To Be Trusted [Robin]

[Shockwave]

Music flowed through the small headphones that were lodged gently in Shockwave's small ears. Every so often, she would feel a jolt from the electronic and her natural static, but it didn't hurt; sometimes it even tickled. Her old, worn shoes lightly tapped on the concrete as she walked around Bludhaven, looking for a chance to 'hero-teer'. After much walking, Gwen eventually just changed to the radio off of her music player, listening in on the station that streamed the crime. Police radio. Suddenly, a serious sounding voice commanded that someone be at a house-- B and E-- called 911-- The young woman's brow narrowed as her dull, grey eyes darted to the nearest street sign.

It was odd that Gwen Stratford had actually listened in on the police radio, tonight. Someone was 'breaking and entering', leaving the scarlet-locked woman to assume someone had simply broke in to a home, most likely to steal. Finally finding the correct street, she ran down it, feeling completely prepared as she ran down the street, looking for the address given in the report. Gwen pushed some of her scarlet waves behind her left ear as she approached the house. There was a large, dirty truck out on the curb, and the home didn't appear taken care of either. With a small moment of silence, Gwen squinted, pushing away her anxieties of doing the right thing. There was always a pang of fear before she could go and arrest someone.

Shockwave walked up the entryway and peered in through the suspiciously open door. "H..Hey!" Her voice was raw-- she cleared her throat and called again. "Hey, who's here?!" Gwen's voice grew somewhat strict as she walked deeper within the dark home. Adrenaline poured through her veins. Finally I'll be recognized as a hero! She thought happily. Everything had a dusty appearance to it, and Gwen couldn't resist to dropping her finger along a small drawer along the wall of the house and leaving a long streak of clean. Her ashen gaze continued to shift around the house and saw no one. She shrugged as she walked back to the doorway, not noticing the man who had broken into the home behind the door of the other room.

[robin]

Wind whistled through the air, blowing Robin's cape behind him as he crouched on a rooftop. Tim was out on patrol, as usual, and was actually becoming quite bored. He loved his job as Robin and was planning on becoming the Dark Knight when he grew old enough. But tonight he hadn't run into any robbers, thieves, or murders. Robin then considered that any job is boring when you do nothing the whole time. Robin stood up and fired a grappling hook, swinging into a run-down neighborhood. He hated being in Bludhaven but Nightwing needed help, so he came.

He then noticed a woman with red hair walk into a house quite slowly. The door to the house was already slightly open, intriguing Robin quite a bit. Finally he'd get some action that night. Tim jumped onto the front lawn of the house and slowly walked in behind the woman. She was over near a dresser and then ran her finger through the dust. Robin shook his head. He wrapped his cape around his shoulders and lurked behind her. Robin followed her to the front door but then sensed a man behind him.

Swing around, he flung his leg into a round-house and knocked the man back. This was a normal breaking and entering case, something not really worth Robin's time. The man slowly stood back up and Robin merely jabbed his elbow into the man's face, knocking him out. Robin turned back to the woman and wrapped his cape around his shoulders. He glared down at her with authority. His eyes darted over to the dresser she touched and then back to her. Under his cape, his arms were crossed over his chest.

"Never. Touch. Anything."

[Shockwave]

The house was very quiet, especially for Shockwave who still had one headphone in an ear. Her arm reached for the door to close it. As the sound of obvious action echoed throughout the once silent house, Shockwave jumped and turned around quickly, horribly making up a martial arts stance in the heat of the moment. It was still slightly threatening, but Gwen immediately dropped her arms and right leg when she recognized the young man in front of her. "Hey,Boy Wonder the Second was the guy who broke in!" She said sarcastically, slightly disappointed that he showed up after all. This was supposed to be her chance to shine; although, she wouldn't have shined too long since she didn't even notice the man hiding behind the door. Letting out a sigh, Gwen opened her mouth to thank the famous hero until he spoke.

"Never. Touch. Anything."

Her ashen gaze turned to Robin in front of her, to the dresser, and then back to Robin again. "Never touch anything?" Of course, Gwen could see why touching is not the best way to go, especially if a murder occurred where they would be taking fingerprints. But Shockwave isn't the kind of girl to allow someone with authority step over her without a word from her. Crossing her arms over her chest and raising a brow, remarked, "What will they do with the loss of dust?!" Her voice was very loud as she questioned no one in particular, uncrossing her arms and waving them around in exaggeration. It was just her luck that Robin would show up and start to nit-pick things due to her clear lack of skill.

"Plus," Gwen continued as she pulled out the other earphone and tucked it into her back pocket of her jeans. "You were late." Her thin finger pointed at the young man and she grinned. She placed her hands on her hips triumphantly. Robin wasn't going to ruin her night, this time.