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The team sat in the entertainment room resting. They had recently had a bad mission and their mentors thought it best to train them harder so the same mistakes wouldn't be made again. For that reason each team member was practically laying on the sofa exhausted. Everyone except Robin. He sat normally and was tinkering with his computer.

"Dude, how are you not practically dead now?" grumbled Wally to Robin.

Robin laughed, "That was practically nothing. That was less work than my morning training exercises. You should see what I have to do if I mess up big time. Then you would be dead, especially if you couldn't handle that"

"But we were sparring for an hour!" Megan exclaimed. Robin smirked.

"Your point being? Normally Bats and I spar for about two hours, then I have to write at least a page on my faults and mistakes and then another page on how I can improve" Robin responded.

"That sounds like torture" said Connor.

"It's close enough" mumbled Robin.

Just then there was an alert and Batman called everyone to the meeting room. Batman was on the holographic computer.

"I have a mission for the team" Batman said in a monotone voice. Everyone but Robin silently groaned. Robin had to try hard to keep the grin off his face at his team's misery.

"I'm off world on League business and I have picked up an energy signature in Gotham. I want you to go and investigate" Batman stated

"Are there any bad guys involved?" Wally groaned.

"Not that I am aware of. Go and check it out. I will send the coordinates to the bio ship" Batman said and with that the screen disappeared. The teens went and changed into hero gear and within five minutes they were on their way to Gotham.

The bio ship touched down and the team exited the ship. Robin knew exactly where they were. Robin pressed some buttons on his wrist and brought his computer up and started scanning the area. He led the team to the cause of the disturbance and they followed. Everyone's (except Robin's) muscles screamed at them with every step they took.

Robin came to a halt. This was where the energy signature had originated.

"This is it" he stated, "this is where the energy signature originated"

Superboy's ears twitched as he heard a small sound. The team started groaning when they couldn't see anything.

"Quiet" Superboy commanded and listened out for the small noise. The team looked at each other wondering what he was doing. Superboy followed his senses and walked towards the noise. He walked up to a tree and found small boy curled into a foetal position. He was crying. The team cautiously followed not sure what Superboy had heard. When the team saw what Superboy saw they stopped. After a couple of seconds Aqualad stepped forward. Robin wasn't sure but something about this boy was familiar, if only he could see the face.

"Young boy" Aqualad said as he slowly advanced. The boy jumped slightly but didn't look up. "Young boy, are you alright? What is your name? Where are your parents?"

The boy tensed at Aqualad's last question. Aqualad knelt down and put a comforting hand on the little boy's shoulder. The boy tensed at the touch. He looked up at Aqualad. Robin froze. He knew how he recognised the boy.

"I – I'm – I'm Dick Grayson" the boy stuttered through the tears. Artemis looked down in shock.

"Wait" she cried out, "you can't be! Dick Grayson is like thirteen"

The boy looked confused at this.

"How old are you?" Aqualad asked.

"Almost nine" the boy said between small cries. The team stood in shock. They didn't really understand what was going on here.

"How did you get here? Where are your parents?" asked Aqualad. Dick tensed again at the same question.

"I – I came back to the f – fair ground to see w – what was left" Dick started, he kept stuttering through his sobs.

"Where are your parents?" Aqualad asked again cutting the boy from going further.

"They're dead" the boy said in little whisper and more tears rolled down his eyes. Robin tried hard to contain his emotions. Miss Martian was feeling an overwhelming sense of grief and sadness as well as confusion coming from around her, she felt a lot coming from the little boy but also coming from someone in the team, she just didn't know who.

"I suggest that we take the kid to the mountain. This looks like a younger version of Dick Grayson in our world and Batman would know what to do, I'm guessing we're not going to get anything more out of him here" Artemis said gesturing to the crying boy, "and it's not exactly warm."

"I agree," said Aqualad, "let us go back to the ship. Dick, we are going to take you somewhere safe. We will find out how to get you home from there. Ok?"

Dick Grayson looked up at Aqualad and nodded. Aqualad helped the boy to his feet and held his hand as they walked to the ship. Robin slowly walked behind trying to understand what was going on.

End of Chapter 1