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Nine: Robin goes Bad Boy
A gust of wind began to pick up in the Bat Cave and Bart and Alferd paled from the holographic figure of Jason, starting to flex. The haunting empty eyes of the dead Robin stared at them before turning to the unconscious body of Tim. Alfred and Bart remained still before the hologram disappeared and Bart shouted out, "He's gonna try and possess Tim's body again!"
Tim's resting body then jerked up and gasped. His eyes shooting open and began to scream as if he were in pain.
"He's going to get Bruce worried if he continues screaming!" Bart hissed out before lunging to cover the boy's mouth but his hand shot up and grabbed Bart's hand. He winced at the pressure and saw Tim's eyes drain of color and turn completely black.
He opened his mouth to say something but only black smoke escaped from it and he swung his body up and off the bench.
"T-Tim?" Bart whispered and then swung his hand in the direction of the memorialized Robin uniform.
"Broken…bird…" he ushered out in a strange deep voice and then the black smoke that escaped his lips floated down into his hands. It began to form an object and Bart backed up in front of Alfred, in attempt to protect him.
The object being a gun.
"Oh cra-" Bart began until Tim turned to the glass case that held the second Robin's suit. He pulled the trigger before Bart had any say to it, shattering the glass easily.
"The suit…" He whispered out and moved to it, "Does not belong there."
"Master Timothy," Alfred said then Tim's gaze snapped to Alfred.
"Who takes its place?" He hissed to the older man before clamping his hands around his eyes, groaning in pain also.
"It was my place. Why is it in my place?" He spat out and then grinned, "He replaced me. They always replace me! So, now it's my turn to replace them again!"
He began to laugh and rushed over to the suit in speed that surprised Kid Flash. He rushed over also but Tim then hooked his grip on the suit. His grin spread across his face before the suit then aimed the black smoked gun at the case, a load shatter echoing around them. An alarm vibrated throughout the mansion and Cave and Tim reached to grab the suit but Bart tackled the teen to the ground.
"Tim! Wake up!" Bart shouted to him and Tim scowled at this.
"My suit! Give me my suit back!" He hissed at Kid Flash and shoved him off before running back to the destroyed suit.
"No!" Bart cried out as he wished as he could have gotten there in time yet every fiber in his being refused to move.
Once touching the suit, everything was engulfed with darkness and everyone was blinded by this.
Tim slowly blinked awake and sighed as he felt his motivation drain from himself. He glanced over to his right and saw Jason slowly sinking into the black liquid. He narrowed his eyes at this and thought he should go help him but he really felt no need to go and save him. Jason's eyes were sealed shut and the liquid covering near everywhere besides his left side of his face and left shoulder blade.
"Hey…" Tim mustered out and blinked before looking down at his own state, seeing his left hand dripping the liquid off his fingers. It was dripping off his hair onto his face and glided down his body. His own body was clenching the liquid instead of becoming absorbed by it like Jason.
"Should I help you?" He questioned himself and Jason who gave no reply before he glanced up, seeing a small amount of light above them yet did nothing to the surrounds.
"Who…exactly are we again?" he asked and received no response until something echoed out from the darkness.
"Robin."
He blinked at the name and slowly nodded at this, trying to remember who he was.
"That name…does sound familiar. But what about him?" he questioned the darkness and raised a finger towards Jason.
"Robin."
He narrowed his eyes at this and stared at Jason before saying, "Were we once one whole being?"
"…both Robin."
He nodded at this and began dragging himself towards Jason, his body holding him down. He felt something was wrong with this yet did not falter.
"We need to become one, Robin. It was who were. We must become one." Tim stated and reached down to Jason, grabbing him and pulling him up. He groaned at this and watched as the black liquid began forming between the two. Pain shot across his head and he sealed his eyes shut at this, hoping that this process would not be quite painful.
When the light faded away, Bart narrowed his eyes to try and find what had happened to Tim yet nothing stood there. He blinked at this and stood up as he walked along the glass, seeing that the uniform was gone. He turned towards Alfred who held the vial of blood tight in his hands and gulped from this sight.
"I must hurry and get this blood analyzed before Master Bruce comes to investigate what happened." Alfred stated and moved to the Bat Cave's computer. Bart nodded at this and said, "I'm gonna go see if Tim went off somewhere."
Kid Flash waited for the results and once the blood touched the analysis comparison with some of Jason's blood, it rang out with a large 'X' across the blood. They both narrowed their eyes as each went off to get as much stuff as possible done.
