Author Note: This idea has been swimming in my head for a while so I finally started it. This is my first fanfic so be nice. The beginning takes place during the first game, but upcoming chapters are in the second game. Being set three months after the message was sent. Robin takes Issac's place in the story but it will not go completely like the game did. So it's not like reading the Dead Space story but with a character change. Hope you like.
All characters and places belong to their respected owners (unfortunate for me)

Chapter one: Distress

Mount Justice

August, 1st

1800 hours

The cave was quiet for the most part; Megan was in the kitchen with Connor attempting to bake a cake for the return of their long absent friend and member of the team. Kaldur read a book and Artemis watched amused as Wally paced back and forth in front of the T.V. stuffing his face and chattering.

"Man, this is killing me. Rob is supposed to be getting back from that covert space mission thingy soon." Wally talked to no one in particular not really caring if anyone was listening. "Three months! I hope he took pictures of the ship he was on, what was the name again?" He stopped in his tracks straining his brain to find the information his best friend had given him 3 months ago.

"The USG Ishimura," Roy said from his place on the couch, trying to hide his own excitement on seeing his little brother again after so long.

Wally stared at the other ginger a moment as his brain processed the information before a large grin stretched onto his face. "Yea that one, the planet cracker right? Dude he is so lucky I would die to be aboard a ship like that."

"Why?" Conner spoke for the first time that morning, confused at the speedster's desire to go into space to begin with.

Kaldur looked up from the novel that had currently caught his attention. "From what Batman had explained to us it was a simple covert mission, to observe and report."

Megan took her eyes off of the cookbook she was looking at and smiled brightly. "I would think that being on a ship that big would be exciting."

"Exactly, that's why I should be there too!" Wally practically vibrated where he stood.

Artemis snorted, "Knowing you, you would probably blow his cover or blow up the whole ship. Whichever comes first." She smiled at the glare the redhead sent her.

Before Wally could come up with a smart remark, the Zeta tube announced the arrival of Batman. They teens quickly made their way toward their missing teammate's mentor. Wally was the first to enter the room, bouncing where he stood when he stopped with excitement. The man in black stared at the boy with annoyance that seemed to fly over his head. When the others stood before him he began.

"The watchtower has spotted what appears to be a small one man ship headed toward it. The League has agreed to let all of you come up and greet Robin as soon as he lands." Batman began to walk back toward the tubes without looking to see if the young heroes where following.

The Zeta tube flashed as The Dark Knight and the team walked into the main room, the other League members stood waiting for the return of their youngest comrade to land and tell of the mission's success. After 3 month the little bird was well missed by everyone.

The hanger doors opened and a small pod slowly made its way into the room. The League and team's eyes widened when they saw the state of the craft, dented, many pieces were broken off from it and it barely keep upright as one of the engines was destroyed beyond use. It landed with a large bang, and the small door open to show an emptied pilot seat.

Batman was the first to react, moving quickly to the fallen vessel. Upon closer observation, blood stained the seats and controls. Bruce felt his heart pick up pace and his breath hitched at the sight of the crimson stain on the black interior of the pod. By now the others had come over as well to investigate on their own, the look of utter shock and fear plastered on each of their faces as they came into view of the bloodied cruiser.

Their baby bird was missing.

Bruce swallowed his fear. It's possible the blood does not belong to him, but then where did it come from and where is Richard? Where is my son? The bat gritted his teeth and moved closer to the open door to look at the controls. The monitor flashed an auto-pilot programming that had currently ran the craft. Right next to it Bruce noticed a small screen displaying a video message, using a USB cable he downloaded the message and turn toward the large computer in the room.

The others watched him go before fallowing him. "Have you found something?" Wonder Woman asked placing a hand gently on the distressed father's shoulder.

The bat turned toward her and the others present in the room and sighed. "I don't know." He looked back to the computer and hooked in the cable and sent the video to the screen. The monitor began to flicker and he stepped back. "I hope so." He whispered to himself. The prayer didn't go missed by Superman and his clone. The static cleared a little, with "BEGIN MESSAGE" printed on the screen. The text disappeared, and the image showed a dark room and an empty seat.

Within moments of beginning a figure in an odd spacesuit sat heavily in the chair and sighed. And with shaky hand they slowly removed the helmet. Gasped filled the air as the little bird's face came out from under the head covering. He stared tiredly at them, looking but not really seeing. His young childlike face bruised and bloodied from the various cuts and scrapes across his once smooth skin. Blood dripped from his nose and mouth but he seemed to take no notice of it, the crimson liquid was caked on his forehead right under the hair line that trailed down to his chin. Sweat damped his hair and stuck is to his head, black ink mixing and contrasting with pale white skin.

The team could only gape, finally seeing the eyes and whole face of their baby brother, and they looked dull, lifeless, tired, numb. The once sapphire orbs that glowed with youth and mischief were gone, replaced with a broken spirit that ripped out The Dark Knights heart as he stared at them. The bags under his eyes were dark and murky and hung like drapes on hangers.

Taking his eyes off them he looked back and forth but not moving his head as if afraid to make any sudden movements. When he completed his small task he leaned into his seat and placed his arms folded across the table top. Everyone could see him softly shiver and shake, from coldness, fear, or exhaustion they did not know. Then with a shudder Robin began to speak quietly but loud enough that everyone could hear what he was saying.

"M-my name is Richard John Grayson, Robin to you in the League and the team. I was the vigilante of Gotham City and former partner of The Dark Knight, Batman." The boy swallowed before he continued. "I was sent on a covert mission alone to the USG Ishimura that is funded by the Wayne Co. by Batman to try and uncover the hidden motive for the ships illegal trip to a planet Aegis VII. I was sent posing as a guest who was invited aboard by Mister Wayne to be going on the trip in his place as an observer of the progress of the ship. I was chosen to go in his place due to the fact that I would go unnoticed by the crew in certain areas and would not raise up suspicion if I was discovered wandering the ship.

