To be honest I never thought I would write another Teen Titans story. I had been writing South Park stories for a while now and it is more difficult to write for that show for many reasons. Also I started watching some Teen Titans again and realized how awesome of a show it is once again. I feel that one good thing about my South Park writing is that I have gained more experience as a writer. I try to make my chapters longer and with better writing overall. I have even taken a college course on creative writing so I hope it made a difference. Unfortunately my life is very busy so I can't improve on the amount of updating, but I will try my best to update as much as possible.
So anyway I hope you enjoy the story.
Deadly Pride
Chapter 1
Robin woke up to find he was in a very dimly lit room. He tried to move only to realize that his arms and legs were being tightly held onto a vertical table by metal clasps. As he struggled to get free his masked eyes saw a figure move off in the darkness. Robin gasped when he saw the man he was searching for step into the small amount of light. "Slade!" Robin spat with pure hatred.
"Robin, it's good to see you again. It looks like you found me at last," Slade said in his usual voice.
"How did you get me here?" Robin demanded.
Slade chuckled before saying, "Well it was quite easy actually. You were so close to finding my hideout, so I decided to decided to give you a little something. You were foolish to try and find me on your own."
Robin's eyes narrowed, "What did you give me?"
Although it could not be seen, Slade snickered under his mask as he held up an empty syringe. "Oh nothing really, just a little special poison that I created."
Robin's masked eyes went from narrow to wide when he heard this. When he did not say anything Slade continued, "You see quite some time ago, after I realized you would never be my apprentice. I decided that I just needed to wait for the right moment to kill you. And because Robin, without their leader there are no Titans. The simple yet complex poison I gave you will eventually kill you in 72 hours."
"If you wanted me dead why didn't you just kill me when I was unconscious?" the boy wonder challenged.
Slade chuckled, "Well there's not much fun in that is there? Besides I want to see the Teen Titans fall apart as their beloved leader dies in front of them."
Robin's full rage then returned as he furiously fought against his restraints. When he realized it was no use he stopped resisting.
"Oh and by the way Robin, I am giving you a sporting chance. Although I have no antidote, and no Titans Tower sickbay or hospital will be able to cure you, there is one chance. It is somewhere in Gotham city."
Then before Robin could say anything Slade approached him and put a face mask full of knock out gas over his nose and mouth. Within seconds after Robin was forced into near unconsciousness, an alarm signaling intruders went off.
"Well Robin, looks like I have to go. Let us see how much of a boy wonder you are," Slade said then vanished.
The last two things Robin heard before passing out was Cyborg yell "There he is!" and Starfire yell out his name.
Robin opened his eyes to find the other Titans standing over him all looking very worried. The sound of a beeping heart monitor told him that he was in the tower's sickbay.
"Robin! You are awake!" Starfire exclaimed and floated just above Robin giving him a tight hug forcing him to partially sit up. She then gave her boyfriend a sweet kiss on the lips. Robin however was too surprised and preoccupied to hug or kiss back.
When she pulled away she landed back on the floor at Robin's bedside. "What is wrong with you man? We told you it wasn't a good idea to go after Slade alone and you should know that!" Cyborg yelled at his leader.
"Are you really so stubborn that you would leave in the middle of the night to find Slade without us?" Raven asked but already knew the answer.
"Yeah we're a team, you should have more faith in us dude," Beast Boy added.
Despite all of his friends' scolding, Robin was too busy think about his encounter with Slade. Slade's word's "There is one chance, it is somewhere in Gotham City" kept on echoing in his head.
His thoughts were interrupted as he realized that Cyborg was trying to get his attention. "You are lucky that nothing has shown up on the tests were ran. He could have poisoned you or something when you were captured," said the half robot.
Robin's left eye twitched at this but no one noticed. 'Slade's poison must not show up normal tests' he thought.
The masked hero then sat up completely, ripped the sensors off his forehead and arms, and turned to stand up. Raven hovered over in front of him to try and stop him. "We should run some more tests to make sure everything is okay."
Robin stood up anyway and gently pushed her aside saying, "I'm fine."
As he stood up he felt fine but knew that it was temporary. He had decided he would handle this on his own. Gotham City was the last place he wanted to go, but he had no choice. His pride got in the way of reason for he feared that his friends would find out about his past there if they helped him. Another problem was that Gotham City was on the other side of the country and he had less than 72 hours to find the cure there.
"Cyborg I need to use the T-ship," said Robin.
"Robin I told you yesterday, it needs major engine repair from our last battle," Cyborg replied.
Robin clenched his gloved hands into fists in frustration. "Fine, then I will take a plane. I have to leave now!"
"You can't get a plane ticket on this short of notice," Raven pointed out.
Robin let out an angry yelled and punched a nearby wall causing it to crack. Everyone was surprised by Robin's behavior, especially Starfire who was getting more worried by the second. "Robin, where must you go in such a hurry?"
Robin sighed trying to calm down and turned to look at her. "I just need to take care of something and while I'm doing that you all are going to track down Slade."
"No way man, we're not letting you go off on your own again," said Cyborg.
Robin glared at Cyborg and noticed the other Titans nod in agreement. Knowing that he could not convince his friends otherwise, he finally said, "Fine, but we have to leave now. We'll take the R-cycle and T-car."
"Mind telling us where we're going?" the half robot asked.
Robin turned away from them and said as he exited the infirmary, "Gotham City."
The other Titans exchanged confused glances after their leader left the room.
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