Italics mean telepathic talk and talk by machines. Just to clarify.
On July 17 in Star City something illegal was going on. It was just after dark on the docks as a group of men unloaded crates of weapons. As they got out the first one an arrow hit the ground between them. A second later it released a cloud of gas, causing the men holding the crate to drop it while they tried to stop coughing. The case sprang open and pistols spilled out. One rolled to a man, obviously the leader, and he grabbed it up. He aimed it around, looking for the source of the arrow. Then he saw a red-haired young adult dressed in red and holding a bow. He had a quiver of arrows on his back.
"YOU AGAIN! I'M STARTING TO GET INSULTED GREEN ARROW ISN'T MESSING UP MY OPERATIONS PERSONALLY!"
He shot and Speedy leapt out of the way. After dodging several other shots he pulled out an arrow and expertly shot it. It hit the gun the man was holding and it exploded. The man must have had some sort of upgrade to protect him because the explosion didn't appear to hurt him. His suit however was another story, it was in tatters.
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT I PAY FOR A SUIT IN MY SIZE?"
He turned to his goons "scorch the earth boys!"
The men raised pistols but what looked like a flash of yellow grabbed some away while several Birdarangs took care of the rest. Aqualad landed and drew some water whips. He knocked the hired men out by slamming them into various objects like the ground. As Speedy walked up next to him he commented "the cave has everything the team needs."
Robin wasn't as enthusiastic as the others about recruiting Speedy, he was more concerned with incapacitating the gang boss. He threw a cryo Birdarang at the man who resembled a lesser version of the Hulk. The projectile hit but it only encased the front part of his chest. He laughed as he broke the ice. As he charged at Robin, Robin got a glance at what the other two were doing; they were just sitting there and talking with Speedy. They were definitely not as effective as his team back home, sure they might get distracted once in awhile but usually they worked like a well-oiled machine.
The crime boss threw several hits at Robin who dodged with ease. He then jumped up and kicked the man in the face. While he fell back with much snarling Robin looked back again at the group of three young heroes. They were still engaged in conversation, Speedy appeared to be refusing and the others appeared to be trying to convince him. Robin got so angry that he shouted "HEY! WOULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME HERE!"
The three appeared startled for a moment, and then they sprung into action. Speedy shot off several arrows that exploded against the man. He simply laughed as they caused no damage.
"TELL ARROW HE SHOULDN'T SEND BOYS TO DO A MAN'S JOB!"
Speedy drew another arrow and the man mockingly spread himself out, fearing nothing. Speedy shot and the arrow, instead of exploding, expanded into dense foam. He was trapped in seconds.
Robin looked up to where the others were. Speedy was walking into a dark space between two containment units. He turned to say something to the others; Robin only caught the last part ". . . I don't want any part of it!"
Robin felt a bit downcast, but not as much as the others probably did. They all went to the teleporter's secret location and went home; Robin of course, went to Mt. Justice.
Robin stayed up late that night. He was poking around the mountain's internal security systems. There were safeguards that kept the team from accessing a lot of its functions. Robin began hacking.
It was a tedious job, the tower had a lot of good security and if he set off an alarm it would probably end poorly for him. Finally after 20 minutes of work he fully got into the system. He quickly disabled any functions that might point to his presence in the system. He then set up programs that were extremely hard to find even if you knew what you were looking for. The programs were like a mini-virus, they infected all functions of the tower and other related things. In time they might even be able to infect the Watchtower and other League related places. He got done around 11 o'clock and then he got out while erasing the evidence of his presence once more to be safe. Then he went to bed.
The next day he awoke at 6. He had trained his body to be able to work on receiving little rest at certain times. It came in handy whenever they had a night job. First he trained in the gym for about an hour and then he took a shower. He then set to work investigating the crimes in the nearby town Happy Harbor. After about an hour of work on that he went and started making a breakfast of bacon and eggs for himself. As he was making it he imagined Beast Boy's face if he saw it. He would probably say something like "DUDE! Do you know how many pigs and chickens gave their lives for that meal?"
