AN: Thanks for the reviews guys! Once again I do not own the Teen Titians, I wish I did, but sadly I don't. Well, as promised here's some action.
It has been one full day since Richard kissed me. I once again locked myself in my room doing meditation. I had frequent visitors including Kori, and she has not mentioned anything about Richard so I don't think she knows what happened, which makes everything even harder. I even tried to once again repress my emotions, but slowly so I wouldn't draw as much attention. It wasn't working out so well, because every time I would hear Richard's voice from behind my door, my heart would flutter. I get it, Love works in mysterious ways, or when you least expect it, but couldn't she find a better time?
Eventually my stomach got the better of me, and told me I had to go eat something. I went down to the kitchen and found a note from Alfred, it said that he went out to get some things from the store and that if anyone wanted something to eat, to either ask Bruce or me. It specifically said do not ask Richard, I wonder why. Everyone knows not to let me in the kitchen, not after the "end of the world" when I burnt everyone's pancakes. I decided not to leave a mess and just grab an apple and make some tea. While my tea was boiling I went to get a book to read while I enjoyed my time out of my room.
It had just about finished my tea, and was about to start my next chapter when Richard walks into the kitchen. His looks says it all, right now he was no longer Richard, he was back to being the leader I fell in love with. Right away my mind started acknowledging the change and identified him as Robin. I motioned him to go without me and said I would only be a few minutes. I used my powers to put everything away and rushed upstairs to where my uniform was waiting for me. I quickly put it on, and teleported down to the Batcave where everyone was waiting.
"Took you long enough." Smirked Beast Boy, I must admit, I was very glad to see him back in his uniform again. I gave a slight smile in his direction then turned to Bruce. Bruce almost fully uniformed began talking.
"The Joker broke out of Arkham again." A growl of frustration was heard from next to him. Robin looked like he was about ready to tear out his hair. The Dark Knight put a hand on his sidekicks shoulder and then turned back to us and continued. "But he is not alone, it seems he wanted a diversion of some sort." He walked over to the computer and brought up the file he showed me a few nights ago.
"The first night you guys were here, I went to go deal with the Joker. There was an outbreak of inmates at Arkham. Some are still running free, and I believe that they were hiding in the shadows for this purpose. To free Joker from Arkham, along with Harleey Quinn, so far there have been two sightings on the Joker and multiple sightings of Harleey and her gang of thugs, but that's not all. There seems to be other villains in the mix as well, Catwomen has joined." He finished getting ready, and was about to put on his cowl but stopped and turned to look at us.
"I am going after the joker. You all are going after Harleey and her thugs. If you see Catwomen give her string. She get's easily distracted." And with that he pulled on the mask and got in the Batmobile and drove off.
"He does that a lot." Robin remarked. Robin brought up the location of the sightings and told us we needed to get going. We got into the T-Car and drove off in the direction of the sightings. I of course was stuck in the middle, but for once Robin didn't want to be in the front. Instead he decided it would be better if he would sit next to Beast Boy and me and continued to shoot glares in his direction. Of course Beast Boy didn't pick up the clues that Robin wanted Beast Boy away from me. To be honestly, I didn't understand either since he is still with Star. If Robin were to break up with Star, and then kiss me, I would understand why he would be jealous of Beast Boy but that isn't the case. He has no claim over me, nor does Beast Boy, but Robin doesn't need to know that.
We came close to the last location that Harleey and her team was last spotted. I'm not exactly sure on who to keep a look out for, because Bruce never let us see a picture of her, and he had the "Robin will fill you in while I run around on roof tops trying to find this crazy clown" attitude when giving us his minimal information.
"Yo dudes! While were having Robin scout for our villains, lets play I SPY!" The whole car groaned at Beast Boy, and his obsession with playing I spy when were on a mission.
"Okay, I'll go first! I spy with my little eye, something pretty." Beastboy looked straight at me when he said this, and it made Robin go over the edge.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" The whole car turned around and looked at him surprised by his random outburst. Even I was, I mean how could he actually be jealous when he has Starfire. She's a princess for crying out loud! Okay I was too, and then my father destroyed Azarath, but my point is, Star can give Richard so much more then I can; yet I have spent all my time pinning for him and hoping that he would notice me. Naturally he didn't until now, and I am not exactly sure what changed in him. The whole car was still staring at Robin and I turned and just arched my eyebrow at him. His face flushed with what I assume would be embarrassment, but he had his block on so I couldn't use my powers to find out. Time ticked by, and there were no signs of any activity. Robin grew restless and clearly wasn't used to waiting around for Harleey to strike. I tried to use my powers to reach out to a familiar signature, but because Robin had his mind block on I was unable to have a signature to match up with.
