Robin woke up, but he didn't open his eyes. His head still pounded from the night before. He didn't want to open his eyes yet because he knew that the sunlight would kill his head even more. He sat up slowly and sucked in his breath and squeezed his eyes shut even harder, "Agghhh!" His arm hurt like crazy. 'What happened to my arm to make it hurt so bad?' he thought.

He finally decided to open knowing that he needed to look at his arm. When he opened them his head started hurting even more than it was before. He finally got use to the light and looked around the room.

'This isn't the Batcave or my room!' he thought as he started to get up. "Agghhh! Ok, don't move my arm," he said to himself.

He reached down for his utility belt for something to wrap his arm, but realized that it wasn't there. He also noticed that his gloves were missing as well.

He took the sheet that was lying on the bed he was on and ripped it with his teeth. After he got a long enough strip, he rapped it around his neck and around his arm. It hurt to do this, but he knew it had to be done if he was going to move from the spot.

After he finally got his arm to where it wouldn't hurt when he moved, he got off the bed and went to the door. He tried opening it but it was lock. "Of course it's locked, Robin, why wouldn't it be, you've been kidnapped."

Just then he heard the door handle start to turn. Robin raced to the window and tried to open it. It was bolted shut and he knew the only way to get out through the window would be to break it.

Just as he reached back to break the window, Clayface came through the door. He saw Robin smash the window.

"Stop!" he yelled as he reached and stretched toward Robin before he could get through the window.

"Aagghh!" Robin yelled. Clayface was pushing up against his arm and making it hurt as he was engulfed in the substance of Clayface's arm until you couldn't see Robin any longer.

Clayface placed the glob of himself in the corner of the room and Robin's face, from his forehead to his nose, came out of the goop. Robin was unconscious from the combination of the pain in his arm, his head, and he couldn't breath for a good five minutes.

Clayface just stared at him and laughed.

YJYJYJYJYJ

The young team was sitting in the common room waiting for any kind of word on Robin. It had been about four days since Robin disappeared, and they were getting very worried. The last thing they heard was that Robin wasn't responding to any calls, and they hadn't heard from Batman since; any of the Justice League in fact.

"Do you think that he is ok?" Kaldar asked carefully. No one has spoken much in the last four days and he knew that everyone was thinking of Robin and if he was ok or not.

Everyone just looked at him with sad faces and then looked away. Kaldar was hoping that Robin was safe and that he would just walk in that door, laughing his famous laugh, and tell them that it was all just a joke.

Wally stood up and was about to say something when they heard someone coming from the entrance. They all looked toward the entrance and were surprised at what they saw.

"Robin?" Wally asked surprised and then ran over to his best friend, followed by everyone else.

Robin looked like he got the crap beat out of him; black eye, cuts on his face, a fat lip, his uniform ripped in several places, his cape and utility belt completely gone, and it looked to them like he was limping a little.

"Dude," Wally began, "you're ok!" Wally grabbed the younger hero and picked him up in a tight hug.

"Yeah, until I got here," he said, pain evident in his voice.

Wally sat him back down, blushed, and rubbed the back of his neck, "Sorry."

Robin smiled. "It's ok, I missed you too. All of you," he said turning to the rest of his team.

"How did you get away?" M'gann asked as they all walked back toward the couch.

"Well, it wasn't easy. Clayface had me in a room that had one door and one window, however the door was locked and the window bolted. I tried smashing the glass, but it must have been plastic 'cause all I did was hurt my hand. Then he came in and I tried to fight him but he was too much for me to handle."

"Really?" Superboy asked a bit confused.

Robin looked at him as equally as confused. "Yeah, why's that so hard to believe?"

"Because you're always telling us how easy he is to defeat, and how you and Batman can take him down easy," Wally said finishing what Superboy started.

Robin looked at them a bit angry and then smiled. "Yeah, well, I guess I exaggerated a little then 'cause he's not that easy to defeat. Anyway, I finally got out when he was gone. While he was out doing some kind of robbery, I finally got the door open and got out."

"It is good to have you back my friend," Kaldar said placing a hand on Robin's shoulder.

"Yeah, we all missed you very much," M'gann agreed.

"Yeah, we tried to call Bats when... Wait, Bats. He's gonna want to know you're safe," Wally said then rushed over to call Batman.

Batman came on the screen, not happy about getting interrupted, and glared at Wally. "What?"

Wally gulped and then went on. "Uhhh... I thought you might like to know that Robin came back."

Batman looked at him surprised then glared at him again. "This better not be some..." Batman stopped when Robin came in view.

