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[goddamnrobin]

WHO: Dick (Robin) and the Joker. Islington later.
WHERE: Places.
WHEN: Who knows. Night.
WARNINGS: A bit of violence?
SUMMARY: Dick meets the Joker at night. Ohoh.
FORMAT: Paragraph

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[goddamnrobin]

Dick hasn't been Robin for that long, and scenarios like a villain disguising as an old woman with a baby aren't something he's ever come across. It's not even anything he's heard about much, and the possibility that it's a deception doesn't cross his mind when he sees the old lady. She's pushing a baby around, and looking way too rich for the neighbourhood.

He sighs and is grateful that no one has tried to mug her yet (or so it seems, from Dick's point of view) and is going to advise her not to hang around here more than necessary when he spots two guys walking nearby, glancing at the woman, exchanging a look, and changing direction to go towards her. She had been lucky not to get mugged so far. Dick is just glad that he happens to be right here and see it all happening.

He fires a line and makes himself land gracefully in front of the two guys, between them and the woman.

"You both are obviously not on your way to try and attack that woman, right?"

Dick doesn't have any powers, but 95% of the heroes patrolling here do, so they shouldn't underestimate him because he looks like a teenager. There's a chance they'll turn around while grumbling, even. It's not very high, but they're nothing Dick can't take.

[killerjoke]

The Joker almost cackled in glee as He-who-wears-panties-outside-his-tights showed up to intercept the two thugs that were moving in on the Joker.

"Oh save me, young hero!" the Joker cried out, trying to make his voice sound as much like an old woman's as possible. At this point the boy was in trouble one way or another, even if he did guess that maybe this old woman wasn't everything she seemed.

[goddamnrobin]

He's used enough to the people he save to scream either at the criminals or at him that it's background noise. He doesn't concentrate on it at all. If he had, maybe he'd have heard that it was off, somehow. He just pushes it away like he would any other time and concentrates on the fight that may come.

That is coming, because they don't look impressed at all by the five-foot-four kid in front of them.

Dick lets out an annoyed sigh before he starts the fight, trying to stick between the woman and the guys as he does it, so they won't be getting to her, stealing whatever there is to steal, and runaway.

It works until a third guy shows up saying something along the lines of "What are you guys doing? It was only an old --" and cutting himself off when he sees Dick. Only to manage to reach the old lady before Dick can do anything about it.

Shit. The night was going well.

[killerjoke]

When the third mugger showed up, the Joker almost danced with glee. It was all going perfectly, he was almost worried he was going to have to pay some thugs to mug him.

"Please, don't take my baby!" he cried out. "His parents are wealthy, I have money!"

"Wealthy?" the lead thug said as he approached the Joker. He waved a gun in the Joker's face and snatched away the stroller. "Sounds like we have ourselves a ransom."

The Joker threw himself to the ground and cowered in fear.

"My granddaughter, someone save my granddaughter!" he cried out.

[goddamnrobin]

Dick practically groans in annoyance when he hears the screams. Is there anything else that could have been said that wouldn't have been an invitation to kidnap a baby?

And sure enough, when he's done with the first two guys and turns around, he sees the third man running away with the stroller, waving a gun around, probably because he's stressed and afraid and it makes him feel more confident that he can win this.

Dick is having a good night and he's decided he wouldn't win this.

He throws two batarangs at the man's hand and the second one gets him and makes the gun fall on the ground with a clink. The man doesn't stop to pick it up, instead quickly taking the baby in a bundle of blankets from the stroller and running with him.

Dick nearly throws a line to his feet to make him fall, but chances are he'll fall on the kid, and he can't have that. He throws a line fast and accurate, and makes himself land in front of the criminal a few seconds later.

Dick doesn't even have to tell him to give the kid back and hand himself in, the man knows what he wants already, and the best way not to get caught he can think about it to throw the baby away to catch Dick's attention while he runs away.

Dick swears and throws another line, managing to catch the kid, still all wrapped up, in the air.

[killerjoke]

The Joker is all, all too pleased at how this is going. Ooooh, it's better than watching one of the American Idol elimination shows. He reaches into his purse and pulls out a remote, holding hit high over his head as he throws off his disguise.

"Smiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiile, batbrat!" he cackles as he presses the remote. The baby hisses and sprays out a cloud of Joker Toxin almost directly into the Robin's face.

"Ohhhh, baby's got some bad gas. Oopsie!"

[goddamnrobin]

Ridiculously, the first thing to cross Dick's mind is that the bad wordplays are really bad and that no one should be allowed to say anything like that.

It only sticks a fraction of second, because then, he's throwing the baby on the floor even though it's too late, and takes out a mask from his belt -- too late for that, too, since he took a breath in when the gas was first shot at his face.

He nearly wants to stay to fight against the Joker. Nearly. But he wants to live more, and that means trying to get away before he can't, anymore.

He glares at the Joker and fires a line -- and already, he can't tell he won't be doing that for much longer because he's going to fly himself to his death.

[killerjoke]

"Ahahahaha, run away little bird!" the Joker cackled, literally falling on the ground and rolling around in laughter. It was all too funny, the hurried escape with the knowledge that he was going to die or go mad and hurt someone...

Oh it was just too much fun. God, he should do this every night.