"Road trip! Road trip! Road trip!" Rudolph and Robin chanted as they boarded the Charter bus, a small backpack on Wally while Robin hugged his stuffed elephant tightly.

"Could you be any more annoying?" Artemis groaned as she threw herself on one of the seats, already knowing that this was going to be a bad field trip.

"Actually, yes, they could be." Conner answered as he sat on the very front of the bus, seeing how Robin, Wendy, Zatanna, and Dani had already raced to the back.

"Yeah, we could be howling at the moon!" Dani joked, even if it was a joke that only Wendy and Zatanna understood.

"Shut up, Redneck." A girl growled, sitting with her arms crossed as she glared at their small group.

She had her hair completely dyed red, and her eyes were a stormy grey. She was as pale as a ghost and as thin as an anorexic. Which was just why she was here. She suffered from both anorexia and depression.

"Redneck, blackhead, brown skin, those insults matter none to me!" Dani told her, smiling as Robin cocked his head to the side.

Were those all insults?

"I can't believe I'm stuck in here." She said, rolling her eyes as she turned to the window beside her.

Diana had managed to get the Board's approval to take these kids out for two days. The first day they would ride around town, maybe go to a movie or something like that, then they would check into a hotel. The second day they would go outside for half a day, then they would go back to the Asylum.

"I can't believe they actually allowed us to leave the Sanitarium." This time it was a boy who spoke, smiling kindly at the angry girl.

Now he was much more calm than her, and much more happy, too. He, unlike her, had short brown hair that was cropped short, hazel eyes that sometimes seemed gold, and a pretty easy going attitude. But don't catch him after one of his attacks. He really is a gentle giant that can have the anger of an Artemis.

"Shut up, Amnesia. You wouldn't even know where we were if I hadn't told you this morning!" The girl bit back, making him frown.

"You know it's not my fault that I get those attacks." He told her, but she only shook her head and turned away.

"Wendy, who are those two?" Robin asked in a hushed tone as the rest of the group got onto the bus, Shawn starting it and driving off.

Wendy looked up from her Teen Beats magazine then rolled her eyes and scoffed. "Those're Ember North and Henry Jensen. They're supposed to be boyfriend and girlfriend, but Henry has these amnesiac attacks and after them he can't remember anything. Ember's usually a camper about it and helps him a lot, but even she has limits."

Robin nodded then looked up as a small girl; his size actually, but he wasn't about to admit that he was as short as her; walked towards him. She had silver hair with the front part down and the back spiky; much like an anime character; with big green eyes and pale skin.

She was smiling dreamily, with her green eyes half opened, half closed as she stared into nothing in particular.

"Who are you?" Robin asked, cocking his head to the side as he observed her.

She continued looking dreamily on, but slowly raised her hand and said, "Juniper Amora. You can call me June." Her voice was soft and dreamy, making Robin look at her with an eyebrow raised.

"Um..." He said, looking back at Wendy who signaled him to shake her hand, which made him sigh and do that. "I'm Richard Grayson. You can call me Robin."

He noted that her handshake was as light as a feather and that dreamy smile never left her face. Not once.

"It's nice to finally meet an acrobat." June stated, making Robin's eyes widen.

"What? How?"

"Athena knows everything, Robin." She answered, sitting down in the seat in front of the ones in the backpack, now finally looking at Robin with her green eyes. "She is the goddess of knowledge."

Robin looked at her strangely, and was about to ask what she was talking about, but Vallace's loud voice cut him off.

"Ah, Kamerade Vagner! Please, sit here!" He called to the front of the bus, where a sixteen year old girl with shoulder length black hair and ice blue eyes was looking for a spot to sit amongst the other teens.

Conner didn't want anyone next to him, neither did Artemis, Megan was now sitting with Ember and Henry was sitting with Kaldur. Shawn was driving the bus and Hunter was sitting behind him, Diana and Raquel on the seat to his right seeing how thy were the chaperones. Jason was sitting on the left seat behind Hunter, all the while Roy sat on the right. Dani, Wendy, Zatanna, and Robin had taken the back seat, June the one in front and two more girls had sat in the direct middle. Which left almost no place for Vallace's close friend.

She looked up at him with a small smile, nodding as she made her way to Vallace then sat down on the seat to his right, in front of him.

"Who's this, Vallace?" Robin asked as he observed the older and much taller girl.

"Ah, Bird Boy," Vallace said, but it was more of a pet name than an insult. "As you know, it seems that most of Wally's personalities have a close friend. Vendy has Dani, Rudolph has you, Vally also has you, und Vallace vith a double-u has someone you have yet to meet. Vell, this is myfriend, Alana Vagner." Vallace explained.

Robin nodded slowly, his mouth slightly agape, but still accepted it. They lived in an Asylum, for Pete's sake! He shouldn't be surprised because Wally's German self has a friend that has a German last name.

"Is she German too?" Robin blurted out, making Vallace raise an eyebrow down at him.

"Does that matter, Robin?" He asked, Alana also looking down at him.

Robin chuckled nervously, starting to play with his elephant. He didn't really want to answer that, knowing that the question was stupid, but luckily Diana spoke before he had to answer.

