If I owned Young Justice, there would be more Dick/Bruce bonding scenes.
Thursday, June 14, 2012, 15:05, Ankara, Turkey
"Okay, so now we're on our way to see Ceylan and Ender Yilmaz, and you speak Turkish?" Batgirl raised an eyebrow at Robin, while Artemis just shrugged. The trio was in civvies, walking through the streets of Ankara, just chatting.
"Yeah. I know quite a few languages, because seriously. It helps," Robin explained.
"Can you just explain how you know so many languages?" Batgirl asked.
"I identify patterns in them and I also spend quite a bit of time outside America. It all helps," Robin expanded. "Plus being ESL helps out a bit, too. I mean, English is possibly the most difficult language to learn, so once you conquer English you can pretty much learn all the others."
"Yeah, not the only ESL on the Team!" Artemis raised her hand, and Robin smacked it in a high five.
"Which language was your first?" Batgirl asked, curious.
"Vietnamese," Artemis replied, smirking. "Đó là ngôn ngữ tuyệt vời nhất từng." (Which is the most awesome language ever)
"Nuh uh. Nó là như vậy không phải là ngôn ngữ tuyệt vời nhất bao giờ hết. Đó sẽ là Romani," Robin shot back, grinning. (It is so not the most awesome language ever. That would be Romani)
"Không. Thậm chí không đóng. Tiếp tục cố gắng, đứa trẻ," Artemis replied. Batgirl sighed and rolled her eyes in annoyance. (Nope. Not even close. Keep trying, kid)
"Did you know Wally knows Spanish?" Robin said suddenly, grinning more.
"Really? I can't see him as the guy to learn more than one language," Batgirl replied, smirking.
"So what's the name of the town that Ceylan lives in?" Artemis asked, a look on her face showing slight confusion.
"Yayla," Robin replied, pulling his phone (the one he uses as Robin, not his personal one) and checking the map. "It's about twenty-five kilometers southeast of here, so let's keep walking."
"And we couldn't take the Batjet why?" Batgirl asked, sighing.
"More immersion in the country. It's about time the two of you started learning more languages," the ebony replied, grinning. "Alo!" he called to one of the passerby, waving. The passerby waved back, and Robin turned to his companions. "Alo means hello," he explained, grinning. Batgirl sighed, putting her head in her hand as their comm. Links beeped.
"Aqualad to Alpha Squad, how are things going?"
"As well as they can be going. How 'bout you, bossfish? Everything whelming over there in the States?"
"As well as can be expected. Keep me updated. Aqualad out."
"As always. Robin out." Robin cut the connection, smiling at his companions. "Just bossfish checking up on us. You know, maybe we should have brought the Batjet. Come on, let's run." Robin took off jogging, followed by the other two.
"Just wondering, why are we running?" Artemis asked, not really caring but wondering.
"Endurance training!" Robin replied, cackling and picking up speed, Artemis and Batgirl picking up speed with him.
Thursday, June 14, 2012, 23:09, Yayla, Turkey
Robin trotted into town, sweating and breathing hard, but grinning. The terrain had been hilly and sometimes there had been no path, but he and his companions had managed to run most of it.
Artemis pulled up beside him, followed by Batgirl. Both girls were panting hard and covered in sweat, but Artemis grinned. "I feel like I just ran an ultra-marathon."
"We might have just possibly ran a marathon, add in all the ups and downs and turns and double backs and I think we might have ran around forty kilometers," Robin replied, grinning back. Batgirl just rolled her eyes, her hands on her head. The trio walked down the main road of the town, looking for a place to sleep. They managed to rent a room at a seedy place, and Batgirl stole the shower first, followed by Artemis. Robin was forced to shower in cold water, but he didn't mind. They passed out all on one bed, happy with themselves.
Friday, June 15, 2012, 08:57
Robin woke up first, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes and looking up at the junky clock on the rickety bedside table. Brushing his hair back, he forced himself out of bed and dragged his feet all the way over to the desk. Running that much yesterday hadn't been his best idea ever, and he felt horrible. His legs were sorer than heck, and he pulled his laptop out of his backpack, and opened it on the half-broken desk in the room. Logging in, he added some info to the Parlakuzgun file:
Turkey is quite hot, and never run a marathon in that country. You will regret it.
