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CHAPTER ONE

Robin stumbled to the telephone booth that would zeta him from Gotham to the Cave, pausing for a second to hear the boom of his would-be-captors warehouse exploding. Robin took a moment to compose himself before entering the telephone booth.

It had been a rough day for Robin. In school, there was a lot of homework due, and a test in math. After school, Dick had immediately got into costume, and went to the Batcave. From there he went on patrol, but was told to meet back at the cave for training by 6:00. As Robin, he had went out on patrol and seen a large group of people walking into a warehouse. He had recognized one of them as Bane. Robin had gone in to investigate, and after a few failed attempts to report to Agent A, he realized that the communications were being jammed. Robin entered the building cautiously, and stayed out of sight. Once inside, he grappled into the rafters.

Robin silently threw some of his explosive robinrangs all around the circular group of people. When Bane stepped up to speak to the large group, Robin blew the explosives. The blast knocked out most of the goons, and knocked the rest down. His laugh rang out as Robin jumped towards the exit. The structural integrity of the building had been neutralized, so the warehouse would collapse on itself, and him if he didn't hurry.

Robin landed in a run, and was almost to the exit, when something hit him from the side. Bane had activated his venom pumps, and rammed into him. Robin was knocked off of his feet, landed hard on his left shoulder, and rolled so he was on his feet. He quickly dodged as Bane charged again. Throwing a few birdarangs over his shoulder, Robin sprinted towards the door. He heard Bane charging, and rolled out of the way. Robins biggest mistake was that he rolled into a corner of the warehouse where two of the walls met. As he slammed it with his shoulder, pain shot up his arm, from his bad landing earlier. Bane charged again, and Robin saw exactly what Bane had in mind. With Robin in the corner, he couldn't dodge to the side, without being trampled.

Seeing this, Robin waited and kicked off of the wall behind him, flipping upside down, over Bane, and grabbed at Bane`s venom tubes. It was only because his arm gave way that things weren't worse. When Robbin flipped up, he was holding himself with his hands. His left arm blazed with pain, and gave way. He fell down Bane's back, his right hand scrambling for purchase, and ripping one of the tubes out of the venom tank on Bane's back. Bane reached up, barely missing the boy wonders leg as Robin fell. Bane smashed into the wall, and the last of the small bit of structural integrity that had been keeping the building from collapsing disappeared. Large chunks of ceiling and bars started to fall.

Robin sprinted for the door, and just before he made it a large chunk of ceiling came falling straight for him. Robin tried to dodge, but the chunk caught his left arm, and blocked the only exit of the warehouse. A searing pain flashed though Robins arm again. Before Robin could get on his feet, Bane smashed into him. Robin flew into the wall, barely managing to land on his feet before he was punched back into the wall by Bane. Blackness swam across Dick`s vision, as he tried to keep from blacking out. Luckily, a piece of the building fell on Bane, distracting him long enough for Robin to unload his arsenal. Robinrangs flew everywhere, along with Birdarangs, and Robin backed towards the door. Finally satisfied that enough of his explosive robinrangs had been planted, Robin blew an exit in the wall, and ran. Quickly pulling up his glove Robin checked the time. It was already 6:05, so he would have to leave Bane to be picked up by the Police, who he could hear in the distance. As he ran, he tapped the button to arm the rest of the explosive robinrangs in the warehouse, and pressed the countdown button. It would take about half a minute to blow, so that gave him just enough time to get to the telephone booth.

…

"Robin B01" the computer said as Robin zetaed into the cave. Wally and Kaldur were seated at the couch, and the rest of the team was nowhere to be seem.

"Your late," Wally said with a smirk.

"We decided to wait until you arrived to start the training," Kaldur said.

"Hey," Superboy called in from the training room. "how much longer are we going to wait? The girls are anxious to get started."

"Robin has finally arrived, so we can start anytime," Kaldur called back.

Kid Flash had just ran to the training area, when the zeta tubes activated again.

"Batman 02" the computer said as Batman appeared.

"Batman," Kaldur asked "to what do we owe this honor?"

"I've just come to assess the team, and determine if you are ready for a new member" Batman said, walking towards the training area.

Kaldur and Robin walked behind him "Alright, today we will do a tournament" Black Canary said, as everyone walked into the training room. "The matchups have already been picked. Robin vs. Kid Flash, Aqualad vs. Zatanna, Superboy vs. Ms. Martian, and Artemis vs. Rocket. Robin, Kid Flash, you start." Kid Flash zipped to the arena, and Robin followed after. "Begin" Black Canary said, watching.

Kid Flash ran at Robin, only to get thrown over him, and smack into the wall. Kid Flash landed, and Robin was on him in an instant. A well placed knee to the stomach, and a throw sent Kid Flash stumbling towards the other side of the arena. A birdarang hitting him in the back of the head was the only think that kept KF from falling backwards, and loosing. However, this sent him forward to a waiting Robin, who kneed him in the stomach again. Robin then elbowed Kid Flash in the face as he stuck his foot behind KF's legs. Kid Flash tripped backwards, and landed on his back.

"Fail, Kid Flash" the computer said, as Robin helped his friend up.

"Nice job Robin. 8 seconds," said Black Canary, as Robin and KF walked back to the side. "and Kid Flash, work on your technique, Robin had you from the start."

