MISSION IMPOSSIBLE [invite]

[Silv]

A car rolled past blaring a popular radio hit as Robin expertly maneuvered his R-Cycle into an alley way and set it into lock down mode. The boy bobbed his head absently to the beat as he pulled off his helmet, and stowed it away. Babs had responded to his message and received the coordinates. That probably meant she'd be there soon. Which meant he probably should move. The street lights had turned on hours ago, but were just starting to make sense as darkness turned the world into a murky haze. He waited, listening to the bass line from the car that he assumed had been stopped in a red light. He was so stupid! What did he think he was doing? It was then that he realized he had no idea what he was doing. And here he was. Doing it anyway. Dick Grayson: Boy Idiot His grappling hook was in his hand before he remembered how it had gotten there. Clearly his body had a mind of it's own tonight. But, since his feet were about to leave the ground he decided it would be best to resume control. The Titan's leader shot his grappling hook upwards. Hearing the metallic clunk of it catching he gave a sharp tug before letting it fly and sailing up through the air like he was born to it. And he was, being a flying Grayson and all. The Boy Wonder flipped at the last moment, springing up onto the rooftop with acrobatic ease, before landing with a dull thud. He took in a deep breath of the city air as he straightened and glanced around. His chest puffed proudly with the movement. This was his turf. His destination was the city's most infamous building. He'd been up here many times, as it gave him an excellent vantage point. It was also the scene of something he never wanted to remember. The repaired letters that spelled out WAYNE lit Robin perfectly on one side, and silhouetted him on the other. Now all he had left to do was wait, and try not to over think things. Mission: IMPOSSIBLE

[Aly]

After hours of revamping the security system and updating the Titans database, she had went to her room. It took her forever to finally get her mind calmed down enough so that she could sleep. The sounds of waking Titans filled the tower, but Batgirl could be paying very close attention to them or she could be blocking them out with pillows stuffed to the sides of her head. Of course she was doing the latter. It was a while, but she finally fell asleep. Sleep came and went, but the sun was still up when she awoke. She was going to have to face him eventually. The lived in the same building, for goodness sake. Barbara groaned as she pulled herself out of bed and put her uniform back on. Wouldn't it be great to ruin her whole life today instead of just a part of it? The training room was empty when she got there, which she couldn't be more happy about. She would take out her frustrations on a few sand bags, and then a few programs, and then some dummies. The message on her communicator took her by surprise when she finally sat down for a break. Robin wanted her to meet him somewhere? Oh god, this was probably going to be bad. He was going to send her home. She wouldn't be able to come back. Of course he was mad at her. Why wouldn't he be? She knew he liked Starfire, and she couldn't stop herself from kissing him in her moment of weakness. Why did she have to do that? The time he gave her wasn't too far off, but it was just enough time for her to shower before the sun went down. After that, it was only a few minutes on her Batcycle to the coordinates he had sent her. When she finally arrived and pulled into an alley, his R-cycle was there. Well, here goes nothing. Batgirl took a deep breath before shutting her own motorcycle off and putting it on safety. With no other way of scaling the tall building without going inside, Batgirl took out her own grappling hook and shot it up into the seemingly endless sky. Like Robin's, it caught and held before she changed the mode for it to reel her up the side of the skyscraper. It sure did scrape the sky, alright. The time it took for her to scale the building really wasn't that long, but it felt like an eternity to Barbara. She was dreading this. Who would have thought that a Bat protege could be so afraid. And of a boy no less. No, that wasn't true. Robin was a young man now. He had made that clear to Batman when he left. Less graceful than the circus-born Robin, Barbara pulled herself over the top of the wall. She could see Dick in the distance, facing away from her. Why he wanted to meet here, she had no idea. She would have thought that he would never want to come to this place again, from what was in the logs. This was where he had fought his own team. "Robin." Batgirl was quiet behind him, but she knew he could hear her. It was a greeting and a question. A hello and a goodbye. So much meaning could be put into just one word. Language was scary like that. Just about as scary as this situation. No amount of criminals had made her feel this way. Not in the face of danger or death itself. Just at the back of a teammate. The back of a best friend. She felt like she betrayed him. She crossed a line and would never be able to backpedal.

ooc; Wow, towards the end of this I could feel the nyquil kicking in. Sorry if it seems jumbled. If I need to, I can fix this in the morning. Er, later this morning? If I ever wake up from this. Jeezus, I feel drugged.

