Disclaimer: Nope nothing here is mine…plot is of course but nothing else…
Robin didn't know what happened after the car but he was seeing it. He was suddenly back at the mansion watching as Bruce and Alfred in the study wondered where Dick was.
He had been gone for almost two hours and the corner store wasn't that far off. At first they had thought he stayed to talk to a friend but it was getting late and they wee getting worried.
"Maybe I should go look for him," Bruce said suddenly jumping out his armchair. "Something's happened. Dick never comes home late without calling first."
"Maybe you should go look Master Dick. I also believe something has happened to the lad." Alfred grabbed Bruce's coat off the hook. Bruce hurriedly put it on and was about to run out the door when the phone rang. Alfred answered it.
"Wayne Manor," he addressed politely. "Yes Commissioner he is right here one moment."
He held the phone out or Bruce to take. Bruce hesitated. Was it about Dick or Batman? Or was it about something completely different. He was a good friend of Commissioner Gordon's after all. Maybe he was over reacting and Dick was fine and their secret was still safe. But his hopeful thoughts stopped when he heard the tone of voice his friend was using.
"Hello," Bruce answered.
"Bruce?" The voice was in a tone Bruce had never heard him use. It was dripping with worry and pity and sorrow. "Thank God I've reached you. I've been trying for hours but he power was out in downtown Gotham and they finally got it back up." He paused like he was trying to think of how to word something.
"Why did you call?" Bruce said bluntly. Something was definitely wrong. "What's wrong?"
"It's Dick…"
Then all Robin saw were a whirlwind of events. Bruce and Alfred running to the car and speeding off… A dim operating room with beeping machines and many doctors while four figures watched through the window…. a beautiful woman crying and finally a bright white room.
In the room was a small bed with a figure lying in it. Machines surrounded it and a large window stood on one of the far walls. There was a man sitting in the worn chair beside the bed with his head in his hands. There was a boy in the bed that Robin knew to be himself at a younger age and the man next to the bed was obviously Bruce.
Alfred entered with to people behind him. One was an aging man with white hair and mustache and the other was a beautiful young woman with long red hair.
"How is he Bruce?" the man asked.
"The doctors said that they managed to stop most of the internal bleeding and re-inflate one of his lungs. They reset his arm and after some physical therapy it should be in good use," he paused. "They aren't sure when he'll regain consciousness." Bruce sighed and looked up. The woman wrapped her arms around the man with a small cry and Alfred lowered his head. "But I know he will soon. He's a strong boy… What about the driver Jim?"
"They were actually two cars in the crash. The first was the one that ran through the stop sign and Dick managed to dodge that one but the second car was right behind the first and he couldn't avoid the second," Jim stopped and sighed. " The man that caused the accident was drunk…"
"Poor Dickey," the woman said walking closer to the bed inspecting all he tubes that were hooked to him and staring at the tube that went down his throat.
"He'll be glad you came to see him Barbara," Bruce said gently. "But he'd be angry that you had to see him like this. You now what a crush he has on you."
They smiled. "Yes I know. I miss the little bugger…" She looked down at his pale face and brushed back his ebony bangs. "You hear that little mister? You have to get better soon so we can finished that movie we started the last time I was over. Ok?"
This time when he looked up she had tears in her eyes. "You better be ok…"
Robin remembered Babs; he remembered her well. She was his first crush and his first babysitter.
He remembered how she used to tell stories to him and sing beautiful songs to put asleep. He remembered how they'd joke about her cooking and laugh about stupid things like marshmallow monsters and people with superpowers.
He remembered how she became Batgirl and how she was injured beyond repair and would never walk again. He remembered how brave she was when they told her the news and how he tried so hard to help her.
He remembered that her father Commissioner Gordon didn't know about her being Batgirl and how hard it must've been to keep that secret.
He remembered so much about her but the boldest memory he had of her was…
how he left without saying goodbye.
