Batman stood in the hanger of the watchtower clutching Robin's cape and mask to his torso, tears were still leaking from his eyes at an alarming rate, flexed his bleeding hand hating what he was about to do. He slammed thought the doors into the watchtower's main room, where Flash was hosting a brawl-n-bots tournament, everyone was participating that was
until Batman came in.
He clutched the cape closer and looked away, walking away from the startled heroes towards the med bay.
"Bruce, what the hell happened to your hand?" Green Arrow asked sharply, Batman stopped moving his hand out of the line of sight, Dianna ran up and took it gently between her hands, she smiled weakly
"You must have hit him really hard" Batman didn't smile, he just stared at her.
And stared
And stared
His eyes sad, his ego crushed.
She gasped and dropped his hand, backing up she bumped into Superman, Clark grabbed her shoulders
"Dianna what is it?"
BAM!
She punched Batman on the jaw. The heroes gasped as Batman grabbed her wrist, And yanked her in to a hug.
She sobbed the cape and mask dropped onto the ground; in a heap. They stared at it,
"You mean Robin's…" Black Canary whispered horrified, the remaining heroes eyes grew wide as they stared at the bundle,
"I put him in the bay" Batman said rocking Dianna, "He always like to stare at the water in Star City, it was so clean compared to Gotham."
"You'relyingRob'snotdeadhe',hemuststillhavehim,thisisimpossablethiscan'tbehappining,ohmygodmybestfriend,imgoingtohurl,!-"
"Kid, SLOW DOWN!" Flash screamed, wind was whipping through the room, papers where scattering though out the air as Wally shook with angst, Wally's outline blurred as he vibrated, "KID!" Wally took a shaky breath as Artemis embraced him.
"I'm sorry" Kid Flash muttered still twitching "OHGOD I'M SO SORRY!" Artemis and Wally held each other sobbing,
UNGG! Conner slugged the wall, it nearly collapsed, Batman watched the teens fall apart in front of him, Megan and J'onn were in what seemed shock their eyes glowing, closes whipping in an imaginary wind. Red Tornado was staring at the ground as Ollie and Roy threw insults at each other. Superman walked up to Batman
"I should have been there" Superman whispered
"I ask you not to be"
"I shouldn't have listened, did he pass…peacefully?"
"He burned to death in an explosion" Batman snapped bitterly "after he was ripped limb from limb, he couldn't even run to the GOD FREAKING door if he wanted to and all I did was cover my f***ing face with my fire proof cape and watch him burn- " The room was silent mouth in small 'o's of terror and grief, Batman glanced at the cape and picked it up rubbing it between his fingers. Fire proof cape? His mind screamed, Robin had one too then why is this one burned like this? His eyes widened
"This isn't fireproof" he mused
"DUH" Roy snapped bitterly "if it was do you think Robin would have been "ripped from limb to limb by a freaking explosion and burned to death"?" Batman looked at him
"Robin's cape WAS fire proof" Batman caressed the scored material "the bastard that wore THIS cape's wasn't"
"You mean he's still alive?" Aqualad asked shaking Aqua man's hand off his shoulder,
"Yes"
"Now lad's-" Aquaman said "I pray that is true, but we shouldn't get our hopes up just in case-"
"All in favor of leaving Aquaman behind raise your hand" Superman interrupted, Batman managed a smile as he looked out upon the room full of hands.
"Now just a minute-" Aqualad said
Batman closed his eyes …
"You shouldn't be such a scrooge" 12 year old Robin said to Bruce, "you know you have friends you should just appreciate them more often" Batman turned to his partner in the passenger's seat
"How so?" he said with a smirk
"Well there's always Friend appreciation day-"
"No"
"Valentines day"
"No"
"Christmas"
'No"
"Hanukah, Easter, Fourth of July, birthdays, independence day, three kings day, all you can eat day at the Golden Corral, thanksgiving, Halloween…Super Bowl, Columbus day, St. Patrick's day, Blow out sales, anniversaries, National teddy bear day-"
"Can you see the Batman wishing everyone a happy Teddy Bear Day?"
"New years, Martin Luther King's day, Veterans day, memorial day, labor's day, Mother's day, Father's day, grandparents day, Flag day, arbor day, earth day, presidents day, Boss day-"
"I am the boss"
"How 'bout Employee appreciation day"
"What's that?"
"Just tell everyone how great of a job their doing, you know "you're awesome-"
"Those words exactly?" Bruce said with a chuckle
""More or less, you could say -and I couldn't do this without you"
"And I COULD do it with out them"
"It's not that hard Bruce…" Robin threw his feet on the dash of the Bat mobile, "Just…admit you need them, they'll like you more"
"I don't want them to like me Robin, and who says they don't!"
"I swear Bruce sometimes I feel like the mature one here"
"Bruce, Bruce" Superman said shaking the man's shoulder, Batman snapped into reality
"What!" he snapped the man of steel flinched
"Time to go, J'onn says he go a reading on Robin's mental wavelength"
Batman glance at the clock it was nearly 7 pm, he'd been zoned out for nearly 3 hours. "He's been in mediation for hours now, Megan too"
"You're awesome and I couldn't do this with out you" Batman heard himself say, Superman smirked
"That's something Robin would say" SILENCE… "But yeah…you're pretty awesome yourself…off the record"
This time when the Riddler came to "join company" with Robin, Robin barley fought.
"It's nice to see my pet is becoming obedient" the Riddler snickered, patting the boy's hair when he finished. Robin tried to talk, but his tongue felt worthless and lifeless, he tried to move it but couldn't,
"Giving me the silent treatment eh?" Riddler said caressing Robin's naked shoulder, the man pinched his nails drawing blood, Robin could barley feel it, he didn't make a sound, instead he stared at the wall, he heard the Riddler leave, return and felt a soft stinging on his arm
"HAHAHAHAHAEEEIIIHOHO!" He continued to stare at the beige wall until the Riddler left, he slowly rolled over and looked at his arm there was a nasty, bleeding gash in the shape of a question mark, how did I not feel that? He tried to grab a napkin off the dresser but found he couldn't move, he couldn't speak, he couldn't feel.
He was completely numb.
He tried to call Bruce
But it came out
Silent
He tried to cry for his mother and father
Silent
I tried to feel the bed below him
Nothing, like floating on air
He tried, God he tried to pulled the blankets over him
He didn't move.
He stared at the ceiling
then he closed his eyes and
Cried.
He didn't care anymore
He Just didn't care.
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