Hi everyone! Merry Christmas! Christmas is the reason I haven't uploaded sooner, but I should get back on schedule now. Sorry for the delay, I hope you all have had great holidays, please enjoy this chapter!

Thank you to everyone who favourited and followed!

The Agent Of Fire: Thanks, and I agree. I don't really think that the Team would need to learn to fight androids either, but I think that Batman would think so. I was trying to think what a character like Batman would think about the whole 'Homefront' situation, and I think he would try and make everything better with more training! Well, makes sense to me anyway! Thanks for the review :D

KaliAnn: Thank you, I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for the review!

SuperOtakuOfAwesome: Thanks, I'm happy you enjoyed it! Here's Chapter 2 and I hope you like this one too! :D Thanks for the review!

Yuu101cutie: Hello again! You reviewed one of my other stories, didn't you? Hahah, well yeah I think it kind of sucks how Batman and Robin always work so hard. But it's just in their characters, you know? Anyway, I won't spoil this chapter for you, just enjoy it. As for why Batman didn't check him over, he probably did. But things like Robin's ordeal are definitely more suited for a professional examination. I mean, he may be the Batman, but even he couldn't out-diagnose a doctor! Hahaha! Thanks for reviewing and enjoy :D

FuzzyBee013: Hah, your name rhymes. It made me happy. Anyway, thanks! I can't even say that I looked at the stories that were out there on this topic, I just write whatever idea comes into my head and hope that other people enjoy it! Anyway, here's the next chapter and I hope you like this one and the others to come! Thanks for the review :D

On to the story!

Inside the Bio-ship, the Team paid Robin little attention as he joined them. It wasn't uncommon for Batman to want to speak with his protégé before he sent him off on a mission abroad; especially a mission that was as important as this one seemed to be. So without being bothered by unwanted questions, an already exhausted Robin relaxed completely into his chair for once and just enjoyed the period of rest before the real work of the mission had to begin. It wasn't long before Robin felt his head become heavy with a kind of fatigue that could only be associated with whatever illness he was afflicted with.

Connor's eyes darted to the Team's youngest member when he started in his seat about ten minutes after take-off. After the flinch, Robin settled back into his chair again as though hoping that no one had noticed. Had Robin almost fallen asleep just then? That was really not at all like him; in fact it was rare that Robin ever looked tired at all. Scratch that, never did Robin ever let his guard down around anyone but Batman. Wally was his best friend and yet the youngest member of the Team was still vigilant around him too. Connor decided that since neither Robin nor anyone else had brought it up, he would let the strange action drop. After all, falling asleep wasn't a crime.

For the whole journey, both Kaldur and Connor were keeping a watchful eye on Robin: not once did the ninja speak or even move. It was unusual; Robin would always contribute something to a conversation, even if it was just a chiding joke at Wally's expense. But there was nothing coming from his seat, well, apart from the occasional shuffle. Wally probably would have noticed too, that is, if he wasn't too busy stuffing his face and lightly arguing with Artemis about stuffing his face. Then, M'Gann was busy piloting the Bio-ship, she didn't exactly have the time to spare to break up a petty argument or to keep an eye on a teammate that was acting a little off.

As it happened, M'Gann had to concentrate more than usual on piloting the Bio-ship. For some reason she and the ship were not as mentally in sync as usually they were. It seemed almost as if the ship was frustrated about something, or maybe just tired. Whatever it was, M'Gann knew there something was off about her Bio-ship and she was worried about her. The Martian's thoughts were quickly jerked away when she spotted something not too far off in the distance that said they had arrived at their destination. So, with a forceful mental shove, the Bio-ship moved into camouflage mode and M'Gann warned the others.

"I can see the train line that Batman was talking about. I think we should land soon." M'Gann said calmly. Kaldur gave a sharp, silent nod, his eyes still fixed on Robin. As soon as M'Gann had spoken, Robin had seemingly come to attention and the Team's leader couldn't help but wonder whether he had been overreacting. Perhaps Robin was simply trying to rest and gather up some energy before the mission began, after all from what the Atlantean could understand Gotham was a highly active city in terms of crime. So it was very possible that Robin had already worn himself out whilst carrying out his patrols with Batman.

