Mysterious Circumstances
Chapter 1: The Death Of Batman
Pairing(s): Slade/Robin Father to Son Relationship, Batman/Robin Father to Son Relationship, Possible Robin/Raven Later On.
Characters: Cyborg, Beast Boy, Starfire, Raven, Robin, Slade, Slade Wilson, Dick Grayson, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Background OC's That Aren't Important, Superman, Wonder Woman, Alfred Pennyworth, Batgirl, Barbra Gordon.
Rated: 'T' for safety and Robin's mouth.
Genres: Hurt/Comfort, Family, Tragedy, Mystery, Supernatural.
Description: Robin and other Titans have resent run into a... small problem. Well, its actually a huge problem as of late. The Teen Titans have been turned chibi, as in around two feet tall, and can't find a cure anywhere. Things go from bad to worse when the Dark Knight is murdered during one of his patrols, leaving Robin to be tossed into the system. That is, until a will is dug up and they send Robin to a Mister Slade Wilson. Can Robin deal with his new size and the grief of losing his father? Will Slade be able to handle a two foot high child with daddy issues? Why are Wintergreen and Alfred such good friends? All this and more will be answered in... Mysterious Circumstances!
A/N: If anyone in the crowd tonight has even watched one episode of TTG please stand up. But seriously, I actually watched the first episode a few months ago and thought it was, to a degree, cute. But I don't watch it anymore, I lost interest in it completely. But this story came to me the other night. Well, I hope you like Chibi Robin because that's happening! Please review!
Robin awoke on the cold pavement of Jump City Square with a raging headache, he rubbed his sore head and stood to his feet, but... everything was so... tiny? The bird stared at a massive crowd of people as they stood around him in a tight circle, he stepped back and tried to find out in his mind why he was only around two feet tall. He and the Teen Titans had been off trying to fight Mad Mod who had broken out of prison, again. They had been about to finish him when he pulled out some kind of Ketchup bottle looking thing out of his pants and shot each of them with it, after that the world had gone black. Robin shook his head as he realized that he was now turned to the size of a two year old, god, today could not get any worse.
So of course it did.
By the time the Titans regrouped and got home, the city was in an uproar about the team now being tiny. Raven seemed to not mind TOO much mostly just commenting a 'Really?', Beast Boy found it 'Epically Cool!', Cyborg was pissed about not being able to reach the T-cars wheel without the help of three stacked dictionaries, Starfire thought it was cute... and Robin, well, lets just say he was less then happy about this 'Utter bullshit'.
"Holy Small size, Batman." Robin mumbled to himself as he sat between Raven and Starfire in the back.
At the very least, now Robin wasn't the shortest on the team, but the news did little to help his anger at the given situation. As soon as they got home, Robin walked to the TV and turned on Gotham news, if he were to be accused of being worried about his former mentor, he'd claim that it was a force of habit to watch Gotham news, which it was. As the TV powered on, Beast Boy took a seat next to Robin on one side and Cyborg on the other, they'd deal with fixing themselves later or wait for it to wear off. Soon, a picture of a young woman in her late 20's stood in front of a burning building, she looked panicked.
"Hello everyone, this is Vicky Vale here in front of Gotham's History Exhibit where the legendary Batman is fighting Two-Face, Joker and Harley Quin inside. Things are not looking good here tonight as the caped crusader seems to be missing inside, the police say that Batman has three minutes to get out before the building will collapse." The woman explained, it didn't take a genus to realize that ever woman in Gotham had a thing for Batman or Bruce Wayne.
Robin went tense, he wasn't worried, Batman had had worse odds against him hundreds of times before, he'd always come home alive. Beast Boy, Cyborg and Robin were on the edges of there seats as a loud creak escaped the building. Two minutes left. A loud bang sounded as Batman chased Joker onto the roof along with Two-face and Harley not far behind the crazed clown prince of Gotham. Batman attacked with full force as he fought hard against the villains, he was horribly out numbered and Robin realized that he was limping slightly. One minute left. Punches and kicks were thrown this way and that as Joker ran back inside, Batman followed him in to stop him. Thirty seconds left. Robin was shivering slightly but kept his composure as he waited for his father to appear out of the building with a knocked out Joker and swing away just in time, like he always did. Ten seconds left. Robin watched as now Two-face and Harley ran back inside, no problem, Batman could stop them too... right? Suddenly, the building collapsed in on itself, Robin watched in fear as loud screams escaped the building. Sadly... he recognized his fathers voice above the rest of the dying villains.
Vicky stood in absolute horror as nothing but dust remained of the burning building, everything was an eery silence in the air, the civilians waited patiently for there hero to appear out of the rubble and assure his people that he was alive and not crushed to death. Suddenly, Commissioner Gordon dashed forward with other police officers in search of Batman, Robin waited. After another ten minutes Robin realized that the other Titans were also watching, Robin specifically noticed Starfire crying in the corner of the couch.
"It'll be okay Star... Bats is gonna be fine... he always is." Robin tried to assure her, he could sense Raven trying to calm the tension in the air, but to no avail.
A loud cry was heard, causing Robin to swing back around and see the TV, only for his heart to nearly stop at what he saw. It was Commissioner Gordon, in his older hands he held a black silky object that Robin knew all too well, Batman's cowl. Gordon sighed a deep sigh before walking up to the camera and holding up the cape.
"I'm sorry folks... the Batman... is dead." With that, the TV was turned off by Cyborg as he finally realized that Robin was shaking uncontrollably.
Cyborg stared with wide eyes at the youngest member of the team. "Rob? Man, are you okay?"
Robin just kept shivering, suddenly, the phone rang on the TV meaning someone wanted a video chat, Raven quickly pressed the okay button and stared with wide violet colored eyes as Supermen appeared on the screen. He looked just a horrified as the Titans, he turned to Robin and even Beast Boy could almost hear his heart drop as he saw the boy shake in horror and fear. Without a word, Superman ran to the teleporters and was teleported to the main room of Titans Tower. There was no time to ask why they knew how to break there defenses so easily, Superman looked sorrowful as he stood in person before the five horrified teenagers.
"I'm so sorry, Richard." Superman said to Robin. "I... I should have saved him."
Robin didn't respond, he just kept shaking as he went into shook. "Wait, so who is the Batman anyways?" Beast Boy asked. "Like, is the world gonna notice if whoever he was dies or was he an average Joe?"
"Yes, they will notice for sure." Superman responded. "Batman is Bruce Wayne, or, was in this case." Robin winced at those words.
Raven stepped forward. "You called Robin Richard, right? So that makes him Richard Grayson, the adopted son and heir of Bruce Wayne AKA Batman."
Superman stared at the floor. "Yes, its all true. I'm sorry that Robin didn't tell you earlier. You see, he, Speedy and Kid Flash all took the heroes oath to never tell there ID's to anyone that wasn't in the JL, sorry kids."
Cyborg stood up. "We are NOT kids."
"Um, I've been wondering for a few minutes now... why are you all like two feet tall." Superman asked as he studied the Titans.
Beast Boy shrugged. "Super villain stuff, ya'h know."
Superman nodded in understanding, he himself had once even been turned into a cat after all. "I see, well, I have to take Robin and find out what Bruce said in his will on what to do in this situation, I know he updated it after he adopted Robin."
Superman sighed as he helped Robin to his feet. "Lets go." He said as he led Robin out the door.
Little did anyone know, but the Teen Titans wouldn't see Robin for another seven months.
A/N: What do you think? Lame, dumb, stupid? Please review!