It didn't take long to discover that the security tapes in the cave were totally useless. Whoever had broken in knew exactly where the cameras were placed and took them out before they could get a good shot of him.

"Guess we're back to square one," Dick said. He looked to Wally hoping that he might have an idea of where to go from here. They were at a total dead end.

"Don't look at me, dude," Wally raised his hands in defense. "You're the detective here."

Dick smirked. Though his friend's last statement was true he had no idea what to do now. Lack of sleep was getting to him as well as stress. Couple that with the thoughts of his earlier conversation with Tim and it was surprising that he was even able to function at all at this point.

"Dude, maybe you should get some rest," Wally suggested. He knew the reaction he was going to get, but he didn't care. He was worried that Dick was pushing himself too hard and that everything was starting to take its toll on the younger.

"Wally," Dick started but his best friend cut him off before he could start the argument.

"Don't even start, Richard," Wally snapped causing the other to stare at him in shock. "I know you want answers but you won't be any good to anyone if you keep this up. You've had a long day, you're drained. I can tell. Look, Tim's safe and being looked after and I doubt things are really going to change by morning. You need to get some sleep, dude. This will all be waiting for you later. Go to bed!"

Dick didn't say anything. He didn't even move. It had been a while since he heard that speech and the fact that it had come from Wally shocked him even more.

"Well?" Wally demanded.

"You are never allowed to talk to Bruce or Alfred ever again," he joked.

"Dude," Wally smirked as he shook his head, "just go to bed. I'll hold the fort here."

Dick only nodded. He hated to admit it but Wally was right. Just the fact that he agreed with him proved Wally's point. He still didn't know if he believed Tim, but that could wait for the moment. He wouldn't be able to help if he ended up asleep on his feet.

"Come get me if Tim wakes, alright?" Dick asked.

"Sure thing," came the reply.

With that, Dick headed off to his designated room to get a few hours of well deserved sleep.

-break line-

The next time Tim woke he was more aware of how much pain he was in. he hadn't noticed before because of how upset he had been.

He looked around the room and noticed that Dick had left. Tim wasn't surprised. Knowing his older brother, Nightwing was probably trying to find who had attacked him. He knew that Dick trusted him but he also knew that Dick wouldn't believe that it had been Jason till he saw it with his own eyes.

"You'reawake!" came Bart's shout.

Tim nearly jumped noticing everyone in the room. Sure he had seen them when he glanced around the room but his mind hadn't registered them.

"How are you feeling, hermano?" Jamie asked.

Tim looked around at the genially concerned faces in the room. He sighed and leaned back into the pillows.

"I've been better," he said, "though it could have been worse."

"What exactly happened?"

That was Conner. Always direct and wanting to get right to the point.

"What did Nightwing tell you?" Tim asked looking directly at the clone.

"He said that you had been attacked," Conner elaborated, "in the bat cave."

"That it?" Tim asked nervously. He had been Robin for quite a while now and knew he had to keep secrets. However, Nightwing and Batman had been doing this for years and Tim was afraid he would slip up.

"He also said you saw your attacker," Jamie said crossing his arms over his chest. "Any idea who it was? Someone we know?"

'Yes,' Tim wanted to say but he knew he couldn't. One, secret i.d. Two, they would think he was crazy. Tim didn't know what to do.

Bart noticed the boy stiffen. Suddenly something clicked. 'It must have been him,' Bart thought.

"Um, guys, why don't was change the subject," Bart suggested. "I mean come on. He already told Nightwing and I'm sure he's working on it. Besides, he just woke up. Give him a second to breath."

The other three thought about it for a second before answering.

"Yeah," came Conner's sigh. "Guess you're right." He then shot Tim a look that said, 'this isn't over.' That was the one thing about having Conner as a friend. Much like Bruce and Dick, the clone was over protective. Tim didn't mind too much though. It meant that they cared and had his back. It wasn't like they were babying him or anything.

An awkward silence fell over the room. None of the boy's knew what to say. The four wanted answers as to what exactly happened to Robin but he clearly wasn't ready to give answers to anyone but Nightwing. Thankfully it wasn't a long silence since Wally chose to walk in just a few minutes later.

"Hey there, kiddo," he said when he noticed Tim was awake. "How you feeling?"

"I'm alright," Tim said quietly. He was getting tired of being asked that. "Where's Nightwing?"

"In his room," Wally answered taking a seat. "Hopefully asleep. He looked like he was going to pass out while doing research. Told him I would go get him when you woke up."

"Let him sleep a little longer," Tim said. "Can't remember the last time he got a good night's sleep."

"Figured," Wally huffed.

"So did you guys find anything?" Conner asked. He really wanted to know who had done this to his best friend.

"Not yet," Wally said rubbing the back of his neck. "Whoever it was knew where the cameras were and was able to take them out before they got a shot of him."

This wasn't exactly what they wanted to hear but it seemed to confirm Tim's claim. Who ever had attacked him knew the layout of the Batcave meaning they had been there before, more than once most likely. That narrowed it down to Batman - off world, Nightwing – at Mt. Justice at the time of the attack, Alfred – up in the manor, and Jason Todd – dead.

Things weren't looking good to say the least.

A/N: Ok, so I'm not completely happy with the ending but here is chapter 4. As always, I want to know what you all think. Thanks so much guys. ^_^