Don't you love it when things don't go as planned? Like when you go to get a drink during class. And a couple of ninth graders at lunch decide to through a phone in your direction. Yeah I hate it when things don't go as planned as well. Usually only if it gives you a black eye. Ninth graders hate me. I DO NOT OWN YOUNG JUSTICE AND OR THE JUSTICE LEAGUE OTHERWISE THIS WOULD NOT BE CALLED A FAN FICTION.
Take Flight
Chapter 4: Nightmares and Memories
'Mt. Justice'
To say he was confused was an understatement. The team was sitting on the couches in the entertainment room. They had been watching a movie; but Robin really wasn't paying attention. He had his laptop in his lap as he sat in an arm chair and watched parts of the movie.
Wally was sitting in an arm chair next to him eating popcorn. M'Gann was curled up in Conner's chest on one of the couches; and Artemis and Kaldur where on the other. Wally looked over to Robin who was just typing away on his laptop.
"Dude your on electronics twenty-four-seven. Can't you take a break and watch the movie?"
Robin rolled his eyes behind his sunglasses, but closed the laptop anyway. This earned a smile from the speedster. "See dude it's not that hard."
Once again Robin rolled his eyes. He looked at the top of his laptop; it had a red R on it.
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Mary Grayson was finishing up helping her husband John with his outfit she had made.
Once she was done they turned around to look at the nine year old in the shadows.
"Okay, Dick, come on out now."
"No, I look like a loser." The boy said still hiding in the shadows.
"Your mother put a lot of work into the new costumes." His father said trying to get the boy out of the shadows. "Are you going to just stand there?"
The boy walked out of the shadows, just enough to be seen by his parents. He tugged on the collar of the outfit. It had green leggings and green boots. The top was red with a few yellow strips. On the left was a black R in a yellow circle.
"Is there a reason this costume has to be so," he paused looking for the right word, "Colorful?"
His mother walked up to him and kneeled down to eye level. She let a smile come a crossed her face. "Because when I see you up there, Richard, you make me think of a little robin." She put her hand on the R on his costume.
He looked at his mom and put an insulted face on. "Ugh, a robin, like the bird? You know kids my age get beat up for nick names like that."
His dad walked up next, "How about we call you our flying squirrel, better?"
Dick put a smirk on his face. "You know dad I'm not the only one that looks like a loser."
"Loser? I'll show you," John Grayson grabbed Mary and Dick pulling them into a bear hug. Making all three of them laugh.
They were happy and smiling; at least, for one last time.
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"Rob? ... Robin? … Dude," Robin quickly snapped out of the past memory.
"What?"
"You blanked out dude; movies over."
"Oh sorry," Robin got off of the couch and started heading towards the spare bedrooms at Mt. Justice. Bruce was still on the out of world mission, and Alfred was with family; so there was no point in going home.
Wally followed him until he went into his room shutting the door on Wally. He walked over and laid on his bed, opening his laptop once more. An email popped up; which was kind of odd considering this was his Robin laptop and only used it as Robin.
He opened the note; a small message popped up from unknown.
Bird still keeping secrets is he? Blocking out his friends?
Did you have fun with Scarecrow?
What about his fear toxin? I hope you saw them fall all over again!
You should let out your secrets little bird; if you don't.
You might just start betraying your friends!
Ha-ha!
Until next time; sweet nightmares, Boy Blunder.
Robin shut his laptop; the notes seemed to get longer every time a new one came. But what did they all mean? The first note, the one with Betrayal on it made sense. Someone would betray him or he was betraying someone. The next note was more threatening, saying that secrets could kill the ones you loved. And this one obviously showed that someone was spying on them.
The first two didn't connect but with the third note it made more sense. Obviously someone knew who he was. And whatever Robin did to them; they wanted revenge.
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M'Gann sat crying in the corner of the room; Conner trying to comfort her. Kaldur and Wally looked shocked as they stared down at the motionless and bloody body of none other than Batman. Artemis was throwing and hitting things.
"This is what happens when you trust someone too much! You get nothing but pain! He killed his own mentor he can't be trusted!"
"Robin would never do this! He had to have been framed!" Wally protested not wanted to believe any of it.
"We saw him with our own eyes Wally! He betrayed us; and what sucks more is we didn't see it coming!" Artemis threw her hands in the air for emphasis. "He was the most secretive; we weren't even allowed to know what color his eyes were! How could we have trusted him at all?"
"Nice speech Arty. You think of that yourself?" A dark voice asked followed by a cackle. A Bat-a-rang flew through the air hitting Artemis directly in the head; killing her on impact. Blood splattered on the ground and on the walls. M'Gann screamed; Conner stood up and quickly walked in front of her.
"Ha and to think I thought of you as leader you're a joke. I might just have to stab you in the back." Another cackle was sent through the dark. Kaldur fell to the floor making Wally scream. A knife was in his back and blood was gushing out of the wound. "Literally," Robin laughed again at his own joke. Robin jumped from the rafters in the Mountain; landing right and front of Conner.
