Ok! I finally found time to work on my stories! And first on my list is Piano Keys! Mostly because it's the closest to being finished! Yay for all those who like the story!

P.S.

To write this chapter I pretty much had to read the whole story over, and I stared to cry! How sad is that? I new it was coming and I still cried does that make me a wimp?

Chapter 7

Piano Keys

Robin walked into the defunct lab that all the clues had led him to. It had taken Robin all night and most of the morning to find this place. He looked at the clock on the cracked and fungus coated wall. Through its shattered glass front Robin could kinda tell that it was eleven o'clock. Robin cringed his funeral was so posed to take place a twelve thirty. Robin shuttered it was quite disconcerting knowing how long you had on earth.

The lab was the same lab that owned the truck that had hit him. The place was a dump rats and mice sauntered about the place like the owned it. Robin looked at the walls they were furry. Robin held his breath he didn't want to get sick from the mold on the walls. He paused for a moment and realized once again that he was dead he didn't need to hold his breath especially when he didn't breath. He beat his head against a wall in frustration and found himself tumbling through it. On the other side he saw a room in more disrepair then the hall way. It was dimly lit with only the computer screens giving light.

A man worked around a table full of tubes with strange liquids. The man him self was about as creepy as they came he was hunched over and wore huge glasses that glowed white from the light, he was balding and wore a lab coat that was covered in what looked to Robin like blood. The teen stepped back he had seen this man seen this lab before. The man was Dr. Connor and he turned toward Robin's direction.

"You there boy give it back!"

Robin looked around surly someone else had to be there. "You the boy in the cape give it back!"

"Give what back?" Robin asked quietly trying to fathom the fact this man could see him.

"My mini disc you took it! I need it back before she comes," the man hunched over more "She won't like it if I can't find it she'll will be very unpleased. She told me if I don't fine it she'll -she'll eat my soul!!" the man tried to grab Robin's shoulders but his hands went right through.

Connor smiled "Oh! Oh! She's already gotten you ha! No it's ok! Cause I know I know you took that disk and hid it hid it form you daddy and now when this gas is let out for her every one will die!" the man stared to do a little dance "every one will die, every one will die die, die ,die.."

"Who is her?" Robin asked the clearly insane man.

"Oh she is the devil a soul eater. Soul eater! Soul eater! And I know you probably the first on her list to gorge herself on, bye, bye birdy!"

Fear stared to creep up on Robin he didn't like the sound of any of this "Who is she!?!" Robin yelled.

"Me," Robin Turned around to see Death walk into the room.

"Your not death are you?"

"Right on the nose Bird boy I'm not that stuffy old Grim Reaper who is constantly talking about sticking to the rules. I am Gluttony" with that she turned into a frightful half spider half woman creature "And another thing I have to tell you once you are in the dirt you are mine!" Robin backed away.

Suddenly every thing made sense, the mini Disk held the missing data, Robin had stolen the mini disk, if the toxin Connor was making had no antidote then this Monster could feast on Gotham. And the only person who knew were the data was, was him.

Gluttony smiled at him "now you see why you had to die, if you were alive and in Jump city you would remember were you hid the disk and I couldn't have that."

Robin closed his eyes 'think Richard think why would you hide something like that? Were would you hide something like that?'

Flashes of that came back to Robin like a hurricane he had been angry at Bruce because Bruce had said it was impossible to hide stuff from him. Robin had been at the fight and saw the little disk he wanted to prove Batman wrong so he had taken it and slipped it his mother's locket and he had put the locket...

Robin's eyes shoot open he needed to get to Wayne manor ASAP. Robin stared to run towards the direction of Wayne manor he didn't have to worry about walls or getting tiered. Right before he fazed through the wall he heard Gluttony say "oh and the clock on the wall is an hour slow."

'Damn it!' Robin thought as he raced towards his home. He had only two minutes to spare when he reached the house. No one would be home Robin was beginning to panic he had to think of some thing he race into the music room. Maybe what happened to the computer in titans tower will happen here, he touched the keys on the grand piano with in seconds they jumped into life. The melody that began to play was the one that Robin had made up long ago.

Robin looked at the clock and watch as the second hand clicked the last twelve seconds of his life. As soon as the hand clicked to the top of the Robin found himself surrounded by darkness standing right in front of him was Gluttony. She smiled "Your mine little bird."

