A/N No dedication fr this chapter :(
No one reviewed, so I cannot dedicate a chapter to anyone.
So, hope you enjoy chapter 5!
Chapter 5
Thirty seconds had passed, and Aqualad had heard no one. Of course, that did not necessarily mean no one was there, but he needed to trust whoever was here - he was not sure if the voice actually belonged to Robin - if he was to get out.
He sliced through the ropes binding him as he opened his eyes, and saw the room was empty, except for himself and Aquaman. he carefully walked over to his still unconscious mentor, and cut through his ropes.
"King Orin." He said, urgently. "King Orin, please awake, we must get out of here." He shook his mentor, and saw his king open his eyes.
"Kaldur?" He asked, and Aqualad nodded. "What happened?"
"We were captured, by Joker." Aqualad said. "Someone who called himself Robin is distracting the guards so we can escape."
"Robin!" Aquaman said. "What is in your hand?"
"Robin gave it to me and told me to use it to cut our bonds." Aqualad replied, "Please, my king, we must get out of here."
"Robin is Batmans partner." Aquaman said, "And possibly the Bird the prophecy speaks of. We must get him out of here."
"Then why would he tell me he was here to get the two of us our of here?" Aqualad asked. "If he is the Bird of legend..."
"I don't know." Aquaman said. "Come, we must make sure he is alright." Aqualad nodded, and led the way out of the room, stopping surprised to see their equipment laying on the ground. Aqualad quickly gave his king his equipment, and took his, instantly feeling better.
"Let us find him, my king." Aqualad said, taking a few steps forward, and hearing a battle.
"I think we just did, Kaldur'ahm." Aquaman said, racing towards the battle with Aqualad by his side.
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Robin was currently engaged in battle with the Jokers henchman. About half of the ones on the floor were unconscious, and the other half were dead. It varied on how long Robin had before the next attack came his way.
As Robin turned to his left, blocking another attack, he saw two forms launching themselves into the battle, and Robin gritted his teeth, realizing that Aquaman and Aqualad had joined the fight.
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"We shouldn't have let him go after Aqualad alone." Speedy told Kid Flash, who shrugged, trying to appear unconcerned about the bird.
"He's the one who told us to." He defended. "I mean, if he thinks he can find them and talk Aqualad into joining us, why not?"
"It's still stupid." Roy said. "I mean, there's two of us, and one of him. Wally, he's eight. Eight, and he just went off for a solo mission, and WE LET HIM."
"He said he can handle himself, and he didn't really give us much of a choice." Wally said. "Seeing that he gave you several bruises, and he caught me, I'm inclined to believe him on that account."
"Not the point." Roy said. "He's younger than both of us, and we just let him head off alone on a solo mission. We've got to be the worst people ever."
"Not ever, I think that title goes to the White Witch." Wally said, running past trees faster than he could talk. "So, you think he's got Aqualad yet?"
"No." Roy said bluntly. "I think he'll wait until he's sure he can trust Aqualad. Like he did with us." Wally snorted.
"You mean attack him. Right." Wally said. "So, when we meet up with Aqualad and Robin, what shape do you think they'll be in?"
"Hopefully, a good one." Roy answered. "So, I think you were supposed to turn left back there."
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Wally asked, stopping and turning around before heading back at superspeed.
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Now that the henchmen were being dealt with, Robin turned his attention to the Joker, who was laughing his head off like this was a joke. Aqualad and Aquaman were taking down henchmen surprisingly well, considering how soon before he'd seen them get captured.
Robin slipped through the fighting and was soon face to face with the surprised Joker. "Miss me?" Robin asked as he leapt, knives* in his hands, twirling them as he leapt at his adversary.
"Not really, bird boy." Joker said, pulling out his own knives.
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Kid Flash and Speedy arrived at the area where they were supposed to find Miss Martian, and weren't really surprised to see wolves were trying to reach the Martians, and trolls and ogres on their way.
"Well, let's get fighting, Kid Flash." Speedy said, climbing into a tree. "Let's see if you fight as well as you run."
"Of course I do!" Wally said, already running at the wolves and landing hits. Roy, up in the tree, shot arrows, quickly killing wolves, and trolls. Ogres, on the other hand, took more than a single arrow to kill, and got much closer to the arrow-shooting redhead than he liked.
"Kid Flash!" Roy yelled, "Keep them away from my tree! I can't shoot if they're climbing up trying to kill me!" Within a moment, the speedster had listened and was now keeping Roy's position above the their enemies was now secure.
