Forgot the disclaimer on my first chapter. I own absolutely nothing in either the first or this chapter, other chapters remain to be seen.

Chapter 2

"What are you doing here?" Robin asked, completely surprised. He was having difficulty in picking his jaw up off of the floor.
"What, can't I see you on your birthday?" Batman asked. "Things are quiet in Gotham so I decided that I could come to see you. How does it feel to be a year older?"
"Um, much the same, except older," Robin said. There was a slight feeling of shell-shock that he was still dealing with. He almost didn't notice when Starfire cleared her throat rather pointedly. "Oh, I'm sorry, guys! I should have introduced you! This is Cyborg," he said as Cyborg and Batman shook hands, "and Raven," he said as she put her hood back.
Batman and Raven regarded each other, neither one smiling. "I think we can get along," she said, stepping back.
"And this is Starfire," Robin said as Starfire sprang forward, delighted to meet Robin's parent figure.
"Pleased to meet you, Starfire," Batman said, taking her hand and kissing it. Starfire blushed a deep crimson and managed to squeak out that she was pleased to meet him as well.
"Oh, very continental," Robin said, teasing Batman. "Where's Beast Boy?"
"Up here, dude," they all heard above their heads.
"Whaddaya doin' up there?" Cyborg demanded. None of the people present had expected to see a furry green cat clinging to the ceiling with its claws and its fur all puffed out.
"When I saw him, I just kind of reacted," he said, changing back and dropping to the floor. "You are one scary dude."
"Beast Boy, I presume," Batman said as the little green changeling got up.
"Yeah," Beast Boy admitted, somewhat embarrassed. "So, you're Batman, huh? Are you Robin's dad?"
Batman and Robin exchanged looks.
"Kind of," Robin said, shrugging. He turned to Batman. "Are you here long?"
"Until tomorrow morning at least, if you'd like me to stay," Batman said, smiling the slightest bit.
"Cool!" Robin said, suddenly flying at the Caped Crusader to deliver a bone-crushing hug. "Aw, this is great!"
"So I can feel," Batman croaked. "I take it you're happy?"
"Well, I didn't want to get too excited, just in case you couldn't stay," Robin explained.
"This is better than cool!" Cyborg said, rushing into the kitchen. "Over dinner you can tell us all sorts of embarrassing stories about Robin as a little kid!!" Cyborg's grin threatened to crack his face.
"Don't you dare!" gasped Robin, turning to look at Batman fearfully.
"I didn't have him as a little kid," Batman said as he allowed himself to be ushered to the table.
"Well, any embarrassing stories then!" Cyborg said as he started to pull out the things they'd bought to make dinner. "It don't matter, just tell me!"
"Why so eager?"
"Blackmail," Cyborg said as he started the water for spaghetti.
"I should have guessed," Batman sighed. "I can't really remember anything embarrassing about Robin, except that one time..." Batman said, allowing his voice to trail off tantalizingly.
Robin looked ready to crawl underneath the table while his friends listened with wide eyes.
"What one time?" Beast Boy asked, breaking the heavy silence.
"The one time he found out about me and I gained an apprentice slash partner," Batman said, smiling at the look of relief on Robin's voice and the groans of disappointment from Cyborg and Beast Boy.
"Dude, that's not embarrassing at all, that's only a story!" Beast Boy said, thoroughly disappointed.
Batman shrugged, as if to say, "That's all I can tell you."
"You didn't even know?" Cyborg asked, amazed.
"Know what? His being Batman?" Robin asked. "No, not really, not at first, but then I wondered why he was always gone, and I put two and two together and came up with a guy who had a secret. After that, things just seemed to happen."
"Mm-hmm, and since then I haven't had a worry-free moment," Batman said, mussing up Robin's hair.
"I try," Robin said as dinner was put on the table by Cyborg.
"There's no meat in the sauce, right?" Beast Boy demanded.
"No, I remembered this time, I used mushrooms," Cyborg answered him, rolling his eyes. "Sheesh."
With that everyone, Batman included, dug into a spaghetti dinner. After they had finished eating, cake and ice cream was brought out with "Happy Birthday" sung by all. Gifts were given, and Robin was very surprised when Batman said that he had a special gift for him.
"Didn't you send me something last week?" Robin asked, confused. "I got it in the mail, and the package said it was from you."
"Well, I thought that you would be able to use this as well," Batman said, smiling the slightest bit. "It's up on the roof."
"The roof?" Cyborg said in disbelief. "Aw, man, now we gotta see it!"
Nothing would satisfy the Titans except to go up to the roof and see what Batman had brought for Robin. Beast Boy was the first out of the elevator and he froze when he saw it, too surprised to do more than stare. Robin saw and all that he was able to say was, "Wow."
"What is it?" Beast Boy gasped, completely floored.
"I like to call it the R-Jet," Batman said, walking forward and opening the canopy of the small aircraft parked in front of him. "It is capable of carrying at least two people, has a maximum speed of mach four, and has the latest defense technologies that my resources have been able to cook up."
Even Raven looked impressed as the Titans took in the shiny red, green, yellow, and black exterior of the R-Jet. Robin's initial was on each wing, marking whose it was.
"Wow, this is incredible," Robin said, as surprised as the rest of the Titans were. "Thanks, Batman."
"My pleasure," Batman said, putting a hand on Robin's shoulder. "Want to learn how to operate it?"
"Yeah!" Robin said, completely enthusiastic as Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Starfire crowded around to watch the lesson. Raven stood back, suddenly uncomfortable. She thought that she had liked Batman, but she had been getting the strangest feeling all the time she had spent in his company. She would have to speak to Robin about it.

