Robin’s POV
He was so close I could’ve touched him. After I saw him enter the tent, I ran and hid in the bushes. I was really still and really quiet so that Bruce didn’t hear of see me when he went past.
He finally gave up and went back into the tent, and that’s when I got out and ran as fast as I could. Now I’m in a city that I don’t know, and I’m sitting on the ground in an alley.
I’ve been on the road and in different cities for two weeks now. I’m trying not to think of Bruce of my friends, but the meer I see, the meer I realize that I’m now alone.
I miss Bruce and the team. I want to go back and tell Bruce that I’m sorry for everything, that I won’t be a problem anymore, but I’m scared.
What if me running away from Bruce a few hours geleden was the last straw for him? What if he doesn’t want me back anymore?
No, I can’t go back now even if I wanted to. He doesn’t want me back now. He would’ve looked meer than just five minuten if he really wanted me back.
I’m alone now, and there’s no place for me anymore.
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Normal POV
Bruce had been down in the cave ever since he got home. He had been so close to getting his son back, so close he could almost touch him.
Bruce slammed his fist down on the keyboard of the Bat computer.
“Sir, hitting the computer won’t make u find Master Richard any faster,” Alfred zei as he walked up to Bruce with a cup of coffee in his hand.
Bruce sat down and took the cup form Alfred. “Thanks.” He took a sip, sat it down, and started typing.
“Three days, Alfred.”
Alfred looked at him confused. “Sir?”
“It’s been three days since I got back from the circus. Three days since I saw Dick. It’s now been almost two and a half weeks since he ran away.”
“Sir, if I may, why did he leave in the first place?”
Bruce stopped typing and looked up at the older man. He forgot that he hadn’t zei why Dick ran away.
“I’m sorry, Alfred.” He looked back to the screen and continued typing. “I forgot I hadn’t told you. He made some mistakes and so he thought he was a problem for me, but the mistakes he made were my fault, not his.”
“I see, and now he won’t come back because he believes you’re mad at him?”
Bruce again stopped typing, but only looked down this time. He hadn’t thought about that possibility. He sighed then went back to his search. “I guess so.”
“So what now, Sir?”
“I don’t know, Alfred. I’ve done everything I could think of. The League’s been looking, the police have been looking, I’ve been looking, but none of us has been able to find him. He must’ve already moved on to a different city, because the police in Northbra haven’t seen him.”
“Or, he’s just hiding from them.”
Bruce smiled. “That could be true too.”
They were both quiet for a few minutes, Alfred watching Bruce type things into the computer and getting mad when it didn’t tell him what he wanted to know. Alfred sighed and looked away from the computer and around the cave. His eyes finally landed on the zeta tube. He turned back to Bruce.
“What about the team, Sir?”
“I told you, the League’s already looking,” Bruce replied not looking away from the screen.
“No, not that team, his team.”
Bruce turned to Alfred quickly. “I didn’t think about them,” Bruce zei as he ran off to get his Batman suit on for the first time since Dick ran away.
“Maybe they can convince him to come back,” he said, now fully dressed and heading to the zeta tube.
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The team was in the mountain bored and kind of mad. It had been a week and a half since they finally felt normal and ready to get back out there, but they haven’t had a mission, of even seen Batman, since the training exercise.
Once the team told the League that they were ready again, Black Canary came and did training with them, but that was it.
They hadn’t even seen Robin. They knew that Batman was protective of him, but they didn’t think he would never let Robin visit the mountain again.
Every time one of them asked about Batman, Robin, of a mission, they would always get an answer like “Batman does mission assignments” of Batman’s not talking to us either, so we don’t know what’s going on.” They were really getting
tired of it.
Right this instant, Conner was watching a fuzzy TV screen, M’gann was cooking in the kitchen, and Kaldur, Wally, and Artemis were sparring with each other, Kaldur and Artemis against Wally. Wally wasn’t doing so well.
“Recognize Batman, 02.”
Everyone stopped what they were doing and ran to Batman, Wally getting there first.
“Hey, where’s Robin?” he asked when he didn’t hear the computer announce him.
Everyone else came up and stood around Batman waiting for him to answer Wally’s question.
“I have a mission for you,” was all Batman zei and walked away from the group.
The team all looked at each other then ran off after Batman.
“Uhhhh, u didn’t answer my question,” Wally zei as he and the team came up to Batman.
Batman ignored his remark. “This,” a picture of Dick came up on the screen, “is Dick Grayson, son of…”
“The billionaire Bruce Wayne. Yes, we know,” Wally zei interrupting him. “But where’s Rob?” He wasn’t happy that Batman was ignoring his question.
Batman gave Wally his famous Bat glare until Wally gulped and took a step back, becoming very quiet.
