Hey everyone … I thought I'd start expanding my writings, so here's my new story. Hope you all enjoy …
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans … if I did, they would have a season 6!!!
Mental Breakdown
"Titan's go!"
Robin yelled at the other Teen Titans as Slade's robot henchmen swarmed around them. Robin threw his explosive disks at each coming onslaught of storm troopers with devastating effect.
"There's too many of them, I don't know if we can hold 'em." Cyborg yelled back at Robin.
"We have to!" Robin charged through the robots, attacking each with precise accuracy. Not one robot laid a finger on the boy wonder. Above, Starfire and Raven blasted the army while Beast Boy bulldozed through the robots in his rhino form. Hundreds were destroyed by the minute, until millions of destroyed machinery lay scattered across the rooftop. The Titans caught their breath before they saw him.
"Come now Robin, you didn't think it would be that easy did you?" Slade stood on top of the nearest rooftop, mocking them.
"It's over Slade! You're up next." Robin ran across the rooftop and jumped across to Slade's position. Behind him, the other Titans were about to follow until Plasmus ripped through the rooftop from under them. Starfire and Raven lifted Cyborg and BB up before setting them down on a safer spot. Robin turned back to Slade, who was running away.
"We'll take care of Plasmus, you go after Slade." Raven yelled out to Robin. Robin nodded and rushed after Slade. Jumping from rooftop to rooftop, Robin finally cornered Slade. It was either fight or a 60ft fall for him.
"Like I said Robin, it's not that easy."
A kick came from behind Robin who narrowly missed it. After avoiding it, Robin saw that his assailant was Red X.
"What are you doing here?" Robin angrily shouted at him. He glanced over to Slade, who stood there pleased, then back to Red X.
"I got me a job … from none other than your old boss." Red X lunged forward swinging at Robin. Blocking each blow, Robin flipped backward before tossing his birdarang at Red X. Dodging it, Red X fired his X blaster back causing a net to fly out at Robin's direction. Robin flipped backward, but couldn't escape it. With the net wrapping around his legs, Robin hit the concrete surface. Red X jumped up. He now had his spinning X-blades and was going finish the job, however Raven sliced through the net with another birdarang and rolled to avoid the deathblow. Robin stood up, panting and covered in dust, while Red X stood at opposite.
"It's pointless to fight back Robin. You can't win." Slade said before charging at Robin and kneeing him in the stomach. Robin couldn't avoid it and fell to the ground, gasping for air.
"What are you going to do to him?" Red X questioned Slade as he took out a needle.
"This will make him more to my liking." Slade said before stabbing the needle in Robin's arm, injecting a clear fluid into his system. Robin tried to resist, but Slade bashed his head into the ground.
"I want double now." Red X demanded of Slade, who stood up facing the masked vigilante.
"Our agreement was …"
"Our agreement changed." Red X said, interrupting Slade. Slade put the needle into his back pouch, but now held something else. Robin started to black out, but he could barely make out what Slade possessed.
"Then I'm afraid our deal is off …" Before Red X even knew it, he had a bullet in his head. Slade had whipped out the weapon, easily blowing Red X away. His body fell to the floor blood splattering around it. "Pity, just when I thought I could make him my apprentice …"
Robin blackened out.
Ooo
When Robin awoke, he found that he was in the tower's infirmary. Starfire was asleep at the bed's edge. He had noticed she had stayed with him the whole time as the flower in her hand was now wilted. How long was I out, he thought. At the door window, a shadow fell across it. The door handle turned and Raven walked in, surprised to see Robin awake.
"How you feeling?" She asked.
"I feel fine, where's Slade?" Robin wasn't concerned about his own health as he was about catching Slade.
"Gone …" Raven said before walking over to the sleeping Starfire and laying a blanket around her.
"What about Red X?" Robin's question caused Raven to look down. Even though he was a criminal, he had helped out the Titans about as many times as he fought them.
"Slade killed him …" Robin stared at Raven, in surprise and shock. "We recovered the suit though. It's locked up your vault."
Robin looked down at the sleeping Starfire and stared at her red hair and tan skin. He gave her a little nudge and she slowly came to, yawning before noticing who had woken her.
"Robin! You are well?" She jumped onto the bed he was confined to and hugged him. Cyborg and Beast Boy walked in soon after enthused at seeing a well Robin.
"How's it goin?" Cyborg asked Robin, who still was being squeezed by Starfire.
"Fine. But Slade injected me with something." Robin looked down at his arm, noticing a bandage wrapped around the entry wound. Starfire released him and stood up.
"I checked everything: chemical analyses, molecular levels, and even a blood test. Whatever he injected into you, isn't there anymore. It must have been a placebo, to mess with your head. But you should still stay in bed." Robin climbed off the bed and stood up. He didn't have time to stay in bed, Slade was still out there.
"I don't have time. We need to find out what's his game this time? And why did he kill Red X?" Robin walked out of the infirmary and towards his own room. The other Titans peered out the door watching him walk away.
"Dude, whatever it was, let's hope he doesn't become obsessed with Slade again …"
Ooo
Robin leaned over his table scattered with newspaper clippings and clues about Slade.
What is Slade planning …?
He went over each clue in his head, questioning its importance. Slade had vanished after the Titan's fight with Trigon, why would he come back now, Robin contemplated. Robin's head started to hurt, so he popped an aspirin into his mouth and swallowed. Robin had learned a lesson a long time ago to always keep aspirin nearby. The bitter long nights of detective work really took its toll on you.
"What's your game Slade?" Robin whispered to no one.
After an hour, Robin rubbed his temples. The headaches had gotten worse. His vision blurred and his knees felt weak. He popped in more aspirin, but soon, he started shaking.
"What's happening to me?"
He fell to the floor, pain rushing up his legs. The other Titans had taken his communicator when he was in the infirmary, so he tried to crawl towards the door to reach the alarm.
"Starfire …" He moaned her name in agony. The pain had now rushed into his abdomen. Slade had done something to him, something that couldn't be detected.
"Raven … Beast Boy … Cy …" His chest and arms burned. He lay on the floor trying to fight through the pain; however, this was a battle he would not win.
"Help …" He laid motionless on the floor. The pain had entered his brain, but instead of death, his mind collapsed. His most haunting memories relived themselves in flashbacks. The murders of his parents, his near death at the hands of Gotham's crooked cops, and his forced apprenticeship with Slade. All of his good memories: his first battle side by side with Batman, meeting his friends, and his Tokyo kiss with Starfire; all faded away. He became filled with anger, hate, and revenge. Robin was gone …
Ooo
Starfire knocked on Robin's door. He had been in there for half the day and she was worried about him. After waiting a minute and with no answer, she opened his door. The hanging light in the middle of his room provided poor lighting. However, she could make out a shadow sitting on a chair in the corner.
"Robin …?" She called out to it. The shadow stood up and walked into the light. She stepped back in horror.
"No … Red X"
Ooo
That's chpt 1 people … hope you enjoyed it … poor Robin … tell me what you think, chpt 2 is coming soon …