"Traveling to the ship on a cruiser with a few engineers and scientist that were also to come aboard for detailed work, we arrived safely. It was after we boarded the ship that we discovered the danger that had taken over." Robin began to shake even harder now, his hands griped his forearms tightly as he went on. "Not on the ship for more than ten minutes before everything went to hell. We arrived and there was blood and bodies and parts everywhere. Didn't even get close to the door before the light went red for a quarantine, locking us in with the creatures that took over the ship.

"I was told to run after one of them ripped one of the scientist to pieces, and I did. I ran and I didn't stop. I could hear the dying screams of everyone of the men and women I came aboard with, b-but I didn't stop, I couldn't. I could hear them behind me screeching trying to turn me into human confetti."

Suddenly he stopped talking, his eyes strayed off the screen staring at the wall behind it, his orbs went blank. Everyone was silent waiting, some holding their breath waiting for him to go on. "They wanted to kill me, no, they needed to kill me. They want our bodies, they need our bodies, but it's mine, they can't have it, it belongs to me. They want to turn it in to one of them so they can grow, expand, multiply." His voice was monotone, almost robotic as if he's been saying it over and over again to himself. "But they can't have it, they can't, IT'S Mine!" Robin yelled, startling everyone in the room. A sound was heard in the background and the bird froze, a look of pure terror planted on his face. Slowly he turned to the left and stared intently at something off screen, holding his breath.

After a moment he slowly let out his breath and whispered to the screen still staring to the left. "I haven't got much time. They'll find me, they always find me no matter where I hide. They used the vents, that's how they travel around the ship, that's how they trap you, how they kill you." Robin looked back at them and began to talk more seriously, his eyes refocused. "As I've made my way through the ship I have uncovered the truth as to why the Ishimura was here to begin with. I turns out a week ago the colony on the planet below had discovered something. An artifact known as the Maker.

"Immediately after it was discovered homicides and suicides went through the roof on the colony below on the planet's surface. Not long after s-something began to kill the rest, and then got to the ship when a few who escaped the colony brought it with them on board."

Robin took a shaky breath and sat back into the seat, slowly relaxing but not quite letting his guard down. He licked his dried lips and proceeded to wipe the blood from his mouth and nose as though just realizing it flowed freely down his face. The League watched none daring to speck. The boy looked tired, and old. Covered in blood, grim, and only he knows what else, he appeared as though he just came from war. After a minute of steadying his breathing and trying to rest his tiny frame he started again.

"The colony has been lost. The crew is dead or mutated. And the whole ship has been reduced to a lifeless graveyard floating in space. I-I've seen how the work. I was in a small group before, there was five including me. Their gone dead at the hands of the creatures, each other, or themselves. That, is how they work." He looked away again looking at the screen but not truly seeing it, reliving whatever horror he has face in his mind. "If they don't kill you, you will kill yourself." Everyone froze hearing what the bird just said but not really believing that he did. He looked back at them.

"Not out of mercy for yourself, no, not to end it by your hand before they get you. You do it because they tell you to, because they want you to. The Marker send out a type of radiation, it c-causes people to lose their heads, it talks to them. It talks to me." Robin lend forward again grabbing his hair. "I can hear it in my head, I can hear them in my head and I want it to stop but it won't. I've began to s-see things that aren't really there, I can hear the dead screaming in pain in my ears one minute and the next it's gone. I can see them walking and I know it's not real but I can't help but shot at them anyways. I can see my mom."

Batman's eyes widened. "I can see my dead mother walking around the halls." Tears began to spill from his eyes. The team and the league could do nothing to stop the ones that formed in their own. "And she tries to kill me, and it's real." He looked up. "I can out of a hallucination of her pointing a gun at my head to myself holding one in my mouth. Or a needle to my eye. Whatever she tries to do to me I end up trying to do to myself."

Another sound from the background startled him and he looked in the same direction as before. "I can't stay here for much longer, it's not safe to linger for too long." He looked back. "Based on the damaged equipment I'm guessing It will take at least two and a half months to reach you if at all. Heh, funny around the same time I'm supposed to come home. Please I you get this the Marker and the Ishimura must be destroyed, you can't let this get to any populated planet. If you can get the information of every man and woman who served aboard the ship, and have some sort of memorial. Many brave people died doing their job," Tears began to flow from his eyes again as he grabbed his head, looking back he gave his farewell. "Don't let us be forgotten. This is Richard Grayson. Signing out. And if you're getting this dad, I sorry, I miss you, all of you."

Before the young hero could sign off a crash came from the room. The startled child looked toward the source of the sound and gritted his blood stained teeth. "Finally found me, hu. You want to kill me fine but you won't take me down without a fight!" He yelled at the intruder off screen and got up from the chair pulling out a gun aiming it toward the offender. An inhuman screech filled the air and that everyone watched felt their blood run cold as they covered their ears. Robin gave one last look to the screen before pressing on some key and the monitor went dark. Leaving the team and their mentors fear stricken for the health and safety of their youngest member. None were as heart heavy with worry and fear as the father of the boy who stood in the front. Bruce balled his hand into a fist and gritted his teeth as rage filled his eyes. He turned to the others seeing the same determination in their eyes and faces.

Daddy Bats was going to get his baby bird back if it killed him.

And the League/Team was right behind him.

I thought about it being a covert mission for batman and robin, but the idea of the baby bird fighting for his life alone slowly going insane was more fun. Man I am a terrible person. Anyway more soon to come. Review, pretty please.