It took hours to get back to Mount Justice and finish wrapping up all of their wounds.

Kaldur and Meghan had burns all over their bodies. Their skin had been ripped open in several areas and the cuts were rather deep. Superboy hadn't said anything and only let Meghan touch him. His face was completely covered in deep cuts, including his arms. Nobody understood how Dick could have ripped Superboy up so badly, Superman's clone should have been indestructible. Wally was still in excruciating pain, a huge chunk of his leg had been ripped open. He couldn't even walk on that leg anymore, he would collapse and yell out in pain. Artemis had been the only one to escape without any injuries.

But that wasn't what bothered them.

The team had been beaten down worse than this, so the injuries were nothing. But the fact that their friend, Robin, had tried to hurt them, had hurt them, was bothering. They knew the Joker was behind it, but they didn't know how it had happened. But they were determined to find out.

Finally, walking over to the computer, the team sat down and stared at the screen for a few moments. "Who wants to report to the League?" Artemis asked.

No answer.

"I guess I should be the one to do it, I am the leader of this team." Kaldur went to the large computer and typed in some codes. A few seconds later, the screen blinked on and the Flash appeared.

"Hey, I told you guys…um…what happened? I'm pretty sure all of you weren't that beat up when I left a few hours ago." The Flash looked shocked and angry at the same time. He knew they had done something against orders, and he didn't like it.

"We have some news on Batman and Robin to report." Kaldur's voice was sad and unsure. "We had contact with Robin, but he seemed to be under the control of the Joker."

Flash's eyes widened, "Then we have a lead, and we defiantly know that they are in trouble."

"Kaldur cleared his throat, "There is one more thing. It seems that the Joker has compromised the identity of Robin."

There was a short, awkward silence, and it seemed Flash was trying to calm himself or he was deep in thought. "I'm guessing that is what happened to all of you." Flash looked at the bandage on Wally's leg. "Kid, can you walk?"

"No," replied Wally sadly.

Flash sighed. "Alright. I'll report to the rest of the League. Rest up, I'll come by later so we can talk more about what happened."

The screen went black, and the team was left in silence.

"WHAT?"The anger was visible on Superman's face.

"We need to go to Gotham to check it out. If Joker really does have control over Batman and Robin, then he might also have control over the city. Flash and Superman go on ahead, we'll finish up here." Wonder Woman waved off the two men as they ran ahead, leaving her and Green Arrow behind.

"Is there really any evidence here?" Green Arrow asked.

"I don't think so. We must have had a bad lead. I'll get my jet." Wonder Woman sighed.

Climbing into Wonder Woman's invisible jet, they flew away to Gotham City. They had left behind a small abandoned building which lay in the middle of a grassy pasture. It had seemed like nothing was inside but spiders and bugs, but they were wrong.

It was the Joker's hideout, and the dying Batman was still in there. The Justice League had made a huge mistake, one they wouldn't be able to fix.

Flash ran side by side with Superman, reaching Gotham in only seconds. As they reached the edge of the city's limits they slowed down. It was the middle of the night and the full moon hung high in the sky. The outside of Gotham seemed nothing unordinary, gangs trading drugs in the alleyways and cop cars speeding through the streets. Ignoring the common criminals, the heroes raced inside the large city.

The Flash and Superman stopped in an alleyway near the middle of town to catch their breath. Flash poked his head out into the street, "It doesn't seem like Joker has done anything, yet." He turned his head to see Superman staring off into space with wide, horrified eyes.

"You obviously can't hear what I'm hearing right now." Then Flash's heart stopped. He understood.

Both ran to the center of Gotham to see the chaos, and it was nothing like they had expected. Civilians were running hopelessly through the streets screaming their heads off. Large men in black clothing were running through the streets. They were beating people down to the ground and then stabbing them. Then the men would laugh, they laughed that oh-so familiar laugh.

"Joker." Flash and Superman said with hardened voices.

Blood covered the streets, there was barely a clean spot to step on. Bodies lined the sidewalk, some twitching, some not. But they were all covered in red. Flash raced towards one of the men that was about to stab a young lady. Pulling his arm back, the crimson hero prepared his punch. Then at the last second, the man turned and looked at him straight in the eye.

Flash threw the punch and smashed the man's face, but it did no damage. Quickly grabbing Flash's arm, the large man threw him onto the ground then tossed him in the air towards a nearby building. The hero collided with the brick building and there was a loud crack. Falling onto the ground, Flash grunted and rose to his feet after a moment. He wasted no time racing back to his opponent.

