When he and Wally came into the common room, they found M'gann and Artemis crowded around Dick. M'gann ran her fingers through his black hair while Artemis held one of his hand, one arm wrapped around him in half a hug. Superboy stood back, watching them awkwardly.

"What's going on?" Robin asked stiffly, though he had a pretty good idea.

M'gann looked up, teary eyed. "We were just reading about what happened to this world's Flying Graysons. It was awful."

Robin's stomach twisted but he forced himself to remain calm. He had already had an emotional breakdown- hell, he had cried for pity sakes. Once was enough for him.

"I told you, you didn't need to know."

Dick looked up and wiped away a few tears. Why was he crying? His parents were safe and sound! He had no right to cry over the 'what if's'. "I'm sorry. I should've left it alone. I'm sorry."

"Whatever," Robin muttered. He didn't need Dick's sympathy.

He noticed that Artemis kept trying not to look at him. Great. Just great. She knew too. Batman was seriously going to kill him.

"Recognized, Batman zero-two. Recognized Zatara one-one," the computer announced. Robin groaned. Great.

"Batman and Zatara have arrived," Kaldur said needlessly from where he had just appeared in the doorway. "They must have found a way to send you home, Dick." Dick nodded and stood up, shaking himself loose from the girls' attention. "This way," Kaldur continued as he led the group towards the Zeta tubes.

Sure enough, Batman and Zatara were there, waiting. Zatara didn't look too pleased about seeing them all again.

Robin tried to keep his expression neutral as he looked up at Batman. There was no point. The others would not be as good at hiding it from him. Their thoughts were plainly written across their faces. Batman would know by the way Wally was practically glued to his side. He would know from the way Artemis looked uncharacteristically sympathetic. He would know from the way Dick was trying hard not to look at anyone. Batman would know that they had figured out that Robin was really Dick Grayson.

So it came as quite a shock when Robin didn't see anger in Batman's face. Instead, the Dark Knight looked… concerned. About him. Not about his secret, but about him. It was amazing how much Robin could see in that one look.

"We're sending you home," Batman stated without preamble. "The portal that sent you here was opened by magic, but Zatara thinks he can reopen it and send you back."

"Sounds good to me. I'm ready to get home and back to normal," Dick replied. Suddenly, his eyes grew wide. "But what about Margali? What if she's still trying to get back at Dad and Pop Haley. There's no telling what she might do!"

"I'm sure she's been dealt with."

"By who? Who's going to stop her?" Dick cried.

Dick was right. Who would stop her? Maybe, if they were lucky, the Justice League in that dimension had happened upon the circus and had helped out. But more likely, the circus was on their own. His parents were on their own.

Robin stepped forward. "We will." He may not have liked Dick all that much, but there was no way he was letting this woman do anything to him and his parents. Not if he could help it. "We'll go through the portal with him, find out what this Margali is up to and stop her."

"Robin," Batman started.

"We have to," Robin said firmly as the other gathered around him and nodded in agreement.

Batman regarded him for a moment before pulling something out from his cape. "Take this. When everything is secure, press this button. It will send a signal through to this dimension and Zatara will open another portal."

He knew. He had known they would want to go through to help Dick.

Robin grabbed the device. Batman held on for a moment longer and their eyes met. "Good luck," he finally said before letting go. Robin nodded and tucked the device away before turning to join his team.

"Thank-you," Dick said meekly. "I know-"

"Everything will be okay," Robin interrupted.

Zatara recited a spell and a burst of light appeared in one of the Zeta tubes.

"Let's go," Kaldur ordered coolly before stepping into the portal. The others joined him. Robin stopped at the edge of the tube and looked back. The expression on Batman's face was unreadable but he nodded.

As Robin stepped into the portal, he could've sworn he heard Batman saying good-bye.