Chalant Candlelight

Chapter 31

(Robin's POV)

The team and I embark on a long weekend mission to chase Cheshire around Europe.

Ivy had a lot of power over me, as much as I hated to admit it, she did. She could withhold doses from me until my withdrawal had me crawling on the floor just because I made her mad or so much as looked at her wrong. She was temperamental and often switched personalities on me, going from fun and flirty to sadistic and violent in seconds. She'd punch me and kick me, once threw me down a flight of stairs in her bouts of rage. It was all worth it for the doses she'd give me, and I was willing to put up with it if it meant relief in her kiss.

However, she hated the fact that I was leaving for the weekend, she even pushed me from the window, that's why my face was all bruised up as well as my body and my ribs broken. But I was unaware she had given me an empty gloss container until we arrived in Europe, and I needed another dose.

I scrape out the tube, completely empty, I cruse and throw the vile down, gaining Magan's attention as she stands near me in the hotel lobby,

"Are you okay?" She asked, turning to me, noticing my bruising but not saying anything about it. Thankfully,

"Oh, yeah, I'm fine, sorry," I assure her, acting like nothing happened, but I had already felt my eye twitching. Quickly, I separated from the team that was checking in to put my phone to my ear,

"Hey, Ivy, just calling to say, what the heck?" I start as she clicks her tongue,

"Sorry, baby boy, I guess you'll just have to find the furry fast and get back to Gotham before your withdrawal takes over,"

"It already is," I clutch my jaw,

"Aww, better make sure you hide your symptoms from the team, wouldn't want them to find out your dirty little secret,"

"I hate you,"

"Save that for when you get back, okay, Hon," She giggled before hanging up. I contemplated, in my anger, chucking my phone into the marble floor of the grand hotel we were staying at,

"Come on, Robin, it's time to pick rooms," Magan called me away.

(Zatanna's POV)

We all stood in the hall in front of the three selected rooms all near each other,

"Girls in 811," Artemis held up the key cards,

"Boys are splitting these two," Kalder pointed to the two rooms directly next to each other,

"I call Kalder as a roommate," Conner quickly said, standing in front of one of the doors,

"And I call Conner," Kalder agreed, leaving Robin and Wally to awkwardly look at one another. Conner and Kalder chose each other bc neither one wanted to room with one of the brooding boys. Robin and Wally rolled their eyes, opening the door to their room, both entering at once,

"What the heck?" Robin shouted from the room,

"There's only one bed in here," Wally yelled out as they both came back to the doorway, "This isn't some fanfiction. Where's the other bed?" Wally questioned Kalder and Connor, laughing their heads off, 

"Very funny guys, where's the other bed?" Robin said, fed up as Wally was. Wally and Robin were met with a teasing shrug by both the other boys,

"Everyone get some rest. Tomorrow, we'll go over the plan again," Kalder said before retiring with Conner to their two-bed hotel room. All of us girls finished laughing as well before we entered our room that had two beds and a fold-out sofa, much better than the one bed and no sofa room Robin and Wally were given,