Hey all!

I wanted to try out a forum challenge so this is for Students of the Arts, 'You Are The Music In Me: Song Challenge' in the Young Justice Fanfiction Challenges forum.

This is a Batman one-shot (unless people want more, then it will be added to the list of stories waiting to be continued).

Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice and this song is 'Take Me Away' by Avril Lavigne.

~I cannot, find a way to describe it
It's there inside; all I do is hide
I wish that it would just go away~

It's like someone's pushed me off the edge of a cliff. I'm falling into a dark hole, not caring about what's at the bottom, only knowing that I'll never reach the light again no matter how hard I try. But at the same time it's not. I've felt this feeling before, yet I've never experienced anything like this. I think there's a word to describe it somewhere in my vocabulary, or maybe it comes from the heart, but I'm too afraid to admit it. I want it to leave me alone and never come back.

~What would you do, you do, if you knew
What would you do~

What would you do if it was me who died, would you keep living? If you knew you were going to die, and if you knew the devastation it would cause, would you have still gone out that night? What would you do?

~All the pain I thought I knew~

I thought it would be like the pain of losing my parents or of losing Jason or Alfred. I never imagined that it would hurt ten times worse. It was like nothing I've ever experienced before, not in all my years of being Batman.

~All the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said
Back and forth inside my head~

Whatever I do I think of you. When I'm suiting up for Batman, your old Robin costume glares daggers at me, and when I need assistance, your numbers still the first one I call, only to find its disconnected. When Bruce Wayne walks around his manor, he can only think of all the things you used to do, be it playing video games with Jason or tag with Tim, Steph and Damian. I don't know about you, but I regret a lot of things. Especially not calling you 'son' or telling you how precious you are to me. I regret it so much and my mind won't let me forget that because it echoes inside my head.

~I can't handle this confusion
I'm unable; come and take me away~

The thoughts are too much to cope with and the pain is so confusing. I'm a mess. Batman's violent and sloppy lately, while Bruce is down and depressed all the time. I'm slightly aware that I'm neglecting the rest of my kids, see I'm not a suitable parent. Tim and Steph deserve better, and Damian would be better off with his mum. Please talk to whoever you're with up there and ask them to take me away.

~I feel like I am all alone
All by myself I need to get around this~

I know I'm not alone but this manor feels so empty without you. When we lost Jason, you and Alfred helped me through it. Now I have no-one. I have to get over it myself. I don't know if I can.

~My words are cold, I don't want them to hurt you~

Dammit, Dick, you should have stayed home instead of doing your usual disappearing act. You left everyone who cares about you here suffering. I'm not always cold, but you know that, so why did you treat me like I didn't have a heart? Why did you have to leave?

~If I show you, I don't think you'd understand
Cause no one understands~

You're watching from up there, I appreciate that, but I don't think you'd understand. It's pure heaven for you and I'm glad you're happy, so you probably won't be able to understand. No-one understands.

~All the pain I thought I knew
All the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said~

I thought it would all be okay, letting you go to a better place, to be with your parents. Your face is everywhere and deep down I can't help but feel I was responsible for your death. All the reminders you left behind are painful. And I still can't believe I never called you 'son'.

~Back and forth inside my head~

I imagine how I saw you last, battered and beaten, over and over again. Like a reoccurring nightmare that I'm forced to relive.

~I can't handle this confusion
I'm unable; come and take me away~

Really, I don't know how to withstand the pain; it's too confusing, tugging me here and there. I'm unable to do anything because grief weighs me down.

~I'm going nowhere (on and on and)
I'm getting nowhere (on and on and on)
Take me away
I'm going nowhere (on and off and off and on)
(and off and on)~

I tryto move on but I just don't get anywhere. Like a treadmill. I keep walking on and attempt to live my life, but I don't want to. I want it to end. I don't want to walk through this endless dessert.

~All the pain I thought I knew~

Is there a point? No! I've lost far too much! Grief has weakened me to the point where I'm no use to anyone. I'm a danger to everyone.

~All the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said
Back and forth inside my head~

I want to see you again. A second-time grieving father reunited with everyone he's ever lost. When I look at Tim and Damian, I think of you instead. They miss you too; you were a good influence on them. I'm so proud of you, son. You'll always be with me.

~I can't handle this confusion
I'm unable; come and take me away~

I just can't do this anymore. No more! I can't sit here and pretend nothing's wrong just like I can't replace you. I'm unable to keep living. I'm dangerous and filled with sadness. Everything I used to protect people from. I need to be taken away.

~Take me away~

Kill me or I'll kill myself.

~Break me away~

Save me from myself!

~Take me away~

Take me away from the pain.

Thanks for reading, please review! Sorry if it's a bit depressing but that's all I could make from it. :]