"Damn, this friggin' hurts." Tim muttered and watched as their two hands began to merge together. He scowled at this pain and Jason remained still, not moving an inch.
"Should it hurt this much?" He questioned and awaited an answer yet nothing was told to him to stop or continue.
Suddenly a groan escaped Jason's mouth and slowly his eyes opened. He blinked at the immense pain coming from his wrist and slowly looked towards it, his eyes growing wider every second.
"What…the…hell?" he whispered out and then saw Tim staring at the process of the two of them merging together. He then raised his unmarked fist towards Tim's face before throwing a punch at him. Tim scowled at this attack and looked down to Jason in confusion that he had woken up.
"Asshole! What the hell are you doing?!" He shouted at Tim who then narrowed his eyes at this, rubbing his cheek from Jason's attack.
"We are becoming one again." Tim said and Jason's eyes widen at this before trying to pull away from Tim.
"We were not one, kid! Who the hell even told you that? It's me, Jason! The annoying pain in the ass Robin that was killed a while ago!" He yelled at Tim to recall his memory. Tim slowly blinked his eyes before shrugging and watched as their wrists merged.
"Son of a bitch!" Jason swore and continued pulling away yet he still was still stuck in the black liquid, "Where the hell are we?! Come on kid, snap out of it! Your name is Tim and you are the current Robin! I'm haunting you because…well, I don't know exactly why but still! We aren't one person split apart! We are brothers!"
The word 'brother' shocked Tim into realization of what was happening to the both of them and let out a small shriek of horror.
"What the # !$ is going on?!" Tim shouted out in horror and Jason sighed in relief at this fact.
"Thank God you woke up. You were really out of it. I thought we would actually be merge together." Jason spoke and looked back down to their wrists, "Do you have any idea on how to fix this situation?"
Tim bite his lip at this as he tried to organize a plan yet nothing was coming to mind, saying, "No friggin' clue."
Jason then narrowed his eyes and hissed out, "Stop cursing. That's my thing. You didn't even curse until you meet me. Go back to who you truly are."
Tim blinked at this before slowly nodded at this, knowing he had started changing since hanging out with Jason and get possessed by him also. He whispered out, "Sorry about that…it's become an unconscious thing now."
"…Whatever. How about we just pull away from each other to see if that works?" Jason suggested and Tim nodded at this as both pulled away from each other. They both groaned in pain and annoyance, trying their hardest to pull away from each other.
"God damn it!" they both cursed and continued pull apart, hoping that it would yet them be, "Release me!"
As if it obeyed the two of them, their hands suddenly became two again and snapped at their sides. They gasped at the freedom they both regained and grinned at the sight of their accomplishment.
"Yes! Now how do we get out here?" Jason shouted and Tim then frowned at this.
"Uh…no idea." Tim stated and the both of them then groaned in annoyance.
"It is my suit! No one else! How dare they steal it from me?!" Robin hissed out as he ran along the roofs of Gotham and a solid grin across his face. He jumped to another roof and observed the city below him, seeing as some people were moving towards a girl. He giggled then jumped down and scared the group of thugs.
"What the hell?!" One shouted before glancing at Robin noting some differences about him. His hair partially falling out it seemed and in his grin was his teeth dyed red from blood along with a couple of teeth missing. His suit was teared apart from seams, cuts, and scratches across it.
"Is that the Boy Wonder?" one thug whispered to another and Robin then flashed his gun to the group.
"Robin. I am Robin. There is no Boy Wonder. Only Robin!" Robin shouted then placed his finger on the trigger, ready to pull it.
"Stop, Robin!"
He blinked at the call and turned to see Kid Flash staring at him with wide eyes before Robin putting it at him.
"Go away. You are not needed." He hissed at bart before firing a bullet at him which he quicker speeded away, next to Robin.
"Drop the gun, Robin. We aren't yourself right now." Bart said and the thugs then ran away from them, knowing it was useless to fight between them.
"Funny, you think you can beat me? Good luck, baby Flash." Robin snarled at him and Bart blinked at this before ducking at the attack he sent him.
"Jason? Are you possessing Tim's body again?" Bart asked him and those words sent a snarl towards Bart along with firing a couple of bullets.
"I am ROBIN! Get it through your thick skull!" Robin snarled at him and Bart grabbed the gun from Robin's hand before it liquidated to some sort of black liquid from his hand.
