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"Hey, there he is! Stop him!"

Robin knew one thing for certain at this point: hiding from the good guys was much worse than hiding from the bad guys. It took four years to build this hero, and only one night to tear him down to a criminal. Although the world may be fooled Robin was not a criminal, merely a thirteen year old kid caught within the darkness of false accusations and misconceived evidence.

Robin knew he had done nothing illegal, but then here he was hiding in the shadows while cops run by with their guns released from their holsters ready to shoot. Never once did it cross Robin's mind that the good guys would be aiming at him.

Once the authorities are gone Robin drops to the ground and sits with his back against the wall. He is completely alone, nothing but desolate sidewalks and the distant sound of sirens. He needed danger, thrill, something to distract his feelings of bewilderment and utter disbelief. Yet, the weight of his thoughts practically chained him to where he sat and forced him to acknowledge them. . .

Heroes don't run from the good guys.

Two Weeks Earlier

"You should see a door on the East side of the building," Robin told Superboy and Artemis through Miss Martian's telepathic link, "I have disabled the security systems for that entrance, but be careful this place is practically infested with alarms."

"Can't you disable them?" Artemis asked.

"I can, but I'm working on it," Robin replied completely engrossed into his holographic computer, "they've got about a million firewalls."

"We'll be careful," Superboy informed him with a good amount of conviction.

"KF, Aqualad, get ready," Robin said moving on to the West security system, "I almost have the West alarms disabled."

"When aren't we ready?" Kid Flash smirked with his playful pride.

"We'll be okay," Aqualad insured him. "Just be sure you and M'gann are vigilant when you come through the emergency exit on the roof, there's going to be a lot of them and we need to keep in mind what Batman told us."

"You think there'll be guards on the roof?" Miss Martian asked inquisitively.

"They shouldn't be expecting anyone," Robin answered, "although by the looks of their security system they seem to be overly paranoid if you ask me."

"Rob, what's taking so long," Kid Flash complained, "usually you breeze through all this hacking junk."

"I'm trying," Robin forced his concentration to work properly.

"I don't mean to disrupt, but Kid Flash is right," Miss Martian joined in meekly, "you seem off."

"Let him concentrate," Aqualad defended him, "he'll get it."

Although Robin knew he'd get it soon enough he still felt himself struggling. It wasn't that the systems were too complicated for him to decipher and hack into, he just felt unfocused. His mind just didn't want to cooperate tonight, it was like no matter how hard he tried to keep him mind locked onto his computer he couldn't help but doze off from it.

"West alarms have been deactivated," Robin stated them with much relief.

A few moments of interweaving through frustratingly long and overly protected systems Robin finally got the roof alarms disabled. Standing up from his crouched position next the building he felt himself get woozy, his mind blurring slightly, and stumbling to his feet. Miss Martian was already flying to the roof just as Robin pulled out his grappling gun to propel himself up.

There weren't any guards on the roof, and the mission was starting to look up. Everything could and should fall perfectly into plan if everyone stays on their toes and keeps their eyes open. Considering the dangerous of the mission it was more of a get in and get out mission, they needed to be stealthier than normal and take their time if that's what it means to be cautious.

Although the moment Robin stepped onto the roof he felt the dizziness again, along with the rush of a power fatigue, and fell to his knees. Suddenly it felt like two hands were pressing onto his temples, this was soon followed by the throbbing beat that rang through his head.

"Robin, are you okay?" Miss Martian asked with genuine concern as flew back to him and helped him to his feet. "What happened?"

"I-I don't know," he stumbled over his words until he started to feel better again, "come on we can't waste anymore time."

"Are you sure you're okay?"

"Positive," Robin lied as he gave her a thumbs up, and then proceeding to break open the small emergency exit that juts out slightly from the ground of the roof. Once it was open they jumped in landing onto a small metal landing that navigated around the whole room, they were standing above a large mass of some huge and some lanky men who stood around a bunch of cardboard boxes.

This was the part that Miss Martian and Robin would need to be almost invisible to insure everything went the way planned, but things changed fast.

"Do you hear that?" Miss Martian asked Robin telepathically.

There was an almost inaudible beeping coming from the door behind them.

"Not possible," Robin turned around spastically, "I shut down the security system." The beeping suddenly became blaring like a siren and a thick metal palette slammed across the emergency exit, along with all the other doors and windows. Robin scrambled back onto his holographic computer, but it was too late.

