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Sparkbomb POV

We all sat gathered in the main room, mouths open gaping at Robin and he told us about the twisted things the 'Joker' had done in Gotham; back when he was working with batman. And trust me this guy is mental! He once set two ships of people out to sea, one with jailed convicts and the other with innocent civilians and gave them each a bomb detonator to blow up the other ship and save themselves! I mean how evil is that?

"Do you guys remember the morning before the fire?" Robin asked, I thought back and said aloud "Yeah, you said that u where doing some research for batman..." He nodded "Exactly. Batman contacted me about a week ago saying that the joker had disappeared. So I started researching the possible places he could have gone, but I never thought he would come here." Cy interrupted "But dude, you don't know for sure that it's him." Robin picked up the joker card off the table and said "This card confirms it, Cyborg. The Joker always left a Joker card to his next target..." He looked at me, "why are you looking at... OH!" I suddenly felt a little scared... The card was given to me... I was the 'Jokers' next target. I looked at robin "But why does he want me?" I saw Beast Boy tense beside Rae, "I..." he paused, He seemed to be considering saying something, "I don't know..."

I stood up and Robin handed the card to me, I turned it over and re-read the writing in my head, 'Loves a joke, right sparky?' ...well that proved the card was aimed at me...

Loves a Joke... I frowned what does he mean?

...Loves a Joke...

I looked up to see the team trying to work out the best way to handle this situation, I was only half listening as I mulled over the writing on the card... "Why don't you contact the man of bats?" starfire suggested, I smiled slightly at that, "uhh... batman, starfire?" Raven's neutral voice asked, "Yes! Him" her voice still sounded as cheery as ever.

"No! I don't need... I mean. We don't need Batman's help. We can handle this." I walked over to the group and smiled softly at Robin in support, "Robins right, we can do this. We just need to wait for the right time." I sighed as BB, Cy, Rae and Star argued all at once against me. "We need to go and find him, Spark! Kick his clown ass outta here!" "I believe that friend Spark needs protection from the Joking man" "How do we handle this guy? He's not like slade, or anyone we have had to face before" "We can't just wait for the right time and we can't handle this on our own! He wants to get you Spark! We have to do something now!" I looked at robin, not knowing how to respond, He looked back at me and looked slightly scared, but he masked it well.

Robin banged his fist on the table; everyone immediately fell silent and looked at robin, who said in a very commanding voice, "We will wait. We wait until he comes out to us. Knowing the Joker that won't take too long and he will make sure everyone has noticed his arrival."

We all remained silent; lost in our own thoughts...

Why does he want me? How does he even know who I am?

Beast Boy POV

I have to protect her...

Wait...What's with that look he's giving her?

Starfire POV

I new villain... how exiting!

Hmm... Maybe I could cook my home plants food for everyone! YEY!

Cyborg POV

This Joker sounds like a chump. I could take him out easily with my blaster. Booyah!

Raven POV

Sparkbomb will be fine... she can just explode the clown if he come near her.

Just focus on keeping calm...

Robin POV

How did the Joker know that, I feel like that about Spark? ... Loves a Joke, right Sparky? ... That's the one detail know one else knows, the one give away that it's me the jokers hinting about... The joker would always call me a joke compared to batman, back when I was at Gotham... The Joker is targeting Spark because of me...

I eyed Spark from the corner of my eye and couldn't help but smile at how sweet she looked when she had that glazed look in her eyes, when she was thinking.

I tore my gaze of her and looked around at the team, all lost in their own minds and... What the...? Beast boy was frowning at the ground and looked very tense and angry... "Beast boy, u ok?" he looked up at me and seemed to shake off whatever was bothering him, "yeah I'm fine."

I just nodded and wondered what to do now...

Sparkbomb POV

"How about we order Chinese food?" BB suggested, I smiled and nodded,"yeah! I love Chinese food!" Everyone agreed and Beast boy went to order it. I yawned and Rae looked at me suspiciously, I just smiled.

I picked up the Jokers card and put it in my hidden pocket inside my boot... Forgetting completely about the note I received from BB that's now hidden in my room. I yawned and shook my head in a weak attempt to wake myself up.

"Spark, that card should really go in the evidence room..." I looked at robin "Can I keep it for now? I wanna see if I can work out what the message means." The other looked over in amusement, "I dunno spark... it really should be kept safe." I pouted and batted my eye lashes at him "please? Please, please, please, please..." I begged, I'm my 'cute' voice, as I crawled to robin, I stopped when I was sitting right in front of him, he looked, along with everyone else, highly Amused, he sighed and smiled, "well...since u begged, alright" I laughed and hugged him, which he returned fast than before, I smiled and tightened the hug. It lasted slightly longer than last time and I didn't mind at all, I loved the security and warmth I felt when hugging robin.

