New A/N: Hi there. I'm reposting this fic, because I wasn't completely happy with it and I lost inspiration. It's back now, so...enjoy!
The Spooky Mulder
The sun was rising over the city full of skyscrapers, only to fall on a tower in the middle of a small lake. This tower was far from ordinary, as it was shaped like a "T". It was far more normal than its inhabitants, however. Inside the Teen Titans slept, savoring the uncommon peace and quiet. In his room, Beast Boy was dreaming of tofu and cute girls. Starfire was dreaming of her home planet and a certain dark-haired boy in the room down the hall. Cyborg was having pleasant dreams of his car. Raven, in her sacred personal space, was dreaming of dark places and dark emotions.
Robin was having less pleasant dreams.
He was walking along the rooftops looking for Starfire when he heard her scream.
"I've got to save her!" he said. He began running, leaping and jumping over the gaps.
Robin saw the green glow of her powers and sped up. He was about to rescue her when a dark figure beat him to it. "Who are you?" Robin demanded.
The shadowed figure turned around. Robin felt his mouth fall open. "You!" he said.
Robin woke up sweating.
"Not again," he said aloud. Glancing at his clock, Robin got out of bed and put his costume on. He knew Starfire would be awake at six a.m., so he headed up to the kitchen. To Robin's surprise, everyone was awake. He was about to enter the room and say good morning, but the other Titans were deep in conversation so he stayed back and listened.
"I'm just sayin'," Cyborg said. "We know about everyone's past except for Robin."
"That is not fair," Starfire said. "Maybe he does not wish to speak of it."
"Him keeping secrets could affect all of us," Cyborg said.
"I think we should casually ask him," Beast Boy added. Everyone nodded in agreement.
Raven stayed out of the conversation, not wanting to be a part of the conspiracy.
Robin went back to his room, fuming. Why are they ganging up on me? Who I am is my business. Besides, I was taught to never give up my identity. Ironic that I still can't shake my old teachings.
Robin took a deep breath then headed back out, trying to be as noisy as possible.
As soon as he was in the kitchen everyone stopped talking.
"Robin, hello," Starfire said as cheerily as possible.
"Hey, Star," he replied, not so cheerily. He sat down and poured himself a glass of orange juice. It was unnaturally quiet. Even Beast Boy, the talkative one, was silent.
Just when the silence was reaching the point of being unbearable the doorbell rang.
"I will get it!" Starfire said. She wanted to escape the mood, being a very cheery person.
"Hello. This is the Teen Titan Tower," she said happily after opening the door.
However, no one was there. A package was on the ground. Curious, Starfire picked it up.
"Odd," she said to herself, carrying the package back up to the kitchen.
"Who was it?" Raven asked when Starfire returned.
Starfire shrugged a shoulder, a habit she picked up from Beast Boy. "There was no one, just this box," she said, setting the package on the table. Cyborg picked it up and began to examine it. "There's no name or return address," he said. "It just says 'to the Teen Titan tower'. Hmm."
Cyborg held it upside down and a card fell out from in-between the tied-up string.
Beast Boy picked it up and read it aloud. "To Dick Grayson. Dick- Sorry I missed your birthday. I was kind of…tied up. Bruce was as well, otherwise he would have called like usual. I sent you this picture. I recently had it blown up and framed just for you! Love, Barbara."
Robin felt the world stand still. He had forgotten his own birthday because no one called and reminded him. Normally he would have intercepted the package before the other Titans could have found it. Now it was too late. The Titans would find out his real name and his past.
"Who's Dick Grayson?" Cyborg asked.
Raven shrugged. "Beats me. I'm going to my room." With that, she left to her room. Of course, the Titans were used to this kind of behavior from Raven.
"Perhaps they are mistaken about the address?" Starfire said.
Robin faked a laugh. "You're probably right, Star. Here, I'll take it to the post office!"
He made to grab the package from Cyborg, but he wasn't gonna let go so easily.
Holding the package above his head Cyborg said, "Why the hurry to get rid of the package?"
Robin was trapped. He would either have to lie to his friends, or admit the truth.
He decided to take the halfway path. "The person is belongs to must be anxious to get it," he said, which wasn't a complete lie. He really was anxious to see what the picture was.
After giving him a look Cyborg said, "Alright. Here." He handed Robin the box.
As Robin walked to the "post office" he breathed a sigh of relief. "Man that was close," he said aloud. He walked to the post office, then made a detour back to his room at the Tower.
Looking around and discerning that no one was spying on him, Robin proceeded in ripping the package open.
Inside was another note, along with a picture. Glancing at the note and noticing the black stamp in the corner Robin ignored it and went straight for the picture.
It was of him, Batman, and Batgirl, posing on the rooftops of Gotham.
Along the bottom it said "Picture Courtesy Commissioner Gordon".
Robin smiled. He didn't realize how much he missed working with Barbara.
In the electronics room Beast Boy, Cyborg, Raven, and Starfire were watching Robin as he opened the package.
"What is the photograph of?" Star asked.
"Hold on," Cyborg said, tweaking a small joystick to the left. It focused on the picture and then zoomed in.
"Whoa!" Beast Boy said. "Is that a picture of Robin with Batman?"
Raven turned to look at Beast Boy. "Okay, this is sad," she said. "I'm not even from this planet, but I've heard of Batman and Robin!"
Cyborg nodded. "Yeah, it is kind of a major 'duh'."
Starfire, however, was confused. "Who is this man of bats of which you speak?" she asked.
"He's only like the best superhero ever!" Beast Boy exclaimed.
"Well, he's not exactly super," Cyborg added.
"What do you mean?" Starfire frowned.
"He's doesn't have powers," Raven said. "He's like Robin, except he's the one who taught Robin everything he knows."
Starfire was even more confused. "Then why does Robin not speak of him?"
Raven frowned even more. "I don't know. I guess something happened between them and Robin came here."
No one said anything, until a thought struck Beast Boy. "Does this mean that Robin's real name is Dick Grayson?"
Robin put the picture away and headed back out to the main living area. He was just about to enter when he heard the other Titans talking about him once again.
He heard them talking about Batman.
He heard them talking about Batman's lack of powers.
He heard them talking about Batman being his mentor.
He heard them talking about Batman being 'the best superhero ever'.
He was going to be sick.
Beast Boy said, "Does this mean that Robin's real name is Dick Grayson?"
Robin could stand it no longer. He didn't like the fact that his 'friends' were talking about him behind his back, so he stepped forward.
"Yes," he said.
I hope you liked it. More is to come later. I have about three other chapters completed, so I should update one per day.