Title: Dark Sleep

Rating: PG

By: Corbin

Disclaimer: Not claiming credit for anything, just trying to have a bit of fun.

Author's notes: The following fic is intended to show Robin's POV when he'd been taken captive by Ra's Al Guhl in the episodes titled The Demon's Quest. This is a WIP, it will be updated as soon as possible. Feedback is always appreciated.

It was raining that night, as it often does in Gotham City. I've never minded the rain, it always tends to make things more…interesting. I was returning home after a long and tiring night on patrol. My dorm bed was calling to me softly and I was all too ready to collapse into a dark sleep. Drawing on muscle memory from countless wall climes in the city I silently scaled the university's rain soaked walls and slipped into the window leading to my dorm room.

I glanced down briefly at the puddle of rainwater that had gathered on the floor around my boots. I really should have cleaned it up, but I wasn't in the mood. I shrugged at the water and gently pulled the window closed. I turned to head toward the only thing that mattered to me at the moment. My bed.

Seconds later I had sensed something, not something, someone. I wasn't alone. My intuition had come to me too late and I stood in shock as someone flicked on my lamp. I strained to see the invader through the shadows, but whoever it was kept out of my line of sight. A gloved hand appeared from the shadows revealing a small silver gun and I cried out in a mixture of both protest and surprise, but the weapon had already been fired. I'd been hit, I flinched expecting to meet death head on in a few moments.

Being shot hadn't hurt like I'd anticipated it would. My attacker had been in close range with a clear chance to end my life right there. I knew plenty of people would've liked to attend my funeral and walk over my grave, but I'd been hit purposefully in the shoulder. As I realized that I hadn't been seriously injured my vision blurred and I swayed dizzily on my feet. I stumbled forward on bones of Jell-O as I tried to force my body to cooperate with me and attack whoever had ambushed me. Moments later I was face down on the floor and in a sleep that no alarm clock would be able to end for many hours.

…TBC…