Second Chance

Chapter 10

Hi everyone! Yes, I got an idea, so I'm adding it in. Review responses:

EasilyDistractedBookWorm: Evil hiatus huh? I like the sound of that... made my day reading your review. Here is the end of my hiatus, unless of course I can't figure out what the hell happens next. Is it sad that I don't know what's going on in my own story? Probably. I honestly don't care all that much. You've never heard of it being done before? Excuse me while I go perform a victory dance.

Lindz4567: Thanks!

Angel of Darkness 1214: Well, they're being controlled by Psimon, until the YJ team can be bothered to go do something about him. Kind of focusing on Robin torture right now.

Alright, next chapter! Italics=thoughts, bold italics=Romani.

I still own nothing.

Lost part 3

Cadmus

I woke to find myself racing along a hallway with Aqualad, KF, and Superboy.

Cadmus?

I grinned, activating my holographic computer and pulling up the facility's blueprints.

"Left!"

We raced around the facility, with me directing them to the nearest exit. Finally, we turned the final corner...

And ran straight into a wall.

No! There should be an exit here!

"You idiot!"

I spun around to find the others glaring at me.

"S-superboy?"

"You led us to a dead end!"

"I-I don't understand. The blueprints say there's an exit here..."

Now KF was yelling at me.

"Well, obviously there isn't! Do something right for once!"

"Guys, please, I-"

Aqualad cut me off.

"You failed us. We'll handle this. You stay here."

"He'll follow us."

"Not if we block the exit."

I realized what he was saying too late. Superboy ripped apart the walls, creating a new wall out of the rubble, leaving me trapped in a small room with no door, stuck until they chose to release me.

"Guys! Please! Please don't leave me..."

I could already feel the panic setting in.

I screamed desperately for them to come back, begging and pleading for them to help me. When that didn't work, I curled into a ball on the floor, letting shuddering sobs rack my body.

I didn't know how long I had been there -minutes? Hours?- before I heard my friends screaming, then silence for a second, then the room began shaking as something began to systematically destroy the building. With me trapped inside.

"No! Someone, help me! BATMAN, BRUCE, HELP ME!"

No one came, and I watched as though in a dream as the roof collapsed, crushing me.

Then I was in that dark nothingness again, and- hang on. Again? I forced myself to tear through the mental boundaries surrounding me, but it was too hard, too much, and I felt myself being pulled towards the next terrifying experience... and then something joined me. A presence, like an- an antidote, tearing the boundaries away like paper, allowing me to recollect everything that had happened.

It was all a nightmare! Mami and Tati loved me, my friends didn't abandon me, I never died!

I could hear a voice now, Bruce's voice.

"Come on Dickie, come back to me..."

"B-bruce?"

I heard his sigh of relief.

"Open your eyes now Dick."

I did, and the light from the cave overwhelmed my vision, forcing my eyes shut again, before Bruce pulled me close, shielding me.

"It's alright. It's over. You're safe."

Safe.

Yay! Birdie's back where he belongs and we get to see Bats beating the shit out of some villains in the not-too-distant future! Also, there will most likely be more Robin torture. Life is being annoying at the moment, and I'm using these characters as my punching bags. It's not weird. If you want to see any particular torture, tell me, and I'll see what I can do. Until next time, and

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-Bird