How To Guess a Robin's Identity

Meeting The Bat Hound

I give you an extra nerdy chapter: the team meets Ace the Bat-Hound!

The whole team plus Zatanna, Rocket and Wolf are in this, there also may be mentions of Batgirl who is in training a at this point.

So, I am putting my own spin on Ace's story so go with it (the joys of fanfiction).

Just a thought to keep on mind, Ace and Wolf are going to be pretty protective of Robin as I find that really cute, especially as both dogs are bigger than him. To them he is their little pup.

I don't own any of the animals, they are real, it took some research to find them though.

Anyway hope you enjoy.

Robyn 

It started with a squeaky dog toy. The toy in question was a small black bat that squeaked anytime you applied pressure to it which made it the perfect dog toy, especially for crime fighting bat themed dogs.

It was thrown through the Zeta Beam into the entrance hall of the Mountain where the team had just arrived. They had been chatting away happily, catching up on the latest gossip in each other's lives when the weird squeak drew their attention. They all turned around curious to see what the sound was, only to find the dog toy lying near the zeta-tubes. They all stared blankly at the dog toy confused, before Robin groaned knowing what had happened.

Wolf lifted his head from where he had been lying down, he'd been there to greet the others who came through the zeta-tube but had settled down when everyone had arrived. He slowly pushed himself up onto his feet, stretching, before gingerly trotting over to the toy, curious to the familiar noise. He nudged the toy with a lazy paw before leaning down to sniff it. He turned back to look at the watching team as if asking for permission or an explanation before turning back to the toy.

Just at the very second he was about to lean down and claim the toy as his own, a large black monstrous shape leapt through the zeta beam. It grabbed the toy away from the shocked wolf then bounded over to Robin. Robin had his eyes closed as if begging the universe for the attack he knew was coming to not happen. Unfortunately the universe clearly wasn't listening as the monstrous shape leapt onto Robin knocking him to the floor.

The team and Wolf swiftly jumped into action at seeing the monstrous figure knock down their youngest member. They had no idea what was happening or what the shape was but clearly it knew Robin. They moved forward to try and save their youngest member but froze once they heard Robin laughing.

A second later Robin looked up to see his friend's questioning glances, he rolled out from under the figure and stood up, wiping away imaginary dust. On closer inspection, and without the new comer moving, it was easy to see that it was a large dog. It wore a yellow collar with a bat-symbol tag hanging from it, and a black cowl covering its face, which ended in a cape that covered most of its body.

"Who is this Robin?" Kaldur asked on behalf of the team who were all standing around confused.

"Everyone meet the Bat-Hound!" Robin waved his arms in the direction of the figure, who was now standing at his side, like a magicians assistant. The dog had its tongue out, panting, and looking very happy with itself.

"Wait, even your dog has a secret identity and fights crime? Dude, what is it with you insane Bats?" Wally exclaimed, arms waving around to emphasise his point.

Robin simply grinned. "The Bat Hound isn't a normal dog though Wally. He is a specialised crime fighting dog, we took him in when his former master was kidnapped, he helped us find him. He was a natural. His master took on a new job that meant he couldn't look after him so we kept him. Like every Bat he received training, before joining as the Bat-Hound!" Robin exclaimed with proud smirk on his lips as he rubbed the large dark brown German Sheppard's head.