Okay, updating early because I have to ask you: Should Nightwing go fingerstripes in this story, or stay with his canon uniform? Fingerstripes is my personal favorite, but I thought I'd ask you guys before I go any farther with it, see if you are all okay with it.

Sunday, November 12, 2011, 18:30

"Robin, have you any news on pinpointing Supergirl's location?" Kaldur walked over to the hacker, who was currently investigating Asia using satellite imagery.

"I've got it narrowed down to Asia. Why?" He barely looked up from his laptop.

"We're going to need her. Wally told me that he overheard some of his rogues talking about something big," the leader informed.

"Bigger than the Light and Drachenfluch?" Recently the Team had uncovered information regarding a league of supervillians who were becoming more and more of a problem.

"I do not know. Maybe they are talking about the Light. Robin, can you check the feeds?" Kaldur glanced down at him.

"Sure, why not." A few clicks on the keyboard had the Boy Wonder grimacing. "Crap."

"What is it?" The Atlantian looked worried.

"The Joker broke out of Arkham. Along with Scarecrow." Robin was hurriedly calling up Artemis.

"Hey, Artemis, we have a problem."

"What kind of problem?"

"A Joker and Scarecrow working together kind of problem."

"That's not good. I'll meet you at seventh street warehouse number eight."

"Okay. See ya in a little bit."

"Ditto."

The line went dead, and Robin turned to Kaldur. "Watch the news. If you see us die, send backup," he suggested before closing his laptop and sprinting off to his room to change before heading through the zeta.

Recognized: Robin B01

Robin sprinted out of the telephone booth, swinging up on top of the buildings before heading towards Seventh Street. Sprinting across the rooftops and flipping between them, he came out near the warehouses, and slipped over next to number eight. Seeing the now almost permanently black-clad archer, he popped out behind her.

"Okay, before we go in, we need a game plan," Robin said. "And a location. But we already have that."

"Where?" Artemis, used to him popping up out of nowhere, was unfazed by his sudden appearance.

"They're currently messing up people at the Wal-mart on Sunrise," he stated.

"Well, then let's go kick crazies' butt," Artemis grinned in anticipation.

"Not that easy. They have hostages and Harley," Robin said.

"Well that makes things more difficult then… Okay, I'll distract the crazies, you free the hostages?" Artemis suggested.

"That's our best bet I think," Robin mused. "Let's go!" The two Gotham heroes took off through the late-afternoon setting sun, heading straight to the Wal-mart.

"Holy… That Wal-mart is more of a mess than it was before," Artemis breathed.

"Yep. They're not exactly feeling the aster down there," Robin replied. Artemis nodded, swinging down to join the police outside the Wal-mart.

"Nice of you to show up. We could use Robin's help, though, too. Where is he?" Commissioner Gordon looked at Artemis, and she smirked.

"He's off being Robin, creepy little troll he is. How's the situation here?" She turned back to the Wal-mart.

"Not good. Scarecrow's infected every one of the hostages with fear gas, and Joker's using Joker gas on anyone who goes inside," the Commissioner looked worn out.

"Hostage roll call?" Artemis furrowed her brow.

"Uriah Lukas, Harold James, a-and Barbara Gordon," Gordon faltered slightly when saying his daighter's name.

"Don't worry. They'll be-" a large explosion from inside broke her off.

"Men! Make sure none of the other buildings catch on fire!" Gordon ordered, and Artemis sprinted through the police lines, shooting a line up to one of the second-story windows and landing on the ledge before slipping inside.

Inside the Wal-mart was a mess of smoke and gas. The archer quickly slipped a gasmask over her face before continuing on, where sounds of a struggle could be heard from the lingerie section. Predictable.

"Artemis get down!" Robin's voice cut through her mind, and the archer was quick to obey as a stream of acid shot above her head.

"Ah, looks like little birdie-boy brought his little love-bird!" Joker cooed.

"We are not love-birds!" Artemis and Robin shouted in unison before attacking with more vigor. They were doing quite well, until…

"Robin, behind you!" Robin turned, but not before Scarecrow shot him with some fear gas. That took Artemis' attention away from the fight, and Joker had her down before she knew it.

"Artemis!" Robin's desperate call was the last thing she heard before her sight went black.

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Monday, November 13, 2011, 01:15

"Robin? Robin!" The Boy Wonder blinked his eyes open, staring blearily at M'gann as she called out his name.

"Wha-" Robin was cut off by a burning in the back of his throat, and began coughing.

"Stay still… You… you nearly died… it was a lot worse than we thought it was," M'gann explained.

"Whe… Where's… Ar-Arte-mis?" Robin's speak was broken up. M'gann looked away. "Where is s-she?" He only felt more desperate the further away M'gann turned away from him.

"She's not here," the martain replied quietly.

"I can s-see that! But where is s-she?" Robin was stumbling over some of his words, glaring at M'gann.

"We don't know," she replied, bowing her head. Robin growled, coughing, before struggling against the leather straps holding him down.

"Let me go! Let me go after her!" He snarled, giving her his best batglare. It was on par with Batman's.

"I'm sorry, I can't. Kaldur's orders," M'gann apologized, as Robin sat back, cursing the Atlantian for taking away his belt.

"Jus-st let me go after her," Robin said, quieter.

"I know, I want to let you, and go with you, but I can't! You'd hurt yourself!" The martian looked upset.

"M'gann… Please. Jus-st let me!" Robin pleaded.

"I can't. You wouldn't be able to handle being even more hurt," M'gann reasoned.

"Bullshit! I've been hurt way wors-se than this-s and been able to keep fighting!" His glare reached a new level of intensity, as if he was trying to develop heat vision.

"Robin! Just… please. For me," it was M'gann's turn to plead. "If you keep this up, you'll hurt yourself!"

Robin growled, turning his head away from her. He felt along his right leg, hoping Kaldur didn't take away the knife he stashed there, too. It was there, and he felt on his other leg for his mini-torch. Pulling out the knife, he began working on the straps where M'gann couldn't see, making it so that he could easily break them when he stressed them. Clutching the torch, he winces. "S-sorry," he muttered, before throwing himself against the restraints and breaking free, turning on the torch and aiming the flame at M'gann. She flinched away, and in her momentary cringe, Robin was gone, sprinting through the halls to grab his spare utility belt from a storage closet. Stealthily bypassing Wally, he made it to the zeta tubes. He was free.

Recognized: Robin B01

Here we have M'gann being an overprotective sister. Silly M'gann. You really should listen to Robin- guy knows what he can and can't do!