Robin POV

I can honestly say I never saw this curve ball coming. I mean even with Wally constantly bugging me about my secret I.D. I would never have given it up as easily as Bruce just did. AND OVER SATILITE COMMUNICATION! I just couldn't believe it. I had never been so whelmed in my life.

Flashback

"Yo Boy Wonder!" There was no doubt that the annoyingly loud voice coming from the speakers belonged to Wally West a.k.a Kid Flash. "The Bat's is on the T.V. and he wants the team in the rec ASAP!" Groaning I left my 'room' if you could call it that to join my team in the rec room. I mean who calls four plain walls with nothing but a couple of gadgets and a laptop a room!

When I got in there I could see the tension that filled the rec. It was sad how much I felt all I needed was a butter knife at the moment and the scene would be complete. Seeing the look on Batman's face I chose not to comment. No one else would be able to understand how I could vary the different looks of Batman when it all looked the same to them but after spending a few years with him I became very familiar. "Nice of you to join us Robin." Batman said in his deep voice as if to scold me.

"Sorry I was just doing the case filing you asked me to do." I wasn't about to get in trouble for a crime that I was basically forced to commit.

"It's fine but try not to be tarty next time." I rolled my eyes from underneath my mask. Another look from Bat's told me that he saw it. "I have a mission for the team." I could tell everyone was excited. It had been about two weeks since we had our last mission. "For it I will need you in Gotham City." My head shot up at that. Why would Young Justice be needed in Gotham for a mission? Wouldn't that be something that just Bruce and I would handle?

"Batman why would they be needed in Gotham?" I asked. Everyone shared the same look and Wally gave me a nervous glance. I hadn't told him my secret identity but I knew that he could tell I was concerned for it at the moment.

"The Joker has broken out of Arkham." Okay that was bad but I mean still why couldn't Batman and I handle this alone. "I need the Young Justice team to act as body guards for a person of interest to the Joker." No he wouldn't do that. I mean I know Bruce could get protective but he would never do this!

"Oh!" Wally piped up. "And what fine young damsel shall we be protecting?" I swear this guy was going to get himself killed by flirting with the wrong woman.

"His name is Richard Grayson, son of billionaire Bruce Wayne." My eyes grew but not enough to elect attention from my team.

"Aww we have to protect some rich kid!" KF whined. I was somewhat offended by this but I couldn't really show it.

"I have met the kid before he really isn't that bad. He is actually really nice and down to earth. I never really would have guessed him to be a rich spoiled brat." It was no secret to the team that Artemis attended Gotham Academy with some of Gotham's finest students so no one was surprised she had met well me.

"Where do we find Mr. Grayson?" Aqualad asked. I felt frantic at this point. I mean how was I supposed to pull this off? Will Batman excuse me saying that we were going off to do other things and then I can be Richard Grayson for them? I was in uncharted waters and Bruce wasn't doing much to bail me out.

"He is right behind you." The way Batman delivered the information made even me look back with the rest of the team and then I realized what was going on. Bruce had just given me away. I was no longer just Robin to the team.

"Where I don't see him?" Megan asked. Well okay maybe they didn't have me quite figured out but still they were well on their way.

"Richard." It was a warning tone, and I knew not to go against it. The others were looking at me for some guidance since my mentor was obviously confusing them. Looking from Batman to the team I decided it best just to remove my mask. My eyes stayed closed for a second or two but I quickly opened them after Batman made a grunt.

"Thank you for sharing with us who you really are. We are honored." There was just something about that guy that made you feel safe. But I found my gaze shifting to Superboy. He was standing there just looking what felt like right through me. I hated when people looked at me like that.

"Okay so…Robin is Richard so that would make Batman Bruce Wayne…right?" Wally asked rather intrigued that he finally knew who I really was. With a nod from Batman Wally jumped into the air ecstatic with his discovery.

"But if Robin is Richard why does he need our protection from this Joker?" Megan asked.

