Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā It was probably not the SMARTEST idea to run around cities like Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Gotham and BlĆ¼dhaven in full Robin cosplay when Halloween Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā was months away, but that didnāt stop Maps. Sheād been dying Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā to try her new costume out, and what better time to wear it than Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā when she was doing a little ADVENTURING?
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Yellow sneakers beat down the sidewalk as she raced through Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā the near-empty streets. Her backpack was bulky, heavy with Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā cartography tools and homework she hadnāt quite gotten around Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā to doing yet, but Maps felt light as a feather. With a getup like Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā this and an imagination like hers, she didnāt feel like fourteen- Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā year-old Maps Mizoguchi anymore. She wasĀ Robin; ever-faithful, Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā butt-kicking sidekick to Gothamās COOLEST hero, Batman. The Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā mask and cape made her feel INVINCIBLE.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Well. Almost.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Before she could pull her head from the clouds, something BIG Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā slammed into her. A startled yelp strangled out and the world spun Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā for a bewildering second. In the next, pain sliced across her Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā cheekbone as something forced her face-first against the nearest Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā wall.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āāThe Bats really does have a new kid, huh?ā The voice was hard Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā and gravely and too close. Mapsā heart leaped. Oh crap. This was Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā not good.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āH-hey! Waitāunghāwait a second!ā She squirmed, trying to twist Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā free, but he had her arms and she could feel his foot against the Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā small of her back, pinning her in place. āY-you have th-this all Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā wroāOW! Owowowowow!ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āKinda disāpointed,ā the man laughed. āHere I figured thā little birdies Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā would put up more of a FIGHT.ā
