I do not own Young Justice-it belongs to DC.

This is set halfway through the first series, I prefer Dick as Robin, not Nightwing, I don't know why.

Happy Harbour was filled with the sounds of the leaving ships. The horn announcing its departure could be heard for miles. The evening was escaping quickly into night, a chill had picked up and frost hung heavily in the air. The sidekicks of the Justice league waiting in the shadows, ready to pounce or not. The mission was to observe and nothing more, as it always was. The Justice League made their noise, painting the targets on their foreheads and but the sidekicks were working in secrecy, on the missions where the Justice League couldn't afford to mess up.

As it were, the unknown shipment due in ten minutes was not anything major but something the team ought to keep an eye on. Robin bit down on the bitter cold air, as he waiting in the air duct, being his team's agile ninja he was the only one who could get so close without being caught. Miss Martian hovered above the pier, invisible to anyone and everyone. Aqualad waited under the water, oblivious to the ice that might as well be forming over the top. Superboy waited further inland, since he was terrible at stealth but he could him every footstep. Kid Flash waited somewhere in between.

Miss M knew she had best view and that she should be keeping an eye out but she was distracted by one thing: Robin's thoughts. The team were talking to pass the time through the mental link. However, Robin wasn't talking he seemed to be in his own little world. When M'gann reached out to him, she saw a flash of horrifying images and sounds, of blood and screams. She gave a yelp and recoiled mentally in shock, dropping the link suddenly cutting through Aqualad.

"Robin?" She ventured once it was just him and her.

He broke from the nightmarish thoughts racing through his mind, "What?" He snapped, and then changing his mood, he repeated. "What M'gann, any news?"

"You're thinking too loud."

Robin was stunned into silence. "The others?"

"I lost the link."

"What happened?"

"You. You—your thoughts. They surprised me a little. I lost everyone. What were you thinking about Robin? What I saw…"

"Get the others back."

Robin interrupted as he was alerted to the two thugs emerging from the heavy door opposite where he hunkered. The two men, equal in build and height wore only jeans—and whatever lay underneath. Their muscular arms and chest were left bare to the crisp wind from happy harbour; their feet, just the same, had no shoes. They didn't seem to mind, they were distracted by the job of looking tough as the walked around the perimeter.

Seconds later, everyone was online and Aqualad was curious as to what happened. He wasn't the only one; M'gann was heckled by questions. Robin took the time to breathe and zone out from the commotion to watch the arrivals lumber off into a doorway of one of the buildings. The brick monstrosities that were scattered around the harbour left no indication for its contents.

Logic told Robin it wouldn't be the shipment, it would be too much fuss moving it onto the ship. It was, no doubt, something more—or maybe it was the biscuit cupboard. Robin was trained by the great detective but he could only find out so much from where he was.

"Guys, I took a look at their system, she saw what I saw; shut everything down." Robin lied but Miss M bought it; so naïve, Robin muttered, keeping his thoughts from her.

"What did you find?" Kid Flash's voice held a hint a humour as usual, this time it was because he predicted Robin's answer before he spoke.

"Nothing, it's all dull." Robin told him jadedly.

"Oh well." The speedster chuckled, oblivious to the truth, but that was all forgotten now.

"I hear movement." Superboy growled softly.

"Two big guys coming your way, no worries."

"They turned off, before passing me. I can't see them." The clone updated us.

"Robin, could you access the security cameras?" Aqualad asked next as he swam in the frosty water below.

"Not without leaving a trace. I won't try it."

They sat in silence for ten minutes until the sun crept over the horizon, threatening to set, and Robin's wrist buzzed. He opened the Comm. to see Batman's stern composure staring back at him; his mentor was clouded in then shadows of MountJustice with the lights down. His black costume was obscure against than a blacker than black backdrop. Robin took in the eerie image of the vigilante, basking in the blue light from the screen.

"Well done, the first observing mission where you've abided the rules and not interfered for once. Shall we celebrate tonight?"

"Someone will pay for teaching you sarcasm."Robin assured him and chuckled nervously, still shaken from his own thoughts. He hoped Batman wouldn't notice but the Dark Knight already had—for the past few weeks.

"You're done, the rest can go but I want you to meet me outside Gotham's bank."

He signed off before his sidekick could ask why and Robin just sighed at the lack of communication between them. Then he remembered he was still in the link.

"No interaction? Same." Superboy grumbled.

"Only teraction." Robin muttered aloud.

"Isn't that something to do with slowing down?"

"You are thinking about traction, Miss Martian." Aqualad assured her with a laugh in his calm tone.

With all miseries behind them, they arranged to meet up where the bioship hovered. Robin wriggled onto his front in the air vent and pushed off, shuffling backwards. After bruising his elbows on the steel surrounding him and grazing any skin he had left on the corrugated grate until his feet finally found the end. With his torso precarious on the edge, he jumped back while his feet pushed off the wall below, bending him into a back flip. He landed evenly with no trouble or sound and turned, expecting to see his awaiting team but he had quite a surprise.

Aqualad stood on a towering body of water, as if a controlled whirlpool held him up; he fended off his attacker with spouts of the water he controlled. Miss Martian levitated high over the woman to whom she hammered kicks every now and then. Kid Flash was darted about and running literal circles around his opponent. Super boy was pummeling some poor woman. No one had heard Robin drop in, no one really ever did. The Boy Wonder called out to Miss M and told her what to do. Aqualad might have been the leader but Robin was the strategist.

"Kaldur, drop down." Aqualad nodded and sure enough, he disappeared from sight. "Superboy, lay off for a second." With a bit a difficulty, the clone did. Robin nodded to Miss M, who scooped everyone and lifted the team high above the carnage as Robin threw a capsule of knockout gas, taking out the enemies down below.

Robin let out his infamous laugh spill forth, while the bioship moulded from its camouflage behind them and Miss Martian opened the hatch for them all to float in gently. KF's feet touched the ground and he visibly sagged in relief. Aqualad floated weightless in water, Superboy could jump high places, Miss M was used to flying and Robin loved to swing from grapple hooks. However, Kid Flash did his best on his feet and he felt a little more comfortable with a floor just below him.

"So much for covert." The Boy Wonder muttered as everyone filed into the main room of the small ship.

As seats wound upwards for the team to fall into, Artemis greeted them from where she sat with her bow across her lap. The ship set off quickly as Robin asked to be dropped off.

Please show your support, and review! I'm happy for any criticism. This is my first story by the way, (and yes I am originally British).

I wasn't sure if my chapters were too long since the chapters the novels I write count to 2,000 words. To be safe I kept this one shorter but let me know.