A/N: Hey all! Well here is the next chapter! This chapter is about twice as long as the others so I hope it is a good length for you guys. I can't believe the response this story has gotten! =D It's awesome!
In this chapter we get to see Dick with his family at the circus! This is when the real fun begins! So I hope everyone enjoys this chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice.
"ACHOO!" Dick sneezed.
"Are you catching a cold?" Charlie, Dicks older cousin asked. The two of them were on their way from the dining cart to their family's trailer.
the circus train was currently traveling from Atlanta, where they had just performed, to D.C, where they are performing next.
"Nah I feel just fine." Dick tells charlie, as he wipes his nose.
"Someone must be talking about you then." Charlie smirks.
Dick gave a short laugh. "Well we did just perform, people are probably still talking about the amazing Flying Graysons."
"Probably, have you finally gotten rid of that headache you had a few hours ago?"
"Mostly." Dick lied, his head was still pounding and he had the feeling he was forgetting something, but he wasn't sure what.
Charlie just gave him a quizzical look.
"Hey Mom." Dick greeted his mother with a smile, as they walked into the family trailer.
"Hi honey." she smiled at the two of them. "you two were in the dining car for a long time."
"What, were growing boys! we need the extra food!" Charlie smiled.
"Speak for yourself" Dick muttered, rolling his eyes.
"Now Dick even teenagers need a healthy three meals a day" John told him.
"Eh" he shrugged "I just don't get hungry as often as Charlie does, I can't help it"
"I really don't get that." Dick's aunt Karla thought aloud. "you used to eat a lot when you were little but now you barely eat at all, just enough to keep you going." Karla looked at him worriedly.
Dick hated it when he worried them.
"I'm sure it's just a stage." Rick assured her.
before Karla could say anything more charlie spoke up.
"Hey look it's one of those heroes on the news." Charlie pointed to the TV on the countertop of the small kitchen. Dick glanced over to see which one it was this time.
"Oh it's just another repeat." Charlie groaned.
on the tv screen there was a news lady standing in front of a building, there were police behind her, and there was a picture of Batman in the top corner of the screen.
"This was the scene from a few days ago when a priceless artifact was stolen from the Gotham museum. witnesses say that batman was here, but was outnumbered. there has been no word from the GCPD on the matted, and no coment from the Justice League."
"you know what batman needs?" charlie asked, but didn't give any time for someone to answer. "a partner."
at that comment another wave of pain hit Dick and his hand went to his head as he grabbed onto the kitchen chair to stable himself.
"you alright Richard?" his mother asked, worry in her voice.
then the pain was gone, just a dull thump in the back of his head. he blinked a few times.
"yeah I'm fine, just tired."
"anyway." Charlie continued talking, even though the adults eyes lingered on Dick.
"I think I would be the perfect partner!" that earned him a snort from Dick. Charlie glared at him but kept talking.
"It would be really awesome to get to meet with the Justice League though right? They're the strongest people in the world it sucks that were never in town long enough to meet up with them"
"Why are you so interested in heroes?" Dick lifted an eyebrow.
"You aren't?"
"Not really, I mean they are cool but…"
"Are you sure were related?" Charlie joked.
The Light was holding another meeting to discuss the advantages they had now that Robin was out of the picture.
Black Mask had managed to make off with artifact from the Gotham Museum.
"It seems that without Robin Batman cannot function as best he could with the extra help." One of the glowing faces on the screen said.
"Good Job Warp." Another congratulated.
"Thank you" Warp smiled standing on the platform in the middle of all the screens.
"And you are 100% sure that Robin will never come in contact with Batman?"
"Yes. I made sure to completely erase his memory of any of his adventures he had as The Boy Wonder, he doesn't remember a thing."
"But what about the other heroes that are close to Robin? surely if they notice he is missing they will look into it."
"If they were anywhere on planet Earth they do not remember." Warp assured them.
"And Batman does not remember either?"
Warps eyes widened. Had he erased Batman's memories? If he had been close enough to the portal it was possible he wasn't affected! He should have double checked!
when warp didn't say anything the Light had their answer.
"Imbecile!" One of them shouted.
"Well you only ordered me specifically to make sure Robin never existed, I did that!"
"Yes but he could still become Robin if Batman comes and confronts him about it!"
"Can't you simply reverse time and erase Batman's memories?"
"In order to do that I would need to be close enough to touch him without him fighting back." Warp told them. "It is impossible to get close enough to Batman without him fighting back."
"Great!"