When he was done Robin sat down in front of the TV and turned it to the news. He had finished his breakfast and was watching a story on video game thefts right there in Happy Harbor when he felt his alarm chip in his utility belt begin vibrating. He picked it out and it said that the teleporter was being used. He got up and walked out to the main room. Coming out of the teleporter was two figures. As Ms. Martian and Superboy came in Robin recognized the two as Kid Flash and Aqualad. Kid Flash rushed forward and began shaking Robin's hand.
"Hey Rob! When did you get here?"
"I live here."
"I thought you lived . . . wherever Batman lives."
"I like to live in my base."
"Really, won't you miss Batman?"
"NO!"
"Okay, jeez what's wrong with your utility belt today?"
Aqualad shook Robin's hand next "are you aware of our first mission assignment?"
"No, how would I know?"
"I thought that because you are the Batman's apprentice, you would know when we would be assigned missions."
"I'm not that tied to Batman!"
Aqualad looked a bit startled at how vehemently Robin denied involvement with Batman. Then Ms. Martian slapped her forehead "hello Megan! Red Tornado's arriving here any minute, maybe since he's our supervisor he'll have a mission for us."
They all gathered around the radar screen. Sure enough, they could see Red Tornado coming in from the skies. They all rushed out to the entrance.
Red Tornado landed as the five young heroes gathered in front of him.
"Greetings, is there a reason you five have intercepted me outside of the cave?"
"We hoped you had a mission for us."
"Mission assignments are the Batman's responsibility."
Robin wasn't in any big hurry to get their first solo mission, he'd be ready when they did get the mission but until then he was content to search for ways home and make sure he was safe in this universe.
"But the League has missions constantly, almost every day, why-?"
"You shall be tested soon enough, for now I suggest you enjoy each other's company."
"This team is not a social club."
"No, but I am told that social interactions can be and important team-building exercise. Perhaps an adequate way to pass the time would be for those of you new here to familiarize yourselves with the cave."
With that he walked passed them and into the mountain. He was scanned as he walked in.
"Recognized, Red Tornado."
As he was walking in Kid Flash tapped Robin on the shoulder and said in an annoyed voice "keep busy! Does he think we're falling for this?"
Ms. Martian heard and said "Ooh, I'll find out!"
She focused in on Red Tornado but after a moment she said "I forgot, he's a robot, inorganic, I cannot read his mind."
"Nice try though, so you know what I'm thinking right now?"
Robin snorted, once again, same old Wally West. Aqualad looked down and then, with a rather disappointed look on his face said "and now we tour the clubhouse."
"Well, Robin, Superboy, and I live here. We could play tour guide."
Everyone looked at Superboy and he said "don't look at me."
"We won't, a private tour sounds much more fun" Kid Flash said in a voice that quite obviously was directed at Ms. Martian. Robin spoke next "I think that as a team we all should go."
"C'mon man!"
Robin leveled his eyes at Kid Flash and almost immediately he held up his arms and said "Okay, fine, team-building."
They all walked into the mountain. Ms. Martian was the one playing tour guide mostly but if she needed help Robin would chip in a bit. They talked until Superboy smelled something burning. Then Ms. Martian remembered her cookies and flew off to the kitchen, the rest of them followed. Robin was into the kitchen first and he saw Ms. Martian levitating a pan of what looked like charcoal briquettes.
"I was trying Granny Jone's recipe from episode 17 of-, heh heh, never mind."
"Thanks for trying, it was very thoughtful, although Flash junior doesn't seem to mind very much."
They all turned to see Kid Flash eating some of the cookies; he stopped and said "I have a serious metabolism."
"I'll . . . make more."
"It was sweet of you to make these."
"Thanks Aqualad."
