The sun rose in the horizon and announced a new day's coming. Raven was sitting by the window, but she wasn't looking out at the sun. She was trying to meditate, but she was each time disturbed by Cyborg and Beast Boy, who was eating breakfast.
"Pass me the soy milk."
Cyborg looked up from his bowl of cereal.
"Get it yourself."
"Man, pass me the soy milk! It's just next to you!"
"I'm NOT touching THAT."
Beast Boy transformed one of his hands into a tentacle and reached out after the milk, but in the same moment did Cyborg the same. The result was that the milk bottle felt down on the floor and broke into thousand of pieces. There was milk everywhere.
"Look, what you have done! It was the last one!"
Raven sighted and went down to the two boys.
"Boys, this is definitely NOT the day for this."
Beast Boy and Cyborg, who were fighting over the spilt milk, froze.
"She have right, Cy. We should celebrate instead. Robin is home!"
Beast Boy transformed into a snake and coiled out of Cyborg's grasp. He transformed back to his normal form and began to dance around. Cyborg didn't move, but a worry look came over his face.
"Guys, I don't if you have notice it, but hasn't he changed a lot?"
Beast Boy stopped in the middle of a movement and turned towards Cyborg. The fear was writing all over his face.
"But he is back…"
The door flung open and Starfire flew into the room.
"Is Robin in here?"
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The music welcomed him back as he came closer and showed him the way into the ring. On the way long forgotten memories came back to him. Memories there came from a long forgotten epoch. A time where he just had been an innocent child.
The music stopped as he reached the tent and a group of artist came out of it He hid behind one of the caravans until they were gone and then he went into the tent. It was just as he remembered, but in the same time it was much smaller that he remember. He had just been a kid, when it had happened…
"What are you doing here?"
He turned around and recognized the man, but couldn't show it as he had the suit on. The man recognized him.
"Oh, it you! Is something wrong? Is Batman here also?"
There stood the man, who had been like a grandfather for him before the accident, and he couldn't do anything.
"No, I was just checking to see if everything was all right."
"Well, I haven't seen anything unusual, but you are welcomed to stay as long as you find it necessary. You have to excuse me, but I have a lot to do before the show tonight."
The boy just nodded a goodbye to the man, who left the tent.
The boy went into the middle of the ring. It was here he his innocent had ended. It was here Robin had been born.
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"I can't find him."
Cyborg joined the other titans in the living room with the same sad news as the other had come back with. Robin was nowhere to be found in the Titans Tower. It was on all their faces, but no one said it out loud. Maybe it had just been a dream. Maybe Robin hadn't come back. Maybe he was really dead.
Raven stood up and walked over to the computer.
"He is not in the tower, but maybe he has taken his locator with him."
She typed something on the keyboard and a map over Jump City came up on the screen. Only three spots were flashing on it.
"Maybe he is offline?"
She didn't answer the question, but typed something new on the keyboard. A map over the world came up on the screen. Quickly it changed into a map over North America, then one over United States and so on. In the end the screen came up with a map over a city. There were a flashing spot on it. The spot was mark with an R.
"He is in Gotham!"
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He walked down the pathway between the gravestones. It was years since he last had been there, but still he was able to walk the way without any errors. The way was scratched into his memory from the very first time. He had only been nine years old - just a boy, but the circumstances had forced him to grow up.
As he reached the gravestone it began to rain. He read the text on it:
"The Flying Graysons,
John Frederick Grayson and Mary Elizabeth Grayson,
May they rest in peace."
He knelt down in front of the gravestone and let the fingers ran over the engraved letters.
"Mom! Dad! I sorry, that it is so long time since I last visited you. So much have happen, that I…"
He didn't know how to put words on what he was feeling, but somehow he knew it didn't matter. They knew his feeling and nothing else mattered. He sat there for a long time. The rain soaked his clothes, but he didn't care. He didn't even notice it. The raindrops landed on his face and hid the tears.
He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up. It was Starfire. He stood up and hugged her. The tears ran down his cheeks, but he didn't care. He was home.
(Do you still find the title of this chapter odd? It's "Gotham" spelt backwards.- JoBO)