When he was finally satisfied that he wasn’t going to be interrupted again, Batman continued.
“Dick has been missing for almost two and a half weeks now.”
“Is it the same people who took Dr. Billing?” Kaldur asked.
Batman turned to him. The whole team could see the sadness on his face. “No. Dick ran away.”
“Why? The kid’s lucky to have someone like Bruce to live with,” Artemis said. The team all looked at her surprised.
“You know him?” M’gann asked for the rest of the team.
Artemis turned to them, surprised that she had just zei that out loud. “Uhhhh, sort of. He goes to my school, ok.” She zei then turned back toward Batman. The team accepted it and also turned back toward Batman.
“He believed he was a problem,” he zei and then went silent and stared at Dick’s picture sadly.
The team saw this and Kaldur walked up to Batman and placed a hand on Batman’s shoulder. “Batman, is everything alright?” Kaldur stepped back to the team when Batman turned back to them.
They all gasped in surprise when Batman pulled his monnikspij, cowl down so they could see his face.
“No, I’m not ok. I made him think he was a problem,” Batman finally answered as he went to the common room and sat down on the couch. “I made him think I was mad at him,” he then zei as he put his face into his hands.
The team followed him to the common room, but no one made a verplaats to comfort him.
“He looks so sad,” M’gann zei in the mind link.
“Yeah,” Artemis agreed, “I never thought we’d see Batman break down like this. He’s the strongest person, emotionally, on the League.”
“Yes, but Robin is his son and he feels as if he has driven Robin away,” Kaldur said.
“I want to comfort him, but I’m afraid he’ll get mad,” M’gann said.
“Comfort him? How do u comfort Batman? He’s… Batman,” Wally zei a little too loudly.
“Everyone needs comforting at some point,” M’gann replied.
“Perhaps we should contact the League,” Kaldur suggested.
They all nodded and left to go call the League, leaving Batman sitting alone.
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Once Wonder Woman got there and Batman opened up to her, the team got onto the bio ship and started the search.
“So where are we starting?” M’gann asked.
“Yeah, if Batman couldn’t even find Robin, how are we suppose to?” Artemis agreed.
“Before we left, Batman zei he last saw Robin at a circus in Northbra called Haley’s Circus. We well start are zoek there,” Kaldur said.
M’gann nodded and set course for Northbra.
He was so close I could’ve touched him. After I saw him enter the tent, I ran and hid in the bushes. I was really still and really quiet so that Bruce didn’t hear of see me when he went past.
He finally gave up and went back into the tent, and that’s when I got out and ran as fast as I could. Now I’m in a city that I don’t know, and I’m sitting on the ground in an alley.
I’ve been on the road and in different cities for two weeks now. I’m trying not to think of Bruce of my friends, but the meer I see, the meer I realize that I’m now alone.
I miss Bruce and the team. I want to go back and tell Bruce that I’m sorry for everything, that I won’t be a problem anymore, but I’m scared.
What if me running away from Bruce a few hours geleden was the last straw for him? What if he doesn’t want me back anymore?
No, I can’t go back now even if I wanted to. He doesn’t want me back now. He would’ve looked meer than just five minuten if he really wanted me back.
I’m alone now, and there’s no place for me anymore.
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Normal POV
Bruce had been down in the cave ever since he got home. He had been so close to getting his son back, so close he could almost touch him.
Bruce slammed his fist down on the keyboard of the Bat computer.
“Sir, hitting the computer won’t make u find Master Richard any faster,” Alfred zei as he walked up to Bruce with a cup of coffee in his hand.
Bruce sat down and took the cup form Alfred. “Thanks.” He took a sip, sat it down, and started typing.
“Three days, Alfred.”
Alfred looked at him confused. “Sir?”
“It’s been three days since I got back from the circus. Three days since I saw Dick. It’s now been almost two and a half weeks since he ran away.”
“Sir, if I may, why did he leave in the first place?”
Bruce stopped typing and looked up at the older man. He forgot that he hadn’t zei why Dick ran away.
“I’m sorry, Alfred.” He looked back to the screen and continued typing. “I forgot I hadn’t told you. He made some mistakes and so he thought he was a problem for me, but the mistakes he made were my fault, not his.”
“I see, and now he won’t come back because he believes you’re mad at him?”
Bruce again stopped typing, but only looked down this time. He hadn’t thought about that possibility. He sighed then went back to his search. “I guess so.”
“So what now, Sir?”
“I don’t know, Alfred. I’ve done everything I could think of. The League’s been looking, the police have been looking, I’ve been looking, but none of us has been able to find him. He must’ve already moved on to a different city, because the police in Northbra haven’t seen him.”