"We're off duty, call me Kaldur'Ahm, actually my friends call me Kaldur."
"I'm Wally; see I already trust you with my secret ID, unlike boy wonder here, Batman forbade him from telling anyone his real name."
"No he didn't, I just choose not to!"
"Whatever."
"Mine's no secret. It's M'Gann M'Orrz but you can just call me Megan, it's an Earth name and I'm on Earth."
Robin noticed Superboy get up and start walking, he also noticed Megan looking straight at him. She must've done something wrong because Superboy suddenly tensed up and grunted, then he looked at her two seconds later and shouted "GET OUT OF MY HEAD!"
Megan's kind face turned to shock as her mind expanded to the rest of the boys.
"What's wrong? Everyone on Mars communicates telepathically!"
Aqualad and Kid Flash both began to lean over in discomfort; Robin however seemed perfectly at ease. Upon noticing his comrade's reactions however he said "Megan, you need to stop!"
She cut the connection.
"Humans cannot normally communicate telepathically; our main form of communication is auditory, through talking. Here, mind reading is considered to be an extreme invasion of privacy."
"But you're fine with me telepathically talking to you!"
"Well I'm used to it, but most people aren't. You have to understand that some things are different here on Earth."
Ms. Martian nodded and watched Superboy as he stalked out of the room. Skip came in and climbed up onto the counter. He sniffed the cookies and said to Ms. Martian "I'm sure you'll get it next time, I really like your cookies."
"Thanks Skip."
The team left the Kitchen. Ms. Martian looked for Superboy and found him sitting on a couch in another room.
"Superboy, I- . . . I just wanted to-"
"Don't talk to me."
Ms. Martian looked hurt but she respected his wish and left. A few minutes later he rejoined the group.
Suddenly Ms. Martian slapped her forehead "Hello Megan! I know something I can show you that's really exciting!"
She led to the hanger and inside was an egg shaped device.
"It's my Martian Bioship."
"Cute, not aerodynamic, but cute."
"It's at rest silly, I'll wake it."
She gestured her hand and the ship morphed into a more arrowlike shape. They all got in and sat in certain seats. Robin sat in the seat to the right of the pilot seat, Kid Flash to the left, Aqualad sat in the left front seat and Superboy in the right. Skip was walking towards the front of the ship when Superboy gave him a death glare and said "stay away from me!"
Skip instead went and hopped into a small seat that formed beside Robin.
"Red Tornado, open the Bay doors."
The doors opened and the ship flew out. Its speed and precision was astounding. Megan piloted the ship by what looked like two glowing orbs.
"Incredible" Robin observed, he'd have to scan this ship and take samples for reference if he ever got home.
"Yeah, she sure is" Kid Flash said in a dreamy voice. Robin grinned mischievously and said in a loud voice "what was that Wally?" Wally blushed deeply as every eye in the ship turned towards him, he muttered "I m-meant the sh-ship, which is a she just like every other ship."
Robin grinned when he looked away. He saw Aqualad and Superboy whispering up front. More of Aqualad appearing to be telling Superboy something. He looked at Ms. Martian and saw her downtrodden face as she looked at Superboy. He was about to speak when he remembered that Superboy had super-hearing. He looked at Skip and then nodded towards Ms. Martian. Skip nodded and his horns lit up. Megan looked towards Robin as the telepathic connection was established "don't worry, he'll come around."
"He doesn't seem to like me very much."
"I've known several people to go off on rants and lose their tempers a lot more seriously than he did. Even when I shouted back at them they came around."
"But, what if he hates me?"
"If he hated you do you think he would've come along for the ride in the bio-ship? Even if he was just following the crowd I saw Aqualad talking to him just a few moments ago. I bet he was giving him advice on how to apologize."
"How do you know?"
"It's a viable explanation, I may be wrong though. But here's a word of comfort that should prove to you that he doesn't hate you. Did you see him smile at you when you first met?"
