SORRY! For the long ass wait but I'm going to college in minus 2 weeks and counting and I'm kind of freaking out..it has been insane lately!

But…..

For being so so so patient with me I shall reward you with an all new chapter!

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Rated T- cause I'm paranoi

Minor cursing if any

Triggers: Cancer, Chemotherapy

I do not own Young Justice or any of the DC characters, yada, yada, yada

Chapter 6- Protective

"But why not?" Dick questioned a cloaked and very mentally disrupted Batman, who was currently tracking various criminals around the city on his large computer in the Batcave.

"Because, I said so." Batman said shortly like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"But you said I could go see the team whenever I wanted to, you even said it was good for my 'moral' or whatever!" Dick held up air quotes and demanded his mentor to offer him some kind of explanation to his questions.

"That was different, that was before this little secret leaked into the press and caused all this commotion" Batman stated "And don't think I didn't hear you emptying your stomach contents this morning after breakfast." He finished knowingly.

'Damn Bats' Dick thought "Bruce" He sighed "I'm fine, my stomach was just a bit upset, that's all." He shrugged off the accusation as if it were nothing but Batman, the world's greatest detective could see right through his wards act. He saw his once energetic son slumped against a nearby wall for support with skin three shades paler then the night before. He saw a tired and disheveled boy who slightly resembled his adopted son.

'This is not Dick, it can't be' Bruce thought sadly while examining his son from the other side of the room.

Seeing that Batman was staring at him he replied with a sharp "What?" raising one eyebrow and growling through his teeth.

"Dick, take your medicine and go to bed, you can go to Mount Justice tomorrow." Batman replied demandingly while turning back to face the large computer.

Dick was about to protest but was interrupted by Alfred, their kind and grandfather-like butler. "Ahhh there you are Mater Dick." The butler greeted as he walked into the caves main room "When you weren't in your room I suspected that you would be down here." He finished politely.

"Ah, Alfred!" 'thank goodness' Bruce released some of the breath he was holding "Can you take Dick to his room and make sure he swallows all of his medicine" He said with an exasperated sigh.

"Of course Master Bruce!" Alfred replied while corralling Dick back up the stairs of the cave.

"Not fair, I get cancer and everybody gets to treat me like I'm eight again!" Dick shouted loud enough to make Bruce cringe a bit. But soon Dick's protests were drowned out by the roar of the Batmobile's engines as he sped off towards Mount Justice. If he was going to protect Richard's identity, he would do it his own way, whether he liked it or not.

BREAKLINE. BREAKLINE. BREAKLINE. BREAKLINE. BREAKLINE. BREAKLINE. BREAKLINE. BREAKLINE.

It was about an hour later when Batman finally arrived at Mount Justice, tired from resisting Richard's efforts to visit his friends and from all the nights he stayed up trying to develop a cure.

'A cure! Seriously no one has ever found out how to target certain kinds of mutating cancerous cells!' Bruce scolded himself for thinking that he could help, 'I would only get in the doctors way' Bruce resigned sadly while making his way through the mountain.

Bruce was so focused on his thoughts that he crashed straight into a frantic and gibbering Wally.

"Geez!" The speedster hissed while rubbing his chest after falling to the floor clumsily "Watch where you're.." he shut his mouth immediately when his eyes were met by the vicious Bat-glare. "Uh… Hey Batman!" Wally frantically tried to recover himself off the floor 'geez that man is like a brick wall he didn't even move an inch when I hit him!' Wally thought cautiously.

"Ah, Kid Flash, just the person I was looking for." Batman stated with a serious face and an angry scowl.

"Who? Me? Why would you want to talk to me?" Wally answered 'uh oh, this is probably about Dick' he realized as sadness washed over him.

"It's about Robin, now come with me." Batman answered trying not to show emotion.

"Oh..um..okay. Do you want me to get the rest of the team? Or,"

"No, I will speak to them later, but for now I want to speak with you."

"Okay" Wally answered cautiously. He didn't want to step on any toes if the rumors about Dick were true, so he silently followed the Bat through the halls of Mount Justice and into a small soundproof conference room.

"Now then," Batman started while closing the door only to be interrupted by the speedster.

"Is it true! Is he going to be okay! Oh gosh how could this have happened! Sure, he's human but he's also ROBIN! THE FREAKING BOY WONDER! HE CAN'T GET SICK NOT NOW! OH GOSH ARE YOU TAKING HIM OFF THE TEAM?" Wally just about burst while asking Batman all the questions he needed to know only to be stopped by Batman raising his hand, signaling for him to stop his ranting.

"Sorry," Wally shrunk into himself looking guilty and sad "I just want to know, is Dick is okay?"

