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Chapter 10
Paralysation
PART II
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Dick Grayson is not afraid of heights, he's afraid of falling. It is instilled in him at a young age, when he first starts practicing for the trapeze. It goes hand in hand with learning the trade. One small mistakes makes the difference between flying and falling. His fear is only reinforced when his family dies. He becomes Robin and, being a member of the Batclan, learns to keep his secrets close. His fear of falling is one of many secrets.
The Team is used to watching Robin fall. He frequently grapples across the roof of the cave, jumps off tall buildings and doesn't reach for his grapple until the last possible second. They chastise him for such reckless risks, saying one day he won't be able to catch himself. Robin in turn laughs and explains he's not falling he's flying, and there's a big difference. They don't get it, but he doesn't mind. He'd rather keep this feeling to himself anyways.
But now? Now they understand. This is not what Robin does. This is not swinging between support beams and dropping off skyscrapers two swing through the streets. This is simply dropping.
M'gann and Connor are stuck fighting their way through the basement levels of the building. Zatanna is unconscious, being carried to safety by Kid Flash, so it's only Robin and Aqualad on the roof when it happens. They're putting up a good fight, and it's obvious they're going to win. That doesn't mean the bad guys can't get lucky. Aqualad is fending off two opponents when a third sneaks up behind him. Robin doesn't have any more batarangs, have already exhausted his supply on the unconscious goons scattered throughout the building. The only thing he has is his fists, so he does something incredibly stupid.
Just as Kaldur finishes with his two opponents, Robin tackles the third goon, and they both tip over the edge.
Kaldur is the only one who sees the whole thing. He stretches over the edge of the roof, tries to catch Robin's cape, but it slips through his fingers. M'gann sees a blur of black, yellow, and red from the corner of her eye. She and Superboy are too late to help when they reach the window, only watch. Finally, the three of them understand, there is a difference.
Kid Flash is the only one who doesn't see him fall, who has no warning. He has just returned from carrying Zatanna to the bioship, and he stops before entering the building to adjust his googles. There's a rush of wind, a blur of colour, and a thud at his feet. Wally freezes, his hands still raised to his head, and blinks. He was smiling, but his expression goes blank as he looks down to the now blood stained sidewalk.
Robin always flies, but not that day. That was the day Robin fell.
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So… I know I said Hyposmia Part 2 would be chapter ten, but I'm having so much trouble writing that chapter, so it'll have to be the next one. Sorry to disappoint :/ And this is a short chapter, but it didn't feel right having the actual event and the resulting struggle in the same chapter.
Because of how many stories I'm working on right now (which was a stupid decision, but I couldn't resist), I'm going to switch Rob(bed) Senseless to a monthly update schedule since it's technically a oneshot/mini-series series and not one of my main ones. Excluding this month, I will update this story on the 17th of every month, so at least you can expect consistent updates after this.
Steelec1: Thanks!
Grayson4life: I'm glad you liked it. I thought it would be nice to end at the beginning
Pixie07: Yay! I'm happy it was up to snuff :P
HEB807: And that makes me extremely happy. It's good to know I have more than one good story.
Goingdownwithmyshipz: Why thank you :)
The Best Guesst:Thank you! The smell one is Hyposmia, which was supposed to be this chapter, but I'm having writing difficulties so I had to push it back in order to update.
'See' you next time!