"Yeah, but he was probably only to be polite."
"That was the second only time I had seen him smile and the first had been for Superman. He likes you, rest assured."
Megan seemed comforted by their conversation and turned back to the controls. Robin noticed that Kid Flash had been watching them and was making fake retching motions behind Megan's back. He fixed his eyes on him and Kid Flash immediately stopped and avoided his gaze by looking out the window. Behind his back Robin grinned, the Bat-Glare was one of the things Batman had taught him that was extremely fun to use.
Megan suddenly said in a bright voice "here's another thing the ship can do" a screen was pulled down that showed the outside of the ship. The ship suddenly seemed to fade out of existence, it didn't exactly turn invisible but seemed to use the ability one relates to Chameleons of blending in with the background.
"Camouflage mode."
"Nice, say when do you think I can try to drive the ship. I've been practicing a simulation with it. I think it likes me."
"Maybe someday."
"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!"
Everyone's eyes flew to Superboy who was glaring at Skip.
"I'm sorry I-!"
"JUST STOP!"
Skip cut the connection and shrank back into his seat.
"Don't think I've forgotten what you are, you're one of the ones who were trying to raise me to be a weapon! Don't think I will ever forget what your kind tried to turn me into! I don't like you being here but I'll deal with it, but it would be best for you if you just stayed out of my way!"
He turned back to the front and crossed his arms. Skip simply sat staring off into space in his seat. The atmosphere remained tense until a transmission from the mountain came in.
"Red Tornado to Martian Bio-Ship, an emergency alert has been sounded in the Happy Harbor power plant. I suggest you all investigate, covertly. I am sending coordinates now. Tornado out."
"Coordinates received, setting course to Happy Harbor powerplant."
The ship sped off to its destination. As they neared it they all were looking at the power plant. It wasn't until they heard the wind howling that they turned around and saw a large tornado barreling down on top of them. They were caught in it for about 30 seconds; it was like a stomach churning ride. Then Megan finally managed to break free of the twister and land in an unaffected portion of the parking lot.
They all began to drop out until Skip said to everyone except Superboy "what should I do?"
They pondered for a few seconds until Kid Flash said "stay with the ship, make sure it isn't stolen."
Skip didn't look too happy about this but agreed anyway. They all dropped to the pavement and Aqualad shouted over the winds "ROBIN, ARE TORNADOES COMMON IN NEW ENGLAND?"
"I DON'T THINK SO, THEN AGAIN, I HAVEN'T SEEN ENOUGH TO MAKE AN ACCURATE JUDGEMENT!"
Robin assessed the Tornado; it appeared to have shrunk and was moving inside the building.
"Okay, here's the plan we-" Robin started, but he was interrupted by Kid Flash.
"Sorry, gotta run!" He sped off towards the building with Superboy hot on his heels.
Robin stared in annoyance after him, then turned as Ms. Martian asked "so what's the plan?"
"I'll go in the front and distract the intruder or intruders, you two will sneak around to the back and when I shout "Villain" then you'll attack with everything you've got."
Aqualad and Ms. Martian nodded and sped off around the building. Robin quickly took off his shirt, he barely ever took off his costume and now was not exception, he was wearing it beneath his normal outfit. He then hurried in his side and took stock of the situation. Kid Flash and Superboy where currently being tossed around like ragdolls by a large robot about two heads taller than Superboy. The robot was colored red and black with blue eyes. It looked on amusedly as it manipulated mini cyclones that tossed Kid Flash and Superboy about. Robin saw a door behind and to the right of the robot and saw Ms. Martian and Aqualad's heads poking around it, waiting for him to give them the signal.
"So, you got a name or are you just called the robot!"
"My apologies, you may call me Mr. Twister."
Robin threw a Birdarang at the robot and it zoomed to the side of it. Getting an idea, Robin began to through his Birdarangs in a pattern so that they slowly forced the robot towards the door.