[Audrey]

As Stephanie shut the door to her hotel room, she immediately felt gravity kick in and pull her onto the somewhat alright bed she had been provided with, dropping the dufflebag containing her Spoiler costume lazily to the side and shoving her face right into the floral pattern duvet. "I'm so tiiiiiiiiiired," she said muffled against the blanket as she let physics take hold of her legs and drag her to the edge of the bed. It had been another long day of patrolling today and it seemed the mafia thugs were out in full force. She had to have garbage canned at least a hundred of those bald losers today and all of them put up a tough fight. She was exhausted to say the least and prepared for a good long sleep... in order to do it all over again the next day. Not bothering to remove her face from the blanket, she groped blindly at the deskstand for the remote to the television. Finally getting a grip, she vaguely aimed it at the provided TV and pressed the power button she has muscle memorized, filling the room with the dull comedy tones of How I Met Your Mother. No one could have a bad day after watching the mad cap hijinks of Ted and his friends... Especially with Neil Patrick Harris there. Man's a genius of comedy. At least, he certainly was in Stephanie's opinion.

With a long sustained groan, Stephanie pulled herself onto her bed and slumped onto the pillows. She looked to the side and gave a bit of a smile when she saw the big 'WAYNE' letters outside of the local Wayne Enterprises building. Having that eyesore right out the window reminded her of home back in Gotham where one couldn't walk a block without seeing 'WAYNE' on something. It was hard to like Bruce Wayne when his products were being shoved down your throat every second. Sure he's a huge philanthropist, but when you have that much money, it's generally expected you give some back. Plus the guy's a total womanizer. But the fact remained that Gotham wasn't Gotham without Bruce Wayne and Batman. You knew exactly where you were if you saw either of those guys walking around. Looking out the window you had a perfect picturesque glimpse of Gotham. WAYNE in big letters, smog in the sky, and Robin Boy Wonder posing like he just kissed a girl.

WAIT IS THAT ROBIN THE BOY WONDER POSING LIKE HE JUST KISSED A GIRL OVER THERE?! The sight of the teenage vigilante made Stephanie begin to flail wildly and fall off her bed taking her duvet with her. As soon as she had her bearings, she stood up and looked again. There was no doubt about it, that was Robin standing there. "TIM, WHY WOULDN'T YOU TELL YOU WERE BAAAAAACK?!" she whined banging on the window in frustration. Her eyes drifted down and she caught of glimpse of the dufflebag with her costume in it. "... I guess I could just clock in twooooo more hours of patrolling," she thought with a cheeky smile crawling onto her face as she dove at the bag like a leopard.

Within minutes, she was decked out as the Spoiler albeit a little sloppier than usual due to her rush. Checking for her gadgets, she rushed into the elevator of the hotel, only to end up in the car with a rather large man in a business suit. He gave her a look and hurumphed as she innocently sat herself in the corner after hitting the roof button.
"Don't you superheroes usually climb the building instead of taking the-" he began only for Steph to cut him off.
"Sssshhhhh. You're breaking the humorous albeit awkward silence. You're supposed to not say anything that way everyone can laugh at the tense disconnect between us. It's like in every comedy movie involving someone in a funny costume," she said putting a finger to where her mouth would be. The man merely groaned and got off on his floor leaving Stephanie alone to ride the rest of the way to the roof. Upon emerging, Stephanie ran as fast as she could to the edge of the building facing the Wayne building hoping she hadn't missed Robin.

She was in luck, he was still there. "AND OMG, BATGIRL'S THERE TOO!" she squealed to herself seeing the feminine crusader approach her bat family member. She was lucking out today. She'd get to meet both her old friend and her role model. This was her night, the night of Stephanie Brown. Oh she was so excited she could barely contain herself. Aiming her self-made grappling hook right at the top of the W in Wayne, she fired and hooked on with no trouble. Aiming herself to land next to Robin, she leaped off the roof and went soaring through the air.
"Robin," Batgirl quietly spoke only to soon be followed by a much louder calling of the Boy Wonder's name.
"ROBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!" Stephanie cried out as she swung toward him, only realizing mid-swing she was primed to run right into Robin instead of land next to him. "Uh oh," she mumbled just before hitting the caped crusader and tumbling onto the rooftop.

