A/N: *Spongebob time card announcer* Four years later. So, yeah. This is being rewritten. I'm changing a lot of things around so that it actually makes sense. I didn't really like how i wrote it at all before. If you had read the old version, then you'll immediately find the changes within just this chapter. I also changed with how the story would go and end, cause ya know, four years later i kind of forgotten wtf i was doing. You'll find out that some things remained the same. I twiddled things around. What do you call them? A face lift?

Dick could recount on the many times that Bruce had pushed himself as Batman, to the point where it would even anger Alfred for being so careless with his health. The old butler had to constantly remind the man that exhaustion can affect a person's mind, thus effecting Batman's work.

Which Dick translates that as a tired bat, was a bad bat.

There were times where Bruce was a hypocrite and repeat the words Alfred had said to him to Dick and even adding to the fact that the young hero was, well, young. So it was important for Dick to rest and not push himself. Though at this moment, Dick was being a complete hypocrite.

He was pretty sure he caught some bug from a student in school. It was going around and Dick had promised himself he would be extra careful. Though, until Babs had came down with the illness and at the time had no knowledge of it.

It had been a tough few weeks for school. Tests were piling up and Dick had to do retakes because of a few missions he had to take off for. The poor boy had to kick himself into high gear, study his ass off and pull off straight A's while completing his duties as Batman's partner and missions with Young Justice. It was one right after another and he hadn't caught up on his sleep. Throw in the slowly creeping illness he tried to keep away with off the counter medicine, Dick was exhausted. If he could, he would most definitely fall asleep right where he was standing and not give a care in the world. He would deal with Bruce and Alfred when the time came.

Though being the stubborn little hero he was, he couldn't let himself be selfish. At the moment, he had his usual training with the team, supervised by Black Canary. He had been paired off with his best bro' Wally, aka Kid Flash, and typically he would love to show off and make a fool out of Wally just for kicks, but he really wasn't feeling it at the moment and Wally being his best friend, would automatically know something is wrong with Dick if the tiny raven was serious in training.

"BRO!" Wally had snapped his fingers in front the boy. "Dude, Rob, what's up?" the speedster leaned on one leg, tapping his foot quickly and tilted his head to the side while his arms were crossed.

Dick shook his head and grinned. "Just coming up with more ways to kick your butt." The boy back flipped and got into a defensive position. "Ready when you are, dude!" he heard the ginger huff out, eyeing him for a moment before getting himself into position.

"Speed totally owns everything." Wally proclaimed. Carefully walking to the left. This action caused the other to move to their right just as carefully.

"Tell that to the constant nosebleeds you get whenever you try to shift your molecules and phase through objects." Dick snickered.

"Dude!"

"And would you guys just start already?!" Artemis snapped. Her shout had set the two boys off. The boy wonder had flipped in the air just as Wally sped over to him. Artemis saw Robin reach into his belt and saw him pull out a collapsible rod. The boy had quickly landed and did a front flip as Wally came back around and brought his staff down on the speedster's head. Using his feet, he launched himself off the older boy's back and shoved him to the ground. Another flip while in the air and Robin gracefully landed on his feet with a bounce.

Robin—Fail. No weapons.

Oops.

"But we all know I still won that round." The raven smirked.

"Dude! Rules! No weapons!" Wally groaned as he cradled his head. He recovered quickly and got into position again. "But that's one win for me." He smiled.

"Doesn't count, I can take you on again without weapons." Robin smirked as he twirled is staff and it collapsed itself in his hand. He quickly placed it back in his belt.

"Ready when you are, boy won—" Wally had started to say, only to realize he was talking to nobody. "Dude, seriously! I hate it when you do that, I only blinked! Give a guy a heads up at least!" Wally twirled around to look for Robin.

"Heads up!" Robin cackled as he planted his feet on Wally's face, and pushed himself off and did a double backflip and landed gracefully on his feet. Wally on the other hand landed gracefully on his back.

Kid Flash—Fail.

"Again! And let the timer count us off!" Wally was determined not to lose again.

"Your call, dude." Robin swayed a little bit, but caught himself and got into position.

3-2-1—BEGIN

"Bro, your stealth mode is on."

Wally, having fallen for the trick, looked down at his insignia. Robin used that moment to leap forward and onto Wally's shoulders, grabbing them and yanked him back as Robin landed behind him. This had caused the boy to land flat on his back again.

Kid Flash—Fail.

"Aw, man." Wally winced as he felt the ache subside.

"He's going to own you every time so drop it so we can have our turn!" Artemis complained to the redhead. "Megan and I need to work on our hand to hand combat."

"Just one more time!" Wally said as he got up and twirled around and faced Robin, serious this time. Unfortunately, Robin was still on the ground, sitting up and his legs splayed in front of him. "Dude?" He said in slight concern. He didn't know if this was another trick or not.

The boy inched closer, and placed a hand on his friend's shoulder. It made the smaller boy flinch, and before Wally knew it he was flipped over onto his back and a hand was gripping his throat.

