J'onn led them to the site of the burned, scattered beach house,

"This is where his mental reading is from…it is faint" the Martian knelt on the ground and put his ear to the scorched grass. Batman stared at the doorstep, there was still blood splattered all over, he felt bile rising in his throat. "It is stronger the closer I get to the ground, what does this mean?" he said looking at the teens and their mentors, Batman shoved the bile down and swallowed it,

"Underground perhaps?" Red Tornado said "it is the most logical explanation" Superman knelt next to the Martian, Clarks eyes glowing,

"There's some sort of house down there…" he said, "My x-ray vision is picking up on two people…Oh! there's the Riddler…and….Robin, oh dear lord all mighty-" they saw him squint his eyes, he looked at the still boy his eyes were open staring at nothing, they were dull and he looked lifeless, the boy breathed but the rise and fall of his chest were slim

"What do you see?" Aqualad said stepping forward

"I see a very…broken…boy" Clark pulled back and punched the ground, a small crater appeared, he repeatedly struck dirt flying.

"Please…" say Red Tornado "let me" the android spun creating almost a drill and sunk into the ground, each hero followed, descending into the hole in their own way, Red Tornado had burst through the roof and the heroes found them selves in what seemed like a living room. The Riddler was watching TV with a expression of pure shock etched in his features, he jumped off the couch and spun to face the heroes.

"So you found me eh?" he giggled twirling his cane "and here I thought you'd give up after the dummies I sent you" He leapt onto the coffee table doing a little dance, before any of the heroes could move Batman shot out and grabbed the sickly man by his neck. "Guggg!" The Riddler cried trying to pry the angry father's hands off his skinny neck.

BAM, PUH, DECK!

Batman repeatedly punched the Riddler, blood spurted out of the deranged man's nose,

SOCK, BAM, SMACK!

"Batman stop it!" Dianna cried grabbing his arm

BAM, BAM, BAM!

"!" the Riddler laughed spurting out blood "this is great, the Batman, all for justice himself, finally kills his first villain in cold blood!"

BAM!

"Damn it BATMAN!" Canary yelled letting loose a scream the blew Bruce into the adjourning wall, the Riddler slumped down, out cold.

"I wanted to hit him!" Conner whined

"Right now our priority is Robin" Green Arrow said helping a very pissed off Batman off the floor "And I suggest we all…" he glanced around the room "suck up our shitting pathetic three year old attitudes and focus on something FAR more important" Roy looked at the green plaid archer and nodded tersely once, a small smile tugging at his lips.

Megan and Artemis tied up the deranged villain and the heroes moved to the next room , Kid Flash hung back and kicked the villain as hard as he could before following the others.

"Break down this locked door" Batman said to superman stepping back,

CRASH! The door exploded, they stepped into the pitch black room.

"Weshouldfind alightswitch-" Flash mumbled, suddenly the room was illuminated, the heroes squinted as they noticed Megan's hand on the light switch.

The room was bare with beige walls, there was a single king sized bed in the center with a small dresser next to it. Batman nearly fainted when he saw his son.

Robin lay un-moving on the bed, shirtless but thankfully with pants, his mask was gone showing a pair of dazzling blue eyes that stared at the ceiling, he didn't move to notice their arrival; he didn't speak, or cry out in joy.

Robin was beaten, purple-blue-green budges patterned his skin, he was sure his ribs were broken. There was a bloody '?" on his arm, several bleeding pinch marks and the wounds he had received from the beating 2 days ago, were oozing with puss, infected and bleeding.

But what scared Batman most was the dead, hopeless, broken look that reflected in his eyes. Dianna let out a choked sob

Batman ran to his son and pulled him into his arms, the boy said nothing.

"Robin, you can talk now, he's gone the Riddler will never bother you again" Robin didn't move as his dad spoke his head lolled to the side limply and he stared at the wall. "Robin, pasăre micul meu, eu sunt aici, cum am promis, de ce nu vorbeşti, poţi să-mi simţi, nu-ţi fac rău? Te iubesc, atarna acolo"

Robin ramained still

That bastard!Batman thought "I'm going to kill that bitch" he snarled, pushing past the heroes with Robin limp in his arms, then he paused to look at his son it's your lucky day Riddler, Robin needs me more

"Superman…fly us out of here"

Robin stayed limp as the house grew smaller and smaller in the distance, his eyes welling with tears.

"Where to?" Superman asked gruffly

"You know you have friends you should just appreciate them more often"

"Mount Justice"

"Not the cave?"

"No…he should be around his friends" Superman smiled and looked down at his friend who purposly averted his eyes

"Softy" Superman mumbled

"Jerk" Batman threw right back.

Robin heard the door being burst through.

Robin heard the whispers, the gasps.

Robin felt the arms, the air as he was lifted.

Robin figured it was the Riddler.

Robin heard his father.

Robin heard his friends.

Robin felt the air as they flew in supermans arms.

Robin saw the house growing smaller and smaller.

Robin felt the tears welling.

Robin couldn't feel his wounds

couldn't move his mouth

or his body

couldn't feel the heat of the sun

the chill of the wind.

but he got goose bumps anyways

He tryed to say

"Dad I knew you would come"

with a smile.

but he couldn't lie to his savior

and he just couldn't speak at all.

Here's the update y'all wanted. more coming. reviews keep me posting.

OMG Robin was found!

"Robin, pasăre micul meu, eu sunt aici, cum am promis, de ce nu vorbeşti, poţi să-mi simţi, nu-ţi fac rău? Te iubesc, atarna acolo" - you should google translate that!

More coming NEXT WEEKEND! ahhh that long?

-EACT (reviews are mandatory :) ) lol