This story happens after my story, Reveal, and soon afterevents of Trouble in Tokyo but before Memories, so, the Titans know both Robins and Batman's identities. So, refer to those stories, both on my profile, for clarification.

I do not own the Teen Titans or any DC character mentioned.

The teenagers had recently gotten back from Tokyo, and hadn't caught a break since, villains were fairly active and more had recently appeared. The Titans had just arrived back to the Tower after fighting Mumbo, who had escaped from prison, and after a fight with him in his own world, they had defeated the magician and returned him to his proper jail cell.

During the fight, the Titans had also been notified about a break in at Jump City's Wayne Enterprises building, though they were unable to pursue the criminal, tied up with dealing with Mumbo, they decided it was best to leave it to the police. The attacker had managed to evade JCPD and got away.

The police department told the Titans they'd be reviewing the case and do their best to find the criminal, but requested that the superheroes would check the police files and the security feed. They agreed, took the police reports, and made their way to their home.

"What'd he even steal?" Beast Boy asked, hovering over Robins shoulder as he reviewed the documents.

"A piece of technology," Robin replied, reading the paper, "according to the information Wayne Enterprises supplied the police, it was custom commissioned for the military. It destroys any shield and defense system in a 90 mile radius."

"Cyborg, have you tried accessing the security footage?" The empath of the team asked. The mechanical teen sighed, and shook his head. "I tried, but I can't bypass any of their security measures. I tried every way, but I can't get through their firewall."

"I can," the Boy Wonder stood up from the chair he was seated at, and made his way to the computer system Cyborg was at. The boy hooked some things up to their computer, and quickly bypassed the Wayne Enterprises security, typing in codes and passwords as he went. Soon, he arrived at the technology departments camera feed. Robin went through the recordings until he reached the time of the robbery.

The man in question fought smartly, his style was similar to Robins own in some aspects; relying mainly on martial arts. The man, who had a large build, continually knocked every officer out, and as reinforcements came, the man threw a smoke bomb, and disappeared.

Robin leaned back, his eyes narrowed beneath his mask. "Is there anyway to track him?" he questioned, looking toward Cyborg. The teen shook his head. Robin turned to Raven, "Is he in the city, at least?"

Raven crossed her legs and hovered in the air. "Yes," she confirmed, "not outside the city limits. Yet. The best we can do for now is wait until he's spotted again."

Robin sighed, stepping back from the monitor. "I should call Batman about this," he gritted his teeth. "See if he knows who the man that broke in was and learn more about the device. But I really, really don't want to," the acrobat groaned.

The rest of the Titans sat down on the couch, Robin with them, as he plopped down next to Starfire, intertwining his hands with her own. With his free hand, Robin switch it to the local news channel. Raven picked up a new book, and Cyborg, deciding that they always run the same stories, headed toward the kitchen to make dinner with Beast Boy in his tracks.

After some time, an alert popped up on their monitors projection. A bat symbol, and, upon seeing it, Robin groaned as he stood up, and Starfire with him, their hands still clasped. The alien princess knew how much Robin didn't particularly care for talking to his former mentor, so she gave his hand an encouraging squeeze, and soon the girl felt him return it.

Beast Boy and Cyborg, walked back to the monitor, all the while the changeling squeaked, "We're gonna talk to Batman! The Dark Knight!" Raven simply rolled her eyes and set her book to the side, standing with the rest of her teammates.

"I said I'd talk to Batman about this," Robin deadpanned, "Didn't think about him calling first." He sighed and reluctantly accepted the transmission.

"Titans," Batman said, his voice lacking any emotion. "Robin."

"I assume this is about the break-in at Wayne Enterprises." Robin stated, his tone of voice equally lacking any warmth to it.

"Yes, though I assumed I was going to talk about this to you, privately." Batman narrowed his eyes at his former protégé.

Robin clenched his fists in anger, drawing the Dark Knights attention to Robin and Starfires hands. A slight hmph was heard right before Robin sharply drew his hands away, bracing them against the area where the computers were.

"We're not doing this again, no. They're my teammates, you don't talk in front of them, you don't talk with me. They know enough." He hissed.

Batman quirked an eyebrow through his cowl at this. "So you've told them. Not surprising."

Robin only became more angry at Batman's comment, and he drew in a sharp air of breath to help calm him. "Look, we are not turning this into an insult game. They're my teammates, my friends, my family," he said the last word more harshly, an edge to his voice. "We've fought together many times. And I have never met anymore trustworthy people in my life." Robin drew back, and took his place besides his friends once again. Starfire and Cyborg, the two standing closest to him, set their hands on his shoulder, with Raven setting hers on Cyborgs, and Beast Boys hand rested on Starfires shoulder, a show of unity.

Robin looked up at the man to whom he had stood in his shadow his whole life. "Now," he seethed, "talk to all of us. The reason you called."

"Very well," Batman responded, seemingly unphased by Robins message. "A highly expensive chip that Wayne Tech was working on for the military was stolen, to halt secu—"

Robin cut him off, "We know. If we hadn't been busy dealing with a villain who recently broke out of jail, we would've stopped him. But we were forced to leave it to the police."

"There's your first problem," Batman intervened, changing the subject away from the price of tech, "you weren't there to stop him. Defeating your silly little rouges, when a high-end device was being stolen!"

Robins nerves were fried as he fired back, "We did what we had to do to keep the city safe! And mind you, your rouges gallery isn't all known for being intimidating upon first glance. But nonetheless, they're all a danger to the citizens. And we can't let any bystander get hurt. So you, you are not to tell us how to do our job and how to protect our city." Robin was fed up with his behavior.