"I'm here Batman," Robin said coming up to stand next to Wally.

Batman smiled for a second then it was gone. "I'll be there in a minute," he said before he cut off communications.

Batman showed up not even five minutes after the communication ended

"Robin," he said as he walked up to his protégé, "are you alright?"

Robin smiled at his mentor. "I'm fine, Batman, just a few cuts and bruises."

Batman looked him over then nodded. "I'll feel better when Alfred looks at you," he said as he walked toward the transporter.

Robin followed his mentor to the transporter then turned around when he heard Wally saying his name.

"Rob, wait."

Wally zipped over to them and Robin took a few steps away from the transporter.

"What's up Kid Flash?" Robin asked.

Wally looked at him a bit confused, and Batman also turned to look at him. Wally shook his head slightly and went on, "Hey, don't go disappearing anymore, 'kay?"

Robin smiled. "I won't Kid. Don't worry." He turned and left the cave with Batman.

When Batman and Robin left, Kaldar came up to Wally. He came to the doorway when Wally started calling out Robin's name. He overheard the conversation Wally had with Robin and was surprised by Robin's words.

He walked up to Wally and they both just started at the transporter. "Did he just call you Kid Flash?"

"Yeah, I can't believe he called me that. He hasn't called me that since we first met and even then he didn't call me that for very long. He always calls me KF or Wally."

"Maybe, something happened to him when Clayface had him."

Wally looked toward Kaldar. "I don't know, but something's off about him."

YJYJYJYJYJYJ

Batman and Robin arrived at the Batcave and stepped out. Robin stared wide eyed, looking around at everything.

Batman saw him taking his own sweet time and called over to him, "Dick, get up here so Alfred can check you out."

Robin looked up at Batman at the sound of the name Dick and saw that Batman now had his cowl down and he could see the man behind the bat.

"Coming Bruce," he called running to where Bruce and Alfred were standing.

Alfred told Dick to take off the top part of his uniform to show his chest and sit on the bed. When he saw it, both his and Bruce's eyes went wide.

"My word. What did that monster do to you?" Alfred asked. As Dick began to explain what happened, Alfred started applying creams and bandages to the cuts.

"Well, after Clayface brought me to the building, he locked me in this room. After a while he came in with a knife and told me to tell him things. When I didn't he started cutting me."

"Didn't you fight back?" Bruce asked.

"I tried, but he had me tied to a table. I couldn't move."

"Well at least you're safe now," Alfred said as he finished with the last cut.

"Yeah." Dick jumped off the bed he was sitting on and followed Bruce to change into their civy clothes.

"You know Tiffany has been asking about you. She blames herself for what happened to you."

"She shouldn't have betrayed me," Dick said in a whisper.

"What?" Bruce asked. He heard him say something, but couldn't hear what he said.

"I said thanks. Do you know where she is?"

Bruce looked at him a bit confused. "She's been here since you left her here."

"Oh, ok, then I guess I'll see her when we get back to the house."

Bruce watched Dick leave and followed behind him.

'Something's up with him,' Bruce thought.

When he walked out of the room he saw Dick waiting for him then walked toward the elevator. Dick followed him and neither of them talked until they reached the top.

"Where is Tiffany now?" Dick asked as he followed Bruce out of the study.

"Upstairs in her room. Third door on your right."

"Thank," Dick said and then ran ahead and up the stairs.

He searched for the room and knocked on it. Tiffany cracked the door open and peeked out at Dick a bit confused.

"Yes, can I help you?"

"Hi, I'm Dick, Bruce's son."

She opened the door the rest of the way and smiled. "Oh, hi. I'm Tiffany. Bruce let me stay here after Robin dropped me off. He said I would be safe with Mr. Wayne." She looked down and continued, "I just wish I knew he was ok."

"I'm sure he's just fine," Dick said as he lifted her chin up with his hand.

Tiffany smiled at him then asked, "Did you need something Dick?"

"No, no, just thought I'd be friendly and say hello, seeing how we haven't met yet," he answered with a smile on his face.

"Oh, ok."

They both stood there in silence for a few minutes and then Tiffany politely said, "Well, I guess I'll talk to you later then."

"Ok, see ya."

Dick turned and walked down the hall. Tiffany smiled as she watched him walk down the hall then closed the door.

Dick looked behind him and saw that she was no longer looking at him. He turned back around and tried a few doors before he finally got to his room.

He sat down on his bed and looked around the room a bit then looked at his door, Tiffany on his mind.

"You'll pay for betraying me Tiffany."