Media Problems and Secrets Revealed

Hi again.

Thank you so much for your wonderful ideas and I promise I will do all of them as soon as I can. Today, though I am going to tie two together. morethemerrier12 from Wattpad suggested the main idea and others wanted Robin's Identity to be found out (which was the main point of the story but my friend kept helping me get side-tracked - sorry). So here you go and thank you to everyone. 

This chapter - another member of the original team finally works out Robin's identity.

Anyway this is set after season 1 (Zatanna and Rocket are still busy) and Robin's birthday so Artemis and Wally are the only ones here that know Robin's identity.

Sorry for OOCness and spelling mistakes. I own nothing.

Hope you enjoy.

Robyn 


Once again the team were in Gotham, they seemed to be there a lot recently. Although this time it was daytime and the team were in civilian clothes. They weren't here for a mission, they were simply having a day off for 'team bonding'. They'd wanted to get out of the Mountain for the day and they'd explored everywhere in Happy Harbour so had decided to go somewhere else for the day. Artemis and Robin had (eventually) managed to convince the rest of the team to come to Gotham.

It was a surprisingly nice Saturday and the team were enjoying exploring the nicer parts of Gotham lead by Robin with the help of Artemis. Robin wore his signature sunglasses to hide his identity both from the team and any passing by civilian who might recognise him.

They had been casually strolling along Amusement Mile, an amusement park full of the usual rides from carousels to roller coasters to a giant Ferris wheel that over looked half the city. It was actually a really fun place if you knew how to be careful, it wasn't too dangerous. Then again it was still Gotham, so that meant something different from most other cities.

Wally was eating candy floss and trying to convince Kaldur to have some (Kaldur's answer was a resounding 'no'). Artemis and M'gann were discussing which ride to go on next. Conner was looking around curiously at everything. Robin on the over hand was slightly on edge. He had been glancing around cautiously for the two hours they had been at the park. Not the kind of 'there-might-be-villains-here' look it was more the 'I-am-expecting-something-bad-to-happen' look. Which was only slightly better.

Robin had every right to be cautious, for something did indeed happen. Although, whether it was 'bad' or not depends on your point of view. To Robin's? Probably not the best thing that could have happened but definitely not the worst.

Coming towards the group was about half a dozen people. Some with cameras others with microphones or notebooks. A crowd of vultures, more commonly known as reporters. As soon as Robin spotted them he turned to the team while keeping the approaching people in his eye line.

"I have to go, but I will meet up with you later. I just got a message from Batman. Important Bat stuff. Bye!" He rattled out an excuse before sprinting away pulling his hood up to try and cover his face better.

Wally raised an eyebrow suspiciously at his friend before shrugging. He knew Robin wouldn't get into too much trouble. Not at least without calling for some help. Artemis raised an eye at the retreating hero, something was up.

"What was that?" M'gann asked looking worried after the young boy.

"Who knows. He's a bat. They're all weird and suspicious, if he wishes to live up to that let him." Artemis shrugged, Robin probably had his reasons for disappearing, it may not be good but he would have one.

It was at that moment the group of adults that had, unknown to them, scared off Robin arrived at the group. They were now standing around in the middle of the path, blocking the teen's escape routes. The team were quite taken aback by the group suddenly surrounding them. Both Artemis and Wally seemed to realise what had happened the second the first person opened their mouth.

"Gotham Gazette reporting live from Amusement Mile. Richard Grayson, ward of Bruce Wayne was spotted with a group of teens here. Richard more commonly known as Dick Grayson is captain of the mathlete team at Gotham Academy and recently has won the Gotham Math Cup and will be leading his team to the State Championships. . ." One of the reporters, a smartly dressed lady with a pinched face and microphone announced in front of a guy with a a camera.

"I am really sorry, but you must be mistaken. We haven't seen anyone else let alone someone as famous as Richard Grayson." M'gann spoke up, not mentioning Robin thinking it an honest mistake. She'd seen Richard Grayson on tv before, so at least knew who they were talking about.

"What about the boy that ran away from your group?" The lady pointed out, looking at the teens with disbelief clear on her face.

"That was our friend Rob. He needed the bathroom." Wally stepped in knowing what was going on. He was stuck between keeping a serious face for the reporters and trying not to laugh at his best friend's misfortune. Artemis was barely holding back her snickers in the back of the group.

"Are you sure?" The lady pressed.

"Yes! We know our own friend's name. Leave us alone lady." Wally narrowed his eyes arms crossed.

"Humph." The lady answered before the gaggle of reporters disappeared back into the crowd. The teens were left alone, bystanders giving them odd looks.

