Hey! I'm back from the wild outdoors! Sorry I made you all wait this long. But the good news is, I wrote about six chapters between the car ride, and hanging out in my camper! And I have a surprise for you all at the end of this chapter!
Robin jumped out from his hiding place and almost at once the Kroloteans were on him. Robin pulled out his Bō and started whacking the Kroloteans left and right.
"Guys? Might need a little help over here!" he yelled through his comms between flips and strikes.
"I'm coming!" La'gaan replied. He ran over to where the main battle was. "For Atlantis!" he yelled before enlarging himself and charging in.
"I just got everyone safely outside in the waiting transport." Beetle said over comms. He was flying over to Robin and Lagoon Boy. "Yes I know the bomb only gives us six minutes. Okay, I didn't know it gave us six minutes, twenty seconds, and seventeen milliseconds." he said to his armor.
"Are you okay?" Robin asked through comms. For some reason Blue Beetle liked talking to himself. "We kind of need you. Like, now." Robin said. He stabbed one of the armored tank like things and it exploded before him. Robin had just enough time to perform a double back handspring to get out of the way.
"Oh, yeah. Coming!" Beetle said. He flew above, taking out the machines by air.
Robin looked over his shoulder and saw that some of the Kroloteans were trying to take the now unconscious girl away. Fear was eminent across all their faces. He quickly finished off his attacker with a well placed blow.
"Civilian. Pursuing." he yelled shortly to his teammates.
"Just hurry! We only have about four minutes before this place blows!" La'gaan yelled back. He smashed two of the machines together. Another machine came up behind him and shot a beam at him. Lagoon Boy went flying. "Neptune's beard!" he cursed before running back and smashing the machine.
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Robin flipped his way over the machines and various Kroloteans as he made his way to where the girl was being dragged to. He quick took out her Kroloteans captives and picked her limp body up.
The girl had golden-brown locks. Robin swore they were bleach blonde when he first saw her. But he couldn't worry about that now. He looked back down at her face once more. The girl also had tons of freckles that dotted her face and arms. She seemed to be asleep.
Suddenly, without warning the girl flinched and woke up. She jumped out of Robin's arms and ran to the wall. She shivered and curled up into a ball, her big, deep sea blue eyes, staring at Robin. She looked so scared. Robin immediately knew this was one of the results of the laser that the Kroloteans had used on her.
"It's okay." he said softly, trying to reassure her. He slowly took steps closer to her. Time was wasting. They only had around three minutes left till the bombs exploded. He needed to get her out of here. Finally, he was close enough to brush a strand of hair away from her eyes. Once he touched her, she relaxed.
Seeing that her body was no longer tensed up, he scooped her up quickly before she could refuse. The girl looked a little shocked. But quickly felt safe. Her whole body relaxed. She put her left arm around his neck and then rested her head on Robin shoulder. Robin looked down at her, a little confused. She was asleep. It was time to go.
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"Wow. Esa chica es muy bonita." Beetle said in Spanish and whistled. "Nice catch Robin." Blue Beetle said when he saw Robin awkwardly trying to carry the girl.
"Yeah, whatever." he rolled his eyes under the mask. "We just need to get out of here." Robin said. He shifted his shoulder, and as a result, pushed the girl's head up a little more on his shoulder. "Where's Lagoon Boy?" he asked. Robin started heading for the exit. Blue Beetle was flying overhead clearing a path for him.
"I am right here." La'gaan said falling into step behind Robin. "Who is that?"
"I'll fill you in once we get out of here." Robin panted. It was hard running as fast as he could carrying a girl wedding style.
"Forty seconds!" Beetle yelled as they were just about to the exit the base.
They got out of the base with less than a second to spare. As soon as they set foot on the snow outside, the bombs behind them exploded. The blast hurtled them into the cold water with a defining BOOM. The feeling of cold, dark water shocked Robin. He quickly scrambled to the surface. Robin and Blue Beetle came up sputtering. They saw the massive explosion that had once been the base, but what was now reduced to roaring flames. It was kind of pretty. The orange raging fire against the blue cold ice. La'gaan surfaced next to them.
"I thought you said we had forty seconds!" La'gaan said to Blue Beetle.
"I know! The bomb was set for-" he stopped and was quiet for a minute. He again was having a conversation with his armor.
"The bomb was set for what?" Robin asked.
"Oh, right. It was set for ten minutes. I guess time just flies. Sorry guys." He hung his blue armored head.
"It's okay." Robin put a hand on Beetle's shoulder. "At least we all survived." Robin stopped. He did a mental head count. The whites of his domino mask grew wide. Three team member heads. No girl head. Where was the girl! "Where is she?" he asked frantically.
"Who?" La'gaan asked. He scratched his head.
"The girl. The one I carried out of the base. She must have flown out of my arms when the base blew. She's probably about to get hypothermia or worse, drown. We need to find her, now." Robin said, his face stern as he looked at his squad members.
Sorry it was short. I am trying to make the chapters at least 1,000 words each. But this sounded like a good place to stop. So the surprise is a NEW TRAILER FOR THE NEW EPISODES! ( The link is on my profile) It is AMAZING! I hope to upload at least once a week. Please Review! Thanks!~