A/N: I know I left it at a tense moment last chapter but I did it for a reason so don't be to mad ok. We all still friends . Also you might have noticed that Changeling isn't an idiot, you have to remember that after time everyone grows up.
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Chapter 5: Tried and Tested
Yavin 4: year 8
" Master Grayson?" the child asked.
" Yes young one," Richard asked the young Cerean, " what is the matter?"
" Master Skywalker asked me to deliver this to you Master." The boy said.
" Thank you." And he took the info pad from him. Quickly reading over the pads contents he turned to his students. " Class I have just been informed that my services are required away from the academy for some time so class is canceled for the time being," at this some of the students sighed with relief, " However I want all of you to keep practicing, and I will know if you have not." He added and then left heading for the fighter bay.
The information pad stated that the Senate was asking for a representative from the Jedi order on there opinion in some political matter that really didn't effect them it just seems that they want to discuss the matter with them. This was fine with Richard; he had done this thing before on Luke's request and became old hat to him. Climbing into his fighter he asked R4 if they were cleared for take off. The droid whistled and they took off for Coruscant. It took him a few days to get there and when he got there the Senate asked the Jedi order's opinion on the matter and that was it. Before heading back to Yavin 4 Richard decided to stop and have a drink at a outpost he visited whenever he came to Coruscant, he new the bartender. After a few drinks and chatting with the bartender an Aqualish tapped him on the shoulder he said something to the degree of ' your sitting in my chair'
" I am sorry but I believe the seats in this establishment are owned only by the owner of the bar." Richard said in a monotone voice.
" Well I'm laying claim to the one you're sitting in so move." The Aqualish said placing a hand on his shoulder.
" You really don't want to do this do you?" Richard questioned.
With that the Aqualish began to draw his blaster. In a flash of light Richard removed the Aqualish's hands and nicked the inside of his leg causing the alien to fall to the ground.
" Does that happen a lot?" Richard asked the bartender.
" Not as offend as you would think with some of these customers." He replied.
After a few more hours Richard decided to head back to his ship. " R4 how fast can we get back to the academy?"
The little droid quickly calculated the requested and displayed it on a screen in the cockpit displaying that it would take three days to reach Yavin 4.
" Fine. Lets get going." And with that the ship took off for Yavin 4.
Three days later
Exiting hyperspace Richard's fighter appeared in the space above Yavin 4. " Ok R4 take us into the hanger as fast as possible so we can make our report." Whistling with a response the droid plotted a course for the hanger when an opening in space appeared off his port side.
" R4 what is that?" Richard asked.
The droid answered that it's some sort of anomaly in space that started to pull them in.
" Well get a transition to the academy tell them that were being drawn into a space anomaly and were trying to compensate for gravitational pull but with no success."
The small droid relayed the message before the anomaly's gravitational pull sucked them in. The ship started to spin as he was hurled through the anomaly. After an hour or so Richard exited the anomaly and found himself in a solar system that he had never seen before. After passing a reddish planet and navigating through an asteroid belt he started to come upon what looked like a habituated planet when he noticed a structure orbiting it.
" Ok lets see if we can get a few answers from who ever is on that station what do you say R4." The droid gave several clicks of acknowledgement and began to transmit in universal code for them to dock.
Watch Tower
" Sir we have a ship incoming requesting to dock." A man said to the watch supervisor.
" Well let the Javelin dock." He said.
" It's not a Javelin sir it appears to be a small one man craft."
" Contact Ja'nn and tell him that we have an unauthorized visitor docking, and get that ship into the bay and take to occupant in for questioning." The supervisor ordered.
After docking at the station Richard exited his ship and found himself in the presents of 30 or so individuals wearing some very strange clothing. Having the diplomatic side of his training taking over he asked if there was any problem.
" I'm afraid you will have to come with us sir." A man said while holding some sort of hand restraint.
Looking at the man's hands and then back up at his face Richard said, " Those won't be necessary I won't cause any trouble I'm just looking for answers."
