Ravens POV
After he left the room, I suppose we all were a bit worried. This Zucco guy, well, Robin seemed to hate him more than he hated Slade- and that was saying somthing. I knew he would be blocking his thoughts from me, but I can still feel the emotions coming off of him. Pure hatred, sadness, and a bit of fear? What could this guy have done?
I waited in the living room, hoping he'd come out with some information that we didn't find. I'm sure he knew Zucco was out of jail by now. I walked over to his room, and knocked on the door. No one answered, and I was not in the mood for his games, so I fazed through the door. Thats strange. No one was there. Another strange thing, he left his computer on. He never does that. He's always super secretive. I looked at the immage uploaded on the screen. It showed a picture of Tony Zucco, with the caption, Zucco leaving Gotham PD.
Great. The one guy that Robin hated more than Slade just HAD to be out of jail. But where was he? I thought for a moment, then it clicked together. "Oh no." Why didn't I see it before? When I went in his mind the first time, I saw the circus tent, and I saw the Grayson's fall through the eyes of someone up high. And they worked at Haly's Circus, which is here. The circus Robin doesn't want to go to. That man I saw in Robin's mind, Tony Zucco, he had escaped from prison. The man who killed Richard's parents was out on the loose. And Robin was going to stop him. The man who murdered his parents (i think.)
"Which means Robin would be..." when the answer clicked, my eyes widened in shock. Robin never did anything rash or unexpected, accept with Slade. Right. So wonder boy is in Gotham. This should be fun. How am I gonna tell the others? What if we run into Batman? What if we run into Batman and Beastboy totaly humiliates Robin and asks for his autograph? Ok, BB can't come.
After thinking for a moment, I decided to go alone. It would probably be better. I only told Cyborg that I was going to go get Robin, and when he asked where was, I told him Gotham, but not to come unless there was an emergency. I used my magic so I would get there faster, but I hoped I wasn't too late.
Richard's POV
I had Zucco pinned down, and I had the knife in my hand, so what was the problem? Why couldn't I kill him? "Because I'm a hero" I thougth. But really I'm not. I'm not Robin, the strong willed, carefree leader which is just in every cause. I'm Richard, the sad and lonely little orphan, who just wants to see the man who made him so miserable dead. I decided. I was about to strike with the knife, when I noticed he had somthing in his hand. Before I could do anything, he swung his arm around and wacked me upside the head with the object.
A gun.
I took out a birdarang to disarm him, but he was ready for me. He dodged, and aiming for me with the gun, he picked up the knife which I had dropped. "This is a pretty nice knife for a kid to get his hands on. Expensive too. You circus scum steal it? You were trying to get revenge for mommy and daddy, huh? Well I'll show you revenge." He, being an ex knife thrower in another circus, had reall good aim. I dodged, but the blade still skimmed accross my face. "Ha!" he laughed. "See? You're just some stupid kid!"
That. Was. It.
I lunged at him, ready to do anything neccesary to bring him down. There is no way I'm letting him get away with any of the pain he's caused me and my family. Blind with rage, I forgot to use any common sence, only wanting to kill the man. As I ran towards him, he kicked me in the stomach causing me to crumple to the ground. I thought I was forgetting somthing, and I was reminded quickly, when I lifted my head up to meet the nose of the gun.
Great.
He was about to shoot, when suddenly a flash came out of no where. The knife was kicked by an unseen person's green shoe, and fell to the ground. I was about to go for it, to shoot Zucco with the bullet meant for me, when I was stopped.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you kid. You're probably in enough trouble as it is with your parents or whoever. What are you doing getting mixed up with Tony Zucco?" My blood froze as I turned, knowing exactly who the voice belonged to. I just sat there, not meeting her gaze, knowing she would recognise me within seconds. "Well? What do you gotta say for yourself?" I bit my lip, and looked up into the face of Batgirl.
In a small voice I answered, "Hey, Babs." Her eyes widened, and her face drained of all color, and for a second she seemed paler than Raven. Not to mention Raven, I hoped that my emotions weren't blowing Raven to bits.
Ravens POV
I was almost to Gotham, when wonder boy's unbrindled emotions overwhelmed me. NOT in a good way. Usually he was calm and happy with some unreadable emotions. Now it was different. My skull felt like it was going to split, as all his emotions poured into me. Hatred. Sadness. Crazyness. Vengence. Worry. Stress. Insanity. Yea, not really on his usual menu of emotions. But a stranger emotion had come into the mix recently. Love? The boy makes no sense.
Suddenly, I heard screams. I just hoped it belonged to Zucco, and not Robin.
Richards POV
Babs just stood there, not realy sure if she should believe what she saw in front of her. "Dick? Is that you?"
I smiled at her an answered, "Of corse it's me! Who did you expect? Alfred?" She hugged me, squeezing the life out of me.
"I missed you."
Ravens POV
I finaly arived upon the seen, where there seemed to be a lot of chaos. Batgirl was giving some kid who had a bloody cut on his face a death hug rivaling Starfire's. Robin was standing off to the side. I used my dark energy to apear in front of him. He jumped, obviously startled and took a defensve stanse. "Ok, who are you and are you good or evil?"
I was way beond confused. "I'm Raven, remember?" blank stare. "We are best friends? We live in a giant tower shaped like the letter T? We both can't stand Beastboy?" Somthing seemed to click in the boys mind.
"Oh! You're talking about the Robin. The boy wonder, teen titans fearless leader, ex partner of the batman!" He pointed at the guy being hugged, (who was turning blue) and said, "Dick is over there. You might want to stop Batgirl from hugging him to death though."
I took a look at the boy I had been talking to, and though he did look similar, he definately wasn't my Robin. I looked over at the boy, aparently Robin. So, his name was Dick. I guess I was right then. Yep, I guess he was Richard Grayson after all. Whoever he was though, he had some explaining to do.
nobody noticed the man who swiftly made his getaway. No one noticed the escape of Tony Zucco. Again.