"Bruce!" called a young voice happily as he ran to his mentor.
Batman had been called to a league mission in Metropolis during patrol so, after dropping Robin off at the cave he went to location he was needed. The dark knight had given the boy instructions to get to bed but he knew that Dick would stay up and wait for his return. It was almost like a game they played but Bruce understood that the boy would not be able to relax until he saw his new family home safely.
Bruce gave a deep sigh as the boy ran up to him, "You are supposed to be in bed" he admonished but knew the boy would never listen.
"I am going now. Night Bruce" The nine-year-old smiled up at him before quickly scampering away up the stairs.
The billionaire watched after him fondly before turning his attention to the golden necklace he took from one the burglars earlier in the night. He did not know who the blonde woman was and he had a strong hunch she might be related to a league member.
After getting a fresh cup of coffee from Alfred, the dark knight started to type away on his computer to follow his lead.
Dick was bored out of his mind, Bruce was away for the day to drop Auntie Shiera off for a mission while Alfred was busy dusting one of the many rooms in the manor. It was Saturday and he was not going to spend the best day of the weekend doing his homework. So, he decided to spend his time training in the batcave.
Dick was in the middle of a gymnastics routine when a transmission came through. Putting on his mask the crime fighter flipped over to the large computer and inputted his access codes to accept the call. Robin was not surprised to see the Martian being the one to call the cave. The green alien seemed to always be the one on monitor duty so it was almost always him that would be calling league members.
"Hey uncle J'onn. What can I do for you?" asked the bird happily.
The Martian seemed to hesitate for a second, "There has been a problem"
Robin went tense, the league would only tell him if there was a problem if it involved Batman, "What happened?"
"You need to get a biohazard suit on and I will beam you up to the tower" was all the green man would say before cutting off the connection.
Confused but not willing to waste time if it was a life threatening matter the bird quickly changed as Alfred came down to the cave.
"Good heavens Master Robin, what are you doing?"
Dick had just zipped up the black sanitary suite and turned to face the elder, "I am needed at the tower. Stay inside Alfred I do not know what is happening"
The butler nodded before going over to the computer and pressing a few buttons to put the manor in lock down. Dick placed on the breathing mask and then he was suddenly beamed up to the tower.
This was his first time in the tower and he had wished it was under better circumstances. He quickly pushed that thought to the back of his mind as he went into to Robin mode when J'onn flew over to him.
"There has been an outbreak of some kind and the league has been compromised" he informed as they made their way quickly down the hallways to the medical bay.
The heavy door slid open to reveal Superman, Flash, Green Lantern and lastly Batman all in hospital beds with tubes and wires connected to them. Robin froze for a second but quickly pushed his emotions to the side as he turned to the Martian.
"What do we know about it?" he asked as he grabbed Flash's medical clip board from his bed to skim over.
Batman had trained him thoroughly in different forms of medicine, mostly because of all the different criminals they dealt with that liked to use gases or drugs to cause mayhem. He could see that whatever the disease was it was man made and targeting the heart and lungs at a slow rate.
"From what I have gathered it is an agent that only targets males"
The bird seemed surprised for a second then he thought about what he had seen Batman working on earlier in the day, "Was it the amazons?" he asked.
J'onn was impressed by the quick deduction of the young hero, he was trained well, and nodded, "Yes, one who is determined to see men parish. You will need to keep that suit on until we have determined a cure"
Robin nodded in agreement, he did not want to catch this, "Are Martians not effected?"
"I have yet to determine that. But even if I am susceptible there is not antidote yet so I will try my best to assist you until I am unable" he replied with determination.
Satisfied with the information he was given the boy wonder started to look through the blood samples and other tests to try and figure out what caused this.
It was just after lunch time when the med bay got a call. Robin had just put J'onn down on one of the beds and hooked him up to the monitors when he saw Hawkgirl's face.
"Robin? What are you doing there?" she asked confused as she stared at the little boy surrounded by the sick men.
The bird ignored the question, "Do you have the compound?"
The Thangarian was startled at how mature the boy was acting in this situation but nodded none the less as she made her way to the watch tower.
