Warning this chapter is Rated-T…sort of discriptive french kissing scene…read at own risk.
Well, I'd appreciate if all my readers read this:
It is my apology.
You see, I received a review or a message I can't remember exactly what it was but it said that I sounded like a child when I said reviews are mandatory, and I didn't appreciate my readers. I will still continue to post even if you don't review its just that I like to know what you guys are thinking so I can make the story more based on what you guys want to see, I DO appreciate you guys and I'm sorry if I acted like a child…please continue to review even though they ARE NOT mandatory.
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Batman eased the door open to Robin's hospital room; Robin was staring at the window faced away from the door, the heroes filed in each casting a regretful glance at the young boy wonder. Robin tried to bite his lip as his brain told him to cry; even though he was turned away from his friends he could still hear their broken-hearted sobs and whispers.
"Do you think he can hear us?" Flash said zipping up besides the bed, Robin tried to nod, it proved futile and his muscles screamed in protest and seized up like a statue. Robin couldn't move. Well DUH! I thought we established that already Robin thought his conscious frowning in sarcasm, he begged God fro that sensation so he could turn his head ever so slightly for a brief mile-second, but God must have been coaching the all-metro baseball team, because no one seemed to answer.
"Well…" Black Canary said with a sigh "I can tell you right now what the problem is, if anyone is interested" Batman growled and Canary took this as a yes please go right ahead "You see, I've dealt with kids like this before, it called Selective Mutism-"
"A disease?" Megan said with a overly dramatic shocked expression "what do you mean?" Black Canary sighed and sat on the edge of Robin bed stroking his ebony hair
"It's not a disease, it when your brain tries to cope with something it can't and the person can't talk until it's brain has fully recovered, I also believe that Sleep Paralysis is a problem here" The heroes eyes flickered to the small boy, Black Canary was busy running her fingers through his soft black locks. "It when your mind thinks it's asleep, but your body is not, you can still hear, see…and all that stuff but you can't move."
"Over time your brain starts to recover and the movements come in flashes, like you can move for a second then….20 minutes without movement"
"How long does it last?" Kid Flash asked kicking at the tiled floor with his toe, trying to pre-occupy himself form the tears that were stinging his eyes.
"As long as the mind needs to recover" there was a respectful silence. It went on…on…on.
"Five minutes are up" Batman growled shoving Green Arrow and Aqualad out first, then he grabbed Superman and Wonder woman, when he went to grab Roy the rest of the heroes got the jest and filed out, heads down in defeat. Artemis stopped by Batman and looked him in the eye not even bothering to hide the grief that was pooled their,
"Let me talk to him" she pleaded "only for a few minutes" Batman ran a hand over his face and squeezed his eyes shut so hard that black dots danced across his vision. "please Bruce" his name hung in the air
"3 minutes" Batman barked slamming the door shut behind him. Artemis turned to look at Robin with tears running down her face, she grabbed a chair dragging around the side of his bed and sat down heavily the sun on her back looking at his face
"Hey Rob" she said her voice a whisper as she ran her hand over his hair.
"This is a tape of all the Gotham security cameras" Batman said "Gordon gave it to me when he found out that Robin was missing" the tape was handed to Red Tornado who in turn jammed it into the correct spot on the large computer. The zeta beams screamed:
AQUAMAN B-06
"I don't appreciate you lads leaving me behind" the blonde haired man said "did you find him?" Black Canary filled him in "shame….such a good lad" Aquaman said with a soft voice "BUT WE WILL RALLY!" she shouted in his thick accent, the heroes rolled their eyes as Aquaman went on to give one of his inspirational speeches, Aqualad sent his team apologetic looks.
"THERE STOP THE TAPE!" Batman bellowed, Aquaman's mouth shut in a snap as the heroes jumped, J'onn froze the tape, hanging from one of the dark streetlamps in Gotham was Robin only the white eyes of his mask were visible, he was hanging upside down, completely still, his cape gently rustling in the breeze as it hung over his head, he was crouched on the underside, his hands grabbing the cold bar that his legs were flung over.
"That's damn scary" Green Arrow said with a shudder
"He's defiantly trained by the Batman" Wonder Woman said with a small chuckle
"That is scary as hell" Superman agreed, on the tape a car drove by, when the head lights hit the street light, Robin was gone.
"Damn" Roy breathed with a small smile of new-found respect, the tape proceed to switch to various cameras as Robin slunk in the shadows barley visible to a bank, Robin took the wire from his wrist and attached it to the key pad lock on the back door, his holographic computer flickered to life, lighting up his face.
Robin threw glances over his shoulder at the street as his fingers typed furiously, his green faces showed up on the screen; Robin smiled and pulled the wire back. Opening the door and slipping in side, the camera switched in side the bank, red lasers patterned the floor. Robin briefly smiled and jumped into the air doing a flip into the red lasers, he expertly did flips through the air avoiding every laser, he did a triple flip to avoid he last laser.