Rubbing her head, she looked over at Robin and suddenly made a dark realization. This guy was way too... old to be her Robin. Not to mention just everything about him seemed... different. Her Robin had seemed dragon-like in his posture and mannerisms while this guy... He was kind of like a steward. Like he was BORN to be the sidekick or something. What did this guy, lose his parents in a freak circus act or something? As her thoughts all culminated into an actual physical response, she only managed to get out "Hey you're not Robin."

[Silv]

This had to be up there within the top ten things he'd never expected. He heard Batgirl before he saw her. The young vigilante turned to face the girl he'd known almost his entire career as Robin with a conflicted expression on his face. The way she'd said his name...it was almost like she was saying goodbye. “Babs,” he greeted, though it came out more of a protest. As though he didn't like her being here, or more accurately the resigned nature of her own greeting. That was when the world decided that bowling for Robins was going to become a thing. His and Batgirl's moment was about to be interrupted. He didn't see Spoiler in time to move. He mostly just heard another voice calling out his name in an excited fashion. The boy's masked eyed widened when he saw the shape coming out of the darkness at him and he braced himself to catch her. It didn't work out terribly well. For either of them. She slammed into him, and he fell over with a grunt, rolling across the roof with this strange girl. When they finally lost momentum he stared at her in a dazed sort of fashion. He'd never seen her before. But then, he was also kind of used to obnoxious fangirls. He'd just never been tackled by one on a rooftop. Then she said he wasn't Robin. He reacted instantly, a scowl crossing his face as he pushed her away so he could stand up, before holding out a green gloved hand to get to her feet. Because he was even polite to people he didn't exactly like. “I don't know who you are, but I'm Robin.” he informed her, glancing over at Batgirl as though the other vigilante might have some sort of explanation for this. “What are you doing here?”

[Audrey]

Stephanie practically slapped her mouth shut as she realized the implications of what she said. She felt so bad, she hadn't even stopped to think if there were Robins all over the States. It would explain why he was suddenly on the West Coast. He wasn't dodging away from child services like her. (Or was he?) So... This is was Pacific Robin, and she had met Atlantic Robin; Tim. "O-Oh! I didn't mean it like that. Sorry Pacific Robin. I thought you were Atlantic Robin. I'm an old acquaintance of the Atlantic Robin over in Gotham City. Well... the Robin that was there. He went off to boarding school of something though and... I really missed him and I thought you were him which I why I uhm... well practically assaulted you. I'm St-, Spoiler! I'm the Spoiler. I'm a hero from Gotham! I came here because uh... Penguin was blackmailing me! He had my Dad hostage, so I needed to skip town so he'd release him! So I thought the best place to go would be here to Jump City to help out the Teen Titans! You wouldn't happen to know any of the members would you? I've been having difficulty finding them strangely enough." she said, far faster than a normal human being should speak, filled with both adrenaline and nervousness.

She crooked her head and realized she hadn't even said a word to the (likely) baffled Batgirl. "Oh oh oh, are there regional Batgirls too? You look a lot like the Pacific one. Red hair and everything! She actually inspired me to become a hero... among other things. I actually kind of dreamed about becoming Batgirl when I was younger. Do you if there's a reg-Wait..." she stopped her fangirl-esque rave and squinted at Batgirl. "You are the Batgirl from Gotham! You have that beauty mark on your face in the exact same spot on the Gotham one! Oh, I'm a huge fan Batgirl! There was this bully on my playgroundoncewhostarteddressinguplikejokerandbeatingupthekidsbutthatwasreallymeansoiswoopedinlikebatgirlandbeathimupandsavedallthekidsbutigotdetensionandthatwasreallyawfulbutheyifeltlikeaheroanditwasreallygoodandtobefrankhekindofdeserveditimeanwholooksuptojokerseriously... Sorry, I'm just REALLY excited. I worked with Atlantic Robin a lot, but wow, I never imagined I'd get to meet Batgirl. Just... wow," she practically squealed with delight edging closer and closer to Batgirl practically determined to give her a hug.

