"Ugh…." Rogin groaned as he began to wake up. He looked around the room he was in for several moments before he remembered. The memories were a little blurry, but it came back to him.
The team had been on a mission at the museum of magic, located in egypt. The league would have never sent them there if they had known that morgan le fay would be there, along with several other villains that they hadn't seen. The team had been hit with some sort of chemical, and then Robin remembered he had blacked out. He looked around, taking in the details. The floor was covered with shattered glass, and the amulet of Bastet was gone. He looked around for several more moments before he saw his team.
"Oh."
The team had been de-aged. Robin stared at the sleeping team and counted them, making sure ghat everyone was accounted for.
A freckled redhead.
Wally, no doubt.
A darkish blonde boy who had webbing between his fingers.
Probably Kaldur.
A boy with a mop of black hair atop his head.
Might be Connor. [1]
A blonde girl with a small ponytail.
Artemis.
And a white…. Thing, who Robin assumed was m'gann.
"Let's see..." Robin got up and found that he had shrunk as well, and he didn't look to be harmed. He began to dig in his now slightly oversized belt to see if he had anything that would fit him. There were many random things that robin had in his belt, and some things that he didn't even know what they were. As he dug in his compartments, he found several random items. A rubber ducky, a plush elephant, a picture of him and his family… Robin made a mental note to clean out his belt later.
After several minutes of digging, he found an outfit. Robin looked over it, and found it to be his first robin suit, judging on the style of the R and several other features on it. 'Why is this even in here?' He asked himself before slipping into another room to change. He came back into the room in the outfit, which fit perfectly. 'So I'm probably 9 years old.' He thought before he turned to his teammates. 'Not too asterous, but it's not as bad as it could have been.' He tried to be optimistic. He crouched down next to wally and shook him gently. "Dude!" He said. Wally opened his eyes and looked at him with confusion in his eyes. "Who are you?" He asked.
"KF, is this a joke? Because it's really not funny." Dick said, arching an eyebrow before he turned to the others. "Who's Kf? And what am I wearing?" Wally asked, pulling at the yellow spandex. [2] Robin could tell that Wally was not joking by the confusion in his eyes, and inwardly sighed. "Nevermind. My name is Robin, I am a hero, and we have to get out of here, okay?" He asked the confused redhead. "Okay!" The boy said, standing up. Robin shook the others, but none of them stirred. He touched his finger to his ear, hoping that someone would pick up. -= =-
Batman, who was on monitor duty on the watchtower, heard a beeping sound that meant someone was attempting to contact them.
"Batman here." He said in his usual emotionless voice.
"Batman, I need some assistance." The voice sounded squeaky, yet oddly familiar to the dark knight.
"Who is this?" The caped crusader asked, a hint of surprise in his voice, too small to be detected by anyone who was not Robin.
He heard a small sigh from the other side. "This is Robin, and we were ambushed by several supervillains in the museum. We were de-aged, and I think I am 9." Batman was already out the door and calling someone else to take over for him. Robin's message continued, " I have been able to wake up wally. He doesn't seem to remember who I am, and the others are inresponsive." He sensed that there was nobody on the other side, so he hung up and turned to wally, only to find that he had fallen back asleep.
Robin wasn't sure how long it had been. He lost track after 5 minutes, but he could hear the soft and familiar roar of the dark knight's jet alighting on the soft sand outside. He peered outside to make sure, and fumbled with his belt, which was the last part that he needed to adjust. He took it off, laying it flat. He could see that there were 24 compartments, and he removed 3 and put it on. 'Nope, still a little big.' He removed the smallest compartment, and smiled when it fit nicely. He heard soft footsteps behind him, and turned to face the dark knight.
"What happened?" Batman asked, his voice laced with concern as he glanced at the unconscious heroes.
"We were ambushed. I think there were 4 villains, but the only one we saw was morgan le fay. After that, I believe we were assaulted with a chemical that de-aged us." Robin folded the 3 compartments up and slipped them into his belt as Batman carried several of the heroes to the jet. Wally stirred slightly at the dark knight's touch, but remained asleep.
"Wasn't too asterous," Robin said as he put the the bioship into sleep and commanded it to enter the jet. He saw a ghost of a smile pass over batman's lips at his ward's word play, causing the boy to smile lightly. "Felt like I had a migraine when I woke up." The dark knight's expression turned to concern, "I'm fine, seriously. I have absolutely no idea why my 9 year old costume was in my belt though." The dark knight stared at Robin for a moment before he started the jet.
"Remember when you were 9? You lost one of your costumes, and we had to make another one." They lifted into the air.
"Oh! Now I remember!" Robin strapped on his seat belt and smiling before he looked at the sleeping teens in the back. "I'm worried. Wally didn't remember anything." He frowned slightly.
Batman stared at the clouds, thinking about what his protégé had just said. "I'm not sure, maybe we could run some tests later." He heard a light breathing from the passenger's seat, and smiled lightly when he saw that the ebony was asleep. Pressing a button, a blanket dropped onto the boy, who curled up in it instantly. Batman allowed the smile to linger a bit longer until he reached the cave.
Batman had just landed when he heard a yawn. Robin's masked eyes opened, and he looked to the side at his mentor, who smiled faintly before telling him that they had arrived.
"Hello?" He heard a voice from behind them. The dynamic duo looked behind them, to find that kaldur had woken up and was staring at them with wide eyes. "What am I doing here?" "You too?" Robin looked at his mentor, who gave him a small nod. "It's all right, we work with your king, and you can go back to atlantis as soon as we do some tests, okay?" The atlantian nodded.
Batman came out with the results, frowning slightly.
"What is it? I can tell something is wrong." Robin leapt from his seat to the dark Knight's side.
"They say that they are 9 years old, and none of them remember anything after that except m'gann. She said that she had memory fragments of something about tornadoes, and a prison." The dark knight said. Robin was frowning as well. "That sounds like it could be our first mission together, and the belle reve mission. But how come I can remember everything fine?" He asked.
"We are not sure, but you should get back to the mansion. I tested your suit for chemicals, and I found a sample. We can test it tomorrow, okay? Get back to the manor and go to sleep." Batman said.
Robin knew from years of experience that there was no arguing with the dark Knight, so he went into the zeta tube as he was told and stepped into the batcave a moment later. Running up the stairs to the mansion, the grandfather clock slid aside to let the bird past, where he ran upstairs to his bedroom. After taking a shower to get rid of any lingering chemicals, he slipped into his bed, where he fell asleep quickly, probably due to the lack of sleep for four days. -= =-
Batman frowned at the information. He felt like there was something obvious that he was missing, but he couldn't put his finger on what. Peeking into the bird's bedroom, he smiled at the sight of the sleeping boy that warmed his heart.