The Next Robin 2

I wanted to write another story for this fandom, but couldn't come up with anything else but a sequel to one of my previous stories. So here it is.

(Note) Just a little warning, some parts of this story might not make a lot of sense if you haven't read the first one. So…yeah

Prologue

Bad Cop leaned out of the way just in time to allow the blue beam to fly past him and impact the wall, covering it in a sheet of ice. He repeated this maneuver two more times before he finally rolled behind the cover that was one of his robot officers frozen solid in a block of ice. Gritting his teeth, Bad Cop readied his laser gun and prepared himself to move.

Across the room, Bad Cop heard the sound of the freeze gun firing again as the last of his robotic cops was frozen. He was all alone now.

The police force had received reports that Mr. Freeze had come back to Bricksburg. In response, the split-personality police officer had taken a squad of his robotic swat team to apprehend the criminal. Unfortunately, it seemed that the robots didn't last as long as Bad Cop had hoped for. Now they were merely icy ornaments decorating the room. Though they were useless in the fight, at the least they served as makeshift cover for Bad Cop.

Next were the various sounds of the villain's suit as he walked around the room, searching for the officer. Mr. Freeze glared from behind his goggles and helmet, his eyes scanning the multiple ice blocks in the area. "You're only delaying the inevitable, Bad Cop." He spoke, his eerily emotionless voice filtered through the suit. "Your machines have failed you. You shall fare no better."

"We'll see about that," Bad Cop growled quietly as he gripped the gun.

He listened quietly as the suit-encased super villain began to patrol around. If Freeze found him, Bad Cop would have no choice but to fight him directly, where he wouldn't stand a chance. He had to be smart about this; if Freeze wanted to play hide and seek, then Bad Cop would beat him at his own game!

Quickly, Bad Cop sprung to the next frozen robot, then waited and listened to Freeze's footsteps. At the moment, it sounded like they were getting farther away. Cautiously, he peered around the corner of the ice to try and spot Freeze. He saw nothing, but he could still hear the distant sound of boots and mechanical parts moving. He decided to change his position again, moving cautiously to the next robot.

The move almost got him frozen, as Mr. Freeze suddenly appeared into view, charging his freeze ray. The weapon fired, but Bad Cop didn't give up easy. He retaliated with his laser, shooting it directly into the beam and countering it. This disruption gave him enough time to duck into cover once again. Unfortunately, Freeze now knew Bad Cop's location and began making his way over, weapon at the ready.

"You and I are similar in some regards, Bad Cop." Freeze spoke as he approached his target.

Bad Cop scoffed "Oh? And how's that?"

"We are relentless in the hunt to obtain what we seek." Freeze explained as he walked around the iced robot Bad Cop had been hiding behind.

But Bad Cop had already put some distance between himself and Freeze, now standing several feet away. Bad Cop took the opportunity to shoot several lasers at Freeze, who countered each with his freeze ray. Bad Cop took cover once again to reload his weapon, allowing Freeze to advance on his position once again.

Mr. Freeze started his monologue once again. "You served Lord Business for several years, gathering most of the Master Builders around the world and imprisoning them in the think tank. Considering how powerful a Master Builder can be, this is an impressive accomplishment."

Bad Cop had finished reloading his laser gun and stepped out of cover to fire once again. However, Mr. Freeze was ready this time, firing his freeze ray directly at the weapon. Bad Cop grit his teeth as the painfully cold beam encased the laser gun and the hand holding it. Bad Cop moved out of Freeze's range, trying to pry the now useless laser from his grip.

Sadly, the ice had glued the gun to his hand as if it had been Kragled. He ignored the stabbing cold sensations in his appendage to focus on his still approaching enemy. Formulating a quick plan, Bad Cop walked backwards slowly, trying to be as discreet as he could.

"I was trying to save my wife from her illness when the incident in the lab transformed me to what I am now." Freeze continued on. "Now she remains asleep, awaiting me to find a cure and save her. In my efforts to do so, I have let nothing stand in my way; not even the law."

Freeze rounded the last frozen robot standing between him and Bad Cop. What the suited super villain hadn't counted on was Bad Cop doubling around the iced robotic cop, putting him directly behind his opponent. Bad Cop raised his frozen laser above him like a makeshift club and brought it down hard on Freeze's dome. This actually proved to be effective, as the dome cracked under the same blow that caused Freeze to stumble.

Bad Cop didn't let up as he delivered a punishing volley of kicks, punches, and whacks from his frozen weapon. With a particularly hard kick, Bad Cop sent Freeze falling onto his back and disorienting him. Bad Cop lifted his ice club once again, but Freeze recovered more quickly than he had anticipated. The super villain brought up his freeze ray and fired, freezing Bad Cop's legs solid and effectively immobilizing the police officer.