[Aly]

Clasping her hands behind her, Batgirl prepared herself for the worst. While she was prepared for what she thought Robin was going to say, she wasn't prepared to see a purple blob streaking towards him. She was powerless to stop the collision from happening, just frozen there with an outstretched hand and open mouth. If someone were going to try to take down the leader of the Teen Titans, this would be quite an unorthodox way to do it. The way the girl had yelled his alias, though. It was like she had known him for years, though Robin looked as surprised as she did. When Spoiler exclaimed that Robin wasn't Robin, it looked like notRobin was mad. Or, in her tipsy topsy world, notmad? She made a move to help her teammate up, but it looked like he had it covered. She stepped back with a hand on her utility belt in case the girl did something. This rooftop was full of surprises today. This girl was talking nonsensical about regional Robins. Listening to her babble, though, her mind was as fast as the Spoiler's mouth. The girl must know Tim, but how would she know that he was at boarding school? Then the lightbulbs started going off. The girl didn't know Tim's real identity. Also, she, like many other Gothamites, probably thought that the GothamRobins were fluid. One person. Unfortunately, the big man was on his third Robin so far. It was like Bruce was trying to fill a void with the boys he took in. The Robins were great, but with Batgirl, it had been a different story. Finally getting on Bruce's team was quite a feat, and one that she was very proud of. Was, being past tense. When the girl finally stopped talking, Batgirl looked at Robin incredulously. This was quite the turn of events. Looking back to Spoiler, she raised her eyebrows. "Well, Spoiler, welcome to Jump. Let's clarify a few things for you though. This is Robin, or at least the first. The boy you know to be the current Gotham Robin is the third." This seemed innocent enough to tell her. "There are no regional Robins, or Batgirls for that matter. We're both from Gotham and also happen to be members of the Teen Titans." She took a breath, letting it sink in. The things she said about her had left her stunned, though. She knew how Batman had inspired herself, but she had no idea that she had done something similar to others. As Spoiler inched closer, Batgirl mimicked her motions by stepping backwards. How did Tim work with this girl? Granted, Tim was a little social butterfly, but she never thought that he would do that as Robin. What did Bruce think of this? He had been annoyed with her questions, what would he have thought about this girl's never ending tongue? "I'm sorry to hear about your parents. Do you have any idea if Penguin has released them?" It was odd that Penguin would blackmail her to leave without killing her parents anyways, but who was she to question his motives.

[Audrey]

Stephanie sat back and let the information soak in and slowly processed it, absent-mindedly using her hands as visual aids to her processing. After a second, everything suddenly clicked and she let out a unexpected yell. "TIM, YOU SON OF A-" she began, but a truck honking it's horn cut off the last word. She sighed and slumped her shoulders over. "I'm sorry. I'm a fish out of water out here. Tim-I mean Robin didn't tell me much about what Batman did. I was kind of his secret partner since as he put it, if Batman found out he was putting someone else in danger, there would be problems. Though, if what you say is true about multiple Robins, I think you or... whoever the one in the middle of you two was the one I always heard about. I always wondered why my Robin seemed so young despite being around for some time... I must seem like a real jerk parading my life into yours. I'd... understand if you wouldn't want me involved with the Titans. I've been doing somewhat alright for myself so far on my own. Beat up at least 150 common thugs, stopped a couple bank robberies, and I think one time I caught a glimpse of Mad Mod... That or some other guy obsessed with England," Stephanie apologized, especially in Robin's direction. "Oh, and my Dad's fine, turns out it was a misunderstanding with Mr. Cobblebot in the end, but I'm here now, so what's the harm in staying, Gotham has tons of heroes already," she hastily added, struggling to come up with a further cover for her initial lie.

Not to say it wasn't entirely a lie. Penguin did hold her dad captive once, though it was actually because he was stepping his game into Cobblepot territory. It was the one time Stephanie ever dealt with a major supervillain and ever actually 'saved' her Dad. Tim though did most of the dirty work, beating up Cobblepot's goons and deactivating the security, while she just snuck past all the action and rescued her dad from the rival of Bruce Wayne. Her claim to fame was she managed to spit on the midget's bald head while she climbing on the roof above him. She still wondered why anyone took him seriously. He looked like he belonged more in a retirement home than a criminal empire. Snapping back to the present, she looked back and forth at Robin and Batgirl waiting to hear their verdict.

