Petrified (Young Justice Fanfiction with Hurt!Traumatized!Depressed!Robin)

Chapter One- Robin

"AHHHHAHHAHHAHAHHAHA! SING FOR ME LITTLE BIRD!" the Joker screamed
with his jolly (yet toxicating) voice, hitting the broken boy sprawled on the ground repeatedly with his bloody crowbar.

Robin coughed up some blood and gasped each time the crowbar took a strike on his bruised body. Scabs had formed over the years of torture, reopening each time Joker 'played' with him.

"Tell me Daddy's secrets boy, and maybe I'll let you out early." Joker leaned down near Robin's face, showing off his pastel white face and white Joker grin.

"Screw you," Robin rasped, spitting blood at his face. "You'll never get away with this. Batman... Batman will find me."

The Joker frowned, wiping the blood with a white handkerchief, then smiled again.

"Oh? Even after all these years, how come he didn't find you yet my boy? It's obvious that he forgot about you." He smirked and started laughing at his own words.

Robin glared at him before wondering the same thing. Why didn't batman get him yet? Has he really forgotten about him? The tough Robin facade started to fade as his thoughts wandered over these questions over and over again in his head, like a broken tape, rewinding without end.

"Aw is little robby poo gonna cry?" his tormentor giggled. Wearing a slanted grin, he hit Robin one last time. Robin let out a cry, but didn't scream.

"Hmm... I'll have to put off our appointment today. Better get going. I'll look forward to our playdate tomorrow," Joker grinned, and skipped out the door, shutting it closed after him. As darkness filled the room, a faint click confirmed that the door was locked, and it was safe to move and assess his injuries.

Robin hissed as he tried to get up. His arms and legs were chained to a pole in the middle of the warehouse. It was hopeless to escape without his gear or belt. He looked over his body, afraid of what he would see from Joker and his little... 'appointment'. Luckily, this time only a few of his ribs appeared to be broken, and his left leg still healing from yesterday's session.

He managed to get himself upright and in a sitting position against the pole, as uncomfortable as it was, it was the only thing keeping him from falling on his back. His head leaned back, brushing the cold metal of the thick pole.

Robin closed his eyes. His mask was taken away from him as soon as he had gotten kidnapped. Fortunately Joker didn't care who his civilian identity was, but he did seem to notice how 'beautiful' his blue eyes were. The result didn't end well- Joker made a long scar going from his right eyebrow down to his chin to show him how beautiful his eyes 'really' were. After that, he couldn't make out things clearing with that eye so he had to rely on his left eye.

Robin's thoughts began to wander to Batman.

Did Batman truly forget about me that fast?

It's been three years, of course he did.

But I'm his son...

No you're not, you're just a stinking charity case, that's who you are.

Robin- no, Dick Grayson, he was Dick without the mask.. right?
Dick started to cry. All the stress, hurt, and pain molded up into one ball of emotions started to pour right out of him. It hurt so much to breathe and live every second of his life, with Joker torturing him without rest, laughing his crazy laughs. It hurt. It hurt so badly he wanted to end it. He realized, Batman not coming made it worse.

Every time he tried to sleep, nightmare would come and haunt him. At first it was bearable but now it was up to a point he couldn't sleep, he wouldn't even though his body needed the rest. It's already been weeks since even a few minutes of sleep, and it wasn't ending well.

He decided to distract himself of Batman and looked, tried to look through the tiny cracks in the wall. It was raining hard outside. A huge downpour, strong wind blowing through the gaps in the wall, with thunder crashing in the distance.

Dick shivered.

No, Batman wasn't coming tonight. He was never going to come in the first place anyways.

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