Robin fell to the ground with an audible thud, knocking the wind from his lungs. He curled up in the fetal position trying to breathe as that laugh that so clearly visited his dreams and turned them to nightmares squealed at his pain.
He wanted to cover his ears, oh how badly he wanted to cover his ears so he didn't have to hear that laugh that struck fear down to his very core, but he was forced to listen since he couldn't move his dead-weight arms.
"What's wrong bird boy? Cat got your tongue?" The Joker began to laugh even harder at his joke, his grin so wide Robin thought- no, hoped- his face would crack in half.
Robin grunted in pain as Joker came over and kicked his stomach as if it were a soccer ball, causing even more pain to explode through him.
Oh how foolish he now felt for getting separated from the rest of the team. He was an idiot and if he couldn't fight through the pain and defeat the Joker, he would die right here and now.
Joker reached down and grabbed a handful of Robin's hair and dragged him up by it, causing tears to form at the corners of his eyes. Joker's grin was so wide and his eyes looked so insane that Robin knew the end was here.
"You know, Boy Blunder, I'm really going to miss you when you're gone. I'm going to be so sad when I can't hear your little chirp," Joker started laughing maniacally as he pulled out his precious little knife, the moonlight catching the blade perfectly so that it glinted evilly.
"Come on, Dick, think! You have to get out of this!" But even as Robin thought it he began to lose consciousness. He fought the darkness, trying hard to stay awake so he could hit away the knife that was bound for his jugular. He watched the knife with fearful eyes as it came towards him slowly, playfully.
Robin began to lose the fight and was slipping into the darkness when he saw a fist covered in green fabric hit the Joker in the face, causing him to drop Robin. Before he hit the ground, arms covered by a yellow and red costume caught him. Robin lay there in those comforting arms and looked into the worry-filled green eyes of his best friend, and then he saw no more.