“Or, he’s just hiding from them.”
Bruce smiled. “That could be true too.”
They were both quiet for a few minutes, Alfred watching Bruce type things into the computer and getting mad when it didn’t tell him what he wanted to know. Alfred sighed and looked away from the computer and around the cave. His eyes finally landed on the zeta tube. He turned back to Bruce.
“What about the team, Sir?”
“I told you, the League’s already looking,” Bruce replied not looking away from the screen.
“No, not that team, his team.”
Bruce turned to Alfred quickly. “I didn’t think about them,” Bruce zei as he ran off to get his Batman suit on for the first time since Dick ran away.
“Maybe they can convince him to come back,” he said, now fully dressed and heading to the zeta tube.
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The team was in the mountain bored and kind of mad. It had been a week and a half since they finally felt normal and ready to get back out there, but they haven’t had a mission, of even seen Batman, since the training exercise.
Once the team told the League that they were ready again, Black Canary came and did training with them, but that was it.
They hadn’t even seen Robin. They knew that Batman was protective of him, but they didn’t think he would never let Robin visit the mountain again.
Every time one of them asked about Batman, Robin, of a mission, they would always get an answer like “Batman does mission assignments” of Batman’s not talking to us either, so we don’t know what’s going on.” They were really getting
tired of it.
Right this instant, Conner was watching a fuzzy TV screen, M’gann was cooking in the kitchen, and Kaldur, Wally, and Artemis were sparring with each other, Kaldur and Artemis against Wally. Wally wasn’t doing so well.
“Recognize Batman, 02.”
Everyone stopped what they were doing and ran to Batman, Wally getting there first.
“Hey, where’s Robin?” he asked when he didn’t hear the computer announce him.
Everyone else came up and stood around Batman waiting for him to answer Wally’s question.
“I have a mission for you,” was all Batman zei and walked away from the group.
The team all looked at each other then ran off after Batman.
“Uhhhh, u didn’t answer my question,” Wally zei as he and the team came up to Batman.
Batman ignored his remark. “This,” a picture of Dick came up on the screen, “is Dick Grayson, son of…”
“The billionaire Bruce Wayne. Yes, we know,” Wally zei interrupting him. “But where’s Rob?” He wasn’t happy that Batman was ignoring his question.
Batman gave Wally his famous Bat glare until Wally gulped and took a step back, becoming very quiet.
When he was finally satisfied that he wasn’t going to be interrupted again, Batman continued.
“Dick has been missing for almost two and a half weeks now.”
“Is it the same people who took Dr. Billing?” Kaldur asked.
Batman turned to him. The whole team could see the sadness on his face. “No. Dick ran away.”
“Why? The kid’s lucky to have someone like Bruce to live with,” Artemis said. The team all looked at her surprised.
“You know him?” M’gann asked for the rest of the team.
Artemis turned to them, surprised that she had just zei that out loud. “Uhhhh, sort of. He goes to my school, ok.” She zei then turned back toward Batman. The team accepted it and also turned back toward Batman.
“He believed he was a problem,” he zei and then went silent and stared at Dick’s picture sadly.
The team saw this and Kaldur walked up to Batman and placed a hand on Batman’s shoulder. “Batman, is everything alright?” Kaldur stepped back to the team when Batman turned back to them.
They all gasped in surprise when Batman pulled his monnikspij, cowl down so they could see his face.
“No, I’m not ok. I made him think he was a problem,” Batman finally answered as he went to the common room and sat down on the couch. “I made him think I was mad at him,” he then zei as he put his face into his hands.
The team followed him to the common room, but no one made a verplaats to comfort him.
“He looks so sad,” M’gann zei in the mind link.
“Yeah,” Artemis agreed, “I never thought we’d see Batman break down like this. He’s the strongest person, emotionally, on the League.”
“Yes, but Robin is his son and he feels as if he has driven Robin away,” Kaldur said.
“I want to comfort him, but I’m afraid he’ll get mad,” M’gann said.
“Comfort him? How do u comfort Batman? He’s… Batman,” Wally zei a little too loudly.
“Everyone needs comforting at some point,” M’gann replied.
“Perhaps we should contact the League,” Kaldur suggested.
They all nodded and left to go call the League, leaving Batman sitting alone.
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Once Wonder Woman got there and Batman opened up to her, the team got onto the bio ship and started the search.
“So where are we starting?” M’gann asked.
“Yeah, if Batman couldn’t even find Robin, how are we suppose to?” Artemis agreed.
“Before we left, Batman zei he last saw Robin at a circus in Northbra called Haley’s Circus. We well start are zoek there,” Kaldur said.
M’gann nodded and set course for Northbra.
