"I'll be your Tom, you'll be my Jerry!" The Riddler taunted, as the sickly man slunk around the house, Robin shuttered in his hiding place. Ever since Riddler had discovered Robin's absence they'd played a cat and mouse game through out the underground prison. It was 9:12 am. "COME ALONG PET!"

Robin squeezed his eyes shut and hugged his knees. "It's been over a day since we last…made love" Robin couldn't help it as a sob escaped his lips. "-and this time boy wonderful, I want you to be awake!" Bile rose in Robin's mouth.

"You need some serious therapy!" Robin screamed dashing from his hiding place.

The wounds from his beating a day ago were now scabbed and hurt like hell; they made it difficult to move.

"By the time I'm done with you we both will!" the Riddler screeched taking after Robin in a mad dash; Robin skidded around the corner leading to the kitchen. He rounded the tabled so the deranged man was stuck on the other side, they slunk around the table eyes glued to each other.

The slowly circled

"I'm 13 man, get a life!" Robin hissed

"Why when I can just take yours, hehehehehahahaHOhahaha!"

"You wouldn't kill me!"

"Eh? Why not?"

"Cause I'm your key to Batman, without me Batman won't come!" the Riddler cocked an eyebrow and slowly twirled his cane

"I don't care about the big man"

"W-what? Then why did you- why did you kidnap me?"

"You idiot-" the Riddler coo-ed playfully "-'m much more picky than you think…I kidnapped you for you, and besides I already have something planned for Batman…something that will convince him to let me keep you permanently…"

"What is it? TELL ME!-" the Riddler's can shot out and hooked Robin's wrist before he could react. The Riddler yanked hard

CRASH

Robin sprawled over the table, the breath knocked out of him in a single whoosh. His arms and legs flailed trying to recover and push himself away, but the Riddler pulled out a pair of hand cuffs and

SNAP-click

Robin was trapped

Riddler leaned in

"Didn't Bats teach you never get distracted?" Riddler's breath tickled Robin cheek and the man stroked the trashing boy's hair.

His lips brushed Robin's neck, Robin screamed. "Come my pet, this is cause for celebrations, I need to reward myself for catching you don't I?"

Fear swallowed Robin, he managed

"Go rot in hell"

Before fear won and blackness overcame him.

Batman raced to the coordinates of the beach house, the Bat mobile making over obnoxious screeching noise as it speed around corners, it made one last

SCREEeee!

as he slammed on the brakes in front of the beach house. It was perched on the bay, the sun glistened off the water and reflected onto the home's paneling, there was yellow crime scene tape surrounding the home he ducked under it and ran towards the home, a shadow passed over the window. He saw the fluttering of a cape in the shadow; Riddler doesn't wear a cape…

"Robin!" Batman took long strides toward the home, the door flung open to reveal his son. "Robin!" His voice cracking in happiness and relief,

"D-dad-!" BOOM! Batman was thrown back he used his cape to cover him as the beach house exploded, his eyes glued to his son, who like a rag doll was ripped limb from limb, the boy was consumed in a fiery inferno, soon what was just a second ago Robin was a heap of smoldering, bloody flesh without a cry his son was gone. Batman's eyes widened as a choked cry ripped from his throat

"No! Robin, Dick, God please no!"

Debris flew through the air as a mushroom shaped cloud rose above the pile of smoldering wood. His son was un-recognizable as Batman ran up to him. His cape was torn and shredded, his mask ruined, he feel to his knees and sobbed in his hands. He was too late.

"DAMN IT!" he slammed his hand onto the burning doorstep, blood spurted from his hand. He didn't care. His son was dead. He didn't care about anything anymore.

Robin was shirtless and freezing, he ached in agony as he pulled the sheets on the bed up around his shoulders, he watched the flickering TV screen his father weeping unbearably thinking he was dead.

Robin dropped his head letting a few tears leak out from his eyes, he searched for his mask which had been removed finally he resorted to just closing his eyes. Riddler had won, Batman would be done searching for him, after all wasn't he dead?

He may as well me.

Riddler walked out of the bathroom and eyed the TV.

"I see you're watching the program I put on for you, brilliant isn't it? And you think he'd be smarter since the first dummy I sent him" Riddler tucked in his shirt, and zipped his pants, "Thanks for the good times kiddo n' don't go any where, I'll be back"

Robin barley hear him as he watched his dad gather himself, pick up the bloody heap, ease it into the bay, say a prayer, pick up his shredded cape and mask, board the Bat Mobile and speed off. He figured it would be the last time he saw his dad.

So as the Riddler left, Robin said his goodbyes…and gave up hoping.

PS. Reviews are what keep me posting. -hint-hint- sorry if this was disturbing...I wrote this while listening to Effel 65's Blue (Da Ba Dee) - you should check it out. LOL.

PS. TOM and JERRY at the top of this chapter is the cartoon NOT the ice cream! -.-

More coming.

Robin is found soon

The he has to recover menatlly from what's happened...

and don't forget you have to figure out the answer to the riddle

"How many ways can a Robin die?"

Muha hahahaha!

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