We were forced to break of the hug when BB came back and coughed loudly to get our attention, he had a strange look on his face, then smiled and jumped on the sofa, "food is on the way!" he announced happily. I laughed and yawned.

"Didn't you get much sleep last night, Spark? You looked tired when we were at the window this morning" Robin asked sounding slightly concerned.

The team looked at me confused as to what robin was referring to, I just shrugged and replied "I didn't sleep at all actually last night..." but I couldn't remember why...

"How come?" Rae asked with slight interest, "I dunno..." I shrugged and smiled; they seemed to be content with that.

Starfire suddenly jump up, "We should watch a film while we eat the food from china!" I giggled and Cyborg said, "fine, but we all have to agree on the film, cus I ain't watching a chick flick" We all burst out laughing, until the door alarm rang, I smiled and stood up, "I'll go get the food, you guys pick the film" I then ran down the stairs to the front door.

After paying the delivery guy, saw something sticking out of my food box, I pulled it out and froze... A Joker card!

I flipped it over and once again, there was more writing, written in the same scribble as the last...

Got the message sparky? No? Think about the birds and the bats.

I hide the message in my boot with the other... No need to worry the others with that... I took a deep breath then ran upstairs to re-join the others and hopefully forget the puzzling cards that felt like they were burning my mind, from their secret existence.

When I got back upstairs, I place our food on the table in front of the television and laughed as I watched the ongoing argument between Cyborg and Starfire on whether we should watch a love film or a horror film, I looked over in the corner to see a frowning Rae who was trying to remain calm and then over at the kitchen stools were Robin and BB cheering on Cyborg. I laughed and tried to keep the peace while suggesting we watch, 'Kick-ass', because it has action for the guys and girls like it too.

Everyone agreed so, I put it on and we all ate our food in silence on the sofa, on my right there was Starfire, Cyborg, then closest to me was Robin. On my right, was BB and closest was Raven, I stared blankly at the screen and thought about the card...

... Think about the birds and the bats...

What the heck could that mean? Whatever this clue was should help me to understand the first card, then I'll know what the first card and I can't impress Robin! ... Did really just think that? No, no, no. I take that back u didn't hear me! ... Oh Jesus! Now I'm talking to myself... I must be tired.

...Think about the Birds and the Bats...

Loves a joke... Think about the Birds and Bats? How did they link?

... The Birds and the Bats...

...The Birds and Bats...

...Birds and Bats...

...Birds and B...

"Spark...come on Spark, wake up..."A gentle voice spoke to me... I slowly opened my eyes and groaned, "What is it?..." Robin smiled, then I realised I was looking up at him...

"Everyone fell asleep. I just woke up, it's 1:30" He smiled and then it hit me; I fell asleep... with my head on Robin's lap... I sat up fast, "Oh my god! I'm so sorry!" He just laughed and shook his head, "don't worry about it Spark" I blushed, feeling so embarrassed, His smiled seemed to grow slightly and he stood up and put his hand out for me, which I took still blushing like mad and stood up.

To my surprise, he kept hold of my hand and he led the way to our rooms, Robin room was next to mine, I rubbed my eyes with my free hand and lent my head on his shoulder, We stopped outside my room and Robin looked at me, I smiled shyly and hugged him, "Good night Robin..." He hugged me back, "Goodnight Spark..." We let go, of one another and just stood there, looking at each other... I couldn't help but smile, until he stepped back and walked to his room and smiled again before closing the door.

Ouch... I went in my room and sat on the floor, leaning back against the door, that's when the impossible hit me. I'm so stupid! What did I think I was doing?

I'm falling for Robin, I was falling hard. And I was clinging on to the hope that he would like me back... Why would he like me?... He was always being nice to me and caring... Well, Duh! He's the leader, The Teen Titans Captain its part of his job to be like that to me...

I stood up and walked to my mirror, it shocked me to find tears running down my cheeks, like a flooding dame, they refused to stop. I clutched on to the edge of my white rustic dresser, as if it were my life line, just trying to float away... I suddenly felt dizzy and sat on the floor with my back against my bed... and that's when I felt it, the most painful experience known to teenagers... The same feeling I had all that time ago, in my mother's final flame of life...

And I felt it all, the weakness, the shot and the snap; the rare routine of teenage pain.

I felt my heart break, but this time it didn't just break in two. It shattered into a million pieces.

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