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Teen Titans
We who fall
Chapter 4: Truth
Dick was staring out the window as rain pelted against the window deep in thought when someone began knocking at the door
"Damn it Raven." he growled as he crossed the room however when he opened the door instead of finding a young woman with grey skin and lavender hair he found a twelve year old boy with pale blue eyes and black hair and clothes that were competently soaked from the rain
"Your Dick Grayson right?" he asked
"Yeah," Dick replied "Who are you?"
the kid looked up at him and a small smile appeared on his face
"My names Tim, Tim Drake."
Dick stared at the boy before ushering him inside and threw him a towel "What are from kid?"
"I'm from Gotham." Tim replied
"Gotham, what are you doing in the Haven?" Dick asked
"To find you...Robin." Tim said
Dick's eyes widened "What did you say, what did you call me?"
"I called you by your other name, Robin the boy wonder."
Dick stared at the young man then a crash of thunder came from outside
"Look it's late and its too dangerous for a kid like you to wander the streets of Blűdhaven and I'm sure your pretty tired so you can crash here tonight and we can put you on the first bus back to Gotham in the morning."
"But..." Tim began "No buts kid." Dick said sharply he then left the room and when he returned he threw Tim a blanket "You can sleep on the couch, its not the most comfortable thing around to lie on but its better then then the floor."
That night Dicks dreams were plagued by visions of his parents as they fell to their deaths, bats, Bruce, Batman and his various foes, Slade who's words kept echoing over and over again and worse of all images of Raven and Tim Drake being beaten to death whilst he just stood their behind the bar at Hogan's and watched.
A loud knocking was heard which roused Dick from sleeps embrace
"Alright, alright I'm coming." he said passing Tim who was sprawled out over the couch on his way to the door opening it he found Raven standing before him she held up a brown paper bag that had grease stains on the bottom
"I brought waffles." she then pushed past him and her way inside Dick muttering something as he closed the door on her way to the kitchen Raven couldn't help but notice the young kid wearing a blue t-shirt with Superman's emblem on the couch who was beginning to stir
"Who's the kid?" she asked
"His names Tim Drake and as soon as he's together he's on the first to Gotham." Dick said as he walked past her grabbing the brown bag off her and made for the kitchen to put the coffee on, Raven watched as Tim sat up yawned and stretched
"Good morning." said an unfamiliar voice
"Hey." he replied rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, once his vision was to its usual focus he looked at the young woman before running his hand threw his messy hair then suddenly he did a double take "Wait a second your Raven of the Teen Titans."
"Yes." she replied
"Are you here on some top secret mission for the Titans?"
"No, I'm here to take R...Mr Grayson back to Jump City with me. What are you doing here?" Raven said mentally berating herself for almost revealing Dicks identity as Robin
"I'm here to convince Robin to come back to Gotham." Tim replied
Raven stared at the boy how could he a kid who had barely hit purity know about Robins secret identity
"I'm not going anywhere." Dick said as he came out of the kitchen and handed Tim a Plate of waffles and gave Raven a cup of tea "Eat up cos once your done your on the first bus back to Gotham."
Tim then grabbed his jacket, reached inside and threw at Dicks feet looking down Dick saw it was a large brown envelope he picked it up and opened inside was was a folded piece of paper unfolding it he saw it was a flyer advertising Haly's Circus with The Flying Graysons printed on it in bold writing Dick stared at it before turning his attention to Tim
"Where did you get this?" he demanded
"Read the autograph.." Tim simply replied Dick then saw the writing scrawled in black ink and reading it his eyes widened
To Jack Janet and Tim, enjoy the show John Mary and Dick The Flying Graysons
"I was there Dick, I was there the night your parents were murdered." Tim said whilst Dick continued to stare at the flyer and Raven listened to what was being said in silence
"Don't believe me check this out." Tim took the envelope from Dick dug through it and handed him a photo looking at it Dick saw a younger version of himself with a young kid who couldn't have been more the three
"This is impossible." Dick whispered "My parents took me Haly's Circus and as you can see I got my picture taken with you, we went into the tent to go see the show I was really anxious to see the The Flying Graysons in action - especially because you were in it. I also saw your parents fall to their deaths and later I saw the Batman comforting you afterwards." Tim said Dick stood there just hearing about this brought back the painful memories of the night he felt a tear rolling down his face Tim began speaking again
"I had nightmares about your parents accident for along time afterwards. Then one day when I was nine I saw a news broadcast in which a security camera filmed Batman and Robin battling the Penguin. During the battle Robin executed quadruple somersault, and I remembered my father reading from a program from Haly's Circus that the Flying Grayson's were the only people the world who could successfully perform a quadruple somersault and in that moment I knew that Robin could only be you, Dick Grayson and figuring that out I came to only one solid concrete conclusion: your guardian Bruce Wayne was Batman."
Dick then stared at Tim in disbelief how cold Tim have worked out one of his closest guarded secrets not only his identity of Robin but also that his mentor Bruce was the Batman.
Raven looked on in disbelief in all her career and the time she'd known him a Robin Dick had never told her about his parents murder and though she was the only one he'd told what his real name was he had never revealed the identity of the Batman but neither of them were given time to dwell on these thoughts
"For years I followed the Dynamic Duo's careers closely even after you left for Jump City to form the Titans, then sometime later Bruce adopted Jason Todd and a new Robin appeared not long after and I knew that Jason had to be the new Robin. Six years ago I read about Jason's death, this clearly meant that Robin was dead also dead."
'Jason.' Jason Todd was kind of a sour spot for Dick, he'd only ever met the guy once and found he was an ok guy but still Dick couldn't help but feel bitter about the idea that Bruce would just replace him, not that he didn't morn when he learnt that Jason had been killed by the Joker almost like he would nearly kill Barbara years later,
Raven stared at her former leader
'Who's Jason Todd?' another aspect of his life Dick had never mentioned Tim then rummaged through the envelope again and pulled out three more photographs and handed them to Dick, all three of them were of Batman but as Dick could plainly see they were hardly showed him at his best
"Dick, when Jason died Bruce went to pieces and it effected his life and his performance as Batman and its got worse over the last few years, don't you see he needs a partner so he can remember what he used to be before his parents were killed, Batman needs Robin."
Dick stared at the photos seeing his mentor, his guardian, his friend being reduced to such a state didn't sit well with him but the small voice in the back of his mind yelling at him to do something about it was being drowned out by the words Slade had said to him all toughs years ago.
Sensing the conflict within the former Boy Wonder Raven told Tim to gather his stuff together "I think Mr Grayson needs some time alone."
Tim pulled on his jeans, shoes and jacket and he two of them departed knowing Dick would have to face his internal conflict alone.
AN Sorry this took so long but I've had a ton of other stuff that kept getting in the way. This chapter was going to be longer and be the final chapter but desided to split it into two instead. There will be one more chapter as well as anEpilogue. Later.