I woke up late in the morning as pulled my cape back on, letting the warm led lined cape comfort me.
I looked around. The room and found a small outlet. I ripped it off and plugged it into my arm computer. The recharge was quick and when the door opened in the next minute I looked up into the disapproving glare of Raven.
"Hey!" I waved closing my screen.
"What are you doing?" She asked in a monotone.
"Recharging," I smiled innocently.
"Hmm." her eyebrow raised and she turned. "Come on."
I flipped up and followed her. "Where are we going?" I asked as we didn't head down the main hall.
"The garage," she said. "I think we might have found a way to send you home."
"Really?" I grinned.
She turned, almost confused. "Of course. Do you think we'd just kick you out?" In all honesty that was exactly what I thought would happen.
We entered the garage a moment later and I found Garfield– err Beast Boy, crouching on the hood of a beautifully made car. The red head girl was sitting on the top and Raven went to join her. Robin was standing next to Cyborg who was holding a large machine.
"Is that it?" I asked.
"I think so," Cyborg held it out. I eyed it.
"Are you sure?"
"Pretty sure." He shrugged.
"Try it," I begged.
Cyborg pointed it at me. "Hold still," he cautioned.
I held my breath as a faint tingling filled me. My molecules began to fall away. "It's working!" I grinned.
But at my words the feeling fell away and I stood in the garage, surrounded by some ash.
"No," Cyborg hit the machine and pointed it back at me.
A small symbol was flashing by the knob. "Wait!" I yelled.
This time the hit went right through me and my energy drained away. I would've hit the floor if not for a pair of strong hands. I blinked away the haziness to find a pair of large green eyes and long red hair.
"Robin," she cried. "Are you... alright?"
"Fine," I pushed her away. She was, admittedly, very pretty. "Thanks... I um, didn't catch your name?"
"Starfire. And you are very welcome."
"Can we try again?" I asked, trying to stand. Starfire helped me to my feet.
"It didn't work," Cyborg argued.
"Please," I begged. "Just one more time."
"I'll re calibrate it," he opened the back panel and began fiddling with wires.
"No!" I jumped up, stumbling a little.
"Calm down!" Robin pushed me back.
"No!" I yelled. "Don't..." one of the wires fell out.
"Robin?" Starfire's voice was gentle. "You must simply be patient. Cyborg is very smart and he will fix it."
"Ok," I tried to breathe normally my heart pounded. "Ok." I smiled at her.
"And while Cyborg fiddles," Beast boy broke the awkward silence. "Breakfast time!"
"What do you want?" Beast boy asked in a French accent. "We have tofu eggs and bacon. Pancakes. Soy milk and cereal. Or... whatever Raven is making..."
I looked over where the violet haired girl was stirring something in a pot. "Herbal tea." she rolled her eyes. "Would you like some?"
"I'll pass Raven, thanks anyway."
"You could have waffles and mustard," Starfire held a plate out to me,
"No thanks Starfire."
"Starfire," Beast Boy gagged. "That's disgusting."
"As is your tofu," Raven dumped a small plate of eggs in the trash.
"It is not!" He turned to me defensively. "What do you think?" He asked.
"I don't know," I shrugged. "I've never had any."
Beast boy's grin was almost evil as he piled my plate with food.
Tentatively I bit into a tofu piece of bacon. "This isn't actually that bad," I shrugged.
Raven's jaw hit the floor. "What?"
"It's not the greatest," I admitted. "But it's not gross. Sushi on the other hand..."
We finished breakfast quickly and I understood why the grump Robin stuck around. They were nice people, a bit different, but all nice.
"I dare you to drink star's mustard." Beast boy prodded.
"No," I gagged.
"Why?" Starfire looked up at me innocently. "Is there something wrong with my drink?"
"No," I held up my hands. "I didn't mean it like that. I mean..."
Raven laughed. "You know you have a lot more in common with our Robin than you think."
The door opened and Cyborg walked out, the other Robin right behind him. "Speak of the devil." I muttered. "Did you fix it?" I asked, leaping over the table backwards and landing in front of Cyborg.
"Just about," he fiddled with the dial. "But it will take a while to charge."
"I can wait," I smiled.