"The Joker is a villain that has taken a personal interest in Dick over the years. He was last apprehended after taking Richard hostage while we were at a Charity Ball. I don't want this happening again because last time was way too close of a call. Richard and I are attending a party this week and I am afraid that this will be the Joker's target. I want you to be on constant alert until the League is able to bring the Joker back into custody. I need to go now and if you have any question just ask Robin he will fill you in. Oh and Dick I have informed Alfred and he is preparing rooms for the team now so you can show them around." I nodded. "And another thing, Barbara wanted me to tell you that she is back from Washington and will also be attending the party." I groaned. This is just great now KF will want to know everything about Barb thanks to Bat's!

"Okay Richard spill your guts." I looked to see Wally standing over me with Artemis. This was not going to be an aster time.

End Flashback

"What do you want to know?" I asked.

"Might want to start with why the Bat's is so worried about the Joker getting to you." Artemis I could tell was extremely curious about the subject seeing as I went to school with her and she never even knew.

"A few months ago the Joker broke Arkham and Bruce didn't have enough time to suit up and get him because we were going to that stupid ball. It started off with a creepy laugh and if you think mine is bad you haven't even heard this guy and then a playing card fell from the ceiling and land on the floor right in front of me. It was a joker card; it's kind of his signature. I knew exactly what was going on but Bruce was on the other side of the room and then the smoke bombs went off and I couldn't just go all Robin and beat the tar out of the creep. He took me hostage and sent a live video feed to mega-screen in the middle of the city. Joker basically taunted Bruce saying that he wasn't going to give a ransom and just wanted to watch me squirm. That's why Bruce wants you guys to be there. He wants to make sure he never has to watch something like that again. He told me that it was so hard to watch and that he could hardly bare it but he wouldn't look away." I was looking at my shoes through most of the story and looked up toward the end to find Conner giving me a look that said if anyone tried that again he would kill them not caring what the Justice League had to say about it.

"What exactly did he do to you?" Megan was shy about the question and I didn't really want to answer but I knew I had to since Bruce gave me a direct order too.

"Mostly hit me but he shot my upper left shoulder when he heard the cop sirens coming his way. It was sort of a last hooray for him before he went back to his cell." I just took one glance to see the look of pity in all of their eyes. I hated when people looked at me like that! I mean yeah that stuff hurt like well…hell but come on I'm Robin for crying out loud they should know that I get those types of injuries all the time!

"Well you won't have to worry Rob because we are going to protect you and won't let old clown face near that party!" Wally was practically vibrating from excitement. I could tell he really wanted to go one on one with the Joker but I really hoped it wouldn't come to that. None of them knew what that lunatic was capable of and I didn't want them to have to find out.

"Wally is right we are not going to allow anything to happen to you." Kaldur put his hand on my shoulder as if to comfort me when I didn't really need it.

"Listen guys I know you look at me as the baby of the team and all but it is cool I don't need to be comforted and coddled. Bruce is just being overly protective you won't have to worry." They all gave me suspicious glances as if they did not believe that I could handle myself. "Okay now that we have that covered I need to go over some rules that we have at the mansion and yes I said mansion. Rule one don't touch anything that looks even somewhat expensive." I mainly looked at Wally for that one. "Two if Bruce is in the study stay quiet he is most likely doing either Wayne work or Batman work that you don't want to disturb. And finally three don't get on Alfred's bad side. It takes a lot of pushing but it can happen and you don't want to be on the receiving end of that one. I have seen people play that game with him and they all loose every time."

"Wow wait who exactly is Alfred?" Megan asked.

"Our Butler but he is more of a family member then an employee." I got wide eyes from everyone except for the two who either didn't know what a Butler was or didn't understand the big deal about it.

"And who is Barbara?" Wally asked in a sly voice.

"Capitan of the cheerleading squad, gymnast, and basically the nicest person in the world." Artemis said in a somewhat sarcastic voice. "She is also the daughter of the Commissioner."

"She actually is that nice and she is also Batgirl so I wouldn't hate on her that much." KF snuck his way around me and put his arm around my shoulder and gave me a wink.

"She hot?"

"You're an idiot." I threw his arm off of me and went to prep my motorcycle. "We leave in twenty so hurry up and pack if you are not on time I am leaving without you."

"Why in such a hurry? Want to see a certain girl?" Wally called after me.

Yeah this was defiantly not going to be an aster time.

A/N: This is my first Young Justice story so please be kind. Review!