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Sparkbomb POV
3 hours sleep.
Thats all I could manage. My sleeping pills had let me down royally because I still had nightmares about the fire and the eyes.
I stood up off my bed not wanting to try to sleep anymore. I walked into my silver and blue bathroom and I gazed at myself in the mirror.
You saved her. Its fine. Shes going to be alright.
I glared at my reflection, "You are so stupid." At least in your head be honest with yourself.
Robin.. He was the issue here.
Superhero drama I can handle, but average teen worries turn me into a mess. We've been friends since forever, I need to just be happy with that.
But I really thought we were on the same wave length when it came to 'Us'
While I mulled this over, I decided to take a warm bath to relax... Sure, Robin and I had always been close, we had always held hands or linked arms when we were at school and in down time between missions. I guess it was like a comfort blaket for us both.
As I lowered in to the water, my back stung slightly, due to the scars that still violently decorated that area of my skin, I cringed and finally relaxed. As we got older and turned into teenagers everything seemed to change while staying exactly the same as before. Every touch seemed to mean so much more. It all seemed so much more intimate and private. I really thought there was something there and I thought he felt it to.
Closing my eyes I ducked my head under the steaming water and held myself there. All the teasing flirting and the secret little kisses on cheeks... was that all just a bit of silliness between friends that I had grossly misread? I brought my head back above the soundless comfort and moved my hair out of my face.
"Was it all in my head?" I asked aloud to myself.
After a while of rummaging in my brain for an answer, I decided it would be easier to not stress over it. Time will tell. I got out of the bath and wrapped a big fluffy light blue towel around me and went through in to my room and got dressed, I went to my mirror and quickly brushed my hair before deciding to leave it to dry. With a sigh, I gave myself an encouraging smile and left my room.
It was silent in the tower, all the lights were still off, so it must have been early. I chose to be kind and leave the nights off to not disturb my friends. I quickly made my way to the main room.
"I should start getting up early more often" I muttered while admiring the sunrise out of the glass wall. The bright colours raising over the dark horizon of the city was stunning.
Rather than eating breakfast early, I sat on the floor, against the side of a desk by the window and looked out to watch the city slowly wake up. I watched the slow build of lights flicker on in the distance and how the people of Jump started there day; working people driving off to who knows where and the teenagers that were up early for school walking with friends slowly to pass the time. Watching other people always made me forget about what's going on in my life and right now that is what I needed.
I leant my head on the glass and idly wondered if my damp hair was dripping on the floor.
I was so at peace watching the life outside, I didn't notice someone else enter the room.
Until- "Hey..." I looked over to the doorway and my smile disappeared.
"Hello."
Robin POV
After finishing my morning routine; work out, shower, get dressed, gel hair- I looked at my alarm clock, 7:00am... I must have slept in..
I left my room and head down to the main room, I stopped in the door way, after seeing Spark sitting on the floor by the unused desk.
I watched her as she starred out the window with a glazed look in her sparkling silver eyes, I smiled as the sunlight lit up her face and reflected on her skin and costume, she looked like she was glowing. She looks beautiful..
The memories of yesturday came flooding back. I regretted my attitude towards her last night, I cant believe I was so wrong about us. I shouldve known that she didnt see us the same way I did.
"Hey..." She looked over, with a startled expression and her glittering eyes focused on me.
"Hello." She patted the floor beside her.
I walked over and sat next to her on the floor, I hoped in my head that the others wouldn't wake up for a while...
"Rachel... look, Im really sorry about yesturday. I didnt mean to be such a jerk. I hope you can forgive me." I looked in to her eyes and smiled nervously, I suck at apologies, she looked at me for a moment and it seemed like she was debating whether she would accept my apology, "you know.. us running away together would be a lot more difficult to do if you stay upset with me.." then she started giggling and hugged me.
"Of course I forgive you! We both just had a stressful day! Dont worry about it." I was so relieved. I wrapped my arms around her in return.
Gotta love my Spark...
After we broke off the hug, we both leaned back on the desk to watched the city. I studied Sparks face as she smiled at the view, she really was the most beautiful girl, I've ever seen...
We both jumped when the red warning lights set started going off, I ran to the computer with Spark behind me. I read the emergency message and accessed the CCTV cameras for the area that was stated. The rest of the team came running in and surround me and the computer "Jump city central park, there are reports of robots threatening and terrorising civilians."
Here we go again.
"TITANS GO!"
