red as it felt when he noticed that Roy was looking back at him. Dick wanted to thank him, but his throat had become dry, and he was having trouble forming the words. This was getting awkward, neither of them were looking away. Dick really needed Roy's gaze to be on something or someone that wasn't him.

"I need help over here!" Wally yelled.

Dick jumped and pushed himself away from Roy, determined not to look at the latter in the eyes. "R-Right!" he said as he ran to Wally's aid.

A brief struggle later, and Ivy was knocked out in Wally's arms. "She smells nice, very flowery," he winked at Dick, "I bet you just don't want me to ask her out 'cause you have a crush on her."

"Idiot. As if I would be stupid enough to like a bad guy," Dick lightly smacked Wally on the shoulder.

"Come on. You told me you have a thing for redheads!"

Dick's eyes flickered to his left and settled on Roy. Thankfully, because of the whites of his mask, neither Wally nor Roy could see what he was looking at. Without moving his head, his eyes still on Roy, Dick laughed and rubbed the back of his neck. "Still not interested in her," he snorted, "I'd go for someone who's actually on our side."

"Oh, so you'd date me?" Wally teased, which caught Dick by surprise.

"Ha, you wish!"

Wally laughed as Dick bumped into him playfully. "Hey, but," Wally tilted his head back to look at Roy, "I'd totally be able to woo Rob if I wanted to, right?"

"I wouldn't know," Roy muttered gruffly, and then ruffled Dick's hair, "you don't think about those kind of things, not at his age."

"Yeah, I, uh... I'm not really interested in girls right now," Dick reluctantly pushed Roy's hand away. He allowed his head to turn in Roy's direction as he did so, and thus saw the archer's lips stretched into a thin line. His own mouth opened marginally in surprise.

"Hey, hey," Wally bumped into the raven-hair to grab his attention, "then how do you know you like redheads? Are you really not interested in girls? I think someone's got a secret here~"

"Get off, dude. I'm serious. Right now, I've got zero interest in girls. Zip."

Wally stared at him incredulously. "Really?" he asked.

"Positive."

Wally shrugged, but gave up on pestering Dick. He clicked his tongue and looked upwards. "Well, I've got to head home right now... homework and stuff, you know?" And with that, he dropped Ivy into Roy's arms, gave Dick a pat on the back, and dashed off back to Central City. The turbulence behind him made bystanders' hair whip around, clothes ruffle, and papers fly.

"We'd better wrap this up," Dick said, striding to the entrance of the museum.

"Yeah, alright," Roy said.

Commissioner Gordon was standing in front of his platoon, waiting for the signal to enter the building. He had an exasperated look on his face once Dick and Roy came out through the double doors of the entrance. "I was told by that Flash kid that Batman was in there," he said suspiciously when they approached him.

"No worries!" Dick laughed, "We handled it. Just make sure the museum's security goes up, 'cause right now... it kinda sucks."

Gordon chuckled, and then ordered an officer to take Ivy from Roy. Ivy was handcuffed and placed beside Harley, who was also still unconscious. Dick watched as the officer shut the back door of the armored truck. He exhaled slowly, relieved to know that he wouldn't have to worry about the duo for a while.

Accompanied by Roy, Commissioner Gordon, and one of Gordon's officers, Dick went back inside to examine what the supervillains had been planning to steal. There were two large brown sacks sitting conspicuously among the empty glass displays. Dick crouched down and opened one of them.

A cloud of pink dust exploded in Dick's face. Dick immediately closed the sack and tied the end closed.

"Stay back!" he coughed, knowing that Gordon was rushing to him to see what was wrong. This wasn't good; he was feeling dizzy. "Commissioner, g-get your dust or gas masks. Do not handle these bags without th-them," he choked out before shooting his grapple at the open skylight and zipping out of the building.

Dick's stomach flipped when he noticed Roy had exited the building as well and was looking straight at him. Panicked, Dick shot his grapple at a nearby skyscraper and swung off. He looked back and bit his lip; Roy was trailing after him with his motorcycle. Of all days for the usually distant archer to actually care...

"Don't follow me!" Dick yelled, voice beginning to tremble from the effects of Ivy's pollen. Oh, he did not like the fact that his body was screaming to go back to Roy. Not at all.

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