As the two began their discourse, Raven sighed in irritation. The two normally rational and tactical heroes were arguing like toddlers over a toy. The rage Raven felt from Robin came off in dangerous spikes. His fury astonished her, but firstly annoyed her to no end.

"That's enough!" Raven said loud enough for the attention to be turned to her, ending the dispute. "You two arguing like children doesn't benefit anyone. So start being civil, both of you. We'll tell you what we know about the robbery, and you need to give us information on the man. We need to work together."

Robin crossed his arms and grumbled something inaudible. Batman cleared his throat, and continued on. "I checked the security cameras. I've concluded the man was one of Ra's Al Ghuls men, Ubu."

Robins face went slack at the news. The rest of the Titans hadn't heard of him, so Starfire spoke up. "Please, who is this Ra's that you speak of?"

"He's a dangerous man, he's the head of the League of Assassins, and wants to remake the world in his image." Robin answered.

"What could Ra's possibly want with that?" Robin pondered.

"There's countless things he can use it for, but his exact plans, and as to where he'll attack next, I'm not sure," Batman admitted, "That's why I need you and your team to join me. I'll be monitoring any large tech-based corporations in and near Jump. I believe he has attacked another one of my businesses in both Gotham and Steel City. I'll meet you all soon when we find out what Ra's is planning and discuss the next course of action." After finishing, Batman switched off the communication.

Robin sighed, knowing that there was no longer any use of being mad for him giving orders. He knew whatever Ra's was planning was bigger than his team—they'd need Batman's help, just as much as Batman would need them. Robin looked at his communicator and at the message: Meet me at the Batcave.

"Wait..." Cyborg said hesitantly. "He said we'd all meet up, does that mean we're going to—"

"The Batcave!" Beast Boy squeaked excitedly, "We are meeting Batman. At the Batcave!"

Robin grunted, annoyed. "Yes. Cyborg, how soon can you have the T-ship ready? We'll need to take that rather than the T-car in case." Robin asked his friend.

Cyborg stretched his hands out in front of him. "It needs some more fuel, but It'll be ready in no time." Robin nodded, "Good. I'll fill you all in more about Ra's in the ship. We need to leave as soon as possible."

He turned to his robotic friend. "Cyborg, do you still have those rings that you used when you became Stone?"

Cyborg nodded, "Yeah, I made a few prototypes to test. Why?"

"You four will need them depending on how long we'll be staying in Gotham. Just as a precaution in case we need to leave the cave."

"Hey, BB," Cyborg looked at the green changeling, "Can you grab them? They should be in a drawer by my computer."

Beast Boy saluted, and raced off toward Cyborgs room, changing into a cheetah, and as he ran by the kitchen island, the wind from his running knocking items off.

"On second thought," The half robot groaned, "that might not have been the best idea to send him."

Raven started to move toward the door, "I'll go make sure he grabs the right things, and doesn't get distracted in the process."

Robin nodded to the group before turning to walk off, "Tell me when were ready to leave, I'll be in my room if anyone needs me."

The Boy Wonder slammed his fist on the nearest table upon entering the room. He was annoyed with Batman, but more with himself for loosing his cool like he did. But this mission wasn't about him and his former mentors problems, he had to move past this feud in order to complete the mission. After all, the mission came first. It was bigger than him. It was bigger than the Titans. And, however painful it may be for the Dark Knight to admit it, it was bigger than him; than them all. They needed to work together, no arguing like that had happened earlier.

Robin sighed as he grabbed his necessities, reciting all the information he knew about Ra's. The Demons Head. The man who wanted to remake the world over in his image.

A knock was hear on the rooms door after some time. "Robin?" He recognized the voice. He opened the door, and saw Starfire standing in the doorframe. "We are ready to depart," she said. He grabbed his bag and swung it over his shoulder.

Robin gave her a soft smile, and took her hand in his as they made their way down the hall and outside where the T-Ship was waiting. "Let's go."

Eventually, all the Titans were ready to leave to stop Ra's Al Ghul.

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Bruce sighed, removing his cowel and leaning back in his chair.

"Seems you and Master Dick are on better terms than ever," Alfred said in his normal monotone as he placed a tray in front of Bruce that contained a cup of tea. "I could hear your dispute from upstairs."

Bruce rubbed his temples, "Maybe I'm too hard on him. But, I am glad to see he's doing alright."

"Send him my regards once you see him tomorrow."

Bruce nodded, "I will, Alfred." The billionaire smirked as Alfred passed him. "You know, Dick has a girlfriend now, the alien. Starfire."

"Really," Alfred commented, quirking an eyebrow.

He moved his head in confirmation. "Seems him and his teammates are close." Bruce let out a breath, "I'm too hard on him—he and his team can take care of themselves. Especially after what they did in Tokyo." Bruce had watched the broadcasts last week, the ceremony when the Titans were awarded medals and announced the new heroes of Tokyo. He was proud of his ward upon seeing the news of their victory, though, admittedly worried when he temporarily saw the boys mugshot.

"They'll be fine," Alfred assured him. Changing the subject, Pennyworth asked, "What do you believe Ra's is up to now?"

Bruce shook his head, "Not sure yet. He's only sent his goons to steal one piece of technology so far. Whatever he's planning, will definitely need more. I assume his goal is to a gathering, maybe of world leaders, people with power undoubtedly."

Alfred nodded, considering. "I shall alert Master Dick of any robberies in Jump City," he said as he walked toward the computer.

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