Part I: Rebecca Robinson is left to face Gotham's worst Halloween ever. One ex-Robin and one dead-Robin are running loose in Gotham with their own goals in their mind. Rebecca's mind isn't the ideal one and with the history like she has is she able to survive with out losing her sanity or life? What will happen when Clown Prince of Crime wants his toys back and even Scarecrow can't stop him? Will Rebecca be only his toy?
Chapter 4 is rated M
Romance will be a slow burn.
Broken Toys
Chapter 14 – Back
Raven leads Dick to high building. They are now on the roof.
"Why we are here?" Dick analyzes his environment finding nothing.
"You see in the minute. But first, we need to hide." Raven jumps to her hiding spot. She waves Dick to come with her. "You said that you need proof of the civil war."
After few minutes Dick sees one Assassin jumping onto the rooftop. She is wearing a white uniform. That's new. Back at the city they all wore black uniforms.
Out of nowhere two other Assassins appears. They both are dressed in black.
"Where is the pit?" One of the black Assassins yells. Their outfits are different from city, too. Looks like they got an upgrade.
"Safe from Demon's Head's slippery fingers." White Assassin pulls her sword out.
"Traitor!" Both of the black Assassins screams. They attack to the white Assassins.
Dick tries to get out of their hiding spot but Raven stops him. "You can't stop this. Let them fight."
White Assassin manages to kill another one of her attackers but it doesn't come without a cost. Remaining black Assassin kills the white Assassin. As her last breath she strikes her sword to her killer. Only survivor is wounded badly. She tries to cover her wound but she is losing lot of blood. She quickly escapes.
Raven steps out and Dick follows her. "Do you believe me now?" She asks.
"So league is having a civil war. Which side is wining?" Dick asks. He examines white Assassin's body.
"Rebels. They are the ones wearing white. They know the pit's location. We need to destroy it." Raven looks the bodies too. She knew them.
"Why Robin is connected to all this?" Dick stands up and moves to look closer the blood that the living Assassin left behind. He quickly scans it for his detective mode.
"Arkham Knight paid me to kill him. According to my research he knows where the pit is. If I bring him Robin's head he is going to tell me what I need."
"Woah, slow down a bit. First of all: How do you know that he knows where the pit is? Second: what makes you think that you can trust him?" Dick says. He can't find a match for any blood samples. It doesn't surprise him.
"He is being around lot longer than you and your Bat-buddies think. He had has time to prepare and plan his revenge. And I trust him for the same reason that you trust me. I don't." Raven crosses her arms.
"Why would he tell you where the Lazarus pit is? Why wouldn't he used it for himself?" Dick points out.
"He knows how corrupted person goes after using it. And besides he doesn't strike me as a guy who wants to live forever. He's only interested in killing Batman."
"Why?" Dick says.
"I don't know. But that doesn't matter. The important part is finding the pit. I need to destroy it."
"There is more ways to find it. Why don't we try to follow Rebels? It's not impossible to track assassin." Dick notes. It's hard but he is a good detective and Raven know their methods.
"You are right. But it's impossible to follow them when other side is killing them and most of them don't even know where the pit is. These are just solders. They don't have any real power in the league."
"But you have?" Dick is good with reading people. Raven's posture gives him impression that at least she thinks that she has some power. If she lies Dick can notice it. Nobody is able to lie to him if Dick sees them.
"You must think why I'm not carrying a sword. Most of us are." Raven takes black Assassin's sword. "This belong to Loyalist. Stupid fool. Sword is weapon for those who are first in line killing people. They don't know what is going behind the scenes. Arrow is for those who can step back and have some distance."
"I'm not giving you Robin's location but I will help you find the pit. And don't try to cross me. I know it before you know it even by yourself." Dick is done studying the crime scene. He has all the information that he needs. "We need to know where that ninja is going."
"I know already." Raven sounds surprised.
"Great. Then what are you waiting for?"
Raven jumps of the roof and Dick grapples away to follow her. She moves quickly but it isn't a problem for Dick.
