Chapter 41-seeing double

Last chapter Mariko begged Robin for help, Savage had taken her girls which caused her to go into a blind panic and we all know; blind panic+rage+Mariko= serious trouble. So yeah enter Robin into the equation who's a bit more level headed, they might make a good team. Let's hope it's enough to save the girls and for Mariko to get her revenge! Now ONWARD TO THE BATTLE FIELD!

"Riza-chan! Riza-chan!" The twins cried Riza came into their room and frowned.

"What's wrong?" she asked, seeing the girls on the floor with Yukie. They gave her a sad look as if they were small puppies and someone had just kicked them.

"Mariko-chan she did not."Haruko.

"Come to see us." Haruhi said, Riza sighed, they had been in their rooms for two days, it was weird that Mariko hadn't come to see them, since she did after all send for them to come to the U.S. to see them.

"She'll come don't worry, yaknow I bet she'll come to visit us today." She said, the twins smiled.

"You think so Riza-chan?" they asked, Riza nodded.

"Definitely, Mariko never goes back on a promise, she'll come to see us." Riza said, then heard the door open up behind them.

"Why do I get the feeling you all are talking about me?" Mariko's voice said behind the trio. Haruko and Haruhi lit up with joy and ran to hug their friend.

"Mariko-chan!"

~0~

"You mean those poor girls are involved in this?" M'gaan asked piloting the bio-ship per Robin's request. He had told her—and only her—that Mariko had contacted him saying that she needs help. Robin nodded.

"We all know Savage is a lowlife, we shouldn't be all that surprised that he would kidnap a few kids just to satisfy his goals." Robin said.

"Those girls are Miss Mariko's life, if anything happens to them…" Tony trailed off, he had insisted that he come along, since he was after all a walking weapon designed by Mariko.

"We know, now we just have to find Mariko." M'gaan said, "Didn't she send you coordinates?"

"Yeah, but she had to keep moving, Savage has been sending assassins after her all day. Starting with Sportsmaster." Robin said, "Red Arrow told me about it."

"Sportsmaster? Are you sure it was a good idea for me to come? He can spot Martian camouflage!" M'gaan said Robin shook his head.

"Arrow got him this morning, beside she asked for you. And far be it for me to tick her off anymore than she is now." He said, suddenly the Bio-ship was hit by something, something electrical.

"What the heck was that?" Robin shouted, then looked out to see Mariko on the ground a feet below them, she glared up at them then took off running, followed by another familiar face; Roxy Rocket.

"M'gaan take the ship down!" Robin shouted, M'gaan nodded and went to land the Bio-ship.

Meanwhile Mariko ran on foot, her fixed skateboard long since been destroyed by Roxy, who was following on one of her rocketcycles. Mariko huffed and turned a corner, to catch her breath.

"You sure know how to show a girl a good time kid." Roxy said, "But playtime's over. Time to get down to business."

Mariko glared then jumped out from hiding place taser in hand and pressed down on the button. The current sounded with a loud snap! Mariko went wide eyed as Roxy accelerated toward her.

"Main man said you used electricity a lot, good thing I got my clothes and rocket insulated." Roxy said reaching to grab Mariko. Suddenly Roxy's rocket stopped, the two girls looked over to see Robin and M'gaan heading toward the duo, Robin threw a birdarang knocking Roxy's gun to the ground.

"What the heck's the big idea?" Roxy shouted getting off her rocket, "No one said anything about a batbrat! I'm outta here, no money's worth the pain in the butt Batman!"

Roxy then took off running away from the group, Mariko leaned against the wall behind her and sighed. She then laughed nervously as she looked to the group.

"Nice save." She said, then saw Tony running up to them. "Tony?"

"Miss Mariko, are you alright?" Tony asked, Mariko laughed again, then ran a shaking hand through her hair.

"I see…they didn't scrap you after all…that's…good…" She said, Robin frowned. He had never seen Mariko act like this. She was scared.

"Mariko do you have a plan or anything? To save your girls?" M'gaan asked, Mariko shook her head.

