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8 months later: Age 14
The team lined up after being called into the mission room anticipating Batman's instructions " We have a hostage situation in Gotham" he stated as he turned toward the computer and typed in coordinates "The entire GCPD station is being held hostage, plus one hostage at this old abandoned warehouse" he explained showing an image of both locations on the screen "Obviously, most of you will be working with the hostages at the GCPD and two of you will be working to free the Warehouse Hostage " he explained
Superboy stepped forward "Who exactly is so important that two of us have to go off to save one person" he grumbled
Batman glared at him "The hostage in question is Barbara Gordon ,the police commissioners daughter" he explained Barbara's school photo flashed on the screen, Kid Flash glanced at Robin and patted his back "For this mission I'll be sending Robin and Kid Flash to the Warehouse , the rest of you will be working at the GCPD" he ordered
Zatanna raised her hand Batman nodded toward her signaling for her to speak "Don't you think this Gordon girl might want another female to help her too? Maybe Robin and I should be the ones to help her" she suggested
Batman shook his head "My plans are set, on the way to the GCPD Miss. Martian will drop Robin and Kid Flash off at the Warehouse, everyone else is to go to the GCPD is that understood?" He questioned sternly they all nodded "Remember people's lives are at steak so at the first sign of trouble contact your mentor for help, now move out and act quickly " he ordered stepping out of the cave
"You heard him team! Come on!" Robin clapped his hands together and ran to the Bioship slightly aggravated when it seemed to him that everyone else was taking their time getting there.
Once they were all in, Zatanna moved to sit in the seat next to Robin "Rob you could have helped me back there, I just thought it'd be fun for us to do a mission together since you are my boyfriend" she smiled and rested her hand on his
"Missions are not a time for romance Zee" Robin stated looking straight ahead as the bioship began to move
"Robin it's just a hostage situation and its one teenaged girl, it's not like we are taking down the joker, we could've handled this together" Zatanna protested
Robin turned his head toward her "Just a hostage situation! This is the commissioner's daughter, do you know how important her wellbeing is to Gotham!" Everyone turned to glance at Robin, surprised at his sudden lashing out.
Quickly Wally turned to Artemis "I gotta take care of this" he whispered she smiled and nodded waving her hand to tell him to go ahead he stood and walked toward Robin and Zatanna's seats "Zee why don't we switch places, that way when it's time for us to go we can get out faster" he suggested Zatanna gave him a hesitant nod then moved to where Wally had been sitting Wally slid into the seat next to Robin and gave his shoulder a small squeeze of encouragement
When they dropped down on the warehouse Robin moved quickly to where he knew they could sneak in, they made their way to the 3rd floor that they had figured out Barbara was on when Robin kicked down the door the sight he saw wasn't something he hoped to see. Barbara sat there tied up by her hands and legs, a panicked look in her eyes "Robin!" She gasped letting out a breath she had been hold "and Kid Flash...where's the rest of your team?" She asked nervously
Robin smiled at her relieved that she seemed okay "They're at the GCPD" he explained
She nodded "Great, my Dads there" she stated
Robin nodded he felt Kid Flash tap his shoulder and turned to him "Hate to stop this conversation but I think we have company " he pointed Robin looked to the busted down doorway, where 3 men began running into the room, one with a gun, one with a knife and another with a pipe quickly Kid Flash and Robin jumped at them taking down the man with the gun first, unfortunately this allowed the one with the pipe to get to Barbara
"Thanks doll ,your little chit chat with Boy wonder here let us know someone was in here with ya" the man said flashing Barbara a toothy grin Robin turned to see the man speaking to her "Let me give ya a little thank you gift " he continued as he swung the pipe hitting her in the back.
Barbara's body jolted from the impact, she let out a grunt Robin turned toward the man and growled "Take care of this this guy, he's mine" he told Kid Flash leaving him to handle the second kidnapper on his own.