"What happened?" Batman demanded in panic as the team returned to Mount Justice.

The team practically dragged themselves in. M'gann had her shoulders and head dropped slightly in what seemed like shame, Kaldur was standing tall with absolutely no expression on his face, Superboy looked off in the distance with his arms crossed, Kid Flash was tapping his foot in frustration, and Artemis had her arm around Robin helping him stand.

"Something went wrong," Kaldur stepped forward, "we're not exactly sure how, but the alarms went off and we were revealed. Being the leader, I apologize for the mishap, but we did complete our mission."

"At a cost that could have been life-threatening," Batman said strictly, "now Artemis take Robin to the infirmary. The cut doesn't look to bad, but we still need to be sure. As for the rest of you, you are very lucky."

Following not too far behind Artemis Batman knew he had been too strict, they did complete the mission. Although it wasn't the way the Justice League would handle things, they at least got it done. Yet he couldn't help worrying when things went wrong, because it didn't just endanger this team of teenage sidekicks. It endangered his partner, his little bird, his son. Dick had stumbled into his life so easily, and he would imagine it being that much easier to stumble back out. Without Dick he wouldn't know how he'd go on, both of his worlds would be damaged. He'd be saving lives and living his own completely alone.

Once at the infirmary Robin insisted he was fine, although his exhaustion may be hard for the other team members to see Batman could see it. Usually full of, at times, unnecessary energy Robin was walking with shoulders slumped and feet dragging.

When Artemis was gone Batman turned to Robin and treated his bleeding forehead.

"Don't blame the team," Robin admitted, "it was my fault. I thought I had disabled the last security system, but obviously I must have made a mistake or something. . ." His voice trailed, Batman could sense his disbelief.

"I would be lying if I said that it didn't surprise me,"

"I know," Robin perked up slightly, "all I had to do was hack into their systems. Their systems were complicated, but I have done it about a million times before. I must have gotten 'whelmed or something."

"What do you mean?" Batman asked with inquisitiveness.

"Well," Robin slouched back down to his exhausted self, "it was like no matter how hard I tried to focus I just couldn't. Don't get me wrong I have killer concentration, but everything about tonight is still pretty foggy to me. I kept getting dizzy and tired, and, well, it really isn't a big deal. I'll be better next time."

Batman pondered for a moment, although deep down he knew what was really going on here. Except admitting it would make him feel like a bad father, not matter how fixable the problem was, he knew he had been neglecting it for a while now. He soon realized he wouldn't have to face it on his own.

"Sorry to interrupt," Black Canary came in without them even realizing it, "but Batman I need to speak with you whenever you have a moment."

"Yes," Batman said slowly as he finished with Robin, "Robin just stay here for a moment."

Then he guided Black Canary just far enough for Robin to not hear them talking softly.

"I heard about what happened," she went straight to the point.

"Yes, the team, they accidently trigged an alarm and ran head first into a giant group of venom pumped super humans," Batman sighed crossing his arms behind his back.

"The team accidently trigged an alarm or Robin forgot to disable one?" she asked being careful of her words. "Now, I – we – know Robin and one of his strongest points is his technical abilities, hence hacking."

"He is only human," Batman said as though it was a confession rather than a statement.

"I know, and human's make mistakes," Black Canary continued, "but the team told me how he had been acting not himself lately, and then M'gann told he nearly passed out on the roof for no reason at all. Nothing is wrong with Robin, he just needs sleep."

"I know."

"And I understand that Gotham has been practically swarmed with villains ever since the Jail break last week, but," Black Canary shrugged, "like you said: he's only human and human's need sleep. That includes you Bruce." She reached out and touched his arm in a sympathetic way.

"You're right," Batman replied, "Robin needs the sleep, but for me to take even one night off is almost impossible. Lately everything, not just villains, has been starting to pile up and I need to handle them now."

"I understand, just be good to yourself okay," he gave a half-grin, "and as for Robin?"

"I guess I'll have to make him take a break the dynamic duo for a little while," Batman sighed, "although I'm sure he'll fight the idea."

"For now all you need to worry about is his sleep, which shouldn't be too hard," she chuckled gesturing back to Robin who was sound asleep where Batman left him.

Although they couldn't possibly see that this moment, this decision, was about to trigger more than some security systems. To fall you have to be near an edge, and for this little bird he was a step closer to the end.

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