"Well, that's something else." Bart stated and dodged another attack of fists and kicks, yet something unexpectedly kicked him under his fist. He landed fist first to the ground and scowled at this, knowing he needed to capture him and keep him under lockdown.
"Robin, return to your senses!" Bart exclaimed and made an attempt to stand up but Robin kicked him in the stomach, his strength nearly causing internal damage to his body. He gasped at the pain and Robin smirked at this as he attacked Kid Flash again with a series of kicked and punches.
"Robin is me. No one else. Go back to your own time period!" Robin shouted at Kid Flash, who winced at the attack before out of nowhere Robin was kicked into a wall.
"Huh?" Bart mumbled out and watched as a new figure stood between the two teens.
"So, you need some help, huh, Speedy?"
He blinked at the sight of Spoiler who stood her ground and readied herself for an attack from Robin.
"Hey, you're the chick that Robin keeps on mentioning whoever he naps." Kid Flash spatted out and under her mask she blushed crimson red at the statement.
"Why don't you get someone else to help in this situation? I can handle him for right now but I have no idea how long I can handle him." She hissed at Bart and Robin groaned as he removed himself from the wall, clutching his face in pain.
"I need to kill him. He is the cause of this. He needs to die." Robin began to spit out and chuckled a little as he opened his mouth. The two teens watched in confusion and worry as black liquid began to spill past his lips onto the ground.
"Kill him. Slaughter him. Spill out his guts. Make him pay." Robin continued as the liquid formed together into a gun and continued muttering profanities about killing someone.
"Kid Flash, get going. NOW." Spoiler hissed at the teen and Bart nodded at this, picking himself up before leaving the two crime fighters. She took a stance and said, "Bring it, Robin."
Out of nowhere, Bart arrived at the hospital where Batgirl was currently being cared at and speed past any security and obstacles before arriving at her room. He released a small breath before knocking on the door and waited for someone to open it up. It seemed that he had been god as the door opened to face Dick stare down at him.
"Bart, what are you doing here?" Dick asked him and Bart gulped before running his fingers through his hair.
"You see it's a long story…but to put it simply, Tim is in terrible right now and we need your help." Bart explained and Dick scowled at the mere mention of Tim's name.
"Tell him to go ask help elsewhere. I'm not going to help him." Dick replied yet Bart continued to wait for him.
"You don't understand. Something is wrong with him. Possibly mentally or psychological. A girl called Spoiler right now is trying to help an she is new to the crime fighting scene and doesn't know a lot yet. It's only me and her trying to do something. We need your help, Nightwing." Bart told him and Dick bite his lip at this while looking away.
"Go help, Robin."
The two blinked at Barbara's voice from the room as he opened the door to reveal Batgirl in a wheelchair, staring out of a window. She turned her head towards them before stating, "It's not his fault, Dick. He didn't do this to me. If he is need of help, go help him. You may only regret it later."
The last sentence got Dick to scowl and grip the doorknob tight in his hand, reminding him of Jason's demise.
"Alright," he hissed and glanced back to Barbara before she gave him a site as he closed the door behind him, "Lets go. Explain on the way." Bart smiled at this and nodded at they began to head towards Robin and Spoiler.
"What exactly made you think that we had one person?" Jason asked Tim as they slowly walked around in the black liquid, nearly coated Tim entirely while Jason still has missing spots on his body. Tim stopped at the question and he looked away, even he was trying to figure out what caused that sudden memory lose.
"I…really don't know. I think this black liquid was causing that memory loss. It just suddenly happened and I thought of it true. We need to get out of here in cause something like that happens again." Tim stated and Jason nodded at this as the two continued walking in silence besides the swishing of the liquid from their movement.
"…Jason?" Tim asked to break the silence and Jason continued to look around in attempt to find an exit.
"Yeah?" he asked back.
"Do you remember how you died?"
The question caused him to pause and suddenly the black liquid around them began to rise, causing the two to nearly back into each other.
"…Did you do that?" Tim asked and Jason blinked at this, unsure if he had. The question brought up forgotten memories that did not to resurface any time soon. He sighed and released a breath he held, the liquid still remaining at the raised level.
"No…about the earlier question. I don't remember my death well. I just know…there was a loud…BANG. Everything else is a blur." He stated and Tim nodded at this as he thought of random memory of being tortured by the Joker.
"…I may have remembered something for you." Tim said and Jason blinked at this before snapping around towards him, his eyes wide at this.
"WHAT?" Jason hissed and placed his hands on Tim's shoulder, gripping them tight, "What do you remember? Actually, never mind, why did you remember something I don't? Its my memory. Why did you remember something that belongs to me?"