"OK, new plan. We split up; I am going to bring up an image of what Harleey looks like along with other villains that could be in the area." And so he did, the first picture that would have made me laugh if I wasn't trying so hard to keep everything in check. It was a short little man with a monocle, in a tuxedo. His name matched his looks, he was the Penguin. Then a picture of a girl in a cat suit that showed a little too much skin in the front, her name is Catwomen also known as Ms. Kyle. A used to be love interest for Bruce, until he learned who she really was. Even then the attraction was still there, it was just never acted on.
He showed us more pictures of the thugs that are working with Harleey, and most of them looked like normal guys. Some looked like they could have had promising careers in wrestling, or football, but resorted to a life of murder and crime. Finally Robin showed us a picture of Harleey, and right away I knew I saw her before.
"YO! Dudes! That was the girl that turned me down when we went out for dinner." Robin shuddered and gagged.
"She's crazy, and in love with the Joker. You never stood a chance." Replied Robin once he got control over himself. I looked at the picture again, and studied her face. She was tan, not very tan, but it went well with her blond hair, which was put up into two pigtails and dip dyed black on one side and red on the other at the ends of each pigtail.
"That is most unsettling" Came a reply from Starfire. Everyone agreed including Beast Boy who looked darker green then normal. I just smirked, I know most people would cower in fear learning that they are near Harleey or the Joker, but not me. I mean seriously, I have met the devil, and he's my father. You can't get much scarier then a giant horned demon who haunts your dreams almost every night. The Joker? No big deal, Harleey Quinn, piece of cake.
"So this is the plan, you have seen the pictures and you all known what everyone looks like. We are going to split into teams and search for her ourselves. Beast Boy, Cyborg and Star, you guys go down the south alley ways. Beastboy use the sewers, Cyborg search the streets and Star the sky. Go south and Raven and I will take the north alleyway." He jumped out of the car and everyone else did too.
"Maybe Star should go with you instead of me." I said quietly, but Robin just shook his head.
"No time to change teams now, besides I need your powers to help me." I couldn't argue with him, and pulled up my hood and followed him to the ally. Cyborg drove off followed by Star flying above, and Beast Boy turning into a rat and going into the sewers.
"Let's go." Said Robin. I levitated up ready to fly off. "Don't fly up yet. Do it when I say." His tone was harsh and cold, as if he was made at me. He had no reason to be mad at me though, if anything I should still be furious with him. So I just stayed quiet, blocked off my mind and pressed onward. We walked for a few minutes in silence, and I made no effort to strike up a conversation.
The silence soon became overbearing and started crushing me, emotions from everyone else in the city became overpowering and I needed something to calm myself down. Okay, breathe and relax. I need to calm down, my powers will get out of control easily if I am too worked up. Why does he always do this to me?
"I need to talk to you." I stopped walking, and my eyes bulged out of my skull, and my cheeks started heating up. I was glad my hood was still up, because my face must have looked completely embarrassing. I stayed silent and continued to walk farther, I silenced my emotions and opened myself up, hopefully Robin wouldn't attempt to dig into my mind. I used my powers to search for an aura matching one that I imagined Harleey Quinn would have.
"Raven." His voice was still stone cold.
"What?" My monotone matching his frozen words, and I saw him flinch at my words. Once again, he puzzles me he flinched when I mimicked his tone of voice yet he was the one who talked to me like that in the first place.
"We need to talk about what happened and you are going to listen."
"Is that an order?" I demanded back to him. He once again flinched but I refuse to give into him. "No Robin, we do not have to talk right now. We are on a mission, do you really think that this is an appropriate time to be having this discussion?" I could tell he knew that I was right. So he just scowled and continued walking.
"But Raven, we will talk. I need to talk to you." His voice got softer and I almost felt bad about being mean, almost.
We walked in silence for about 15 minutes, when all of the sudden I felt a presence that didn't belong to anyone that I knew. And I knew right then and there that we were being tracked. I pushed past Robins blocks with ease, normally I don't pry, but I didn't want to alert our attacker that we knew they were there.
Stay aware, we have unwanted attention. I said through our bond.
Harleey? Asked Robin.
No idea, but they are on the roof tops. Watch out.
We have the aliment of surprise, kind of. We have you, our human radar. Keep walking and look normal.
Gee thanks traffic light, I love being called a human radar.
Rae, you know that wasn't what I meant.
I know.
We continued to walk, when I felt someone drop down behind us. I instantly turned around and used my powers to trap her in a bubble.
"Catwomen!"