"I must confess I am rather disappointed, I was expecting real heroes, not children to be trying to stop me. Have you no adult supervision?"
"I don't really think we need supervision, I can function quite well without Batman!"
"That is a foreign thought; it seems unnatural for Robin to be without Batman. I think you should stick to the status quo."
This seemed to make Robin quite angry, but he had enough presence of mind to shout "VILLAIN!"
While Kid Flash, Superboy and Mr. Twister looked confused Ms. Martian and Aqualad leapt into action. Aqualad made a water hammer and charged it with electricity. He swung and it connected with Mr. Twister's back. The robot slammed into the wall and twitched for a few seconds as electricity coursed across his body. Those few seconds was all it took for Ms. Martian to lift him with telekinesis and slam him repeatedly against another steel wall.
Then Kid Flash zoomed in front of Ms. Martian, "I'll take over from here, I'll show you how a real hero does it." This distraction forced Ms. Martian to drop Mr. Twister and the robot got up quicker then you would've thought possible. As the heroes charged he blasted them all back with an incredible burst of wind and they all hit various walls. Unfortunately for Ms. Martian she hit a wall headfirst and collapsed unconscious. As her teammates rushed to her side Mr. Twister said in a self satisfied voice "I hope I have made my point sufficiently. If you attempt to interfere again I shall not be so kind."
He then took off and flew out the back of the building. The team hurried Ms. Martian to the ship and laid her on a bed Skip had the ship make. Just after Robin had sent a quick message to Tornado about their plight Kid Flash strode up to him with an annoyed look on his face.
"Yeah great plan Rob, thanks to you Megan got hurt. I hope this teaches you that I'm better at planning and that I should be leader of the team."
Robin was nearly speechless, behind Kid Flash, Aqualad, Superboy, and Skip watched with interest. Robin stared Kid Flash down until he seemed to deflate under the severity of Robin's glare.
"Let me point out several simple facts to that big brain that you don't seem to use. 1. She wouldn't have gotten hurt if you hadn't distracted her. 2. My plan would've worked if you and Superboy hadn't rushed off without any game plan whatsoever. And 3; you where being jerked around like a puppet on a string before I came along!"
Kid Flash's mouth was open but before he could speak again Robin finished his statement "now if you'll excuse me I have a job to do."
He then jumped out of the ship and rushed off towards the Twister now circling around the harbor.
Batman was in the Batcave running tests on a Phase Oscillator he'd created. The League had had some experience with other universes. Batman himself had personally made sure that an evil version of himself hadn't destroyed a whole Earth and quite possibly every other Earth. The incident had started with the League being called because Lex Luthor had apparently been caught and held in a police station while they had jailed Luthor several months before. Once they had brought the Luthor to the watchtower and he had explained that he was from an alternate universe where most or all of the roles were reversed. The Justice League was known as the Injustice League and practically held their Earth in the palm of their hand. Luthor had begged the Justice League for their help and all but Batman had agreed to help.
Batman had stayed behind and had worked on the Watchtower but upon activating internal security, became aware of four intruders. He fought the evil version of Wonder Woman and three superpowered henchmen. He had just managed to follow Superwoman (as the villainess had been called) and one of her henchmen back into their own universe, which was the good Luthor's universe, when he was made Superwoman's toy to play around with.
After she had toyed with him for around 30 minutes the League came to the rescue. They had then made their final assault upon the Injustice League's headquarters on the moon. The Injustice League had made a bomb great enough to destroy the whole world and possibly the whole universe. Ultraman (Superman's alternate and leader of the League) had wanted to use it to blackmail his world into submission, but Owlman had other plans. He used a modified version of Luthor's Phase Oscilator and had taken the bomb to Earth Prime, the original Earth, the one that started every version of reality.
