Okay, I am going to try and lengthen POV scenes from different people because it is pretty darn hard to keep it in one person's POV when the scene is by a few different people. So please tell me what you think.
The small group had assembled by the time Robin arrived, by the looks of things they had been waiting for her; Robin gave a curt tip of her broad hat when she entered. The Martian went on to give brief details, "Gorilla Grod has been spotted in downtown Gotham City, he has not yet made any attempt at villainy," the emotionless Martian clicked a few buttons for the pad, "Rob has told me that Grod might be a potential target, please step onto the pad."
Batman, Flash and Wonder Woman made room for Rob as the pad hummed into life; Robin knew in her soul that something was about to happen.
When the group materialized, Flash was the first to speak, "I'll check out the area."
With that he was gone and Wonder Woman was next up, "I'll search from the skies."
Just Robin and Batman were left, "guess it's just you and me." Batman gave a stiff nod before heading off; to Robin he had been rather more silent than usual.
Robin trotted after Batman in the brightly lit streets, passer byes turning to stare as they Batman and Rob made their way down the street. All those eyes felt like pin pricks in her back, couldn't people just deal with their own business and not worry about other people.
Robin and the Dark Knight were just about to turn the corner when a red shape went flying past to hit the building at the 'T' junction. Robin's gaze followed the path of the object, rubble flying to bounce off her veil. A form pushed its way from the pieces of the buildings wall, it was Flash.
"Found him," Flash stumbled towards the duo, brushing rubble from his crimson uniform, "and he doesn't seem to be alone."
Robin didn't stay around to hear any more, she took off at a dead run; coat billowing out around her. She turned the corner and faced her old nemesis. A tall man, around 6' 8" stood over Gorilla Grod; gun pointed at his heart.
"Pathetic human scum," The Gorllia was screaming at him, "you think you have the intelligence to defeat me?"
"I have enough intelligence," Robin could hear the soft voice full of pleasure at the success of the hunt, "to take down a simple animal."
"That's enough, Collector!!" Robin's voice boomed across the open space, "let him go!"
The man looked up for the source of the voice, "I have heard this voice before, yess." The Collector stared long and hard at Robin, "could it be my little doggy has come back to its master?"
Robin snarled through the veil, the want to put flesh between her fangs came hard and fast.
"I guess not," the Collector chuckled, leveling his gun at Rob's chest, "though your pelt will be a great addition to my collection." The next few moments were in slow motion to everyone in attention, the deep laughter of the Collector was cut short by the sharp crack of a gunshot.
All eyes turned towards Rob who jerked back at the sound and impact of the bullet and several more that followed, she brought her sleeves up and pressed them to her chest before looking down at them; the material shone with blood. Rob coughed and felt blood splatter the inside of her veil, smelled and tasted the coppery tang; she was lost for words, felt her jaws work and nothing came out. A sleeve reached out toward the Collector before dropping towards her side, Rob stumbled backward, tangling her feet and went down hard.
The collector laughed maniacally, gun still pointed at the dark detective's prone form as Batman rushed around the corner with Flash limping close on his heels. While the collector was distracted Gorilla Grod lashed out at the human, sending him flying into a store window and giving himself time to flee down a dark alley.
"Flash, you check on the Collector," Batman rushed towards Rob's side, his face devoid of anything and everything; this detective could not die. "Rob just keep breathing," the wheezing breaths that emanated from behind Rob's veil were wet and frothy, Batman couldn't tell how he was doing and he hesitated when it came to the dark layers of Rob's coat. To remove and reveal what Rob was hiding would be a breach of trust and personal safety but if he didn't reveal the wound then he would most likely die. As Batman reached towards the coat his hand was stopped by a surprisingly powerful hold.
Rob's breathing intensified and his horrified voice whispered, "No, pleaseā¦"
Batman could do nothing but move away from the larger detective and wait for someone to help; he didn't have to wait long. Flash loped toward the dark knight his mouth set in a grim frown, "When I got there he was gone, couldn't find how he got away." He stopped short when he saw the blood start to pool beneath Rob "is he okay?"
"For now," that's all Batman could say before Wonder Woman swooped down and landed in front of the trio. "I heard gunshots, is everyone okay?" the Amazon looked down in shock as Flash pointed, "We have to get Rob back to the tower."
Wonder Woman bent down and scooped the larger dark clad figure into her arms; a weird look came over her face as she stood. The Amazon wasn't sure what to think of what she felt but she shook the thoughts from her head and flew back towards the Javelin, Rob slumped heavily in her arms.
The trip back up to the watchtower took a lifetime, with Rob just holding onto consciousness and the heroes hovering over her trying to reveal her secrets; it was almost too much for Robin in her panicked state. With the veil Robin's vision was dark and the blood loss made it darker, the shapes of the leaguers moving around her were starting to blur; every time one of the heroes tried to get at the wounds Robin would swat their hands away. She would hold out as long as possible.