"Now, Now there's no need to panic members of the Light." One of the screens spoke
"If it is true that Robin is no longer a crime fighter then he is surely defenseless we can just kill him before Batman has a chance to influence him."
"But none of us know who Robin really is!"
"Surely you know Warp, do you have the means to kill Robin?"
"Yes." Warp answered.
"Well then you are hired for your second task."
"Were going to a circus?" Wally lifted an eyebrow.
Superman had called them to the mission room to give them an update on Robin.
"Why would we go there? we have more important things to worry about don't we?" Artemis accused.
"It's because we found Robin." Superman told them.
"Really is he alright?" Zatanna smiled.
"As far as we can tell yes." Superman answered.
"What do you mean?" Kaldur frowned.
"Robin isn't with us, but we know where he is."
"Then why are we just sitting around here?" Conner asked.
"I'll explain everything if you will just give me a moment." Superman said, somewhat impatiently, when no one said anything he continued.
"You all Remember Green Lantern telling us about the villain Warp?"
"The time traveler, right?" M'gann asked.
"Yes." Superman nodded.
"So what happened to him?" Raquel asked.
"We have concluded that Warp has altered Robin's past so that he would never become a hero." Superman told them "Warp also told Batman that it is possible Robin doesn't even remember anything that has to do with Batman or any of us."
"B-But isn't Batman his father?" Zatanna asked confused.
"No" Superman said, and everyone's confused expressions deepened.
"Robin is or was Batman's adopted son. He took Robin in after his family was murdered 6 years ago. Robin wanted justice for his family, so he took on the role of a hero and joined Batman. Warp has changed Robin's time line so that his family never died, therefore he never need to become a hero." Superman finished.
There was a shocked silence for a few moments before Connor spoke.
"Isn't this in a way a good thing?" When everyone looked at him like he was crazy he added, "I mean his family was dead but now they're alive, so shouldn't that be a good thing?"
"yes, but Robin saved many people as a hero. If he never became a hero then hundreds of other people would have died." Superman told them. "now There is a possibility that Robin could remember us." Superman assured them. "Which is why we are sending the team to try and confront him, see if he recognizes you."
"Ok so where is he?" Wally asked feeling a bit hasty to see his best friend.
"Robin's real name is Richard G. Wayne. Though since he was never adopted that makes him Richard Grayson." Superman explained.
"Wait Richard Grayson?" Artemis spoke up, shocked. "He goes to school with me! But wait if he's Robin doesn't that make Batman Bruce Wayne?" the team members who knew who the famous billionaire was were pretty shocked while those who didn't were just surprised that they learned of Batman and Robin's true identity.
"Yes" Batman said as he entered the room and removed his cowl. "As Superman was saying, Robin's real name is Richard Grayson, and because his family is still alive that means he is still a circus performer."
"A circus performer?" Zatanna asked surprised.
"Richard was originally a trapeze artist with the rest of his family. They're called The Flying Graysons, apart of Haley's International Traveling Circus." Explained.
"Haley's?" M'ggan thought aloud, remembering the mission Robin took them on to haley's cuircus.
"So we are going to one of their shows to confront Ro-Richard?" Kaldur asked.
"Yes, I will be going as well as Bruce Wayne to make sure nothing goes wrong." Truth was Bruce just wanted to his son, to make sure he was alright. And if Richard did remember he could be there to explain the situation.
"Where are they performing next?" Wally asked excitedly.
"In Washington D.C."
The Next Morning:
"Boys, it's wake up time!" Mary says in a very loud voice as she pushes open the curtains to the small bedroom belonging to Dick and Charlie. All she received were groans. Charlie rolled over on the bottom bunk to face the wall, and on the top bunk Dick hid under the covers, trying to hide from the sunlight.
Mary frowned seeing the boys weren't getting up. They had a show to do tonight and they needed to practice their routine.
"Karla's making Pancakes and bacon." she said in a sing song voice.
"I'll live without food for one morning." Charlie muttered, shifting into a more comfortable position.
Mary huffed, shifted her weight to her left foot and putting her hands on her hips. she turned her eyes to her son who was hiding under the covers on the top bunk. she tried to think of something that would get Dick out of bed since he wasn't much for food.
"Dick if you don't get up we're going to have to start practice without you."
"No, I'm up!" Dick jumped out of bed landing next to his smirking mother.
"That's the spirit."
"Let's go then." Dick began walking to the door, but Mary grabbed his shoulder and whispered into his ear.
"Get your cousin up for me, ok?" She smiled.
