Sorry for the brief 3-week hiatus! I was in the UK (my Robyn of Gamma updates were my pre-uploads). Now here it is, the too-long awaited Chapter 18 of Robyn! Enjoy, R&R please


I entered the cabin with Zatanna and M'gann quietly an hour later, not making eye-contact with Wally. Jack had one of the medical personnel on the train put stitches in my arm, so I was a bit sore. Kaldur looked at me as I teetered in, Robin (Babs) behind him.

"Rion! You're alright!" Robin hugged me

"How many times have I told you not to call me that?" I looked at him. "Don't tell Batman I got hurt, okay?"

"But-"

"Don't."

Wally growled, looking out the window. I sat down between Robin and Roy. I looked briefly at the speedster before turning to smile at Kaldur. "So, Amos, what's your plan for tomorrow?"

"Rionna, are you sure you are alright to perform with that arm?"

"Been through worse." I looked at Robin, who took the hint to smile.

"Rion and I are stronger than we look."

"Its Ri, Rio or Rionna, for the last time, Robin."

"O-Rio."

"Babs calls me that, now don't you start calling me that-" I stopped, Robin didn't say that. I looked at Wally.

"Oreo, it's a... cute... nickname..." Wally stared out the window, then looked back at me. "Ri...?"

I grabbed his arm, pulling him out of the cabin. "Wally. I'm sorry about earlier... I was just..." Well, how could I explain it? Shocked that I woke up inches from his face? Or surprised that he liked me, a lot? I looked at him. "Just... forget it."

I watched as a blush tinted his cheeks. "Ri, what I was going to say was," He paused, breathing out slowly. He took another breath. "I-I think I like you."

"I know you do."

"What? How?"

"M'gann." I smirked. "She kept the psychic link up after I woke up and you left." I looked at him, still smiling. "I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings when I flinched away in the medical car. I just wasn't expecting to wake up from my 'Sleeping Beauty' moment inches from your face!" I quickly put my hand over my mouth. Oops, didn't mean to say the last part.

Wally put his hand on my shoulder, pulling me into a hug. I could hear his heart beating, faster than normal, but wasn't it always fast for speedsters? I tucked my head into his chest as he spoke. "It's alright Ri. I should've respected your personal waking space." he ruffled my hair, changing the subject. "So, who doesn't know now?"

"Kaldur and Conner are the only two who don't know the Rionna is Robin thing. Other than that, I'm not sure about Zatanna."

"I don't think Zatanna knows. I think you should tell her though, I kind of sense that she likes Robin..." Wally smirked "You're a real ladies man, aren't you little bird?"

I giggled slightly, then looking at the time on the wall-clock across the hall. "We should get some sleep, its going to be a busy day tomorrow." I let go of Wally, pulling his hand towards the door of our cabin.

"Ditto."

Even though the rest of the team quickly fell asleep, I was still awake. The clock on my backpack indicated it was 2:56 in the morning. Oh, now it's 2:57. I looked around the car, unsure how everyone was comfortable. It was cold in the cabin, so we all had to keep warm one way or another. Superboy and Miss Martian were curled up in one corner; Artemis, Red Arrow, Robin and Zatanna had picked out a crop of floor; and Aqualad was the only one sitting alone, close to the door.

I shifted slightly, Wally was keeping me warm, so he noticed my shift. He whispered "Ri?"

"Can't sleep."

"Are you cold?"

"No." I looked across the cabin, noticing Aqualad had opened his eyes and was looking around. "-psst!- Aqualad!"

Aqualad came over to sit beside Wally and I. "I take this situation as you can't sleep either."

"Why can't you sleep?" Wally looked at Aqualad as he sat down.

"The recent attacks by the Shadows have me worried." Aqualad slumped back in the seat. "It seems no coincidence that three different villains would attack our circus train, as they do not know we are here."

"Um, Hawk Town's here." I looked back at the atlantean. "Although, no one knows that until tomorrow night."

"Correct, which makes me think that someone else in this circus is concealing something, a true identity, and is passing intel back to the Shadows."

I felt Wally's hands around my waist. That escalated quickly. I Looked at Aqualad. "Someone's concealing a true identity? Isn't that what we are doing right now? Superheroes in circus clothes? Its not like last time because there are more of us!"

"You were not here last time, Rio. I wasn't here, and neither was Wally." Aqualad stopped "Wait, what?"

"I mean, there's more heroes this time than when Robin returned last time." I caught myself, looking at Aqualad's pale eyes. I looked back at Robin, who was snoring away on the floor beside Red Arrow. I breathed out, leaning forwards, away from Wally. "So... patrol in five?"

I had quickly changed into my Arrowbat costume, and was now standing in the rear of our train car. Kaldur and Wally were nervously looking at me as I pulled up my wrist-computer.

"Where'd you get that?" Kaldur peered at me through the screen.

"It's mine, Robin has his, and so does Batgirl." I typed in a few basic codes, pulling up the name files of everyone on the train. One quickly flicked by the screen, so I pressed shift to bring it back down. "That's unusual."

"Unusual?" Wally leaned over, reading my screen. "Who's that?"

"Someone who's not in this circus." I pressed the picture, a man wearing all green, but no name file appeared. I tried to hack the list code, but was immediately blocked. "Whoever made this entry is a better hacker than both Robin and I."

"How could anyone be a better hacker than you?" Wally watched as I minimized the screen.

"Well, I do know what car he's in. Anyone wanna pay him a lil' visit?" I smirked, looking at Kaldur.

He looked to Wally. "I'm not sure if we should sneak around like this without Robin." he looked back to me, but by the time he did, I was running down the car.

"Well, Kaldur, better catch up with her. She might pull a 'Robin' if we don't!" Wally ran after me, catching up quickly. Kaldur caught on, and was running behind Wally and I. "You're not pulling any 'Robins' while I'm around."

"I figured." I opened the door to the next train car.


Mini-cliff-hanger! Yes, I'll have the next chapter up by Saturday, then we'll be back to regular updates. Robyn on Saturdays, Robyn of Gamma on Mondays. If I don't make an update, I'm either without internet connection or I have a huge case of writers block (which hasn't happened yet!)

THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO FAVORITED/FOLLOWED (and patiently waited), virtual cupcakes to all! ~RicePoison