Robin's Need (ONC Entry - Batman Beyond/Young Justice Fanfic)

Fixxed

The child in front of him was, in fact, his biological father, something which Terry honestly found strange. Deep down, he didn't know how he felt regarding the person who was never in his life, yet the person in front of him was far from being the person who would effectively not be in his life, for whatever reasons he didn't yet know, or may never know. He did know he didn't want to see Fixx hurt anyone else, that this was his battle.

Of course, fighting Fixx...

In the back of his mind, Terry remembered how difficult fighting the man was before. He remembered doing a lot more dodging than hitting back, yet ultimately, the man's defeat came when his bravado got the better of him and he crashed his electrified knuckles into the control panel which in turn made the ship they were on crash. The scenario he found himself in now was completely different from then.

Getting tossed around like a ragdoll certainly wasn't enjoyable, nor was crashing into the pillar. At least, in the back of his mind, he knew the suit at least absorbed a lot of the electricity sent his way, but he found himself pulling himself up from the ground amid the mass amounts of debris that were now on the floor. He'd planned on rising up and give a few good punches and kicks to the man when Robin showed up on the ground despite the fact he insisted Robin not do so, just as a punch launched into his gut.

"Oh, good. I don't have to go looking for you. Capture that brat, so when I'm done with Batman I can..."

He lost it, his mind yet again thinking about someone going after Matt, threatening his younger brother like Fixx just threatened Robin. A switch went off, one he still struggled in controlling at times as his temper got the better of him. He pummelled the man into the pillar closest to himself and Fixx. He didn't notice the changes to the environment around him, nor the sound of something crumbling.

Instead, he felt tackle him around the waist first, which made his ears pick up on the sound of the building crumbling around him. Somehow, he managed to shift his weight around so that Robin was underneath his body instead of between him and the roof which was caving in on them. He found himself hurting slightly more than the day before. Darkness closes in around him. His eyes closed, feeling the small body underneath of him.

Taking a deep breath, he utilized the superstrength Bruce built into the suit, pushing up, hoping there wasn't too much debris above him. Somehow, he managed to push the heavy debris off himself and Robin, his eyes glued on the boy who lay below him, not moving. "Hey."

No response came, not even a breath of air. His head tilted up, looking around him, his eyes darting up to see that while the ceiling had indeed collapsed in on them, the sides of the building remained intact. In the distance, he could hear sirens, but his eyes darted over towards where Fixx went down.

Gently, he lifted Robin up and moved him to a location where more of the building wouldn't fall on him, noting the slight bruising on his temple, mentally cursing the fact he didn't think Alfred would like him returning home with an injured Robin, yet wondering how Bruce, the previous Batman, faired when he too brought home an injured sidekick; the thought of having a sidekick was honestly frightening.

"Stay here."

He stood up, heading over to where Fixx was, remembering how the man survived what he'd thought killed the man, although he wasn't sure the world he came from was in some manner negatively affected by the changes made in the now. He walked over, pulling the debris off Fixx despite his best judgment, yet going with the fact he didn't want to have the man's death on his conscious if he could help it.

He found Fixx, thankfully unconscious, and brought out the flexicuffs to place on Fixx's wrists, while his eyes looked around for his men. He walked over, intending to pull the debris off the men that might be there when he heard voices of police officers. Taking a deep breath, he headed over to where Robin was, finding himself glad when Robin let out a well-placed groan. A smile twisted onto his face and he gently hoisted the boy up onto his back and proceeded to work himself away from the scene, thinking he'd avoid the police going the way he did by taking a back way most wouldn't expect.