A/N: so I've been wanting to do this for quite some time. Basically I take quotes from Doctor Who (and possibly other shows) and use them in a Young Justice drabble/one-shot. I don't know how many of these there will be; so if you would review and maybe leave a suggestion for what ones I should do next, that would be awesome.
It hadn't been a good week for our little bird. Robin had school, Young Justice stuff; not to mention the whole 'Dynamic Duo' thing in Gotham.
Robin was tired. He had gotten less than 3 hours of sleep pretty much every night this week, and it was also the week of April first. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, except for the fact that April first was the day Robin's parents had died. He had a broken rib or two from a fight with the Joker. To top it all off, all of the Gotham villains had banded together to try and get a time traveling prototype that was currently in a compartment of Robin's utility belt.
Most of the Justice League was off-world, leaving only Batman, Superman, and the team to fight them all off. Joker had kryptonite so Superman and Superboy were temporarily out of commission. Kaldur was trying his best to take on Bane, with help from Miss Martian. Artemis was out of arrows, and Kid Flash was obviously tiring. Robin had been staying in the background, since he had broken ribs, or in the bioship since he was in possession of what the villains were after.
Robin hated having to stay behind; but he wasn't allowed to fight while he had the prototype, and he couldn't leave it somewhere in case things went wrong. So he watched and threw a bird-a-rang or two when he had the opportunity. Most of the villains weren't even aware he was even in Gotham.
That was about to change.
Batman had just gone down.
Robin was tired. Robin was worried. Robin was the Boy Wonder. Robin was Batman's partner and he had been pushed far enough.
He activated the bioship's external speakers and grabbed the microphone and jumped to the roof of a warehouse overlooking the fight. He fumbled with the microphone on the landing. It squeaked through the speakers.
"Sorry, sorry, almost dropped it." he brought the microphone to his lips. "Hello Gotham!" he shouted into the mic, "Who takes the Prototype takes the universe. But bad news everyone, cause guess who? Ha, except, you are all running around, it's really very distracting. Could you all stay still a minute or two? Because I. Am. Talking!" Robin's voice rose throughout his monologue. All movement below him stopped. His teammates looked at him as if he were crazy. Maybe he was. "Now, the question of the hour is, 'Who's got the Prototype?' Answer: I do. Next question, 'who's going to come take it from me?'" Robin flung one arm out straight, "Come on, look at me! No plan, no backup, no weapons worth anything, oh, and something else I don't have: anything to lose! So, if you're standing down there in your silly little power suits waving your silly little guns, and you've got any plans on taking the Prototype tonight, just remember who's standing in your way! Remember every black day I ever stopped you, and then, and then, do the smart thing." Robin paused, lowering his arm, "Let somebody else try first." his voice lowered. Everything stood silent for a moment before the Joker broke it with a welcome exclamation.
"Well, I'm outta here. C'mon, Harl's!" the clown and Harley beat a hasty retreat and all the rest scrambled about to follow. As the villains hurried to leave, Superman helped Conner up. Kaldur walked over to check on Batman. Robin flipped down from the roof.
"Well," he started with a grin, wiping invisible dust from his hands, "That should keep them squabbling for an hour or two."
They all just stared at him, and Batman, supported by the Atlantian, smirked.