The teens were watching television; there was a news broad cast about the Justice Leagues battle against Brainiac…the teens were all stressfully watching in worry as the heroes were flung around like rag dolls. Aqualad although worried as his mentor was thrown into a parked bus…his mind was on his fallen brother, Kid Flash said he should see him next, now that Red Arrow had re-joined them he felt as if now was the time, but he was troubled and at a loss for words.

"Excuse me" He stood "I think I'll go see Robin" the others barley nodded as Batman crashed into the screen. Aqualad eased into Robin's room, Robin was staring at the door, his blank expression startled the atlantian…it was if Robin had been waiting for him. "Hello brother" Aqualad stood awkwardly at the foot of the boy's bed. "Robin you are destined to be the leader of this team…when everyone doubted me after I kept the…secret…."

Aqualad shifted "you where the one to give me your trust after we got on the bioship, you looked at me, smiled and nodded…and I never told you how much that meant to me."

Aqualad clasped his hands and looked down "You are so skilled…and so strong, I hope you use your strength to come back to not only myself…but the team as well. Rest peacefully brother" Aqualad walked to the door, glancing back briefly and accidentally bumping into Megan as she walked through the door with a plateful of cookies. "You're going to talk to him?" Aqualad asked her softly, Megan nodded gently "those for him?" he glanced at the plate, she nodded again and flipped her head back towards the living area

"I couldn't watch them get thrown around like that anymore" She slid past Aqualad and shut the door behind her, "Hey Robin!" she bounced up to his bed "I baked you cookies!" she waited awkwardly for a minute then set them on the drawer besides his bed "you're eyes are beautiful" she petted his hair like he was her son

"your such a nice, fun guy…I remember how scared I was to meet you because you were like THE first and most well-known side-kick- uh- partner…sorry. You're perfect at what you do…I really wish I knew what was wrong…I owe you everything and I want to help" she slapped a hand to her forehead "hello Megan!" she said loudly "I'll just read his mind!"

Batman was distracted…more than distracted he was in another world.

Quite literally.

Brainiac had opened a portal and Batman had been sucked in, only for a few seconds, Superman freed him shortly after, but Brainiac wasn't neutralized and the fight still raged. Batman clumsily grabbed for a batarang

Batman grabbed a batarang and threw it at the Penguin; the fat man squawked in alarm and flapped him arms falling heavily and gracelessly out of the way. 13 year old Robin was there a second later wrapping a rope around the villain's stout arms,

"It's not going to be that easy Bird Boy!" Penguin yelled, whipping out a wallet sized device with a sharp pencil thick stake jutting out of it and slamming it into Robin's arm. Robin screamed in agony and fell away form the man

"Robin!" Batman cried rushing forward only to be met by a hail of gunfire from the rooftops, Batman covered himself with his cape "Robin!" the Penguin stood and dusted himself off, snarling at the boy who was clutching his arm in pain, the small black device had completely impaled his wrist. It had then like a fish hook splintered at the bottom into what looked like a cloth-less umbrella so it would be un-removable.

"You see that there is a bomb- squawk, squawk, swaa, squawk" the villain laughed, "set to go off in 10 minutes, you can either go deeper into town Boy Blunder and try to find the fail safe and have the chance that it blows and kills innocent people…OR you can got out of town and only die yourself…wither way it's a win, win for me!"

"You bastard!" Robin spat "you know what I'll choose"

"Then tick-tick-tick is all I have to say ROBIN" the bullets were still pounding relentlessly around Batman

"Robin NO!" Robin turned to his father with a sad smile, blood dripped trough his hand as he clutched his wrist

"All in the line of being a hero" he said just loud enough for Batman to hear, then he mouthed I love you, dadand ran to the bat mobile, the Penguin was madly laughing as he opened his umbrella

"Common boys!" he called to his men as the fat man was lifted into the air.

"Robin!" Batman threw back his cape and ran into the road, but by this time there was only tire marks that hinted the bat mobile had once been there. Batman spun in a circle un-sure of what to do his mind was blank, he glanced at his watch, 7 minutes until the bomb went off, "WATCH TOWER, WATCH TOWER THIS IS BATMAN…I REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE! FLASH! SUPERMAN! DIANA…J'ONN…ANYONE! GOD DAMN IT, COME IN!"

"We're here Batman!" a voice said

"Who's "we're"?" Batman bellowed

"All of us…we were in a meeting!" it was Superman's voice "state your emergency!"

"ROBIN HAS BEEN IMPALED WITH A BOMB! IT ONLY HAS 6 MINUTES UNTIL IT GOES OFF AND THERE'S NO WAY TO GET IT OUT…HE DROVE OFF IN THE BAT MOBILE TO GET AS FAR AWAY AS CIVILIANS AS POSSIBLE! I NEED FLASH TO INTERCEPT THE CAR! AND SOMEONE TO…IDON'TKNOW DISABLE THE BOMB!" His breathing was ragged and coming in heaves

"Impaled?"

"The GOD DAMNED BOMB…Went through his GOD DAMNED WRIST! JUST GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE…NOW!"

"Flash and I are on our way with first aid, be there in 3"

Batman fiddled with the Batarang, Robin had been found sinking in the reservoir, trying to drown himself, Superman had barbarically ripped the bob out of the boy's wrist and threw it into the sky, nearly severing Robin's hand…but it had been repaired with weeks, and weeks of therapy, Batman still remembered what Robin had said before driving off "All in the line of being a hero" now a question flooded through Bruce's mind…

What was the line…and who drew it?

"Snap out of it Batman! DAMN IT!" Batman was jerked back to reality as Green Arrow shoved him out of the way of an energy blast, he glanced at the Batarang in his hand then at Green Arrow, that same feeling of senseless he had when Robin drove off; he didn't know what to do. He dropped the Batarang at his feet and fired his grappling hook at the nearest building.

"Where the hell are you going Batman?" Wonder Woman screamed, Batman flew up to the roof top and ran desperately towards the nearest teleporters.

He drew the line…and he decided when to draw it.

And he just drew it.

AHHHH! MORE IS COMING I PROMISE. ONLY 4 MORE CHAPTER UNTIL THE END...

WILL MEGAN FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG?

WILL THE JUSTICE LEAGUE BE KILLED BECAUSE OF BATMAN'S ABSENCE?

FIND OUT NEXT WEEK, SAME BAT TIME...SAME BAT CHANNEL!

ok ok sorry. super geek here. um...well yes i sort of stole the impaling bomb thing from the new justice league doom movie. - actually happens to Flash but...becasue i'm evil I'll give it to ROBBY.

PLEASE HELP ME GET TO 150 REVIEWS! PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR THOUGHTS.

I WOULD PARTY LIKE IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD.

PS. LISTEN TO "SHOOT THE MOON" BY MONA. - free on I-tunes this week

it reminds me of Robin in every way...

well i'll end my rant with...

bye.

-eact