Kid Flash—Fail.

"Rob, buddy, I like breathing!" Wally flailed as he gripped Robin's hand that was currently squeezing his neck. "Uncle!"

"Robin! That's enough, stand down!" Black Canary shouted the younger boy out of his stupor. He had yanked his hand back as If it had been burnt.

"Dude, sorry 'bout that." The boy rubbed the back of his head. Robin went to stand up from his crouching positon, only to lose balance and topple over, landing right on his butt.

Wally recovered quickly, cradling his neck as he glared over to Robin. "Dude what gives?" he paused for a moment as he saw Robin lose his balance and fall over. What? The boy that could practically do laps on a tightrope lost his balance? Was he tripping right now or did his friend look pale?

Meanwhile with Robin, he was trying hard not to succumb to the exhaustion. His body was craving sleep, it was sick and it needed time to heal itself. He was trying not to breathe too hard, to shiver because it was getting rather cold, to close his eyes and admit defeat to the illness and exhaustion.

"Robin, are you alright?" Kaldur asked the boy. The Atlantean made his way to him and stuck a hand out for the boy to grab.

"Just peachy." Robin rubbed his eyes under his glasses. Due to his carelessness, Kaldur had caught a glimpse of remarkably blue eyes. Though he remained silent of this discovery.

"Rob, dude you looking a bit pale there buddy." Wally draped his arm around his best friend. Wally's eyebrows shot up, only to furrow as he sent a pretty decent glare to the boy wonder. Robin caught sight of this and cut the speedster off before he could say anything.

"I'm fine, besides I got a feeling that we're going to have a mission today." The boy smirked as he saw Batman stand by the door of the training room.

"Team, I got a mission for you." He announced before leaving. The others just looked at the bird before following after the dark knight. Megan and Conner had stayed back for a moment and spoke with Robin.

"Are you sure you're alright? I'm not being nosy, but I can feel that you're tired." Megan asked. Her face was pinched with worry.

"You're starting to sound…wheezy." Conner eyed the boy as he looked at him from head to toe, to head again.

"Aw guys, I'm flattered you're worried, but trust me, I'm alright." Robin flashed them a smile and made his way to the others. Megan sighed while Conner shrugged his shoulders.

"We'll just keep tabs on him, alright?" Conner assured the girl. She smiled and nodded.

As everyone gathered around, along with Black Canary, Batman took the few split seconds to take a glance at the team. Most seemed to be paying attention. Aqualad seemed to look at Robin for a moment before glancing away, and Kid Flash glared at Robin also and snapped his eyes at Batman.

"On an island near Iceland, there had been a few reports on some missing wildlife, and Aquaman had even made a few comments of a very select few of sea creatures coming up missing as well. Most of these animals are on the verge of extinction, while a select few have only a few hundred to a thousand left. Normally this wouldn't be on our radar, but given the fact that there was an undocumented facility recently discovered on video, you are to go in and find out what they are doing. It's a simple recon mission, and be delicate. We can't have any major fatalities to the animals."

"Who's the one that recorded the video?" Artemis asked. Batman pressed a button and a photo of a lady popped up. Caucasian female in her forties probably with red hair, blue eyes, freckles. She looked awfully familiar, though the team couldn't quite put their finger on it.

"Wildlife preservationist, Marie Logan. After her short lived acting days, she eventually moved on and started an animal sanctuary somewhere in Quarac, near the border with Bialya. She somehow caught wind of possible poachers and went ahead with a team to check things out. The team also consist of an intern Karen Beecher, Vivian Swallun, Marcous Dallo, and Kane Orren. As they got onto the island, two of team had turned on them, causing Marie, and Kane to lose their lives. Karen had gone missing, so keep a lookout for her. If there happen to be a chance, rescue her. Be quick, and fast on this. You are to call immediately if any complications arise, am I clear?" they nodded. "Good, you are to leave immediately. I'll send the coordinates."

As everyone left and made their way to the bio ship, Robin stayed behind. He knew the squint that Batman made was a clear "I need to talk to you" squint.

"Do I need to pull you from this mission?" Batman said immediately. Robin shook his head.

"No, besides, they're going to need someone to hack into their systems and I'm sure Wally and the others can't do it themselves."

"You can handle that from here." Robin frowned at this. "You've been stressed lately. And I know my bad habits have been rubbing off on you. You think you got some left in you for this mission?" the boy nodded

"I can handle it." He said with determination.

"Then be careful, and don't be shy to ask for backup. That's what we're here for, Robin." He reminded the boy. Robin nodded. His costume clad ward took off to the others waiting for him. Batman sighed, knowing he was at huge fault at this. His own ridiculous habit and tendencies had managed to rub off onto the boy, and he was sure to never let Alfred know or else he would be in serious trouble.

It was a recon mission. They made a mess sometimes, but they always came out successful and unscathed. No major injuries to tend to, despite bruises, scrapes and a small sprain here or there.

It was just a simple recon mission.

Nothing more.

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