Thanks for the reviews. fl4sh guessed right, it was based on the concept of 'Teenagers' by My Chemical Romance. This one is a continuation of the last chapter, with a little something extra for sass-mistress.
Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice or anything related to the DC comics universe or My Chemical Romance (If I did, MCR wouldn't have retired).
Chapter 2: The Talk (Part II: Chase)
After several minutes of trying to pick the lock, Alfred was about to finally let the young man out of his room with the spare key; when Dick finally unlocked the door himself.
"Where is he?" Dick asked as he opened the door and saw the butler on the other side.
"My apologies, Master Richard; but Master Bruce has given me strict orders not to inform you of his whereabouts for the rest of the evening." Alfred enlightened the boy.
Most people would have just given up and left the poor man alone. But not Dick Grayson; and certainly not Robin: The Boy Wonder. In fact, The Boy Wonder saw this as the ultimate challenge of all the skills he had acquired from his years of training with The Batman; a challenge in which The Boy Wonder was more than willing to accept.
After a little over 2 hours of searching Wayne Manor and the Wayne Tech building, still in his civilian attire, Robin suited up before searching The Batcave. When The Boy Wonder saw no sign of Bruce or Batman (and noticed that Batman's uniform was missing), he called Kid Flash for back up. They split up to search The Hall of Justice and The Watchtower before joining together to search the last place they could think of: Mount Justice.
Meanwhile at the Cave:
M'gann and Conner just arrived home after Megan's cheer practice and a trip to the grocery store. They were putting the groceries away in the pantry, when the Martian suddenly let out a surprised shriek. Conner walked over to the pantry to see what had startled his girlfriend, assuming it must have been a spider; when instead he saw something he was not expecting.
"Batman?" Conner asked as he examined the dark cabinet with a perplexed expression on his face.
"Shhh…" The Dark Knight hushed the Kryptonian.
"What are you doing in there?" Superboy questioned the Caped Crusader in a quieter tone.
"I'm hiding from Robin." The Bat whispered the information to the aliens.
"Are you and Robin playing a game?" M'gann asked confused.
"Batman doesn't 'play games'; it's probably part of some type of detective training exercise." The Boy of Steel reasoned.
"Precisely." Batman confirmed in his normal tone, trying to avoid looking like he was afraid of his own protégé. "It is very important that no matter what, you absolutely cannot tell Robin where I am." The Dark Knight added.
"We won't." The aliens promised in unison before closing the cabinet door and continuing to put their groceries away before starting dinner.
About a half hour later, the Zeta-Beam announced Robin and Kid Flash's arrival. The alien couple were in front of the TV eating their dinner when their friends arrived.
"Have either of you seen Batman?" Robin asked his teammates.
"Can't say that I have." Superboy said trying to avoid lying and breaking his vow to the runaway at the same time.
"How long have you guys been here?" The youngest teen probed.
"Less than an hour." Miss Martian answered.
"He's been missing for about 4 hours, is anyone else home?" Robin investigated.
"No." Conner replied. "Red Tornado was called to an off world mission and Aqualad had to take care of something in Atlantis."
"Artemis is spending quality time with her mom and Zatanna is at a sleepover with some friends from school." M'gann added.
"There's a chance he could be here. KF, thoroughly search all the bedrooms. I'll check the training room and Red Tornado's apartment." The Boy Wonder instructed before he and his best friend split up to their designated areas.
Several minutes later, the boys returned to the living room where the couple was still sitting; but both had no luck in finding the ever illusive Batman.
"Are you sure Bats isn't on the off world mission with Red Tornado?" Kid Flash asked.
"No, I hacked the mission software weeks ago to get instant alerts on who's assigned to what and he wasn't listed for… Wait! Of course, how can I forget?" Robin said as he started fiddling with the holographic computer built into his glove.
He went back and looked at all of the surveillance footage of The Batcave, Wayne Manor, The Hall of Justice, the Wayne Tech building, and The Cave with in the last 4 hours. The Boy Wonder fast forwarded all the footage where he saw a video of Bruce first running through the halls of Wayne Manor, escaping from from Dick's room; then ducking out into the Batcave to morph himself into Batman before heading for the Zeta-Beams and appearing moments later in the Cave's footage. He noticed Batman frantically looking around the Cave for places to hide before going to the kitchen and disappearing into a cabinet.