Robin slumped against the wall watching as Kaldur and Zatanna walked to the center of the training are. Boy was he tired. This last week was really catching up to him. He would have to finish this fast so he could go get some rest before he passed out. Completely absorbed in his thoughts, Robin missed the short spar in which Kaldur schooled Zatanna.

"Aqualad, you face Robin now," Black Canary said as she motioned for Robin to come join Aqualad in the center of the room. Robin walked forward to the center of the room, and prepared himself. He had no idea how much longer he could last, but the quicker he finished this the better. "Begin"

Robin quickly ran at Aqualad, catching him off-guard. It wasn't Robin's style to run into a fight, but Aqualad reacted, preparing for the eminent strike. Robin frontflipped over Aqualad, kicking him square in the back. Aqualad stumbled forward, bringing out his water sword and shield to block the eminent birdarang that was coming in. However, he wasn't prepared for the birdarang to explode right before it hit his feet, and cover them I foam. Aqualad was about to chop himself free when Robin kicked him in the chest. With his feet encased in foam, Aqualad lost his balance, and fell backwards. "fail Aqualad," the computer said as Aqualad cut the foam away from his legs.

Batman eyed Robin carefully. That was an unpopular tactic in training, as it didn't truly test anything about your personal skill. It just proved the point that if someone has lost their stability, they can't stay on their feet if you hit them.

Robin leaned back against the wall again to watch, fighting the wave of sleepiness that rolled over him as he did so. Robin accidentally closed his eyes and barely managed to open them before he went to sleep. He was so tired.. looking back at the fighting arena, Robin was surprised to see Superboy, and Rocket fighting. He must have closed his eyes for a bit more than a second or two, and missed Superboy beat Ms. Martian, and Rocket beat Artemis.

Superboy quickly dove at Rocket, so when she put him in an energy bubble, she would be in it as well. As predicted, Rocket placed Superboy, and accidentally herself into an energy bubble. One good punch from Superboy knocked her into the wall, and she collapsed the bubble, lying on the ground. "Fail, Rocket," the computer said, as Superboy helped her up.

Robin blinked a few times to dispel the sleepiness that had overcome him. Of course no one could see this because of his mask, but he needed to be at the top of his game for this one. He jogged to the center of the room, ready to move. "Begin" Black Canary said, and Robin ran. BIrdarangs seemed to fly from every direction at Superboy. The only thing that was missing was Robin's signature laugh that always seemed to be there whenever he did something like this. Suddenly a cable shot from the ceiling, wrapping around Superboy's legs, and pulling him into the air. He was immediately dropped, and Robin ran at him, kicking Superboy so that he couldn't land on his feet. "Fail, Superboy" the computer said before Superboy could climb to his feet. Robin held out a hand to help him up, but Superboy slapped it away. He obviously still had some anger issues.

"Robin," Batman said, not even trying to hide the disapproval in his voice.

Robin tried hard to hide the dread he was feeling. If he didn't get some rest soon he would pass out. "What?" Robin asked.

"Stop holding back, your team needs to know what you can do." Batman stated.

"Wait…he was holding back?!" Wally exclaimed.

"Yes," Batman replied.

"Ok, how can I 'show them what I can do` without them being able to last more than a few seconds against me if I were to get serious?" Robin asked Batman.

"I'll help you show them," Batman said, much to the dread of Robin. If he had to fight with Batman for more than a few minutes he would probably pass out, and he couldn't do that.

"How about we show them tomorrow" Robin asked, playing the last of his cards he could use against Batman to evade having to fight.

"Now" Batman said.

"Ok," Robin said to himself. "I`ve been training for this, It`s time to see if I have what it takes." Robin stepped towards his mentor, and the team, stepped back a few paces. As did Black Canary. Robin took a deep breath, calming himself down, and actually waking him up a bit more. And then Robin sprinted at Batman. They fought for about a solid minute before Batman got he upper hand. He had inadvertently kicked Robin's injured shoulder, causing Robin to hesitate just a second to long, and get a stomach full of fist. Robin almost collapsed, but instead managed to do a one-handed front handspring, and kick off into Batman's face, and do a backflip back to the ground. The pain in Robin`s arm, and his will to win was all that was keeping him conscious now, and as the pain started to lessen, Robin felt himself start to slip. He probably didn't even have a minute before he would pass out, so he had to hurry.

Robin quickly kicked off of the wall, and back into the fray. To anyone watching it would probably look sort of like a dance, each one flipping, kicking ducking, punching, and jumping just perfectly so that neither one could find an opening. Batmans leg hit Robin hard, sending him smashing into the wall. Robin`s left arm smashed into the wall, and it flared in pain. Robin stumbled to his feet, barely keeping conscious through the combined pain and tiredness. It would be so much easier to just give in and call it a day. But Dick was determined. He wouldn't give in. Period. Everyone watched in awe as Robin started to flip across the training area, landing hit after hit after hit on Batman and receiving only a few himself. One solid kick sent Batman stumbling, and another knocked him back. Seeing his chance, Robin swung his left leg into the back of Batman's knee, swiveled, and elbowed Batman in the chest, sending him toppling backwards.

"Fail, Bat…" the computer abruptly stopped, almost as if it could feel Batman`s glare.

Breathing hard Robin walked towards his room at the cave. He didn't usually sleep here, more accurately he never slept here, but they gave all of the members a room, just in case. Robin rounded the corner, and got to the last bend before his room, when the blackness hit. His vision blurred, and Dick managed to take a few more steps before he collapsed…