Owlman had wanted to destroy Earth Prime because he believed it would destroy every other Earth, being the original one. The basis for this was that he had come to the conclusion that every time anything ever made a choice the universe branches into each possible choice that the chooser could've made. So in essence, nothing really mattered. Batman hadn't been sure whether Owlman had been correct but he wasn't going to take that chance. He managed to send the bomb, along with Owlman, to a world that was frozen and uninhabited. There, it exploded.
Then he had returned home with the League after finishing the job on the alternate Earth. He had kept tabs on other Earths and had come to the conclusion that Owlman had been wrong and that there was such a thing as freedom of choice. Now, he was combing the Universe's, trying to find the right one. If he reasoned with himself it wasn't very likely that he would ever find the right Universe, for the simple reason that this new Robin had the same Quantum Signature as his Robin. Like your DNA could tell where your parents came from your Quantum Signature could tell what Universe you were from. However, there were literally millions of Earths our there, possible even more. Finding one singular one without any real evidence was like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
He wondered what his Robin was doing in the other universe. He only hoped that he was alright and had gotten into contact with the Justice League there. Batman didn't feel like telling his friends about the change in Robin. For one, the League might demand that Robin come and stay onboard the Watchtower for interrogation and Batman felt that Robin had proven himself enough. Another reason was that there were some within the League that viewed any other hero organization not under the League a threat. Batman didn't know if this view would extend to other Universes but he wasn't about to take that chance. This Robin being the leader of an organization that didn't want anything to do with the League might not sit well with them, they might think that Robin was plotting to corrupt their young heroes as well.
One last reason was that he in a way respected the alternate Robin. The arguments he had made after the Penguin case made Batman start to see things in a whole new light. This Robin had become his own man; he had taken on the burden of being self-sufficient and had risen to the challenge magnificently. He had made a League of his own and had defeated every opponent he ever came across.
So, for now at least, Batman kept his peace, and continued to look for Robin's universe to rectify the situation.
Robin had gotten close enough to see what Mr. Twister was doing specifically. He was tearing around the waterfront and the harbor. Robin pulled out a Birdarang and threw it straight at the back of the robot's head. It hit it and the machine turned angrily around. It saw him and laughed, and then it threw two large twisters at him. As he dodged around them he saw a yellow and red blur, Superboy, and Aqualad coming to help. He grinned.
Kid Flash just tried to charge Mr. Twister outright to start with. Of course the villain saw him and blasted him away. Superboy and Aqualad tried a different approach, while Superboy jumped up high to try and distract the robot, Aqualad charged in at ground level. It was a good strategy but unfortunately it didn't work. Mr. Twister caught them both up in cyclones and flung them into the harbor. As they surfaced Robin shouted "GUYS, WE NEED TO COORDINATE OUR ATTACKS BETTER! WE SHOULD ALL BE ATTACKING AT ONE TIME!"
Kid Flash ignored him and kept going after Mr. Twister. Aqualad and Superboy ran up to him. Superboy looked a bit resentful but ready to hear him out, Aqualad looked ready to take the orders.
"OKAY, I'LL DISTRACT HIM USING MY BIRDARANGS AND YOU TWO TAKE HIS BACK AND TRY TO GET IN CLOSE TO FINISH HIM OFF!"
They both nodded and ran to either side of Robin. Robin began throwing Birdarangs at Mr. Twister to get his attention. It almost worked on several occasions but Kid Flash kept zipping around the field and drawing Mr. Twister's gaze elsewhere, most often onto the others. Kid Flash also refused to listen to Robin whenever he tried to inform him of the plan. Robin set his mind to work on another plan while fighting on. Maybe he would get lucky.
Ms. Martian woke up in the Bio-Ship. She sat up groaning and saw that she was alone except for Skip.
"Uggh, what happened?"
"You were knocked unconscious by Mr. Twister. The others carried you back here and then left to try and beat the robot. They're currently by the harbors."
Megan got herself up and looked at the viewscreen that was zoomed in on the far off harbor. Then she lightly slapped herself on the forhead.