[Deleted]

Night had fallen faster than the boy had anticipated and had caught him by somewhat of a surprise. Not that he would ever admit to be caught off guard like that. It was just the fact that nothing had caught the boy's attention as he donned his dark suit and made his way around town. There were some targets he planned on hitting later the week, but it was almost as if any major activity had taken the night off. He had not even ran into any of the heroes of this city, and they were everywhere. Red had an easier time running into a hero than a criminal as of late, and that only meant for more boring nights. And it seemed like tonight was going to be an early one until Red caught sight of the perfect target.

Wayne Tower.

The letters almost seemed to radiate the remaining light and shine in the dusk of the day. Freshly repaired? Not if he had anything to say about that, and some explosives were the perfect way to make those letters shine even more. Sure, this was all to spite the man that had betrayed him and had quickly replaced him without a second thought. The letters would just be repaired again as quickly as these had been, but this time Jason would have the satisfaction of knowing he was the one to blow up the letters. This was exactly what he needed so the night would not be wasted.

It was an easy enough task making his way up the roof without being detected, and he made short work of planting the explosives in all of the least supported areas on the letters. No one would be able to spot the explosives considering the manner Jason had placed them. The last thing he needed was someone having to come by and seeing them while he could hide from sight. Jason had plenty of fliers to contend with, and it seemed none of them were going to make their way up here tonight. That was until Jason finished placing the last explosive that he heard an all too familiar sound.

Red vanished from sight just before the Boy Wonder landed on the roof top, and Jason immediately held his breath. Of all the people that had to come up here, it was Robin. So much for having satisfaction in blowing up the name that had caused him so much pain, and yet Robin was merely the beginning. A short while and Batgirl was up here as well. The anger that had started to well up immediately was drowned as Jason kept himself from making any noise. It was almost as if fate had ordained this night to be a reunion for everybody at the Wayne Tower. Jason was not one to follow fate's design, and it seemed he was not the only one with a similar idea as some girl clad in purple literally crashed the reunion.


He had to wonder just what was loose in the strange girl's head as he rambled on about Robin not being Robin and then Atlantic Robin and Pacific Robin. Wait.... she knew Robin that was not this Robin. That could only mean she knew him. The one who had been recruited to be his replacement. Jason immediately clenched his fist as he bit back the anger at those thoughts. Holding back the anger made Jason zone out as the girl rambled on about her family situation, and he only managed to focus again after hearing Batgirl's voice. A little mental exercise, and Jason successfully buried that boiling rage since he knew he was about to blow up this sign. Besides, it was about time he made himself known to them.

"Geeeze... you can really talk. Do you hold the land record for most boring speech ever? I thought I was about to fall asleep just listening to you ramble on," Red called out as the invisibility wore off to reveal him standing on top of the A of the WAYNE sign.

[Silv]

The silence emanating from Robin was dangerous. It probably had something to do with Batman replacing him. Again. The expression on the boys face was stern as he turned towards Barbara. There was some news that didn't travel very well. Whether it was censored or not, the point regardless, was that Dick didn't know about Tim. It made sense that Bruce would betray him like this. It was how the man operated. He never expected this from Barbra. “Why didn't you tell me?” his voice bordered on hoarse. He didn't care that she hadn't gotten a chance yet. That there had been more pressing matters at the time then whether or not Bruce was running around with a new Robin. But that didn't matter because the pain was still raw. “What was Br-Batman thinking?” his masked gaze narrowed at Spoiler as though she held all the answers. “After what happened to- to...to you know who?” The girl in the purple didn't quite seem to understand the gravity of the situation. Her babbling bordered on annoying, but it might have simply been because of the emotions rumbling through the Titan's leader. He couldn't keep track of what he was feeling, and the rage from the deepest part of him that he usually kept bottled up bubbled to the surface. His posture went rigid and his hands clenched into fists. Maybe he was being harsh when he told Spoiler: “You have a lot to learn before I'd offer you a spot on the team. Leaking classified information entrusted to you by Robin is not a way to gain my trust,” the scowl on the young man's face was severe. He still filed away that the new boy was named Tim and that he had been working with this girl behind Batman's back. They say speak of the devil, and he will appear. Perhaps that was why Red X simply appeared on the top of the A. Though, Robin had no idea that the boy he'd spoken of, and the one now looking down at him mockingly in a stolen suit were the same. Guilt mingled with rage and betrayal and all Robin wanted to do was punch somebody. That somebody would hopefully be Red X. “You,” Robin declared sinking into a fighting stance and glaring up at the thief on the giant letter. “What are you doing here, X?” he asked harshly. “There's nothing to steal.” Ooc: Can we keep some semblance of posting order, please? I can't keep up with Steph interjecting every other post.