The guard looked puzzled and said ok. Some of the others looked at the guard questioning his judgment when he ushered Richard through the station to a well-lit room with a round table in the center and seven chairs around it. Six of the seven chairs were occupied by some very oddly dressed individuals, ' it seems that having a costume is customary here. Four of the people seemed human while one looked human but she had birdlike wings protruding from her back and the other was built humanoid but had greenish skin pigmenting.
The big guy in the middle looked at the green alien and Richard could tell the was having a mental conversation with him when Richard spoke up.
" It's inappropriate to have a mental discussion when everyone is not invited to hear it."
Looking a bit shocked the large man spoke, " Sorry for that we're just a bit curious as to who you are. We didn't mean any disrespect by it."
" Well if you with to know I am might is suggest asking me instead of trying to invade my mind." Richard said.
" Well how do we know that you are not lying about how you are?" The man dressed in black and green asked.
" Trust I believe is the correct response, I have come here for answers so what motive would I have to deceive any of you when I also seek the truth." Richard answered.
" Fine let us get down to business than," the large man spoke again, " first would you tell us your name and what answers you are trying to find."
" I am Jedi Master Richard Grayson, I also teach at the Jedi Academy on the moon of Yavin 4. As for the answers I'm seeking I will only know that when I find them." He answered truthfully.
" What is a Jedi Mr. Grayson?" the woman to the large man's right asked.
" A Jedi is a sort of warrior for the stability of the Republic, we help create order and offer our assistance to anyone who asks of it. In short the keepers of order in the galaxy."
" Isn't that what the Lantern Core is for G.L.?" the man in the red suit asked the man at the other side of the table.
" Yeah, but I've never heard of these Jedi before," he said then turned to Richard, " Where is this Republic based?"
" On Coruscant." Richard looked around puzzled, 'hadn't these people heard of the Republic before?' the questioned himself. " Might is ask what your names are?"
" Sorry for not introducing ourselves," the large man said, " I am Superman, this is Flash," the said pointing to the man in the red suit, " Wonder Women," gesturing to the woman next to him, " Ja'nn," he pointed to the green skinned man, " Shaira, " the motioned to the women with wings, " and Green Lantern." he stopped at the last man at the table.
" You seem to be missing one person." Richard said pointing to the empty seat.
" Yeah where is Batman?" the Flash asked.
" In Gothem, you know that he only comes up here to give reports or to yell about operations." Wonder Women said.
" Well I'm glad to meet all of you but if you excuse me I really must be going." Richard said and took out his communicator and spoke into it, " R4 is the ship ready to go," there was a whistle of confirmations over the line, " good I'm on my way back be ready to go planet side I'm sure we'll find our answers there."
" You're not going any were, " Shaira said.
With a gesture and the force Richard forced all of them to stay in there seats. " Please I must go now, I do not wish to detain you any further now if you excuse me." And with that he left.
" What the hell was that?" the Flash asked.
" I do not know and I could not read his mind either." Ja'nn said.
The six members looked dumbfounded as Richard left the station to head to earth.
Back at the Watch Tower
" Raven!" came a shriek through the crowd.
" Starfire, I didn't think you would get here till tomorrow." Raven answered.
" Well we got done with the redevelopment of the swamplands earlier than expected so I decided to surprise you, where is friend Changeling?" Starfire asked.
" He's planet side on a small assignment. He should be back in a few hours. So tell me what do you want to do?"
" I wish to visit our old home please." Star beamed.
" Well lets get to the transporter room and have them beam us down, and how about some pizza afterwards?"
" Oh yes please it has been ages since I savored the pizza of slices. I have tried to recreated them on Tameran but it never goes quite right."
Just then Changeling came running up to Raven and Starfire. " Rae, Star glade to see you, did you just hear?" she asked.
" Hear what, oh about that guy that asked to dock in that small fighter." Raven said
" Yeah did you hear what happened after," not giving her time to answer he said, " the Six questioned him and he just left, had them stuck to there chairs and everything, the called himself Richard Grayson."
" Well what are they going to do about it?" Raven questioned.