"Hello Megan, I need to radio Red Tornado for help!"
She contacted the base and explained the situation to Red Tornado, when she was done he thought a bit and then replied.
"I believe you should attempt to solve this on your own."
"But this robot is unbeatable!"
"Everything evil has a weakness, though it is interesting that this Mr. Twister shares my powers. Perhaps he is meant to find me."
Megan nodded, and then an idea came to her. She put the Bio-Ship in camouflage mode and flew over to the carnage. Then she mentally contacted Robin and told him the idea.
The rest of the team was fighting hard when they heard Ms. Martian's voice inside their heads "hello, is everybody online?"
Superboy grimaced "what did we tell you?"
"I know, I know, but we have a plan now. A good plan!"
"We?"
Robin's voice sounded inside their heads "we."
"No, no way am I going for any plan that he made!"
"Please Wally?"
". . . fine, but only because you asked me Mega-licious!"
"Alright, here's the plan."
Mr. Twister saw an object on the horizon appear on the horizon. It grew into the form of Red Tornado. He landed and said "well Mr. Twister, it appears I shall have to step in to handle this."
"I am so glad to hear of it, these whelps were hardly a challenge at all."
The two exchanged several small twisters until Red Tornado was knocked down. Mr. Twister landed beside him and inserted several cables onto his head.
"The reprogramming shouldn't take long."
Then Red Tornado's head morphed into Ms. Martian and she remarked "longer than you might think."
She sprang away just as every one of Robin's explosives went off at that particular point right under Mr. Twister.
He was flung sky-high. As he sailed up, the Bio-Ship appeared with Skip piloting it. He only said one simple thing.
"I'm whelmed."
Then at his command, the Bio-Ship fired and its beams slammed Mr. Twister into the harbor. In the water, Aqualad slammed him right back out with an electrically charged anchor. And of course water only makes electricity all the more dangerous.
On the ground outside the harbor, a tornado being generated by Kid Flash spun him through the air and right into Superboy's waiting fists. He slammed his fists into the robot's stomach, face, and anywhere else he could reach. He then jumped away as Robin threw every freeze grenade he had.
The final stroke came when Ms. Martian grabbed him with telekinesis and ripped every limb right off his body, leaving nothing but a severely dented torso.
They all gathered and the chest cavity of the robot opened and out crept a brown haired middle aged man.
"Ms. Martian, scan his thoughts."
"But you told me not to?"
"He's a bad guy. Usually it's alright with them."
Ms. Martian tried but then said "he has no thoughts, he's a robot too."
Robin whipped out what looked like a taser and fired it at the person. It pumped electricity into him and deactivated it within 4 seconds. They all sat panting, not believing that they'd just won the battle.
They had finished talking to Red Tornado and it was just the team left in the main room. Aqualad looked at the others and said "I think we should decide on the leader of this team, today we were weak because we were divided."
"Oh so you want to be leader now?"
"No, I believe Robin is to be our leader."
"C'MON!"
"He is the one that led us to victory today."
"Well, Ms. Martian helped."
"Nah, I gave you the idea, you made the plan."
"I propose we put it to a vote. All in favor."
Megan and Kaldur raised their hands. It was a tie. Superboy shrugged "I just think we should wait awhile longer, this was just one mission."
"Alright."
Kaldur and Kid flash began walking out. Kid Flash remarked "Speedy was so wrong, this team thing-."
"Might just work out."
Robin left to examine the parts of both robots he had salvaged. Superboy looked at Megan and said in a soft voice "sorry." Then he walked away. She smiled.
Then Skip hopped up on the table they had been around and Superboy looked back and gave him a death glare. Skip shrank back.
Megan looked at him and said "hello Megan, we didn't give you a vote!"
"Its fine, I stayed out so Superboy wouldn't become mad."
"Want to come make cookies with me?"
"Sure."
Then they too walked out of the room.