Robin lunged forward jumping on the man, they rolled back and forth holding the pipe in between them each taking a few hits before Robin got ahold of the pipe, he took it and swung it hitting the man knocking his feet out from under him, he fell back hitting the floor. Robin quickly jumped on top of him holding him down as he threw blows at him
Even after the man was passed out Robin continued to hit him over and over "Who do you think you are!? Don't hurt her! Don't you dare hurt her! Do you understand? How dare you hurt her! He yelled as he beat down on the now bloody man
Robin was pulled back quickly "Robin stop you're going to kill him!" Kid Flash warned holding his arms.
Robin was now panting breathing heavily from the rage running through his body "He...He hurt her!" he spoke lowly
Kid Flash nodded "I understand that...trust me I do, but you don't kill." He spoke to him calmly trying to get through to him
Robin nodded his mind was beginning to clear "Thanks KF" he said letting out a breath and looked down at the beaten man lying on the floor
"I already ran the other 2 guys to Arkham, I'll get him to a hospital, why don't you free her." Kid Flash bent down and threw the man over his shoulder before speeding off
Robin rushed over to Barbara and bent down "Sorry you had to see that" he whispered
She nodded "It's okay"
He grinned at her and began working on her ropes once she was free he helped her up "Are you hurt anywhere?" He asked quickly looking her over
She shook her head and flashed a small smile "Nothing serious, few bruises and a busted lip but nothing that won't heal within a few weeks" she explained
Robin looked at her for a moment his emotions building, he quickly pulled her into a tight hug this surprised Barbara
Why is he hugging her, so tightly especially, this wasn't normal behavior was it? She thought silently
Robin pulled back, he seemed to be looking at her eyes, not that she could exactly tell from his mask. Before she could process what was happening he leaned forward and kissed her lips.
Barbara's mind began to race with a mixture of thoughts as they kissed. This definitely isn't normal for Robin to do. She couldn't believe it, she was kissing Robin the 'Boy Wonder' the guy girls her age fawned over and he kissed her! The kiss was good but Barbara couldn't help but to think it also felt strangely familiar.
The next day
Dick was walking to his 3rd period class , he hadn't seen Barbara this morning, her dad allowed her to sleep in after her crazy night, frankly Dick was a little happy he wasn't sure how he was going to act, he didn't mean to kiss her his emotions just got the better of him , even though she didn't know Dick kissed her since it was Robin who did he just felt weird about the whole thing, he knew high school was supposed to be confusing but this was a whole new level .
Suddenly he was pulled into a supply closet, before he could even react he was pushed up against the wall with a hard kiss being pressed to his lips after a few seconds he realized who it was.
All too soon she pulled away and looked at him. Barbara narrowed her eyes at him and shoved his chest she took a step back "I knew it was you" she grumbled
Dick pushed his light headedness from the kiss away and stepped away from the wall "What the heck Babs, you know I have a girlfriend" he crossed his arms
Barbara mimicked his movement and crossed her arms as well "Oh I know, but tell me was Robin thinking of his girlfriend when HE kissed me last night?" she cocked an eyebrow
Dick was speechless "I...I don't know. Does he have a girlfriend" he tried to sound casual but failed miserably
"Tell me Dick, is this girlfriend of yours…. whom you refuse to give me any information about, on Robins little team with him" she asked, Dick remained silent unable to come up with words "For future record Dick if Robin doesn't want people finding out his identity, he needs to watch where he puts those lips of his" she grinned
Dick slapped a hand to his face "Batman is going to kill me" he groaned
"You mean Bruce?" She pointed a finger
Dick stared at her in disbelief "Your good" he pointed a finger back at her
"I want in" she stated taking a seat in the old metal fold out chair that occupied the closet space
Dicks eyes widened "You what!?"
She nodded her head "You heard me I want to help, convince Bruce to let me and I won't tell him anyone about Robin kissing me" she smirked at him
Dick shook his head "Gordon you're playing dirty...but I'll see what I can do"
Barbara stood up and took a step towards him "I always get what I want" she reached over and grabbed his hand "Come on Boy Wonder, were late for class... but don't think your off the hook, your explaining everything to me at the manor after school" she reached over and opened the door pulling him back into the school hallway with her.