"Been enjoying breakfast?" Cyborg asked. "Beast boy been stuffing his nasty tofu down your throat?"
"Actually it's not that–"
Before I could finish a bright alarm began flashing.
"What's that?" I asked.
"The alarm," Robin yelled.
"No duh. What's it for?"
"Trouble," Robin growled. "Titans go!"
The team ran toward the exit and I hurried after them to be stopped by the other Robin.
"You stay here," he snarled.
"I can help," I protested. "Besides, you can't exactly lock me in here."
"Stay."
His voice was so venomous he goaded the words out of my without conscious thought.
"Yes, Batman."
If looks could kill I'd be writhing on the ground.
After the spiky haired bully vanished outside the door I followed.
"Well..." I paused. "This could be a problem..."
The tower was on a small island a couple miles off the coast of a huge city.
I didn't recognize the sky line of it. Nothing in this place was the same.
With a deep breath I ran back a few steps and turned, pressing a button on my belt.
"Please work," I begged as I watched the silhouettes of the team vanish into the city.
I ran forward and jumped off a small ledge.
My belt sent a shock into my cape and it stayed stiff, gliding high above the water.
"Yes!" I cried and shot into the city.
There, I landed on the roof of a tall building, the shock in my cape washing away.
"Now where are you?" I pressed a button on the side of my mask and a small screen appeared over my eye piece.
But I didn't need it. In a moment I heard a loud 'bang' and a cloud of black smoke began hanging over the city about a mile to the north.
I latching my grappling hook I flew after the rest of the team.
The smoke nearly choked me and I watched a duo walk out of the building. The first was a large boy with sideburns and a yellow uniform. The second was a boy who was at most half my size with large spider like tentacles on his back.
I watched with rigid fascination as the other Robin flew out of the smoke with a large staff with Starfire and Raven behind him, hands ablaze. Cyborg came out of the most with a huge green elephant at his shoulder.
"Where'd your leader go?" Cyborg taunted.
"Did Jinx decide you guys were to lame?" Beast boy chimed in changing to his normal self then into a large bird.
"You know very well you bratty little snots!" The tiny kid shouted. He swatted beast boy a few yards away. "She left us," his giant arms hit Raven in the head, "for your crud butts!" Cyborg was smashed back as well.
Starfire was head to head with the huge man. Almost literally. Her fists were lit green and she threw punches almost as fast and hard as Superboy.
But, with a vengeance, and a small machine clipped to the back of his neck, he was too fast for her and she was hit.
The little boy pinned Robin to the ground by his cape, a spinning blade at his neck.
The tiny child had something clipped on the back of his neck as well.
They were getting their rears handed to them so I decided to intervene.
With a well placed smoke bomb I jumped down behind the child before stepping inside. I let my other senses guide me forward and lifted a boomerang behind him. I remained quiet and slashed his systems. He was too small to hurt badly but he would be useless without his machine.
"Hey!" the kid yelled.
The grown man turned, startled, cracking his knuckles.
The smoke was quickly fading and I jumped up, standing on his shoulders. With a quick jab I hit the points in his neck and he fell to the earth.
"What are you doing here?" Robin growled sitting up.
"Helping," I offered a hand which he declined.
Rolling my eyes behind my mask I ran to the unconscious or incapacitated team. Raven groaned, rubbing her head and beast boy was only slowly coming out of unconsciousness.
"What just happened?" Cyborg moaned, "I swear they weren't that strong before."
As I helped beast boy stand I pointed to the blacked out enemies next to the still steaming building. "The things on the backs of their necks."
"The what?" Robin turned to me once checking Starfire was ok.
"Their necks," I leapt off a piece of rumble and over their heads like a cat to pluck the small metal device grafted to their skin.
The man moaned slightly as the machine left a small pink mark. I crouched, examining it.
"I've never seen stuff like this." Sticking it under my glove my sensors examined it on a molecular level. I bit my lip. "What are you?"
Behind me the team walked up.
"I told you to stay at the tower," Robin growled at me.
"You did," I continued to finger the little machine and stuck it in one of my belt pockets. "And I didn't listen."
"You don't follow orders and Batman keeps you around."
I shook my head. "I take orders from people I respect."
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