Avoiding Past And Future

(39) Failsafe 1

A/N WARNING FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER: THIS CONTAINS CHARACTER DEATHS

If you are sensitive to Major Character Death and do not mind spoilers for the upcoming episode arc, I beg you to please watch the episode first. Watch Failsafe (16) so you are prepared for what is in store. Failsafe is a known episode to be traumatizing to the characters in canon and is famously made worse by authors, me included. The above warning will be repeated until the chapters containing MCD have finished.You have been warned

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October 16

Batman was gone

Missing

Dead

Gotham had fallen without it's heroes there to protect her.

The Justice League had fallen, each and every one of them a victim to the attacks. On live news no less. Reports kept coming in about more and more heroes falling until finally the last one, Red Tornado, disappeared before their eyes.

Danny felt like he saw the devastation first hand. He felt like he had watched on as people were killed by the aliens attacking. They came out of nowhere, black ships equipped with a laser gun of sorts. Everything it hit vaporized like it was never there.

Everything

He doesn't know how he got himself here, he can't even remember what they had for breakfast that morning. Everything happened so fast and he can't remember the last time he was this stressed out. All he knew was that this was one giant mess and his brother was stressed out beyond belief.

He wandered a couple steps forward, filtering through others as he slowly got to the front of the crowd. There he was! Right in front of him! He looked stoic on the outside but Danny knew better. He knew Robin was just another shield to hide how hurt he was. He could tell so easily by how his hand kept twitching ever so slightly.

Danny could help, he could just reach out, hold his hand and tell him everything would be fine. It would be okay because he has his team and they're superheroes and he isn't alone. He won't make the same mistakes Danny did.

He could just sneak in, stay invisible so nobody would see him. They never noticed him before, and they hadn't noticed him even now when there were so so many people in a small space. He just had to weave between the others and hide like he always did.

Just reach out and hold his hand, that's all he had to do.

Ever so carefully he floated forward, praying nobody would notice him there except for Robin. He couldn't just stand by idly when he could do something to help. He shook off the nerves and reached for Robin's minutely twitching hand.

The second he slid his hand into Robin's, the boy gasped out. With more strength than Danny had expected, Robin spun around and grabbed him in the tightest hug ever. If Danny had a need to breathe he would have been choking from the intense grip. It shocked Danny enough that he accidentally dropped his invisibility.

Robin pulled away by only a few inches. Just enough that he could inspect Danny for any injuries. "What are you doing here? How did you even get here?!" His voice was shaking, not even years of practice was enough to keep the Robin persona going at this very moment.

Danny let it happen, just happy he was there to support as his brother clearly needed it. "Gotham's gone." He finally whispered out. "I-" Danny paused, how did he get here? "You always said that should the city fall, we had to go to the Hall." Right, Dick had said that the moment Danny told him he knew he was Robin. The Hall Of Justice is where the League is, the focal point of all heroes. No matter what, there would always be somebody there that could help.