"I…I don't, I never expected Savage to ever take them from me. I…I can't really seem to think straight. Heh…heh." She said, "Gizmo was stupid, and wasn't really much of a threat, but…"

"It's alright Mariko, just calm down." Robin said placing his hands on her shoulders. Mariko looked up, the threat of tears stinging her eyes.

"I can't calm down, he's going to hurt them, they aren't like me, they can't deal with that kind of damage. Especially the twins, if something happens to them they may never be normal again." She said her voice cracking.

"We'll find them Mariko I promise." Robin said, Mariko nodded, "But you need to calm down, and think clearly. Do you have any idea where Savage might have taken them."

"No, I don't. For all I know he has them locked up in a pod to be delivered to Cadmas." Mariko said.

"Somehow I don't think he's going to do that." M'gaan said, Mariko scowled, "I mean he knows that you'll probably try to get them back, my guess is that he's got someplace where they aren't going to fight back, a place where they won't think anything is wrong."

"So you think that they're safe?" Mariko asked, "Like, not in pods?"

M'gaan nodded, although she wasn't for sure. The truth was anything could be happening to those three girls, but if Mariko didn't calm down, they'd never get anywhere. Mariko let out a sigh and composed herself.

"Ok, I'm calm now…" She mumbled.

"We should look for Luthor." Robin said, Mariko cocked an eyebrow.

"Why?"

"He's the only member of the Light that could take in three girls without it looking suspicious. If the light has your girls they'd be with him or a building that's owned by him." He explained, "He's also pretty good about making certain appearances."

"Find Luthor, find the girls, sounds easy enough." Tony said, Robin shook his head.

"It's never that easy, Mariko blew up his labs. He's probably upped the security." He said, M'gaan stared.

"I thought that hardwire person blew it up." She said, Mariko shrugged.

"Uh master manipulator; hello?" she said, "Anyway it doesn't matter how much security old baldy has, I'm going to rip his company apart for taking my girls from their home."

"Calm down Mariko you don't even have a plan to get them back." Robin snapped, Mariko paused.

"I know the more time we waste the more time Luthor has a chance to hurt them." She said.

"We'll get them. I promise you we will get them back." Robin said, "Come one, we'll start looking with the Bio-ship."

~0~

"Mariko-chan! We missed you." Haruko and Haruhi said sitting on either side of their friend as they sat on the floor of the room with Riza sitting across from her.

"What have you been doing?" She asked, Mariko shrugged.

"A little of this, a bit of that. All stuff for Lex Corp, to make the world a better place, unlike with Savage, Luthor's got the right idea." She said, the twins held Mariko in a three way hug Mariko smiled.

"Mariko-chan don't go…" Haruhi.

"Away any more." Haruko said, the two hugged Mariko tighter.

"Don't worry girls, I'm not going anywhere. Not ever again." She said hugging the two back.

~0~

After some time the group was in metropolis, hovering over some of Lex Luthor's buildings. They landed on the roof and went in through the door located at the far end. Once inside they split up, M'gaan and Tony went one way as Robin and Mariko went in another.

"Robin I hope you didn't just agree to help me so you could stop me after this was over." Mariko said after a long silence. Robin looked down at his computer.

"I see you've regained yourself." He said. Mariko nodded.

"I don't think you'll need to." She mumbled, Robin paused then looked back at her. Her expression said she was serious.

"This would normally be a good thing, however I'm forced to ask why?" he asked, Mariko rubbed her forearms.

"I can't risk my girls, they mean more to me than getting revenge on Savage." She said in a low voice, "When I get my girls I'm going to take them with me, far away from the Light."

"I'm glad you're thinking clearer Mariko, but we can talk about this after we find them." Robin said.

'Robin, Mariko, any luck on your end?' M'gaan asked.

'None.' Robin thought.

"Hey Robin, what's this room?" Mariko asked, Robin shrugged.

"It's not on the original blue prints for this building." He said looking at his computer. Mariko scowled.

"Then my girls could be in there?" She growled, Robin nodded, then went to grab the door handle. Before he could however it opened and the duo came face to face with a second Mariko. Mariko stared.

A second Mariko! Oh the pandemonium! Haha yeah I decided to have a second. :D what will happen next? Find out next chapter! See you later armadillos—unless I see you first! Haha! REVIEW!