Beyond Titans (ONC Entry - Teen Titans/Young Justice Fanfic)

The Whelmed Feeling

"How do you feel?"

"Whelmed, honestly whelmed?" Robin found himself retreating to his room at Mount Justice until Batman came to retrieve him. He found himself wanting Zatanna – and the girl they called Raven for that matter, in the room with him and Kid Flash, yet Zatanna was keeping the others away while he destressed and Raven – she wanted to give him space given the fact they were currently strangers, given the fact he still didn't recollect anything about her. "It will be a while."

"I can imagine." Kid Flash flopped onto the bed next to him. "I can't believe it was my words that convinced him to – well, start letting you go, 'cause Wonder Girl didn't need to do what she did."

"No. Your words might have been convincing him, but when someone is mentally unstable, the smallest thing could easily trigger them. It's really weird knowing I was the leader of a team prior to this one, but I feel even more relieved I'm not the leader. I wish Cyborg wouldn't..." Robin frowned, honestly wishing Cyborg didn't insist he be the leader. His mouth pushed together. "I respect Aqualad, but he's letting me be a kid. I don't think I got that with the Teen Titans."

"And that girl – she keeps saying she dated you, but it's pissing off her girlfriend majorly."

"Um, yeah. That rather surprised me. I wouldn't imagine she'd be my type. She feels – more of the type people would expect Bruce Wayne to like, if you know what I mean, and I don't want that playboy image. I'm not sure who I want to date. It's not something I've really focused on."

"Well, I know I want to date Miss Martian. Although..." Kid Flash paused. "It was a bit weird. She tried intruding upon that girl Starfire's mind, but Raven actually stopped her, but I don't think she likes Raven or Wonder Girl."

"Does that make you hate Raven?"

"Does that bother you?" Kid Flash let out a sigh. "No. It does bother you. You did say connecting to her mentally was different than Miss Martian, right? Like, soul mates?"

"Not in the way you're thinking." Robin let out a sigh, sitting up, feeling slightly calmer than before. "Definitely not romantic. More – familial. I can't explain it, but I think I'm going to go for a walk."

"Are you sure? That Starfire chick..."

"I'll be fine. I'm sure I can think of something." Robin gave his best friend a smile despite the fact he still felt as whelmed as he did. He slipped from his room, deciding to try and observe the others, but for some reason, a thought popped into his head. "Raven?"

"Wait. Did you link up with me purposefully? I thought..."

"It feels comfortable. I can't explain it, but it's helping me feel less whelmed. Can I ask a few questions? Also, what are you doing?"

"Looking for Miss Martian?"

Robin swallowed. "Are you sure? Wally – Kid Flash says she doesn't like you, he thinks."

"That's because I saw something she didn't want me to see."

"You mean that secret she's keeping from all of us?"

"Oh, so you are aware of it even though you don't know what it is?"

"Well, she's a Martian, so the only thing drastic I can think of is that she's a White Martian, but Martian Manhunter told me that the issue with the white Martians is kind of like racism based on one's skin color, but to me, that's not a big deal. I mean, I'm half Romani, so I can kind of relate to being ostracized – from both sides actually."

"Too bad you can't tell her that. Would you help me find her? There's something I need to tell her about myself that might fix things."

"I'm all for fixing things."