Wednesday, February 28, 2012, 21:08
Roy stood in Robin's room. He had been an almost permanent fixture, worried for the well-being of his bird. It had been a week since Klarion had possessed him, so according to Zatanna's prediction, he should be waking up any…
"Roy?" The quiet voice of the archer's brother caused the redhead to whip around, his own blue eyes meeting the shattered sapphire eyes of Robin. "What happened?"
"Klarion possessed you," Roy murmured, walking as calmly as he could over to Robin.
"Oh. So…" The younger looked at the no-longer-glowing mark on his chest.
"Zatanna was able to sever the connection. And Robin… Why didn't you let any of us help you?" Roy looked upset, and he was.
Robin mumbled something, provoking Roy to cross his arms and raise an eyebrow. "I don't deserve any of you! You're all so amazing and awesome, and I'm just…"
"More amazing than any of us," Roy finished for him, startling the bird into looking up at him with wide eyes. "That's why we'll get you help. You don't need to hurt yourself to get rid of the pain." The archer gently ran his hands over the white bandages on his brother's arms. "You never did." He sighed. "I'll be right back. I'm getting Wally. Don't do anything stupid."
"I'll try," Robin murmured, relaxing back into the bed.
"Good," Roy replied, slipping out of the room, looking around for Wally, not very comfortable leaving Robin alone. "Wally?"
The other redhead sprinted over. "RoyRoyisheawakeyetcanIseehimRooooy!" Wally speed-talked, words blurring together.
"Yes, yes you can," Roy replied, sighing, as Wally sprinted off to Robin's room where the bird had just been dozing back off again. He had startled back awake, glaring at the redhead.
"Robin! You're okay! Ish!" Wally wrapped his arms around the bird, who just stared.
"Uh… Yeah? I guess?" He was still feeling tired and worn out.
Wally stepped back. "Dude, why did you start… You know…" Robin just blinked at Wally. That stuff was personal, thank you very much. He had blurted it out to Roy, but he still felt uncomfortable talking. "But, ya know, you don't have to tell me…" Robin just relaxed back in to the bed, looking at the doorway. With the Team, Roy was telling them that he was awake and one person at a time.
"Well, I think I need to let Kaldur in before Roy kills me," Wally babbled, slipping away to let the Atlantian in. They just stared at each other.
"You are awake," Kaldur pointed out.
"Thanks, Captain Obvious," Robin muttered.
"At least you are feeling… Slightly better," the other said, choosing his words carefully.
"You don't have to pussy-foot around the problem. I know I'm not okay; not completely," Robin snapped, glaring behind his glasses.
"I am sorry. I did not mean to upset you," Kaldur felt uncomfortable with the tension in the room- he knew that the ninja would be a little upset and off, but he didn't expect this much bipolarity from him.
"Eh…" Robin muttered, looking away. He wanted his music.
"I will let Artemis speak with you now," Kaldur said, slipping out of the room to let the upset blonde female in.
"Robin! Why did you start cutting? You'll stop! And I'll make you! No sharp things for a month!" Artemis growled the last part, looking at the blank look on Robin's face. To say it plainly, the bird was startled. "Well? What do you have to say for yourself?"
"Uh… Sorry?" He was still slightly mindblown.
.:More tense upsetting tongue lashings later, and Robin is worn out:.
Robin fell asleep. He was finally allowed to- listening to Owl City. It was the only music Roy would let him listen to, and he just accepted it. It worked.
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 08:50
"Robin, you're doing amazing. You've been getting less depressed at an incredible rate, but we'll still have to have our weekly meetings. I'll talk to Kaldur about you joining the Team on a Drachenfluch mission instead of you just patrolling Gotham with Batgirl and Artemis," Black Canary told the bird, smiling. The ebony smiled back at her, the dark glasses over his eyes not entirely veiling the controlled happiness behind them.
"So you think I can finally convince Kaldur to take the whole Team to that one pizza place at Central?" By entire Team he meant the entire Team, including Dinah, Tula, and Garth. Tula and Garth had been mostly studying in Atlantis, to be in top fighting condition when they officially joined the Team.
"Maybe," Dinah replied, smiling.
"Whelming," Robin said while grinning. "So, I have to get to school now so later!" He slipped out of the therapy room into the more main arteries of the mountain, passing Kaldur on his way to the zeta tubes.
Recognized: Robin B01
Stepping out into the Batcave, he grabbed his school uniform, slipping into it as quickly as he could before making his way up to the main Manor for Alfred to take him to school. The rumors running around Gotham Academy were viscous, but with the help of Babs and Artemis he was able to brush them off.
Slipping silently into his first period class –the teacher knew that he was late on Thursdays – and sitting down next to Artemis, he smirked at the blonde. The class was biology, and they were going to be dissecting lizards as a 'special treat'. Half the class was mysteriously absent.
"How'd it go," Artemis hissed to him, grey eyes curious.
"It went great," he hissed back. They didn't need to elaborate, because each knew they were talking about Dick's therapy.
"That's good," the blonde replied, sitting back in her seat before the teacher could notice them talking. He was going over the wonders of the reptilian body. His name was Mr. Droine, but almost everyone in his classes called him Mr. Drone because of his tendency to talk and talk.
"Alright, everyone pair up and decide who's getting the lizard!" Mr. Drone was strangely excited as the twelve students there moved to partner up, half of them walking to the front of the classroom to grab their designated lizards. Dick was the one to grab the lizard, and when he got back to the table he and Artemis breezed through it from their extensive practice at cutting things up in unorthodox ways- Babs, Dick, and Artemis had recently started a challenge to see who could be the most artistic at taking down criminals. When the duo was done with the cutting and removing parts, they made a challenge between themselves to see who could hold a lizard organ in their bare hands the longest and ended up with the other ten students staring at them as they grinned at each other, Artemis holding the liver and Dick holding the stomach. Regardless to say, word got around, and people started avoiding them.
When lunch came around, Dick, Babs, and Artemis sat together, heads together as they quietly discussed logistics. Supergirl was still untrackable, but they were getting closer to finding her when Dick's phone went off. He slipped away, hiding in the shadows of the boy's bathroom to answer.
"Hello?" He asked, not recognizing the number.
"Robin! It's Kara. I really need help. Some guy in an orange and black mask is after me- and he has Kryptonite!" The panicked voice of Conner's blonde cousin came in a hurried rush as she was decidedly flying. "Do you know who he is?"
"Yes. But where are you?" Dick's blue eyes darted around, hoping no one could hear the conversation.
"Uh, southern Asia? Vietnam, I think," Kara sounded even more panicked and frantic. "But who the Hell is this guy?"
"Deathstroke," Dick replied, voice carrying a somber quality. "Deathstroke the Terminator."