When You're Given a Little Robin

Chapter 32: The Teams First Mission Part 2

"Speedy! Speedy! Speedy!" Batman called into the communicator first.

But he got no response, leaving him frantically trying to reach the others.

"Aqualad! Superboy! Robin! Someone answer!" Batman yelled desperately to get a hold of the kids.

Unfortunately no response was made yet, leaving the bat to try and contact Martian Manhunter.

"Manhunter do you copy?! Mayday, Martian Manhunter do you copy?!" Batman yelled frantically.

"Batman, what is it?!" Martian Manhunter answered urgently.

"It's the kids, the mission went A-wire and they need out!  Can you try to contact them with your telepathy?"

"Give me one moment."

Batman waited with baited breath, desperately hoping the Martian could get a hold of the team.

"There's too much going on and I'm too far away to get a better signal. I'll get closer and see if I can get a better signal."

"Alright, as soon as you see them, get them out of there. This mission has gone far beyond their training." Batman instructed, his heart beating rapidly all the while.

"I will, do not worry, they are far more capable than we know. I'll contact you as soon as I have them in the ship. Over and out."

"Over and out."

Batman then immediately went to work calling the other mentors and guardians. Knowing they needed to know what was going on and also needing something to do as to prevent himself from exploding with worry.

Argentina

Despite the now very dark atmosphere the sounds of battle still raged on. All the while the team tried their best to get away, they all held hands, besides Robin who was being held by Speedy, to ensure no one was lost.

"Everyone into that cluster of trees over there, we should be safe there!" Speedy instructed as he adjusted a trembling Robin in his arms.

All the kids scrambled to where the archer had pointed out, all knowing they were in well over their heads at this point. Once they were in the safety of the trees the younger members of the team all sniffled and tried to hold back tears. This left Aqualad and Speedy feeling incredibly overwhelmed. They wanted to help their teammates, but unfortunately they were just as much of kids as their youngers leaving them woefully unprepared. Nonetheless Aqualad took a deep breath and did his best to take charge.

"Alright I know we're in a scary situation, but we need to be brave." Aqualad said as calmly as he could muster.

"Aqualad's right, we still have a mission to complete. The League needs to know about what's going on here." Speedy said in support as he cradled and rocked Robin.

"But how? Our communicators are down and Martian Manhunters too far away to hear or see us!" Kid Flash as he managed to finally push back his tears and wipe his runny nose.

"We just need to calm down and think. We may not have been trained for this moment, but we have all been in unexpected situations before. So everyone draw on those experiences and focus on helping us escape." Aqualad encouraged.

With that everyone was quiet for a moment, all trying to think of a way to get out of the fiasco they were in. After several minutes of silence everyone began to worry as they all felt empty on ideas. Until a tiny and unexpected voice then spoke up with a thought.

"We could make a signal flare. That's how the police get Batman." Robin peeped as he rubbed his teary eyes and finally turned away from Speedy's shoulder.