[Aly]

Batgirl was a little shocked herself when Spoiler blatantly offered Robin number three's secret identity. Her eyebrows shot up into her mask as she watched the girl continue to ramble on. That probably wasn't the best thing to do, as she glimpsed Robin out of the corner of her eye. Spoiler's voice faded into the background as his gloved hands curled into fists and the masked eyes tilted downwards in the middle. Uh oh. Suddenly, he rounded on her. Oh her for goodness sake. He was accusing her for what reason? "Tell you? Why should I be the messenger here? Have you never watched any news channel that's not just talking about Jump City's villains?" Batgirl rolled her eyes at Dick. God, he could be oblivious. "Of course Batman has a new Robin. You know how he is. He has to take in any little boy in need with even a hint of potential." The hands were on the hips now. "You should know better than anyone how he identifies with you kids." By /you kids/ she was referring to young black-haired blue-eyed newly orphaned boys. How could he not know about his second replacement? "You didn't see him after Ja-Robin number two died. He was a wreck, Robin. He could just have been filling a void that was initially left after you, and just re-opened by his feeling of failure when Joker..." She took a deep breath, not wanting to remember how she herself had felt after hearing of Jason's death. "You and he may have your differences, but he still needs to protect Gotham. It seems like he believes he has to have a Robin by his side. Not that I condone the actions of putting young kids in danger like he does, but did you ever think he may be taking in these kids because he misses you? Ugh. He's not replacing you because you're not 'good enough' or anything like that." She was on a rant now, using finger quotes. "Get off of your high horse and forget him. If you don't want to be associated with him, why are you still using the side-kick name?" Maybe it was all of the different emotions on the rooftop that got her going. Red X's arrival, or rather, reveal, almost went unnoticed. She had never actually came face-to-face with the villain, but she had read the files. The argument with Robin wasn't forgotten, but it could be put on hold for now. As could his remark of Spoiler not being welcome on the team. She would deal with that later. Her gaze went up to the villain's stance on top of the A, looking almost like a little black star on top of a glowing Christmas tree. Almost. "Seriously? Why can't we just have a normal conversation?" She mumbled to herself, shaking her head.

[Audrey]

Admittedly, after saying Tim's name out loud, Stephanie was expecting the response out of Robin that she got. That was careless of her. Habit really, she saw Tim as more friend than super ally, so Robin just seemed like an odd thing to call him, especially when another Robin who was Robin far before Tim was Robin was standing right in front of her. A little part of her hoped he'd just wave it off as nothing, but really this response was to be expected. Though, after it was clear the Titans was not in her cards, her mind started wandering. Maybe it was to cope with the huge tragedy affecting her heart, maybe it was idle boredom, but she began focusing on one particular thing Robin said. That little slip before saying Batman. Br... Br could be the beginning to anything Brazen, Brass, Broken... But she felt like she knew what could go there. Like she had just been thinking about it not too long ago. Her focus completely drowned out everything Batgirl was saying. As much as she gathered it was just more bickering between the bat family about honor and duty and being responsible. She was plagued by this conundrum. Why did she feel like she knew the rest of what Robin was going to say? This was driving her crazy.

Then suddenly, the man in black appeared. She didn't recognize him, but he reminded her of Tim. Kind of like how Robin 1 did from the hotel window. Seeing as this guy's demands might be a little important she looked up to the top of the A, but didn't hear a word the villain said as her sudden catch completely overtook her thinking process. She looked instead at the giant letters standing next to the group: 'WAYNE'. Everything came crashing into her head at that moment. Why she felt she knew what Robin was going to say, why she felt like it was familiar, why this all seemed so odd. "Oh my god... Oh my god, Bruce Wayne is Batman." she mouthed inaudibly to herself, her eyes widening at her sudden realization. This Robin just handed her the last piece of the puzzle she needed to solve one of the greatest mysteries of Gotham City on a silver platter. Oh, once they were done dealing with black spandex man, she was gonna let it rip on Robin 1. However, duty calls first. "Oh, sorry. I wasn't paying attention, are you a cosplayer from the convention downtown? I know Kamen Rider's cool and all and skin suits are on discount but we're trying to have an intelligent conversation here," she called out towards Red X, not really intimidated by him in the slightest.

