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Robin One Shots Book One (Dick Grayson centric)

Chapter 12: Robin's First Night In The Mountain

Notes:

at one point i may go back and make these better but idk

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Dick sighed as he sat down to breakfast, dreading the night to come. Bruce being Bruce made it clear that Dick couldn't stay at the mansion alone whilst both he and Alfred were away. He'd been quick to protest but it fell upon deaf ears. "I don't wanna go. What if I have a night terror there? They won't know what to do!" Dick protested.

"Dinah and Barry are staying as well. You will be fine if anything happens," Bruce replied. He sighed and nodded.

"Promise that they'll know what to do." Bruce almost laughed at Dick offering him his pinky to confirm the promise.

"I promise. Now get your stuff ready and go over there. Training is on today." He nodded with a little smirk and ran to gather his things. "Still a child," Bruce mused to himself.

 

 

Batman and Robin appeared in the Zetatubes together, Robin holding a small duffel bag of things. Inside were his PJ's, toothbrush, civvies just in case, some pills that didn't even do their job at helping him sleep so he never took them but brought them to please Bruce, his iPod and earphones. Black Canary smiled at him and took the duffel bag to his room. "How're you feeling today?" Flash asked as he tussled Robin's hair. 

"Better knowing you and Dinah are staying the night," he replied. Flash smirked at him. 

"Are you suggesting I would leave Wally alone with two girls he refers to as 'hot chicks'?" Robin couldn't help but laugh awkwardly at the comment whilst Batman just glared at him. "You would've laughed if you weren't Batman right now." The Dark Knight scoffed and turned around.

"I'll be back in a day or so, call if you need help." Flash saluted mockingly causing Robin to giggle.

 

 

They walked to the commons room where everyone was hanging around lazily, barely making an effort to greet him. "Did training start before I got here?" Robin asked. He heard Black Canary laugh behind him.

"No, they just had to wake up early," she informed him with a smile. 

"How are you not tired?" Wally groaned. 

"I'm a bat we don't get tired." Flash grinned dismissively. 

"So it wasn't you who slept in Batman's lap on the ship back from Egypt?" Robin blushed. 

"I was nine! Let it go," he replied embarrassed. The team managed a sleepy laugh.

 

 

They trained for hours until Black Canary noticed it was six in the evening. "That's enough everyone. You've all earned free time for the rest of the evening," she announced. Wally cheered and raced to his bed to sleep early, which really meant he'd go to sleep for half an hour then wake up to eat and play video games. Kaldur went to the library, Connor and M'gann went to watch a movie that just came out and Artemis tagged along. Robin was the only one left who wanted to continue to train.

"Come on, just a little longer," he pleaded knowing he would be bored without anything to do.

"Fine, but I want nothing but hand to hand combat training, you need to polish up on that Barry," she said leaving the pair to it. 

"Do not!" Flash shouted.

"Do too Barry, I saw you fighting and you're awfully sloppy," Robin commented. He made sure the comment came out as smug as he could.

"Oh, you're so going to get it now," Flash replied laughing. This earned a famous cackle from Robin and they began to fight.

 

 

After an hour, Flash got tired and admitted defeat. "You win," he announced panting heavily. Robin smiled merrily in triumph. "Dinah was right," he commented before walking away. The older shook his head and held back a laugh. They were all in their PJ's by the time Robin came back from training.

"How long have you been out there?" Artemis asked. 

"Maybe an hour or so. Not much since Barry can't take it." He made his voice louder at the end so said hero would hear it.

"I heard that!" he shouted from somewhere in the cave. 

"You were meant to!" he shouted back gleefully. 

"Get into your PJ's and take your pills," Black Canary ordered. She was about to get changed herself so she decided to remind him as well. Kill two birds with one stone.

"They don't work, I'm telling you," he responded before leaving. 

"Pills?" Artemis repeated. Black Canary noticed her repeat it. 

"Robin suffers from night terrors so we tried to prescribe him something to help. Sadly, they don't seem to be working. However, he seems to be energetic enough without a good night's sleep," she explained.

"How long since he's had a good night's sleep?" Kaldur asked out of curiosity. 

"From what Batman told me, it's been almost a month," she answered before leaving herself.

"How he does it will always be a mystery to me," Artemis mumbled.

 

 

Barry walked in first wearing long red pyjama bottoms and a dull yellow vest. Dinah wore the same only in all black and her material looked softer than his. Robin was last. He wore long black bottoms and a long-sleeved shirt with a jacket. Being as thin as he was he got cold easily. Sunglasses hid his eyes as per usual. He sat beside Dinah and she pulled him closer, both chuckling at themselves. "Did you take your pills?" she asked. He nodded but he was lying. He ran out a week ago but he hadn't seen any improvement so there was no point in asking for more. They watched a couple of movies together before turning in. "My room is on your left and Dinah's is on your right so we should hear you if anything happens." Robin nodded and hugged them both. He appreciated them a lot. When he came into the picture they didn't have to be like family to him but they chose to be, that's what made him feel happy about knowing they were there.

 

 

It was one in the morning when the screaming began. Robin was kicking violently and balling his fists so hard that his nails were beginning to dig into his skin. Sweat and tears drenched his pale face. Luckily, Barry heard and ran in with lightning speed then sat beside his bed. He'd seen Robin have night terrors before but never this bad. He was moving so violently that one wrong move could land him with a broken appendage. "Dick, it's fine. Calm down, I'm here," Barry told him. It wasn't working like it usually did. Dinah came in shortly after him and tried her best but that wasn't working either. 

 

 

Wally and the others had heard all the shouting and ran to Robin's room. Wally had seen him have night terrors before but this was something else altogether. It was almost unnatural for the acrobat to contort his body in such a way. "Why isn't he calming down?" Barry asked panicked.

"He should be fine by now. I don't understand," Dinah replied. They hadn't noticed the teens at the doorway and carried on trying to calm him down.

"What's wrong with him?" M'gann asked worriedly. Telepathic communication seemed needed in this situation.

"I can't save them !" Robin suddenly yelled his voice hoarse.

Barry snapped his fingers and tried something he heard Bruce tell Dick once.

"Calm down my little bird. Everyone and everything is fine. " He admitted his pronunciation was a bit off but he hoped the point was still being put across.

 

 

After repeating the phrase for a couple of minutes, Robin shot upwards. He was awake yet confused about his surroundings. It took him or second or two to remember he'd been staying at the Mountain and not at the manor. He then noticed Barry and Dinah staring at him, waiting for him to understand what was going on. "What...oh." He had a one. "Can I stay up with you?" he asked. Barry nodded and hugged him tightly, relieved that his idea worked. The team saw he was alright and walked off before Robin could catch a glimpse of them. They didn't want to embarrass him. There was a silent agreement not to bring it up. Dinah stroked Robin's raven hair lightly.

"When did you get your pills?" she asked, following an instinct. 

"About three weeks ago," Robin replied, knowing the jig was up. 

"But I only gave you enough for two. You've not been taking them," she said sternly. Robin nodded.

"They didn't work. Never have and never will." Dinah sighed and kept stroking his hair.

"That's why this lasted so long. Your body has gotten used to having the pills to help but you took them away too quickly." Robin couldn't help but laugh a little. 

"I really can't help myself." Dinah and Barry smirked softly. 

"You're still a kid don't worry about it." But Robin had already fallen back asleep.

"So much for staying up," Dinah commented. Barry scoffed. 

"I'll stay with him, you go to bed. We'll tell Batman in the morning." She nodded and went back to bed. Soon Barry was asleep beside Robin and the night was peaceful once more. That was until Wally tripped over and knocked all the pans off the shelf at four in the morning.