DISCALIMER: I own nothing. Nada. Not The Teen Titans, not Batman. None of it's mine except the story line, and I'm not making any money from this, it's all for fun...(I think that's everything...).

SUMMARY: When an old enemy of Robin's comes to town, so does Batman. The Titans learn of Robin's past, and much more... but what about his future?

NOTE: Thanks everyone who reviewed! I meant to post this last night, but stupid reality got in the way and I had to go to work. What an arse! Now, I've got that problem of knowing what you want to say, but not knowing how to say it, so this chapter could be a little rough. Hey, I didn't say "Onwards!" - DOH!

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

CHAPTER SIX

"Crap." Robin muttered to himself, raising his hand to his nose. "Can you get me some tissue?" He asked Beastboy. "Erm, Star?" She didn't answer him

"Starfire." Raven said. "You have to let him go." Reluctantly and silently, Starfire did as she was told.

"Here you go, dude." Beastboy said, handing Robin some tissues.

"Thanks." He said, taking them.

"Y'know, you should really start keeping a pack of them in your pocket." Beastboy joked.

Robin laughed a little. He was about to say something when he had an all to familiar feeling. He was going to be sick. "Oh, God." He said quietly before running out of the room.

"Robin!" Starfire called after him. She turned to face the other's. "What is wrong with him?" She asked, standing. "We must see if he is..."

"I don't think you should go, Starfire." Raven said, standing and placing a hand on her shoulder to stop her.

"What?" Starfire said, turning to face her. "He is my best friend! I must see if he is alright!"

"You're upset." Raven said, taking her hand away. "I don't think it's a good idea."

Starfire didn't say anything. She looked down at the floor and nodded slightly. She did wan't to see Robin, she really did. But, if she was honest with herself, she didn't know if she could bear to see him ill.

"I'll go." Cyborg said, standing and leaving the room.

Starfire started to cry again. She reached for the nearset thing to her - Raven - and hugged her tightly. Raven, not quite sure what to do, looked at Beastboy. "Hug her back." He mouthed, making a hugging motion with his arms, so she did. Beastboy sighed. He just hoped they could figure it all out.

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Cyborg knocked on the door. "Robin?" he called. No answer. He knocked again. When he still didn't get an answer, he opened the door. "Robin?" He called again, entering the room. He couldn't see him, but he noticed that the bathroom light was on and walked in. "Robin!"

Robin was sitting on the floor next to the toilet, knees drawn up, leaning against the wall. He's head was drooped down and his eyes were clossed. Cyborg knelt next to him. "Robin, man, you OK?" He asked.

Robin nodded slightly. "Sure." He said weakly. He coughed. "I'm sorry." He said, looking up at Cyborg.

Cyborg glanced around the small room, imedietly noticing the deep red splashed around the toilet bowl. He looked at Robin and saw a small trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth. "Robin," Cyborg said shocked. "We gotta get you to the infirmary. Can you stand up?"

Robin coughed again. He was so cold. He nodded. He placed his hands on the floor and pushed himself up. He didn't get very far before he begain coughing again and fell back to the ground.

"Easy, man." Cyborg said. "C'mon." He said, placing an arm around Robin under his arms to help support him. Robin placed his arm round Cyborg's neck. "That's it." Cyborg said.

"Thanks." Robin said quietly. He hated this. He hated being so weak and usless. He hated the fact that one of his team mates, one of his friends, had seen his like this. The fact that, given time, they all would.

Cyborg lifted Robin up. He was freezing. Cyborg could feel him shivering. Man, he thought, when I find Two-Face am I gonna make him regret messin' with the Titans. Although, he knew he was scared too. The thought of Robin dying suddenly ran through his head. No, he though, He can't. He won't. Batman'll figure it out. We'll find Two-Face. It'll be OK. But then, what if it wasn't?

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The Titan's and Batman where now sitting around the computer in the corner of the infirmany. Robin lay asleep on the bed in the far corner.

"So that's it?" Beastboy asked. "It just keeps going from here?" Batman nodded.

"So what do we do now?" Cyborg asked. He hadn't told any of them, except Batman, how he'd found Robin. He figured they were having a hard enough time getting their heads round what was going on as it was. If it was like this for them, he couldn't even imagine what it was like for Robin.

"You guys keep trying to find Two-Face." Batman said. "I stay here. Try and work out an antidote." He looked at the clock. "It's eleven o'clock." He said. "That means we've basically got six days." He returned to looking at the computer. "Wait a second." He said, turning back to face the Titans. "The Riddler."

"Sorry?" Raven asked.

"The Riddler and Two-Face were partner's for a while." Batman explained. "The Riddler may know something we're missing."

"Then we must find The Riddler and ask for his help." Starfire said.

"I doubt he'd help willingly, even if he could. He's in Arkram Assylum." Batman though for a while. "I'll go and talk to him."