"Darn it!" Bad Cop spat as Mr. Freeze got back to his feet.

"Unfortunately Bad Cop, you have become yet another obstacle in my path." Freeze stated, his voice remaining as emotionless as before as he aimed his weapon. "and so you too shall be eliminated."

Before Mr. Freeze could finish Bad Cop off, something tapped on the back of his helmet.

"Um, excuse me?" a female voice asked.

Mr. Freeze paused, turning around to face an unexpected sight. Standing behind him was Unikitty, fully garbed in a Robin uniform, giving him a friendly smile.

"I know Bad Cop may seem unpleasant at times, but if I promised to get ice cream with you, could you please not freeze him?" she asked with a hopeful look.

A normal super villain might have been a little surprised to see a unicorn cat dressed in a Robin outfit make such a request. But Mr. Freeze's cold, apathetic personality didn't give him much interest in pondering such things. Instead, he swiftly turned his freeze ray on Unikitty and shot a beam at her.

As innocent and trusting as Unikitty had behaved, she had obviously been prepared for a refusal, as she jumped out of the way of the freeze ray. She landed gracefully on top of one of the frozen police bots, her friendly expression replaced with a scowl.

"Hey!" she said indignantly. "I'll only get you ice cream if you're nice!"

Mr. Freeze readjusted his aim. "I am incapable of expressing kindness." He said. "Also, I prefer gelato over ice cream."

Mr. Freeze fired again, with the same results of Unikitty dodging the beam. She hopped atop the iced robots as Mr. Freeze unsuccessfully attempted to hit her with his freeze ray. After realizing he was having no success, he changed his tactics to building up the pillars of ice in front of Unikitty to prevent her from jumping atop them. Unikitty leapt back down to the floor, getting into a fighting stance.

Freeze aimed his gun. "No amount of combat training can be a match my technology." He said informatively.

"Oh, I'm not going to fight you!" Unikitty said, breaking her stance. "I'm just distracting you for Batman!"

Her blunt honesty catching up to him, Freeze immediately began scanning the area around him, but the warning came too late. The Dark Knight himself came swinging in from the ceiling from a line, delivering a kick that sent the super villain crashing into one of the ice blocks nearby. The freeze gun clattered against the floor, which Unikitty retrieved with a cheerful smile.

Freeze had realized that his weapon was gone, but refused to surrender. Batman landed in front of him, sending a punch into his domed helmet. Freeze fell again, his back hitting the ice pillar behind him. Before he could get up again, Batman sent another punch into his helmet, which shattered due to the damage it had received earlier. His first carried its momentum past the now broken glass until it met with Freeze's skull, punching him directly in the face. Finally defeated, Mr. Freeze went limp as he became unconscious.

"Not cool, Freeze." Batman said with a smirk. "not cool."

Unikitty bounded up next to Batman. "Hooray! We did it, Batman!"

Batman smiled. "Excellent work, Robin!" his smile faded into a grimace "though the next time I tell you to distract the bad guy, go with a different approach. And don't tell them you're distracting them."

"Okay!" Unikitty smiled, looking to Mr. Freeze's gun at her paws. "What do we do with this?"

"We'll take it back to the Batcave." Batman said. "I don't think Freeze is going to have much use for it, since he's out cold."

Batman waited for a reaction from his sidekick, but got nothing but a slightly confused stare.

"You know, since he's Mr. Freeze…" Batman tried to explain. "and he's unconscious?"

An exaggerated and annoyed groan coming from across the room caught their attention.

"S-s-stop with your st-stupid ice pu-puns and g-g-get me o-out of this al-alr-ready!" Bad Cop shouted while shivering.

For the first time that night, the officer's head switched to his good side, who seemed just as uncomfortable.

"I-I uh, m-m-mean if you do-don't mind." He said sheepishly, glancing down at his frozen lower half. "Bu-but I-I can't fe-f-feel my le-legs."

Outside Mr. Freeze's hideout, police reinforcements waited to take the super villain into custody. The police had thankfully brought equipment to thaw out the frozen robots and Good Cop, who was relieved to be able to walk again. As they exited the building, Good Cop and Batman conversed with one another.

"Phew, thanks Batman!" Good Cop said with a smile. "I don't know what Bricksburg would do without you two!"

"We're just doing what's right." Batman said, his serious demeanor having returned.

As Batman talked to Good Cop, Unikitty had taken the liberty of helping escort a now conscious Mr. Freeze to the prison van.

"Hey, Mr. Freeze?" she asked as she walked alongside him. "Earlier when you were trying to freeze me, you mentioned gelato and I was wondering; what's a gelato?"