"Hey Con, let's play a game! What glows green and can kill Superman?" Robin pulled out a chunk of kryptonite; shoving it into Conner's chest. The Krypton fell to the floor dead, Robin cackled devilishly. "Darn, you didn't answer fast enough Supey!"
He walked over to M'Gann. "Maybe your better at my game;" Robin looked down at her. "Tell me Miss. M, what has helped humans but hurts Martins?" Robin got a devilish smile and cackled. He pulled out a small gun like device, no bigger than a pistol. "Fire," he pulled the trigger making fire came out of the barrel. M'Gann screamed as the fire began burning her skin; the fire engulfed her. She dropped dead, her body next to Conner's.
Robin turned around to the last remaining Young Justice Member. Robin had a smile a crossed his face as he stepped over the bloodied body's. "Hey Wally, what you been up to?" Robin's voice was dark and full of venom.
"W-why are you doing this dude? W-we're your friends," the boy screamed.
"Wally, you really thought I was your friend? I mean Artemis did have a point." The boy gestured to the girl on the floor bleeding from the head. "How can you trust someone with… secrets?" Robin ran at the red head pulling out one last Bat-a-rang and stabbing it into his ex best friend's neck. The boy fell to the floor; his eyes wide with shock, fear, hatred, and hurt.
Robin looked around at his work. The once joyful entertainment room was now soaked in blood.
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Robin let out a horrid scream as he awoke from the dream. His hair was plastered to his head with sweet; and he was panting heavily. He scanned his room nothing was out of place and there wasn't blood anywhere. What irritated him though is he didn't remember falling asleep. He looked at the clock realizing it was three in the morning.
He curled into himself; he knew he would never do that to his friends but the odds were against him. He was too secretive; what if he got brainwashed again? What would he do? Do nothing as he watches his brainwashed self kill all his friends and loved ones?
Was this what the notes meant?
Robin didn't want to but exhaustion overtook him once more and he fell back asleep.
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Conner was very confused the next morning. He didn't know why he was confused; but he was. He had heard a scream in the middle of the night. It was Robin's, but why would the Boy Wonder be screaming at three in the morning? He didn't get attacked did he?
M'Gann looked at Conner who was just staring at the table. "Conner, are you ok?"
"Hmm, oh yeah I'm fine. It's just…"
"What is it Conner?"
"I heard Robin scream, last night. He sounded like he was in pain; or like he was scared."
"Do you think we should check on him?"
"Check on who?" Wally asked speeding into the room.
"Robin, Conner heard him screaming during the night."
"I'm sure the dude's fine."
As if on cue the Boy Wonder came into the room; looking rather pissed off.
Wally ran over to Robin as he sat on a bar stool.
"Hey Rob," the speedster said childishly, "What's bugging you?"
"Nothing Wally, go away." Robin said irritated.
"I know something is up. Just tell me Rob, we're your friends."
"W-why are you doing this dude? W-we're your friends."
The terrified words Wally had said in his dream came flooding back to him. All the blood; the screams; the bodies of his lifeless friends and mentor; rage filled the young boys body.
"Wally Am spus ca a fost bine!" Robin yelled in his first language, startling everyone in the room.
"Bro what are you talking about?"
"Doar lasă-mă în pace," Robin got up and walked away from his friends.
"What did he say?"
"I'm not sure, what language was he speaking?" M'Gann asked confused.
"I think it was Romanian?" Superboy said, shaking off the shock.
"Why would he be speaking Romanian?" M'Gann asked.
"He's trained by Batman, he probably knows every language. Just, why that one?"
The three teens looked at each other and shrugged.
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"Nice save, but I thought you wanted Zucco to get what was coming to him?" Batman looked over to the police cars taking Zucco away.
"Well, he did didn't he, justice."
"I've been thinking Dick. I'm not sure Bruce Wayne has what it takes to raise you properly."
"Yeah, kind of noticed he's never around," Dick folded his green gloved hands. "But if not Bruce Wayne? What about the Batman?"
"We would have to give you a name."
Robin thought for a moment. Then looked down at his circus outfit his mother had made him the night before their deaths. An R that originally stood for Richard was on the left hand side. Batman had his eyes still on the cop cars not noticing what Dick was doing. "What about Robin?"
"Like the bird?"
"It's a family name," Dick smiled watching the cop cars drive away.
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Tomorrow; twenty four hours. That's all he had until it came. The day he had regretted all these years. The day his parents left this world; left their son; to fend for himself. The day that Tony Zucco had taken the bolts off of the top of the trapeze wire. The day that he was taken in by Bruce; the day that his childhood was robbed of him; the day they fell. The day they died.
Now I got a black eye and I'm angry. They said they would play YJ today. Well I already checked and there not! So now were still stuck with no episode! QUESTIONS CAN BE ASKED IN THE REVIEWS AND WILL BE AWNSERED NOT TO LONG AFTER POSTING.