With that done, he closed the laptop, standing back up and walking all the way across the small room to grab some food out of his backpack. "Why'd I have to put it so far away?" He muttered to himself, nibbling on some jerky and looking around. Batgirl was barely waking up, groaning and rolling over Artemis, effectively waking up the blonde archer who snarled and rolled over and onto the floor with an oof.
"I'm awake now," she muttered, standing up and groaning at her protesting muscles. Robin chuckled, smirking.
"I'm gl~ad," he said, then froze.
"Did your voice just crack?" Batgirl asked, looking at him through sleep-crusted eyes. Robin nodded, blushing.
"It appears our bird boy is going through puberty," Artemis snickered, while Robin began to glare at her.
"It had to happen sometime," Batgirl replied, smoothing out her clothes. "I can't believe we slept in this sweaty crap." Robin just grabbed his laptop and shoved it in his bag, and the trio walked out of the room, turning in the keys to the guy at the desk before walking out into the already heating up morning. Robin pulled his phone out of his utility belt, and began leading them through the small town until they stood in front of a rickety shack. Robin strode forward, knocking lightly on the door. A moment or two later, and a woman opened it.
"Ne istiyorsun?" She asked, glaring. (What do you want?)
"Sadece bayan, konuşmak için," Robin replied, carefully ignoring his cracking voice. (Just to talk, ma'am)
"Hakkında konuşmak ne var?" She growled. (What is there to talk about?)
"Ben Robin, ve ben Altan hakkında biraz bilmek gerekir. Biraz bana yardımcı olabilir mi?" He said, looking at her through his shades. (I'm Robin, and I need to know a little bit about Altan. Would you be able to help me out a bit?)
"Nasıl size söylüyorlar kim olduğunu biliyor musunuz? Bana ne kanıt verebilir?" She asked, hands on her hips. (How do I know you are who you say you are? What proof can you give me?)
Robin reached down to his belt, pulling his hoodie up a bit so she could see the gold of it. She nodded, and opened the door wider, allowing the three heroes inside. A young boy, about eight, was sitting on a chair. "Ne Altan hakkında bilmeniz gerekiyor?"
"Birlikte yaşarken o güne kadar Parlakuzgun dışındaki kişilerle temas var mıydı?" He pulled out his phone, thumbs poised to take notes. (Did he ever have contact with anyone outside of Parlakuzgun while you lived together?)
"Evet. Hemen hemen her gün, bir Bayan Arı geldi. Diğer günlerde o bir Bayan von Zeigler gördüm ve Bayan Abendroth da, bazen onunla vardı," Ceylan replied. "O da çok, bir Bay Zahavi gördüm." (Yes. Almost every day, a Ms. Bee came over. On other days he saw a Mrs. von Zeigler, and there was a Miss Abendroth with her occasionally, too. He also saw a Mr. Zahavi, too)
"Teşekkürler, ben bilmek gerekli oldu," Robin replied, smiling. (Thanks, that was all I needed to know.)
"Onu getirin," Ceylan replied, eyes taking on a hard glint. (Bring him down)
"Ben olacak," Robin replied, nodding and leading the trio out of the house and back northwest towards Ankara. "Altan was seeing Queen Bee, Vreni von Zeigler, Gitta Abendroth, and Azzan Zahavi before he fled Turkey. For now it appears as though Parlakuzgun is allied with Bialya, Drachenfluch, and the Israeli Skyslayers. C'mon- let's head back to the Ankara zeta platform."
Ugh next time I forget to update I'll try to let you all know, kay?
At this point, I have up to chapter 41 done. Also...
"Nope," the younger boy cackled evilly. "Not until you tell me why you gathered intel from an assassin."
"Ugh, she was my only lead," the older boy grumbled.
"Well, now you have a new lead. Virgil snatched this from the table in the room while everyone was mother henning over you." Jason handed his brother a tablet, and the Grayson turned it on. It was locked, but hooking it up to a program, he waited for it to be hacked.
That is an excerpt from chapter 41 :3 Jason!