"Okay, children, you are here because you are the best behaved out of the whole Sanitarium." She said, standing in the middle of the aisle where everyone could see her. "Do not make me regret this decision. We will first be going to the zoo, then we will visit the Museum of Natural History in Happy Harbor."

There were some groans because of this, but Robin was smiling. A zoo and the museum? This was heaven for him!

"After that we are going to be staying in a hotel. The rooms have been separated- no, Wendy, you will not be staying with Zatanna or Dani." Diana said as Wendy raised her hand, making the girl pout and cross her arms.

"That's unfair!"

"You're a girl in a boy's body. I am sorry, but you cannot stay in the same room as the girls." Diana told her sincerely, knowing just how bad it could be being the only girl among guys. "Anyways, I do not want to be embarrassed in the hotel. Do not do anything to get them to call the police. They already know you kids are from an asylum, so they will not hesitate to call." Diana warned them.

The kids only rolled their eyes, already used to being treated like freaks, and she continued. "Tomorrow, after we've eaten and done everything we needed, we will be going back to the Asylum. And the Board said that if this field trip is a success, there is a high chance that there will be more."

Wally smiled at this, Wendy having allowed him to come back after the news of her not being able to stay with the rest of the girls, then turned to Robin.

"This is the first time I've ever left the asylum since I got in! This is going to be so awesome!" He said, jumping in his seat then jumping to the window as the bus started.

Robin smiled as they were able to leave the Asylum's underground parking lot, only to see a bright and sunny day with birds tweeting and trees all around. The teens were instantly drawn to the windows, forgetting all about either their annoyance or just anger at the world, marveling at the sight they had been depraved of for God knows how long.

Hunter smiled at this, then sat back and closed his eyes, knowing that the kids wouldn't cause so much trouble, so he just decided to catch up on his lost hours of sleep.

"I don't ever remember the outside bein' this beautiful!" Dani said, her face plastered to the window beside Wally as June nodded dreamily.

"Lady Athena told me that Gaea made this especially beautiful because we're on a field trip. It's a very important day in Olympus." The younger informed the older girl, who was marveling at the sight of a flying bird.

"Well tell Lady Athena thanks!" Dani said, slowly slipping into a Western accent as she spoke.

"You know, maybe this field trip won't be half bad." Conner softly said, allowing himself a small smile as he looked at the bright blue sky he had missed for so long.

"Yeah, it only stinks that we won't go to the beach." Megan told him, leaning on the back of his seat to look down at him while smiling. "I really miss the feeling of the sand on my feet,"

"The feeling of splashing around in the water as if nothing in the world was wrong and all was balanced," Artemis added, her elbow on the window sill as her face rested on the palm of her hand.

"Eating all the hamburgers and hot dogs you could as your friends played chicken and made complete fools of themselves," Ember said, looking up at Megan as both girls frowned.

"Thinking about all of that seems to be making you all sad." Kaldur noted as the four frowned.

"It is, Fish Sticks. I miss being normal and having normal friends and eating food at any time you want." Megan told him, looking at him with sad eyes.

"And being able to do all the stupid things you want because your parents are with you." Conner added, knowing exactly how she felt.

"It sucks being locked up in a Sanitarium." Henry finalized, saying exactly what they all felt.

Shawn was feeling a little anxious after he heard their conversation, but Diana placing a hand on his shoulder calmed him some. "Don't worry, Officer. They are just reminiscing. Maybe this will remind them of all their missing because of their stubbornness."

Shawn nodded, but he just couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was going to happen.

The Sanitarium was located on the very top of Mt. Justice, which was an hour or two from Happy Harbor, so they would be travelling for quite a while.


Luckily for him, Shawn's premonitions were wrong. They arrived to the Happy Harbor Animal Sanctuary without any problems, all of the kids finally showing some kind of emotion other than anger or annoyance as they stepped out of the bus onto freedom.

Robin ran around with Rudolph to the petting zoo while Shawn, Raquel, Alana, and Megan followed them. Dr. Prince and Hunter followed Conner and the rest of the teenagers into the maturer exhibits, all the while Roy and Jason followed Dani and Zatanna.

The Board of the Asylum had thought that extra security would be a good measure for the crazy teenagers, so there were no civilians in the zoo while the inmates were in, along with security guards posted at all the exits.

"Come on, Rudolph! Let's pet the goats!" Robin giggled as he pulled on the taller boy's hand, giggling as he hugged his elephant with his other hand.

"Vould you not like to pet the bunnies more, Bird Boy?" Vallace asked softly as he followed after the boy, smiling softly at his enthusiasm.

"Goats are better! They're awesomer and bigger and petteble-er!" Rudolph answered, which made Shawn actually laugh.

But they eventually got to the petting zoo and Rudolph and Robin immediately started hugging all the goats they could find, then Vallace got Robin to help him catch stray rabbits. As the two did this, their companions could not help but smile, deciding that, yes, Robin was pretty adorable.

And as this small branch of the group enjoyed good times, Diana, Roy, and Jason were regretting having brought so many teenagers with them.

Okay, so I'm re-writing these chapters. I've noted that changing some things can help with a lack of muse. I'm hoping that this will help.

So there will be no escape from the Asylum but there will be more adventures inside said Asylum. It will all be fun and games like my older stories so I hope you just stick it with me.

Please review and show me you're still interested in this story.