He remembered being so angry at Bruce that he knew if he told her he was going she would make him stay. She always found a way to make him do things and if he told her she would make it impossible to leave.
But he couldn't wait for someone to suddenly make things better for him because he knew that was never going to happen…he had to leave.
But no matter how long he had been gone he still missed her and nothing would change that.
He remembered when he first woke up after the accident and Bruce was right there. He explained everything to him and told that everything would be all right. Barbara came almost every day with Alfred to visit. After a few more weeks he was aloud to go home but he remembered how much physical therapy he had to go through; but Bruce was there beside him through it all.
After the casts came off and everything was almost back to normal he started to retrain as Robin and Bruce at first protested but eventually gave in knowing Dick wouldn't give it up.
For another few years everything was as perfect as it could be and no one thought anything would have that change…but it did and even the starters of the fight didn't truly remember all the words that were said…or how they parted…but they knew that if they could change what happened they would…and Robin knew that he couldn't live hating man who was his mentor…Bruce truly was his father…
The Titans heard the word that their leader would be fine and be on his feet in a few weeks. It had been almost been five days since the shooting and the thugs had not been found; but the Titans didn't really care anymore about the people who did the deed they were more worried about their friend's recovery.
They were sitting around the waiting room waiting for the news of their friend's awakening. Cyborg and Beastboy were beating up the vending machine because it stole their dollar, Starfire was reading a fashion magazine and Raven was meditating.
"Aha!" Beastboy exclaimed grabbing a dollar out of the mess of broken machine parts. "Cy I found it!"
Cyborg high-fiveing the changeling.
"Yes!"
"You two are idiots," Raven said cracking open an eye from her meditation.
"Well Raven, this was a perfectly good dollar!" Cyborg said defensively.
Raven just shook her head and was about to go back to meditating but was again interrupted.
"Friend Raven," Starfire said sitting next to her on the small couch. "May I ask you a question?"
"Whatever Star…"
"Well why does this woman look like there is, the earth dog called a poodle on her head?" Starfire asked holding up the magazine she was flipping through. "And why does it look like she is angry and is wearing almost no clothes?"
Starfire would stumble with words and explanations when she was confused with the earthling's culture.
"I don't know. I guess it's the latest style."
"People wish to wear earth-dogs on their heads and look like that?"
"Sure..." She didn't want to explain to her that that was the model's hair. That would take too long.
"Can we get an earth-dog?"
"Star…doesn't Beastboy count as a dog?"
"Huh?" Beastboy said looking up from shoving as many candy bars from the busted vending machine into his mouth as he could. He gave Raven a confused look but shrugged his shoulders and returned to devouring the candy that was piled in front of him.
Starfire looked over at the two other people in the room…Tom and Mary. They were sitting over in the corner of the waiting room as far away from the Titans as possible.
Starfire, being who she was, decided to see if they would like to join the earth-dog/model conversation and flew over to them.
"Hello friends Tom and Mary," she greeted cheerfully taking a seat next to the couple. "What do you think of earth-dogs and the fashion of humans?"
They were at a loss for words and just stared at her confused.
"Never mind her," Raven said walking over to the group finally giving up meditation. "She confuses all of us at times. You slightly get used to it."
"So what are you doing over here? Do you wish to have alone time or do the noises of Cyborg's and Beastboy's victory over the machine of candy disturb you?" Starfire said brightly.
"No…after spending more than five days with you guys we've gotten used to the noise," Tom said quietly. "but we just…"
"You don't feel like you belong and that the accident was still your fault?" Raven asked.
The nodded slightly.
"How can you accept us when it was our fault your leader almost died?" Mary asked quietly.
"Robin knew what he had gotten into when he started being a hero; we all knew what could happen but we do it anyway," Raven said. "Robin started the team so he knew what could happen. Better than most of us."