M'Gann landed her Bio-ship in amongst a copse of fir trees and then opened the doors whilst setting up a mind-link for the small group of junior heroes to communicate on. Robin got to his feet slowly, cautiously. As everyone else exited the ship, Robin stopped for a moment still wavering on his feet and wiped a hand across his forehead. He was hot, the weather outside was freezing – they were in Siberia so that much was obvious – but he was hot. That was so not right.

Still, what would be the point in travelling all the way here if he wasn't going to follow through with the mission? The answer was simple, there would be no point. So, with this resolve filling his mind, Robin tried hard to push his feet in front of one another so that they could walk. But just the act of walking was suddenly exhaustive and the headache that Robin had gotten earlier was all of a sudden a whole lot worse. The youngest member of the Team walked out to meet his waiting teammates, rubbing absent-mindedly at his throbbing head.

"Are you okay, dude?" Kid Flash demanded over the mind-link. The moment that the speedster had looked at Robin, really looked at him, he had realised that something wasn't right. Robin was pale and from the way his lips were parted slightly, he was out of breath too. Not only that, but once Kid Flash had spoken Robin hadn't even seemed to hear him. Beginning to get worried for his best friend, Wally stepped towards Robin and put a hand on his shoulder, "Hey, are you with me, Rob?"

"Yeah, yeah I am, sorry about that. Lost in thought I guess." Robin replied, quiet even in his thoughts. He looked up at Kid Flash with a smile that wasn't all there and then suggested that they all got going. In hesitant agreement, Aqualad laid out the plan. They were to get close to the train and attempt to find the Superman-imposter, and once he was located, M'Gann, Artemis and himself were to watch the android for movement whilst Robin, Kid Flash and Connor went to search for any documents or paper work that might suggest where they all were headed next.

As soon as the plan was clear in everyone's minds, the junior heroes set off stealthily in search of information towards the stopped train. Even as they ran towards the train, Robin could feel Kid Flash's gaze on his back. So instead of trying to deny that he was ill; Robin wiped the sweat from his face again, winced against his headache which was rapidly turning into a migraine and turned to his friend stating, "I'll manage."

The Team arrived at the train's side and began to slowly make their way around the other side of the train before freezing where they were at the sound of voices. Familiar voices. It had to be the Superman-imposter; it had to be the android! Given that their last encounter with androids had led to the six of them lying unconscious on the Cave floor, the Team wasn't exactly bursting to get in a fight with a machine again anytime soon. Either way, even if they had wanted to fight, Batman had issued strict orders not to engage the androids.

"We'll split them in two; one half of the grenade shipment goes to Krasnoyarsk and the other to Tomsk." Superman's voice was the one that had spoken, and yet the Team knew that it wasn't him. But still, this was exactly the kind of information that the Team had been looking for. Aqualad took out a notepad and pencil and jotted the new information down; in the mean time Robin was thanking fate for making his mission easy for once. The acrobat had been focusing on the android's words just in case Aqualad happened to miss any important information as times and dates were set, but then something strange happened. Robin's headache intensified, and with that his vision became hazy.

Robin's head seemed to build up in pressure until it became too painful to stand and he had to clutch his head in agony. The others looked up sharply at the sudden movement from Robin, it was only then that Aqualad realised that he had obviously been right on the Bio-ship – Robin really was out of sorts. The young Bat couldn't help himself, the pain in his head had reached a standard that he couldn't bear and as he looked around at the others he could barely see them, they were just blurs now. He couldn't leave now, the imposter was basically giving away his plans, he had to stick it out and gather the information they needed. Then they could leave.

Unfortunately it didn't seem to be up to Robin, because the boy began to shake, his knees gave out from underneath him and his eyes closed behind his mask. Kid Flash quickly but quietly rushed to Robin's side not only to reduce the damage to Robin, but also to make sure he didn't make a sound. He cushioned Robin's fall, a cold panic rising in his stomach as he saw how little the kid was moving, and then looked to Aqualad for further guidance. Aqualad held both of his hands up in a 'don't move' signal before looking towards where the voice was just moments ago.

"Did you hear that? There's something back there." The imposter's voice suddenly came out of the silence. Realising that the android had heard the tiny noise that Robin had made as he fell, the Team looked at each other in worry. Aqualad realised that he had to make a decision, this was probably the only time that they had to collect the crucial information that Batman and the senior heroes needed before the train left again for Moscow, but then there was Robin and the fact that 'Superman' was about to search the train for intruders by the sound of what he had said. The leader saw the obvious and told his Team over mind-link to retreat to the Bio-ship and they would re-think the situation from there.

