Chapter Ten people! The dreaded chapter ten. It always seems, to me, that chapter ten is always were shit starts to get really real.
So get ready for really real THINGS. Warnings for this chapter: swearing, das it.
I don't own Young Justice.
Batman, no Bruce, was sitting over his comatosed son. It had been like this for a week now. They had tried everything to make him wake up, but nothing... Why? Bruce found himself constantly repeating in his head.
Everything had gone to plan on their rescue mission. Once Batman had figured out where Robin was, he called Wally and Artemis, they headed to the location Batman had sent them, then he called the rest of the team, and told them the same. He was already on his way of course. Everything was going the way it should...
Batman was speeding towards the location he knew Robin was. The team was coming too, and the league were either approaching as well, or getting the medical bay ready for Robin, because they knew that he would need it.
"Bats?" Kid Flash's voice crackled through the communicator.
"Have you arrived on location?" Batman asked, Kid Flash replied in the affirmative, then asked what they were supposed to do. "Scope out the area, and take out any guards that may be around the perimeter, your team will be arriving, and so will I." He could practically see Kid Flash shake his head 'yes' before he responded.
"Yes sir." Kid Flash cut the transmission, and the bat went back to focusing on driving. He was going way faster than he ever thought possible in the batmobile, and he was surprised that he hadn't crashed yet. For some reason it was like everything around him had slowed down to almost a stop. The bat then realized that this was most likely what it was like for the speedsters when they were running, and so they wouldn't crash into anything. It was kind of making him feel sick, Batman really couldn't understand how those speedsters manage to eat as much as they do and not throw up because of how fast they're always running. 'Focus' Batman thought to himself.
Only then of course did he realize that he was now less than a minute away from the location, so he slowed the batmobile, preparing to come to a stop. He could see it now, the warehouse that he had tracked Robin to, and he could already see the splash of green, and red and yellow.
Kid Flash waved Batman over to them as he got out of the batmobile. Batman just walked swiftly, and silently, over to the pair.
"We scoped the area out, like you said, and we took out all the guards in the area." Batman nodded, and noticed that Artemis took very kindly to Kid Flash's use of "we" in his sentence.
"Alright, I will see if I can locate Scarecrow, while you wait for you team, and once they arrive, look for Robin. If you find him after that, tell me immediately, and wait for further instruction." They both nodded, and the Dark Knight went to head out to look for Scarecrow, when Kid Flash stopped him.
"How did you figure it out?" Batman looked at Kid Flash, and didn't know how to explain..
"'Alone in a crowd...'" Batman muttered, and both Kid Flash and Artemis looked confused. "When I was trying to figure out Robin's location, I began thinking about... something... that happened when I first met him... something he said..."
"Alone in a crowd?" Kid Flash asked, Batman nodded.
"That made me realize that the best place to hide would be in a crowd, it'd be like trying to find a needle amongst a bunch of slightly different other needles..." They nodded. "Then I remembered that Scarecrow, aka Jonathan Crane, used to take cases in Blüdhaven, and I thought about it for a moment. I realized that the best place in Blüdhaven to "hide in plain sight" would be somewhere that was still in use, but would be vacant for good chunks of time." They nodded again.
"So, this place isn't always abandoned?" Artemis asked, the Dark Knight nodded.
"Every other month this place is used as a storage unit for crates to be sent to Gotham, so there are men swarming this area, which is why I didn't consider it at first, but I then realized that this month, the entire area is vacant." That was all the explanation needed. Kid Flash nodded to let the Dark Knight go, but Artemis asked one more thing.
"Why would Robin say "alone in a crowd" to you?" Batman left his mouth slightly agape, he couldn't answer.
"Artemis." Kid Flash said, he looked her straight in the eye, and she got the message.
"I-it doesn't matter, just find Scarecrow, we'll find Robin." Batman nodded, and went towards the vacant building, while Artemis and Kid Flash went in the other direction towards one of the entrances they saw earlier, totally disregarding Batman's earlier orders to "wait for the team to arrive before searching for Robin". But they both supposed that it didn't really matter much anyway, they would be alerted if they arrived.
The building was a typical shipping warehouse, and it had "110-675" etched on the side. Neither Kid Flash nor Artemis knew, or cared, what the numbers meant, so they disregarded it. Artemis took the lead, Kid Flash close behind, and they slid into the shadows of the night.