" Well he went planet side so there trying to see if Batman can find him. It shouldn't take him long to find him I mean its Batman."
" Your right. Well since Stars here lets go and visit the old neighbor hood, what do you say BB." Raven said.
" Hell yeah lets go." And with that said the three friends started off for the transporter room.
Bat mobile
" That's a lie Clark." Batman said.
" No Bruce the man said his name was Richard Grayson. Now how can it be a lie?" Superman asked.
" Because Richard Grayson died eight years ago. Give me this mans description and I'll find him and ask him myself." After Superman has him Richard's description Batman turned off the communicator.
Jump City
After locating the T-shaped building from his memories Richard landed the fighter on top of the building. " Stay here R4 it might take a while so keep an eye out for anything unusual ok." All the droid did was squeak back.
Walking to the door on the roof Richard waved his had and using the force opened the door. Then taking the elevator he came to a floor around the fifth level of the building. Walking down the hall and came to the door that he had in his flash with Master Skywalker. Opening the door and walking over to the wall he placed his hand on the panel. Just as it was in his the wall opened into an elevator. Stepping in he placed his hand on the palm scanner and his eyes looking into the retina scanner, and then spoke, " Richard Grayson code name Robin password sanctuary. And with that the elevator shot down wards until it deposited him in the room from his flashes. Making his way around the dusty room he sat down in front of the T.V. screen. Hitting the power button it asked for a disk to be entered. As if by instinct Richard reached and touched a panel on the wall that opened up and he found himself looking at a row of disks, he picked the first one in the row up and placed it in the disk slot. The screen flashed and a boy appeared on the screen, he looked around the age of 15, he was wearing the same outfit that Richard remembered finding he wearing when he woke up eight years ago when the image spoke.
" Hello my name is Richard Grayson but everyone calls me Robin, this is a video diary of my life and the start of the Teen Titans." Richard sat there staring at the screen if shock. He was looking at himself at the age of 15, it seemed surreal but he kept listening to the recording.
" I was born into a family of circuses performers known as the flying Grayson's. Life was good with my family until we came to Gotham. There during our performance a mad man threatened to kill everyone unless someone would give him money. My family tried to stop him but he gunned them down." Richard noticed the boy holding back tears as he continued, " after I lost my family I as adopted by the billionaire Bruce Wayne who is also known as the crime fighter Batman. He took me on has his partner and thus Robin was born."
Richard stopped the video and sat there trying to let the information sink in. Here he was a man without a past and all of a sudden he found a record of everything that he wanted to know all laid out for him. And as he sat there he knew it was the truth as some of the memories came back, but there were still gaps to be filled. ' Maybe this Batman would have some answers for me.' Richard thought. And decided to go and find him.
" R4, " he spoke into his hand communicator. " I think I will head into the city keep ready incase I call for a quick pick up." And then he got back into the elevator and after a couple of minutes and he exited the Tower.
As Richard walked down the streets when an explosion caught his attention. He turned and saw that someone was robbing a bank. And being a Jedi walked into the bank when a guy in a mask came up from behind him holding a gun to his head,
" Alright hero lets see you get on the ground nice and easy and stay there like a good boy."
Well Richard used his mind trick said, " You really don't want to do this."
The bank robber said, " I really don't want to do this." In a monotone voice.
" You want to put the gun down and give yourself over to the authorities."
The robber again repeated what Richard had said and walked out of the bank. Outside the police were waiting for them to come out. As they did the police thought Richard was an accomplice and tried to arrest him as well.
Raven's P.O.V.
I was sitting at the pizza parlor with Changeling and Starfire. We were just talking about the old days when and explosion went off a few blocks away. Quickly getting up the three of us hurried over to the bank to find that the bank robbers were walking out on their own. One of them was wearing all black and had a ski mask on while the other was wearing white pants and shirt, leather boots, a small pack on his right hip and a brown robe over everything else. At the distance we were at it was hard to make out facial features.
