I jolted awake, that seems to be happening a lot lately. I hope that this is real this time. I looked at my watch. 5:08pm, if I hurry I can still make to the mission. I know Batman will say that I can't come but my team trusts me over him. Therefore, if I lie they will believe me. I used the vents to sneak down into the Bat-cave and got to the Bio-ship before the team by using the zeta-tube.
About half an hour later I hear Wally run into the room. "Rob, what are you doing here?" A few minutes later the rest of the team was there.
"Batman has informed us that you will not be joining us on the mission." Just as planned.
"He only said that because he didn't know if I'll be awake by now. But since I am, let's go." Great, now they are worried and confuse.
"Awake? What happened?" Quick, think of something.
"Training incident, but I'm fire now." They looked at me, up and down. For a moment, I could tell that they didn't believe me but that quickly faded. Kaldur nodded. As everyone walked onto the ship, Wally pulled me to the side.
"Dude, what exactly happened during the training because if it's-"
"Don't worry KF, it's not bad. It's just a few headaches here and there." The last sentence needed to be said even if it sent Wally into a worry state. The "headaches" are actually the after math of the dreams. You know, the ones that hurt so much that might make me pass out.
A few minutes later we were all in the Bio-ship, flying though the sky. "Kaldur, I think we should keep Robin on the side-lines." This surprised me.
"No! That's not needed."
"Dude, you said it yourself, with those on and off headaches, you shouldn't be alone and you shouldn't fight."
"In other words, you think Robin shouldn't be here." Kaldur broke up the oncoming fight. Wait. What have I done? I've put myself and my team, not to mention the mission, at risk. I even sneaked past Bruce and Alfred.
"I'm sorry." I said it so softly that I would've bet money on it if Superboy wasn't here.
"No." Conner said.
"No, what?" No, Robin should be here?" Anyone could see that Artemis was mad.
"No. Robin, you don't need to be sorry." At this, I could see everyone flinch.
"Superboy, I knew I was not well and yet I lied to you guys and came on this mission. I'm sorry for endangering everything. I'm sorry for getting in your guys way." I stared into my lap, afraid to look up.
"Rob, we're a team. Everyone plays a part." Wally tried cheering me up. The more I think about it, the more I realize, I'm always in their way. Should I quit?
"We're here." Megan, I almost forgot she was here.
"Megan." Kaldur ordered and she nodded.
"Mental link is up."
"Okay. Robin, can you hack from far away." He looked at me.
"Yeah, but it'll take longer."
"Good here's the plan." The plan was for Ms. M and Artemis to sneak in after I hacked the building from outside. Once clear, KF and Aqualad will go in and finish the job while Superboy protects me. Like I said before, that was the plan but it went wrong.
"We've got to move." Superboy incited me to finish what I was hacking.
"Done, let's go." We ran to a new location so we would be harder to find.
"Superboy, Robin. We need back up." I looked at Superboy.
"I'll call the League and catch up." He nodded and super jumped to the building. Like promised, I called the League and caught up but the moment I stepped into the same room as the team, green gas flooded the air around me. Everything slowly went black and I couldn't move.
When I woke up I couldn't see anything; it was too dark to see. I could feel that my hands and feet were tied together to keep me from escaping and my head was pounding. I think I near the docks because I could hear the waves crashing into the shore. Plus, the air smelt salty even though the air supply in this, most likely, shipping crate was running low. I could still taste the bitterness of the know-out-gas that they used on my team and me. Where was my team? Are they okay? Are they looking for me? Do they even care? Why would they care? I'm just another powerless human that they need to protect. I wish I never became Robin. I heard someone was trying to open the crate so I closed my eyes and pretended to sleep. I waited and waited and then I felt a ridiculous burning sensation in my stomach. Putting my hand on my stomach to ease the pain did nothing for me except tell me that a warm sticky liquid was there. I opened my eyes to be greeted with the sight of my blood covered hand. Within moments, I realized that I was free for now and started walking away, once and awhile, leaning against other crates when I got dizzy. "Robin!" Before I could even blink, Wally was helping me stand and guiding me to who knows where. "Dude, where have you been?" He put pressure on my wound. "They stabbed you!? Oh, they are going to pay!" Wally was fuming with rage.
"Who? What? When?" Those three words were all I could say as black spots started to appear in my line of vision.
"I'll explain later, for now you have to focus on staying awake." Wally spared me a worried glance as the Bio-ship came into view. Darkness was so calming and peaceful.
"Sorry." I said that when I accepted the darkness' help to pull me into a deep sleep.