A/N: Sorry my last chapter was a bit of a snoozer, but I was kind of in a rush to post a new chapter and I didn't really put that much time into it… I'm a bad author, but hopefully this chapter will make up for the last one as it's full of suspense! Anyways, read, review and enjoy!
Oh, and one last thing! HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!
Batman sat in the watchtowers oversized lab, he was still at work running various tests on the strange liquid that he had discovered within the warehouse; however he was not having much luck.
The only thing that he had found out was that the liquid was some sort of strange motor oil, but the problem was there are a majority of companies across the globe that make multiple types of oils similar to this one. Now, he just needed to figure out which company produced it?
Suddenly, someone walked into the room and Batman quickly flipped around to see Flash standing in the entrance way.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you; I just came to tell you that it's almost…" Flash was about to finish his sentence, but he was instantly cut off by the Dark Knight.
"I know," Batman stated in a gruff voice. "I'll be right there."
Barry gave Batman I slight nod, and then made his way out of the labs double doors.
As soon as Flash was out of sight, Batman slowly turned around and smashed his fist into one of the labs tables.
He didn't want to go into that room and watch Robin be tortured as he helplessly stood by waiting for it to end.
Batman let out a long sigh, so many things were going through his head at the moment. He was worried for Dick's safety and the fact that Joker might take his plans a little too far this time plus it might just lead to Robin's death.
Batman slowly looked over at a clock that was in the room, the time read five fifty seven am, which meant only three minutes until the Joker's main event went live all over the US.
The dark Knight let out another deep breath and then made his way out of the lab and towards the main conference room.
Batman walked through the halls of the watchtower, trying to get his head back in order before he walked into the main coference room.
Now finally standing outside of the main conference room door's, Batman took one last deep breath and slowly entered the room.
Bruce looked over at the table were the holographic computer was now set up, ready at any moment for Joker's broadcast.
The Dark Knight then took a quick look around at some of the League member's that were in the room, as some of them just gazed at the blank screen waiting for something to light up, while the others just stared at him with worried look's on their faces.
Slowly Dinah made her way up to Bruce and laid a comforting hand on his shoulder, but Bruce's gaze remained on the blank screen along with the others.
"Don't worry everything's going to be okay I promise." Dinah stated; as she was trying to do her best to comfort the man because even she knew that he was under a great deal of stress.
Batman just gave her a slow nod and continued to stare at the blank screen.
Finally, it hit six o'clock, and the screen came to life. Slowly the Joker's face appeared on the holographic computer screen.
"Hello, is this thing on?" Joker questioned as he tapped on the camera's lens. "What do you know it is!" Joker said with a humorous giggle.
"Now, before we get started I would like to introduce you to my new thug David, who I might add, refuses to wear clown make-up… Anyhow, my last goon had a little accident and…" Joker started to explained, but was cut off by his new goon.
"Umm… That's because you shot him sir." David simply stated.
"I thought it was my toy gun! Oh well, he was beginning to get a little soft on me anyways!" Joker said as he pulled up the real gun and then threw it halfway across the room. "Okay, enough arguing about my dead goon, let's just get this show on the road boys."
Joker then turned to his two goons and snapped his finger for them to go fetch Robin.
David slowly bent down beside Robin and unlocked the handcuffs, but as soon as he did so Robin began to struggle.
"Quit struggling kid!" David said, as he roughly pulled Robin off the ground.
Robin bit his lower lip until he could taste blood. He was so desperately trying to stop himself from crying out, as severe reched throughout his entire body.
Batman's eyes widened when Robin was brought into the camera's view, as he saw the amount of blood that was covering part of Robin's broken body.
The League member's all watched as Joker's goons placed Robin roughly on the ground, and then they both retrieved one of the weak boy's wrist and pulled then back to form the shape of wings.
Joker slowly bent down and picked up his crowbar, the same one that he had used to beat all of his victims with, and then he walked towards Robin.
"Look Batsy, now he looks just like a little bird." Joker stated, as he raised the crowbar and hit Robin hard in the abdomen.
Robin let out a cry of pain, as the crowbar impacted with his stomach.
Joker laughed evilly as he struck Robin again, this time sending Robin into a horrible bloody coughing fit.
The goon's instantly dropped Robin to the ground when he started to cough up blood, and after a few minutes his coughing fit finally subsided, but he was still struggling to take in enough oxygen.
"Aw, are you having trouble catching your breath? Here, let me give you a hand." Joker said with a laugh, and then he gave Robin a forceful kick to the side.
Robin instantly tried to grab his now throbbing side, but as soon as he made a sudden move the pain became unbearable, however he still had enough energy to at least get one sarcastic comment out.
"Old people hi-hit harder then you." Robin said through ragged gasps.
"You really think so kid?" Joker said in a now serious tone, but when he turned around to face Robin he was no longer smiling.
Joker slowly dropped his crowbar onto the ground, and then bent down next to Robin so that they were face to face.
Robin didn't do or say anything, as he knew that he really shouldn't have said anything to the mad man to begin with, but Joker was starting to get to him.
