Forever an Apprentice

Mind Shattering

Jason sat alone with Batman in the Batcave. Alfred had left to drop off Dr Leslie.

Jason glanced at Batman. Jason watched him as he laid on the medical table asleep.

He had been waiting for at least half an hour, bored.

He had been just sitting there, looking around in the Batcave, and watching Batman sleep. He marveled at everything, His different Batsuits, his gadgets and equipment, even the Bats.

He couldn't believe that the group of boys he befriended had turned out to be a bunch of criminals! He didn't believe the story John had told him. He didn't want to be like them. It had been fun to help Batman take them down. They had made a good team. They were like the dynamic duo! He could totally imagine being his sidekick. But Robin was already taken. What about...blue bird? No that sounds stupid. Batboy? No, that's sound like I belong in a baseball game. I wonder if Batgirl Comes here sometimes. It would be cool to meet her. It was cool to meet Batman. I wonder how Robin felt, being Batman's sidekick. I wonder why he quit to be some leader in jump city...

Suddenly he heard something behind him, breaking his thoughts.

"Ah, Master Jason. Good to see you again. Well, let's get you to bed." Alfred came up behind him.

"Oh, right. Bed. Okay." Jason got up and followed Alfred.

"I'm terribly sorry you had to wait, but Dr Leslie had to get home." Alfred led him back up the stairs to the guest room.

"That's okay. Guess what?! I helped Batman beat up the bad guys! I even saved him twice!" Jason told Alfred proudly.

"Really? That's very interesting..." Alfred raised an eyebrow. "Well here we are, have a good rest." Alfred closed him In.

"Master Bruce has some explaining to do!" Alfred said to himself as he walked back down to the Batcave.
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"So I'm the last one?" Cyborg asked as he scanned the room. Everyone was here.

"Yep! I've been waiting for you guys, like for forever!" Kid Flash replied lazily.

"So we didn't find anything?" Cyborg sunk into a chair and sighed.

"I did not find a single thing." Starfire answered sadly.

"I found Robin's bike!" Beastboy claimed proudly.

"Not sure that will help us. But nice try B." Cyborg grabbed the pot of coffee. "Rae? KF? Nothing?"

Raven shook her head slightly. "I didn't find diddly! I even ran into a tree!" KF complained.

"I don't know what to do. We need a lead. We need some way to track Robin down. We can't just waste our time searching only to come up empty handed." Cyborg poured coffee into his cup.

"I didn't know you drank coffee Cy!" Beastboy raised an eyebrow.

"No I don't usually." Cyborg answered as he stirred his coffee. "It helps me to stay awake." Cyborg drained it down.

"So what? We need a plan." Raven said seriously.

"I don't know what we can do. We may have to just wait until Slade shows his face again."

"No! We can not give up the search! Robin could be in danger! We are his friends and we have to find him! We have to!" Starfire yelled desperately.

"How are we going to find him Star? For all we know he could be dead!" Cyborg had lost all hope.

"No..." Starfire's eyes watered.

"He's not dead. I would know if were dead. We have a connection. Besides I doubt Slade would kill him, he must have some other plan in mind. Killing Robin wouldn't gain him anything." Raven answered, not wanting to hear Starfire cry.