Saving the Robins

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I no longer know which way is up or down, my vision going dark as my chest burns. Water invades my lungs as my vision goes dark.

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A breeze ruffling... something, tickling along my skin, has me blinking awake. I'm outside lying on my side on the ground. Where the hell am I? Didn't I... My ear twitches at a faint sound-and what? My ear twitched? I move my hand to push myself up, which conveniently puts it in front of my face letting me see a large black paw. I freeze not quite registering that it's my paw until it freezes with me.

Holy shit!

Why the fuck do I have paws?! Another sound, like something being hit has me turning to the warehouse a little away from me, which is followed by a manic laugh that sends a shiver down my spine. I should run, but... what if someone needs help? Well, I am a... panther? A panther now, so if there's danger I can probably fight back. I push myself to my feet... paws and start the trek to the ajar front door, surprised at how easy it is in this new form.

I carefully peak through the gap in the door. The warehouse is empty other then the two people in the centre. A man with green hair, standing, crowbar raised over a- I'm moving before I can finish that thought. I am not letting this man hurt a child. The man starts to turn towards me, but I'm already on him, this new body faster then any human could move. I pounce, crashing into him and sending him to the floor, hard. I hear when his head hits the concrete floor and hold back a wince.

I stay still a moment making sure he's out, when he doesn't even twitch I turn to face the child, who is in a very weird outfit... wait... That's the Robin costume. I'd think he was just a cosplayer but since the man, oh shit that was the Joker, was beating the shit out of him and I'm suddenly a feline, I'm gonna go with this is the actual Jason Todd.

Jason Todd who is currently staring at me with wide scared eyes.

Right! Big scary panther.

I pull back a little, trying to make my self look smaller and less threatening and I startle when I actually shrink down to around the size of a house cat. I allow myself a second of internal freak out before turning back to Jason. Jason Todd. Focus!

"Bomb," Jason chokes out.

I blink at him, before my brain catches up and I whirl around tb o see a bomb by the door that was just out of my sight when I looked in earlier, 00:39 in red counting down. Shit. I need to get Jason out of here. 'Big,' I think, 'big cat,' and I grow. I ignore that for now, automatically grabbing Jason by the scruff of his suit and lift my head up and to the side so he doesn't get dragged along the ground or under my feet and run.

I count down from thirty in my head before taking a few seconds to place Jason down as carefully as I can and lie over him without putting any of my weight on him. Just in time too since the next second there's a boom that leave my ears ringing and a wave of heat.

"JASON!" an anguished voice screams.

I jump up and spin around to see Batman quite a way from us kneeling before the rubble.

"B," Jason tries, but his voice is weak and the fire is roaring.

I gently touch my head to the side of his to try to comfort him, before turning back into a cat so I don't freak Batman out. I huff a little at that thought and run to the figure which looks ready to dive into the flames.

"Meow!" I try once I'm close enough.

His head snaps to me and I turn and run back to Jason hoping he'll see him. I'm halfway back to him when I hear the footsteps running after me and I heave a sigh of relief. I stop and sit, letting Batman sprint past me to drop by his Robin. I leave them to it, zoning out a little as I thing over my situation. Why the hell am I here? I barely know shit about the DC universe, I only know stuff about the four Robins and a lot of that was from fan fiction, so who knows how much of it is real? And this might not even be the cannon universe! Or one of them anyway. I sigh. The multiverse is confusing.

Footsteps have me looking up to see Batman carrying Jason towards me.

"The cat," I hear Jason croak. "It can change into a panther. It saved me."

I look up at him as Batman stops in front of me and damn that guy is intimidating.

"Follow me," he says and then he's off, like he's certain I can understand him.

He stops a few steps later when I stay seated.

"Cat?" Jasons small weak voice calls and that's no fair!

I heave a sigh and stand, running and jumping to latch onto Batman cloak, climbing it until I'm sitting on his shoulder. If he's going to take me to be interrogated he can carry me there!

Jasons small laugh makes it all worth it.

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