A Robin Redbreast In A Cage, Puts All Of Heaven In A Rage

[snarkyboywonder.livejournal.com]

It's not a good idea to be a criminal in Gotham City tonight.

And if you're a large, bulky man who looks a bit like Roland Desmond, god help you.

Swinging through the city, scowling and heedless of the rain, Robin is on the prowl.

Three days ago, the former criminal kingpin Roland Desmond, better known as Blockbuster, escaped from Arkham Asylum. He had to have outside help - after his last crime, the League decided Blockbuster was too dangerous and asked Zatanna to undo Neron's intelligence enhancement. Since that time, Roland Desmond had roughly the intelligence of a four-year old, and no memory of his misdeeds.

And now he had escaped. Robin doesn't know who busted him out yet, but when he finds him, he has a cup of warm milk and a healthy beating waiting.

As for Blockbuster... Robin doesn't care what his mind's like. The murdering bastard killed Stephanie. And Robin never got a hold of him the first time. He's got three years of vengeance waiting for Blockbuster, and before this night's over, Blockbuster will know that vengeance.

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[snarkyboywonder.livejournal.com]

Does he still wish Blockbuster's death? Maybe. There's always been a secret part of Batman that yearned to finish the Joker, after Jason and after Babs. Blockbuster is his Joker. The only villain who ever hurt someone he loved. Somehow Batman managed to overcome that, and years later, he's still managed not to kill the Joker.

Robin doesn't know if he doesn't have Bruce's emotional discipline, or if he's just not that strong.

But he won't kill Blockbuster. Even if he wants to.

"I won't kill him." he says, dodging the issue of whether he'd like to see Blockbuster dead for his crimes.

"He's... already suffered enough already."

[shiva-wusan.livejournal.com]

"You know that is not what I asked you."

Still, Shiva does not press the issue, at least not that issue. At the moment. "What will you do next?" Her eyes scan the area once before returning to look at him.

[snarkyboywonder.livejournal.com]

"I'm going to get the police. They can have him."

Robin can't meet Shiva's eyes. He knows if he did, she would see what he can't admit to himself.

[shiva-wusan.livejournal.com]

"As you will."

Shiva is reluctant to leave him like this. He is obviously still unsettled, perhaps vulnerable to whatever happened happening again. Her lips flatten in a line as she thinks upon it more firmly.