Here's another chapter! And I've actually posted it at a good time! Yay me! *London Tipton jumping and clapping in the background*.
I wonder how many people got that reference.
I don't own Young Justice.
"What do you want me to do?" M'gann asked when she saw everyone staring at her. Wally took a step forward and looked at her with pleading eyes.
"Do you think you could go his mind to try and get him to wake himself up?" Wally asked her, she looked at him, not surprised at all. She expected him to make this kind of request considering all the looks everyone else in the room was giving her. M'gann sighed, she wasn't sure she could do this.
"I'm not sure. I've never divulged that far into someone else's mind, and especially not to try and make contact with someone in a coma," she said, disappointed in herself for not being able to help. Wally nodded, and looked off into nothing to think. He had a look on his face that said he was trying to think of some other solution that could accommodate for M'gann's lack of experience. Then it looked like he got practically hit in the face with an idea.
"What about your uncle, Martian Manhunter?" he said, and they were all surprised they didn't think about that earlier considering how obvious it was. "Couldn't he go into Robin's mind? I mean, he does have a lot more experience with this type of thing, right?" M'gann nodded a bit to herself.
"Yeah, I could talk to him," she said excitedly. They all nodded and were happier now that they were all getting somewhere. Because for the first time in a long time, they had hope.
"Great, where is he right now?" Wally asked her, and she looked as if she was going through her head for the answer.
"Last time I saw him he was heading to the Watchtower, then later while he was up there he told me he was doing something with Batman," she said. Wally's face scrunched up, and he looked to Black Canary who shrugged.
"What could Batman want with J'onn if he thinks that there's a medical cure for Robin?"
"Scarecrow told me something I can't shake," Batman said to J'onn once they were both alone in one of the deeper parts of the Watchtower. J'onn looked to the bat for further explanation. For Batman had had J'onn follow him away from the other heros, and now they were here.
"What did he tell you?" J'onn asked, prompting Batman to go on.
"He told me that there is no physical cure to wake Robin up," Batman said slowly, as if trying to convince himself that this couldn't be true. J'onn could feel the fear for Robin radiate off of Batman.
"I suppose that you do not believe him?" J'onn said, doubtful as well with anything that Scarecrow may have said to the bat when he interrogated him. Batman nodded, and began walking in the direction towards the main area of the Watchtower, where the zeta-tubes lie.
"So why have you told me this if you obviously take no seriousness in his words?" J'onn asked, even though he could feel that Batman wasn't sure as whether or not to believe Scarecrow even now. Batman continued walking, he didn't face J'onn.
"I can't help but think that the only way to wake Robin up is not something we can cure in a bottle," Batman said after some hesitation, not liking the doubt in his efforts so far that he's feeling. J'onn nodded slowly, keeping his pace slow.
"You have come to ask me for assistance, then?" J'onn said after deciding that that could be the only reason for Batman to come to him alone. He was right, for Batman nodded.
"Do you think there's anything you can try?" Batman asked, not completely sure he wanted to know the answer. J'onn hesitated.
"Perhaps," he said slowly, causing Batman's demeanor to slip a bit, relief flooding through him. "if this is a matter of the mind, then Robin may just be trapped in a dream." Batman nodded, absorbing the information.
"Do you think that Scarecrow's toxin could have caused Robin to trap himself in his mind?" Batman inquired. J'onn thought on it for a moment.
"It is possible." They continued the rest of their walk in silence. Upon reaching the zeta-tubes, they both stopped to discuss this further.
"Maybe the fear toxin is still active..." Batman commented, hoping that he was wrong. While J'onn nodded slowly.
"If that is true then that does not only mean that Robin is trapped in a dream, but a nightmare." Batman was hoping he wouldn't say that.
"If he is trapped in a nightmare, wouldn't he realize that what he was seeing wasn't real? That it was really a nightmare, therefore waking himself up?" Batman said thoughtfully, hoping that perhaps Robin would just wake himself up, and they could all stop worrying. J'onn just shook his head.
"His mind most likely created a scenario that Robin could see happening, and so he would not question it." Batman nodded, that little spark of hope that Robin would wake himself up getting snuffed out.
"If you were to go into his mind," Batman hesitated, "what would you do while you were in there?" he asked.
"I would search for his consciousness, and then tell him that the world around him wasn't real and that he was in a coma. Convince him of this and help him wake himself up," J'onn said after taking a moment to consider. Batman nodded.
"Alright," Batman said after a moment, "let's go."
The zeta-beams powered up, engulfing them in a white light, and they were gone.
The team were all still gathered around Robin, along with Black Canary. It was still hard to look at him, lying there; still.
"We should find Martian Manhunter, he's the only one who can help us now," Wally said after M'gann told them she couldn't help without great risk. But the question still stood as to what Batman would want with J'onn if he believes that Scarecrow's lying to him.
"Alright, I'll go-" Artemis began before her thought was cut off by the sounds of the zeta-tubes.
"Recognized, Batman, 02, Martian Manhunter, 07."
Black Canary stood up from her seat by Robin, and walked towards the zeta-tubes, the team stayed behind. She came back with the both of them, and it looked as if they had all come to the same conclusion.
"Alright, I might be mistaken, but as far as I can tell we've all come to the same conclusion because of what Scarecrow said, right?" Wally said after a moment of staring. Batman seemed a bit surprised to hear that the team had went to see Scarecrow, but he pushed it off for the more important matter at hand.
"Yes, as far as I can tell, even with the ongoing tests, it seems as if this may be our best option," Batman said after a moment. They all looked slightly surprised, but glad that they finally might be getting somewhere.
"I should begin," J'onn said, cutting through the obvious tension. Batman nodded, and the team all moved out of the way of Robin.
Upon seeing Robin lying there, Batman looked away. He hated seeing him like this. He'd seen it enough times before, but now... it was different. Because all those other times, he knew that Robin was going to wake up, or that there was something he could do. Now though? He was completely useless. There was absolutely nothing he could do but trust J'onn in that he would wake Robin up.
But none could deny that the worst thing that can ever happen to a parent is losing their child, and not being able to do anything about it. But none in the team or league, except Wally, knew that Batman really was the only parent for Robin. The league knew that Batman felt like a father figure to Robin, but neither them nor the team knew that he was the only father figure left for Robin. That Dick Grayson's parents were dead, and that Bruce Wayne was the only one left for him in the end along with Alfred.
"Bring him back," Batman - no, Bruce - mumbled to J'onn. He nodded solemnly, and closed his eyes as he rested his hands on Robin's forehead. They all looked nervously at J'onn as his eyes opened and glowed white. After a minute, the tension died a bit as they watched J'onn and got comfortable with what was happening. Then Wally spoke, cutting the thick silence.
"Let's just hope this works."
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