[Deleted]

It seemed Robin had no idea that Batman had another sidekick already, and there was no missing the anger within Robin's voice. Jason had already managed to bite back his anger at the thoughts of Tim, and he was more interested in the fact that this purple stranger was just going about giving out high priority information. If it was that easy for her to drop the name of the third Robin, what else could she possibly give away? Of course that was if the girl even had any other information to give away. Jason doubted this girl held any information that could be of worth to anyone.

Both Robin and Batgirl's name slip ups had not gone unnoticed by Jason, but those were names he already knew, considering one of those names was his own. He made sure not to pay attention to anything they were saying concerning his death and had instead focused on the strange girl. She was being oddly quiet for some reason.

"Yo, Bird Boy. Took ya long enough to figure out I was here. Figured you would have scouted the place just to be safe since you were having this kind of rendezvous. Batgirl, I get, but another chick as well? You must go through girlfriends pretty quick to be working on two at the same time," Red said, aiming to push Robin's anger beyond whatever semblance of control he was keeping at the moment. He could tell everything the stranger said had upset him, and messing with Boy Wonder was only going to be the cherry on top after he blew up this sign.

"Intelligent conversation? I suppose so...," his voice trailed off as he vanished from sight and then reappeared on the same level as the other three with a couple of feet between them. Now he was standing closer to the purple girl as he turned his next words to her. "But is it really so intelligent to just drop the identities of heroes like that? Tim being the next Robin?" he asked her. Deep down inside, Jason was just as angry as Robin when the girl had said all of that out loud, and he was just going to use it against them to heighten the tension.

"There may not have been anything to steal, but now I have plenty to sell if what your new girlfriend says is true," Red said. The joy in his voice was clearly there to be heard. "Oh, and did I forget to mention the explosives?" Red asked as he held out the detonator in his hand and went to press the button. Whether or not the three were quick enough to react, Jason used up the next three instant teleports to cross over to the nearest roof top and watch as the Wayne sign would explode. It would be a nice and bright explosion for the three to see.

[Silv]

There was one thing that was very clear about this whole night: once Red X had been jailed, and the Spoiler had been gotten rid of, he and Babs needed to have a serious heart to heart. He didn't have a chance to respond. He didn't have time to respond. Now was time for action. "GET DOWN!" he ordered the other two as soon as Red X vanished from sight. He threw his cape up to deflect the blast, moving as quickly as he could in front of where the girls had been. The Boy Wonder barely hunkered down with enough time to avoid taking the blast straight on. As it was, however, the force of the explosion still knocked back. He skidded backwards, his ears ringing, and landed with a thud on his back. Robin dropped his cape, which was hot in his gloved hands, and was glad his cape could function like a shield. If it couldn't, he'd have probably gotten rid of it forever ago. He was sort of singed. He probably smelled of burnt clothing and hair. He was also pissed. "Babs, Spoiler," his first thought was for the girls. "Are you okay?" His chivalry only went so far, however, because he didn't actually wait for them to respond. If they couldn't follow he'd just come back for them later. "I'm going after X," he said, masked eyes narrowing as he pulled out his grappling hook and used it to effortlessly sail across the divide. He rolled onto the other rooftop and raced across it after the masked villain he had seen reappear on the other side. He was going to fix the mistake that was Red X one and for all. Tonight.

[Aly]

