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"One more to go till we get outta here!" Wally yelled excitedly as he stared at the almost complete door that was now only missing a small piece on top.
"And I guess it's got to be Robin's." stated Artemis.
She and the rest of the team rested their eyes on the famous boy wonder.
"Yeah. I guess they saved the best for last." He smiled sadly.
Kaldur, Wally, Artemis and Conner could see his distress, heavy on the dis, while Megan could actually feel it. It radiated off him strongly. Even more so than the emotions she had felt from her other members during their memory recap. It was really uncharacteristic of him.
Several minutes passed by, and the young justice team was now sitting on the floor, still waiting for Robin's memory to begin. The last bubble was floating at the edge of the room, making no attempt to move just yet. After awhile, Wally got up and even tried poking at it a few times, causing ripples to appear on its surface. But aside from that, it remained unchanged.
"Okay, now I'm getting bored." Wally finally cried in annoyance. "Why is it taking so long?"
"I agree. It is taking a rather long time." Kaldur questioned as well.
"Maybe.. its because it holds the strongest energy and emotion."
Megan's voice came out as a whisper, but the team still heard her and now everyone slowly turned to face her.
"What exactly do you mean, Megan?" Conner asked her, placing his hand on hers.
Her face saddened as she glanced shyly at Robin, who seemed a little more relaxed than before. He gave her a soft nod, giving her permission to tell the others. She fiddled with her fingers a bit while she explained her theory.
"Well, because the memories are almost finished and the magic is weakening, I can now sense things better. And.. I will just say that can feel a very strong force coming from the bubble. A huge mixture of emotio-"
Megan got cut off as the ball of light finally made its move, floating through the air and popping. Illuminating the room again in its bright white light. The white eventually faded, only to be replaced with several other coloured lights. A sea of colours danced around them as the scene came into view.
The team stood mesmerized at the hoards of people, stalls, rides and performers that formed before their eyes. They could hear the laughter, the screams of excitement, the bustling of hundreds of people walking, running, jumping happily around the area.
"Where are we?" asked Conner. Megan and Kaldur about to ask the same question as well.
"Its.. so beautiful." Voiced the young martian as she took in the sight before her.
Artemis looked around and spotted a big white and red tent top. "It looks like we're at a circus."
"What is it for? Asked Conner.
"Well.. It's a fun place with lots of food, games, and performances. The main attraction usually happens in that big tent over there." Replied Artemis while pointing to the big top.
"Hey Rob, why are we here?" Wally asked, turning to look at Robin, but instead found that his best friend had pulled his ninja act again. The speedster gazed around searching for him, and caught glimpse of his black and yellow cape enter the big tent. Wally ran after the young bird and so did the rest of the team behind him.
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They eventually found Robin standing in the centre of the ring. His eyes gazing upwards to the trapeze platform that was built into the two main metal towers holding up the tent.
"Hey guys, what took you so long?" he smiled at them.
Wally was about to reply when the scene around them swirled and shifted again. The team now found themselves about 75 feet off the ground, standing on the same platform robin had just been looking at. Below them, the once empty stands were now filled with cheering, laughing people. Lights flashed brightly, shining around the tent almost blinding their eyes a couple of times.
Conner and Megan, who were used to heights much like this, were happily looking over the edge, watching the crowd of spectators below them.
Kaldur, Wally and Artemis however did not take the sudden change in locations to well, and quickly moved away from the edge, gripping onto the metal pole that protruded from the centre of the platform.
Robin acted pretty much as if he were still on the ground. But unlike the rest of the team who was looking below, he was looking at the other platform across from him, where a man, and woman and a young boy stood. They dressed in green, red and yellow costumes.
Artemis, Megan, Conner, Kaldur and Wally took notice of them as well and watched them wave to their adoring fans below.
"Is he by any chance, you, Robin?" Megan asked curiously, pointing to the small boy smiling across from them.
Robin remained silent for awhile before answering, "Yeah, that's me. And my mum and dad." He paused a few seconds before continuing, "We were trapeze artists."
Megan was about to ask what Robin meant by 'were' when suddenly a loud sound boomed around them, introducing the next act.
"And now ladies and gentlemen, our most exciting and mind blowing performance yet! Feast your eyes on the amazing, Flying Graysons! As always, performing their stunts without the safety of a net!"
The team watched as the strong and handsome looking man gripped onto the trapeze bar and leapt off the platform. He swung forwards, as another trapeze came towards hi, and did a backflip, hooking the other bar under the back of his knees.
Megan sighed with relief as the man safely positioned himself onto the bar. Wally, Artemis, Conner and Kaldur were getting into the act too, watching with wide eyes that shone with fascination as the woman joined her husband, grabbing onto his arms as she flipped towards him.
They both swung together towards their son, and the boy jumped off to join his parents. Performing a quadruple backflip before taking hold of his mother's ankles. They swung across again to the other platform, the one the team where standing on, and the young boy released his grip on his mother's legs and landed safely beside his older self.
The young boy was panting slightly, but a wide smile was stretched across his face.
"Hey guys.." Robin spoke unexpectedly, surprising his team. "Do you think you guys could look away? I don't want you to see this."
"It's okay Rob. We've already seen each other's memories and we promise we'll be here for you." Wally said as he came to stand next to boy wonder.
Robin shook his head. "It's not that. I don't want you to see it because.. I don't want it to keep you up at night.."
Before the team could question him, a creaking and a loud clunking sound resounded throughout the tent.
The team stared in horror as the trapeze line unwound and whipped through the air. The man and woman who had been smiling just moments before, now had looks of pain and terror as they looked up at their son. Both versions of him.
And just like his younger self, Robin couldn't help but yell and reach out to them as they fell towards the ground, again. His mother last word's "Dick!" consumed his mind, as he began to tear.
Artemis and Megan closed their eyes and looked away, just as the blood curling crack of bones echoed around the entire tent. Robin, or Dick, looked down at his broken parents, feeling hopeless and helpless.. For not being able to do anything but just watch. He clenched his gloved fists tightly and punched the platform, as the tears began to stream down his face.
Wally, Kaldur and Conner saw the lifeless bodies before them and looked away, trying to remove the image from their minds. The girls hadn't seen it, but they still heard it, and it chilled them to their bones.
Megan clenched her head. Overwhelmed by the sudden burst of emotion radiating off the team, especially Robin.
She knew what she had to do. She came up to Robin and hugged him tightly, in a motherly sort of way.
Robin tensed at first, but then leaned in to her and cried silently into her shoulder. Artemis and Wally joined in the hug as well, while Kaldur and Conner placed a comforting hand on his shoulders.
And though Robin had witnessed his parents fall and die yet again, he couldn't help but feel.. safe, and warm surrounded by his teammates. Because although he lost one family, he had gained another. With Bruce, Alfred, and his team.
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