"What was all that?" Kaldur asked confused.

"A mistake. Come on, let's go on another rollercoaster. Rob will join us later." Wally replied already running towards a colourful ride. His distraction technique worked as the team shrugged and started to follow, well all apart from Conner.

"Hey, Conner you coming?" Artemis questioned seeing that he hadn't moved.

"No, it's okay. I will meet up with you guys later." Conner answered, waving off her concerned look. She didn't get a chance to say anything else as Wally dragged the rest of the group away.

"Okay. We will see you later." Wally shouted as they moved away towards the ride, leaving Conner behind.

As soon as Conner could no longer see or hear them, he wandered in the direction Robin had run. He strolled past rollercoasters, tea cups, a carousel and a maze. Taking in the sounds and smells as countless people wandered around him. When he had moved past yet another food stall he heard it. Shallow breathing coming from a small alley way to his right, hidden behind the trailer for one of the rides. He recognised the heart beat as Robin's, he had been learning the team and League's so he could identify them in battle.

He turned into the alley casually, making sure no one saw him. He strolled to the back where he knew Robin was hiding. When he finally reached his younger friend, he found him curled up with his head on his knees, taking deep breaths but noticeably calmer than he had been before.

"Are you okay?" Conner asked as he sat on the grass next to Robin, back against the trailer. He didn't look at Robin, just stared into the distance.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just tired." Robin lifted his head, his breathing calm now, but he didn't look at Conner.

"Why are you running from the media?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." Robin denied, expression blank but his tone was bordering on desperate.

"As soon as you saw the group of reporters you ran away with a terrible excuse. Then they come asking about a boy. . . I'm not stupid. Besides you have been giving out clues all over the place." Conner said finally looking at him.

"At least someone finally figured it out, I basically had to tell Artemis. It's nice to meet you Conner. My name is Richard Grayson but I prefer Dick." Robin offered his hand.

"It is nice to meet you. The real you, I mean. So who are you outside of Batman and Robin?" Conner smiled at the boy he considered a younger brother, glad to finally know his actual name and be trusted with his secrets.

"I was a circus acrobat but my parents were killed when I was younger during a show in Gotham. After a few months in juvie as there were no foster homes, I was taken in by Bruce Wayne. A short while later I discovered the Bat Cave and it wasn't hard to figure out that Bruce was Batman. I ran after the person who killed my parents I took him down but Batman found me. Then I had to spend weeks annoying him until he allowed me to become Robin." Robin, no Dick, laughed.

"Why don't you like the media? If you don't mind me asking." Conner questioned, the question had been bothering him and he didn't want to stir up horrible memories by digging deeper into Robin's past.

"Ugh. They're always following me, gossiping about anything and everything. It's always about rubbish gossip as well or about my math competitions at the minute. I hate it." Dick groaned, lifting his head to gently throw it back against the trailer.

"Math competitions?" Conner tilted his head to the side in confusion as he watched Dick.

"Yeah, I am a mathlete. It is one subject I excel at compared to English at least. Do you know how hard English is to learn when you have grown up with another language?" Dick threw his hands in the air. A comfortable silence settled.

"Won't you get in trouble with Batman by telling me this?" Conner asked breaking it after several minutes.

"Nah, he gave me permission to tell you all a while a go. I just wanted to have some fun and see how long it took you to figure it out for yourselves." Dick cackled. "It's taking far longer than I thought it would, I thought I was being pretty obvious at this point."

"So I was right during the charity ball?" Conner smiled that had always bothered him.

"Yep. For the record that was hilarious to listen to. M'gann was right as well, about Barbra being a hero. She is Batgirl. You should have seen Bruce's face when she showed up and started heroing." Dick smiled.

"Is 'heroing' even a word?" Conner raised an eyebrow.

"It is now, besides you know that I have a way with words." Dick looked at Conner happily. "You're the second person to actually figure it out. Artemis learnt a little while back and Wally and Roy already knew. Oh, please don't tell anyone else. I have plans."

"Of course, though I pity them as your sanity is questionable. C'mon, we should probably get back to the others." Conner sighed as he stood up, offering a hand down to help Dick.

"Probably." Dick stood up as well. "How about I tell you a few stories as we walk?"

"I'd enjoy that."

"Well, there was this time that Wally and I tricked Roy into thinking we were villains and kidnapped him, he screamed like a little girl when we used voice changers and blackmail. Oh and another time.. ." Robin cackled as they walked back.

Finally Conner was added to the group of people who knew. It was about time the team knew the truth.

Anyway I will do everything you guys suggested as soon as I can.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Robyn out.

Bạn đang đọc truyện trên: AzTruyen.Top