'What do we do?' Wally hissed, grabbing onto his leg as he accidentally shifted it. He could already feel the bones resetting; at a guess, he would say he had about two hours before the bones completely healed in the wrong place.

Robin activated his holographic glove; it flickered but remained on, the fall had damaged it but it was still usable. It was while noting this that Robin noticed that the tracker in his belt was also damaged. He wasn't particularly worried, Batman knew where they had been, it would just mean some old school searching in order to find their exact location.

'It's 8pm. That means the sun's been down for about half an hour. It also means we've been down here for three hours. Once they realise we haven't returned they will send someone to find us.' said Robin, but he was worried about how pale his friend looked. 'When was the last time you ate?'

The speedster shrugged, 'before we left for the mission, food wasn't exactly the main thing on my mind after we fell, I thought you were dead.'

Robin gently sat up further, his head span slightly but he ignored it, slowly moving over to his best friend. He opened the compartment in the gingers arm and brought out an energy bar; opening it he fed it to his friend. Wally chewed it gratefully.

'We really need to get out of here, if something does come then we're not going to have any room to fight back...or run.' said Wally, he didn't mention the fact that he couldn't do either of those things in his current condition, let alone climb the shaft in the first place.

'You should climb out, get out of here and send someone back. You shouldn't be out after dark.'

Robin looked alarmed at Wally's suggestion. 'I'm not leaving you here Wally. You're too badly hurt.' When Wally went to argue, Robin cut him off, 'besides, there's too much of my blood down here, it will still lead them to you. At least if I'm with you I can protect you until help comes.'

Wally knew that made sense, the light reflecting from Robs computer shimmered off the wet patches in the stone and dirt.

'Dude!' Wally hadn't realised how much Robin was bleeding, there was blood pooled on the floor and it was still seeping down his head.

'I'm fine.' Though as he said it the blood saturated his mask, turning the white a deep red. Unable to see through it, he removed the mask. Wally, after all, already knew his secret identity. 'Ok, we're gonna have to climb out so either my Mom of Batman can find us easily. Do you think you can stand?'

'I can stand but there is no way I'm going to be able to climb out.'

'You won't have to, I'm going to carry you.'

'No offense Rob, but our body mass ratio isn't exactly on your side.' That was very true, Dick had filled out a lot in the last few years, but he was still a lot smaller than Wally. But Dick didn't seem bothered by that. He helped Kid Flash to his feet, keeping hold of his arm so that the red head would not fall back to the ground.

'Hold onto my shoulders and whatever you do, don't let go.'

'Dick, did you not hear me? There is no way you can carry me all the way up there.'

Dick turned back to face him looking slightly annoyed.

'I've been practising something.' He said. Wally raised an eyebrow beneath his mask but raised both as his best friends eyes suddenly glowed purple.

'Dude! Should you be able to do that on command?'

'Probably not, but at this moment in time, I am glad that I can. Now hold on.' Wally took hold of the boys shoulders and clung on like a koala as they began to scale the wall. Half way up, Wally could feel something hot and wet on his arm, against the bright yellow fabric of his suit, he could tell that it was Robin's blood.

'I don't mean to distract you, but you are still bleeding a hell of a lot Dude.'

'I know, I can feel it on my face.' Robin grunted as he lifted them higher, 'when we get close to the top, grab the edge and pull yourself up.' When they neared the surface, Wally did just that, pulling himself out of the hole before reaching back for his friend.

Once they were safe they lay there, staring up at the stars.

'Now, what?'

'Give me a minute, I'm trying not to puke.' said Robin, his eyes were still purple, he feared that if he suppressed his vampire blood now he would pass out before he could get Wally help.

'Well this is a wonderful sight, I was hoping you weren't dead.'

Robin shot up at the unfamiliar voice. A man stood before them, he was aged, maybe early 60's, a short greying beard and silver hair framed his face. Robin took a step closer to Wally as the man's eyes glowed red. 'Good evening little Prince.'

'You can't touch me and back up is going to be here any moment, so I suggest you leave.'

'Do not worry yourself, little Prince, I am not here to harm you or your little friend. I was merely concerned when I found you trapped.' True to his word the man did not come any closer to them.

'And why would you be concerned about me.' Spat Robin, 'who are you anyway?'

'My name is Abraham. And my concern is quite simple, you are no use to me dead,' with a nod of his head he began to walk away, 'at least not yet anyway.'

Dick let out the breath he had been holding when the vampire disappeared, he had no idea what the man had meant, but for the moment, he didn't care. He turned back to Wally, who looked like he was so done with this mission.

'Robin!' they both looked over to the cry. 'Robin!'

'Mom!' Robin called back into the darkness as Wally sighed a sigh of relief. Christine came into view with Batman hot on her heels. As they came closer, Dick's eyes reverted back to their original colour before rolling back into his head as he collapsed.

'Robin!' The two heroes reached them, Batman seeing to Kid Flash while Christine examined the deep contusion on her son's head. 'What happened?'

'We fell down a mine shaft. Rob managed to get us back up, but then some vampire dude appeared, said his name was Abraham; he left without a fight.' Wally explained. Christine looked as though someone had just slapped her around the face.

'What is it? Who is he?' When the vampire looked scared, Wally knew the situation was bad.

'It doesn't matter, let's get you both home.'

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Once both the boys were in the Medbay of the Watchtower, Batman turned to Christine.

'So are you going to tell me who the man was?'

'He was a friend of my fathers for years, that is until he betrayed Dracula, so my Father turned him into a vampire. Abraham was a vampire hunter, so turning him was the ultimate revenge for his betrayal.'

Batman raised a hand to pause her, 'when you say vampire hunter...are you telling me that man was...'

'Yes, Bruce. That man was Abraham Van Helsing.'

A/N A slightly more interesting chapter for you. I don't know why I bother spacing out the chapters when I write them, this site squishes it all together when I upload them anyway XD. Sorry about that, let me know if it is hard to read and I will see what I can do to change it. Please review, until next time. Karin x