"No!" Starfire protested. "You must stay here and fix Robin!" She looked towards Robin, then back to Batman. "If you think The Riddler may be able to help, then I shall go and speak to him."

"I'll go with her." Beastboy said. Cyborg looked at him. "She can't go alone," Beastboy explained. "And if I go, that mean's you can stay and look for Two-Face and Raven can help Batman and, y'know, stuff." He was going to say 'help Robin', but the idea of Robin needing help scared him a little. He was their leader. Whatever happened, he was there. He got through everything. The fact that he might not get through this...he didn't want to think about it.

"OK." Batman said. "But be careful. He's a little...Well, he's crazy. And he thinks he's Batman." Although Batman was quite grateful for that, it meant he'd forgoten, or chosen to ignore that he knew the true identity of 'The Dark Knight'. "When you get there, you're looking for Edward Nygma. Ask for a Doctor Chase Merridian. She'll be able to help you. Tell her I sent you."

"'Kay," Beastboy said, recaping to himself. "Crazy guy, Edward Nygma, Doctor Merridian. Got it." He glaced at Robin and turned to leave. "You comin' Star?"

"One moment." She said, walking over to where Robin was lying.

"I'll see you outside." Beastboy said to her. "See you guys." He said to the other three. "Good luck." He also looked towards Robin. "Make sure he's OK. Please?" He looked at Batman, who nodded, then left.

Starfire sat down next to Robin. he'd been sleeping since they'd bought him into the infirmary. She'd whished he'd wake up, but she knew it was best to let him sleep. She placed her hand over his. "I shall return soon." She said quietly to him. "Please get better." She placed a light kiss on his forehead and followed Beastboy out of the room.

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Batman stood over Robin's bed with Raven next to him. Cyborg had left to do more research, leaving the two, or three, alone. "If I'm going to help you try and find an antidote," Raven said, "I need to know more about what's happening to him."

Batman nodded. "The virus circulates in the blood stream. As blood passes through the organs, the virus moves from the artery into the organ tissue." He explained. "It essensially eats away at the organ until it no longer functions, causing it to shut down." Raven nodded. "The blood sample," Batman continued "shows it's and organic-chloride based poison, we can't find the antidote until we determin the structure of the virus, and since it's mutated, it's structure's changed." Batman just stood there for a few minuets, looking at Robin. "I'm going to the lab. Will you watch him?" He asked. "And note his vital signs every hour or so."

"Sure." Raven said. Batman nodded his thanks and left.

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"No!" Robin shouted, sitting up. He'd been dreaming about his parents again. The bomb, the fall. Two-Face.

"It's OK, Robin." He heard Raven say. He looked around him, he was in the infirmary. Then he remembered. Last night. Cyborg had bought him here. After that, he guessed he must have fallen asleep.

"What time is it?" He asked, swinging his legs over the side of the bed, removing the wires that had been monitering him.

"Leave them on." Raven said. "And it's ten in the morning." She answered. "Are you OK?" She asked, noticing how shaken he looked.

Robin nodded. "Just a bad dream." He said, not looking at her. His head still hurt, but he was starting to get used to that. He coughed slightly. "Where are the others?" He asked, coughing again. His lungs felt like they were on fire.

"Batman's in the lab." Raven said, sitting on the bed next to him. "Cyborgs upstais uplinking to Batman's computer and Beastboy and Starfire have gone to Arkram." She studdied his face. "Are you sure you're OK, I mean..."

"I'm fine." He lied. He coughed again, wishing his lungs would ease up a little. He was finding it hard to catch his breath. Even the throwing up was better than this. He thought to himself before coughing again. "Arkram?" He asked, once the coughing had subsided.

"Yeah," Raven said, placing her hand on Robin's forehead. He batted it away.

"What are they doing there?" He asked. "The Riddler" He said, answering his own question.

"Batman said he may know something about Two-Face that we're missing." She said. She placed two of her fingers on the inside of his wrist.

"Would you leave me alone?" Robin asked, pulling his wrist away.

"Well if you'd left the wires on, I could." Raven answered sharply. "But I need to check your vitals, and you're not helping."

"I'm fine!" Robin said, raising his voice slightly and looking at her.

"No you're not, Robin." Raven said, keeping her voice even. "You're ill, and running about pretending to be fine isn't going to help anyone."

"Well what would you rather me do?" He asked. "Mope about feeling sorry for myself!"

"Robin, I..." Raven said quietly.

"You what, Raven?" Robin said, interupting her. "What do you want me to do?" He didn't wait for her to answer. He stood up and walked out of the room.

"Robin," Raven said quietly to hersef once he'd left. "I wan't you to live." She closed her eyes and sighed. Without warning, the monitor above the bed cracked, then fell on the floor.

TBC...

Damn, I couldn't write that chapter. This was about my fourth attempt. It's the best I got so...OH NO! What if I'm getting writer's block! IIQue dramatic musicII

Anyway, you know what to do now (Hint-Hint).

Lataz, JayBird0009