Chapter 6

Wayne Manor

07:45 AM

November 14th 2010

It was just a quarter to eight and Dick Grayson was getting ready to get to the cave as he was eating breakfast made by the witty butler; Alfred Pennyworth

As Dick was eating his cereal, he replayed last night's events to the butler who retained his stoic composure but to people who knew him like Dick could tell he was surprised

"So there is another Master Dick then?" Alfred asked as he cleans the counter still hiding his surprise still

"Yeah but he's a lot older than me, like way older!" Dick replied as he ate his cereal "Also he's a lot more.." he was at a loss for words. From what he seen of his inter-dimensional twin; he was independent, stern, serious and when it came to the Justice League: agitated! "Different" was what he managed to mutter

"How so?" Alfred asks without looking back from cleaning the counter now engaged with Dick's analysis of his universal twin

"Well he's different than me!" Dick simply replied "For example he completely becomes defensive when we mentioned his Justice League, which makes me and the Team wonder what could've have happened and..." he loses his voice for a moment which makes Alfred worried of what he'll tell him next "Whenever I mention Batman his tone becomes so..." Dick was a little lost for words "Furious! It makes me wonder what could've have happened between them to make him so indifferent!" he claimed which made Alfred raise an eyebrow

"Well Master Dick that is a question I do not know how to answer" was the best Alfred could do. He probably had some sort of idea what could've made older Robin so angered with the other Batman; but he didn't want to think that far as he takes his famous cookies out of the oven

"Anyway what time is Bruce coming?" Dick asked as he finishes his cereal and tries to grab a cookie but is swatted away by Alfred

"He should come back around ten o'clock" the butler replied as he puts the cookies neatly on plate

"OK" Dick muttered as he heads towards the door "I'm heading to the cave, I'll be back by four o'clock" he states as he disappears from Alfred's sight as he smiles when he notices one of his cookies are gone


As Dick walks down the stairs to the Batcave, he blows on his cookie; regretting taking it when it instantly came out of the oven. Anyway that regret vanished when he ate the cookie as he gets ready to take the zeta tube until he heard a voice

"Hello" this made Dick turn around with a batarang in his hand as he thinks about who could possibly sneak into the cave; practically the most impenetrable headquarters on the face of the planet and sneak up on the Boy Wonder. Except the intruder was an older Boy Wonder!

"Oh it's you. What are you doing here?" Dick asked his older counterpart as he gets up from the monitor chair "Wait a minute how did you come here? You need a password!" to put it simply this was a stupid question as he was talking to a Boy Wonder who could get into one of the most high tech bases on the planet

"91939" Robin simply replied "Doesn't matter if it's a different universe, he's still constant" he quickly changes the subject "Anyway I woke up an hour ago and I was bored, so I came here" Robin simply answers as walks up to Dick "But also I wanted to apologize" he admits as that made Dick surprised

"What for?" he asked as Robin crossed his arms

"Well for kind of snapping at you and your team" he answers "It's just that my Justice League is well..." Robin was at a lost for words; because he didn't want to reveal too much of his relationship to the League and most importantly; his relationship to him!

"You don't have to explain. I get it" Dick says in understanding "It's the same for us; we're still being 'babied' by the League, so I get it" Dick explained as that made Robin mentally frown of the League's treatment of this universe's young heroes but said nothing about it

"OK, good" Robin mutters as he looks around the cave "Where is he?" Dick knew he was talking about Batman and was a little surprised that Robin didn't have any tone of anger of irritation when he spoke of his Batman

"He won't be back for another two hours" Dick replied but was curious "Why did you come here to meet him here instead of waiting at the cave?"

"Because I needed to confront him alone" Robin simply replied with hidden agitation

This needed to be done! No matter how much Robin tells himself that it was another Batman; it was still Batman! He was a universal constant! He didn't know for sure what this Batman might be like but he needed to confront him alone so the others wouldn't see his ugly side as he might blow a fuse by the possibility that the Dark Knight might be the same manipulative, distrusting, arrogant man he once worked with!

"Why do you have to talk to him alone?" Dick asked as he worries not wanting it to be bad as Robin turns away from him

"I need to know if he's the same!" Robin whispered with great distress as Dick faintly heard him

"What do you mean if he's the same as your Batman?" Dick nervously asked but is met with stone cold silence which he doesn't like "Dude, what..." Dick was going to ask him what had happened between him and his Batman; he just had to know before he was cut off by Robin who sensed that what he was going to ask and stated in a cold and steely voice;

"None of your concern!"

There! Right there! The tone, the voice, the privacy, having this strict leader stature! He may look like Dick Grayson. But he was Batman all around!

