Short chapter, I've been in England for a few months on some school trip, they have a building there that looks exactly like the Wayne Manor! anyway, again, short chapter, I want at least 5 reveiws for another chapter. Enjoy!

Air! Need air! Cold not helping!

My foot was stuck under a piece of concrete at the bottom of the Penguin's ice cold tank in the zoo; my utility belt was about a foot out of my reach. My lungs were screaming for air and my vision was going fuzzy.

"Robin!"

I heard my Dad scream, I mustn't have been down here long; it felt like hours.

"Batman, you get Robin, I'll take care of Penguin!"

That was my foster brother, Dick, aka, Night Wing. We hung out often and he taught me some moves, though, I wished he wouldn't mess around with my x-box.

I heard a splash and felt a pulse of water push me down, I looked up and saw a figure swimming towards me, the figure grabbed the concrete and tried to shift it, suddenly, It moved off my foot and a pair of strong arms wrapped around me, a few seconds later, I passed out.

Holy shit, did Tim spike my coke again?

I groaned and sat up, clutching the side of my head, no, not a hangover…oh wait…I nearly drowned last night.

"Zak? Zak? How are you?"

I looked up weakly and saw Dick, over his shoulder I spotted Dad, he was asleep in the chair in front of the Bat Computer, and I smiled, "like someone who nearly drowned in a freezing cold tank." I said sarcastically, Dick chuckled softly, "Bruce was a wreck; if you check on the floor over there you can see where he paced a groove into the steel." He said, I laughed, then, tried to stand, I was a little wobbly but I could walk without pain.

I guess introductions are in order.

Hi, my name is Zak Wayne, eldest child of billionaires Bruce and Diana Wayne, aka, Batman and Wonder Woman. I'm twelve at the moment, and I'm an X-games champion three years running, as well as a snow boarding champion. Oh, and I'm the Red Robin, cool, huh?

Of course, I have to go to school for legal reasons, but I don't go to class, I hang out on the playground or in the library, friends aren't that hard to find. There's my best friend Joey Mason, he knows about the secret, my oldest and closest friend Ronnie Tae, she also knows, and there's Alex Jones, he knows, but is a little weird about it, he's a big fan of my Dad, freaky.

I climbed the stairs up to the mansion and walked into the kitchen, Mom gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek and my little sister, Maria, glared at me, I smiled at her, she had broken her leg in a training accident a few days ago and was out of action.

"Master Zak, my I interest you in an energy drink before you go to the skate park?" Grandpa Alfred asked, I smiled at him, and then spotted a bottle of that awesome new energy drink J-Shot on the bench, "sure, Grandpa," I said, he handed me the J-Shot. I smiled and raced out the door.

"Then, the Penguin hit me over the head with his umbrella and I fell in the water, when I tried to get out, one of his goons hit the detonator and a piece of concrete landed on me, I was trapped, I couldn't get my foot out and my utility belt was just out of reach." I recounted the story to my friends, who were wide eyed in suspense, "all of a sudden, Dad jumped into the water and tried to get the concrete off my foot. He was panicking and so was I, then, the concrete lifted and I was free, but I was so cold I couldn't move, Dad grabbed me a carried me to the surface, I passed out just as we hit the surface." Ronnie stared at me, I grinned, "and some of the leaguers and their families are coming over tomorrow, you're all invited."

Tomorrow, I woke up early to get ready for the day, I headed down to the cave and went to my little workshop in there, and, there, my masterpiece was, draped over a me-sized mannequin, I wasn't going to be Robin for ever, the costume was too…bright, this costume was much darker.

I called it the Black Shadow, it was based on an old design that kind of blew up, but that's fixed.

The Black Shadow costume consisted of a black plate shirt, a knee length leather jacket, a dull silver utility belt, a pair of black denim-like jeans, threaded nicely with diamond plating, and a pair of black, mid-calf high boots, on the face was a metal hood that could turn from a simple face mask, to a half face helmet, or a full face one with a breathing apparatus, Dad approved of the Black Shadow, and promised that I could go out as The Black Shadow instead of Robin after today, but, he never said anything about not taking it for a spin today, I needed to test run it before tonight.

So, what do ya think? I got a very thorough review from Jana Girl123, thanks, by the way, Jana, you really opened my eyes, Forcefully, I might add, but, thanks, all the same, so, for those of you who like chapter 2, too bad, so sad, ;( now, I'd like reviews for this chapter, worked really hard on it, thanks again Jana Girl123, no, Zak is not based on Damien Wayne, and, I'll give full idea rites to the first person to figure out my secret plot, I'll give you a hint, J-Shot, I'm allready writing up the 3rd chapter, so, you'd better hurry.

TDT