"He's in the kitchen!" The Boy Wonder informed his partner in crime as everyone looked into the kitchen. Just then, Batman ran out of the pantry cabinet before trying to run towards the Zeta-Beams. At that moment, Robin shouted "Taser him, KF." As he grabbed the Taser out of his utility belt and tossed it to Kid Flash.
Wally blocked the Dark Knight from the Zeta Tube before tasing him, temporarily incapacitating the Caped Crusader long enough for Robin to handcuff his mentor and shoot him with a syringe full of Sodium Pentothal, more commonly known as the 'truth serum'. Robin asked Superboy to carry the passed out Batman to a chair, where Robin and Kid Flash quickly tied him up.
"Mind telling us what's going on?" Conner asked, not sure what was going on anymore.
"Batman tried to weasel out of answering my questions; so now we're thoroughly interrogating him." Robin clarified as his mentor started groggily groaning as he came to.
"What happened?" The Dark Knight asked, still in a bit of a daze from the sedative.
"You thought you could run, Batman. But there's no escaping the wrath of Robin: The Boy Wonder!" His protégé proclaimed. "And if you ever want to see the light of day again, you will answer all of our questions. Truthfully."
"Our?" Batman asked still trying to get out of the mind fog that was clouding his concentration.
"Wally has questions, too." Robin stated.
"Wait! Let me get Roy on the line." Wally said as he headed towards the phone.
"What type of questions are you asking him?" Conner asked.
"Mostly about sex and his love life. Do you want in on this, Supey?" Robin offered as Batman squirmed, struggling to escape the tied chair.
"Uh…?" Superboy responded, still confused by what was going on.
"I'll just go to my room; I need to talk to Karen about a new idea I had for a cheer routine, anyway." M'gann announced, assuming this was more of a 'guy thing'; before she kissed Conner on the cheek, "Have fun."
"Um, okay." The clone said to his girlfriend. "Sure… I guess." Conner finally responded to Robin's question.
The Kryptonian kissed the Martian back before she left the room. Robin made some popcorn and Conner set up some chairs, as Wally called Roy.
"Hey, you busy?" Wally inquired from the older redhead.
"I've got some spare time. What do you want, West?" Roy asked the younger ginger.
"We've captured The Batman and we're asking him embarrassing and personal questions about sex." West informed his older brother figure. "Want in?"
"Definitely." Roy confirmed, not wanting to miss out on a chance to embarrass Batman.
"Okay, Wally. We're ready!" Robin called out to his best friend from the living room. "Let the inquisition, begin!"
Just then, the Zeta-Beam announced the arrival of Green Arrow and The Flash.
"Is everyone alright?" Flash asked as he entered the common room.
"We got an emergency alert from Bat..." Green Arrow started to say as he and the speedster entered the room to see most of the males on the Team surrounding a tied up Batman.
"Green Arrow! Flash! Help!" Batman ordered.
"Uncle Barry, you're just in time." Kid Flash called out to his favorite uncle.
"Pull up a chair, guys. We're interrogating Batman and asking him embarrassing questions about his sex life." Robin invited his honorary uncles.
The two older men just shrugged and walked over to join the teens.
"Aren't you two going to help me?" Batman asked his long-time friends and colleagues.
"And miss out on this golden opportunity?" Flash teased his friend as he grabbed a chair. "Fat chance!"
"Has anyone asked him about Catwoman and Wonder Woman, yet?" Green Arrow asked.
"We were just getting to that." Robin said with a mischievous smirk on his face, as Batman groaned.
"My money's on Catwoman." Barry wagered.
"Barry!" Batman scolded, shooting the scarlet speedster his infamous Batglare.
"You're on, any other takers?" Oliver proposed.
"$5 for Wonder-Bat." Superboy wagered.
"Put me down for $10 on Bat-Cat." Red Arrow added over the phone.
"I've already spent all of my allowance, but I agree: Bats definitely likes the Cats." Kid Flash stated.
It's times like this where Bruce really regrets teaching his young son/protégé everything he knows about being a crime fighter. Batman was also starting to question his alliance with his so-called friends.