Sparkbomb POV
"TITANS GO!" We all ran for the stairs and bolted down to the bottom of the tower. While I was tying back my, now dry, hair in to its usual high pony tail, Robin gave out instructions, "Raven, Beast boy and Starfire, will have to fly to insure we have the criminals surrounded from the north and east, Cyborg can take the T-Bike to block the south and Spark and I will take my motorbike, then block the west" I smiled at that last instruction.. We all gave our nods in agreement with the plan.
Rae, Star and BB all took of flying as soon as we reach the garage, Robin and I jumped on his motorbike and we were off, following Cy. I had my arms firmly around his torso... so I wouldn't fall off of course.
I looked past Robin and saw Cy turn right to attack from the south, where as we kept going straight on to attack from the west.
We skidded to a stop on the bike and we jumped off, just around the corner from the Jump central park. I followed Robin and we looked around the corner from the building and saw... wait.
"Robin is it just me or are there no villains or robots?" we looked at each other in confusion.
"There's nothing here..." he agreed, our communicators went off and were told the same by the others; no one could see a problem.
"Search the area." Robin ordered, everyone signed off the communicators.
Robin and I headed into the park, we walked through the trees and found no disturbance, we past children playing near the stream, adults talking and walking with no hint of panic... We kept searching,but there was nothing...
BEEP BEEP BEEP
Robin and I answered our communicators, Raven had found the cause. "There's a robot standing in the centre of the bridge. I can't see it properly from here but it s not moving. At all." She explained.
Robin told us all that we all need to meet Raven at the big willow tree behind the bridge and this weird robot. Robin looked at me smiling in anticipation "Ready?" I smiled and nodded "Always" We took off running side by side and found the others, I looked out from behind the tree and Rae was right. This robot wasnt doing a thing.
It stood there facing away from us; slightly taller than Cyborg, it looked black from this view... "We might as well walk around to the front and see if it moves then attack..." Robin said, he looking the most confused out of all of us.
As we walked around, I noticed Beast boy move closer to me whenever we got closer to the robot...
When we got to the front, the robots head jolted to the side and seemed to being staring at someone... and judging from the movements of the team, surrounding me protectively, but at the same time looking baffled as to why it was me it was staring at.
The robots arm lifted up and there was something in its hand, Robin made a step forward to see what it was, but the robots hand closed and a mini explosive was thrown near him, making Robin fly back into Cy knocking them both to the floor.
They stood up and Cy had his laser beam pointed at the robot in anger, I looked back to the robot and its hand unclenched. "Wait!" I called to Cy who looked at me puzzled... "It wants me to go get whatever that is..." I gestured to the robots hand.
"No way! That thing just tried to blow up Robin and you want to go closer? No way, no way, no way." Beast Boy objected and the others seemed to agree, Cyborg announced that we should just let him blow it up. But as soon as he said that screams of civilians surrounded us and 2 more robots started attacking the team, one sent an explosive at Rae and Star, While the other was being attacked by Robin and Cyborg, The first came charging towards BB and I, so I created my bomb in my hand and threw it towards the Robot 1, who dodged it and as I threw more, it managed to grab my arm and throw me towards the bridge, where I saw BB transform into a gorilla and wrestle the robot while Rae and Starfire came to help him.
I looked up to see the Robot on the bridge, it was looking at me with glowing red 'eyes'. I cautiously stood up and jumped up on the bridge. Very slowly, I reached out and grabbed the item in its hand, but at the same time its other arm grabbed my wrist and lifted me up and it seemed to stare at me for a moment before throwing me to the grass. I did a back flip, that I learnt from Robin, so I didn't land on my head.
I generated a spark bomb in my hand and was about to laugh it when I noticed that the other robots had stopped attacking the other titans, who were glaring at them cautiously. I jumped when all the robots started laughing like psychos, I looked to Robin and shock and realisation was covering his face. The robots were getting on my nerves, I threw my bomb at the main one as Starfire and Cyborg took out the other two. As my bomb hit its target the robot blew up and launched confetti into the sky.
Robin ran to me and the team followed, Robin asked urgently, "what did it want you have?" I opened my clenched hand and in it was a card with writing on it, I read aloud:
'Loves a Joke, right sparky?'
I had no clue what that meant, and it looks like the others didn't either. The only clear thing here was that the card was meant for me.
Robin looked furious, "turn it over."
I turned it over and looked at the others; none of them understood. Robin and I did.
It was a Joker playing card.
