I just wanna thank those who reviewed, favourited, and followed my story. I didn't think I would get that much. Okay, since this story is going to be about Robin in his puberty stages and stuff, I'd say we have him as the Devil of Pride, but this is still Robin. He's going to be Nightwing when he grows up, so every once and a while, I will add Robin being a bit seductive or lustful in some chapters. Okay. On with the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything except for the plot. Yep.
"Kaldur, why am I here?"
"We just want to ask you a few questions."
Robin rolled his eyes and slumped in his chair, sighing. This was going to be good. That was sarcasm, if the reader didn't catch that. At the moment, Young Justice was scattered about the room, all of them having their eyes on their youngest member. They all wanted to just see if Robin was lying. To him, it was just another interrogation. Oh, Batman would not like this at all.
The leader of the team made eye contact with the Bird; it was like he could see straight through the boy's glasses, this making said boy feel strangely uncomfortable. "Robin," Kaldur started. "Wally stated that he saw some kind of light while in the warehouse. Do you know what that was?"
Crap. Robin kept on his poker face and simply shrugged, "Kal, if I knew what that was, I would've told you. I didn't even see any light! You sure KF wasn't just seeing God or something?" He inwardly winced. A devil using God's name wasn't something that was common.
Everyone was looking at Wally now.
"Oh, seriously, guys? I'm pretty sure that I'm not dead!"
Artemis snorted, "Yeah, if you were dead, we'd finally have some peace and quiet. And more food."
As the two got awfully close to each other, ready for battle, M'gann stepped up, face still towards Robin, and pushed away the two teens who wouldn't admit their love for each other. M'gann walked over to Robin, kneeling and resting a hand on his knee. "We're very suspiscious, to put it flat. We don't want a new mole on the team."
The acrobat stared at the Martian girl. A breath escaped his lips and he let out a small chuckle, "I have to keep my secrets. Batman's orders, you all know that."
"Yeah, but..." Artemis crossed her arms. "I'm pretty sure he'd rather you telling the truth than lying - betraying us."
"...I have my reasons for lying, Arty. I just can't tell you. It's something personal. It's going to take a lot for me to spill my secrets to you."
Connor wasn't convinced. Robin was like a new mole. He was a rat on the team. Everyone new each other's backstory; secrets. It wasn't like Batman was holding him back from telling his story. Robin wasn't a puppet controlled by the man; he could do what he wanted. Why was he so...afraid? That was it, wasn't it? Fear. Robin was afraid that they would no longer like him, just how M'gann thought know one would like her after showing her original form.
Connor spoke, "What if we kicked you off the team?" He spoke loud and clear. This surprised the rest and they all looked at him. The clone balled up his fists, "What if we did?"
"Connor..." M'gann looked at him with disbelief.
"I mean, why should we trust him if he doesn't trust us with what he's hiding. He has nothing to fear; M'gann you showed you true form. Artemis you're the daughter of criminals. What could possibly so bad that he has to hide himself away from us?"
With Robin as an exception, everyone looked at each other, agreeing to Superboy's statement. What did he have to fear? When they all looked back to Robin, waiting for an answer, the Boy Wonder seemed to sink himself deeper into the couch. "I...I'm sorry." Everyone's hope seem to disappear. "I can't...I can't tell you."
"You're a monster."
"They would never accept you."
"They will hate you. Fear you."
"They would treat you as a dark, dark creature."
"You will never be loved if they saw your true form."
The Devil whispered in his head. Robin wanted to cry when Aqualad said the words, "Then, you are no longer on the team." Instead of shedding tears, however, Robin let out a shaky breath and nodded. He stood up from his chair, eyes downcasted and shadowed by his raven hair, and walked slowly out the room. The rest of the teenagers stared at the ground, listening as the teleporter removed Robin from the mountain. M'gann's sniffles began and she ran to her room, sad that their baby bird was gone.
"Look at what you did," Said the Devil. "You killed your parents."
The eight year old boy, horns upon his head, a tail curled out from behind him, and two larger bat-like wings that kept him afloat, looked at his dead parents with frightened eyes. He shook his head, lip trembling, and electric blue eyes watering, "No...N-no, I didn't!"
"Look at them, Richard. Look at them decaying, turning to dust as we speak." The Devil laughed menacingly. "It's your fault that they are. You could've stopped him. You could've kept them from being murdered."
Richard clapped his hands over his ears and shut his eyes. But the face of the Prince of Darkness was scarred in his mind, and his voice was trapped in his head. "You're a monster, Richard. No one can ever love a murderous brat like you. As punishment for having two of hard-working demons, I'm banishing you to Earth. Let's see if someone can like having a ugly beast as their friend."
The boy snapped his head to the Demon of all Demons, the one who waved his hand and had a portal appear above Richard. Slowly, Richard felt himself being lifted by strong winds. He reached out a hand to the Devil, hoping he would be saved. But the Devil is too cruel, and all he got was a wave goodbye. Richard's scream was heard throughout all of Hell, and the laughs of devils and demons was sounded right after.
Richard found himself in an alleyway. Where was he? It was cold - wait, was that...snow? His mother had once told him about this, but he believed it was just a myth. It was ice cold, just like she said in her stories! He smiled fondly, sniffling a bit at the reminder of his mother. His soft cries were loud enough to block the soft footsteps that walked behind him.
"What is a demon doing here in the middle of December?"
The devil boy stopped crying, breath hitched at the words. He looked behind him, staring at a towering man clothed in all black. He squealed and backed away from the black covered man, hand slipping on eye and his support falling, causing his head to hit a brick wall.
"...Ow..." He rubbed the back of his head. "Asta într-adevăr rău..."
The man smiled at him and lent out a hand. Warily, Richard took the offer and stood up, timidly nodding a thanks to said man. The older one raised an eyebrow, "Why are you here?"
"Exi-"
"English."
Richard was startled. Wasn't he. . . ? He smacked his lips and gave a small sigh. English was a tough language, "Ban... Banished."
"I figured," The stranger said. "Would you like to come home with me?"
"Wh-what?" Asked the boy, startled by the sudden question.
"No one is going to take in a boy with wings and a tail," Said the man, coldly. The boy shrunk away from him, the words obviously offending him. The adult sighed and said in a more nicer tone, "I didn't mean to be harsh. All I meant was, you aren't going to find anyone nice enough to help a child out in this city, whether or not he has any differences."
Richard nodded in understandment, "Okay..."
"Now, you haven't answer my question."
"Oh," The devil jumped up. "I...uh... Yes. Please."
The man smiled, "I'm Bruce, by the way. Bruce Wayne."
"Richard Grayson. Call me Dick, like my friends!"
"Okay, Dick, let's go home."
Egh. Would someone get my some wine, because this ending was too cheesy. So yeah, this took about 45 minutes; with the help of my cat farting and me accidentally touching her asshole, I'd say that this story is going good so far.
Eh.
Not really.
Anyway, let me do the stupid 'what happens next' questions. Yay.
What will Robin do now that he's kicked off the team?
How will Batman/Bruce feel about this?
Will something else happen?
Will this story get any reviews?
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