Prologue

"Recognized, Artemis, B07." The Zeta blared, and Artemis instantly looked around, worried. The Team was supposed to have a training session, and it was too quiet.

She grabbed her bow and placed an arrow in position. Then, before she could react, something red - not fire, she would have felt the heat- flew towards her. After dodging, Artemis released her arrow.

She heard it hit someone as she ran another direction. Her mind already remembering the last time someone had broken into the cave. But Robin had been around then.

They hadn't seen Robin for two years. Klarion had done something - either the adults and Wally knew, and weren't telling them, or they didn't know - to Robin. The only thing any member of the Team - except Wally - knew was that it had caused Robin to run away, and now not even Batman knew where he was.

"Artemis to Green Arrow." She tried, and heard static on the other end. "Artemis to Black Canary, come in." Still static. "Artemis to anybody! There's someone - or something - lose in the Cave and I'm requesting backup, ASAP." Still nothing. Artemis ran into the library, hoping she could remember where the secret passage was - fat chance.

She spun around to see Wotan, clearly angry. His hand pointed at her.

"What happened to Klarion?" He growled. "He left, he said he was attacking the Justice League, so WHAT HAPPENED?!"

"How should I know?" Artemis asked. "I don't know what happened to the Witch Boy, except he did something to Robin!"

"The exact same answer." Wotan answered, "It seems like no one on this Team knows anything at all, except Robin, and none of you clearly knows where he is. I guess you're unneeded." He waved his hand and something flew at Artemis before hitting a yellow-and-red shield.

"Pick on someone who can play your game, Wotan." A male voice that sounded somewhat familiar said. "You're not killing her."

"Who are you?" Wotan asked, turning his attention from Artemis. The archer saw first the domino mask the stranger was wearing, it looked like Robins, except where Robin had white this mask had black, and where the black had been, there was white. Then she noticed the costume, which was red and black, and tight-fitting, yet clearly made for flexibility.

"No one important." The stranger said, "But, if you really want a name... How about... Omega."

"The end." Wotan said. "How fitting, naming yourself the end, on the day your life shall end."

"Can we just skip the whole I'm-gonna-kill-you thing?" Omega asked. "Because too many people have told me that over the years, and, strangely, they were all wrong. Besides, I'm bored."

"Fine." Wotan said, waving a hand. Omega cast a look in Artemis direction for only a moment, before the a magical blast came his way. After Omega flipped out of the way, he wordlessly sent a blast - strangely a mix to red and yellow - at Wotan, who knocked it in another direction.

Omega twisted his hand, and the spell changed direction and hit Wotan from behind, infuriating the enemy magician. Omega's other hand waved in Artemis direction, and a portal opened up beside her. Artemis looked at the intense battle between Wotan and Omega, and quickly decided she didn't want to stay, and jumped through the portal.

Chapter 1

"Flash to the Team, come in." Barry was probably speaking slightly faster than he should, but they needed help.

"This is Robin, we're all at the Cave." The Boy Wonder said. "What's going on, Uncle Flash?" He noted the others giving him strange looks. "Ok, fine. I hang out with Wally so much I've started calling Flash my uncle. So what?"

"I'm at the Watchtower, we're under attack." Flash said, "Hack the system, Zeta all of you up. We're in over out head."

"You think we can do better?" Robin asked, his voice teasing. "Why don't you call Batman?"

"He's at a business meeting, you know that." Barry said, annoyed. "Besides, I know you can do better, three of you took out an android in ten minutes, blowing up it's head, when it took eight of us to defeat and dismantle the same android."

"We'll be up." Robin promised. "Give me about thirty second to hack you guys, and another thirty to get up there."

"Hurry up." Barry said, "We're outnumbered and outmatched."

"Great." Robin said, "Another impossible scenero for us to deal with." With that Robin clicked off, already bringing up the holo-computer.

"You sure you only need thirty seconds?" Rocket asked.

"Yep." Robin said, "Done. I did, after all, learn from the best. Let's go, a new button's appeared, it'll say 'Watchtower', since we don't know the coordinates."

"Let's go." Wally said, picking up one member of the Team at a time, carrying them at super speed over to the Zetas. Aqualad hit the 'Watchtower' button, the the Team dissolved into atoms, only to have them reformed in the Watchtower, where battle was raging around them.

"Recognized, Robin, B01. Aqualad, B02. Kid Flash, B03. Superboy, B04. Miss Martian, B05. Artemis, B07. Zatanna, B08. Rocket, B09." The computer announced.

Mind link up. Miss Martian said at the same moment.

Then let's fight. Robin replied, throwing himself into battle. Soon, the rest of the Team followed suit.

-Eleven minutes later-

Robin stopped, and moved out of the fight. His eyes darted around the room. Klarion was missing. He looked back at the fight.

Klarion is missing. He told them, already leaving the room.

Rob, don't you dare! Wally had replied. Get back in here! You'll never be able to beat him on your own!

Atom's missing too. Robin said, referring to the size-changing Leaguer who'd joined a few months before. Someone has to find them, and I know this place better than most. Remember, Wally? Batman gave me access because he knew that if he didn't I'd hack my way up and erase myself off the record.

Yea. Wally begrudgingly replied. If you see anything, let us know. To the others he added, Rob came up here a lot before the Team to hang out with the League. My uncle brought me up here, once. After the Team formed, the rest of you were on a mission, and my ankle was fractured.

He knew that if he was left at the Cave, he'd leave. Roy said, glad for once to be in on the conversation. So Flash really had no choice but leave him somewhere he couldn't leave.

I was really surprised to see Rob up here. Wally said, Other than that time, though, I was only up here New Years. Robin cut himself out of the mind link, preferring to work rather than listen to banter.

-Five minutes later-

Robin ran into the dining room, to see Klarion heading towards an unconcious Atom. His eyes widened and he ran across the few feet between himself and the Atom, and quickly checked the older mans pulse. Still strong.

Robin turned to Klarion who had a strange sad-ish look on his face. Klarion kept walking until he was a few feet from Robin.

"What do you want?" Robin broke the silence.

"A new host." The voice didn't sound like Klarion. "This body is dying." Robin took a few steps back, confused. Robin and the thing that looked like Klarion started circling each other. Robin hoped he could distract Klarion long enough for his friends to get there.

Unlikely, as he'd severed the links connection to him. Besides, even if help was coming, it wouldn't be there soon, they didn't know where he was, that he was facing down Klarion.

-Timeskip- Ten min-

Robin ducked to the side, barely dodging Klarions attack. He wouldn't last much longer, he was too exhausted. It probably didn't help that he'd been fighting, and running before he got there.

He ducked behind an upturned table to catch his breathe for a moment. When he looked out, he saw Klarion was approaching the Atom again, and reaching his hand out.

Forgetting his exhaustion, Robin leapt over the table, and ran for the Atom. Relying on his instincts, he shocked Klarion away from the older Leaguer.

Wrong move. Klarion latched onto his arm, and a red ball formed out of his other hand, and, in slow motion it seemed, swung it towards Robin.

"Dying." Klarion kept repeating. "Dying."

The ball connected with Robin's skin. Robin screamed, utter pain in his voice. The pain he was getting now felt like all the pain he'd received before, as Robin and Dick, was being multiplied by a hundred.

Robin fell, as did Klarion. A millisecond later, Flash and Kid Flash were there looking at an unconcious Robin and Atom, and also a dead Klarion.