Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans! But if I did there would so be many cool action-adventure thingys going on!

Title: ROBIN'S STORY

CHAPTER 1:

Beginning

No one knows why or how it happened. It just did. The Teen Titans stopped being friends… It just sort of happened. They say it was because of him, and what he did. We don't know where he is now but we're sure he's somewhere out there…

"I know you're out there

Somewhere out there…"

(These are some lyrics to Somewhere Out There by Our Lady Peace)

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Why can't I tell them? I should be able to, but I can't. What I'd tell them would ruin our friendship. Would they still be my friends? What would she think? She might never speak to me again if I told them. What happened in the past... I can't let them find out. It would ruin everything. My new life since then would be destroyed. The truth would destroy me, and it might destroy them.

Time to go, he thought. The sirens were blasting annoyingly in his ears by the bed. I can't think about this now. I have a job to do. Robin sat bolt upright when they went off. He jumped out bed and grabbed his cape and mask. The mask went on automatically, out of habit. It was always as if he was hiding, or maybe trying to forget, something. He pulled the black titanium alloy cape over his head and straightened it while on the run to meet up with the others.

"What's the trouble?" –Robin.

"You don't want to know…" –Cyborg.

"Yes. I do." –Robin.

"It's Slade. He's back…"Cyborg.

"What! I thought Terra destroyed him!"—Robin.

"Apparently not. We have to get to him before anything else happens." –Raven.

"What the hell is going on!" –Robin.

"Slade's robots are destroying the city! I thought you knew that." –Cyborg.

"I would if somebody would tell me!" –Robin.

For those of you who do not have any idea why I am writing a second version of this story… One of my reviewers told me they didn't like reading stories with "extraneous comments" during the story. So I order to accommodate for those readers who did not enjoy the conversations I had with the Titans, here is your own personal version!