The man in black went over to the police with out hesitation, but the robed man refused to let the police take him in. when an officer approached him with a pair of handcuffs the robed man reached into his pouch and pulled out something, I recognized it right away as a retractable Bo staff. The man hit a button on it and the two ends charged with electricity. Standing back I watched as the robed man attacked any of the cops that approached him, giving them a shock with the ends.
I couldn't do anything but stand there and watch him move and fight. It was as if I was watching something out of the past. The robed man moved exactly like Robin did. The same staff movements and fighting stance. I looked over at Changeling and Starfire and saw they were thinking the same thing I was. That Robin had come back.
" ROBIN." Starfire yelled into the crowed. But the man didn't respond. She then looked at Changeling and me and asked, " Why dose friend Robin not recognize us Raven?"
" I don't know Star, but we will find out come on." And I started to run after him to get those answers.
Normal P.O.V.
As Richard ran from the street into an ally he kept thinking, ' why did they attack me I was just trying to help them, I feel really bad that I had to knock them out but now I know my new Bo staff works' and he kept on running. After several blocks he noticed three people running after him, ' geez these guys don't get the fact that I'm a good guy, well guess I'll have to explain it to them to' and he turned around to confront his followers.
As Raven and the others caught up to him Raven saw that he had stopped to face them, ' maybe he recognized our voices after all,' she thought when he spoke.
" Why are you people following me I stopped that man from robbing that bank so why are you following me?" Richard questioned.
The ally way is dark and shadows cover their faces. Starfire was the first to speak up.
" Friend Robin do you not recognize us." She said.
A slight stutter to his voice he answered. " H How to you know that name?"
" Dude it's us your friends," Changeling said, " I know we've grown a bit since you last saw us but its us man."
" If I truly know you than let us finish this discussion in the light was we could see each others faces." Richard said.
As they left the ally Richard looked at their faces. First were Starfire and Changeling who looked familiar but he couldn't place it. But when Raven stepped into the light Richard stared at her.
" Raven is that you?" Richard said.
Looking into his eyes Raven's jaw dropped and gave him a very un-raven like hug saying, " Oh Robin you have no idea how long I've waited to see you again."
As Raven hugged him he started to have flashes of memory filled his mind. Images of his past with Batman and the Titans came to view and he crashed to the ground holding his head in pain. Screaming in aginy as the mixing of his old memories with his new ones was ripping his mind apart and he fell unconscious.
Richard woke up on the sidewalk with Starfire, Changeling and Raven looking down at him worried.
" Oh hi guys long time no see." Richard said weakly.
Starfire grabbed him quickly and gave him full Tameranian hug. After all the hugs Kong gave him these seemed mild. All Richard could do is laugh.
" Still the same Starfire," he said then looked and Changeling, " Well Beast Boy you've grown."
" It's Changeling now, only Raven calls me BB now a days." He said.
With that Richard looked at Raven as she blushed, " I'm sorry Rae," he said.
" What for Robin," she asked.
" We never got to finish that talk on my birthday did we."
At this she blushed a deeper shade of red and looked away. When he spoke next.
" Hey where's Cyborg?"
" Well after we took down the H.I.V.E. he started a tech company, now he's a millionaire can you believe that?" Changeling said
" So friend Robin where have you been all this time we were so worried for your safety." Starfire said.
" That is a long story and would be best told when all of us are here." Richard said, " oh and I haven't gone by Robin for eight years, my name is Richard Grayson."
At this Raven and Changeling looked shocked when Changeling said, " Dude you didn't happen to have a meeting with Superman today did you?"
" Yes I did, why?" he said.
" Well Batman is looking for you and he's probably not going to be in the best mood after what you did to superman and the others."
" Well if memory serves Batman was never in a good mood and secondly I'm sure I can handle him, now if you could tell me where I can find Cyborg I'll see if I can go and get him to meet us."
" What about Batman?" Raven asked.
" I will talk to him after I tell you guys, so tell me where is he."
After going back to the tower to gather some stuff and headed to Stone Tech where they told him where Cyborg was.
Stone Tech
" Mr. Stone I have a visitor who says he needs to see you right away." His secretary called over the intercom.
