Batman froze in fear. He couldn't move. He just stood there, eyes wide, listening to Robin's screams. Watching as the beam from the gun hit Robin, making his face twist in pain as he screamed.

The two goons that were holding him let go so they weren't hit by the beam or effected by whatever would happen to Robin. Robin fell to his knees. It felt like hours before the beam finally stopped, but in reality it was only a few seconds.

Black Mask finally turned the gun off, and Robin fell the rest of the way to the floor. Black Mask lauged and turned to a still frozen Batman, whose eyes were wide in fear. "Well, I guess that's the end of him. Now it's your turn, Batman."

Batman continued to stare at robin, who was panting on the ground after all the screaming, but relaxed when he saw Robin look up at him, nodding telling him that he was ok. "Give up, Black Mask," Batman said narrowing his eyes at Black Mask.

Black Mask laughed again. "I just got rid of your partner, Batman, I have the upper hand."

Batman just smiled, which made Black Mask a little worried. Black Mask felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around to see Robin standing behind him. "Sorry, but your little toy didn't work," Robin said then punched Black Mask as hard as he could.

Black Mask staggered back into batman, who then grabbed Black Mask, turned him around, and punched him so hard, he was surprised he didn't break Black Mask's mask.

Robin turned around to face the goons behind him and the two that grabbed him looked at each other then ran, the others following. Robin smiled then looked back to Batman.

"You ok?" Batman asked as he cuffed Black Mask then walked over to Robin.

"Yeah, it hurt like crazy, but I feel perfectly fine now," Robin replied as he and Batman walked over to Batgirl and Commissioner Gordon.

Batgirl woke up after Robin started screaming, and stood there in shock. She was frozen just like Batman was, but when the gun was turned off and she saw Robin was ok, she sighed and went over to untie her dad.

About the time Batman and Robin got over to them, the police barged in yelling, "Freeze!" but the goons were already gone.

Gordon turned to the officers. "Boys, take him away," he said pointing to Black Mask. He then turned back to Batman, Robin, and Batgirl. "Thanks for your help." He walked over and picked up the Portal Gun. "I'll make sure this thing gets back to the owner."

Batman nodded then he, Robin, and Batgirl went outside and disappeared. Gordon just walked outside, got in one of the squad cars, and went back to the police headquarters to file the paperwork.

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The Batmobile came to a stop in the Batcave, and Batman and Robin jumped out and headed to the computer. "Are you sure you're alright?" Batman asked as they came up to the computer and looked at Robin.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Like I said, it hurt when the gun was shooting me, but the pain stopped as soon as the gun did," Robin replied as he jumped up and sat on the edge of the computer.

"Even so, I think we should check you out just to be sure," Batman said as he walked over to the medical area of the cave.

Robin sighed and rolled his eyes annoyed then jumped down and followed Batman. "I don't know what you're so worried about. I don't feel dizzy, I can see and walk straight, and nothing hurts," he said pulling his mask off and jumped up on the table.

Batman pushed his cowl off and smiled. "That may be, but that gun was suppose to make dimensional portals. I just want to be sure you're not going to turn into a giant swirling portal," he said giving Robin a sly smirk.

"Oh, ha ha," Robin replied sarcastically, a smile forming on his face.

Batman chuckled then got out a syringe and took some blood from Robin's arm. After he got enough, he took it over to the microscope, put a drop on a glass slide, put it on the microscope's platform, then looked through the eye piece.

"Well, am I going to send you to another dimension?" Robin asked jokingly.

"Your blood work looks normal, but I want you to take it easy for a while," he replied seriously.

"Ok," Robin sighed then jumped down off the table and started walking toward where they changed, "but I get to watch whatever I want on the TV."

Batman looked up from the microscope, smiled, then turned back toward the microscope. He felt like he was missing something, but he couldn't figure out what.

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A few hours later, Bruce walked out of the elevator in his study and into the living room. He saw Dick asleep on the couch with the TV playing some kind of cop show.

Bruce smiled, went over and turned the TV off, then went over to the couch, carefully picked Dick up, trying not to wake him, and carried him upstairs and put him in bed. He covered him up, brushed back some of his hair that was in his face, then kissed his forehead before turning and walking out of the room and closed the door.

Alfred watched as Bruce pulled the door shut and walked toward the staircase. He saw a look on his face that always meant something was wrong. "Is everything alright, Sir?" he asked as he came up to him and walked down the stairs with him.

"I don't know, Alfred. I've went over the tests I did on his blood sample a half a dozen times and found nothing wrong, but I just feel like I'm missing something."

They walked into the kitchen and Bruce went over to the cabinet and pulled out a cup then went over to the sink and filled it with water.

"What would make you think that something was wrong?"

Bruce downed the cup of water before he replied. "He got shot tonight with a gun that is suppose to create dimensional portals."

Alfred's eyes went wide. "My word!"

Bruce refilled the cup, drank it down, then put it in the sink before leaving the room, Alfred following behind him. "Yeah, but after seeing the same results again, I finally just decided to stop and get some sleep. Hopefully I'll be able to find something tomorrow when I'm more awake."

