The sun had already peaked and started its decent to the horizon but there were still a few hours of daylight left. Robin started to get more focused now more than ever, even though he had an uneventful day so far. He knew the second he grew complacent something would happen and he wouldn't be able to help in time. Or worse... he'd miss something and someone would get hurt right in front of him. He continued to patrol the streets on his R-Cycle trying to find something or someone he can help.
The day was dragging on as time ticked away. It was nearly 5:00PM now and the Titans were getting ready to face the night when crime liked to show itself.
Robin was stopped at a street light when he saw a man with a bigger build than the average man. He was wearing a leather jacket and blue jeans with a black beanie on his head. His posture was strange. He kept his hands in his pockets with his head down. The man looked suspicious. Like he was up to no good. He was walking relatively slow for his size and seemed to be very focused on something.
Robin was so focused on this person he didn't realize the light turned green. The car behind him honked and it snapped him out of it. He drove through the light slowly and pulled over into a nearby alley and parked his bike. He went back out on to the sidewalk of the street and started following the suspicious man from a distance.
As he began to tail the stranger he started to realize what was happening. This man was walking slow as a way to not get noticed by an attractive young woman with her small child walking hand-in-hand in front of him. The woman was in her late 20's and she wore black leggings with a tight red tank top that gave her figure quite the appearance. She was in fantastic shape and had a beautiful diamond necklace in the shape of a heart around her neck. Her little girl was around 6 years old and wore small jeans with a pink t-shirt. Robin didn't know what this man's intentions were but it was obvious he was stalking them.
Robin was hoping the woman and her child would get in a car soon or turn to enter a store. Anything that would get them to a safer place. But instead he saw them walking further and further away from the crowd of people that populated the sidewalk they were walking on.
The mans pace started to quicken when he saw there were little to no people around them now. Robin started to run towards them. He wasn't about to let this guy follow through with whatever he had planned.
The man took off in a dead sprint towards the woman and her child. Robin was shocked at how fast this guy could run and started to worry knowing he was going to reach the two before he could stop him. The man had timed his sprint perfectly and grabbed the woman by the back of the neck just as she was passing a narrow alley and threw her into the darkness of the shadows.
Robin was already in a full sprint hoping to get there in time before anything more could happen. When he got there he saw the woman pinned against the wall of one of the buildings with one of the man's hands covering her mouth. Her toddler stood off to the side in sheer horror worried sick that her mother was about to die.
"Listen honey," the man said in a dark tone getting really close to her face, "just give me all your money and no one has to get hurt."
The woman was in complete panic. She was frozen in place. She looked as if nothing the man said had been audible.
"Did you hear me?!" He yelled, "I said give me your money!"
"You know," Robin said speaking over him, "if your planning to steal money from someone you better be willing to pay for it."
The man looked at Robin and laughed. he wasn't intimidated in the slightest. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a switch blade. With flick of his wrist the blade snapped open and locked in place with a click. He threw the woman to the ground further in the alley. The little girl ran past the man to her mother who now had a quite few scrapes on her from being tossed around like a rag doll. The man cracked a nasty smile and faced Robin.
"No one's seen you in a couple of weeks," the man said trying to get into Robin's head, "we thought you had given up after all those kids ended up in the hospital."
Robins face turned to rage. He knew it. Crime had gone up in the city because the people didn't trust the Titans and thought they weren't there to protect the people. He took a firm fighting stance and drew a collapsible bow staff from his belt. With the push of a button it extended into a 5 foot pole and he pointed it at the man.
"I never give up," Robin said with determination. He let out a terrifying war cry and he lunged at the man stabbing wildly with the end of his staff yelling on each strike. He was trying to land a shot and find an opening but to his surprise this man was athletic and nimble. He was quick and dodged every jab Robin threw before catching the staff with his free hand and lunged at Robin with the other that held the knife.
Robin leaned back as far as his flexibility would allow and the blade shot past him right above his face. He let go of his staff with his left arm and grabbed the inner side his opponent's wrist. Twisting it to its limit, he turned his hips to put his body weight's leverage into the force of his left arm.
The man cried in pain as his arm was twisted unnaturally. He dropped the knife to reduce the pain. Seeing the knife was no longer a threat, Robin let go of his staff with his other hand and reached under the arm he still had in his grasp and gripped the man's twisted wrist on the other side. With both hands gripping tightly, he stepped in towards the man's body with his back to him and used the full force of his strength to throw the man over his shoulder with a fierce yell. The man went flying and made a perfect arc through the air. His back hit the ground like a belly flop off a diving board making a loud thud. He let out a moan as all the air left his lungs. Robin could see he had knocked the wind out of him.
Robin Let go of the mans twisted arm and backed away towards two females cowering in the alley. He stood firm in between them and the criminal. Robin grew a small smile on his face. He missed this rush. The feeling of beating a evil man with his bare hands brought him a surreal feeling of satisfaction. However, the man still held on to Robins staff. He took in a huge gasp of air and jumped to his feet. Now he had a psychotic rage burning in his eyes.
The mad man lifted the staff over his right shoulder like a baseball bat and started charging at Robin. Robin stood like a rock. Unflinching, calm, collected. Just as the man swung the staff at robins face, Robin lept to his right jumping over the swing of the staff. He pushed off the wall of the building next to him with all his anger and strength straight at the man's face. He moved in so fast the man didn't have time to react and Robin's left leg extended with force as he let out a ravaging final war cry. His heel went right into the man's left temple and sent the man's head flying into the wall opposite of the one he pushed off of. Robin landed in a wide but balanced stance leaning forward with one hand touching the ground in front of him. He looked ready to strike again.
After taking Robin's vicious kick, followed by smashing his head against the wall, the criminal tumbled face first into the pavement of the alley. He was out cold.
"You won't be needing any money where you're going," Robin said with victory behind his voice.
He turned to see the woman on her knees hugging her toddler with tears in her eyes as her daughter cried into her shoulder. The woman was clearly still in shock. Robin remembered why he was out here. He needed to win back the trust of the people.
He started to step towards them when the woman flinched and stood up pushing her daughter behind her.
"Not a step closer!" she yelled finally snapping back to reality. Though, her shock could have been causing her to act irrationally.
Robin stopped in his tracks confused. He just saved this woman. Why was she being so hostile towards him?
He raised his hands gently showing he meant no harm, "easy... It's ok," he said calmly, "he can't hurt you anymore."
"It's not him I'm worried about," she said with terror, "you're not going to take my child from me!"
Robin's face went to utter baffled confusion with an eyebrow raised so high it hurt his face.
"Huh?" He said outloud, "why would think I'm here for your child?"
"Its all over the news!" She responded, "last night you and your little friends went out and took some girl from her home!"
"What?" Robin was still confused, "what are you talking about?" He was trying to remain calm. He thought there had to be an explanation for this.
The woman could hear he genuinely didn't have any idea what she was talking about. Her face relaxed and started to question what she saw on the news.
"Then... you didn't kidnap that girl?" She asked. Her face was beginning to relax from the shock and she finally began to realize that Robin had just saved her from a mugging and he was no threat to her or her child.
"No! Absolutely not." Robin was trying his best to remain civil but this was ridiculous and it was starting to make him panic. What is going on?! He thought to himself.