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"Batman." It was a simple word spoken by Black Canary, but the tone that it was spoken in told Batman that whatever words were going to follow that one would be serious. "We have a problem."
"What is it?" Batman asked in his normal gruff voice. Normally he would have just sat and listened for her to continue, but something about the way she voiced her thoughts made him understand that she was concerned for some reason.
"It's the Young Justice Team," she said cautiously. She knew how much any form of danger coming towards Batman's little protégé made him tense and ready to throw a batarang at whomever was stupid enough to say the wrong thing to him.
"What about them?" he growled. It was barely different from his normal voice, but Black Canary and the rest of the team had learned to know when Batman was angry. They all needed to know when to stay away from him because he was the only one who knew the secret to defeating each and every one of them. It was why he was their unspoken leader.
"They aren't recovering like we had hoped," she said shamefully. Her and the rest of the Justice League had been keeping a close eye on their younger counterparts ever since their horrible failure of attempting a fail simulation. The young ones had been so shaken by their fake battle that they had worried even the emotionless Batman.
Batman walked over to meet Black Canary in front of the large screen that she had been staring at when he walked into the room. It showed the view that one of the many hidden cameras was taking in Mount Justice at that very moment. The young team was sitting silently in the living room. M'gann was crying into Superboy's black shirt as she had been doing for several days after her powers had so quickly turned the harmless simulation into one that was so damaging. Superboy was holding her as close to him as he could without hurting her while looking to all the world like if anyone came to close to him and his girlfriend they would be on the bitter end of his superhuman strength. Wolf sat at his feet ready to attack if Superboy should come to any danger. Artemis stood at one of the nearest windows with an arrow held firmly in her hand as she stroked the feathered tip. It looked almost like she had strung the arrow in her bow, which was lying quietly right next to her, and was only waiting for a target to shoot at. Kaldur stood in a corner of the room tensely with his arms crossed over his chest and his eyes surveying to make sure that his team was still uninjured. Kid Flash sat unnaturally still on the couch across from M'gann and Superboy and his back facing Artemis. He stared at the two loves with his fists clenched painfully tightly and a barely audible growl springing from his throat every now and again when a certain memory of the event flooded his head.
"Where is Robin?" Batman asked as he noticed that the only one missing was his own.
"You should see this," Black Canary answered as she tapped a few buttons on the keyboard before her and everything started to rewind until a couple of hours after the failed simulation. Everyone sat in the exact same place except for Robin who sat on the longest couch, which faced the TV. He looked somewhat downcast as he waited in silence for whatever the team had to say.
"I want to know what happened," Kaldur said. "After I died. I want to know what happened."
M'gann bit her lip, but she started explaining everything to the best of her recollection, which was actually very detailed, to their team leader. Everyone else remained silent until finally M'gann got to the part where Robin had to sacrifice Superboy in order to complete their mission. Both Kaldur and Artemis gasped in shock when M'gann got that piece of information out through teary words and Wally growled angrily.
"How could you?" Kaldur asked disappointedly. He had been trying so hard to teach Robin how to lead the team and he had gone and sacrificed them right after he became the leader. He couldn't believe that Robin would betray them so easily.
Artemis strode forward and grabbed Robin by the collar of his shirt so that she could hold him up so that he was eye level with her. "Why the hell did you sacrifice your team?" Robin did nothing to even attempt to get out of her grip let alone to attempt to answer either of their questions. He just stared at them through the glasses that always hid his eyes from view.
"Because he's a bastard who doesn't care who he kills so that he can win in his mission," Wally growled as he stood up ready to sock Robin in the stomach. That's when Robin moved. He kicked his body up until he was flipping onto the back of the couch so that Artemis would have to release him or get a broken wrist and then he turned and walked towards the hallways that lead to all of their rooms.
"He hasn't come out of his room for anything but the necessities since that moment," Black Canary said after she paused the recording that they had been watching, "and when he does he is attacked by all of his teammates who think that he betrayed them."
"They blame him," Batman concluded.
"Yes," Black Canary agreed. "They blame him, but it is not only that that I am concerned about. The simulation affected them all much more than we had originally expected. I think they might need therapy."
Batman nodded as he looked at the different expressions of depression and rage that adorned the faces of all of the young team members. "I will take Robin," he said.
"I don't think that's a good idea Batman," Black Canary responded. "I think that you are too close to him to be an affective therapist. Allow me to help them."
"You can help the rest of them," Batman said, "but I will take care of Robin."
"Batman," Black Canary sighed. "I know he's your son and you want to take care of him, but he needs someone who he trusts but isn't close to to get this off his chest." It was common knowledge to all of the Justice League that Robin was Batman's son, but what they did not know was that Robin was actually adopted. Batman never bothered to correct them because if he did than they would be more likely to guess his, and consequently Robin's, actual identity. He wasn't willing to put Robin in that kind of danger no matter what the circumstances.
"You are right," Batman agreed. "He is my son, which is why I know that he will not respond to therapy as well as you hope he will. I know Robin. I will take care of him."
Black Canary sighed. There was no arguing with Batman no matter what the situation. The only thing to do was to agree and hope that the situation would go the way Batman thought it would. It usually did, but that didn't keep the rest of the team from worrying whenever Batman decided to do something and couldn't be persuaded against said decision. "If that is what you think will be best for him," she said.
Batman only nodded before heading to the zeta tubes where he and Black Canary would be transported from their base in space to the base that belonged to their young charges.
When Batman and Black Canary arrived at Mount Justice they were met with the same sight that they had left on the monitors back in the space base. The only difference was that everyone seemed to become a little tenser at the new intruders and they were all looking at them. Batman said nothing. He only turned and headed towards the hallway to go find his adopted son while Black Canary stepped forward slightly to gather all of the attention to herself.
"It has come to our attention," she said with a business voice, "that the team was affected much more than we originally thought. If we allow this to continue it will become dangerous on any future missions that the team encounters so we have decided that we will put you all through therapy."
"I'm not going to see some shrink," Wally growled.
"You won't just be seeing anyone," Black Canary said. "The information that you have is much to valuable to give to a complete stranger. You will be having therapy sessions with me."
"What about Robin?" Wally asked.
"He is going to be working with Batman," she answered.
"Why does he always get special treatment?" Wally pointed to Robin as he walked into the large room with Batman. His only response was to look up at Wally before quickly looking back at the ground.
"I will meet you in the bat cave," Batman said with his gruff voice.
Robin only nodded before turning to the zeta tubes and quickly disappearing through them.
"Good riddance," Wally said as he let his hand dropped.
"I want this entire mountain cleaned by the time that the therapist meetings start or you will all be severely punished," Batman growled at the young team.
"I was planning on starting in five minutes," Black Canary frowned.
"Than they had better hurry," was Batman's only response before he too disappeared through the zeta tubes.
"That's not fair," Wally said with his mouth open in shock. "That means that I have to clean the entire place by myself."
"That was the point," Black Canary sighed. "I will take you last so that you have more time to clean the mountain, but that is all the time I can give you. Kaldur, will you come with me please."
"That's not fair!" Wally growled again when Black Canary had disappeared to wherever she was taking Kaldur to.
"Please Wally," M'gann said. "We'll pay you back somehow."
"Fine," Wally sighed. "I bet that Robin would never do anything like this for us."
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