Young Justice
Time Travel Fic? Yeah, REALLY original…
By RobinIsAwesome
I don't own Young Justice.
Older Robin POV
Day 103
I'm in a hospital bed.
Is it sad that I can tell right away?
I open my eyes. I think of how I got here, but it hurts to think. I get up and see that I'm handcuff to the bed and a motion detector is on my ankle. Memories of a fight come to mind.
Did I get captured? I look around. I only had a pencil and my zipper jacket to pick the lock with. The zipper wins.
I take off my jacket and free myself in about 20 seconds. I really wish I had my belt.
Now the motion detector will be harder. I look at the design. It'll turn off if I don't keep it on and I can't let the enemy know I'm escaping; or at least trying to. I think I was drugged. I felt so dizzy.
Got to get my head in the game…
I look at the IV and heart monitor. The monitor seems to be in sync with the tracker. So I have to connect the monitor with the tracker while taking it off. If I connect it first, the tracker would overload. I also got to make sure the monitor doesn't turn off or change its rhythm. The tracker has to vibrate so it can give off a signal, which I have to change it to match my heat beat. Easy.
I use the zipper to open up the tracker and take parts of the heart monitor and cross wires. I take a small recording of my heartbeat that is in the monitor, and place it in the tracker. Now to get the tracker to vibrate to give off the rhythm of the heart monitor-
"What are you doing?"
I looked around and see Batman.
"Sorry, but I thought I've been kidnapped. Why do you have a tracker on me and where am I?"
"The tracker is to keep account of where you are and this is the medical bay in Mt. Justice,"
Oh. I must have plenty of painkillers in my system.
"Robin, what do you remember?"
I try to focus. "There was a fight with two people-"
"Do you remember the important aspect that is going on?" He seemed a bit worry.
Then it clicked. "Yeah. I know that I'm in the past,"
I know he was relieved, even if he didn't say so. I can't imagine what would happen if I did forget.
"Lie down," he told me. "Let me tell you what happened. I came over to Mt. Justice. We were outside and smoke bombs came. Two people attacked us. You got stabbed in the leg and blacked out. You were unconscious for over two weeks,"
I took that in. "The one I was fighting was a woman. She had dark hair, I think. Maybe-"
Batman stopped me. "Don't worry. Just get some rest. But you should know that you are going to have to relocate, due to the fact we were discovered,"
By accident. They couldn't have known Batman and I were there. "Do you know what they wanted? "
"No, but I will," he stares me. "You shouldn't have let yourself be seen,"
"They are all going to think I'm my younger self," I argued. I can't believe my slow growth is actually a benefit.
Batman paused. "That's not what I meant,"
I'm embarrassed to think that what he said actually put me in shock for a few seconds. He's saying he cared about me. It's not that I don't realize I'm important to him, but I figure that he wouldn't let his emotions get in the way in a mission.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you,"
He nods. "You're ok now,"
Then I wondered something. "What were you doing at Mt. Justice?"
"You wanted a progress report,"
"Why didn't Flash come instead?"
Start of flashback
Normal POV
Day 80
Flash ran up to Batman's work space.
"Batman, I have to take to you,"
"What is it? And make it quick,"
"Robin wants to know what's going on. The older one, on the case on getting him home,"
"What did you tell him?"
"That I wasn't on the case and that you are,"
Batman thought to himself. He wondered how Robin must be feeling. It was east to guess: lonely and scared. He has no other contact to the outside world besides Flash. He also wondered how they would act around each other in the future.
He must have trained Robin well. He couldn't tell much about their relationship. Does that mean they train often, even when Robin is older?
"Batman," Flash tried to get his attention. "What should I tell him?"
He's my son, thought Batman. Not Flash's. He may not be the same as I know him, but he is still my son. I should be there to protect him.
"Well?"
"Don't tell him anything," To Batman's annoyance, Flash seem to expect this. Then he continued. "I'll tell him,"
End of Flashback
"I wanted to see if you were okay," answered Batman.
Joy filled Robin, who was bothered by it because it shouldn't matter what this Batman says. The future Batman is the one who matters.
Never the less, Robin was happy that this Batman cared for him, butalso thought this was a sappy moment.
As nice as the moment seemed, Robin wanted to know. "So, could I hear that report?"
Batman didn't mind as much as Robin thought he would. "Very strong and unstable magic is included. It was mixed with high level science,"
"'High level science' is just a nice way of saying 'lethal and illegal',"
Batman smiled. "That's right. Zatara is trying to find a way to reverse the spell or spells used,"
Robin was glad with the information. "And where will I be staying?
"You mean once you get better? It's unsure,"
"Do I get any say in it?"
"Only if you manage it replace the blood you lost quickly. We gave you two pints, but you still need to make the rest,"
"I'll be up before you know it,"
Batman stood. "I don't doubt it,"
Batcave
In the Batcave, Batman changed into Bruce Wayne. He went upstairs to the manor. Dick was waiting there.
"Dick. You should be asleep,"
"I just want to know if he's doing any better," Despite Dick's earlier, jealous phase, he was worried for his future self. Not simply because he will become him, but because Bruce would be broken if something bad happen to both either Robins/Dick Graysons.
"He finally woke up. Now go to sleep,"
Dick went up to his room. When Bruce told him what happened, he was confused.
While they were the same person, the older self was stronger.
But as Dick thought about it, he was like a long-lost brother. Dick figured it wasn't vice-versa, but he still hope that the other gets better.
~robinisawesome~