Unnamed
I found all these ones for Robin getting his identity revealed. Don't get me wrong, some were really good – but there weren't that many. I wanted more, and I figured that the only way to do it was to write my own.
A lot of the information is just something I figured out. Others I looked up. Because honestly, I'm a more Marvel fan than DC.
Don't hate me!
Anyway, I don't know that much about Dick Grayson. I've seen every episode of Teen Titans though, so this should go along with that continuity, if nothing else.
And yes, I know what the word 'Unnamed' means, but I have another called 'Uncovered' and a third called 'Unmasked', so i needed an 'un' for this one. You see?
Let me know how it goes.
"Alright, how much you betting?" Beast Boy grinned.
Starfire frowned thoughtfully. "I do not know quite yet which letter I should choose, so I am uncertain how much I should bet on it."
"Simple mathematics." Cyborg shrugged. "Most likely one is 'M'. So I'll put fifteen bucks on it."
Beast Boy nodded and picked up the note-book. "Fifteen on 'M' for Cyborg." He said aloud, writing.
"What makes you believe it is an 'M'?" Starfire asked, pushing a strand of red-hair behind her ear.
"More names begin with an 'M' then anything else." Cyborg shrugged. "There's Morgan, Michael, Mitchell, Mark, Mathew, Mike, Mickey, Morris,"
"We get the idea." Raven cut in.
"Yes, but I cannot imagine Robin having a name such as 'Michael'. He simply does not look like a Michael." Starfire mused.
"Might be why he changed it." Beast Boy pointed out.
"I think I will place five dollars on the letter… J. I think that a 'J' name is what would suit Robin best. Jake, perhaps." Starfire decided.
"I can't believe we're doing this." Raven rolled her eyes.
"So what letter do you want Rae?" Beast Boy asked her.
Raven scowled. "Don't call me Rae. And… I'll take 'D'. Ten dollars."
Beast Boy wrote it down, along with Starfire's.
"What have you got, Grass Stain?" Cyborg asked.
"Huh? Well, I reckon Robin looks like a Nathan, so I've got ten on 'N'." Beast Boy admitted calmly. "But he also seems to act like a Sam, so I'll put five dollars on that as well."
"You can guess what his name would be from how he acts?" Cyborg said skeptically. "Names don't have much to do with how you act. I mean, if you look like a… I dunno, a Jackson, then you're parents might name you Jackson. But how do your names change how you act?"
Beast Boy shrugged. "I dunno. But I've just got a feeling that Robin's name is either a 'Nathan' or a 'Sam'. So 'N' and 'S' it is."
"So now that we have decided on our bets, how do we determine the answer?" Starfire wondered.
Raven sighed and stood up. "We can wait. Eventually we'll find out. And if we never do, then we can just forget that this ever happened."
She left, picking her book off from the couch as she left.
"Or, you know, we could look it up?" Cyborg suggested.
"I am unsure that this is right." Starfire said. "If Robin wished us to know his name, would he not have said so?"
"Don't worry about it Star." Cyborg grinned at her. "It's not like we're going to tell anyone once we find out or anything."
"Dude, you won't find it on the internet." Beast Boy groaned as Cyborg turned on the computer. "Robin's kept it hidden from some of the worst criminals for years. If you could just Google 'Robin's Real Name' then he would have been caught out years ago."
"No harm looking. Anyhow, I'm not gonna just look for that. I'm gonna scan a photo of Robin, and then use a coupla programs to see if I can find someone who looks like him. If they're around the same age and their backstory checks out-"
"There's gotta be heaps of people like that. And it's not like the villains in Gotham City wouldn't have already tried to find out who Robin really is. Probably a bunch of Jump City ones have tried as well." Beast Boy rolled his eyes. "I'm telling you, the internet can't help."
"Perhaps." Starfire agreed. "I am going to go and watch a television documentary on different fruits. If anyone wishes to join me, they are most welcome."
She left.
Beast Boy shrugged. "Well, good luck with the internet search Cy. I'm gonna go play Mega Monkeys 4 on the other computer. See ya."
And only Cyborg was left, typing on the computer.
Robin calmly sat down on the couch. "What are we watching?" He asked Starfire and Beast Boy.
"Uh, The Simpsons." Beast Boy answered. "About five minutes in."
"Kay." Robin nodded.
His eyes fell upon a note-book. He casually picked it up, wondering who's it was. He opened it to take a look at the handwriting.
Bets On Robin's Real Name.
"Umm, okay."
"What?" Beast Boy asked, glancing around at him.
"Nothing. Just wondering why you're betting on what my name is." Robin looked through it.
Beast Boy froze and Starfire's eyes widened. "What makes you think that?" Beast Boy asked slowly.
"It's on the note-book." Robin explained. "So, you're betting on the first letter?"
"Pretty much." Raven said from behind them (hood off). They all looked up as she silently sat down, book in hand.
"I see." Robin raised an eyebrow.
"I give up." Cyborg groaned, coming in. "I can't find out his name. Robin did a really good job of hiding his true…" Cyborg then realised Robin was in the room. "Uh, hi Rob."
"Hi." Robin said calmly. "Thanks, it was the intent."
He flipped through the notebook again. "By the way, no-one put it on 'R', so no-one got it right." He shrugged and dropped the note-book.
"Yeah, you're real name isn't 'Robin' though. Is it?" Cyborg said.
"Well, it sorta is now, but my real name – the one my parents gave me – also begins with an 'R'. Technically." Robin shrugged.
"What is your real name?" Starfire asked tentatively.
Robin hesitated for barely a second before answering her. "Richard. Technically. I sorta dropped Richard and went to Dick though when I was about ten or eleven. And then I dropped both and went to just Robin."
No-one said anything for a minute.
"And you're telling us this?" Raven asked.
Robin nodded. "Well, yeah. I mean, it's just a name that I used to go by. And I do trust you."
For another minute there was silence as the weight of this sunk in.
"So, you said that you sorta changed your name to Dick before you came to Jump?" Cyborg clarified.
"Uh, yeah."
"Technically that's a 'D'." Cyborg mused. "Does that mean Raven won?"
Robin shrugged. "I don't know." He answered honestly.
"And your name is something that you don't want anyone else to know?" Raven asked, just checking.
"Yes." Robin nodded. "It would be really bad if anyone else managed to find out who I was."
He absent-mindedly fingered the 'R' on his uniform.
R for Robin. Not Richard any more – just Robin.
Sorry for the cheesy ending, but I needed a way to end this chapter and nothing was coming up, so i just gave it a cheesy one.
