Chapter 18:
Dick was in his bed at home playing a playstation game (since he couldn't do much else) when Wally walked in,
"Ooh, Tomb Raider, cool! Can I play?" He asked while laughing
"Oh shut up Wally, I couldn't find any other games"
"Excuses" Wally sang
"Whatever" Dick paused the game and looked at Wally "What do you want?"
"I just came to see if you were all right"
"That's all?"
"Of course that's all! Your basically my little brother and I wanted to see that you were all right"
"Why wouldn't I be?"
"Because you can't walk very well and your incredibly bored"
"Fair point"
"Why don't you come to the cave?"
"Coz Bats said I can't"
"Yeah but that was 3 days ago"
"And I'm still not allowed to walk around"
"Well, I could just carry you to the mountain"
"I guess, but your the one that's asking"
"Why me?"
"Your idea" Dick smirked
Wally sighed and left the room to go ask, he was back in 20 seconds
"What took you so long?"
Wally tilted his head and gave Dick an annoyed stare "You ready?"
Dick nodded.
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"Kid Flash B-03...Robin B-01"
Everyone looked toward the zeta-tube hearing their friend's names being called out. When Robin came through the portal using crutches, the team all walked over, or flew in Megan's case. Megan hugged him
"Ow"
"Sorry Robin, I didn't-"
"It's fine Miss.M"
"What happened to you?" Artemis asked
"Just had a bad encounter with the League Of Assassins"
"Detail?"
"I got cut up pretty bad during the fight and then Ra's stabbed me in the thigh and decided to beat me to hurt Batman"
Everyone one gasped aside from Conner he just looked mad. Robin noticed how concerned they all were
"It's fine guys seriously, I've been through much worse" He laughed a little and walked over to the couch"
They all looked at Wally hoping to get more information from him. He just shrugged and walked over to sit next to Rob.
"Are you guys just gonna stand over there gaping like goldfish?" Robin asked them while on his laptop hacking into the Watchtower to see what the League were doing. The team returned to their previous activities.
"You are a really good liar" Wally remarked quietly
Dick smiled "Yeah well, it's not really a lie, just a change of characters"
"The best liars tell the truth" Wally switched on the TV and was flipping through the channels until he found a news report about Dick Grayson's kidnapping. He was about to change the channel but Robin asked him to leave it on.
"It has been revealed that the mastermind behind this tragic event (Dick rolled his eyes at that part 'Tragic event, like he cares') was actually Claire Trevil, Dick's history teacher, she had been planning this event for the past 2 years since Bruce Wayne fired her for violent tendencies, she coerced the Mad Hatter into making a mind control chip for Deadshot, so that he would take the blame, Dick is now at home recovering"
Wally side-glanced at Robin who looked annoyed and a little bit mad.
"Heard you guys were the ones that saved that kid, sorry I couldn't be there"
"I don't think you would've wanted to be there" Megan shivered
"Yeah it was not a sight for a 13 year old to see" Artemis stated
"Well I wasn't there, but I did see the videos" Robin continued hacking the Watchtower
"Batman let you watch the videos!?" Wally yelled
"He didn't want me to but he realized there was no point stopping me, expert hacker and all that"
Wally grabbed Robin
"Hey!" he yelled before they sped off away from the others and Robin was pushed onto a seat
"Dude, you seriously watched the video?, why would you do that!?"
"I just wanted to know what you saw and...I got bored?"
"You don't watch yourself getting tortured because your bored!"
"I wasn't getting tortured in the videos!"
"That's not the point!"
"I went through the pain, I still am going through the pain! I can take watching a video of a blood covered child!"
"But it's not just a blood covered child it's YOU!
"I don't see the difference"
"Well there is a pretty big difference"
"No there's really not, I've been tortured multiple times over as Robin and as Dick and the people I've seen tortured look the same as I do"
"Yeah but they don't watch themselves get tortured after it's happened if they even live through it!"
Robin stood up and pain shot through his left thigh but he ignored it and just shifted his weight
"Actually a lot of people do! And even if they didn't they would always remember what happened and the pain would return everytime they thought of it, you wouldn't know because you've never been tortured"
"Actually I have! and I didn't watch the video of it"
"I don't mean being starved or kicked a little bit, I mean I know what happens if you don't eat but your kidnapper didn't"
"You saw my kidnapping video as well?"
"Yes, but it was an accident! Barry was showing the video to Batman, I walked in when it started and...I still have nightmares about it, about what would've happened if you...died"
Robin looked away and noticed the team standing there
"Wow your stealth is definitely improving...Uh, how long have you been standing there?"
"Since you said "Actually a lot people do" Artemis informed him
'So not enough to figure out my identity' Robin thought after mentally reciting the converstaion
"When exactly did you get tortured Baywatch?" Artemis asked with concern laced in her voice
"3 years ago, I was kidnapped from the Central City Police Department by Jake Tyler because my uncle found out that he murdered his 14 year old daughter and 17 year old son, he supposed to be in jail for 40 years, but he escaped 27 years too early, he didn't know I needed food and I nearly died" Wally shot an accusing look at Robin, who was now sitting back in the chair looking sad and ashamed.
"So when you were 12" Kaldur stated
"Yeah"
"Which means you were 9 when you saw it" Kaldur was now looking at Robin
"I was 8 when I saw my parents die and first got beaten I can take watching things like that" Robin whispered to himself but Conner heard him
"Your parents are dead?" Conner whispered to Robin when everyone was questioning Wally about how he was kidnapped from the police department.
Robin looked up surprised not understanding what Conner said for about 5 seconds, then he realized
"Oooohh, you-you heard that?"
"I have super-hearing!, yes I heard it"
Robin stood up and walked away. Wally saw Robin walking away and ran to the zeta-tube blocking Robin from leaving.
"You can't stop me from leaving"
"I wasn't going to, I just want to remind you that if I don't take you Bats will have both our heads"
Robin grumbled "Well then can you take me back?"
"Sure, but first i'm sorry"
"Me too" they both smiled slightly
The team only just arrived in the room to see Wally leave
"Kid Flash B-03"
"Am I the only one that is really confused here?" Artemis asked facing the team.