This will be the last update for a while, for which I apologize profusely. I also apologize for not updating earlier, I know I am just making excuses, but I am in the process of moving to a different town and life in general has gone to poop! Please enjoy, I will try my hardest to update soon, but it will definitely be months before the next chapter. Sorry!
Four Years Later
"Robin!" shouted Sparrow as the boy leapt onto a fire escape and got to the roof of an apartment building. "Go now Sparrow! I got this!" The child yelled back and disappeared, a black figure following. Robin grinned as he heard the footsteps of his pursuer and leapt over the alley, landing with a roll on the next roof. He spun around and stared straight at the person chasing him, Batman himself.
"Well, hello Batman! Having fun chasing me?" Robin mocked as he stepped forward fearlessly, analyzing the shadows for The Dark Knight. "Who are you?" Batman demanded before getting closer to Robin. "The name's Robin and before you ask, yes, like the bird. Oh, and I know who you are. On the inside and outside." Silence followed the statement and Batman quietly moved forward; soundlessly radioing the Young Justice team of his location. Aqualad and the team sat, waiting in the Bioship for Batman's order to move in.
They received the order and flew closer to the roof the vigilante and known gang member stood. "Why are you chasing my gang?" Asked Robin as he slowly started circling the vigilante, not knowing that a group of teen heroes were behind him in a Martian bio ship. "I wasn't chasing your gang." Robin stopped walking and spun around, spotted the Young Justice team and leapt off the rooftop. He landed on the next roof in a roll and started running.
Not knowing why he was being chased, he tried to lead his chasers away from the gangs' base and towards the junkyard. Robin bolted off the roof and tumbled to a stop amongst the towering piles of trash. Once he had stopped rolling, Robin dashed in a zig-zag pattern through the junkyard and attempted to lose his tail. Unfortunately, he didn't account for the Martian's abilities and realized too late that she had told her team of his route.
"Freeze!" shouted the green archer as she aimed her bow at the child running towards her. Robin skidded to a stop and turned around, only to bump into the three male teammates. He crouched down and put his fists in a defensive position, glaring at the teens he demanded "Why are you and Bats chasing me?" When the team gave no answer, Robin spun around and stared straight into Batman's covered eyes.
"You have valuable information on a certain organization. Are you going to come peacefully?" Questioned the Dark Knight and Robin snarled back "You aren't asking, are you?" When he got no response, Robin ran towards Artemis, dodged her arrows and vaulted over her. Once his feet hit the ground, Robin continued running before sliding under an old car. There, he tried to slow his breathing, in attempt to keep Superboy from locating him. Robin tried in vain.
The car was flung into the air and left Robin without cover. The boy stayed crouched and watched the teens surround him. Artemis fired an arrow at him, he dodged and it was then that the team noticed that the boy frequently turned his head to the left. Batman silently walked up to the boy on his left side, pulled a gas pellet out of his belt and tapped the boys' shoulder. Robin turned around, only to have Batman pop the pellet in his face.
A green cloud engulfed the boys' face, dulling his senses and mind. He stumbled sideways and fell to his knees, his masked eyes struggled to stay open as the knock out gas took it's toll on his system. The right white circle of Robin's mask disappeared and his body fell limply to the ground. Oddly enough, the left circle remained in the same position as before; frozen open wide in surprise.
"Superboy, carefully carry him to the ship. Miss Martian, get us to Mount Justice as soon as possible. I don't know how long that gas will last." They nodded in confirmation and the clone cautiously picked the boy up and moved him into the bio ship, where Megan turned a chair into a bed. Once Robin was strapped down, the rest of the team and Batman took their seats and the Martian piloted the ship towards Mount Justice.
The ship landed in the bay one and a half hours later and Superboy scooped the limp boy into his arms, following Batman towards the infirmary. Once there, the clone set the boy down on a bed and stood by as the Bat quickly made sure 'Robin' had no injuries, searched him, and tightened some leather restraints on the boy. For such a skinny boy, Robin had a lot of stuff hidden in the folds of his clothes.
A package of unused water balloons, four pocket knives, a slingshot, a pouch of marbles, a small flask, an eyepatch, a few granola bars, a lighter, and ten, of what could only be called, small bombs. These items were put in a pile, in a cabinet, on the other side of the room, out of the way and out of Robin's reach. Roughly thirty minutes later, the team had written their reports and joined Superboy and Batman in the med bay to wait for the small gang member to wake.