"Where are we going?" Dick asks.
"To Elliot Memorial Hospital." Raven leaps away. They are almost there.
"Lead the way." Dick says when they arrive to their destination. Raven walks around the corner and points at the vent. It's surrounded by water and there is a generator keeping the water electrified.
"You can use your electric sticks or whatever they are called." Raven points at the generator.
"It's called escrima sticks. Get your facts straight." Dick sends an electrical charge and it makes the power go off. The water is now safe to cross.
"Follow me." Raven drops into vent. Dick follows her shortly. They enter the hospital quietly.
"You need to stay unnoticed. If they see you they will kill us both." Raven whispers. Dick sees one Loyalist facing the other way. She is so far that she hasn't notice them yet.
"Got it." Dick usually cracks joke or two but Raven looks so stressed that she might lose it.
Raven takes one long gaze to Dick but then she turns around and walks to Loyalist. Dick disappears into shadows giving her room.
"Hey!" Raven walks to Loyalist. Her face is changed back to blank look. Dick knows that look. He sees it often on Batman's face. It's face of a person who has something to hide.
"Mistress, you came back." Loyalist sounds slightly upset. She is trying to hide it but this proves to Dick that Raven wasn't joking when she was talking about power.
"Where's Ra's?" Raven doesn't look her. She is watching men who are practicing fighting. This irritates Loyalist but she hides it. Raven is her mistress.
"Mistress, you have to understand that he is hiding from those traitors. I can't…" Loyalist tries to explain.
"You can't tell me, where he is? Do I need to remind you who I am?" Raven turns to look at the taller assassin.
"No, mistress. But after Nyssa's betrayal…"
"I am not Nyssa so this shouldn't be a problem." Raven's tone is polite but it is obvious which one is in charge.
"Yes, mistress. He is in down stairs." Assassin steps away and lowers her gaze respectfully.
"So show me the god damn way." Raven says.
Loyalist begins to walk her to right direction but Raven protests. "I don't need you to babysit me. Just point it for me."
Assassin points at right direction. She looks pissed but doesn't act when Raven walks away. Dick waits till Loyalist is looking other way and sneaks behind Raven.
"Your accent isn't as thick as hers." Dick points out as they walk down the stairs.
"As I said, I was gone a long time." Raven sighs. She rubs her temples like people who have a headache.
Dick takes a closer look at her face. Now that he has this new information about Raven's status in the league and her looks…
"You are Ra's daughter. Just like Talia was and Nyssa is."
"Close. I'm actually his granddaughter." Raven doesn't even bother to lie.
"Talia or…?" Dick asks carefully.
"Talia." Raven closes her eyes for a moment.
"Oh." Dick says softly. Talia died just a year ago.
"We never we're close. I was kept as a secret. That's why I was away. I wasn't allow to enter Gotham or anywhere near Batman. He would have figured out." Raven opens her eyes and stops. "I was spending those years perfecting my skills. You probably know Shiva?"
"Yeah. She's got a quite a reputation." Dick remembers Christmas Eve. It's hard to believe it happened twelve years ago. It was just before his parents were killed. Only a year later Dick became the first Robin.
"She trained me more than my own mother. But I didn't stay long, Richard." It isn't a surprise to Dick that she knows his identify. Ra's knows it too but he respects Bruce too much to use his information to his benefit.
"I assume you know who Batman is too?"
"In this family, who doesn't?" Raven manages to make a weak smile.
They arrive to a new door. Dick grapples up and enters from a crack between rocks while Raven takes the door.
They arrive into a big lair. A handful of Loyalists are guarding Ra's. They lift their swords but lower them when they see Raven.
"Mistress." They take a respectful position and let Raven pass. She stops in front of her grandfather and she lowers herself to a one knee and puts her head down.
"Grandfather." She says and stands back up. He is worse than she remembered. Dick first thought that he is already dead.