"Yes, he is fine for the time being, but he's going to be out of commission for a while. I DO NOT want you telling anyone about his condition or why he's leaving the team temporarily."

"You're taking him off the team!" Wally just about yelled.

"Temporarily" Batman provided shortly.

"Well can we still see him?" Wally asked carefully.

"Yes, but only when I approve of the visits or give you permission." Batman ordered.

Sighing, Wally gathered his thoughts, trying to organize his words "Okay. Well can I visit him now?"

"Later, for now I have to tell the team, and remember DO NOT SAY ANYTHING." Batman finished with a furious glare before leaving the room silently and leaving Wally to dwell on what just happened.

"Note to self do not mess with Daddy-Bats" Wally said aloud before slumping into one of the conference

BREAKLINE. BREAKLINE. BREAKLINE. BREAKLINE. BREAKLINE. BREAKLINE. BREAKLINE. BREAKLINE.

"What is this about Clark?" Diana asked concerned by the way he was acting. 'Calling a meeting at the Watchtower last minute like this, what is he thinking?' Diana thought curiously while also taking into account that Batman was not present.

"Yeah, why are we here Supes? " Flash asked through the chewed up banana in his mouth.

Superman sighed holding his head in his hands. "This is no time for joking Barry" He said pointedly.

"There's always a time for joking!" Flash happily replied only to receive an elbow to his gut by Diana.

"Geez, okay, okay, serious time. Got it." Flash grimaced while holding his now sore gut.

After a long pause of awkward silence Superman spoke the words that no one would have ever thought they would hear.

"Robin has been diagnosed with cancer."

Flash nearly choked on his banana forcing Diana and J'honn to smack him on the back simultaneously, while the rest of the group just stared at Superman with wide eyes.

After helping Barry stop choking, Diana nearly yelled "You mean Richard?"

"Yes" Superman resigned bowing his head sadly "Apparently, by your reactions I'm guessing Bruce didn't tell any of you either." He finished taking interest in the table in front of him, refusing to make eye contact with any of the other head members.

"No, he didn't say anything to us." Green Arrow stepped up to confirm Superman's suspicions.

"Us neither." Black Canary spoke up for the girls in the room.

"How dare him!" Diana screamed while slamming her fist on the table. "Richard is like a son to me, to all of us! We practically raised him!"

"I agree, I know Bats has lots of secrets but we deserved to know about this." Green Arrow added

"I know you are all upset, I am too, but Batman is not the issue here, the issue is Dick. We need to be there for him whether Bruce likes it or not." Superman finished.

"No, you won't and neither will Young Justice."

Everyone whipped their heads around to meet the furious glare of the Dark Knight himself.

Flash screamed like a little girl after Batman came out of nowhere "How the hell do you do that!" Barry asked in astonishment.

"Not. Now." Batman seethed leading Barry to back up behind Diana and Green Arrow.

"You," Batman said while pointing directly at Superman. "have no right to talk about my son and I behind our backs."

"Bruce we are worried about him, he's like a son to all of us." Superman pleaded harshly.

"No! You have no right!" Batman screamed rather harshly losing his voice almost halfway through. It was at this point that the Justice League no longer saw the Batman, or the Caped Crusader, or the ominous Dark Knight, but instead a scared father who would sacrifice everything for his little boy.

It took everything Diana had to let the hate she once held towards Bruce melt away. She moved from where she stood and sauntered over to Bruce who was, at that moment standing with his head down to the floor. She cupped his face in her hands and slowly moved them up towards his mask while lifting his head up to face hers. She then slid her delicate fingers under the heavy Kevlar and lifted his cowl away from his face, slowly dragging her fingers through his raven hair when she moved the mask to the back of his neck.

At that moment everyone in the room froze, this wasn't the Batman they knew, and it wasn't Bruce either. It was instead a broken man that stood in front of them.

"I've run out of options." He said quietly while facing the crowd of members letting a tiny tear fall from his eye.

Diana pulled him into a hug and refused to let go, the rest of the team was either bowing their heads or (like in Green Arrow and Black Canary's case) hugging each other.

"I can't bear lose anyone else" Bruce whispered quietly into Diana's neck.

"We won't lose him." Superman spoke suddenly. 'Damned super hearing' Bruce thought while lifting his head to reveal his worn face and tired eyes. "But you have to let us and the team help him."

All Bruce could do was nod and try to suppress his feelings, which were tearing him apart.

A/N:

Hope you enjoyed this chapter and I know a lot of you are going to be like "the Batman DOES NOT CRY!" but you know what? He's only human, just like Robin and that is the title to this story, is it not?

Anyways hope you enjoyed this chapter anddddd….

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