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It was close to bedtime for the Titans, and everyone was getting ready to hit the sack. Robin was working on his laptop when someone knocked. It was Raven.
"What could be so important that you're working on it this late?" she asked, looking over his shoulder to see what he was studying.
"I forgot to finish an assignment for my tutor," Robin explained as he sent the document off.
"Tutor?" she said in disbelief.
"Well, yeah, I have to keep up with my schoolwork," he said as he examined her face. "Is there something the matter? You look like there's something bothering you."
"Can you be sure that guy's Batman?" Raven asked, sitting down on the edge of the bed.
"What do you mean? Of course he is!" Robin said in disbelief. Then he paused. "Out of curiosity, why do you ask?"
"I'm getting a strong feeling that he's hiding something."
"And?" Robin prompted.
"And I tried to read his thoughts a little, just to find out what it could be, and it was like hitting a brick wall. He has an iron will and I couldn't read him at all," she confessed, sighing.
"Well, he hides a lot of things," Robin said quietly. "I don't even know all there is to know about him, and he has some demons."
Raven looked at him, meaning "come on."
"All right, a lot of demons, then. I think that in order to keep himself sane he hides a lot of them, you know, just doesn't try to think about them. Personally, I don't blame him. Here's another thing to think about—he's also hiding his identity. That may be what you sensed."
Raven considered this. "Perhaps. You won't mind if I keep an 'eye' or 'ear' out just in case, will you?"
"No, I understand your caution, but really, he is who he says he is. He knows too much about me not to be," Robin said as he closed his laptop and set it aside. "At least try to get some sleep tonight, all right?"
Raven nodded and left, bumping into Batman as she went out the door. She leaped to the side and headed down the hall to her room, looking over her shoulder only after Batman had gone into Robin's room. She was still suspicious, but as Beast Boy had mentioned, it was her job to be suspicious.
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"Hi," Robin said as Batman came in. "Did Cyborg get you settled in all right?"
"Yes," Batman said as he sat down where Raven had only a minute before. "I'm glad that you took my suggestion of a guest room seriously. A lot more comfortable than the couch."
"Yeah, well, it was a good idea," Robin said, pulling something out of his bedside table drawer. "By the way, this was a really good idea, too. Thanks."
"Isn't that what I sent you in the mail last week?"
"Yep," Robin said, looking at the unit as he fiddled with the wrist strap. "It's one of the sweetest little communicators I've ever seen. Closed circuit and everything. Sorry I didn't call you on it as soon as I got it."
"Well, you've been busy. I've been hearing of your exploits here every day. I'm quite proud of you, Robin, for the work you've been doing," Batman said as he stood up. "I came to ask you something."
"What is it?"
"How would you like to take the R-Jet out? Just the two of us? I could show you all of the special features that we didn't have a chance to cover before."
"Now?" Robin asked, slightly surprised.
"Yes. How about it? We'll keep a channel open so that your friends can contact us if you're needed," Batman coaxed. "We won't be gone that long; just a short hop around the city."
"Okay!" Robin said, jumping up from his bed. "Let's go!"
Batman smiled as they headed out the door but didn't see Robin as he slipped the communicator into a pocket.

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Raven was the first one up in the morning, followed shortly by Starfire, Beast Boy, and Cyborg. Everyone was a little tired, it was probably all the excitement from Robin's birthday and meeting Batman, or so Starfire thought. They were just sitting down to breakfast and pondering Cyborg's suggestion that they should wake the Dynamic Duo up when the computer lit up, showing Batman's pointy-eared face.
"Good morning," he said, somewhat amiably for the Caped Crusader. "Could I speak to Robin, please? I can't raise him on his communicator."
"Huh?" Cyborg said, his jaw dropping open. "Why are you calling over the computer? Where are you?"
"I'm at the Batcave in Gotham," Batman said, sounding a little impatient. "Where I always am. Where else would I be?"
"Uh, last we knew, in the guest room asleep, dude," Beast Boy said. "You know, you came here yesterday to wish Robin a happy birthday and give him a gift and you stayed over."
"I was there last night?" Batman said, sounding a little shocked.
"Please tell me you don't have amnesia!" Beast Boy pleaded. "You WERE here! We all saw you . . . Why are you shaking your head?"
"I never left Gotham yesterday, and I sent Robin a gift and birthday wishes last week," Batman explained patiently in spite of sounding a little alarmed. "That was NOT me."
"I knew it," Raven snarled. "We have to wake up Robin."
"Do not bother," Starfire said as she swooped back into the room. "I've already been to his room to tell him what was going on, and he isn't there. The imposter is gone, too."
All of the Titans turned to look at Batman. All he said was, "I'm on my way," and he switched off.
"What do we do now?" Starfire asked.
"We start searching," Raven said, heading for the door, "And hope we find him, with or without Batman's help. Let's go."

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