Walking with Insanity C.3

Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice or any of the characters… if I did, Robin would be 15 instead of 13…


Chapter 3
Love is Insane, but Totally Worth it



As soon as guns were loaded and smiling bombs were pulled out, Batman was in front of the team with batarangs drawn, ready to kill anyone who made a move on us.
   "Ooooooh Batty is here to!" the Joker's devious voice rang out as he entered the cave, then he glanced at Wally and I. "What, no costumes today?"
   "What are you doing here?" Batman demanded.
   "We have a game to play, of course!" the Joker yelled.
   "What game would that be?" Batman asked.
   "The one where you have to solve the puzzle!" the Joker called excitedly and several G-Gnomes flew in through the windows, smashing the glass. Harley Quinn followed after them in a small hovercraft thing with a big clown smile on it.
   "Sorry I'm late!" Harley called. "I had to make a stop at this great pizza place a friend of mine works at and leave him a clue!"
   "Harley Quinn…" I whispered, and then leaned to Wally, "She's that Quinn girl that Joe was telling us about!"
   "Bingo!" Harley said, floating over us.
   I heard a scream and turned to see Superboy surrounded by some G-Gnomes and I knew what was going to happen next. He had overcome Cadmus' mind control, but if his reaction to M'gann's mind reading told me anything, then I knew he would have an even worse reaction to the gnomes.
   The clone was throwing the G-Gnomes against the wall, but more kept coming in through the now-broken windows, keeping Superboy busy.
   "You guys take down the clowns and soldiers," Batman ordered. "I'll get the Joker and Harley."
   "Oh, but Batsie, then I won't be able to give you the next clue!" the Joker whined.
   "Then get it over with!" Batman growled.
   "Ooh feisty today, aren't we?" Harley asked.
   "Oh well, I guess Batman would like to finish the game," Joker said flatly before jumping through the air and landing behind me before I could respond. He wrapped me in a bear hug, making me want to barf. "Boy Blunder has his friends, a team of his own for him to defend. I made a playground for you, Birdie and your friends can come too!"
   The Joker pulled out a knife and held it to my ear, "Now Bird Boy, you can come quietly, or we can lose a few body parts first."
   "How about neither?" I ground out as I pushed my back into his chest and brought my legs up, kicking him in the face and ending with a back flip to escape his reach.
   The Joker laughed as he slammed into the ground hard on his back, "Well today, you don't have a choice!"
   And then the clowns were there, pinning my arms at my sides, one holding my neck and another holding my legs together. The Joker stood up and stalked toward me, pulling a syringe out of his pocket and playing around with the needle.
   "Robin!" Batman yelled as he started running toward me, pulling out batarangs and throwing them at the Joker, but the villain simply swayed to the side and avoided them.
   I saw Batman running faster now, but then my attention turned to the insane man walking toward me. The red smile painted on his face looked like blood as it started to drip down his chin, making him seem even crazier, with his greasy, green hair hanging in his eyes.
   "You're fight is with me, Batty!" I heard Harley yell and also a startled "oomph" come from Batman. I slightly glanced over and saw that Batman was pinned against the wall by his cape, with playing cards sticking out.
   I looked away from the Joker, trying to find a way to get out. I couldn't do anything but wiggle helplessly and hope that my team would stop the madman before I was injected with whatever was in the syringe. I heard Superboy's cries and saw him being held down by M'gann and Artemis, both of them trying to get him to calm down.
   Wally and Kaldur were both fighting the soldiers with the guns and a gasped as I saw several darts go into Aqualad. I knew that he was very resistant to poisons and the likes, but I wasn't sure just how resistant he was. Wally was running circles around the weapon wielders, so I wasn't surprised when one of them stuck out his foot and Wally fell over. What did surprise me though was that they then started to shoot Wally, using the same darts as they did on Kaldur. I finally saw the Atlantean collapse and his eyes close.
   Several thoughts flew through my head at once and I knew that M'gann and Artemis would be the next targets. I wanted to warn them, but one of the clowns must have read my mind and he placed a hand over my mouth, making sure that I didn't say anything. But I didn't have to, because the next thing I saw was the soldiers picking up Wally and Kaldur's bodies and walking out of the mountain with them. They never came back for Superboy, Artemis, or M'gann.
   "Now Robbie, how shall we do this, hmm?" the Joker asked as he finally approached me. It seemed like it took him forever to get close enough to me, but he decided to get closer before continuing, so that his face was directly in front of mine. I felt insulted when he made a point about leaning over to match my height, but my size didn't matter at the moment. "Either we can do it the easy way or the hard way." He motioned to the clown who was covering my mouth, and the hand was removed.
   "What would the easy way be?"
   He laughed like the maniac he is and replied, "Well the easy way would be for me to just inject this into you, but if you'd like me to, we can save this for later and see what the Batman thinks of your little… predicament."
   I didn't say anything, so the Joker decided to take matters into his own hands.
   "Ok then," the insane man said. "Let's do this the hard way, then. Ooooh Batsy!"
   Batman had escaped from the wall and was now battling Harley, but he knocked the girl off of her feet and glanced over at the Joker and growled, running over and throwing batarangs at the jester.
   "Now, now, Batman, that's no way to treat the man who is holding your little protégé hostage, now is it?" the Joker mocked as he glided out of the way of the batarangs. "Besides, I think your aim was a bit off," the man laughed.
   "Let him go, Joker," Batman warned.
   "Pfffffffft now what would be the fun in that?"
   I saw Batman nodding behind me, so I turned my eyes and saw the batarangs coming back around, only not toward the Joker, but at the clowns holding onto me.
   I heard three "thunks" and the hands released me. Luckily, the Joker didn't notice as he laughed at Batman. At least I thought he didn't notice, but as I started to run, a white hand caught my cape. I turned around and saw Harley Quinn standing there, giving me an evil grin.
   "Sweetheart, I think we should just get him shipped off with the others," Harley said. "The game will be much more fun that way!"
   The Joker never turned his eyes away from Batman, but frowned like a little boy not getting ice cream and handed the syringe to Harley. "Take care of it and I'll keep Batsy busy," he said.
   She nodded and pulled me closer to her by my cape. I knew that I would have some nasty bruising around my neck from this, but a few bruises were the least of my worries as I saw the syringe coming closer to my bruised neck. She kept and pulling and I kept on struggling, but somehow she ended up being a lot stronger than she looks.
   "Nighty night, Bird Boy!" she said as she jabbed the needle into my neck and pushed down on the end.
   The effects started right away and I felt my eyes closing. I tried and tried, but they kept sliding shut further and further and I could feel my body going numb. I looked and saw M'gann and Artemis finally getting Conner under control, but he was still fuming. And that was the last thing I remembered as the darkness took over and I was knocked out.

…To be continued…