Chalant Candlelight

Chapter 33

(Zatanna's POV)

"Robin!" I yell rushing to his side,

"What happened?" Kalder asked,

Chaos ensued as Chesire fired her crossbow knocking down the chandelier, causing it to come crashing down and making everyone scream and start running around trying to leave, the scene was unpredictable and horrifying, to say the least,

"Oh shoot," Artemis hissed running after Chesire as she tried to make her escape, Magan following her,

"Oh no, oh no, oh no," I was shaking, not knowing if I should touch Robin or not. I didn't know what to do at all, "Robin?" I reluctantly reach my hand out as Wally slides to Robin across his body from me, putting his hand on Robin's chest,

"Grab his glove," He ordered me, preoccupied looking over Robin, in his mind thinking of what he could do. I switched on Robin's built-in hologram, the map popping up when I did. Showing everyone's location and the location of the vault,

"Okay," I say trying to gain control of my quick breathing when Wally looked up at me motioning for me to take deep breaths, I did as he motioned, "Kalder and Conner, keep down the hall you are, at the end there will be a stairwell to your left, go down to the bottom, after that, you'll take the first right the code to enter the vault room is 2167893,"

"Got it," Conner affirmed. Robin had stopped seizing and just lay there incapacitated, Wally turned Robin on his side so any fluid in his mouth would drain out,

"O my-" I exhale, my voice shaking,

"It's okay, he'll be fine, okay?" Wally assured me. Suddenly Robin's eyes popped open as he sat up quickly, much to Wally's protests,

"We have to catch Chesire," Robin stands up, acting as if nothing happened before stumbling out of behind the booth barely able to walk straight, Holding onto whatever he could for support,

"Are you crazy?" I yell to get his attention,

"Robin, get back over here," Wally gestured for him to return, "You just freaking passed out,"

"I'm fine, where's Chesire," He looked around completely confused,

"Dude, we need to get you, like, medical help, or something," Wally argued,

"I'm fine," Robin argued before hunching over a table his hand under him to stabilize himself. Wally followed after him grabbing Robin by the collar of his shirt before slamming him back into one of the room's pillars. I gasped at the sudden violence,

"Are you going to listen to me?" Wally growled,

"Wally, we need to catch her," Robin argued holding onto Wally's wrists,

"And they will, Artemis and Magan are following her, and Conner and Kalder are in the vault,"

"They need our help,"

"What are you going to do, Robin?" Wally cocked his head to the side, "What can you do? You can't fight, you can't be on the field, you can't hack into anything," Wally had never looked so serious before, "you're only good for one thing anymore," He looked Robin up and down with disgust before letting go of him, causing Robin to slide down into the floor, "Consider yourself benched from this mission," Wally delivered the final blow looking over his icy shoulder at Robin who struggled to stand up. Wally left to help Kalder and Conner in the vault.

I quickly raced to Robin's side to help him up as he pushed me away standing on his own,

"Leave me alone," He scoffed at me, his brow covered in sweat and his face void of color, his whole body trembling. He began to drag his feet towards the hall on his way toward his room. I kept following him,