"Tell me, can an old person break a bird's wing?" Joker asked, as he bent down and ripped Robin's arm up.
Robin was too weak to try and pull his hand away or to even struggle, but somehow he knew what was coming next.
The young teen so desperately wanted to say something sarcastic back to the clown, but he knew that it was probably best to just stay quiet, even though sometimes it seemed nearly impossible for him.
"They might be able to." He sarcastically replied.
"Well… let's just test that theory, shall we?" Joker said, as he bent robin's arm backwards until he heard a loud snap.
Robin let out a scream from the severe pain that was now shooting throughout his broken arm.
Joker seemed pleased with the scream and the loud snap that came from Robin, therefore instantly dropped his arm to the ground.
Slowly, but surely the mad man stood up and picked his crowbar back off the ground.
Batman's stomach then turned, as he watched the scene before him. He knew he couldn't do anything about it, that made him even more eager to find Joker and bring him to justice. Well, Bruce's kind of justice that is.
"Now, would you like to say anything else Mr. Sarcastic?" Joker said, as he walked over to Robin's other side.
Robin didn't say anything, the only thing he did do was gasp for air.
"Oh come on kid, you can't be in that much pain. I mean, I thought Batsy taught you to be a tough creep like him." Joker said with a bemused smile.
"Not… Not everyone is like Batman." Robin practically choked out.
"Aw, kind of harsh; I thought you wanted to be like big old Daddy Bat's. I mean, come on kid your with him 24/7 what's he like? Is he mean? Does he work you hard? Does he yell at you when you don't get something right?" Joker questioned. "I mean if he really cared about you, then why isn't he here? Why hasn't he come and saved you yet? "
"Because you… Dum-dummy, he doesn't even know where we a-are." Robin stuttered, but it was heard to get a good come back out when he could hardly breath, and everything around him looked cloudy, plus the fact that his arm was now broken.
"You just can't keep your mouth shut can you kid?" Joker asked.
Everything remained silent for a minute and the only thing you could here was Robin's croupy gasps, but finally after a few minutes Robin caught his breath.
"Wow kid, you must have really bad lungs, do you smoke?" Joker questioned.
Thing's still remained silent, but immediately the mad man broke the stillness.
"I have an idea! Let's play a little game." Joker suggested.
"What kind of game?" David questioned.
"I say we play a little truth or dare, what do you say kid?" Joker asked, as he bent down next to Robin and shook the boy's head in a yes motion.
"Good, how about we start with truth?" Joker queried.
"Whatever." Robin mumbled in an irritated tone.
"Oh, goody! Now, how about we start off with the true identity of the Batman?" Joker said as he quickly flipped around and got really close to the camera.
"Okay kids, this is where the shows rating's get a boost from TV-PG to TV-14. So tune in tomorrow same time and we'll give you a shocking performance, that is if Bird Boy lives through it." Joker said with an evil sneer on his face, just then one of the goons's cupped a hand over the camera's lens, and the last thing to be heard was a muffled cry from the Boy Wonder, then as the screen went black.
Batman and all of the other League members that were in the room had shocked expressions plastered on their faces.
Black Canary quickly left the room trying to wipe away the tears that had fallen down her cheeks several times during this event, immediately followed by Green Arrow who was by her side trying to calm her down.
Batman who was still in the room, just standing there looking at the blank screen. Honestly, he didn't know what to say or what to do at this dreadful moment. The only thing he could do was hope that Robin would be okay and that he would stay strong.
(Mount Justice)
The team stood there in the middle of the room, still staring at the static on the TV. They had seen the whole event and they all wished they hadn't.
Megan instantly ran to the kitchen sink and got sick, but soon enough Conner was by her side telling her that things were going to be okay when he knew full well that they weren't. Well, at least not until they found Robin, if they ever did find Robin that is.
Zatanna, who now had her head buried into Kaldur's shoulder was sobbing and mumbling inaudible thing's through her forceful cries.
Kaldur was trying his best to comfort the young girl, but it was to no avail. He knew she was heartbroken about Robin his disappearance, and he it was doing going to get worse after what she saw on that horrid video.
Rocket, Artemis, and Kid Flash sat there beside him in silence, waiting for someone to break the awful quite and finally after a few minutes Rocket spoke.
"Do you think he'll be okay?" Rocket asked, while staring at Wally, Kaldur and Artemis hoping for an answer.
"We better hope." Wally stated, as he slowly stood from the couch, trying to rub away tears that threatened to spill down his cheeks for the millionth time.
"No, we better pray." Artemis added, as she turned to look at her team mates with a worried expression. She knew that even if they did find Robin alive that there were going to be a lot of physical and mental damage, and that the Robin they knew was never really coming back.
A/N Okay, I know I am a horrible person I left you guy's at another awful cliffhanger, but it's not my fault as it's the evil plot bunny's fault remember? Oh, and sorry this chapter wasn't as long as I wanted it to be, but oh well. At least I finally finished my newest chapter! Oh, and your reviews are always welcomed!
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