"Look I know what your thinking and I'm going to ask you to stop!" Robin claimed and ordered as he puts his hand on Dick's shoulder in some effort to console him "I can't give you answers to questions that you want to know, that might jeopardize your relationship with Batman and with others" he explains to Dick who silently agreed with him as Robin let go and walked off to the zeta tubes

"Where are you going?" Dick asked as other Robin didn't even look back

"I'm going back to your headquarters, if he isn't here yet I'll might as well wait for him there" Robin bluntly answers as he zetaed to the cave

'B01- Robin'

As soon as Robin zetaed, Dick followed suit but with a more visible frown as he hides his angry eyes with his signature sunglasses. He doesn't care if it takes forever or that the other Robin won't comply! He needed to know what happened! He needed to know if this will happen to him!

'B01- Robin'


Mount Justice

07:59 AM

November 14th 2010

Connor woke up rather groggy? Maybe it was from sleeping so late or maybe it was from him being hung up on not existing in the Titan's universe! He first thought that Cadmus didn't exist so they couldn't create him. Well that was stupid the Titans clearly knew of Cadmus so that wasn't a possibility! Maybe Superman didn't exist? No that was equally stupid as the Titans knew who he was and if Robin, Red Arrow and Kid Flash existed in an alternate universe; why couldn't Superman! Why couldn't he!

As he gets out of bed he strokes Wolf under his chin and he happily growls as they began to smell...pizza? As Connor and Wolf get out of their room; they also see M'gann, Zatanna and Kaldur follow the smell also and they found out the scent came from the kitchen where they see three of the Titans; Kid Flash, Speedy and Garth eating freshly baked pizza

"Morning" Kid Flash cheerfully greets five members of the Team while Speedy and Garth are surprised by a wolf being with the Team

"Uh. Morning?" Zatanna replied back confused of what pizza was doing here

"Where'd you guys get that?" M'gann asked them who only glanced at each other as they continued eating

"Oh. We were hungry so I got pizza. Want some?" Kid Flash answered as he opens the second box

"It's from Hawaii" Garth advertised the pizza and they brought it; well at least the girls did, the boys just shrugged and took a slice

"Oh wait, your wolf friend, I'll be right back" Kid Flash said as he zips off to the zeta tube and comes back seconds later with a ham in his hand "Italian ham. Enjoy" he says as he passes the ham to Wolf who happily accepts

'B01- Robin'

'B01- Robin'

'B03- Kid Flash'

'B07- Artemis'

Both Robins, Wally and Artemis came to the kitchen which they both gained a happy face upon seeing the pizza

"Cool pizza!" they both happily state as they both grab a slice and chow down

"So you guys nervous of meeting with our Justice League?" Zatanna asked in between munches to the Titans

"No, not really" Speedy replied as he finishes his slice and reaches for another "We have experience by having meetings with our Justice League, so it doesn't faze us anymore"

"Wait, if you guys don't work with the League then how come you have meetings with them?" Artemis asked as she spoke for the Team

"When we deal with something big they normally want a report" Robin answered as he finishes his slice as he disguises his bitterness of those meetings. They were heroes too! So how come they have to be report to the League like a child does when there's been a fight at school. It's so frustrating!

"OK" M'gann says as she tries to think of a good question "Hello Megan! Tell us about your teams?" the Team thought this was a legit question and were listening to the Titan's teams

"OK sure. I'm on a team with fish boy here" Speedy smugly remarks as Garth gains an irritated scowl at his nickname and Kaldur looks confused of how Garth is fine with that nickname but chose to let it slide

"We also have our leader Bumblebee and our two speedsters; Mas y Menos" Garth explained

"Speedsters" Wally says in surprise thinking that they use the Speed Force like he and his uncle Barry does

"No, their speed doesn't work like you and Kid Flash does. They can only run fast when they are touching" the dark haired Atlantean explained which earned a snort from Wally at the word; 'touching' but Artemis slapped him upside his head; knowing what he was thinking

"So anyway I don't have a team. I'm now fighting bad guys with my girlfriend Jinx" instantly as Kid Flash said that, Artemis almost choked on her pizza

"WHAT!" she exclaimed "Baywatch has a girlfriend?"

"Yeah. Jealous?" Wally asked in a mocking tone

"As if! And why would you be proud of that? You're not dating her" Artemis retorted

"Well technically I do" Wally replies

"You know if we're talking about technicalities then your Robin has a girlfriend" Kid Flash states as everyone on the Team looks at him with thunderstruck faces and then at Robin who gives Kid Flash a 'Bat-Glare' at the mention of Starfire; as he would have liked to hold that piece of information from the others in order to avoid them asking;

"YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND!" Rob, Kid Flash, Zatanna and Artemis bellowed out making the rest of the Team to cover their ears as both Teams make their way to the lounge

"Yes" Robin simply says. There was no use in keeping it a secret

"No way. How could-! I mean how could Rob have a girlfriend before me" Wally frantically mutters as he falls to the ground overlooking the fact that he was jealous of his best friend's inter-dimensional counterpart

"Well Jinx became my GF first; since bird boy here was on a 'will they- won't they' basis for quite a long time from what I hear" Kid Flash stated as this made everyone on the team look at Robin and they looked at their Robin. That seemed more like a premise for a sit-com.

