Fifteen Years of Loyalty

By: Kelly M. Maraglia

Disclaimer: I do not own any Batman or Robin related characters, I simply enjoy them.

I just obtained issue #183 of Robin and wanted to show my appreciation

For a comic I have read religiously for the past fifteen years and for my

Local New England Comics, which I do not own, for supplying me with

That comic for the past fifteen years. I obviously don't own Watchmen.

Tim Drake was genuinely enjoying himself on a nice, relaxing Saturday afternoon, simply hanging out with his friend, Ives. He reflected back on everything that has happened with final crisis, Batman dying, the General, and Spoiler and anxious about the upcoming battle for the cowl that he felt justified in taking an afternoon off.

The two teenagers had already hit the mall and the movies to see Watchmen, when they spotted a street that looked different.

"Where the hell are we Tim?" Ives asked with a slight note of panic in his voice.

"I'm not sure Ives." Tim replied, his detective mind already taking in as many details and trying to come up with an explanation as to where they were.

"Okay, we just left the movie theater and we took a right and were headed downtown, right?" Tim asked his slightly panicky friend, trying to reason it out. At Ives nod, Tim continued.

"So now we're here on Crescent Moon Avenue in some city that is not Gotham." Tim finished.

"This can't be Gotham, it's too clean." Ives said with a nervous chuckle. Tim smirked slightly and made a mental map of their new location.

Crescent Moon Avenue was a rather busy street with much traffic and activities. On one side of the street, there was a pizza place, a grocery store, a game store and a few other small shops. On the other side of the street, there was a fast food place, two dollar stores, an Asian food place, a small gym and a comic book store.

"Hey Tim, since we're here, why don't we check out the comic book store, it's been ages!" Ives suggested, calming down from his panicked state.

"What do you mean ages, you buy comics every week." Tim teased.

"I know and last Wednesday was ages ago." Ives returned. The two friends laughed and walked to the local comic shop.

End Chapter One