(YES I POSTED TWICE IN ONE DAY) Warning: this chapter gets a little violent and sorry that my story has gotten pretty dark. I keep meaning to warn people, but I forget.
Batman rushed over with the Young Justice team right behind him, "What is – he's bleeding."
"I don't know what happened," Zatanna explained, "he just randomly began to bleed."
Batman torn of Robin's sleeve where it seemed the blood was coming from, and there was a large gash in his arm.
"Oh my god," Black Canary gasped.
Batman quickly began treating the wound when blood began to trickle down the side of Robin's head.
"What the hell is going on?" Batman shouted under his breath. "Canary keep pressure on the wound, I'll treat his head wound."
That when the ECG began beeping faster and faster, Robin's face looking in anguish, and soon there was bruises forming on his face. The team watched in horror as they felt the urge to help, but couldn't.
"This is not good," Batman whispered to himself.
Robin's POV:
Joker held the knife that was dripping with Robin's blood, Robin panting weakly behind him. Robin knew he could escape, but part of him knew it was useless. He had hope that maybe the Joker would accidently kill him and he'd wake up to Batman and the team, but after having his head bashed into a tree numerous times and his arm sliced he only wanted pain killers.
Robin could already feel his face swelling slightly, while the blood dried uncomfortably like tar to his skin and his head throbbed.
He wanted to yell at the Joker, come up with some witty come back to try and get under his skin, but he could hardly conjure up his voice from all the pain. He closed his eyes gently as tears made his eyes become glossy. Taking a deep breath he opened them only to see the Joker throw another fist at him, this time he hit in the throat.
Robin gave a choking gasp as his neck hunched forward as he fell onto his back, it knocked the wind out of him and scared him so bad that he was trembling uncontrollable. Trembling so hard it felt like a seizure that shook in rhythm with his pounding heart, and then he didn't even try to get up.
"Is that all you got, kid?" Joker mocked him. "Not gonna try anything this time. . . ." Then he kicked Robin hard in his side making Robin cough spastically, and for a moment the boy nearly puked. "You know when you escaped from that cell you left an awful lot of blood, and I didn't dare clean it up. Your blood splattered all over the floor just makes my imagination run wild, you know. . . "Then there's a second kick, making Robin hunch in pain as he felt a rib break. "I see that beautiful red color and I think of all the ways to torture someone, I can see that excruciating anguish in their eyes and that fear that makes their muscles so tight. I can see it all."
Suddenly Joker had his fingers wrapped around a large chunk of Robin's hair, and he began dragging the boy over to the trees. Robin tried to grab the Joker hand, groaning in pain as he felt his hair nearly be ripped out. Robin felt himself being propped up against the tree.
"It's that look I can never forget," Joker told him, as the man crouched before Robin. "I swear, if I could embed it into their skin and never let it go I would. Just carve that look into their skin. . . ." Then Joker slipped off his glove.
Then Robin yelled out in anguish as the Joker dug his nails into the skin on Robin's face, and slowly scratched his cheeks. The scratches sizzled and burned as his blood surfaced to each scratch line, and Robin knew the Joker had chemicals on his fingernails.
Teams POV:
"Is he going to die? Why is this happening!" Zatanna shrieked, everyone in complete panic while Black Canary, Green Arrow, and Batman struggled to keep up with all the forming wounds on Robin's body.
Robin's whole body was trembling and he was bleeding a lot, bruises were forming like infection all over his skin.
"He's dying, his body can't take this much stress," Batman explained, "the ECG is beating faster than ever, we need to pull him out. Now!"
"Martian Manhunter isn't here . . . can you handle it M'gann?" Black Canary asked.
Just then scratches began forming down Robin's cheeks.
"I have no other choice," she replied in her strong voice and taking a deep breath she closed her eyes and put her hand over Robin's head. Focusing as her eyes glowed bright green. "Everything is so muggy and hard to sort out, I'm guessing that's the toxin's fault. . . . He's got to be in a memory, I'm not picking up any thought. . . . Wait, I've tapped into his Optic chord. . . ."
"Optic what?" Wally asked.
"It's what connects your eyes to your brain," Kaldur told him, "she'll be able to see through Robin's eyes, if he is seeing anything."
Suddenly M'gann screamed and fell back to the ground, Connor quickly wrapped his arm around her.
"What? What happened?" Batman yelled.
Suddenly M'gann hopped back up, "I'm fine, I need to get back into his mind fast. It's the Joker, he's torturing him . . . I think he knew I was trying to get Robin out of his head, and somehow he forced me out. Scared me out of my concentration."
M'gann was already back into Robin's mind and trying with all her concentration to pull him out.
"Something's keeping him there. . . ." M'gann panicked.
Robin's POV:
'Robin! Robin, can you hear me? It's M'gann,' M'gann voice suddenly entered Robin's.
Joker now had the chains that held Robin's hands tied around a tall tree branch, it pulled Robin's hands up over his head as he hung from the tree. His head dropped loosely and his arms nearly ready to rip out of the sockets.
'Miss Martian . . . Thank god, how - wait - are you trying to get me out of this coma?' Robin asked in his mind as the Joker gave himself a break to find more ways to torture the boy.
'I'm trying, but you have to concentrate really hard,' she explained, 'something's keeping you in there and I can't get you out alone. The team is trying all they can to keep you alive, but we're running out of time.'
'Okay, anything in particular I should do?'
'Just concentrate and think of the real world,' she told him, 'right now you are in a mentally state, detached from your body, so separate the two in your mind. Then bring them together.'
'Okay, I'm going to try now, thanks, M'gann,'
"Oh, Boy Blunder I've got a surprise for you," Joker cackled as he suddenly brought out a crow bar, Robin's felt fear wash over him stronger than ever.
Teams POV:
"I talked to him!" M'gann exclaimed, but quickly got back into her concentration as she couldn't afford to slip up.
Minutes of excruciating tension passed, everyone's hearts running at full speed and sweat creasing up at the edges of their faces. This was it, there one chance to save him, and Batman had never been so scared for Robin before.
Then M'gann held her breath and clenched her eyes, and finally Robin shot up into a sitting position. Panting like had just been stuck underwater for a long time, and the team nearly dropped the floor in relief.