Only the first chapter up and I already have a review! Thank you guys so much! Oh and to reply to the review I got I'll try to keep Batman a little more in character. Anyway on with chapter 2!
Recap:
"I'll do whatever it takes." Robin said, a dark and serious look coming over his face.
"Can you be here in two hours?" Batman asked.
"On my way!" he promised.
"Oh and Dick?"
The boy wonder whipped around.
"Nice girlfriend."
And with that, he hung up.
Raven's P.O.V.
"So..." Raven smirked, breaking the awkward silence, "Dick, huh? Did you parents hate you or something?"
Robin flushed, trying to laugh it off nervously. This just cause Raven to smirk even more and raise an eyebrow evilly at his obvious discomfort.
"Actually you can thank Batman for that name, before I met him I would go by Richard," he chuckled and composed himself, some of the color leaving his cheeks, "Tell the team I might be gone for a while ok?" he asked.
"Your actually going to Gotham?" she gawked. She couldn't believe he was taking his former mentor's return call seriously.
"What about the team? They'll never-"
"The team will be fine," he cut her off, "Tell Cyborg he's in charge."
"Why do you need to leave so soon, and without even saying good bye to your friends?" she began to raise her voice, anger surging through her. It took all of her meditation and training, not to let rage out and rip the boy blunder limb from limb. This was very irresponsible for a team member! Let alone the team leader!
"I'm sorry but this is a matter of family," he spoke coldly.
"Aren't we your family to?"
"This is different."
"How?" Raven snorted, black energy beginning to crackle around her, "How are we any different then Batman? Or are we just not as important?"
"I don't have time for this!" he growled, making Raven wince and take a step back. She had only ever seen her leader this upset when they fought Slade. What could bothering him so much? She needed to help him.
"If I don't get there soon Jason will be..." he cut himself off and if Raven looked closely she could almost see the small tears of worry and frustration slip from the corners of his mask. Robin rarely sheds a tear. She knew now that this was a touchy matter, much like that of his parents. It wasn't until then that she realized how little she knew about the Bird Boy. She didn't even know his first name until this afternoon!
"Please Robin, let me help you," she pleaded, "You are obviously troubled by something going on in Gotham, something to do with this Jason you are talking about..." she moved closer to him, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder, "Robin..." she sighed, "What's going on?"
Now it was Robin's turn to sigh. "Jason and I...we've known each other for a long time. We're brothers you see, well not genetically but we're both sons of Batman...and he...he needs my help and you can be sure as hell I'm going to help him in any way I can," he said standing up, "I have to leave now. Don't try to stop me because I will hurt you if I have to," he snapped.
"Goodbye Raven, take care of the others."
"But what about your friends?" she asked, "They need you!"
"Right now someone needs me more."
"What about Starfire?"
Her question hung in the air for a moment, Robin looking slightly shaken by this. Key word: Slightly. He almost looked as though he was going to turn around and come back to her, but all to soon the moment ended.
"I know she'll be alright," he whispered, turning to the now sinking sun. It was around quarter to four and the team had split up at around 9am which meant the rest of the team had been fighting on there own for almost seven hours.
"I'm loosing daylight!" he shook himself back into mission mode, "I have to go. Goodbye Raven, be safe."
As she watched him leap away into the fast fading light, Raven felt tears form in the corners of her eyes. Not big, wet, emotional tears but tears were still tears. She suddenly had the urge to call out to him. To say one last good bye that would make him stay.
"Robin!" she called out to the boy wonder who was now no more than a splash of shadow against the reddening sky. To her surprise, he turned and faced her for a moment, before pulling something out of his utility belt. The next thing she knew, Raven felt her communicator buzz. She opened it, expecting it to be Beast Boy or Cyborg or Starfire, asking her what was taking so long. It confused her when it said the call was from Robin. She raised an eyebrow and shot the boy a quick, confused glance before picking up the call.
"Had something you wanted to tell me?" he smirked.
"I just wanted to say..." emotions swirled around inside her making her feel ill as she looked at the screen. Anger, jealousy, sadness, fear, worry, grief, "I just wanted to say...good luck." she gave him a small smile.
"I love you Rae, take care of yourself," he smiled and gave her a half-hearted wink.
Raven sighed as he hung up. Did Robin even realize what he was leaving behind? What about his friends? What about his girlfriend? What about me?
So what did you think? I'm not crazy about this chapter myself. I thought it was kinda rushed. It's really short. So... Good? Bad? Awful? Ok? I think Raven and Robin seem a bit OOC. What do you guys think? I could really use some suggestions because I'm new to writing and I have this great story in my head I just need to get it into words. You know what I mean? Please Read&Review! Oh and about Robin saying "I love you" to Raven, he means it in a friendly brother-sister way (for now hehehehehehe) Once again please review because the feed back really helps me improve my writing.
