Chapter 2

Robin lay in his bed staring at the wall wishing his parents were here so they could tell him what to do. But they weren't they were in a grave sleeping an endless slumber. He knew he should probably go and apologize to Starfire, but he couldn't he was still mad at her for wanting to leave him and the others to go her home planet.

He glared at the angel head he still held in his gloved hand, "Why do you insist on leaving us?" he asked the head. He didn't except a responds but somehow he got one.

"It wouldn't be for ever you know that right Richard?" Robin whipped his head around to see who had spoken but saw no one. He gave a hesitant once over before he went back go staring at the motionless doll head, its silky hair creating a red pool of silk around it.

"I think you should let her go…" came the voice again, this time when Robin whipped his head around almost getting whip lash in the process. He caught a glimpse of the figure, he thought he was hallucinating.

"B-batman… Bruce… is that y-you…" Robin stuttered. He couldn't believe what he had just seen… Right, Batman hadn't died that he had known of. Had the Joker finally strangled the last laugh out of Batman…

Then Bruce appeared in front of Robin. Bruce Wayne had been dressed in his normal cloths, a black pants suit, with dress shoes. Bruce's ebony hair was slicked back from his face to show his big brown eyes. The only weird thing was that 1) Bruce was smiling and 2) he was transparent. "Good to see you remember me Richard." he gave Robin another wry grin.

Robin stared at Bruce, he opened his mouth then closed it open close. He couldn't think of anything to say to his old mentor except, "Are you dead?" he mentally slapped his self for asking such a dumb question.

Bruce emitted a low rumbling chuckle, "No I'm not dead," he gave Robin a warm smile before he continued, "I learned how to throw my soul when I was in Tibet… I could feel distress from you…" Robin still couldn't believe it but yet he knew he should, Batman or Bruce for right now always did have something weird up his million dollar sleeve.

Robin took his mask off, Bruce was the only one who he really trusted to see his true self besides Barbara and Alfred. He hadn't see hide nor tail of them for 3 years and yet here was Bruce floating right in front of him. Robin's icy blue gaze met the warm brown one of Bruce, "Why are you here?" he suddenly snapped, "I haven't talked to you in 3 years and now your suddenly here?" he said angrily.

Bruce didn't brake eye contact with Robin before he spoke again, "Richard, you need to learn how to except your parents aren't coming back… Mine died tomorrow and do you see me sulking around breaking the heart of the girl I loved the most?"

Then something hit Robin, Bruce did break the heart of the girl he loved most Wonder Woman or Diana Prince as known to Gotham. Diana was in love with Bruce and he loved her he just broke her heart by not ever telling her and rejecting her when she was reaching out to him.

"Didn't you break Diana's heart?" He didn't mean for it to come out as harsh as it did.

"Yes I did… Me and you are two of a kind, very much…" Robin looked at Bruce with a confused expression on his face. He was nothing like Bruce at all he never would be anything like Bruce. Yes they both were crime fighters and some times got way to wrapped in his work, that was all he could think of.

"Were nothing alike Bruce…" He said.

Bruce heaved a heavy sigh, "If you really think about it, both of our parents died when we were very young… we both love Alien princess's… Both of us are breaking the hearts of the alien's we love… Except one thing that separates us is that I have learned to let go of my horrible past as a child…" He looked up at Robin.

Robin thought to him self all that he said rained true. He was falling into the same pattern that brought the dark knight so much pain and happiness. He didn't want to lose Starfire he was the closest thing that he has ever let enter his heart. He didn't want to rip the wings from the fallen angel. He wanted her and everything that made her unique, he didn't want to hurt her like Bruce hurt Diana.

Robin pulled his icy gazed from the figure that stood in front of him, "So what do you want?" He still didn't know what he wanted, all he knew was Bruce was here to make him feel even more guilty about his actions earlier.

Bruce heaved another heavy sigh, "Well you've become a Christmas Scrooge from what I gather from your friends…" a slow smirk arose on his handsome features, "So I'm here to give you the journey that old man went through."

Robin looked at Bruce confused, "What? Are you saying that… I'm going to be visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future?" He couldn't help but laugh at this, until he saw the serious look on his face.

"Your being serious?" he said

"When am I not?" Bruce responded.

"Oh come on ghosts don't exist!" Robin shouted

"Don't be so sure… I'm here aren't I here?" That did make since the dark knight was standing in front of Robin, Transparent and floating.

"Whatever" Robin grumbled, "I'm going to bed. Have a merry Christmas and just for that Scrooge comment have a merry Christmas and Bah humbug!" Bruce looked at Robin with amused look in his eyes.

"Thanks I will…" and with that the Dark Knight disappeared into just that, the dark of his room.

Robin stared at were his once mentor stood, he grumbled to himself, "Yeah ghost of Christmas past. Bah humbug…."

"Richard! You know better than to mumble!" Came the scolding voice of his mother…