**0
Robin, Aquaman, and Aqualad had managed to escape in the chaos after Robin had gotten Joker to attack one of his own henchmen, and Robin was limping along, constantly looking over his shoulder constantly.
"What were you thinking, son?" Aquaman asked. "You could have gotten yourself killed, and where would the resistance be then?"
"I was thinking that I should follow Batmans last orders." Robin replied. "Gather a team because even though the prophecy says that Kid Flash, Speedy, and I are goin to defeat the White Witch, we're going to need someone to deal with her army. And I couldn't leave you in there, the Resistance can't afford to lose anyone else."
"Anyone else?" Aqualad repeated.
"Yesterday morning, the White Witch's soldiers closed in on Batman, Flash, and the Arrow." Robin said. "All three of them stashed us somewhere close to emergency supplies before running and leading the soldiers away. We currently do not know where they are."
"Why haven't you asked Alfred?" Aquaman asked. "I mean, doesn't he have some power or another that allows him to track any member of the Resistance?"
"Yes." Robin replied, "But, as Kid Flash currently cannot vibrate his molecules through objects, so it stands to reason he is not as fast as the Flash. Speedy is not as fast as his mentor, and I, despite being Batman's apprentice, cannot find him when he does not want to be found, which he clearly does not. Therefore, it would do absolutely no good unless I can find them during a fight." Aquaman nodded, appearingly accepting the small boys reasoning.
"Where are we going, then?" He asked.
"Well, Batman mentioned the other partners for my team." Robin said. "People around my age. Once we catch up with Kid Flash and Speedy, by the way, they should be with the Martian Manhunter and his niece by now, you can stay with J'onn." Aquaman looked at Robin, and nodded. Then they heard a howl, and Robin leapt into the trees.
"What was that?" Aqualad asked, "Why leap into the tree?"
"For one, there's plenty of them around here." Robin said, "Secondly, it's harder for wolves to track your scent if you're not on the ground. So get into a tree, and be careful not to break any branches, or they might be able to track us." Aquaman climbed into a tree, as did Aqualad, and they followed Robin's example for going from tree branch to tree branch, and only broke a couple branches.
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A few minutes later...
Robin stopped and tilted his ear upwards, with a strange look on his face for a few seconds, before realization crossed his face.
"Of course they ran into complications too!" He said, before looking back at Aquaman and Aqualad. "They ran into trouble, it sounds like. Let's go." Then, he took off, using everything he'd learned as a Flying Grayson** to speed his way through the treetops.
Aqualad and Aquaman were hard pressed to keep up with him, but he stayed within their sight until he was sure they could hear the battle up ahead, before he really took off, and was gone within seconds.
Aqualad looked at Aquaman, who clearly heard what they were heading into, and shrugged, before following the quick apprentice of Batman. Aquaman sighed before doing the same, knowing that they needed to at least try to keep track of the small boy.
They found him just outside the clearing of a huge battle. Someone - possibly the Arrow?- was in a tree, shooting down wolves, trolls, ogres, and gnomes. Someone else - maybe the Flash?- was running around keeping them our of the trees, allowing the archer to keep shooting their enemies.
"The gnomes just got here." Robin informed them, before leaping into the battle himself, and Aqualad took a moment to admire the boys speed and agility, and how easily he seemed to be able to get above the battle at a moment's notice, before he joined the battle with his king.
* Yes, Dick has knives, but mostly during a close combat fight, where killing his opponents is the quicker way to do things. He finds it much easier to use birdarangs any other time, as he can use them just about anywhere.
** Yes, Dick was a Flying Grayson before he became Narnia. Yes, they performed for people too. I'll explain to you later in the story.
A/N Ok, so, Chapter 5 is UP!
Now, poll time! As of RIGHT NOW (as I'm typing this) the poll has 42 out of the 56 votes. That's 14 votes left 14!
So, you can vote on 2, and you can (should) also vote on my profile, if you haven't already.
What do you want the Justice League/Divergent Crossover to be called? (Note: The parentheses won't be in the title)
1 All generalizations are false. (Batman POV)
2 Not Expecting That (Whole League POV)
3 Be There in a Factionless Flash! (Flash POV)
4 Blue Boy Scout: Where I Belong (Superman POV)
5 How to Tell if You're Being Lied to: Read their minds (Martian Manhunter)
6 Dauntless? Has a Nice Ring to it. (Wonder Woman POV)
7 Abnegation: Being a Stiff (Hawkgirl POV)
So, please review and tell me what you think. See you next week!
~ Oreo