Robin knew when she was wheeled into the infirmary that her feeble protests would not keep her secret very secret for long; they would want to save her no matter what. She could hear them debating what to do, some of them saying that Rob had the right to choose and others saying she wasn't in her right mind and that she would forgive them for the intrusion. She had to laugh at that, yes she would forgive them because she didn't want to die; she wouldn't have been shot if she hadn't let herself get distracted like that. The Collector had been right in front of her and what did she do? She had froze.
So when she felt the pull at her veil Robin let herself go, accepting the darkness and falling into a deep healing sleep.
J'onn Jonnz pulled gently at the dark detective's veil, when no protest came he pulled it completely out of the trench coat; the hat was next. The Martian gently pulled the covering from Rob, the veil extending the time as it slid up and over the dark detective's features; the room held its breath.
Rob's head slumped to the side, the long powerful muzzle was slack with unconsciousness; Wonder Woman brushed her hand over the short fur that covered the head, neck and disappeared into the trench coat. "So this is what he was hiding," the Amazon was slightly perplexed, "I have seen others more changed than he, why would he want to hide?"
"Pride," Batman stood silently by the infirmary bed, staring intently down at the animal-like head that had been revealed. He understood why Rob would want to hide this, he had once hid Wonder Woman when she had been transformed into a pig; he had only thought to hide what had happened to her.
J'onn pushed everyone else who was not needed out of the room, leaving only himself and Batman. "We have to get the rest off of him if we want to save his life." The two went to work on the rest of Rob's coverings, the trench coat was difficult to remove being as there were several hidden latches and buttons that had to be found.
When the coat was split open, even more secrets were revealed. Both the heroes looked at each other and a link passed between them. "Well, I guess Rob is much more than she appeared," Now that there was nothing else to be hidden the duo went to work. The wounds were emptied of all metal and dead flesh, disinfected then closed; bandages were wrapped securely the J'onn and the dark detective was then left to rest.
When Robin woke it was to the cool air and open feeling that nothing was pressing down on her, she blinked and sat up; pushing back the feeling of dizziness. The world seemed to be too bright and colorful, she reached up and her clawed and came into contact with her muzzle. With a low growl she smashed her fist into the bedside table, the metal bent and twisted around her curled fist; Robin knew this was going to happen but it still irked her.
Sliding her legs over the edge of the bed Robin stood, her digi-grade legs were just like a wolf had got up and started walking around on its hind legs. She reached towards her coat but stopped herself, why hide now?
Robin sighed and padded towards the door but stopped when her eyes came in contact with a full length mirror. A pair of men's jean shorts hugged her hips a hole cut and styled in the back to fit her tail, yeah she had one of those; at the moment it lay dormant behind her. Her top looked like it hadn't survived her treatment. Instead of clothing her chest and as for her gender, her breasts were bound with bandages; no blood was showing so there must have been some heavy duty pads under the bandages.
Her furred limbs, clawed fingers and toes were out for the world to see. She sort of reminded herself of Yugo the Wolf from Bloody Roar the PlayStation Video game, except she was blonde in color. Robin shook her head and moved towards the door, pushing the button on the side of the doorframe; it opened with a hiss of air. With one more sigh she stepped into the hallway to face whatever may come.
The hallway was empty and large but with the addition of what looked to be a 7ft werewolf, the hallway shrunk considerably. She sniffed the air, searching for any recent activity and found out that Flash had been there not minutes before; no doubt checking again to make sure Robin had not changed gender or species again.
Robin rolled her eyes and moved down the hallway in a fast gait, gold eyes scanning the walls and watching as each window passed; taking in the stars. She had been so distracted she had missed the alarming scent of an approaching male and ran smack dab into him, the human bounced off Robin leaving the two of them to look at each other in confusion.
It was B'wana Beast, wide shoulders, strong chest, buff arms and a small piece of cloth between them. Robin mentally slapped herself, she couldn't go watching people like that they may get the wrong conclusions; also she was an animal. Without really noticing what she was doing, Robin had been staring hungrily at B'wana Beast with predatory golden eyes.
"Easy there buddy," B'wana Beast slowly reached out a hand as if to ward her off, "what are you doing in the tower?"
With a harsh snort of amusement Robin reached down and pulled B'wana to his feet using is proffered arm. "If you don't recognize me you are dense."
B'wana gave her a started look, "Rob?" His eyes traveled down to her chest, "a broad? I did not expect that."
Robin gave a barking laugh, "You see I am part animal and the only thing you are surprised about is me being a female?" She grinned down at the shorter man, "you are an interesting man."
"Glad you think so," the cocky male who she thought he was shone through his surprise, "all I have to say is that you must have one wild side." B'Wana winked at Robin giving a mock growl before heading off down the hall, giving her one more appreciating look over his shoulder before disappearing around the corner.
Robin was glad to see at least someone was going to flirt with her, she herself hadn't seen many animal lovers or animal hybrids since the time she had been up in the tower. Now to see the reactions of everyone else.