So apparently, Robin and Batgirl weren't supposed to talk. Perhaps they would be able to tomorrow or something as non-superheroes. This Red X kid really was striking a chord somewhere in Robin, and Babs scowled as well up at the masked villain. She just hoped Red hadn't heard the next slip-up of supposedly secret identities. She was about to remark how Tim was quite a common name when Red X showed the detonator. Babs had seen quite enough of those for one lifetime, but they seemed to keep popping up. Robin's words were barely registered, but Batgirl's own protective instincts flared just in time. Without waiting for Spoiler to react, Batgirl pushed the purple-clad newbie down, splaying her own cape around herself and the girl. As the letters on the building erupted, Batgirl was puzzled why her cape wasn't much warmer than the heated air around her until the flames seceded and she could safely unshield herself and Spoiler. Apparently Robin had swooped in with his smaller cape and protected both of them. Now there was the leader she knew and loved. "I'm fine. You, Spoiler?" She offered a gloved hand to help the girl she had so unceremoniously tackled. Looking back at Robin, her brows furrowed in concern. "You're not burnt, are-?" He was off before she could finish her question. Red X won't go far with the Boy Wonder at his heels. She didn't even have time to object to his pursuit before he was gone. This one was as close to personal as it got around here, and she couldn't stand in his way. He had some unfinished business to attend to, and she knew to let him be. He would just be distracted, concerned for her safety unnecessarily, if she followed. Plus, she needed to talk to the girl. Robin had been a little too harsh with her and she hadn't had time to apologize for him. "Spoiler." Batgirl sighed and placed her hands on her hips after helping the girl up(?). "What are you really doing here? Chasing after the Titans, wanting to blend in just like that? You're a smart girl, after all, you guessed Gotham's big secret." She pinched the bridge of her nose, trying to figure out what to do. Robin was a little touchy, and she didn't know how he would feel about her accepting Spoiler when he had rejected her so quickly. So much unlike him. "If you want to do this," Her hand came down as she spoke. "You have to be careful. Not just with yourself, but for others. If the story of your parents with Penguin is true, then either he found out your secret identity, or he will. Throwing out others' isn't an admirable characteristic either. They're called secret for a reason." Apparently she was full of speeches tonight. For one that didn't speak much, she was a chatterbox on this rooftop.

[Audrey]

"Note to self. Don't egg on guys with explosives," Steph muttered to herself before prepping to dive from the explosion only for Batgirl and subsequently Robin on top of her to push her aside. "Jeez, can't a girl do a dramatic dive by herself?" she thought as she saw the features of the rooftop fly by. Deep down she was terrified of death right now, but her quippy one-liners were her form of coping with things. Better something to make you laugh a little before you possibly die than endless screaming she always thought. After she heard the A in WAYNE (or maybe it was the N) hit the ground and was clearly not deceased in any way, she turned her head towards the other room to glimpse Red X. She took the quick opportunity before Robin chased him off to deliver one of her trademark gripes. "I HOPE ROBIN 1 SHOVES YOU DOWN AN AIR DUCT!" she yelled as she sat up. With the villain and Robin well out of earshot, she turned her attention onto Batgirl. "No, I'm fine, just maybe a little whiplash," she humored as she took Batgirl's hand to get pulled up.

She took a seat on a vent as Batgirl began asking her questions. The whiplash wasn't entirely a joke. Her spine was killing her from the tumble onto pebbled concrete. Probably nothing serious, just the end of a really long day. "Thanks for confirming my theory. I wasn't quite sure if I was right. It made sense and all, but it WAS just a theory. Not all things that make sense are true," she opened smiling a little under her mask, finally getting a chance to be proud of her little discovery. Thinking about it, she was kind of surprised no one else figured it out. In retrospect, it was SO simple. Only guy who could afford the Batmobile is the big Bruce W. Then she brought up that Penguin story again. Thinking about it, it was probably for the better to come clean about that. "Penguin wasn't holding my dad hostage over me. He was holding him over well... pissing him off," she gave out a huge sigh and buried her face in her hands. "You see my dad... Well, he kind of has a second life... As a guy named the Cluemaster. I think you punched him in the face once. He certainly thinks so," she said with a noticeable frustration in her tone. "When Br-Batman finally got a chance to take him out, he got sent to Arkham. Me and... 3rd Robin before had an understanding that he would never survive in Arkham and he pulled strings to let him go, but after he went off to boarding school, I stopped fighting crime too. With my dad mentally unstable of my mom goodness knows where, I was going to become an orphan. So... with some money my dad got me, I came here hoping to find a home with the Titans instead. I've been willing to do anything to avoid going to an orphanage. I've probably stayed in at least 8 hotels around Jump City so far. The money my dad gave me is running out though. I figured if it did, I could stay in the sewers... or maybe one of the abandoned apartment buildings downtown. I'm strong enough to fend off the vagrants I guess," she continued stopping several times to sigh into her hands. Here she was on a cold rooftop giving her life story to her idol. Her long ridiculous story about a missing mom and a supervillain dad and some kid named Tim. It was like a comic book or something.