" Alright sent him in.," he said. Man after he started this company he felt a little tired but exhilarated every time he sat at his desk. When a man came in. the only way he could describe was weird. Here was a man in his mid twenties. Long black hair in a ponytail, he was wearing some kind of robes. The mans green and brown eyes seemed to look through him as if he knew he was using a holographic projector around himself.
" Alright who are you and what did you want to talk to me about Mr.…."
" Grayson, Richard Grayson, and I must say you've done pretty good Cyborg."
Looking shocked he said, " I do-don't know what you're talking about."
Richard smiled and said, " Oh sorry I mean Victor Stone, president of Stone Technologies. Lets just say it has been far to long since we've talked."
" Okay, I don't remember any Richard Grayson so just tell me what you want and we can get this over with."
" Fine lets get down to business, we have met before you just won't remember cause I've changed a lot over the years and you knew me by a different name back then."
Looking a bit puzzled Stone said, " ok I give who are you."
" Well I see in eight years you have changed a bit," Richard said, " It's me Cy, it's Robin."
At this all Victor could do was stare at him for a couple of minutes of silence when his anger started to build up when he said, " Liar Robin has been dead for eight years you can't be him HE'S DEAD."
" Listen Cy I know you had to think I was dead to go on and I'm glade that you did but I assure you it is me."
" Oh yeah prove it tell me something that only Robin would know." He said.
" Ok, your cybernetic eye can't see in the low blue spectrum of light." Richard said dead paned.
" So any of the titans could have told you that, you've got to be more convincing than that."
" Ok fine, on my 18th birthday, the day I disappeared I asked you to take care of the Titans for me when I asked you to separate the ship if the first plan didn't work, do you remember that,"
Just staring at him he began to shake and started to cry. " I never told anyone that, Robin is it really you." He looked at him with tears in his eyes when Richard laid something on his desk. Picking it up Victor sat there with one of Robin's old uniforms and masks in his hands. A million questions entered his mind when Richard spoke up.
" I know you have questions and I will explain everything but not here. We need to meet up with the others, I told them I would explain when I came to get you so lets go."
" Ok," Cy said and then he spoke into the com, " Janet cancel all my appointments for today I'm going out of the office for today."
As they caught a cab Richard told the driver to head to the Tower. By the time they arrived Starfire, Changeling, and Raven had already ordered the pizzas and beer so when they sat down and finished the food they were ready to hear Richard's story.
Richard went through what it was like, the fact that he lost his memory, the friends he made, the adventures he had, everything except some personal things that he rather keep secret. When he was done they just looked amazed into silence. Changeling was the first to speak after Richard was done.
" So I take it that the pipe thing on your hip is your light saber?"
" Yeah," a smile appeared on his face, " you guys want to see what it looks like."
In unison they said yes and Richard humbly obliged them. Taking the saber in his had he turned it on, immediately the silver blade came out the end and they looked at it in awe.
After putting it away Changeling asked what other things he learned and wanted to know more about this force that he was talking about.
" Well I will give you all a demonstration if the obstacle courses still works." He said.
As they made there way down to the course Raven asked him to help her clean up a bit. He agreed and started to move the empty beer cans and pizza boxes to the trash with the force. She looked puzzled wondering what was going on since she wasn't the one doing it when she realized it was him.
" Why did you really want me to stay behind?" he asked but was never answered, at least not in words as she reached her arms around his neck and began to kiss him.
Feeling years of passion coming from her he was lost in the feeling and grabbed her by the waist and pressed himself into the kiss for all he was worth. The warmth of the embrace seemed to build into a fire around them as the passion consumed them. For several minutes of passionate kissing and groping Richard broke the embrace and straightened himself out trying to regain his composure.
" I think the others are waiting for us on the field, we really shouldn't keep them waiting." He said.
" Yeah we better get going," Raven said and they began to walk to the obstacle course, " but we still need to finish that conversation," she said and with that they walked out to join the others.
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A/N: Whew that was a good one I think so as usual R&R and I'll see how fast I can get the next one up.