The man in the chair rubbed his head. There were dark circles under his eyes and he patiently waited for the result of his nineteenth search that day.

He must have missed something... something...

BEEP!

He jumped up and looked at the screen. Nothing.

Falling back he groaned. For one terrible second he had dared to hope. But it was nothing.

"Sir?" A British accent spoke.

"Yes Alfred?" The batman asked.

"I know you are concerned for him. I am as well but you do need your rest."

"I've been searching the multiverse for a month," Bruce stood, tearing the cowl from his face. "I can't find him!" He brought his fist down on the desk.

Ding!

Both pairs of eyes flicked to his belt where a small red light was blinking. Batman pulled the light to his face, a smile crossing his eyes. He plugged it into his computer.

"I've found him."

Batman stood, his cape flying around his ankles.

"I'm going out Alfred. Hold down the fort."

"And may I ask where you are going sir?" The butler raised an eyebrow.

"Mount Justice, the team will want to know."

"Shouldn't you wait until you have more information on the subject?"

"I have all I need."

Alfred sighed, more from exasperating than his growing relief. "Of course sir. When will you be back?"

"I'm going to the watch tower once I've relayed the news there I can work on a portal back."

"I'll keep the heater on in your room then."

"Don't bother waiting up."

Batman stalked into the mountain to find five teens enjoying a new batch of cookies and watching some sort of movie.

"Team," he announced to the room. "Come here. I have information."

"On Robin?" Wally jumped up.

Batman nodded.

They team gathered around him as he brought up what looked like a bag of marbles appeared above them.

"What's that?" Superboy asked.

"As I'm sure Wally told you last month Robin has been transported to another dimension."

"In this theory however there are thousands of these dimensions are there not?" Kaldur asked.

"Millions," Batman's mouth was thin. "But earlier today I received a message from him which I was able to track to this dimension." A world popped up that looked almost exactly the same as the one they stood in.

"I can see the differences," M'gann spoke. "There, and there," she pointed to the edge of continents. "They're so small. But I've studied earth closely enough to see them."

Batman nodded. "This," a small red light came from a bit of the east coast. "Is where I received the call from."

"So why are you still so grumpy?" Wally grinned. "You've found him! All we need to do is go there and get him!"

"It's not that simple."

"What do you mean?" Kaldur's brow's furrowed.

"The signal I received was a distress signal, only to be used in times of great distress. Before this he had been sent to an entirely different plain of existence. If that wasn't strong enough to send a signal then what was it?"

"Maybe," Superboy paused, "maybe the signal was delayed because of the dimensional barriers. And were only now getting it."

Batman's glare was terrifying. "Which would pose an even more disturbing problem. If it was that long ago when he sent the signal then he could be seriously injured or..." His lips quivered. "In any case I will be working on a teleporter. That is all."

"Wait!" Wally called after him. "Is there anything we can do to help?"

"No."

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