Robin got off the computer and shut it down. It was getting late and he had to go to bed. He had just been researching Kent Nelson, this world's Dr. Fate; or rather it's former Dr. Fate. He hoped to meet him soon to get some help on going home. He'd also noted a sudden stop of the Venom supplies coming out of Santa Prisca.
Before he went to bed, Robin prayed, something he hadn't done in awhile. He felt comforted afterwards and read a Bible he had bought earlier that week. Then he went to sleep.
He dreamed that he was at Titans Tower and the Titan's were having a party. He saw Beast Boy trying to subtly encourage Raven to dance with him. Cyborg and Bumblebee danced along with Kid Flash and Jinx. Then Starfire was tugging his hands and he, smiling, allowed himself to be led out onto the dance floor. Then, he spent the rest of the night in Heaven, with Starfire.
If anyone could've seen him while he slept, they would've wondered what would make the Boy Wonder smile so widely.
Sorry it took so long for this update. Where I live we had an enormous rainfall the week before this one and our Sub-Pump stopped working. Thus most of the laminate in our basement got flooded and unfortunately, my room, as well as the computer I type the updates on is in the downstairs.
Thus, I had to spend a lot of last week and even some of this week tearing out the walls and flooring downstairs and moving everything around and out. It was incredibly tiring.
On the subject of the story, I will not be doing another filler between episodes for the simple reason that the next episode (Drop Zone) takes place the very next day/night after this one.
I hope you enjoyed the changes in this chapter, the event Batman is referring to is another movie made by DC called "Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths." You should try it, it's very good.
Now for the mailbag:
KaliAnn
Thank you for making me part of the mail bag. I liked how in this chapter you showed the difference with Robin, but maintained civility with Batman. I'm guess that only his brain or soul was transferred. Skip and Miss Martian are cute, but can we have some brotherly love between him and Superboy?
I decided to have Superboy be resentful of Skip for being a Genome, is that alright with you? I hope I explained it well enough.
WiseGirl-AC
This is coming together fantastically! I love it!
Thank you, keep reviewing please.
SuperninjaX
Are you going to do another story of whats happening to the YJ robin? If not this story still ROCKS MY SOCKS!
Sorry, I will not because that will be explained later in the story.
potterinu
Since this universes Robin seems still be there in the back of his mind what happened to TTuniverse Robins body?
Yet another question I will dangle over your heads, mwuahahahaha! Seriously, to tell you that would be to spoil part of the story.
Sorry.
TheNightwingfan
Just finished reading and I must say that this is pretty great! Robin seems to be insanely grouchy though; I kind of miss happy/sillier Robin...hmm that's so strange I used to be head-over-heels in love with Teen Titans' Robin!
What I really enjoy about this is that you depict the differences between the two Robins' perfectly and you don't lay on Robin's grouchiness too thick. I feel bad for Titan's Robin; his Batman seems like such a jerk. If I were TT Robin, I wouldn't be too excited to come home to a unfair Batman…I'd probably steal the other Batman hahaha(:
Anyways, good job! Can't wait for more.
Thank you; you encourage me, especially because this last chapter was almost purely my own work. You also have encouraged me that I am doing Robin Justice.
Remember, Batman and Robin still probably consider each other father and son, but all that hostility that has been built up over the years must eventually be dealt with. Maybe in a sequel if I feel like writing one. :)
Evil Soul
Loved this chapter. The diffences between YJ Robin and TT Robin seem more apparent now. Hope you'll keep the updates coming, I really want to read more soon.
Thanks, that means I'm doing my job well and that I actually have talent outside the realm of fanfiction.
Well, I hope you enjoyed that, keep the reviews coming; I absolutely am starving for reviews. (Not meaning to complain to those of you who did review, your awesome.) One last thing, when I cut out a scene , it is usually because it doesn't change, doesn't change much, or is unnessecary.
Good Day and God Bless :)
Sincerely, LordGodsServant
