well here it is. only a little late. but you love me so that is ok. im going to apoligize in advance for the drop off chapter.

Chapter 11

"You found who, and she what?" the Dark Knight asked his protégé.

"I found a shape shifter, and she "Robined" me," Robin said, studying his shoes.

"Who is she?"

"She called herself 'Shift'. But of course wouldn't tell me her name. I'll scout around the neighborhood I met her in to try and find out more."

"No," Batman said. Robin looked up and met his masked eyes. "You will stay here and work on your stealth training. If an amateur was able to ditch you, you clearly need more practice. For the next three days you will not be doing anything but training. I will send someone else out there to find her."

He wanted to argue but knew there was no winning against Batman. He nodded his head and walked out of the Batcave and into Wayne Manor. That's not fair. I saw her first. She'll talk to me. He made his way to the kitchen and plopped down in a chair and rested his head on his hands.

"You seem to be troubled, Master Dick," Alfred said when he saw him pouting at the table.

Dick mumbled something incoherent and laid his head down onto the table.

"I'm sure it's nothing that a chocolate chip cookie couldn't fix," the butler said setting down a plate stacked high with cookies fresh out of the oven. Dick pulled his right hand out from under his head and felt around for the plate of cookies, cursing as pain went shooting through his shoulder. It takes freaken forever for a dislocation to heal. He gridded his teeth and grabbed a cookie, sitting up to eat it. The warm cookie melted in his mouth and he let a groan escape his lips as he chewed.

"The world doesn't seem so bad, now does it, Master Dick? Everything looks a little brighter when you are eating a warm cookie."

Dick nodded and continued chewing.

"Don't eat too many Sir, you have training and you know that too many cookies makes you sluggish."

"It's worth it, Alfred." He stood up and thanked the butler for the cookies then headed back to the Batcave. Best to just get the training out of the way so he could get on with his life. When he walked into the Batcave he saw his mentor sitting at the computer, locating the street Robin had met Shift on.

Without looking up, Batman said "Tell Artemis to meet me in the briefing room in 15 minutes."

He didn't give any acknowledgement that he had heard him but Batman knew he had. He stepped into the zeta tube and after a moment, he stepped out into the cave Mount Justice. A feminine voice said "Recognized, B01, Robin."

"Hey, Robin!" Kid Flash said running up to his friend, snack in hand.

"Hey, KF. Would you tell your girlfriend in green to meet Bats in the briefing room in 15 minutes? He has a job for her."

"Where are you going?" K F asked around the pizza in his mouth.

"I have been sentenced to three days of stealth training," Robin sighed.

"That seems a bit redundant, don't you think?" Wally asked cocking his head to the side.

"And repetitive."

"And redundant."

"And repetitive."

"And redundant." Wally finished.

"Anyways, go find her and give the message please."

"Sure thing!" he said before zooming off the girl in question. He went to the kitchen and found M'gann baking cookies. "Hey there, Sweet Heart. The Big Bad Bat needs you," Wally said leaning against the door frame.

She turned around shaking her head, trying to ignore his attempt to flirt. "For what, Wally?"

"He has a job for you. But you can always blow him off and come hang out with yours truly." He gave her a cheesy smile like he was actually expecting her to do what he suggested.

"I'm good, thanks. Where do I meet him?"

Wally pouted with his arms crossed, "Briefing room."

M'gann floated out of the kitchen and down to the Briefing room where Batman was waiting. She walked up to the table and greeted Batman.

"How may I help you, Ms. Martian?" he asked when he saw the martian walk up.

"I was told you were waiting for me," she responded confused.

"There seems to be a misunderstanding, I was waiting for Artemis." He paused for a moment the called out, "Robin!"

A ceiling tile overhead slid open and Robin's face appeared in its place. "Sir?"

"Though I admire you taking your stealth training seriously, you are still lacking. I believe I told you to get Artemis and not Ms. Martian."