Tim struggled to find the right words before saying, "I…don't know. It happened when I passed out at the school."
"Do you think there is anyway of me getting it back?" Jason asked and Tim remained silent, thinking about how much pain and agony Jason went through before his death.
Maybe it would be ok for him to hide it from Jason.
It could do something that may ruin him.
And he kinda enjoyed the annoying, pain in the ass Jason.
That memory could turn into a monster.
"I have no clue. Right now, we need to focus on getting back and out of this black liquid. It's definitely doing something to us both." Tim stated and Jason frowned at this before shruggging,
"Whatever you say, kid."
"Damn it, Robin!" Spoiler exclaimed as she dodged another bullet from the Boy Wonder and moved to attack him yet he again was faster than her. She scowled and jumped away before falling behind on a dumpster.
"Needs to die. Needs to be killed. No holding back. Slaughter him. Deserve it." Robin spoke out load as he glanced around looking for something. He began leaving the alley way until Spoiler tackled him to the ground in a slip of confusion. She pinned him down and watched as he struggled to raise his gun and point it at her.
"This isn't you, Robin! What happened to the guy who fought along side with me and told me I could join Young Justice!" She hissed at him and he chuckled at this.
"You thought…I was telling the truth! That I would let you join Young Justice?! Nope! Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!" Robin told her and she blinked at this before slowly loosing her grip on him.
"What? You…lied to me?" she whimpered and he giggled.
"Yep! You wouldn't make it! You aren't strong enough! Weak! Weak! Weak little girl!" He called and she then scowled at this before politely kicking him in the 'family jewels'. He gasped at the pain and stopped moving at the attack.
"Asshole." She muttered and then flipped him over, pulling out some handcuffs she had. She sighed and clipped him to a dumpster. He remained still before starting to mutter again about killing someone.
"Now, Kid Flash just needs to get back and I'll be out of here." She whispered and both Nightwing and Kid Flash arrived staring at her work. Nightwing held annoyance across his face and then looked towards her in confusion.
"And who might you be?" He asked and she sighed staring at him before crossing her arms over her chest.
"I'm Spoiler. My guess is that Robin didn't tell you about me nor did Kid Flash and Lagoon Boy. I informed them about Cluemaster's plans and Robin said I would be able to join Young Justice." She told him then pointed to Robin behind her and Nightwing nodded at this, actually knowing little about her actions.
"I appreciate your help, Spoiler." Nightwing said and she nodded at this.
"Not a problem. Now if you don't mind, I have somewhere to go." She said but Nightwing placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Well, that is going to wait. How about you tell me what exactly is going on?" Nightwing said and she scowled at this before sighing.
"Sure. First, let me go do something real quick to Robin." She spoke and the two boys nodded as she then stared down to Robin's face, "Now, this is for lying to me and taking my first kiss, asshole."
Without another say, she kicked him in the 'family jewels' again and the two winced at the attack.
"Ok. So what I know is-" She started until the sound of a gunshot startled them, looking to see Robin now free from the handcuffs.
"Need to kill him! Say goodbye!" Robin spoke and pointed the gun to Spoiler but she was tackled away by Kid Flash. He fired and laughed again before pointing again at Nightwing now.
"Robin, what the hell are you doing?!" Dick shouted at him and Robin glared at the older teen.
"Out of my way, asshole!" Robin cried and then he started slumping down, as if he were losing power or will to fight. Nightwing blinked at this and Robin coughed, the black liquid splatting onto the ground. They backed away from this and Robin yet again coughed as more spilled out.
"What the hell is that?" Nightwing hissed out and Kid Flash blinked at it in confusion.
"I have no idea." Kid Flash said and then Robin's gun began to liquify, coughing again.
"…the pain. It hurts." Robin murmured and groaned again as if his suit suddenly liquified off of his body. It was replaced with Tim's Robin suit which was much better shape than the previous one that coated him.
"God damn it…" Tim hissed and spat aside some of the black liquid, his vision blurry and started clearing. He slowly looked up to see Spoiler, Kid Flash, and Nightwing staring at him in horror, confusion, and worry. Jason appeared above them with both excitement and confusion.
"We got out. Nice!" Jason exclaimed then looked back down to Tim with a frown on his face, "Crap, what happened to your body."
Tim ignored Jason's concern but instead focused on the others around him.
"Oh…did anyone…get hurt?" He asked before fainting yet again but this in complete control of his body.