"So who is she?" M'gann says with a smile

"She was a teammate of mine and slowly we came to grips...I came to grips with my feelings and now we're together" Robin answered as he stops midway due to him remembering an important lesson he got from his union with Starfire that prevented him from doing it sooner. That a hero isn't all that he was. And that he could live a life outside of Robin; but baby steps.

"You also forget to mention that she's an alien.." Speedy smugly starts

"..princess..." Kid Flash continues

"..of Tamaran" Garth finished which made the Team shocked again but Rob and Wally yelled again

"WHAT!" Everyone in the room was really getting tired of that especially Superboy; because of his super-hearing

"Hah sweet I have an alien girlfriend from another planet" Rob proudly laughs to poke fun at the saddened Wally but one person in the room was green with envy for another reason. Zatanna.

Zatanna knew that this was a different Robin; but seeing how happy her one was of having an inter-dimensional girlfriend rubbed her the wrong way. She had somewhat of a schoolyard crush on the Boy Wonder; but kept her feelings detained as they were heroes and he was the protege of Batman. So I'm sure his mind wasn't on girls yet, along with the fact that he was still 13. But still seeing how this Robin has a girlfriend; her crush on Robin may bloom into something more.

"So tell us more about..Jinx" Artemis stopped briefly as she felt a small sense of; jealousy but wrote it off as jealousy of not having a boyfriend; not that she was looking for one!

"Oh she's great" Kid Flash states as he chomps on his pizza "She's feisty, hot, her confidence is stunning, hot..." he went on like a broken record until Speedy stepped in

"You forget to mention she was a former criminal, a thief and a danger to society" he sternly sates as this made everyone confused. Why would Kid Flash be with a villain?

"Wait what!" Wally exclaimed

"Your one to talk" Kid Flash turns to Speedy "You hooked up with Cheshire" now everyone is in awe with that piece of news.

"What!" Artemis exclaimed but confused of how her sister existing in their world but not her! Forgetting that it was only a possibility that she didn't exist

"What! No! I was under a spell! I wouldn't hook up with that sociopath!" Speedy loudly retorts and as those two were argueing the Team were conversing via M'gann's psychic link

"Their universe makes no sense at all! First they tell us we may not exist, then they have problems with their Justice League and now they have girlfriends! Even Baywatch!" Artemis sums up a little bit too loudly

"Artemis is right; their universe seems way off base to be true" Zatanna adds on "I mean how could I be in my late twenties! I'm only now just entered my teen years!"

"Well that is weird; it actually makes sense" Wally points out making everyone confused at his accusation "Hear me out, if it's alternate dimensions which we can assume since these guys are us just...different. It's not that far fetched to believe Zatanna is older. I mean look at Robin whose 13 and that Robin looks 17 at best. Me and my counterpart are only a year apart at best and Speedy and Red Arrow the same as me. So we can safely assume that they were born just slightly later and/or earlier than us" Wally's explanation was the best and logical thing the Team could get from this situation and then their attention was brought back to the Titans who were just looking at them

"If you guys have something to say, say it to our faces!" Speedy barked out

"What do you mean?" M'gann nervously asked

"He means we know that you guys were having a psychic conversation" Garth answered which made the Team mentally face-palm. Why wouldn't they know they were having one.

"It wasn't anything negative about you four, I assure you" Kaldur calmly replied

"We were just still thinking about us not; you know existing!" Connor said with concealed irratation

"Oh, look you guys, all because some people exist now doesn't mean you guys still won't exist" Robin explained but that was sadly the best he could do to comfort them

"It's just a little bit overwhelming" Artemis said but instantly regretted it

"Well I think you guys need to stay whelmed then" the young Boy Wonder smugly says as that makes his team groan and the Titans confused

"What?" Robin asked his younger counterpart

"Whelmed" Rob replied with older Robin still looking confused "You don't use that word?"

"Why would I, I don't even know what it means" Robin retorts

"Well it's not overwhelming and not underwhelming; it's whelmed" Rob explained with older Robin not getting anything until Zatanna stepped in

"It's one of his made up words" she states which got the gears turning for Robin

"Well that's stupid, there are actual words instead of whelmed" he pointed out

"Well it's..fun" Rob squeaked out as he hangs his head in shame until they hear the computer announce a certain costumed hero that they've been waiting to see

'02- Batman'

This made Robin cringe but he had to get this over with. No matter how much it revolted him to not ask him for help! Everyone made thier way to the Mission Room to meet the Dark Knight who was patiently waiting for them and instantly as he saw the Titans especially Robin he scowled and immediately demanded

"Explain now!"


So let me explain why it took me a month to update; my laptop was taken to the shop to be fixed so I couldn't write and I'm back in school and it's my first year in college. I'll try to update on wednesday as that day is my free day but no promises. Truth is this chapter was started before my Dad took my laptop and I couldn't really complete it as my phne and table (whose keybad stopped working) were useless to finish it.