Superman had chosen his own target and charged toward him. Superman was able to throw in a few punches and knock him to the ground, nearly ripping his head off. "Where is Joker?" The Man of Steel yelled.

"Right behind you." The man smirked.

Superman let out a large yell as something sharp pierced his lower back. Falling onto his knees, the hero's breath quickened and his eyes filled with liquid.

"See! Now that was funny!"

It only took a single second for Flash to notice his teammate was down. Running from his own opponent, he prepared yet another punch for his enemy. His fist hit right between the shoulder blades of the Joker. The pale man was forced down to the ground, then when he got his breath back, he laughed.

"Ha-ha, why so serious, Flash?" Joker tried to get back onto his feet but was knocked down once again by the Flash.

"What did you do to them? Where are they?" The Flash's tone was dead serious.

Turning his head to the side to look Flash in the eye, blood trickled out of his smiling mouth. "You mean the Dynamic Duo? Well…I don't know what happened to the rich playboy, but the little one decided to join my side. My own sidekick! Isn't that wonderful?" The Flash smashed the Joker's face onto the ground, sending more blood spurting onto the ground. Superman was slowly getting up behind him, but was still rather weak.

"I'm not kidding, Joker! Where are they?" The Joker didn't have time to respond. And even if he did, Flash wouldn't have heard him.

One of the Joker's goons had rushed over and punched the crimson hero in the side. The punch had been so powerful the Flash was sent flying in the air. First his head striked a metal light pole, which then collapsed onto the ground with large sparks of electricity. Then his body collided with a nearby building covered in glass. The glass shattered, and the hero fell onto the ground, motionless.

Superman was angry now. Letting out a loud yell he grabbed at the dark man's neck and pulled up. He only expected the man to be lifted into the air, but instead his neck became detached from his body. The black figure fell onto the ground, except for the head and neck which were still in Superman's hands. For a quick moment Superman looked horrified at the body, until he saw the wires sticking out of the head. Joker's goons were nothing more than robots.

"Wow. You really know how to ruin a party." Joker frowned. When Superman looked in the direction the voice had come from, nothing was there. Then he looked around more. The only thing that remained in the area was the robot lying at his feet, the dying people on the ground, and the Flash. "No!"

"Good golly, Superman what did you…oh. It's a robot?" Green Arrow ran to the kryptonian's side. His bow was in hand with an arrow already placed on the string.

"You came a little late, Ollie." Superman sighed. Wonder Woman was already at Flash's side, who was a few dozen feet away.

"Well, an invisible jet can only go so fast." Green Arrow growled.

"I need to report to the team at the cave. I have some information they may want to know. The people around here are either dead or dying, treat them for stab wounds." Superman walked away from the glaring hero. Pressing the button on his comm. link, he said, "Superman to Mount Justice. Come in."

The Boy Wonder woke up on the floor.

There was blood everywhere, and his heart stopped short when he realized it was all his. "What happened?" Robin groaned. There were voices in the background, but he didn't notice them. His head pulsed with pain, and he could tell a couple of his ribs were broken.

"See, I told you it was temporary."

Robin didn't look up at the man that was towering above him. He didn't think he could handle it anymore. Then he looked down at his own body, and saw he wasn't in his Robin costume anymore. "No…No!" He cried as he touched his face where his mask should have been.

"Relax, kid. You did a good job earlier. We got the message across. Now we're heading over to that place you were talking about earlier…umm…Mount Justice? Yeah, that's it. We're going to finish off that miniature Justice League."

"No." Robin said defiantly.

"I don't think you really have a choice. Bruce is still under my lifelines." The Joker laughed, and Robin grabbed at his ribs. "Anyway, if you think you can go and ask for help while we're there, you're wrong. They already know you are on my side, that you are my new apprentice. They won't help you…no one will."

Robin didn't understand what was happening. How did his friends know? Did the League know too? Something defiantly happened when he was under Joker's mind control, and it had been pretty painful. He didn't want to fight his friends; he didn't want to hurt them. But he needed to save Batman…

So with tears streaming down his face, he nodded at the Joker, "Okay, I'll do it."

YEAH! I updated! This chapter took forever, hardest one yet. But atleast school is over! WOOHOO! So I'll probably be updating more often :)

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