Author's Note: Sorry this one's so short. I own nothing, please review.
4. Debriefed and Depressed
The five remaining team members trudged into the briefing room where Batman stood glowering at them. He looked more threatening than usual. Wally quailed under his bat glare while the rest of them tried their best not to meet his eyes.
"Your performance was abysmal. You could have gotten your team member killed. You allowed yourselves to be separated and none of you could hold your own in a fight against a mind controlled member of your team, let alone free him from said mind control. I might add that it is one of the simplest mind controls to free someone from. All you have to do is wash the powder Ivy uses to control someone off. None of you will be patrolling in Gotham again until I decide you are ready. As to your actions after the battle I am disappointed in all of you." Superboy chose that moment to interrupt.
"Oh yeah you're disappointed in us but what about Robin. He the one keeping secrets from us! He took almost all of us down with barely a fight!" Batman's glare intensified as he turned to face the clone.
"The only reason Robin keeps secrets from you is because I told him to. He keeps his identity a secret because it was my stipulation for allowing him on the team in the first place. I require this of him because it would put many people at risk if Robin's identity was revealed, first and foremost among those people is Robin himself, we have made a lot of enemies all of whom would jump at the chance to hurt and kill Robin and anyone close to him." Superboy opened his mouth but Batman cut across him before he could get a word in.
"As to the tools and training Robin used to take you all down tonight, Robin protested heavily against these things when I first introduced their training into his daily exercises. Robin very nearly quit entirely when I began to require that he carry them around with him daily. However I pointed out that I have had to take down rouge or mind controlled members of the Justice League on multiple occasions. I gave Robin no choice in the matter." Wally was watching his feet. He felt a little guilty; he knew the truth about Robin. He knew that part of her training was to train against the Justice League and the team or at the very least simulations of them. He also knew her name and what she really looked like under the mask. He knew her biggest secret, that the Boy Wonder wasn't really a boy at all.
Superboy looked slightly guilty as well, looking down at his feet. M'ggan rubbed one of the bandages on her arm, Artemis looked angry which was really her version of upset. Kaldur however looked determined.
"We need to find Robin and apologize." The rest of the team nodded. Superboy called Wolf and they set off in search of their youngest member.
Batman sat back in his chair and smirked lightly. They would have a hell of a time finding Robin, the search in and of itself could be considered punishment but he would have to talk to Black Canary about stepping up their training and their lessons about major villains. He would also have her talk to Superboy about his attitude. Thinking about it Clark had pulled something similar when they had founded the Justice League. It was only after Bruce revealed his identity that he had finally let it go. Batman just hoped it wouldn't come to that this time around.