After nodding obediently, Kid Flash picked Robin up so that he was giving him a piggy-back and then started to make his way as quickly as he could towards the Bio-ship making as little sound as possible. Robin's breathing was enough cause for concern for Kid Flash, the acrobat's face was leaning on the speedster's shoulder and that meant that he could clearly hear the irregularity of the breaths coming from his friend. On orders from Aqualad, M'Gann camouflaged herself and waited behind her Team, keeping a look-out for the imposter and anybody who might follow them.

"What're you – What're you doing?" Robin whispered in a voice that was barely audible and filled with pain. Still the voice, no matter how strained, was a blessing to hear. The speedster had originally thought that Robin had fallen unconscious, but it would seem that was not the case. Kid Flash glanced at the pale face out of the corner of his eye questioningly, wasn't it obvious what he was doing? Robin gathered in some more air before speaking out again, "We need that information, KF."

Kid Flash smiled, of course. It was just like Robin to completely disregard himself for the sake of the mission, he was just like his mentor after all. But that was something that they would eventually have to talk about, as his best friend, Kid Flash couldn't understand why Robin was always so quick to take these life-threatening risks and sacrifice himself for a mission or a random stranger. One day he would sit down with his friend and talk about it with him. But today was not that day; he had to find out what had happened to Robin so that he could fix it, "If we completed the mission and left you in this state, Batman would kill us. That's a given. But if we got a bit of information for him and helped you, then Batman might let us live." Robin didn't seem to think it worth replying.

Once inside the safety of the Bio-ship, Kid Flash laid Robin down on the floor and stepped back, feeling that same cold, tight knot of panic in his stomach. Once on solid ground again, Robin tried to sit himself up but was stopped by a gentle hand on his shoulder. Woozily looking up to investigate, Robin saw Kaldur looking down at him with kind eyes. Aqualad implored, "Please stay where you are, you may fall again."

"I fell?" Robin questioned in a confused voice. Kaldur didn't even get the chance to answer the young acrobat because he had lay back down and grabbed his head again. If anyone had asked, Robin couldn't have described the pain that he was feeling in his head. But it was definitely no longer a mere headache, this had to be what was called a migraine otherwise he wouldn't know what was considered a migraine. He clenched his teeth and squeezed his eyes shut in pain; he could hear voices echoing in his head. Someone must have been trying to speak to him but the pain in his head seemed to obscure the words from him.

"I don't think he can hear us." Artemis said worriedly. It was just then that M'Gann flew into the Bio-ship and stated that the Superman-imposter was still searching the train and no one had followed the Team from their positions. Shortly after her report, M'Gann flew over to Robin and knelt down next to him. Robin had since stopped moving around, dropped his hands from cradling his head and had instead lay still on the cold floor.

"Is he okay?" M'Gann asked with what could only be described as dread in her voice. When nobody responded to her – mainly because no-one really knew what was wrong with Robin, so they couldn't really say if he was alright – she stroked his hair back out of his face and then jumped away from him in shock. After glancing around at the bewildered faces of the Team, M'Gann spoke up, "He's hot! I mean, I knew humans are usually quite warm but this doesn't seem at all right!"

"Let me check, I'm the human here," Artemis stated, trying to keep her head clear – Like Robin had taught her to during the attack of the Reds. Pacing hesitantly towards Robin's unmoving form, the archer couldn't help but remember how completely motionless Robin had looked after he had been drowned. Kneeling next to him, Artemis put her hand across Robin's forehead and allowed her eyes to widen in shock at the temperature. It was definitely a fever, but she didn't know how to deal with this kind of thing. He needed real help, like, hospital help. Hearing Robin moan softly at her cold touch she snapped out of her thoughts and announced her verdict, "He needs a doctor. I think he's got a fever!"

"Right, then we'll fly to the nearest town or village with a doctor!" Aqualad said authoritatively. After placing Robin in his seat, everyone else strapped in and prepared for take-off. As they were lifted into the air and guided to the nearest settlement, the Team couldn't help but listen to the sound of Robin's laboured breathing and feel responsible.

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Love, Varishi x