Author's Note: Most of the protectiveness and care from Croc towards Valentina is manipulation. So don't think the relationship is progressing too fast. It's not.

"G-Girlfriend?!" Robin stuttered, looking back at his partner, Batman, whom was just as shocked, or even more so. His body was frozen in place, and his eyes were wide, his mouth hanging completely open. He somehow managed to find his voice, questions racing around inside his head just begging to be answered.

"Girlfriend?!" He asked, just as Robin had, looking at them both suspiciously.

Both Croc and his 'girlfriend' Valentina nodded, Croc being the first one to speak. "Yes. What? Is that so hard to believe?"

Robin scoffed. "Hard to believe!? Well, duh! You're one freakin' ugly son-of-a-"

Batman immediately threw his gloved hand up and over Robin's mouth before he could finish. "What Robin's trying to say is: You're...Different. You're not human. and you're a cri-"

Croc's eyes widened and he interrupted Batman before he could say the word: "Criminal."

"Just because I'm different, doesn't mean I can't have someone to share my life with."

He had a point...

"But you're still a murd-"

Croc's eyes widened again, interrupting Batman a second time. "AND! Just because I'm not human doesn't mean I can't love one."

Valentina blushed as Batman raised an eyebrow. "You love her?"

She interrupted before Waylon, who was nodding, could reply. "I don't know how long you've known Waylon. And I don't know where the hell you've been. But me and him have been together for almost five years! Of course we love each other!"

Croc grinned worriedly, hoping even Batman would buy the lie he'd fed to 'Valentina', considering he'd never even looked into Waylon's personal life, probably even assuming he had none. (Which was true.)

The Dark Knight took a careful step forward, ice blue eyes squinting as if he were looking into both Waylon and Valentina's souls. "You expect me to believe that you and that animal have been together for five years without my knowledge of this alleged relationship? Nor the knowledge of who you even are?"

She nodded. "Yeah. It's not impossible. Why do you care so much!? Who exactly are you?"

This time Robin took a step forward. "You really don't know who we are? H-How!? Everyone that lives in Gotham knows who we are!"

She shrugged, rolling her eyes. "Well I don't. Sorry."

"Well for your information-" Robin began, glaring with his lip curled up in anger. "-We are The Dark Knight and The Boy Wonder, Batman and Robin! We are Gotham's heroes! That's why we're here. Because that thing esca-"

Croc suddenly growled as loud as he could, throwing the metal pieces of his broken cuffs at the boy, hitting him in the face to stop him from talking.

"Enough talk! Leave! Now!" He yelled, getting into a fighting stance as Valentina still clung to him in fear.

"W-Waylon...If they're heroes then that means they won't hurt us."

"No. Being a hero means they won't kill us. There's a difference." He corrected, keeping a tight hold on her waist.

"But we haven't done anything. Why are they even here? Maybe we should just let them explain..."

"No! They aren't heroes! Don't believe a word they say! Batman and his little lackey over there ruined my life! I don't want to give them time to 'explain'. I don't care what they have to say!"

"But Way-"

"NO! They're here to hurt us, to hurt you. There going to try to take you away!" He clenched his fists and tightened his hold around her causing her to cry out. "They'll try to kill us." He lied and she bit her lip, and squirmed in his hold. "W-Waylon. You're hurting me."

Batman, upon noticing her distress and Croc's extreme change in mood, took another step forward, trying to think of a plan to separate them both to get the woman to safety, him to Blackgate, and to begin getting down to the mystery of their alleged relationship.

"W-Waylon, please! You're holding me too tight!" She screamed again, tugging at his arm around her, but he still wouldn't let go. He just kept his hold on her and continued to stare at his enemies.

"Robin...?" Batman whispered to the boy beside him.

"Yeah...?"

"Distract Croc. I'll get the girl. Then we can both finish this."

"On it." Robin nodded, switching places with his partner.

"Ha! Look over here you ugly, stupid, overgrown lizard! I bet you can't even beat little ole me!" Waylon growled, switching his attention to the little boy.

"What did you say, you little brat!?"

"I said: I bet you can't even beat little ole me! Heh! What are ya deaf too?! I'm pretty sure I didn't stutter."

Croc growled again, sneering. "I could beat you with my eyes closed and both hands tied behind my back, you sniveling little snot!"

Valentina's eyes widened. "Waylon. He's just a child!-" She began but he hissed in anger. "Shush, Valentina! He's not just a child! He'll hurt you! Do you want that!?"

She whimpered and shook her head no, doing as she was told. He turned and put her behind his back protectively. "I'm the only one you can trust. Got it? I'm the only one who can protect you. Don't believe their lies." She gulped, and couldn't help but to close her eyes, hoping to God he at least wouldn't kill the little boy.

Suddenly Valentina felt a pair of strong arms wrap back around her, but they weren't large or scaly like Waylon's. Or even familiar. She quickly opened her eyes and let out a blood-curdling scream at the sight of Batman the alleged 'killer', picking her up into his arms and carrying her away. "AH! No! NO! Don't kill me, please! Let me go! Let me go! Help! Waylon Help!"

Killer Croc quickly whirled back around, eyes wide, looking for her location. His gaze finally stopping on Batman's running figure, her in his arms.

He growled, nostrils flaring as he looked from his 'girlfriend' Valentina to his enemy Robin, whom he finally had in his grasp, then back to Valentina again, making his decision.

He roared, dropping the boy that he had beat in the fight and had been going to eat, running full speed ahead towards them both, arms stretched out, reaching towards her and jaws snapping as he screamed. "Give her back!"

"Keep him from getting near me, Robin!" The vigilante yelled a final time before throwing two smoke bombs and knockout gas bombs behind his body towards Killer Croc causing the animal to go into a fit of coughs, sputtering for breath as he tried to stay awake and use his other senses to locate them.

"Waylon!" Valentina screamed again, panicking and punching The Dark Knight's back as he threw her over his shoulder. Batman turned a corner into another tunnel that led to the entrance he had used earlier to get inside Croc's lair and opened the manhole cover, jumping out while she still continued to scream and shriek, tears running down her face.

"WAYLON!"