Robin's shoulder released some of their tension, "Good, meet me in the med bay"
In less than a few minutes the winged woman was in the tower and handing off the vile to the young acrobat. She did not want to leave him alone with such a dangerous item but she knew she had to get back to help Wonder Woman or else things could get a lot worse.
"Don't worry I got this. Feeling totally whelmed right now." The young boy said with a bright smile as he started to do some tests.
Satisfied with the comment Hawkgirl raced from the tower and back to help her teammate.
Superman and Green Lantern handed out the last of the antidotes to the hospitals and made their way back to the ship.
"Good thing an antidote was made in time" Said Flash as the founders met on the observation platform.
Wonder Woman looked off to the side where she could see an excited Robin talking animatedly to Batman and chuckled slightly, "It was a good thing Robin was here to help"
J'onn nodded in agreement, "Yes the boy was instrumental in being able to find a cure. It would not have been made in time if he was not there"
At that moment Superman and Green Lantern returned to join the founders as they watched the little bird fly around the emotionless bat.
"Who would have thought that Batman would be the one to have a kid?" questioned Flash as he snacked on some popcorn.
Green Lantern chuckled, "How is that nephew of yours doing?"
A few weeks later
After the incident where almost all the men on earth had been killed a lot of the criminals laid low for a while. But that was only temporary and groups were starting to make their moves again. It was supposed to be an easy smuggling ring operation with low level criminals who had no idea what they were doing. Or at least that is what the dynamic duo had thought. They had observed the warehouse for a week and watched their movements. It seemed like this was their first time running this kind of operation. It was almost better for them to get caught by the bat rather than by whose ever land they were trying to operate on.
Robin had been around for little over half a year now and he was having the time of his life. He never thought that he would ever be able to be this happy after his parents died but he was glad he had Bruce, someone to understand what he was going through.
Said man was crouched next to him in black cape and cowl as he looked across the street at their target, "Robin" he said lowly to not attract attention, "I will enter through the front. You take the back and catch anyone who tries to escape"
The bird gave a salute before quietly jumping off the building and getting in position to wait for the signal. It only took a minute. It took just as fast to knock out all the smugglers and have them bound and ready for the police.
"That seemed too easy" observed Robin as they tied up the last man.
As if in response to his statement a deranged laughter filled the old building. Batman tensed and pulled out a battarang looking for the cause of the voice. Robin readied himself as well, he had heard this laugh enough times in his nightmares from when he had been kidnapped from school.
The joker in his bright purple suit waltzed out from the shadows without a care in the world, "Very good brat" he chuckled darkly.
Batman shifted his body to place himself between the crazy man and his partner, "What are you up to Joker?" he growled.
The clown shrugged helplessly, "Oh Batsy what was I to do? You would never let me introduce myself to your sidekick. Always, whisking him away whenever I got too close." He said with a gleam in his eye.
The dark knight glared at the clown before talking to Robin, "Go back to the cave" he ordered.
The younger crime fighter was about to protest until he sat Batman's look. He shut his mouth and decided to wait until they got back to base before having this discussion. He turned around and ran to the warehouse door while his partner watched the clown. But before he could get very far an explosion to his right sent the young boy crashing into the far wall.
"Robin!" yelled Batman in surprise as he raced to his partner's side.
Luckily the boy was not seriously injured thanks to his suit but he was still dazed as Batman helped him to his feet. Joker all the while was laughing like a maniac.
"Not yet Batsy. I haven't played with him yet." He snickered while pulled a remote out of his pocket to show off, "I have rigged this place to blow. If you try that again then we all die" he said with a grand gesture to the smugglers that were still tied up and themselves.
After checking the bird for injury Batman turned to face the villain, ready to fight. Seeing this, Joker quickly grabbed a metal pipe from atop one of the many crates to fight with. The two men charged at each other. Batman punching and kicking while Joker dodged and laughed. Robin watched, waiting for an opening to get the remote. Realizing that one was not going to come easily the bird began to look around the warehouse for the bombs but they were hidden well or the clown could be lying. The bird gave an annoyed huff as he glanced back at the fight to see his mentor still holding his own against the crazed clown.
Robin subtly made his way over to the bound smugglers, "Stay quiet and we will all get out of this alive" he said seriously and the men nodded quickly.