"Ayda…" That must be Raven's real name. Dick is able to barely hear Ra's saying it. His voice is terribly weak. Raven wasn't kidding when she said that Ra's looks like a zombie. He is barely alive.
"You need to find Rebels, where they are hiding Lazarus Pit." One Loyalist walks between them. She appears to be their leader when Ra's himself is so weak.
"Is that an order?" Fire lights in Raven's eyes.
"Of course not. But surely you want what is best for your master, mistress." This Loyalist is smarter than the one in upstairs. She speaks Raven into a corner.
"Don't be foolish. Of course I want. But how should I know where the pit is? I just got into Gotham. You've been here forever." It's a game. League's politics are like a game. A deadly game.
Before Loyalist is able to answer one league member runs through the door. "Rebels! They found us! They are coming."
Raven quickly disappears when every other standing assassin in the room pull their swords out and run out.
"Is this enough proof for you?" Raven asks when she appears next to Dick.
"Oh, I already had my proof. This is for other purposes."
"We need to go." Raven ignores Dick.
"Way to state the obvious."
"This way. They are going to destroy the way that we came here." Raven sprints to other side of the room without touching the floor. Dick follows her lead and sees her to disappear into small tunnel. They exit the building.
"Move." Raven takes one arrow and drops on her one knee. She aims at the end of the tunnel. She releases it and runs further away. Dick is right behind her and he hears how the tunnel blows up.
"Why did you do that?" Dick looks Raven with confusion.
"Because that's how nobody can follow us." She looks like it was obvious.
"I'm not gonna give you Robin." Dick reminds.
"So we're speaking code. Fine. I know. But I need to destroy the pit. And then end the war."
"No offence, but how destroying the pit will stop the war? I'm all in for that but innocent lives are more valuable." Dick points out.
"Batman taught you well. You sound just like him."
Dick was visiting me every week. He came in every Tuesday nine a clock. Always. Medea-book continued talking me. Her voice became stronger and stronger. Other voices in my head went smaller as a contrast.
"Should I read you? Why won't you just tell me what you are about?" I was on the floor. I had a glass of water next to me for the colorful pills that I took. I didn't need water to swallow them.
'That would spoil the surprise.'
"You always say that." I sighed.
'Because it's true.'
Before I was able backtalk guard came to my cell.
"Is it that time already?" I got up and allowed the guard walk me to Cassidy's interview room. "Hello, doc."
"You seem joyful today." Cassidy had her record tape ready.
"It's a good day. Why wouldn't I be happy?" Odd. I didn't think I'd say that.
"Is there something you want to talk about?" Cassidy usually waited no for an answer.
"Yes, actually there is something that I wanna talk." Words were coming out of my mouth without me saying them.
"Really? Please continue then." Cassidy covered her surprise quickly.
"I've made lot of thinking lately. You never told me how did I got out. Only what injuries I had."
"Nightwing found you. He brought you here." Cassidy observed me closely.
"Who is he?" What the fuck was going on?
"New vigilante. He is mainly located to Blüdhaven." Cassidy made notes.
I feel how I nod my head but I wasn't responsible of that. "How long have I've been here?"
"About three months."
"And how many times you have changed my medication?"
"Your current medication is forth one."
"Good. It's working."
"Are you implying that you want to be cured?" Cassidy's pen was practically flying on the paper.
"Yes. I want her out of my head." Her? What the fuck I was talking about?
"Her?" Cassidy read my mind.
"Punch Line or whatever she calls herself."
"Who are you then?"
"Rebecca Robinson."
She tricked me. She was Medea. Or Medea was Rebecca. That didn't matter. She manipulated me to trusting her. To talk to her. She made the other voices go away. She killed them. They were my friends. That toxic, little fucker. I thought she was dead. Now she was trying to crawl back from her grave. This was my body now. I would make her regret that she never thought otherwise. Nobody should underestimate Punch Line.
A/N: Sorry for the shorter chapter. I promise next one will be longer one. And it will be full of our supposedly dead-Robin. By the way what do you think of Raven's parents? Please leave a review.
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