The funeral was Beautiful with most on the prominent people there. Bruce had decided to bury Richard Grayson in stead of Robin because for obvious reasons. As the Percher spoke Barbra held Acro close to her chest, she probably should have insisted that it be buried with Dick but she just couldn't let it go. At the dinner people talked about Richard like he was their best friend Babs wanted to scream out how they were all liars. Dick had been her best friend he had been hers no one else! Did they really know him? No! She knew both sides the Hero and the Human.

In anger Barbra gabbed the biggest piece of chocolate pie there was and walked out side to find it raining. 'Figures' she thought. As she ate her pie under an awning the tears she thought she had cried already came forth in droves. In a little Alfred came out and tried to comfort her. She gazed at him through moist eyes.

"This is awful,"She said to him.

"I know miss." He gave her a small hug

"I mean this pie isn't even good it's a insult to his memory bad pie!" she set the plate as faraway for her as possible "even Acro doesn't like it!"

Alfred laughed "you know I think I have some treats back at the house and since you and your father are coming over I think I might share a few with you."

The girl smiled "you better."

Shortly after the respshoin broke up and the Gordon's and Bruce with Alfred drove back to the manor. As the Commissioner's car pulled in to the drive he got a call from the police station saying that twenty seven people had already come down with some sort of poisoning. The Commissioner had to leave for the station before even stepping inside the manor.

"What?" Babs asked as she walked into the house hearing the music playing through halls. "What is that music?"

Bruce "I don't know, what was it your father had to leave for?"

"Oh people are getting really sick there thinking that it's poison."

Bruce looked pale "like the type of poison Connor was making years ago?"

Babs thought for a moment "when I think about the symptoms I over heard sounded a lot like that poison. And there isn't a cure for that is there" Barbra sounded hopeless.

"No the mine disk that held all the date when missing at the same time he was arrested."

Bab's eyes suddenly shot open a smile apparent on her face "Maybe Robin knew were it was and that's why he was killed."

"He would have told me if-"

"What if he was angry at you or was afraid that Connor would find it. How old was Robin when this happened ten? Kids we hide stuff even if we shouldn't."

"Alright lets suppose he did hide it what good would it do us if he did we don't know were he put it!"

"Not quite! Your not playing the piano, I'm not playing the piano and we both know Alfred isn't playing the piano. So guess who might be?"

With that the two raced up the stairs to fide the piano playing by its self. Barbra walked over to it. Now that she was close she could here the wrong note that was playing looking into the piano's strings she saw the heart shaped locket laying under the strings. Carefully she pulled the necklace out of the piano. With shaking hands she opened the locket the mini disk slid into her palm. She held it up for Bruce to see. She looked back to find the piano had stopped playing. The city and its people were saved but Robin was gone.

Robin didn't know souls could bleed but as he fought Gluttony he found out how human it was. As the demon went for the kill strike a white light pushed her back. She hissed and disappeared into the fleeing darkness. Robin turned to see a white cloak the person inside picked Robin up he closed his eyes. For the first time since he started out he felt truly safe and at true peace.

Bruce sat at his kitchen table the city had been saved only person to die of the poison was Connors. Bruce had never thought of drinking but tonight all he wanted was a vice. He turned when he saw a black cloak appear in the doorway. Bruce had enough knollage to know when he saw the Grim Reaper.

"What the hell do you want!? You've take enough already!" he yelled at the figure he needed time a lone time to actually morn.

"I came to give you something that doesn't belong to me."

Bruce snarled "so what you have morals?!? you don't take things that aren't ready?"

"Indeed now please don't yell you were wronged I know this and I know I can not make it completely better but I hope it will do. I will leave now."

Bruce was left alone in room wondering what the hell that was about. From behind him he heard a voice of a child.

"Dad I had such a nightmare and I'm a little confused can you help me?"

Bruce turned around to see a twelve year old Richard Grayson standing in the door way. His pajamas were too big for him and he looked like he had fallen out of bed. With out a second thought Bruce rushed over and embraced the boy. The man was crying wether it was out of joy or sorrow even he didn't know. Robin just looked at the man hadn't every thing been a bad dream?

Robin looked around "hey did you get taller?"

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1done might do an epiouge but done D-O-N-E done! Please read and comment!