How To Guess a Robin's Identity

Meeting Aquaman

With Batman off world and Alfred at the manor sick, Dick, or rather Robin, had been sent to the Watch Tower so that he could be supervised. Flash, Superman and Green Arrow were the 'responsible' adults that were supposed to be looking after him for the day and a half before Batman was due back. They weren't exactly Batman's first choice (at least; Green Arrow and Flash weren't) but there wasn't many other options. Of course this 'responsible adult supervision' resulted in a major prank war, with Flash and Robin teaming up against Green Arrow. Superman had wisely disappeared when the paint first started flying.

It only took an hour for Green Arrow to be covered in pink glitter, neon paint, and a sparkly princess tiara sat squint on his head. Easy to say Green Arrow was not very impressed. Yet, he had been struggling to get the Speedster and Boy Wonder back - both were very skilled in the art of pranks. The prank war was unfortunately very one-sided, so when Superman wisely caused an end to the war Green Arrow was very relieved.

That meant they had to come up with a new way to entertain the young kid. Having learnt from his first time babysitting, Flash decided to let Robin have a go in training room with the trapeze, volunteering to act as spotter. Robin instantly went for the trapeze, despite the occasional trips to the Watch Tower (mostly for his mental training with Martian Manhunter) he had yet to actually use the trapeze. Flash watched amazed as the young hero seemed to fly across the room, any other League member that stopped by was similarly amazed. They were finally starting to understand why his name was Robin.

Once he had finished his display on the trapeze he managed to convince Flash and Green Arrow to spar with him. He managed to knock Green Arrow to the floor a few times and even gave Flash a bit of trouble during their match. The pair was impressed with the young hero - if he was already this capable at this age what would he be like as he grew older? That managed to occupy several more hours before Robin started getting twitchy and bored. Superman (who had reappeared at some point) came up with the idea of letting Robin have a go at upgrading their systems as he had continued to complain about their lack of security every time they met.

Eventually they managed to waste the day away and tire the boy out for the night. That only left about 9 hours before Batman should be back from his mission - not too long to entertain a small child for, right? Wrong, it was still morning and already the three heroes had run out of ideas. Superman managed to escape as it was his turn on monitor duty, leaving the babysitting duties to Green Arrow and Flash which probably explains the trouble that followed.

Green Arrow had come up with the brilliant idea of a mini-competition. A series of small meaningless but fun challenges for the three to undertake. Flash (unsurprisingly) won the race across the Tower, Robin one both the acrobatic challenge and climbing challenge and Green Arrow had yet to win anything. Their little competition had managed to draw the attention of some of the other heroes that were wondering the Tower - in between missions or simply relaxing amongst peers and friends.

Green Lantern had come up with the latest challenge; to see who could hold their breath under water the longest. The group (mainly Robin with his puppy-eyes) had convinced Black Canary and Superman (who had finished monitor duty) to take part alongside the four of them. They had even managed to convince Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman to act as supervisors and judges.

The only rules were no cheating, no using powers, and no sabotaging anyone else. Once they had all gotten dressed into swimming trunks/costumes (Robin didn't have any with him but his uniform was waterproof so had simply removed cape and utility belt) they made their way to one of the two Olympic-size pools that the Watch Tower hosted (the fresh water one not the sea water one).

The six competitors waded into the water and found a space in the water, waiting for the signal to start. Martian Manhunter counted down from three and they all dived down below the surface. Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman watched on from the surface, both judging and prepared for any emergencies. After about a minute and twenty seconds Green Lantern re-surfaced and made his way to the shore where Wonder Woman handed him a towel. About thirty seconds later Green Arrow followed and then Flash fifteen seconds after. Superman came up next only ten seconds later. Black Canary was the last League member to surface another thirty seconds after Superman - a total time of 2 minutes and 45 seconds. Not bad but Wonder Woman made a note that they should probably do some more training in the water.