Beyond the Night: Beyond the Team (Young Justice/Teen Titans fanfic)

Colder Than Ice

The noise sounded like a patrol. Robin's eyes narrowed, his hand still held up towards his two teammates. The sound indicated the patrol was heading in their direction, yet Robin didn't know whether they were headed towards the three young heroes because of normal routine, or because they overheard the three arguing.

In Robin's mind, the logical course of action meant moving away and hiding. He expected the other two to follow suit, making sure the three held tactical advantage, yet quickly realized neither one followed him. He turned his head, wondering why, yet taking a deep breath. He twisted around, sneaking around the piles of snow, peeking out to see the patrol approach.

Red Arrow and Kid Flash of course didn't move despite knowing full well the patrol was approaching. Instead, the stared like idiots as those on patrol pointed their guns at them. Kid Flash raised his hands, likely looking for a chance to speed in, and yet running on the snow wasn't always the best idea. Red Arrow on the other hand reached up for an arrow.

"Don't move."

"Yeah. Don't tick the bad guys off Roy." Robin took a deep breath, before glancing around for a way to gain himself height. Swiftly, he got up high, before diving feet first at the one of the goon's head's, letting out his typical laugh. The sound his feet made contacting the man's head rang out, signaling Kid Flash to move, taking out the guns, while Red Arrow shot off one of the nets, capturing them.

Over the intercom, they heard Zatanna's voice. "What's going on?"

"We ran into a patrol."

"And whose fault do you think that was!" Kid Flash snapped, making Robin flinch.

"Are you saying it's mine?"

"Guys." Kaldur spoke over the communication device. "This is a reconnaissance mission. Attracting attention."

"KF and RA started the stupid argument about who's in charge!"

"Excuse me!" Kid Flash folded his arms across his chest. Robin mentally cursed himself, wondering if this would ruin their friendship. It scared him. "You're the one who took off on us, Rob."

"You were supposed to follow me! Not stay..."

"Are you sure you weren't using us for bait?" Red Arrow snapped, making Robin flinch.

"Wh..." He felt his heart pound. "I would not!"

"Guys..."

"You expected us to follow you? You really want us to believe that? Who would?"

"Why did the Titans follow my lead?" Robin watched Wally open his mouth, swallowing. He'd overstepped again, yet gotten on Wally's bad side, something he'd only done a few times, if ever.

"I'm sure Robin wouldn't use us for bait, would you Rob?"

"Batman uses me for bait all the time." The words came out of his mouth uninhibited. The looks he received made him quickly realize he said the wrong thing. He switched to glaring. "Forget what I just said." He started walking off. "We've got a mission to take care of."

"You can't just brush that off Robin."

"Guys. We can hear you over the communications link." Superboy sighed, indicating everyone heard everything, but chances are everyone heard the earlier fight. They were five meters away from the patrol.

"It doesn't mean what you think it does."

"It most certainly does! You got this careless attitude from Batman, didn't you!" They were now ten meters away from the patrol.

"It's not careless."

"Using you for bait is careless! This is why!"

"It's not as if I don't know I'm being used as bait!" Robin spun around, finding himself twenty meters now from the patrol. He jabbed his finger into Roy's chest. "Do you really think I'd use my friends as bait without them knowing!"

Roy glared at him, and Robin's eyes widened. Wally rubbed the back of his head. "Robin, I think the issue here is using anybody as bait, not that..."

"Go make friends your own age Robin. I'm sure they'd enjoy..."

"My company!" Robin snapped. "You! You!" He spun around, hurrying off.

"...being used as bait." Possibly what Roy was going to say was going to be worse.

"RA! What the hell!" Kid Flash snapped.

"What? It's not my fault he's acting childish. He's in the superhero business, and pulls this kind of crap."

"Actually, it is your fault Red Arrow." Kaldur spoke up.

"Yeah. Even I could tell what you said was cruel." Superboy piped.

"Shut up! Just! All of you shut up!" Robin snapped. He noticed the wind started to pick up, blowing snow around. He got that sinking feeling in the pit of the stomach, the one which indicated something bad would be happening.

"And exactly how are we to ask you where you just took off to?"

"Wait? Robin took off?"

"Yeah, well, Roy just basically said we're not his friends. I don't blame him one bit."

"You idiots! I can hear you! Stop acting like I can't!" Robin felt his entire body tremble. Being the youngest sucked big time. It was different when he was with the Titans, but now he wondered if the only reason things were different came down to the fact he was the only sidekick. "Exactly where do I stand with you guys?"

His entire body tensed up, realizing the last part was over the communication device, meaning everyone heard his outburst. His hand reached up towards the communication device, one gloved finger touching the object. Zatanna spoke. "Robin? Where are you?"

"I am fine! I am perfectly fine!" He yanked the earbud away, quickly lobbing it away from him. Taking a deep breath, he realized the weather was starting to worsen. He pulled his cloak around him tighter, shivering. He took a deep breath, starting towards the speaking device despite the snow obscuring his vision, hoping he could find the object.

His fingers reached down, hearing faintly his teammates calling out to him, telling him to come back because the weather was worsening. He picked up the device, putting it back on, only to freeze part way through, the only action being. "Oh shit."

A blue snowman was watching him, but the next thing he knew he found himself blacking out, a pain in the back of his head due to someone knocking him out.

~B~

Cyborg closed his eyes, wondering exactly what Robin blamed himself for. Flashes of memories flooded him of the hell on Earth, but Robin screaming as some of his cyber tech ended up smashed. Except, he wasn't sure if Robin was there, or elsewhere, simply the fact either way, Robin blamed himself. That was simply how Robin was. He'd been taken out of commission.