Alfred stopped when they got to the stairs and watched as Bruce walked up them and then disappear around the corner. He then sighed and turned to head back to the kitchen to wash Bruce's cup before heading to bed himself.

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Dick rolled over onto his side and pulled the covers closer to him as he started to wake up. The sun was shining in through the window, trying to keep him warm in the freezing room. 'I don't remember the room being this cold before. Even in the winter it was always warmer in here than it is now.' He slowly opened his eyes, but made no attempt to uncover himself or get out bed. 'It's only six thirty, I don't have to leave for school for another hour.'

He laid there for another half hour before he finally got up, got dressed, and went downstairs. He went into the dining room where Alfred was clearing the table.

"Good morning, Master Dick. Are you ready to eat?" Alfred asked as he looked up and watched as Dick walked to one of the chairs at the table and sat down.

"Sure am. I'm starving."

Alfred chuckled and left the room. He came back a few minutes later with a plate of eggs, bacon, toast, and hasbrowns, and a cup of white milk.

"Thanks," Dick said then shoved two bites of eggs into his mouth at once. Alfred sighed sadly. Dick swallowed what was in his mouth and looked up to Alfred. "So, where's Bruce?" he asked before taking a bite of his toast then hashbrowns.

"Master Bruce had a meeting at seven this morning," Alfred said as he watched Dick chug down his glass of milk. "My word, Master Dick, slow down. No one's going to take it away from you."

"Sorry, I stayed in bed to long and I don't want to be late for school," he said as he finished off his eggs and started eating the two strips of bacon that was on his plate.

Alfred looked up at the clock on the wall and saw that it was almost seven twenty-five. "Goodness me. I'm sorry, Master Dick, I must have lost track of the time. I'll go get my coat and the keys," he said as he walked out of the room.

Dick finished off his bacon, hashbrowns, and toast, then ran up to his room to grab his book bag and coat, then ran back downstairs and out the door. Alfred stood by the door of the limo and held the door open for him. He closed the door after Dick got in then got in the driver's seat and drove off.

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Dick went through the day like he always did, go to school, hang out with Barbra and a few others at lunch, go to classes, and then wait for Alfred to pick him up. 'I really need to get a new routine.'

Alfred pulled up and Dick got in the front with Alfred. He didn't like riding in the back by himself. "Hey, Alfred," Dick said cheerfully.

"Hello, Master Dick. You seem like you had a good day today."

"It was ok, but I can't wait to tell Bruce about what I learned in science today." Alfred looked over at him surprised and a bit confused then back at the road. Dick continued. "We learned about how bats use their sonic hearing to find things in the dark, and that's how they find their way around. I, of course, already knew that, but what I didn't know was that bats hibernate, and when they do, they can reduce their heart rate to twenty beats per minute and can stop breathing altogether for forty-eight minutes at a time. And did you know that tiny wooly bats of West Africa live in the large webs of colonial spiders?"

"My word," Alfred said as he smiled. He was happy that Dick was so excited about this information.

"Yeah, wouldn't it be funny if Batman lived with giant spiders instead of the cave?" Dick asked as he looked at Alfred and was trying not to burst out laughing.

Alfred chuckled. "Well, I'm glad to hear that you're actually paying attention in school." Dick smiled.

When they got back to the mansion, Dick jumped out of the car and ran into the house. He saw that Bruce wasn't home yet, so he went over to the couch and turned on the TV.

Alfred walked in and saw Dick watching some kind of cartoon and walked up behind him. Dick turned around and looked at him when he got behind the couch. "So, when's Bruce gonna get home?" Dick asked.

"He said he had to work late tonight," Alfred replied.

"Oh, so is he going out as Batman tonight?"

"I do believe he said he was going to leave straight from the Wayne Tech Building, so he won't be around 'til after you're asleep."

"Oh," he said a bit sadly then turned back around to watch the TV. 'I guess Bruce wants me to stay home tonight after last night.'

Alfred noticed his sad look on his face and was a bit confused, but he brushed it off and left the room.

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At around midnight that night, Alfred walked off the elevator that led down to the Batcave and saw Bruce typing away at the computer, searching for information about what looked like a new villain.

"Good evening, Master Bruce," Alfred said as he walked over to give him a cup of coffee. Bruce didn't say a word and didn't look over at Alfred, he just kept typing. "Master Dick was asking for you today," Alfred said, finally deciding to just come out with it.

This made Bruce stop typing and look over at the older man with one of his eyebrows raised. "Why?"

"He wanted to tell you about what he learned in school today about bats."

Bruce took the cup and took a sip before setting it down and looking back at Alfred. "Why would I care what he learned in school?" he said and then turned back to the computer.

"Sir, I know why you took him in, but couldn't you at least try to..." Alfred was cut off by a glare from Bruce. He took a step back away from the younger man. "Sorry, Sir, forget I ever mentioned it," he said before he turned and walked back to the elevator.

Bruce glared at Alfred until he disappeared in the elevator then turned back to the computer. "I'll have a little talk with Dick in the morning about talking to me about useless information," he said to himself as he went back to his search.

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