"He's good" Megan said breathless in awe
"Damn good" Kid Flash corrected, Superboy scratched his head
"How does he repeatedly do flips like that? Even I would get tired" The heroes glanced at Batman, Aqualad managed a small smile
"He's the boy wonder…trained by Batman, they probably do this sort of thing all the time" Batman silently thanked the young atlantian, he didn't want to reveal Robin's past right now, even thought they did see his eyes when they rescued him, usually Kid Flash would have gone crazy seeing his friends eyes, it was just the stress that had made them repress their joy.
The camera showed Robin waiting in the deep shadows, a second later the door blew off the bank, in the dim light you could see, the outline of 3 goons and the Riddler. The Riddler switched on the light, his mouth moving as if he was barking orders and hysterically laughing at the same time. Robin flew from the rafters
"How the hell did he get into the rafters?" Flash yelled squinting at the screen, Robin landed on one of the goons, as the man fired his machine gun, Robin spun the man around, so instead his gun fired at his comrade, the bullets zinged over the other goons head hitting the power outlet, which proceeded to electrocute the one man.
Robin let go of his man and round house kicked his in the back to the head, spring back into a backwards hand spring landing in front of the Riddler spinning his leg in a circle and sweeping the sickly man's legs out from under him. The Riddler fell, yanking gout a pistol and firing it at the young acrobat.
Suddenly the audio kicked in on the security cameras, the gun shot sound blasted though the mountain, Megan screamed in shock, as suddenly all the fights sounds blared at them, Robin flipped away from the bullet, doing backwards handsprings in retreat, Robin stumbled back into the arm's of another huge goon, who surprised yanked the boy's arms back and held him. The goon Robin had previously kicked punched the boy in the stomach as his buddy held the boy's arms, the air left Robin in an Umpff, Robin tensed as a second blow came.
The heroines in the room covered their mouths in disgust as the heroes clenched their fists. Batman hand a death grip on the controller which was cracking under his grip
Robin brought his legs up and kicked the man away, lifting the man holding him onto his back by tipping forward and doing a summersault which resulted in Robin getting the man in a head lock. The heroes breathed a sigh of relief but Robin's labored breathing left a heavy atmosphere in the room. Finally just the Riddler was left, the man smiled sickly as Robin did back springs towards him
"I like the way you move" the Riddler said his voice dripping suggestively "You're so flexible" the man laughed as Robin extended his bo staff and advanced dangerously "I wonder, my sexy boy wonder, how flexible you'll be when you're in bed with me…those back bends could come in handy" Robin had no emotion at the comments and Roy growled slamming his fist into his hand
"He can't talk to Robin that way!" he growled his voice nearly as scary as the Batman's glare "how the hell can Robin be so calm?"
"It happens all the time…the villains all have the fantasy to be in bed with Robin, he's just too good looking for Gotham's villains" Superman said softly "it's disgusting, he's always getting rude comments, I guess it doesn't faze him anymore"
"He's just a boy! Not some sex symbol!" Kid Flash yelled throwing his arms up dramatically, there was a scream from the screen and their eyes snapped back, Riddler had his arms wrapped around Robin's torso holding the teen's arms down, the young Boy Wonder was pressed against a wall and the Riddler was kissing him…deeply. The moving bugle in Robin's cheek told the heroes Riddler was using no self control as his tongue nearly gagged the struggling boy.
This scene…this very disturbing scene cause the poor remote to erupt into a thousand pieces.
Riddler pulled back a glazed look in his eyes, and he smiled
"That's just the beginning of it Robby, wait 'till we go home" the Riddler punched the dazed Boy Wonder and his head snapped back colliding with the wall, blood splattering out of his nose. The goons on the floor stared to move and sluggishly pulled themselves up, Riddler wiped his mouth with the back of his hand "get up you idiots!" he growled "carry my pet to the car, be gentle I want his body in one piece" he giggled as if there was some hidden meaning
"The security cameras?" the goon said scooping up the unconscious boy wonder, his voice raspy from being electrocuted
"Leave them…" the Riddler said "HEHEHEHAHAHAHOHOHA! Riddle me this Bat, how many ways can a Robin die?"
"You know when I joined the Young Justice, I was so scared" Artemis swept her hand over Robin's cheek, "I have to say Robin….even though we don't usually talk about anything other than missions and HA! Beating up Wally… I still feel as if you are my best friend here, and it's not just because you have no super powers like me, it's because I can tell we both come from broken pasts and we both choose to keep them secrets, we choose…" Artemis choked on tears "to have people accept us for who we are now…not who we where" Artemis wiped at her face to hide her tears
"You saved my life so many times…I wish I could return the favor"
Robin felt the sensation coming. It rushed through his brain like water covering every nook…every cranny; it was so cold, like ice water, it hurt. Like a brain freeze. He clenched his fist.
Then it was gone.
Artemis stared at his fist eyes wide in shock; she jumped up and shook him
"R-Robin" she shouted "Robin can y-you hear me? Wake up, WAKE UP DAMN IT!" Robin tried to uncurl his fist but it proved futile, the sensation was gone only God knew when it would come back. ".UP!"
Nothing. HE DID MOVE, HE MOVED! Artemis's mind screamed as her eyes flew back to his hand then to Robin's face. "Bru-Batman!" she screamed stumbling out of the room "BATMAN!"
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