Heading through one of the smaller entrances, they began to search every area in this section, finding nothing. They headed for the second, and were greeted by the sight of Robin laying limply in the center of the room. Kid Flash let loose a small gasp at the state of his friend, and went to go get him.
"No," Artemis said as she stuck her arms out to stop the speedster. "We have to alert Batman, then we can wait for further instruction." Kid Flash nodded, and began to call the bat.
"You found him?" Wally replied with a small 'yes', and he heard a small, almost inaudible, sigh of relief come from the other end of the line.
"I'll head towards that section, I have a feeling that Scarecrow's close by. So stick to the shadows, and I think I see your team, so let them know of you location, and give them the same instructions." Kid Flash again replied 'yes' and cut the communication line. Artemis was listening, and she nodded at him.
Batman was swiftly gliding towards where he expected that Scarecrow would be, he couldn't wait to beat the shit out of the man. Then, he saw him, he was talking, no shouting, at some of his employes.
"Well then, get the fucking kid to eat! You're not going to let him die, you got it!?" Scarecrow shouted at them, they nodded, and went back towards where Robin was.
The Dark Knight looked over and saw that he was on the second level of this section of the warehouse, and he could see Kid Flash and Artemis lingering in the shadows, he waited until they noticed him.
Kid's head shot up, and he looked him in the eye, Kid gave the Dark Knight a "thumbs up" telling him that the team were about to meet up with them, so Batman attacked.
He hit Scarecrow from behind, and the man was out before even getting to see what, who, hit him. They all attacked at the sound of Scarecrow's body hitting the floor. The team shot out from the shadows and began taking out men. Left and right men appeared, then they soon hit the ground. Batman was taking out the men on the second level, while the team was handing the floor level. It took them about... ten minutes? It felt like ten minutes...
Batman rushed to Robin's side, scooping him up into his arms, holding him bridal style. The boy was groaning slightly, and was breathing heavily, he seemed really out of it. Though he did tense when Batman picked him up. Kid Flash sped over, and immediately started talking to Robin.
"Rob!? Are you ok? We've been looking everywhere! and we didn't stop, we couldn't, can you hear me? Please say something!" Kid Flash practically shouted, and he heard Superboy grumbled that Robin "couldn't hear him," and that "he was passed out."
"He's gonna be alright Wally, everything's fine Wally, don't worry, it's fine, okay?" M'gann said, trying to calm him down to a manageable level. Bruce just said,
"He's breathing alright, he's fine." Although it sounded more like a grunt, he did say it quietly after all.
"It'll be okay. Don't worry, it's alright, we're going to bring him back to the medical bay, calm down please." Kaldur's words seemed to help a bit more, at the mention of getting Robin medical attention.
"Yeah Baywatch, he's breathing fine, and it's not going to take long to get to the mountain, don't worry about it, alright? It's fine. No matter how repetitive we're all being," Artemis added, using her snarky tone at the end. Wally chuckled a bit, realizing that they had all said the word "fine" at least ten times.
"You're right, it's fine," came Wally's witty comeback. They all then began to head for the door, and Kaldur called the league, and they said they'd be sending some people in on "Scarecrow Clean Up Duty".
The night was brisk, and Batman felt Robin relax slightly in his arms. They headed towards the bio-ship, and Batman told them to take Robin with them on one of their medical beds, and that he'd meet them at Mount Justice. And just as Batman handed Robin over to Superboy, to be carried into the ship, Batman felt Robin completely pass out in his arms.
"His heartbeat is slowing..." Superboy said, and Batman looked at him, confused slightly.
"What do you mean?" Kid Flash asked suddenly.
"Right when Batman was going to give me Robin, his heartbeat began to slow down slightly..."
"Is it still slowing?" Batman asked in a rush of panic, as he felt for Robin's pulse.
"No," Batman calmed a bit, "but it's slower than it should be..." Batman nodded.
"It's probably a reaction to whatever is making him so drowsy." They all concurred, and Superboy took Robin into the bio-ship. Batman then headed to the batmobile, and they were all off...
Everything should have been fine. But when they got back, and brought Robin into the medical bay, it seemed that somehow he had slipped into a coma... Bruce hadn't left his side since, and there were frequent visits from both the team, and Wally. Wally a lot. They all said that they would figure this out, and that Robin would wake up soon...
But Bruce couldn't shake this feeling...
"Please, please wake up..."
DUN DUN DAAAA.
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