One of the guest reviewers, yuu101cutie, asked me if Wally knows Robin's true identity in this story. No he doesn't. In this story the only one who know's Batman and Robin's secret identities is Batman and Robin themselves

Also, before we go into the next chapter, I want to mention that I have taken a grand total of one general psychology class and have never actually been to see a psychologists. That means that I have no clue what is acceptable for someone in that role to say or not to say. I'm sorry about this, but I will try my best to get it right.


When Batman arrived at the batcave he immediately took off his famous cowl and searched the room for his adopted son. He didn't have to search long. Robin was standing a little bit away from the zeta tubes. He was wearing his normal red hoodie with a black jacket and black jeans. His dark sunglasses were still on, but Bruce knew his son well enough to know that he had been crying for quite some time.

Without even waiting for Robin to say anything, Bruce walked over to him, pulled off his sunglasses, and wrapped Dick Grayson into a tight comforting hug. Dick immediately allowed himself to sob. He was wrapped in the arms of his father so he felt safe enough to allow his emotions to spill from where he had been holding them back ever since the Artemis died in their simulation.

"I killed them," he sobbed.

"No," Bruce muttered. "They're alive."

"But I killed them during that simulation," Dick said.

"You only did what you had to," Bruce tried to convince Dick.

"I don't ever want to have to do that again," Dick whispered.

"We won't make you guys go through that again," Bruce insured.

"But what if it happens in real life?" Dick asked.

"Then I will be proud to know that you were able to save the world at all costs," Bruce answered. He really was proud of his adopted son. The youngest of the young justice team was the only one who was able to do what was necessary to save the world. Even though it had wound up that another ship had come from space in the simulation, in the real world Dick's actions probably would have saved Earth from the aliens that were invading.

Dick remained against Bruce's chest for a moment of silence until Bruce realized that the exhaustion of the past couple of days had finally caught up to him and he had fallen asleep in Bruce's arms. Bruce smiled and pulled Dick closer to him so that he could take him to his room.

Alfred, who had been waiting just outside of the elevator in the mansion, quickly followed Bruce to Dick's room so that he could open any doors. "How is he?" Alfred asked.

"Traumatized," Bruce muttered as he placed Dick into his bed and gently tucked him in.

Alfred nodded. "Should I get anything for him?"

"No," Bruce shook his head. "For now, I think that he just needs some rest."

Alfred nodded and waited at the door for Bruce to join him. Bruce quickly made sure that Dick was comfortable and muttered a promise to make everything right. Then he walked over to Alfred and the two of them left.

"What will you do?" Alfred asked when the door was shut behind them.

"I don't know," Bruce shook his head, "but I will make this right."

Alfred only nodded. He trusted that Bruce would make it right somehow, but he wasn't sure how long it would take and how long Dick would be able to take it.


"How do you feel?" Black Canary asked Kaldur. He sat patiently in front of her and allowed her to speak.

"I don't know," Kaldur shook his head. He didn't know how he should feel. He was upset, sad, angry, relieved, and happy. There were so many emotions that he couldn't pick one that he should tell Black Canary about.

"It's okay to be confused," Black Canary smiled reassuringly. "I'm here to help you get through those emotions." Kaldur nodded. He knew this needed to happen for all of the team in order for them to be able to work again so he would cooperate.

"I just don't know what I should feel," he admitted.

"No one can tell you that," Black Canary said, "but I can help you work through those emotions. Just pick one and we can start."

"I am relieved," Kaldur stated.

"Okay," Black Canary nodded. "Why are you relieved?"

"Because we're all alive," said Kaldur.

"That makes sense," Black Canary smiled. "After going through what you guys had to go through I would expect that emotion. Do you feel anything else?"

"I feel like I let the team down," Kaldur sighed.

"Why?" Black Canary asked.

"I died," Kaldur admitted, "and left the team without a leader."

"Robin took over as leader," Black Canary said.

"And the team died," Kaldur sighed.

"Do you blame Robin?" Black Canary asked.

"I shouldn't have left the team in his hands," Kaldur admitted. "He was too young. He was forced to take on a task that was much too old for him to handle. There was no way that he could have defeated them. I should have remained alive. I should have tried harder to get to the zeta tubes. I should have had Robin hack into the system to let more people through the zeta tubes. That way more people could have survived and Robin wouldn't have had to deal with such a burden."

"What would you have done?" Black Canary asked. "If you had survived?"

Kaldur stopped. "I don't know," he shook his head, "but at least the burden of leading a team wouldn't have fallen on Robin and the team might not have died."

Black Canary sighed. She knew she was starting to become bias towards Robin and this was just her first session with a man who didn't even really blame Robin for anything that happened. She would have to be more objective with the rest of the team.


"How do you feel?" This time Black Canary was talking to Artemis. She hadn't expected Artemis to be as deeply affected by the tragedy as the rest of them because she had been the first to die, but as Black Canary watched her she began to realize that the girl was just as upset as the others.

"I'm mad," Artemis answered. She didn't need any more prompting before she continued. "I can't believe I was caught so easily. I should have paid more attention. Then I wouldn't have died."

"Why do you think that you're so affected by your 'death'?" Black Canary asked.

"You know," Artemis sighed, "even after I died, I was still connected to everyone else. I could feel their emotions as I died. I felt overwhelming despair after I died. I thought it was the end of me until Robin convinced us all that we were still alive." Her fists clenched and her voice took on an angered tone when she said Robin's name. "I was so excited about the prospect of being found inside of the alien ship, because I was going to be alive. The despair of dying was nothing compared to how I felt when I found out that Robin lied to the team to convince them to participate in his fucked up plan. That bastard doesn't even deserve to be part of this team."

"Is that how you really feel?" Black Canary couldn't help but feel bad for Robin. The boy actually did the right thing, but none of his team members could see that past their pent up emotions. She was beginning to think that, though talk therapy would probably help them through the trauma, it wouldn't help them understand what Robin had to go through. Truthfully, she didn't even really think that she understood. The Justice League was only somewhat close, so they were able to offer up any of their members without feeling that they had betrayed a friend, but Young Justice was a close-knit group of best friends. Each moment that any of them was in danger, the rest of the team would worry for their friend. Perhaps the Justice League shouldn't have let this young team get so close, but now it was done and they could do nothing to change the past.

"Yes," Artemis said resolutely. In her mind there was no room for arguments and Black Canary knew that she could not bring up any without overstepping her bounds. Oh yea. This was going to be a lot harder than she originally thought.


Wow! I was not expecting so many comments so quickly. Thank you guys. I really appreciate it.

I have one more chapter written of this story at the moment, but, again, I don't want to post it all at the same time. So I'm going to post the next chapter on Saturday unless I get 5 comments before then. Thank you so much for reading.