Honey, I Shrunk the Egos

Not the Static!

Sighing softly, Signe carried her purse close as she let herself into the building and spotted someone familiar. Robin was sitting on a couch, playing on his Nintendo Switch, trapped in the lobby since the doorman had refused to let him up. Signe made her way over, mindful of her bag. "Hey!"

Robin glanced up and grinned, quickly getting to his feet. "Signe!" He held his arms out and she gently hugged him, then grinned as she stepped back. "Ready to head up-"

"What's happening..." Robin pointed down to Signe's bag, which was bouncing slightly.

Signe cleared her throat. "The boys." She muttered, lifting the bag up, and unzipped it quickly, beginning to whisper sternly. "Stop it Chase, you-" She fell silent, staring into the bag as Sean stopped jumping and bit his lip, clasping his hands behind his back and gently ground his shoe against the bottom of the purse.

"Sorry..." Sean sighed. "It's been awhile since I've got to see Robin!"

Signe shook her head. "Shh, we're almost home." She promised, then glanced up at Robin who was eyeing her purse curiously. "It will make sense soon." She promised, motioning for him to follow and headed for the elevators. Robin quickly tucked his Switch into his bag and pulled it up on his shoulder as he followed her.

"Oooooo... someone got in trouble!" Chase teased, punching Sean's shoulder.

"I hate that I'm tiny for Robin's visit. I wanna do fun things with him!" Sean pouted and Chase chuckled, patting his back softly.

"Sorry dude. I know how important good bros are." Chase offered.

Signe glanced around for cameras in the elevator, and decided not to risk it yet. "I know, it's weird." She grinned at Robin. "And you probably think I've just lost my mind."

"No I..." Robin shifted, taking deep breath. "No." He sighed. "I don't think you've lost your mind..." He nodded, offering her a small smile.

Signe chuckled. "Well at least one of us thinks I'm sane." Robin laughed softly as he followed her out of the elevator at their floor and to their apartment door. She unlocked it and glanced around as she motioned him in and then followed him, locking the door behind them. "Hold your hands out!" Signe grinned.

Robin smiled. "Surprises?!" He joked, dropping his bag on the ground, then held his hands out in front of him. Signe very carefully, scooped Sean out of her bag and sat him in Robin's hands, gently grabbing the sides of his hands to stabilize them, in case his first reaction was to panic and drop him, or if he fainted. Robin's eyes widened as he stared down at the small man, now sitting in his hands. "Holy..." He muttered. Signe had warned him that the man had shrunk down to about ten centimeters, but as much as Robin trusted Signe, he hadn't believed her. It was far too ridiculous a claim. Now here was the proof, his tiny best friend... and technically boss.

Sean was confused for a second after he was abruptly pulled out of the bag, but as he glanced around and his eyes adjusted, he realized where he had landed. Jumping up to his feet, he waved his arms, grinning. "Robin!" He ran over and sat down, wrapping his arms around Robin's thumb in the closest thing he could get to a hug.

"Sean." Robin gasped out. "What the hell happened?" He asked. Signe slowly let go of his hands, realizing that the ever-calm Robin wasn't responding in a panicked fashion. Robin wiggled his thumb slightly and sighed. "I can't really... hug back with just a thumb." Nodding a little, Sean released his hold on the thumb, and realized his feet were dangling off the edge of Robin's hand. He glanced down, seeing how high he was and quickly scooted back into Robin's palm. Robin smiled at him, tilting his head. "Really though, what did happen?"

"We're not entirely sure." Sean sighed. "We took the boys to..." He turned to see how close Signe and the purse taxi were, then turned back to look up at Robin. "We took them to that place... with Mark and his guys?" Robin nodded a little. He had been filled in about the plan to get rid of the egos by way of some crazy scientist in the United States. "It went wrong. Shocker!" Sean grumbled.