"Can do." He whispered back, letting his mom walk out of the trailer.
The Grayson Family had a total of two trailers for themselves. The first cart was for their living area such like the living room, dining room, Kitchen. And the second was for the bedrooms.
Dick turned back to his cousin and smirked leaving the room and going down to the bathroom. he got a small bucket out of the cabinet and filling it with water. Going back to the room he saw Charlie still hadn't moved.
'Bad move' he thought.
"Charlie it's time to get up, the early bird catches the worm you know!"
All he received was a groan.
"Charlie!" He yelled into his ear.
Charlie pulled the cover over his head and cover his ears with his hands.
Dick shook his head and turned to the buck sitting on the small dresser behind him where he had set it. He picked it up holding it by the bottom and the handle.
"This is your last chance Charlie" he warned.
"Or what?" he challenged from under the blanket.
"3" Dick started but Charlie ignored him
"….2"
Charlie felt something cold drop onto his head and it made him shudder. "what the-" he began to question but was cut off by Dick's shout.
"….1!"
Mary, John, Rick and Karla were enjoying their breakfast in their small kitchen when they heard a scream come from the bedrooms, or more specifically Charlie's scream.
"What was that?" Karla asked worried.
"Oh Dick's just waking up your son." John smiled, taking another bite of his eggs.
They then heard the sound of Dick's laughter and the bedroom trailer door opening.
"I'm gonna get you for this Richard!" You could tell Charlie was not happy by the way he used dick's real name.
"You're gonna have to catch me first!" Dick yelled back running onto the circus grounds.
The grown-ups looked out the window to see Dick laughing and running from a soaking wet Charlie.
"Shouldn't you go stop them?" Mary asked.
"Why?" Rick smiled at their antics, but stopped when Karla glared at him. "Alright come on John." Rick sighed, setting down his fork.
The two Grayson men got up and ran out to catch their sons,the boys were much faster than they gave them credit for.
Charlie had managed to tackle Dick by the time John and Rick had caught up with them.
Charlie had begun tickling Dick to the point where his eyes were tearing up.
"I give up! I give up!" Dick yelled while laughing.
"You'll have to pay for my new bed." He continued to tickle him.
"I don't have any money!"
"Alright boys that's enough." Rick came up to them and pulled Charlie off of his younger cousin.
John offered Dick a hand and he accepted it allowing his father to pull him to his feet.
"Great you got me wet too!" Dick winned, looked down to his wet pajamas, a pair of gray sweatpants and a white t-shirt.
"You deserve it for getting me wet in the first place." Charlie smirked crossing his arms.
"You'll dry." Dick rolled his eyes, crossing his arms.
"You two certainly are lively this morning."
The four of them turned to see Jack Haley walking up to them.
"Hey Pops!" Dick smiled greeting the older man.
"Why are the both of you all wet?" Haley looked at their drenched clothes.
Dick and Charlie looked down to their clothes to see a puddle of water forming underneath them.
"Charlie's wakeup call." Dick smirked.
"Ha!" Charlie huffed.
"Is there something you wanted Haley?" John smiled.
"Well I was actually coming to your trailer, to tell you some news about tonight's show."
"Is something wrong?" Charlie asked.
"No, I was going to tell you that we are going to have a VIP here tonight." Haley explained.
"Really who?" Rick asked curiously.
"It's Bruce Wayne." Haley told them.
"Who's he?" Dick asked.
"And you're supposed to be the smart one." Charlie rolled his eyes.
"Hey I'm still smarter than you." Dick defended himself.
"Sure you are." Charlie rubbed his head.
Dick just rolled his eyes.
"Anyway, Bruce Wayne is a famous billionaire from Gotham City. He says he is on a business trip here to D.C and heard that we were in town, so decided to come see the show. He has even decided to donate some money to the circus."
"Wow." Rick seemed surprised.
"A Billionaire has to have a lot of money." Charlie thought.
"yeah that's why they're called a Billionaire." Dick said in a 'yeah duh' voice.
"I wonder what it's like to live that kind of life." Charlie ignored dicks comment.
"We'll be sure to put on our best show, as a thank you to him, Mr. Haley." John assured him.
"I don't expect anything but the best." He nodded and smiled as he walked away.
"You two better go get into some dry clothes and eat breakfast, so that we can start practice." Rick told the boys.
"Race you there!" Charlie ran off.
"Hey no fair!" Dick ran after him.
Well there you go! =) I hope everyone liked it! If you didn't please let me know.
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~Ember