ANOTHER WORLD: Scarecrow & Alternate Universes

Sitting and Waiting

Tim sat in the chair at his younger brother's bedside, remembering when Bruce had brought Dick back unconscious, Tim had gone into panic. Bruce explained that Scarecrow had unexpectedly been at the Warehouse the team was sent to for an investigation. Bruce said that Dick had been brought into a Fear Toxin induced coma, that meant they had no idea when the current Robin would wake up.

For all they knew, Dick would never wake up... 

Tim felt tears cloud his eyes at the scary thought. He watched Dick's face, it seemed to never change. No expression, just peaceful sleeping. Tim heard someone enter the room, he looked and saw Damian walk silently in. "Hi," Tim said softly as Damian pulled up a chair next to Dick. 

"Hello, Drake," Damian said curtly.  They sat in silence for a few minutes. They stared at their little brother, praying to God he would wake up. 

Tim choked on a sob as Dick never waking up became more and more real. Damian saw and rested a hand on Tim's shoulder. "He will wake up," Damian said softly. Tim just closed his eyes, and heard Damian get up and walk away. 

Timothy sat some more. He laid his hand on Dick's for just a moment, then he left the room. He wasn't sure if Jason knew yet, and of all of them Jason would be most angry/sad/vengeful. 

Tim fished his cell phone out of his pocket and called Jay. Jason never picked up. Tim tried again. Still, no answer. He tried a comm link. No answer. 

"BRUCE!" Tim screamed at the top of his lungs. Worry and fear for his other younger brother set in fast. Bruce came into the Med Bay quickly, running over to Dick, thinking something had happened to Dick. "Jason won't answer anything!!" Tim corrected his dad in a hurry. 

Bruce's eye narrowed and he went back to the Batcomputer to try and get a lock on Jay's location. There was nothing. No matter what Batman did, he couldn't find his son. Damian had heard Tim's shout and came running, and Tim had told Damian what had happened. All Damian could think of was searching everywhere until Jason was found. 

Tim found himself crying softly, and he held Dick's hand to his face as he cried. He might lose both of his younger brothers. Tim sat there, sitting and waiting.