Freeze simply glared at her. "You shouldn't have affiliated yourself with Batman, child. Now I will extract my revenge upon you as well as Batman."

Unikitty frowned. "Why do you want to hurt everyone?"

"They are getting in my way." Freeze answered as they arrived at the van. "And I will do everything I can to get my revenge and save Nora."

Unikitty stopped, her eyes going wide. "Nora? Who's Nora? Is she in danger?"

"She is my wife." Freeze said with a scowl "And she is cryogenically frozen until I find a cure for her. But ever since the night I froze her, I am confined to this suit. And the cure has continued to remain out of my reach!"

As the robots guided Freeze into the back of the van, Unikitty hopped up onto the step, looking at Freeze.

"What happened that night?" she asked, her attention focused squarely on the villain.

"Any other reports of things I should investigate?" Batman asked.

"Not any at the moment." Good Cop answered with a smile. "The streets are pretty safe, thanks to you!"

Batman nodded, "Very well. We'll be leaving then."

Batman summoned the Batmobile with the push of a button, and the armored car came screeching into view within seconds. The top opened up, allowing Batman to jump into the driver's seat. He fastened the restraints and took hold of the wheel, looking out to the crime scene area.

"Robin!" he shouted. "We're done here! Let's go!"

He waited for his sidekick to show up. But after a second or two of waiting, he didn't get so much as a response to indicate that she had heard him. He scanned the crowd of police robots, but didn't see her among them.

"Robin?" he scowled "Robin!"

When she failed to answer, Batman sighed and undid his seatbelt and got back out of the Batmobile.

"She can distract a super villain with a freeze ray, but she can't come when I call her?" Batman muttered under his breath.

He marched into the crowd, stopping one of the nearest police robots.

"Where's my sidekick?" he snapped.

"Uh, over there." The robot replied, pointing to the prison transport.

Batman walked in the direction indicated, pushing past robots until he reached the van. As he approached, the robots around the vehicle looked at him and moved in a way that made them look as if they were uneasy about his sudden arrival. It only got stranger when Batman caught the sound of crying coming from within the van.

Batman raised a brow. Is she…crying? He asked himself. And what's she doing in the prison transport? What's going on here!?

Curious, Batman peered into the back of the vehicle and confirmed his suspicions. He could only wish that he had been wrong.

Inside, for some reason or another, Unikitty was sobbing her eyes out into Mr. Freeze's shoulder while clutching onto him with all her might. Batman had never seen Freeze's expression wander far from his default stone face, so he had never seen the super villain look so confused and uncomfortable in his life. Since Mr. Freeze had his arms cuffed from behind, there wasn't much he could do to stop her. If the circumstances were different, Batman might actually be close to feeling sorry for his enemy.

On the other hand, as the police robots watched from behind the Dark Knight as his sidekick give the recently detained criminal a bear hug, Batman felt completely different emotions. One was humiliation. Another was frustration. The list went on, but Batman was sure none of his emotions approved of his Unikitty's behavior.

Mr. Freeze was the first to speak. "I suggest you remove your ward from me, Batman." He said, his tone slightly different than normal. "Before I find a way to do it myself."

Batman finally found his tongue. "Robin!" he practically shouted "what the brick are you doing!?"

Unikitty finally turned to him, her eyes still full of tears. "Mr. Freeze told me about what happened to him and his wife, Nora!" She wailed. "It's so sad!"

Realizing that the crowd of witnesses was growing behind him, Batman decided to salvage what dignity he had left and leave. Climbing into the back of the van, Batman grabbed his sidekick's cape and dragged her out, trying to ignore the stares he received.

"We're leaving!" he hissed. "now!"

Unikitty didn't answer as she continued to weep. After what seemed like an eternity, Batman finally got her to the Batmobile, throwing her into the passenger's seat.

"If you sympathize with every bad guy we beat, this is going to be a short lived partnership." He muttered as he speed-walked around to the other side.

Jumping back into the driver's seat, Batman quickly closed up the top of the Batmobile and turned on the afterburners, driving away as quickly as he could. Even as the Batmobile gained distance from the group of police, the police officers continued to stare after the vehicle.

Good Cop, who had managed to catch sight of Batman drag a crying Unikitty to his car, switched to Bad Cop.

"I cannot believe those two outclass my police force!" Bad Cop seethed as he moved for his own car.

Mr. Freeze might be a little out of character here, but it was too funny to pass up. Besides, if the Lego Movie can alter the Justice League's personalities a bit, then I can do the same, right?

…no? …oh well.

Anyway, this isn't the end of the story. I plan (or hope) to add more chapters sometime soon.

Thanks for reading! I appreciate your support!