Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, won't keep 'em.

Author's Notes: Ok, one of my reviewers was kind enough to encourage me to continue this story, and I decided to go for it. Unfortunately, the humor thing sort of disappears in this chapter because the FIRST chapter was supposed to be a one-shot and that arc would be hard to carry over to the next section. I wanted to tell the story from Dick's POV, so here we go. It is my first shot at getting in the head of a character in the third person, and I would love to hear from my readers how I did, so please review!

"Have you ever had a dream, Neo, you felt so sure was real?"

Morphius, The Matrix

He supposed he was either dying or unconscious. The fever had been eating him alive, that much he remembered. He also remembered not being able to breathe and the humiliation of having to be put on a respirator. The one thing he didn't remember was slipping into this black hole that he found himself in after waking up from a wonderful dream. He decided that it wasn't important how he got there, he needed to get home.

As Dick stood up, the darkness gave way to a dull grey mistiness that also dissolved to reveal a gigantic park. Puzzled, Dick turned a full 180 degrees and found that each time he turned, a new environment was revealed. In front was the park. To his left was a dark, familiar-looking cave. To his right was the Bludhaven skyline, and behind him was the unmistakable silhouette of a circus. Ok, he thought, rubbing his temples, I'm definitely unconscious. Well, Grayson, better pick a direction and hope it doesn't kill you.

Dick began to walk into the park. When his foot touched the grass he realized that he had walked through a portal. The park had become a complete environment, with trees, chirping birds, and the warm glow of the sun overhead. A breeze blew in Dick's face, making him grin in pleasure as the wind tousled his hair. For a few moments he drank in the environment, not knowing that a shadow had crept close and was waiting in ambush nearby. Then, his 'Bat Senses perked up, and he became very alert.

The young man suddenly felt chilled. Something's not right here. He couldn't put his finger on what bothered him until he got chills again. Something was out there, lurking at the edges of his unconsciousness. On top of that, he couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched. This feeling grew until finally out of nowhere, came a voice.

"Hey Grayson! Didja miss me?"

Whirling around, Dick faced the voice. His breath caught in his throat as he recognized the speaker as the deceased second Robin. The boy was dressed in the costume he had died in and was still scarred from the ordeal. Yet he was unmistakably Jason Peter Todd.

"Jason" Dick breathed, his legs buckling. Jason chuckled softly as he caught his adoptive older brother and lowered him slowly down to the grass.

"Steady there, Dick! If you pass out while you're already unconscious, you and I'll become room mates!"

The stunned aerialist looked once more at the brother he never spent time getting to know and noticed something odd about the boy's features.

"Why do you have red hair?!"

". . . "

"You had black hair when you died and when I last saw you."

Jason sighed and rolled his eyes. "Relax Grayson!" he chastised, and then explained,

"Apparently, this is my natural hair color. It's not red, it's strawberry blond. I'm kinda surprised you didn't know, or find out, that I dyed it black after becoming Robin. I'm sure Bruce archived that little detail in my file somewhere."

Dick snorted, "Jays, I didn't look at your file when you were alive, let alone after you died. So, what else can you tell me? Where am I? I mean, besides the obvious of 'my unconscious environment'. What are you doing here? How do I regain consciousness? More importantly and at the top of my list is the question, why do I have this sense that something ominous is lurking nearby, waiting to jump me?!"

Jason rubbed his forehead and held up a green-gloved hand to stop the overflow of questions. "Let me see if I can answer all of your questions, in no particular order, and still manage to help you understand the circumstances in which you find yourself."

". . ."

"In other words, sit back and shut up, 'cause you're in for one doozie of a mind trip!"

YIPPEEEE!! The semester is OVER!! This means I have more time for my fans and my fics. SQWEEEAALLL!! The info on Jason's hair came from Wikipedia, and I found it so interesting that I HAD to put it in! Actually, some moron changed the info and now the facts say that before DC changed their continuity with Infinite Crisis, Jason Todd had BLOND hair instead of the original article's RED hair. Now, I don't know which version is true, so I settled on giving the poor kid a combination of both, hence the strawberry blond version of the second Robin that appears here. Next Chapter is COMING! Please REVIEW!!