"And the people of healing said he was going to be alright so you should be joyous with us!" Starfire said clapping her hands and making the two smile. "So come and celebrate with us by reading the magazines of fashion or conquering the machine in charge of the vending."
She took their hands and led them to the chairs they had just left. They were all smiling.
'How could this have happened? He knew better…I trained him better than that…'
'But there were civilians…he had to worry about them…'
'That's still no excuse…'
'Don't be so hard on him…he's a good kid…'
'He should be a better fight…'
'If all he cared about was fighting he would become a monster…'
'Better a monster than a dead man…'
'Better dying doing something right than becoming a killing machine…"
'How could he do that to me? Didn't he know how much I care for him?'
'You never showed it to him…'
'I was afraid to…I thought he knew…'
'Why didn't you tell him when he started his own team? Didn't you see how angry he was when he left you? He left in such a hurry he didn't tell anyone good-bye…Babs still doesn't know what happened to him…'
'I didn't know how to…'
'That's not an excuse…you were practically his damn father for gods sake…'
'I was angry…at him but mostly myself…I said such things to him…I want to take them back…'
'What happens in the past says there…you can only hope for forgiveness in the future…'
The battle of the thoughts raged on in the head of the man who wouldn't leave the young hero's bedside. He wasn't going to leave…he had to tell the boy how sorry he was…how wrong he was…
'I was so wrong…oh god I was so wrong…'
A/N: DUDES I AM SOOOO SORRY! I didn't realize how long it had been since I updated! OMG! I am sooooo sorry! I hope that you liked that chapter and I hope to have another one up soon. Promise! I hope you keep reading and reviewing this! It's almost over I think…
Elizabeth Aiken: YUM! Another Cookie! You are too kind…
Titanfan: Aww thanks for adding this story. You make me happy!
Chibi Lauryn: How was that for a chapter? Good? Bad? So-so?
Poopy Penguin: I know he says chum a lot but in the early comics he said it a lot and in the 60's tv show, Maybe I got carried away…I mean the word is quite cool! LOL
TheLivingGhost: Am I evil if I update late? Because if I am should I run away now?
Britannica Moore: I'm not sure how he ended up with the Titans in this cartoon series but I believe (and correct me if I'm wrong) that Batman sent him out to create a new team in the west. But this is the cartoon not the comic and I believe that he seems a little dark at times and I needed a reason…
Itoshii Haruko: I know they do seem a like. Young Robin is like BB in a way.
clouded leopard: aww…thank you! I do rock don't I? lol jk
KaliAnn: I'm not sure if he is going to die or not but I highly doubt that he will…I think one Robin death fic is enough.
yukigata: aww thank you! Its reviewers like you that make me actually post these fics.
Insanity 101: I was thinking of making him a little darker but then I thought that'd be too AU so I think I did a good job leaving him this way.
TeEn TitAn 14: Is it that good? Wow…thanks! Glad I updated.
Aris Witch: I didn't notice that but I think I'll have it grow or have no romance all together. I saw the episode Birthmark so I am thinking I will enhance it a little…just maybe…
BatThing: Robin Year One is the best comic ever! Of course I read it…what kinda Robin fan would I be if I didn't. LOL Bruce and Dick are defiantly closer than Bruce and Tim. Dick is more so of a son than Tim but recently I read in the comics that since Tim's father died Bruce was going to adopt Tim. :GASP: Do you think there will be some tension between Dick and Tim is the adoption goes through? I really cant wait till you update your fics too! BECAUSE THEY ARE AWESOME!
Smileyfacedudet: Thanks! You are the coolest dudet ever!
CelticHeiressFiona: Did that chapter answer your question? I'll try updating sooner this time!
secondchild02: You are so totally not looking too much into it because that is exactly what I was aiming to do. You are a great reader and Adam West rocks! You are also a great reviewer!
Ok so next chapter up soon…I'm gonna start it tomorrow I think…hopefully I will…OK so REVIEW PLEASE! Thank you!
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