He pulled the still handcuffed group to their feet and made them follow him along the shadows of the wall while Batman kept the clown occupied. Making it to a side exit door Robin pulled out an exploding birdarang and blew the door off and quickly pushed the men through before the clown could trigger a bomb.
As the last man ran through Batman called out to the bird causing Robin to turn around and dodge a swing from a pipe just in time.
"That is not how you play the game bird boy" growled the clown as he continued to try and land a hit on the boy.
Robin let out a cackle, "Who said we were playing your game?" said the bird as he flipped around the purple clad man.
Joker paused for a moment before his crazed smile brightened, "Oh bird boy I think we will get along greatly" he chuckled.
Robin was breathing a little heavily from his dodging game but did not move from his defensive stance as the clown started to laugh crazily.
"I have an idea" stated the clown suddenly as he pulled out the remote with a big red button, "Why don't we celebrate tonight with a bang?" he exclaimed happily and smashed his thumb onto the receiver.
….
Confused the green haired man pressed it again. Nothing. Annoyed he turned around to see all of the bombs he had placed around the building sitting in the middle of the warehouse. The clowns smile turned sour as he glared at the boy who was chuckling to himself.
"nice meeting ya" he said with a cackle.
Hearing footsteps the Joker turned around just in time for Batman to punch him in the face and knock him out.
"Well that was whelming" said the bird as he joined his partner.
Batman smirked down at his partner, "Good job" he said before making his way to the batmobile.
Two Months Later- Central City
The dynamic duo was perched on one of the high-rise buildings. Robin was very excited to meet the new kid hero, Kid Flash. The new vigilante had not been around for a month yet but Flash had asked for the two to meet and Batman agreed after being badgered a few times by the scarlet man.
"Hey Bats" came a jolly greeting.
The man in question rolled his eyes behind his mask as he nodded in greeting and turned his attention back to the warehouse he was watching. Robin chuckled as he flipped off the ledge of the roof and ran up to the speedster.
"Hey Flash. Where is the new guy?"
In the next second a boy dressed in sunshine yellow zoomed next to his uncle's side. He glanced between his uncle and the two visitors on the roof and gaped at the dark knight.
"That's batman" he exclaimed excitedly to his uncle.
Flash chuckled lightly, "Yes and this is Robin. Say hi." He said nudging his nephew forward to meet the little bird.
Robin put out a fist and the red head smirked as he returned the fist bump, "Nice to meet ya."
A rustle of clothing was heard as Batman stood behind the youths, "Flash you and I will take the warehouse. They are starting to move. Robin and Kid Flash watch the perimeter and let us know if anything changes"
Robin nodded as he flipped over to the ledge to get ready to watch. Kid Flash was gaping at the dark man like a fish and trying to process what was just said to him.
Flash nodded at Batman before the cape crusader propelled off the roof to start the mission. The scarlet speedster knelt in front of his nephew and grabbed his shoulders to get his attention.
"Kid you are going to stay here with Robin. Listen to what he says like if it was me telling you something" he said seriously, causing the teenager to nod before he sped away.
"how long have you been a sidekick?" Wally asked the bird that was perched on the ledge of the building.
Robin put away his binoculars and gave the red head a small smile, "A little over a year."
The red head was surprised, he did not realize how long the bird had been on the crime fighting scene but then again it was typical of Batman to keep things hidden. He looked over the small boy and could not imagine this kid being able to take down villains.
"How old are you anyway? Like seven?" he asked curiously.
The raven looked at the red head with a smirk, "I just turned ten. But started training when I was eight" he chuckled at the speedsters surprised look.
"Dude that is cool"
Robin pulled out a small ear piece, "Here if you ever want to talk you can reach me with this" smiled the younger boy.
Wally smiled as he put it in one of his pockets and then the two turned to their task at hand. Bruce was glad that Robin now had someone to talk to in the crime fighting world he just wished it did not include having to be around the speedsters too often. But he was willing to do anything to keep the boy happy.
I hope this chapter was enjoyable :) sorry it is short but i am leaving for a family vacation in the next few days so I have not had time to make it longer.
Also, pairings will be happening in the future as the boys start to get older and young justice and the justice league become bigger characters. So please leave a comment if their are any couples you want to see :)