Robin dropped down from the ceiling, landing lightly on his feet. "I told Kid Flash to get… his… Oh. I'll be right back." He ran out of the room and found Wally lying on the couch. "I thought your current interest was in Artemis not M'gann."

"I'll never stop being interested in the foreign beauties," Wally said with his eyes still closed.

"It's about to cause Bats to take my ass. Get Artemis, quick."

"Quick is…." Robin couldn't hear the rest of the sentence because the speedster had already run off to find the archer. Wally zoomed into Artemis's room, picked her up off her bed and carried her to the briefing room. "….My middle name."

"Just so you are aware, Baywatch, if you don't put me down in the next five seconds you are going to have an exploding arrow up your-"

Batman cleared his throat and stared at them. Wally set Artemis down and backed slowly out of the room. "Ms. Martian, you may go now."

"Yes, sir." She walked out as Artemis asked, "What happened?"

"Nothing of dire consequence. Robin has found a shape shifter and we need you to locate her." He pulled up a map and pointed to a street labeled 'Schimba'. "Robin met her here. You will montiter the area and speak with her if you see her. Don't let her know who you are, as in you will be going as Artemis Crock. No mask. Talk to her and get a feel for her."

"What do we know about her?"

"Robin will fill you in on that. Robin!"

"Damn it!" a voice from over head said.

"Oh just come down and fill me in," Artemis said with her hands on her hips.

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I was spending the night at Jade's house on Friday night while her parents were out of town, when she came running into the living room waving a package in her hands.

"IT CAME! IT'S HERE! I HAVE THEM!" She screamed.

"What came? What's here? What do you have?" I asked her as a slightly demented grin spread across her face.

"I ordered throwing knifes," Jade said tearing into the package.

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"Just aim at the box," Jade said handing me a knife.

"Heck yeah," I chuckled as I took the knife from her. It was maybe 5 inches long and black with black Paracord wrapped around the handle. I turned to face the cardboard box that she had nailed to the wall behind her door as a target. There were holes in the box from where the knife had hit but here were also holes in the wall around the box (hey, we're both new at this). I hurled the knife at the box and watched as it bounced off and imbedded itself in the wall.

"Well at least it stuck to something…."

"Don't worry about it the wall is banged up already. And you're just flicking your wrist too much, try it like this," Jade took another knife and threw it at the wall. It looked like it was going to hit under the box but it jerked up and hit square in the center.

"How did you…."

"Here, try again," she said shoving the last knife in my hand. When I threw the knife it stuck in the box but also knocked the box off the wall.

Jade walked over to set it back up but when she went to hang it again, the screw it was hanging on was gone.

"Where'd the screw go?" she asked searching the floor under the box.

"Screws fall out all the time Sir, the world is an imperfect place."

"What?"

"Have you never seen 'The Breakfast Club'?"

"No…"

I stared at her with my mouth open. "I'm sorry but we can't be friends anymore. I am not allowed to associate with unsophisticated people."

"What is it even about?"

"A group of high schoolers have Saturday detention and—I'm going to go get it. I can't explain its amazingness; it is something that has to be witnessed." I slipped my shoes on and headed for the front door. "Have popcorn ready when I get back and then maybe I will consider being friends with you again." I slipped out the front door and headed down the street to my house.

I unlocked my front door and ran upstairs to the movie rack. I have this obsession with things needing to be in alphabetical order. So I went to the 'B' section and snagged the DVD.

I went back down stairs and out the door. As I walked back to Jade's house I got the uneasy feeling that I was being watched. Looking around, I couldn't see anything or anyone but the hair on the back of my neck still stood on end. Somewhere, someone was watching me.

and agian i say im sorry. i dont just love this chapter. i kinda dragged on, and on and on and on. well you get the idea. it took me a long time to update because i didnt like it but i need to get on with my life so here you go. please review. of if you have something amusing or out of the norm that you would like to share i would be happy to hear it. for example i know how to say supercalifragilisticexpialid ocious backwards. typing it is to easy but... anyways im rambling. review :D